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An apparatus for analyzing a sample of tear fluid, the apparatus comprising: an absorbance detection system configured to measure light absorbance by the tear sample; a refractometer system configured to measure refractive index of the tear sample; and an evaluation unit (20, 21) programmed to calculate an osmolarity of the tear sample based on the measured light absorbance and the measured refractive index, the evaluation unit being programmed to i) determine a protein concentration of the tear sample corresponding to the measured light absorbance; ii) determine a protein refractive index increment corresponding to the protein concentration of the tear sample; iii) calculate a refractive index of the tear sample due to salinity alone by computing a difference between the measured refractive index of the tear sample and the protein refractive index increment; iv) determine a salt concentration of the tear sample corresponding to the refractive index of the tear sample due to salinity alone; and v) convert the salt concentration to an osmolarity of the tear sample. an absorbance detection system configured to measure light absorbance by the tear sample; a refractometer system configured to measure refractive index of the tear sample; and an evaluation unit (20, 21) programmed to calculate an osmolarity of the tear sample based on the measured light absorbance and the measured refractive index, the evaluation unit being programmed to i) determine a protein concentration of the tear sample corresponding to the measured light absorbance; ii) determine a protein refractive index increment corresponding to the protein concentration of the tear sample; iii) calculate a refractive index of the tear sample due to salinity alone by computing a difference between the measured refractive index of the tear sample and the protein refractive index increment; iv) determine a salt concentration of the tear sample corresponding to the refractive index of the tear sample due to salinity alone; and v) convert the salt concentration to an osmolarity of the tear sample. i) determine a protein concentration of the tear sample corresponding to the measured light absorbance; ii) determine a protein refractive index increment corresponding to the protein concentration of the tear sample; iii) calculate a refractive index of the tear sample due to salinity alone by computing a difference between the measured refractive index of the tear sample and the protein refractive index increment; iv) determine a salt concentration of the tear sample corresponding to the refractive index of the tear sample due to salinity alone; and v) convert the salt concentration to an osmolarity of the tear sample.
A three-dimensional fabricating apparatus comprising: a fabrication chamber in which powder is layered to form a powder layer and bonded together in a desired shape to form a layered fabrication object; a supply chamber to store the powder, the supply chamber including a supply stage to accumulate the powder, wherein the supply stage of the supply chamber is movable upward and downward in a vertical direction; and a flattening unit to transfer the powder from the supply chamber to the fabrication chamber and flatten the powder supplied in the fabrication chamber to form the powder layer; characterised by a shaker configured to shake and evenly flatten the powder accumulated on the supply stage of the supply chamber, wherein a shaking direction of the shaker is a direction perpendicular to the surface of the supply stage, wherein the shaker is disposed inside the supply stage. a fabrication chamber in which powder is layered to form a powder layer and bonded together in a desired shape to form a layered fabrication object; a supply chamber to store the powder, the supply chamber including a supply stage to accumulate the powder, wherein the supply stage of the supply chamber is movable upward and downward in a vertical direction; and a flattening unit to transfer the powder from the supply chamber to the fabrication chamber and flatten the powder supplied in the fabrication chamber to form the powder layer; characterised by a shaker configured to shake and evenly flatten the powder accumulated on the supply stage of the supply chamber, wherein a shaking direction of the shaker is a direction perpendicular to the surface of the supply stage, wherein the shaker is disposed inside the supply stage.
A supervised fire suppression system comprising: a ball valve assembly for controlling release of a fire extinguishing agent from a container; an actuator operatively associated with the ball valve assembly for actuating the ball valve assembly in the event of a fire, wherein the actuator may be disengaged from the fire suppression system; and an externally mounted supervisory switching device (130; 150) configured to interact with the actuator to provide an indication relating to disengagement of the actuator; wherein the actuator is a solenoid valve detachably mounted to a pneumatic actuator, and the pneumatic actuator is mounted to the ball valve assembly through a mounting bracket. a ball valve assembly for controlling release of a fire extinguishing agent from a container; an actuator operatively associated with the ball valve assembly for actuating the ball valve assembly in the event of a fire, wherein the actuator may be disengaged from the fire suppression system; and an externally mounted supervisory switching device (130; 150) configured to interact with the actuator to provide an indication relating to disengagement of the actuator; wherein the actuator is a solenoid valve detachably mounted to a pneumatic actuator, and the pneumatic actuator is mounted to the ball valve assembly through a mounting bracket.
