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A method of operating a multicast communications network, comprising a transmitter and a plurality of receivers, the method comprising the steps of: the transmitter transmitting data to the plurality of receivers; each of the plurality of receivers generating a feedback message in the event that transmitted data is lost, the generation of the feedback message being delayed by a time period selected randomly by each receiver from a shifted power-law distribution function, such that a receiver will not generate a data loss feedback message if it detects a data loss feedback message from a further receiver; wherein the method comprises the further steps of determining a plurality of parameter values of a timer distribution function, the plurality of parameter values minimizing an expression defined as a function of the plurality of parameters, wherein the expression comprises: a first term which is directly proportional to the expected number of feedback messages generated by the plurality of receivers; a second term which comprises a function which increases monotonically with the excess latency due to the feedback mechanism; and a third term for weighting relatively the first and second terms; and transmitting the plurality of parameter values of the timer distribution function over the multicast communications network. the transmitter transmitting data to the plurality of receivers; each of the plurality of receivers generating a feedback message in the event that transmitted data is lost, the generation of the feedback message being delayed by a time period selected randomly by each receiver from a shifted power-law distribution function, such that a receiver will not generate a data loss feedback message if it detects a data loss feedback message from a further receiver; a first term which is directly proportional to the expected number of feedback messages generated by the plurality of receivers; a second term which comprises a function which increases monotonically with the excess latency due to the feedback mechanism; and a third term for weighting relatively the first and second terms; and transmitting the plurality of parameter values of the timer distribution function over the multicast communications network.
A sandwich panel comprising: a core of a foam synthetic resin; two surface plates (4a, 4b) bonded respectively to opposite surfaces of the core with respect to a direction parallel to the thickness of the core; and delamination development preventing members protruded inward from the surface plates so as to sink into the core with respect to directions parallel to the thickness of the core, respectively, wherein the entire surfaces of the delamination development preventing members facing the core are smoothly continuous, unbent, curved surfaces, wherein the delamination development preventing members are formed as ribs or ridges extending along the inner surface of the surface plate facing the core, wherein the delamination development preventing members are sunk into the core with respect to directions parallel to the thickness of the core by depth not greater than half the thickness of the core, and wherein the delamination development preventing members have a semicircular cross section. a core of a foam synthetic resin; two surface plates (4a, 4b) bonded respectively to opposite surfaces of the core with respect to a direction parallel to the thickness of the core; and delamination development preventing members protruded inward from the surface plates so as to sink into the core with respect to directions parallel to the thickness of the core, respectively, wherein the entire surfaces of the delamination development preventing members facing the core are smoothly continuous, unbent, curved surfaces, wherein the delamination development preventing members are formed as ribs or ridges extending along the inner surface of the surface plate facing the core, wherein the delamination development preventing members are sunk into the core with respect to directions parallel to the thickness of the core by depth not greater than half the thickness of the core, and wherein the delamination development preventing members have a semicircular cross section.
A method performed by an apparatus, the method comprising: transmitting communications traffic to a home subscriber server; receiving an overload indicator from the home subscriber server, said overload indicator including a severity indicator, wherein the severity indicator is one of moderate or severe; adjusting traffic volume transmitted to the home subscriber server based upon the severity indicator, wherein the adjusting comprises, upon determining that the severity indicator is moderate, allowing ongoing attach procedures that are at completion, and rejecting new attach procedures involving the home subscriber server; and upon determining that the severity indicator is severe, stopping all ongoing attach procedures. transmitting communications traffic to a home subscriber server; receiving an overload indicator from the home subscriber server, said overload indicator including a severity indicator, wherein the severity indicator is one of moderate or severe; adjusting traffic volume transmitted to the home subscriber server based upon the severity indicator, wherein the adjusting comprises, upon determining that the severity indicator is moderate, allowing ongoing attach procedures that are at completion, and rejecting new attach procedures involving the home subscriber server; and upon determining that the severity indicator is severe, stopping all ongoing attach procedures.
