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A method of coating a medical device having a structure for implantation or disposition inside a patient, the structure including at least one surface for coating, the at least one surface having an oxide layer, the method including the steps of: functionalising the at least one surface of the structure by subjecting the at least one surface to acidification by acrylic acid or to basification by acrylate, to form at least one functionalised surface, wherein the step of functionalising the at least one surface does not remove the oxide layer on the at least one surface and wherein functionalisation attaches acidic or base components to the oxide layer; and applying a material coating directly on so as to overlie the at least one functionalised surface of the medical device, the coating being or including a conjugate base where the surface has been subjected to acidification, or being or including a conjugate acid where the surface has been subjected to basification. functionalising the at least one surface of the structure by subjecting the at least one surface to acidification by acrylic acid or to basification by acrylate, to form at least one functionalised surface, wherein the step of functionalising the at least one surface does not remove the oxide layer on the at least one surface and wherein functionalisation attaches acidic or base components to the oxide layer; and applying a material coating directly on so as to overlie the at least one functionalised surface of the medical device, the coating being or including a conjugate base where the surface has been subjected to acidification, or being or including a conjugate acid where the surface has been subjected to basification.
A method of generating a video loop, comprising: receiving an input video, wherein the input video comprises values at pixels over a time range; performing an optimization to determine a respective input time interval within the time range of the input video for each pixel from the pixels in the input video, wherein the respective input time interval for a particular pixel comprises a per-pixel loop period and a per-pixel start time of a loop at the particular pixel within the time range from the input video; and creating an output video based upon the values at the pixels over the respective input time intervals for the pixels in the input video; wherein performing the optimization further comprises determining the respective input time intervals within the time range of the input video for the pixels that optimize an objective function, wherein the objective function comprises a spatial consistency term, a temporal consistency term, and a dynamism term that penalizes assignment of static loops at the pixels based upon temporal variances of neighborhoods of the pixels in the input video. receiving an input video, wherein the input video comprises values at pixels over a time range; performing an optimization to determine a respective input time interval within the time range of the input video for each pixel from the pixels in the input video, wherein the respective input time interval for a particular pixel comprises a per-pixel loop period and a per-pixel start time of a loop at the particular pixel within the time range from the input video; and creating an output video based upon the values at the pixels over the respective input time intervals for the pixels in the input video; wherein performing the optimization further comprises determining the respective input time intervals within the time range of the input video for the pixels that optimize an objective function, wherein the objective function comprises a spatial consistency term, a temporal consistency term, and a dynamism term that penalizes assignment of static loops at the pixels based upon temporal variances of neighborhoods of the pixels in the input video.
An external opening control of a vehicle opening, comprising a handle coupled to a locking mechanism of the opening and comprising a lock, the handle being movable between a rest position and a stable deployed position, the handle also being movable towards a stable overextended position having a degree of deployment greater than the degree of deployment of the deployed position, the control having motor means for deploying the handle configured to move the handle from its overdeployed position to its deployed position, if the handle is not operated by a user after a predetermined time from its displacement to the overdeployed position, characterized in that when the lock is unlocked, the motor means for deploying the handle are configured to move said handle from its overdeployed position to its rest position or vice versa in response to a manual deployment control of the handle.
An agricultural tool for weeding infesting herbs which grow in terrains dedicated to fruit orchards and vineyards, the tool being applied on a hinged frame positionable on an agricultural vehicle and comprising at least a cutter disc, wherein the cutter disc is provided with a plurality of fixed blades facing downwards and arranged substantially vertically, and wherein the fixed blades are fixed perpendicularly on an edge of the disc, and lower cutting ends thereof, being the ends which in the operative step will work in the terrain, are curved in a graduated way internally with respect to a centre of rotation of the disc, characterised in that the fixed blades are interposed with a plurality of flexible tubes arranged inclined externally downwards and having a radial arrangement with respect to a rotation axis of the disc.
Grinding head for the machining of workpieces, including a carrier body and an attachment with a guide means for guiding a grinding belt before and after its grinding point and means (6, 7) for dispensing abrasive belt and for receiving worn abrasive belt, wherein the abrasive belt is displaceable by means of pneumatic or hydraulic pressure, for the currentless readjustment of abrasive belt, characterised in that the means for receiving worn abrasive belt is designed as a take-up roller and the same can be driven for displacing the abrasive belt by a drive mechanism with a toothed wheel with freewheel located on a shaft of the take-up roller, in that this can be rotated directly or indirectly through an angular range by a rack, the rack being displaceable by means of the pneumatic or hydraulic pressure against a spring force, for the currentless adjustment of the abrasive belt.