A method of making a yogurt-based coating composition, comprising: a. combining an oil and lecithin solution with yogurt and a sugar solution to produce a sweetened yogurt mixture at a temperature of from about 40° C to about 45° C; and b. emulsifying the sweetened yogurt mixture to produce the yogurt-based coating composition which is an emulsion that is stable for at least 30 minutes at 25° C and contains from about 45% to about 54% by weight of an oil having a melting point of from about 25° C to about 35° C, about 29% to about 38% by weight yogurt, about 8% to about 12% by weight sugar, about 0.5% to about 1% by weight lecithin, and containing at least 10 3 colony forming units lactic acid bacteria per gram of the yogurt-based coating composition. a. combining an oil and lecithin solution with yogurt and a sugar solution to produce a sweetened yogurt mixture at a temperature of from about 40° C to about 45° C; and b. emulsifying the sweetened yogurt mixture to produce the yogurt-based coating composition which is an emulsion that is stable for at least 30 minutes at 25° C and contains from about 45% to about 54% by weight of an oil having a melting point of from about 25° C to about 35° C, about 29% to about 38% by weight yogurt, about 8% to about 12% by weight sugar, about 0.5% to about 1% by weight lecithin, and containing at least 10 3 colony forming units lactic acid bacteria per gram of the yogurt-based coating composition.
A length measuring device, comprising: a line to which a hook part is attached at one end; a case having an opening formed therein; a rotating part (131,141) to be rotated according to extraction or retraction of the line out of or into the case through the opening; a rotation sensing part which senses a rotation of the rotating part; and a control part configured to convert an amount of rotation of the rotating part into a length measurement value and to reset the converted length measurement value to a predetermined value when the length measuring device is in a first state, which is a rewound state, characterized in that the control part is further configured to determine that the length measurement device is in the first state when the rotating part is rotated in a retraction direction of the line with a faster speed than a reference rotation speed. a line to which a hook part is attached at one end; a case having an opening formed therein; a rotating part (131,141) to be rotated according to extraction or retraction of the line out of or into the case through the opening; a rotation sensing part which senses a rotation of the rotating part; and a control part configured to convert an amount of rotation of the rotating part into a length measurement value and to reset the converted length measurement value to a predetermined value when the length measuring device is in a first state, which is a rewound state, characterized in that the control part is further configured to determine that the length measurement device is in the first state when the rotating part is rotated in a retraction direction of the line with a faster speed than a reference rotation speed.
An air conditioner comprising: a housing comprising a discharge plate having a plurality of discharge holes, and an outlet; a compressor; a heat exchanger configured to exchange heat with air introduced into the housing of the air conditioner; a blower fan configured to allow the heat-exchanged air to flow through at least one of the discharge plate and the outlet; a discharge blade having a plurality of blade holes, and configured to open and close the outlet; and a controller configured to control the heat-exchanged air to be discharged through the plurality of discharge holes and the plurality of blade holes when the outlet is closed, the air conditioner being characterised in that the controller is further configured to reduce a frequency of the compressor to a predetermined value when an indoor relative humidity increases to be within a predetermined range. a housing comprising a discharge plate having a plurality of discharge holes, and an outlet; a compressor; a heat exchanger configured to exchange heat with air introduced into the housing of the air conditioner; a blower fan configured to allow the heat-exchanged air to flow through at least one of the discharge plate and the outlet; a discharge blade having a plurality of blade holes, and configured to open and close the outlet; and a controller configured to control the heat-exchanged air to be discharged through the plurality of discharge holes and the plurality of blade holes when the outlet is closed, the air conditioner being characterised in that the controller is further configured to reduce a frequency of the compressor to a predetermined value when an indoor relative humidity increases to be within a predetermined range.
An observation unit for underwater deployment on or in a submerged earth layer or a submerged structure (14, 16), comprising: - a housing adapted for supporting the underwater observation unit relative to the submerged layer or structure; - an underwater imaging device attached to the housing, and configured to acquire image data of a second light source (36b, 70b) located within a wide field of view, FOV, covering the surroundings of the observation unit; - a processor device configured to receive the image data from the imaging device, and to determine positional data of the second light source relative to the imaging device, and - a communication device, comprising an optical signal transmitter with a light source that is fixed to the housing, the optical signal transmitter being configured to transmit the positional data by emitting a light signal with the light source into the surroundings of the observation unit and towards at least one of: another underwater observation unit (30b, 30c, 30d), an underwater vehicle, and an underwater processing station. - a housing adapted for supporting the underwater observation unit relative to the submerged layer or structure; - an underwater imaging device attached to the housing, and configured to acquire image data of a second light source (36b, 70b) located within a wide field of view, FOV, covering the surroundings of the observation unit; - a processor device configured to receive the image data from the imaging device, and to determine positional data of the second light source relative to the imaging device, and - a communication device, comprising an optical signal transmitter with a light source that is fixed to the housing, the optical signal transmitter being configured to transmit the positional data by emitting a light signal with the light source into the surroundings of the observation unit and towards at least one of: another underwater observation unit (30b, 30c, 30d), an underwater vehicle, and an underwater processing station.