An apparatus for internal ultrasound procedures, comprising: a transducer for emitting and/or receiving ultrasound signals; first and second motors (32,34) wherein the first motor is operatively connected to the transducer so that operation of the first motor turns the transducer around a rotation axis, which is the longitudinal axis of the apparatus, and wherein the second motor is operatively connected to the transducer so that pivoting motion of the transducer around a pivoting axis transverse to the rotation axis of the apparatus is a function of the operation of the second motor characterised in that the first motor is configured to turn a first shaft having a lumen and being operatively connected to the transducer, and wherein the second motor is configured to operate a second shaft that extends through the lumen of the first shaft and is operatively connected to the transducer. a transducer for emitting and/or receiving ultrasound signals; first and second motors (32,34) wherein the first motor is operatively connected to the transducer so that operation of the first motor turns the transducer around a rotation axis, which is the longitudinal axis of the apparatus, and wherein the second motor is operatively connected to the transducer so that pivoting motion of the transducer around a pivoting axis transverse to the rotation axis of the apparatus is a function of the operation of the second motor characterised in that the first motor is configured to turn a first shaft having a lumen and being operatively connected to the transducer, and wherein the second motor is configured to operate a second shaft that extends through the lumen of the first shaft and is operatively connected to the transducer.
A seed meter for metering a plurality of seeds, the seed meter comprising: a meter housing having a first side and a second side, wherein a seed inlet is positioned at the first side and an aperture is positioned at the second side; a hub mounted within the aperture; a retaining member (98, 100) located at the hub, and a seed meter disk positioned on the hub; characterized in that the seed meter disk compressively engages the retaining member (98, 100). a meter housing having a first side and a second side, wherein a seed inlet is positioned at the first side and an aperture is positioned at the second side; a hub mounted within the aperture; a retaining member (98, 100) located at the hub, and a seed meter disk positioned on the hub; characterized in that the seed meter disk compressively engages the retaining member (98, 100).
A heat exchanger of an air conditioning device, in which a plurality of heat transfer tubes arrayed in three or more rows in an airflow direction are provided, and a refrigerant is distributed to a plurality of paths (P1 to P11) by a flow divider to be supplied to the heat transfer tubes, and the refrigerant flowing in the heat transfer tubes of the respective paths (P1 to P11) is joined by a header,the heat exchanger being used as a evaporator during cooling operation, wherein the plurality of paths (P1 to P11) include the most downstream path (P10, P11) made up of only the heat transfer tubes in a most downstream row in the airflow direction, and the upstream path (P6 to P9) made up of only the heat transfer tubes in a plurality of rows arranged on an upstream side of the most downstream path (P10, P11).
A solid-state solar cell comprising a conducting support layer and a surface-increasing scaffold structure, a protective layer, one or more organic-inorganic perovskite layers, and a counter electrode and/or metal layer, wherein the one or more organic-inorganic perovskite layers is provided on the protective layer being on said surface-increasing scaffold structure, and wherein a counter electrode and/or metal layer is provided in electric contact with said perovskite layer, characterized in that said solid state solar cell lacks a separate, non-perovskite hole transporting material layer between said one or more perovskite layers and said counter electrode and/or metal layer; in that the one or more organic-inorganic perovskite layers comprise a perovskite structure functioning as a sensitizer and as a hole conductor; and in that the protective layer is a metal oxide layer comprising a material selected from Mg-oxide, Hf-oxide, Ga-oxide, In-oxide, Nb-oxide, Ti-oxide, Ta-oxide, Y-oxide and Zr-oxide and has a thickness of not more than 1 nm.
A vertebral prosthesis, comprising: a first bearing element shaped to form a facet joint with a second bearing element; and a first fixation element (56, 500, 600, 900, 1300, 1400, 1500, 1700) having a longitudinal axis, the first fixation element adapted to be coupled to the first bearing element and adapted to be inserted into one or more holes in a vertebra, the first fixation element including an anti-rotation element (504, 604, 960, 1350, 1423, 1560, 1565) for coupling to at least a portion of the vertebra defining one or more holes in the vertebra, the anti-rotation element being adapted to resist a rotational force from causing rotation of the first fixation element within a hole in the vertebra, characterized in that the anti-rotation element comprises one or more grooves (506, 606, 935, 950, 1335, 1460, 1530, 1545) extending in the direction of the longitudinal axis. a first bearing element shaped to form a facet joint with a second bearing element; and a first fixation element (56, 500, 600, 900, 1300, 1400, 1500, 1700) having a longitudinal axis, the first fixation element adapted to be coupled to the first bearing element and adapted to be inserted into one or more holes in a vertebra, the first fixation element including an anti-rotation element (504, 604, 960, 1350, 1423, 1560, 1565) for coupling to at least a portion of the vertebra defining one or more holes in the vertebra, the anti-rotation element being adapted to resist a rotational force from causing rotation of the first fixation element within a hole in the vertebra, characterized in that the anti-rotation element comprises one or more grooves (506, 606, 935, 950, 1335, 1460, 1530, 1545) extending in the direction of the longitudinal axis.