A method of manufacture of a scintillator panel, comprising the steps of: (a) forming a non-conductive intermediate film upon a radiation transmitting conductive substrate; (b) forming a metal thin film upon the non-conductive intermediate film, the metal thin film being radiation-transmittable and reflecting light of a predetermined wavelength; (c) forming a protective film upon the metal thin film and (d) depositing a scintillator upon the protective film, the scintillator comprising a large number of columnar crystals for converting radiation into light of wavelengths that can be reflected by the metal thin film; whereby the protective film prevents contact between the metal thin film and the scintillator, and further whereby the non-conductive intermediate film adheres to the radiation transmitting, conductive substrate and the metal thin film, and prevents contact between said radiation transmitting, conductive substrate and said metal thin film. (a) forming a non-conductive intermediate film upon a radiation transmitting conductive substrate; (b) forming a metal thin film upon the non-conductive intermediate film, the metal thin film being radiation-transmittable and reflecting light of a predetermined wavelength; (c) forming a protective film upon the metal thin film and (d) depositing a scintillator upon the protective film, the scintillator comprising a large number of columnar crystals for converting radiation into light of wavelengths that can be reflected by the metal thin film; whereby the protective film prevents contact between the metal thin film and the scintillator, and further whereby the non-conductive intermediate film adheres to the radiation transmitting, conductive substrate and the metal thin film, and prevents contact between said radiation transmitting, conductive substrate and said metal thin film.
A diode comprising: a semiconductor substrate portion of a first conductivity type, between an upper electrode and a lower electrode; a first vertical transistor having a channel of the first conductivity type, the gate of which is doped of the first conductivity type and coupled to the upper electrode, the first transistor having a source area comprised in a doped well of a second conductivity type, the first transistor having a channel-forming region located in said well; a second transistor with a channel of a second conductivity type having a doped gate of the second conductivity type, the first and second transistors being series-connected between the electrodes; and a doped probe area of the second conductivity type, extending from a portion of the substrate covered by the gate of the first transistor, the probe area being coupled to the gate of the second transistor; the diode being characterized in that: the channel-forming region of the second transistor is located outside of the well and corresponds to an upper portion of the substrate, and that a source area of the second transistor is located in an upper portion of the substrate, astride said well. a semiconductor substrate portion of a first conductivity type, between an upper electrode and a lower electrode; a first vertical transistor having a channel of the first conductivity type, the gate of which is doped of the first conductivity type and coupled to the upper electrode, the first transistor having a source area comprised in a doped well of a second conductivity type, the first transistor having a channel-forming region located in said well; a second transistor with a channel of a second conductivity type having a doped gate of the second conductivity type, the first and second transistors being series-connected between the electrodes; and a doped probe area of the second conductivity type, extending from a portion of the substrate covered by the gate of the first transistor, the probe area being coupled to the gate of the second transistor; the diode being characterized in that: the channel-forming region of the second transistor is located outside of the well and corresponds to an upper portion of the substrate, and that a source area of the second transistor is located in an upper portion of the substrate, astride said well. the channel-forming region of the second transistor is located outside of the well and corresponds to an upper portion of the substrate, and that a source area of the second transistor is located in an upper portion of the substrate, astride said well.
Diffuser for diffusing a gas that is to be diffused in a duct, said diffuser in the form of a grid that is able to match the shape of the internal wall of said duct, said grid comprising: ▪ a main distribution line that can be connected to a reservoir intended for storing said gas that is to be diffused, ▪ one or more secondary diffusion lines, each one being connected to said main distribution line, said secondary diffusion lines comprising orifices that are suitable for expelling said gas that is to be diffused from said grid towards said duct, ▪ one or more heating means arranged inside said secondary diffusion lines and capable of heating an exhaust gas flowing in said duct. ▪ a main distribution line that can be connected to a reservoir intended for storing said gas that is to be diffused, ▪ one or more secondary diffusion lines, each one being connected to said main distribution line, said secondary diffusion lines comprising orifices that are suitable for expelling said gas that is to be diffused from said grid towards said duct, ▪ one or more heating means arranged inside said secondary diffusion lines and capable of heating an exhaust gas flowing in said duct.
