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A method for use in erasing data stored in the memory of a network device, the network device having a memory and which is configured to interconnect, or enable the interconnection of, two or more computing resources, the method comprising: performing a data erasure procedure to erase stored data from the memory of the network device; requesting by a host computer communicatively coupled to the network device data from the memory of the network device after completion of the data erasure procedure or accessing the memory of the network device after completion of the data erasure procedure; and determining the outcome of the data erasure procedure based at least in part on: the results of a comparison between a response received from the network device in reply to the request for data and an expected response which is indicative of a successful erasure of the memory of the network device; or the results of a comparison between any contents of the memory of the network device after completion of the data erasure procedure and expected contents of the memory of the network device after completion of the data erasure procedure which are indicative of a successful erasure of the memory of the network device. performing a data erasure procedure to erase stored data from the memory of the network device; requesting by a host computer communicatively coupled to the network device data from the memory of the network device after completion of the data erasure procedure or accessing the memory of the network device after completion of the data erasure procedure; and determining the outcome of the data erasure procedure based at least in part on: the results of a comparison between a response received from the network device in reply to the request for data and an expected response which is indicative of a successful erasure of the memory of the network device; or the results of a comparison between any contents of the memory of the network device after completion of the data erasure procedure and expected contents of the memory of the network device after completion of the data erasure procedure which are indicative of a successful erasure of the memory of the network device. the results of a comparison between a response received from the network device in reply to the request for data and an expected response which is indicative of a successful erasure of the memory of the network device; or the results of a comparison between any contents of the memory of the network device after completion of the data erasure procedure and expected contents of the memory of the network device after completion of the data erasure procedure which are indicative of a successful erasure of the memory of the network device.
A medical device, comprising: a flexible shaft extending along a longitudinal axis from a distal end to a proximal end, the flexible shaft including a first reduced cross-sectional area portion extending along a distal portion of a length thereof; and a braid applied overlappingly over a portion of the first reduced cross-sectional area portion of the flexible shaft, a first layer of the braid applied proximally over the flexible shaft from a braid distal end to a first braid end point distal of a proximal end of the first reduced cross-sectional area portion, a second layer of the braid applied distally over the first layer from the first braid end point to a second end point proximal of the braid distal end, and a third layer applied proximally over the second layer proximally beyond the proximal end of the first reduced cross-sectional area to a third braid end point along the shaft. a flexible shaft extending along a longitudinal axis from a distal end to a proximal end, the flexible shaft including a first reduced cross-sectional area portion extending along a distal portion of a length thereof; and a braid applied overlappingly over a portion of the first reduced cross-sectional area portion of the flexible shaft, a first layer of the braid applied proximally over the flexible shaft from a braid distal end to a first braid end point distal of a proximal end of the first reduced cross-sectional area portion, a second layer of the braid applied distally over the first layer from the first braid end point to a second end point proximal of the braid distal end, and a third layer applied proximally over the second layer proximally beyond the proximal end of the first reduced cross-sectional area to a third braid end point along the shaft.
Optical odometer of the type having a shape which is generally rotationally symmetrical about an axis, having a half-shaft which is rotatable about said axis and is to be coupled to a hub of a wheel of a railway vehicle, and a housing which is to be coupled to a fixed part of said railway vehicle, the housing delimiting internally a chamber in which there are housed a disc, attached to the half-shaft, and a plurality of optical cells, each optical cell being attached to a wall of the housing by a mounting means, the plurality of optical cells being capable of cooperating with the disc in order to deliver a measurement of a value corresponding to a speed of rotation of the half-shaft relative to the housing, the cells of the plurality of cells further being mechanically coupled together by an additional connecting means, the additional connecting means having a plate arranged transversely to the axis, the cells being fixed to a first face of the plate, a second face of the plate, opposite the first face, being fixed to a wall of the housing, characterised in that the wall of the housing to which the plate is fixed is a wall that is substantially transverse to the axis, the plate being fixed to said wall by a first adhesive.