A compound of formula or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof; wherein, R 1 represents a side chain of an amino acid residue selected from Ala, Ser, Thr and Leu; R 2 represents a side chain of an amino acid residue selected from Asp, Glu, Gin and Asn; [Aaa] is an amino acid residue selected from Ser, Asp, Ala, Ile, Phe, Trp, Lys, Glu and Thr; R 3 is hydrogen or alkyl; each of R 4 and R 4 ' independently represents hydrogen or alkyl; both R a and R a ' represents hydrogen; or together are an oxo (=O) group; both R b and R b ' represents hydrogen; or together are an oxo (=O) group; L is X is CH 2, O or S; R 5 is hydrogen or alkyl; m is an integer from 1 to 3; and n is an integer from 2 to 20. R 1 represents a side chain of an amino acid residue selected from Ala, Ser, Thr and Leu; R 2 represents a side chain of an amino acid residue selected from Asp, Glu, Gin and Asn; [Aaa] is an amino acid residue selected from Ser, Asp, Ala, Ile, Phe, Trp, Lys, Glu and Thr; R 3 is hydrogen or alkyl; each of R 4 and R 4 ' independently represents hydrogen or alkyl; both R a and R a ' represents hydrogen; or together are an oxo (=O) group; both R b and R b ' represents hydrogen; or together are an oxo (=O) group; L is X is CH 2, O or S; R 5 is hydrogen or alkyl; m is an integer from 1 to 3; and n is an integer from 2 to 20.
A computer-implemented method for tag networking, the method comprising: determining that one or more network devices in a computer network are configured to handle a tag; receiving, at the one or more network devices, a packet of a traffic flow, wherein the packet includes the tag that is located among data of the packet; reading the packet to identify the tag that is located among the data of the packet; performing a tag lookup to find logic that is associated with the tag; and applying the logic to the packet in response to performing the tag lookup; wherein the logic includes instructions for carrying out a service of the network. determining that one or more network devices in a computer network are configured to handle a tag; receiving, at the one or more network devices, a packet of a traffic flow, wherein the packet includes the tag that is located among data of the packet; reading the packet to identify the tag that is located among the data of the packet; performing a tag lookup to find logic that is associated with the tag; and applying the logic to the packet in response to performing the tag lookup; wherein the logic includes instructions for carrying out a service of the network.
An airfoil fairing comprising: an airfoil section formed of a fiber-reinforced composite wall, the airfoil section having first and second radial ends (64e, 64f), pressure and suction sides (64c, 64d), leading and trailing ends (64a, 64b) joining the pressure and suction sides (64c, 64d), an internal cavity, and a rib extending radially in the internal cavity, the rib having a radial rib end at the first radial end of the airfoil section and extending across the internal cavity from a first rib side at the pressure side to a second rib side at the suction side, characterized in that the rib defines at the radial end first and second shoulders (74, 76), the first and second shoulders (74, 76) defining a radial notch therebetween. an airfoil section formed of a fiber-reinforced composite wall, the airfoil section having first and second radial ends (64e, 64f), pressure and suction sides (64c, 64d), leading and trailing ends (64a, 64b) joining the pressure and suction sides (64c, 64d), an internal cavity, and a rib extending radially in the internal cavity, the rib having a radial rib end at the first radial end of the airfoil section and extending across the internal cavity from a first rib side at the pressure side to a second rib side at the suction side, characterized in that the rib defines at the radial end first and second shoulders (74, 76), the first and second shoulders (74, 76) defining a radial notch therebetween.
A seal device configured to prevent leakage of a fluid on an outer circumferential surface of a rotary shaft in a direction along an axis of the rotary shaft, the seal device comprising an annular main body section disposed on the outer circumferential surface of the rotary shaft in the circumferential direction of the axis, characterized in that a plurality of at least two kinds of holes having different depths are formed in the inner circumferential surface of the main body section and are opening and facing to the outer circumferential surface of the rotary shaft.
A method comprising: performing, by a wireless docking center, WDC, and with a wireless dockee, WD,, pre-association discovery by at least sending, by the WDC and to the WD, an indication that user type authentication is supported by the WDC; receiving, by the WDC and from the WD, a request to access one or more peripheral functions, PFs, associated with the WDC; and performing user type authentication by at least: receiving, by the WDC and from the WD, one or more authentication credentials that correspond to a user of the WD; determining, by the WDC, whether or not the one or more authentication credentials received from the WD grant access to the one or more PFs to which the WD requests access; and in response to determining that the one or more authentication credentials grant access to a first PF of the one or more PFs to which the WD requests access, permitting, by the WDC, the WD to access the first PF. performing, by a wireless docking center, WDC, and with a wireless dockee, WD,, pre-association discovery by at least sending, by the WDC and to the WD, an indication that user type authentication is supported by the WDC; receiving, by the WDC and from the WD, a request to access one or more peripheral functions, PFs, associated with the WDC; and performing user type authentication by at least: receiving, by the WDC and from the WD, one or more authentication credentials that correspond to a user of the WD; determining, by the WDC, whether or not the one or more authentication credentials received from the WD grant access to the one or more PFs to which the WD requests access; and in response to determining that the one or more authentication credentials grant access to a first PF of the one or more PFs to which the WD requests access, permitting, by the WDC, the WD to access the first PF. receiving, by the WDC and from the WD, one or more authentication credentials that correspond to a user of the WD; determining, by the WDC, whether or not the one or more authentication credentials received from the WD grant access to the one or more PFs to which the WD requests access; and in response to determining that the one or more authentication credentials grant access to a first PF of the one or more PFs to which the WD requests access, permitting, by the WDC, the WD to access the first PF.