A system for determining that a service transformer is delivering electrical power to a load, in an electrical distribution grid, which comprises one or more candidate service transformers supplying power to at least one load, as represented by a meter socket or electrical outlet, the system comprising: a. at least one on-grid transmitter (401,402; 703) configured to inject on the power line supplying power at least one detection signal containing at least a locator pattern when powered by the meter socket or electrical outlet of the at least one load; b. at least one receiver (502; 511; 517) configured to detect resonant mechanical vibrations or sound caused by the locator pattern in the candidate transformer supplying power to the specific transmitter which is the source of the locator pattern; c. a recording mechanism to record a location of the transmitter and an identity of the service transformer in a detection event record; and d. incorporating the detection event record into a database. a. at least one on-grid transmitter (401,402; 703) configured to inject on the power line supplying power at least one detection signal containing at least a locator pattern when powered by the meter socket or electrical outlet of the at least one load; b. at least one receiver (502; 511; 517) configured to detect resonant mechanical vibrations or sound caused by the locator pattern in the candidate transformer supplying power to the specific transmitter which is the source of the locator pattern; c. a recording mechanism to record a location of the transmitter and an identity of the service transformer in a detection event record; and d. incorporating the detection event record into a database.
A method for calibrating an electrochemical glucose sensor, the method comprising: using a regression equation y=mx+b to calculate a conversion function, where y denotes the sensor signal (in units of A/D counts), x the estimated glucose concentration (mg/dl), m the sensor sensitivity to glucose (counts/mg/dl), and b the baseline signal (counts); characterized in that: prior information is provided for m and/or b, the prior information being obtained by analyzing sensor data from measurements taken by the sensor prior to inserting the sensor, making use of a predictive relationship between in vitro sensitivity ( m in vitro) and in vivo sensitivity ( m), whereby m ≈ f ( m in vitro). using a regression equation y=mx+b to calculate a conversion function, where y denotes the sensor signal (in units of A/D counts), x the estimated glucose concentration (mg/dl), m the sensor sensitivity to glucose (counts/mg/dl), and b the baseline signal (counts); characterized in that: prior information is provided for m and/or b, the prior information being obtained by analyzing sensor data from measurements taken by the sensor prior to inserting the sensor, making use of a predictive relationship between in vitro sensitivity ( m in vitro) and in vivo sensitivity ( m), whereby m ≈ f ( m in vitro).
A method for decoding a data symbol carried by a signal received by a receiver of a communication system, the data symbol being modulated by a spread code sequence selected from a plurality of spread code sequences (R0-R15) being quasi-orthogonal to each other to differentiate the symbol from other data symbols, and being received as a set of modulation bits, the method comprising: a step of correlating (CORR) the modulated data symbol received with each of the plurality of spread code sequences (R0-R15); before the step of correlating, a step of sub-sampling (SUB-SPL, MSQ; SUB-SPL, SPL) the modulated data symbol received to mask one or more of the modulation bits therein, such that the step of correlating the sub-sampled data symbol received is carried out only for the non-masked modulation bits; the method being characterized in that it further includes the step of calculating (MAX-MAX') the deviation between the two greatest correlation values obtained at the end of the step of correlating, and of modifying or not, depending on said deviation or on a value calculated from said deviation, the number of modulation bits masked during the step of sub-sampling. a step of correlating (CORR) the modulated data symbol received with each of the plurality of spread code sequences (R0-R15); before the step of correlating, a step of sub-sampling (SUB-SPL, MSQ; SUB-SPL, SPL) the modulated data symbol received to mask one or more of the modulation bits therein, such that the step of correlating the sub-sampled data symbol received is carried out only for the non-masked modulation bits;
Use of plastic blocks for the preparation of dental restaurations or parts of restaurations by means of molding technique, wherein the plastic block consists of a foam plastic and the foam plastic - has a density of less than 130kg/m 3 - is dimensionably stable, - in the temperature range of from 20C° to 40C° has a module of > than 5MPa and a compressive strength of > than 100 kPa, - is water resistant, - has an average pore diameter of from 0.05 and 0.15 mm, - is residue-free combustible. - has a density of less than 130kg/m 3 - is dimensionably stable, - in the temperature range of from 20C° to 40C° has a module of > than 5MPa and a compressive strength of > than 100 kPa, - is water resistant, - has an average pore diameter of from 0.05 and 0.15 mm, - is residue-free combustible.