Parquet element for a floor, wall or ceiling covering, preferably for wet rooms or outdoors, consisting of wood, in particular of massive thermowood, such as thermo-treated maple, birch or ash wood or wood-like materials and/or wood substitute materials, wherein the parquet element has a groove in at least one of its vertical faces and that said grooved vertical face has a cast-on polymer margin from the edge with the useful or upper face of the parquet element to the groove edge, characterised in that the groove with the cast-on polymer margin stretches over all four vertical faces of the parquet element and the polymer margin slightly over the upper face edge and that a tongue made of polymer is arranged for connecting two parquet elements in the grooves.
Gap seal for a centrifugal pump, in particular for the components thereof having a sealing gap which is able to be passed through by a flow, wherein at least one interchangeable component is provided for the gap seal, wherein the interchangeable component on that side that faces away from the sealing gap comprises a compact first region, and on that side that faces the sealing gap comprises a second region which is provided with a multiplicity of contiguous, pocket-shaped depressions, wherein the second region is formed by a solid, irregular, porous medium, wherein the composite bond between the first region and the second region is established by a casting method, wherein in the establishment of the composite bond by the casting method cells of the porous second region are fused by liquid melt of the material of the first region, wherein the transition from the first region to the second region is designed as a continuous transition of the porosity, and wherein the transition from the first region to the second region is configured in the form of a gradient material.
A method of dynamically establishing a communication connection for mobile equipment to a process controller of an industrial processing facility having processing equipment configured to run an industrial process, comprising: providing said process controller comprising a computing device including a processor with at least one accessible memory storing a plurality of different ME classes including a first ME class that said ME is in, wherein said computing device is configured to implement dynamic establishment of a communication connection for said ME to said process controller, said dynamic establishment including: reading a representation of a first industrial protocol for said ME that is in said first ME class while docked at said process controller; translating said representation to a first industrial protocol address, setting said first industrial protocol address as a first configuration instance in its industrial protocol infrastructure blocks in said at least one accessible memory to render said ME an attached ME, as soon as said ME is docked at said process controller, wherein said industrial protocol infrastructure blocks consist of infrastructure for each of said ME classes to be attached to said process controller, times a maximum number of instances of said ME to be attached, and after undocking said ME, said process controller communicating with said attached ME while controlling said industrial process. reading a representation of a first industrial protocol for said ME that is in said first ME class while docked at said process controller; translating said representation to a first industrial protocol address, setting said first industrial protocol address as a first configuration instance in its industrial protocol infrastructure blocks in said at least one accessible memory to render said ME an attached ME, as soon as said ME is docked at said process controller, wherein said industrial protocol infrastructure blocks consist of infrastructure for each of said ME classes to be attached to said process controller, times a maximum number of instances of said ME to be attached, and after undocking said ME, said process controller communicating with said attached ME while controlling said industrial process.
Method for operating an industrial scale installation, in particular a power plant installation, in which a number of installation operating parameters characterising the respective operating state of the technical installation and for a number of selected components of the technical installation respectively a number of component operating parameters of relevance for the respective component are monitored and stored in a storage facility, wherein a characteristic fatigue value characterising the current fatigue state of the respective component is determined for the or each selected component as required on the basis of the stored installation operating parameters and/or the stored assigned component operating parameters, wherein, based on the characteristic fatigue value characterising the current fatigue state, an assigned predicted fatigue value is determined respectively for the or each selected component on the basis of guidance parameters characterising a planned change of state, characterised in that the component with the highest determined predicted fatigue value is identified as the guide component and with a predicted fatigue value of the guide component being determined respectively for a number of planned state changes, wherein one of the state changes is selected and initiated based on the determined predicted fatigue values.