A device for detecting a damage of a contact strip of a current transmission device between two elements which can be moved relative to each other, comprising a tube which is produced from a rigid material and which is configured to contain a pressurized fluid when closed, and which is intended to be fixed between the contact strip and a means for supporting this strip, the assembly formed by the contact strip, the tube and the support means being intended to be mounted on one of the movable elements so that the interior of this tube is in fluid communication with means for detecting a pressure variation, characterized in that the tube has at least one discontinuity which creates a local thinning of the thickness of the tube, the said local thinning corresponding to a remaining thickness of the material comprised between 0.20 mm and 0.40 mm, and in that the tube (4, 4', 4", 4"') is produced from brass.
An implant (1; 18; 19; 30; 43) for percutaneous implantation through the abdominal wall for encircling and engaging an externalised length of a body duct of a human or animal patient, said implant (1; 18; 19; 30; 43) comprising: - an exterior ring section (2; 31) at least a part of which is for protruding outwardly from the abdominal wall (27; 28) with a free end (7; 8; 10) for mounting of a detachable device, and - an interior section for extending through the abdominal wall (27; 28) and inside the patient for internal fixation of the implant; wherein - the exterior ring section (2; 31) and the interior section (3; 33) have a common axis; characterised in that the internal circumference of at least a part of the exterior ring section above the interior section (3; 33) is arranged with a biocompatible, integrated rigid ingrowth means in the form of netting, mesh, maze or sponge (6; 6'; 35) for the exterior surface of the body duct wall, whereby abdominal tissue can spread into contiguity with serosal tissue which has infiltrated the ingrowth means (6; 6'; 35). - an exterior ring section (2; 31) at least a part of which is for protruding outwardly from the abdominal wall (27; 28) with a free end (7; 8; 10) for mounting of a detachable device, and - an interior section for extending through the abdominal wall (27; 28) and inside the patient for internal fixation of the implant; wherein - the exterior ring section (2; 31) and the interior section (3; 33) have a common axis;
A system for dynamic mirroring, comprising: a mirroring component hosted on a first storage node within a first storage cluster, the first storage node having a local failover partnership with a second storage node within the first storage cluster, the first storage node having a primary disaster recovery partnership with a third storage node within a second storage cluster, the first storage node having an auxiliary disaster recovery partnership with a fourth storage node within the second storage cluster, the mirroring component configured to: maintain a local write cache partition for caching local I/O operation cache data processed by the first storage node; maintain a local mirroring write cache partition for storing local mirrored data from the second storage node based upon the local failover partnership; maintain a primary remote mirroring write cache partition for storing primary mirrored data from the third storage node based upon the primary disaster recovery partnership; maintain an auxiliary remote mirroring write cache partition for storing auxiliary mirrored data from the fourth storage node based upon the auxiliary disaster recovery partnership; receive a notification from the fourth storage node that the third storage node has failed; establish an auxiliary mirroring logical pipeline between the first storage node and the fourth storage node based upon the auxiliary disaster recovery partnership; and mirror write caching data from the first storage node to the fourth storage node over the auxiliary mirroring logical pipeline as mirrored data. maintain a local write cache partition for caching local I/O operation cache data processed by the first storage node; maintain a local mirroring write cache partition for storing local mirrored data from the second storage node based upon the local failover partnership; maintain a primary remote mirroring write cache partition for storing primary mirrored data from the third storage node based upon the primary disaster recovery partnership; maintain an auxiliary remote mirroring write cache partition for storing auxiliary mirrored data from the fourth storage node based upon the auxiliary disaster recovery partnership; receive a notification from the fourth storage node that the third storage node has failed; establish an auxiliary mirroring logical pipeline between the first storage node and the fourth storage node based upon the auxiliary disaster recovery partnership; and mirror write caching data from the first storage node to the fourth storage node over the auxiliary mirroring logical pipeline as mirrored data.