A method of electrochemically measuring an analyte in a fluid sample and providing a chemistry health failsafe and an antioxidant failsafe, the method comprising the steps of: applying an electrical test sequence to an electrochemical biosensor, the biosensor comprising: an electrode system, a reagent including a redox mediator in electrical communication with the electrode system, and a receptacle configured to contact the fluid sample provided to the biosensor, with the fluid sample in fluidic contact with the reagent, wherein the test sequence comprises at least one direct current block, wherein the DC block includes a slow-ramp bi-polar (SRBP) waveform applied under a closed circuit condition, measuring a current response to the test sequence, determining the presence or absence of an expected redox mediator status, wherein the redox mediator is a nitrosoanaline -derived redox mediator, wherein the NA-derived redox mediator is N,N-bis(hydroxyethyl)-3-methoxy-4-nitrosoanaline hydrochloride, wherein the expected redox mediator status is a quinonediimine feature, and wherein a chemistry health failsafe is displayed if the QDI feature is absent in the current response, evaluating a level of the antioxidant present in the fluid sample based at least in part upon the current response, wherein an antioxidant failsafe is displayed if the level of the antioxidant is above a predetermined threshold, predicting the amount of the analyte present in the fluid sample based on the current response. an electrode system, a reagent including a redox mediator in electrical communication with the electrode system, and a receptacle configured to contact the fluid sample provided to the biosensor, with the fluid sample in fluidic contact with the reagent, wherein the test sequence comprises at least one direct current block, wherein the DC block includes a slow-ramp bi-polar (SRBP) waveform applied under a closed circuit condition, measuring a current response to the test sequence, determining the presence or absence of an expected redox mediator status, wherein the redox mediator is a nitrosoanaline -derived redox mediator, wherein the NA-derived redox mediator is N,N-bis(hydroxyethyl)-3-methoxy-4-nitrosoanaline hydrochloride, wherein the expected redox mediator status is a quinonediimine feature, and wherein a chemistry health failsafe is displayed if the QDI feature is absent in the current response, evaluating a level of the antioxidant present in the fluid sample based at least in part upon the current response, wherein an antioxidant failsafe is displayed if the level of the antioxidant is above a predetermined threshold, predicting the amount of the analyte present in the fluid sample based on the current response.
Aircraft comprising a fuselage and propelled by a turbine engine having two coaxial and contra-rotating fans (7, 8), the turbine engine having a power turbine having two contra-rotating rotors, one driving a fan upstream of the turbine, the other driving a fan downstream of the turbine, each fan having a ring of blades, and the assembly of the fans (7, 8) and power turbine being integrated at the rear of the fuselage, in the extension thereof, the aircraft being characterised in that it comprises, for at least one of the fans (7, 8), a locking device (28, 27) for locking the rotation of the fan (7, 8), means (33, 17) designed to modify the pitch of the blades of said fan (7, 8) so as to operate said fan as a guide vane assembly in relation to the other fan, and a locking device (27, 26) having braking means, for example disc brakes, which make it possible to rigidly connect the rotor (6, 5) of the power turbine driving the corresponding fan (8, 7) to an immovable casing of the turbine engine.
Pneumatic vehicle tyre of a radial type of construction, with a tread, a radial carcass, a breaker belt assembly with at least two belt plies (8a, 8b) and with at least one belt bandage ply, which is arranged radially outside the breaker belt assembly and has reinforcing elements, the reinforcing elements being made to linearly extend approximately in the circumferential direction (uR) of the tyre and arranged discontinuously in reinforcing element segments, these reinforcing element segments being arranged in the belt bandage ply in such a way that - when viewed over the axial width of the belt bandage ply - a lesser circumferential stiffness is obtained in the middle region than in the two shoulder regions adjoining the middle region, the circumferential stiffness of the bandage ply being the product of cord modulus and filament density, characterized in that the axial spacing of the reinforcing element segments is smaller in the shoulder regions than in the middle region, the length (14a, 14b) of the reinforcing element segments being approximately equal or, in the shoulder regions, greater.