A lever-type connector comprising: a mating housing having a cam boss; a housing that is fitted into and removed from the mating housing; and a lever that is rotatably supported by the housing via a support shaft, has a cam groove engaging with the cam boss, and is rotated from a temporary locking position to cause the cam groove to engage with the cam boss, thus moving the mating housing toward the housing and fitting the mating housing and the housing to each other, wherein the lever includes a temporary locking arm portion that has a temporary locking portion and is elastically deformable, the housing includes a temporarily locked portion that is temporarily locked to and unlocked from the temporary locking portion of the temporary locking arm portion, the mating housing includes a release rib portion that releases a temporary locking state of the temporary locking portion of the temporary locking arm portion and the temporarily locked portion of the housing, and the cam groove of the lever includes a boss pick-up portion and a boss holding portion that engage with the cam boss, characterized in that the boss holding portion faces the boss pick-up portion, and the boss holding portion is configured to hold the cam boss in a state where the mating housing and the housing are temporarily set. a mating housing having a cam boss; a housing that is fitted into and removed from the mating housing; and a lever that is rotatably supported by the housing via a support shaft, has a cam groove engaging with the cam boss, and is rotated from a temporary locking position to cause the cam groove to engage with the cam boss, thus moving the mating housing toward the housing and fitting the mating housing and the housing to each other, wherein the lever includes a temporary locking arm portion that has a temporary locking portion and is elastically deformable, the housing includes a temporarily locked portion that is temporarily locked to and unlocked from the temporary locking portion of the temporary locking arm portion, the mating housing includes a release rib portion that releases a temporary locking state of the temporary locking portion of the temporary locking arm portion and the temporarily locked portion of the housing, and the cam groove of the lever includes a boss pick-up portion and a boss holding portion that engage with the cam boss, characterized in that the boss holding portion faces the boss pick-up portion, and the boss holding portion is configured to hold the cam boss in a state where the mating housing and the housing are temporarily set.
A processing apparatus comprising: a file selecting section (10, 50) configured to receive selections of a plurality of files; a first processing section (10, 20) configured to perform authentication by applying authentication information to an authentication-required file that requires authentication for a process to be performed and configured to perform the process; a second processing section (10, 20) configured to perform the process on a no authentication-required file that does not require authentication for the process to be performed; and an authentication information acquiring section (10, 50) configured to request entry of the authentication information for the authentication-required file and acquire the authentication information, wherein after the selections of the files are received, in response to reception of collective instructions from a user for starting the processes with respect to the files, the authentication information acquiring section requests the user to enter the authentication information corresponding to the authentication-required file among the files, and characterized in that after the authentication information acquiring section requests entry of the authentication information corresponding to the authentication-required file and before acquiring the authentication information, the second processing section performs the process prior to the processing performed by the first processing section. a file selecting section (10, 50) configured to receive selections of a plurality of files; a first processing section (10, 20) configured to perform authentication by applying authentication information to an authentication-required file that requires authentication for a process to be performed and configured to perform the process; a second processing section (10, 20) configured to perform the process on a no authentication-required file that does not require authentication for the process to be performed; and an authentication information acquiring section (10, 50) configured to request entry of the authentication information for the authentication-required file and acquire the authentication information, wherein after the selections of the files are received, in response to reception of collective instructions from a user for starting the processes with respect to the files, the authentication information acquiring section requests the user to enter the authentication information corresponding to the authentication-required file among the files, and
A coated contact lens comprising: a lens core comprising an outer surface; and a hydrogel layer covalently attached to at least a portion of the outer surface, the hydrogel layer adapted to contact an ophthalmic surface, wherein the hydrogel layer comprises a hydrophilic polymer population having a first polymer species with a reactive electron pair accepting group and a second polymer species comprising polyacrylamide with a reactive nucleophilic group, the first polymer species being at least partially cross-linked to the second polymer species through the reactive electron pair accepting group of the first polymer species and the reactive nucleophilic group through the second polymer species, wherein the hydrogel layer comprises a thickness below 100 nm as measured by fluorescence microscopy. a lens core comprising an outer surface; and a hydrogel layer covalently attached to at least a portion of the outer surface, the hydrogel layer adapted to contact an ophthalmic surface, wherein the hydrogel layer comprises a hydrophilic polymer population having a first polymer species with a reactive electron pair accepting group and a second polymer species comprising polyacrylamide with a reactive nucleophilic group, the first polymer species being at least partially cross-linked to the second polymer species through the reactive electron pair accepting group of the first polymer species and the reactive nucleophilic group through the second polymer species, wherein the hydrogel layer comprises a thickness below 100 nm as measured by fluorescence microscopy.