A system comprising a magnetometric detector and a medical device, the system being adapted to obtain position and/or orientation information about at least a part of the medical device by means of the magnetometric detector, wherein a functional elongate magnetic component of the medical device is permanently magnetized by exposing the functional elongate magnetic component to a magnetic field; characterized by: an apparatus comprising a reservoir for keeping functional elongate magnetic components and a magnetizer adapted to record as the permanent magnetization a magnetization which is non-uniform in one dimension thereby creating a one dimensional magnetic pattern along the length of the elongate magnetic component as a code for identification of the elongate magnetic component; and the system is further adapted to identify the elongate component by using the magnetic pattern. an apparatus comprising a reservoir for keeping functional elongate magnetic components and a magnetizer adapted to record as the permanent magnetization a magnetization which is non-uniform in one dimension thereby creating a one dimensional magnetic pattern along the length of the elongate magnetic component as a code for identification of the elongate magnetic component; and the system is further adapted to identify the elongate component by using the magnetic pattern.
A method for operating non-volatile storage, comprising: storing a plurality of first bits into a corresponding plurality of first latches; storing a plurality of second bits into a corresponding plurality of second latches; programming the plurality of first bits and the plurality of second bits into a plurality of non-volatile storage elements, each of the non-volatile storage elements is to be programmed with one of the plurality of first bits and one of the plurality of second bits; using the plurality of second latches and a plurality of third latches for verify status when programming the non-volatile storage elements; and recovering the plurality of second bits in response to a program error during the programming, the recovering is based on data in at least the plurality of second latches; characterised by: preserving the plurality of second bits within a combination of the plurality of second latches and the plurality of third latches while using the plurality of second latches and the plurality of third latches for verify status. storing a plurality of first bits into a corresponding plurality of first latches; storing a plurality of second bits into a corresponding plurality of second latches; programming the plurality of first bits and the plurality of second bits into a plurality of non-volatile storage elements, each of the non-volatile storage elements is to be programmed with one of the plurality of first bits and one of the plurality of second bits; using the plurality of second latches and a plurality of third latches for verify status when programming the non-volatile storage elements; and recovering the plurality of second bits in response to a program error during the programming, the recovering is based on data in at least the plurality of second latches; characterised by: preserving the plurality of second bits within a combination of the plurality of second latches and the plurality of third latches while using the plurality of second latches and the plurality of third latches for verify status. preserving the plurality of second bits within a combination of the plurality of second latches and the plurality of third latches while using the plurality of second latches and the plurality of third latches for verify status.
An aircraft comprising: a landing gear comprising a wheel assembly; a system for reducing oxidation of a friction disk, the system comprising: a braking assembly operatively coupled to the wheel assembly, the braking assembly comprising the friction disk; and a coolant loop coupled in heat exchange communication with the braking assembly, wherein the coolant loop is configured to circulate liquid coolant such that heat is transferred from the friction disk to the liquid coolant; the aircraft further comprises: a heat exchanger coupled to the landing gear; and the coolant loop extending between the braking assembly and the heat exchanger, wherein the coolant loop is configured to circulate liquid coolant between the braking assembly and the heat exchanger such that heat is transferred from the friction disk to the liquid coolant. a landing gear comprising a wheel assembly; a system for reducing oxidation of a friction disk, the system comprising: a braking assembly operatively coupled to the wheel assembly, the braking assembly comprising the friction disk; and a coolant loop coupled in heat exchange communication with the braking assembly, wherein the coolant loop is configured to circulate liquid coolant such that heat is transferred from the friction disk to the liquid coolant; the aircraft further comprises: a braking assembly operatively coupled to the wheel assembly, the braking assembly comprising the friction disk; and a coolant loop coupled in heat exchange communication with the braking assembly, wherein the coolant loop is configured to circulate liquid coolant such that heat is transferred from the friction disk to the liquid coolant; the aircraft further comprises: a heat exchanger coupled to the landing gear; and the coolant loop extending between the braking assembly and the heat exchanger, wherein the coolant loop is configured to circulate liquid coolant between the braking assembly and the heat exchanger such that heat is transferred from the friction disk to the liquid coolant.