A fluid dispenser comprising: - a fluid reservoir defining a neck and a bottom wall provided with a filling valve (13, 15); - a dispenser member, such as a pump, that is mounted on the reservoir so as to take the fluid, the dispenser member including a body and an actuator rod that is movable downwards and upwards along an axis X; - a pusher (6, 7) that is mounted on the actuator rod of the dispenser member in such a manner as to turn about the axis X of the rod; - a vent passage that puts the reservoir into communication with the outside; - closure means for selectively closing the vent passage; and - control means for urging the closure means into a closed condition, in which they close the vent passage, from an open condition, in which they do not close the vent passage; the dispenser being characterized in that the control means are turned by the pusher (6, 7) so as to switch the closure means between their open condition and their closed condition. - a fluid reservoir defining a neck and a bottom wall provided with a filling valve (13, 15); - a dispenser member, such as a pump, that is mounted on the reservoir so as to take the fluid, the dispenser member including a body and an actuator rod that is movable downwards and upwards along an axis X; - a pusher (6, 7) that is mounted on the actuator rod of the dispenser member in such a manner as to turn about the axis X of the rod; - a vent passage that puts the reservoir into communication with the outside; - closure means for selectively closing the vent passage; and - control means for urging the closure means into a closed condition, in which they close the vent passage, from an open condition, in which they do not close the vent passage;
Household steam oven comprising a liquid receiving entity for storing liquid, wherein the liquid receiving entity is a liquid tank, specifically a water tank, a liquid port for supplying liquid to the liquid receiving entity and a coupling element adapted to provide a liquid connection between the liquid receiving entity and the liquid port, characterized in that the coupling element comprises a U-shape or essentially a U-shape with a first and a second leg portion (4.1, 4.2) and a curved portion (4.3) connecting the first and the second leg portion (4.1, 4.2), wherein the coupling element comprises at least one flexible section and wherein at least one leg portion (4.1, 4.2) comprises stiffening means for stiffening the leg portion (4.1, 4.2).
A method of manufacturing a grain-oriented electrical steel sheet, comprising the steps of: rolling a steel slab containing Si in an amount of not more than 4.5 mass% and C of 0.01 to 0.1 mass% to obtain a steel sheet; performing first batch annealing on said steel sheet for developing the secondary recrystallization, wherein the C content in said steel sheet before the first batch annealing is controlled to be held in the range of not less than 0.003 mass%, but not more than 0.03 mass%; performing continuous annealing on said sheet after said first batch annealing; applying an annealing separator; and then performing second batch annealing on said sheet for forming the forsterite coating, wherein the C content in the steel sheet after said batch annealing is controlled to be not more than 0.005 mass%. rolling a steel slab containing Si in an amount of not more than 4.5 mass% and C of 0.01 to 0.1 mass% to obtain a steel sheet; performing first batch annealing on said steel sheet for developing the secondary recrystallization, wherein the C content in said steel sheet before the first batch annealing is controlled to be held in the range of not less than 0.003 mass%, but not more than 0.03 mass%; performing continuous annealing on said sheet after said first batch annealing; applying an annealing separator; and then performing second batch annealing on said sheet for forming the forsterite coating, wherein the C content in the steel sheet after said batch annealing is controlled to be not more than 0.005 mass%.
A masticating juicer, comprising: a housing defining a compression chamber with an inner wall, at least one inlet, at least one juice outlet, and at least one pulp outlet; an auger rotatably mounted within the compression chamber, the auger including upstream and downstream ends and an auger surface in between, the auger being rotatable about an axis of rotation to masticate and convey material along the auger surface in a downstream direction from the upstream end towards the downstream end, the auger being sized so that a cavity is formed between the auger surface and the inner wall of the compression chamber; and an elastic restrictor extending circumferentially around an interior of the compression chamber to at least partially span the cavity, wherein the elastic restrictor is shaped to provide variable resistance to material conveyed by the auger depending on a relative position of the material between the inner wall and the auger surface characterized in that the inner wall or the outer surface of the auger includes a transition surface (146, 150) that extends radially between the inner wall and the auger surface, upstream of the elastic restrictor, defining a circumferential pulp calibration channel in the cavity immediately upstream of the elastic restrictor. a housing defining a compression chamber with an inner wall, at least one inlet, at least one juice outlet, and at least one pulp outlet; an auger rotatably mounted within the compression chamber, the auger including upstream and downstream ends and an auger surface in between, the auger being rotatable about an axis of rotation to masticate and convey material along the auger surface in a downstream direction from the upstream end towards the downstream end, the auger being sized so that a cavity is formed between the auger surface and the inner wall of the compression chamber; and an elastic restrictor extending circumferentially around an interior of the compression chamber to at least partially span the cavity, wherein the elastic restrictor is shaped to provide variable resistance to material conveyed by the auger depending on a relative position of the material between the inner wall and the auger surface characterized in that the inner wall or the outer surface of the auger includes a transition surface (146, 150) that extends radially between the inner wall and the auger surface, upstream of the elastic restrictor, defining a circumferential pulp calibration channel in the cavity immediately upstream of the elastic restrictor.