Apparatus, in particular suitable for a runtime environment for a blockchain, for operating a cryptographically protected virtual machine, having: - means for providing at least one first link of a blockchain, which link comprises at least one transaction data record that describes at least one first operating state of the virtual machine and has at least one instruction to form a second link (512, 513) in the blockchain, wherein the at least one transaction data record of the second link describes a second operating state (T', T") of the virtual machine, which second operating state has changed in comparison with the first operating state, wherein the virtual machine is designed as a stack or register machine, - means for providing a checking function that checks a transaction to be performed that is defined by the at least one transaction data record for whether the second operating state of the virtual machine is admissible, wherein the checking function undertakes tasks of an interpreter that interprets and/or executes commands for operating the virtual machine, and - means for performing the transaction on the basis of the checked admissibility. - means for providing at least one first link of a blockchain, which link comprises at least one transaction data record that describes at least one first operating state of the virtual machine and has at least one instruction to form a second link (512, 513) in the blockchain, wherein the at least one transaction data record of the second link describes a second operating state (T', T") of the virtual machine, which second operating state has changed in comparison with the first operating state, wherein the virtual machine is designed as a stack or register machine, - means for providing a checking function that checks a transaction to be performed that is defined by the at least one transaction data record for whether the second operating state of the virtual machine is admissible, wherein the checking function undertakes tasks of an interpreter that interprets and/or executes commands for operating the virtual machine, and - means for performing the transaction on the basis of the checked admissibility.
A filter arrangement comprising a modular filter wall comprising at least one vertically extending filter wall module arranged to receive and contain a filtering material, and a filling device comprising a reservoir for filtering material, wherein the filling device is arranged for filling a filtering material to said at least one vertically extending filter wall module, said filter wall module comprising a filter material extraction point, for extracting filtering material from the filter wall module, near a lower region of the filter wall module, side plates, vertically extending guide elements extending over an outer surface thereof, and horizontally extending support bars, wherein the guide elements are arranged to guide the filling device to move vertically along said guide elements between a first position near a lower region of the filter wall module, in which first position the filling device may be charged with filtering material and a second position near an upper region of the filter wall module in which the filling device can release said filtering material to said filter wall module, and wherein the guide elements additionally act as frame members for the filter wall module.
A fluid coupler (100, 1000) for controlling a flow of fluid therethrough, the fluid coupler comprising: an outer body (108, 1080); an end connector (102, 1020) being at least partially received inside the outer body and configured to receive fluid; an inner body (110, 1100) disposed inside the outer body, the inner body being moveable with respect to the outer body; a seat holder (112, 1120) located inside of the inner body; a valve seat (124, 1240) engaged to the seat holder, the valve seat moveable between a closed position, where the valve seat engages an inner surface of the inner body to prevent flow through the fluid coupler, and an open position where the valve seat is disengaged from the inner surface of the inner body; and a connector (116, 1160) at least partially housed within the inner body, the connector comprising a first end secured to the seat holder; wherein the fluid coupler defines a fluid flow path isolated from the outer body, the fluid flow path enabling fluid flowing therethrough to contact and flow through the end connector, the inner body, the seat holder, and the connector. an outer body (108, 1080); an end connector (102, 1020) being at least partially received inside the outer body and configured to receive fluid; an inner body (110, 1100) disposed inside the outer body, the inner body being moveable with respect to the outer body; a seat holder (112, 1120) located inside of the inner body; a valve seat (124, 1240) engaged to the seat holder, the valve seat moveable between a closed position, where the valve seat engages an inner surface of the inner body to prevent flow through the fluid coupler, and an open position where the valve seat is disengaged from the inner surface of the inner body; and a connector (116, 1160) at least partially housed within the inner body, the connector comprising a first end secured to the seat holder; wherein the fluid coupler defines a fluid flow path isolated from the outer body, the fluid flow path enabling fluid flowing therethrough to contact and flow through the end connector, the inner body, the seat holder, and the connector.