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A ventricular assist device for improving blood flow in a mammal, wherein said ventricular assist device comprises: (a) a conduit, wherein said conduit comprises a proximal region, a distal region and an intermediate region located between said proximal and distal regions, wherein said proximal region is adapted to be positioned within a first compartment in the cardiovascular system of said mammal, and said distal region is adapted to be positioned within a second compartment in said cardiovascular system, wherein said first compartment is the aorta and said second compartment is the left atrium, and wherein said intermediate region defines a lumen configured to be positioned through a wall between said aorta and said left atrium, and (b) a pump, wherein said pump is adapted to be positioned within said conduit. (a) a conduit, wherein said conduit comprises a proximal region, a distal region and an intermediate region located between said proximal and distal regions, wherein said proximal region is adapted to be positioned within a first compartment in the cardiovascular system of said mammal, and said distal region is adapted to be positioned within a second compartment in said cardiovascular system, wherein said first compartment is the aorta and said second compartment is the left atrium, and wherein said intermediate region defines a lumen configured to be positioned through a wall between said aorta and said left atrium, and wherein said conduit comprises a proximal region, a distal region and an intermediate region located between said proximal and distal regions, wherein said proximal region is adapted to be positioned within a first compartment in the cardiovascular system of said mammal, and said distal region is adapted to be positioned within a second compartment in said cardiovascular system, wherein said first compartment is the aorta and said second compartment is the left atrium, and wherein said intermediate region defines a lumen configured to be positioned through a wall between said aorta and said left atrium, and (b) a pump, wherein said pump is adapted to be positioned within said conduit.
A curable composition comprising an organic polymer having a reactive silicon group and a cyclic N-hydroamide compound, wherein the cyclic N-hydroamide compound is 2-pyrrolidinone shown below wherein a main chain of the organic polymer is a polyoxyalkylene-based polymer, a (meth)acrylic acid ester-based polymer or a polyoxyalkylene-based polymer and a (meth)acrylic acid ester-based polymer in combination, and wherein the blending amount of the cyclic N-hydroamide compound is, relative to 100 parts by weight of the organic polymer, 1 to 5 parts by weight.
An electronic device (10, 1901) comprising: a board (210, 310) including a first opening (211, 311); a lens unit (240, 340) with an optical axis in a second direction; an image sensor carrier including an image sensor (260, 360); an optical image stabilization actuator (220, 320) comprising a first member (221, 321) fixed to the board; a second member (222, 322) movably connected to the first member, and coupled to at least a portion of the first member; and at least one control member (223, 323) coupled to the first member and the second member so as to control the second member in response to movement of the electronic device, wherein the optical image stabilization actuator (220, 320) is coupled with the image sensor carrier, to move the image sensor carrier in a first direction vertical to the second direction, the first member comprises a second opening (221a, 321a) facing the first opening, the second member comprises a third opening (222a, 322a) facing the second opening, and the image sensor carrier including the image sensor is received in the first opening (211, 311) through the second opening (221a, 321a) of the first member and the third opening (222a, 322a) of the second member of the optical image stabilization actuator (220, 320). a board (210, 310) including a first opening (211, 311); a lens unit (240, 340) with an optical axis in a second direction; an image sensor carrier including an image sensor (260, 360); an optical image stabilization actuator (220, 320) comprising a first member (221, 321) fixed to the board; a second member (222, 322) movably connected to the first member, and coupled to at least a portion of the first member; and at least one control member (223, 323) coupled to the first member and the second member so as to control the second member in response to movement of the electronic device, wherein the optical image stabilization actuator (220, 320) is coupled with the image sensor carrier, to move the image sensor carrier in a first direction vertical to the second direction, the first member comprises a second opening (221a, 321a) facing the first opening, the second member comprises a third opening (222a, 322a) facing the second opening, and the image sensor carrier including the image sensor is received in the first opening (211, 311) through the second opening (221a, 321a) of the first member and the third opening (222a, 322a) of the second member of the optical image stabilization actuator (220, 320).
An indoor unit of an air conditioner, comprising an air duct, an air outlet in communication with the air duct, and an air deflector for guiding the direction of air outflow of the air conditioner, wherein the indoor unit of the air conditioner further comprises a rotation driving motor in drive connection with a left support end of the air deflector, characterised by a volute tongue provided at an outer end of the air duct proximately to the air outlet, and in that the indoor unit of the air conditioner further comprises a middle support mechanism, which is telescopically provided between the air deflector and the volute tongue.
A vibration distribution measuring apparatus which is configured: to measure backscattered light in an optical fiber to be measured a plurality of times at different times, to extract an optical spectrum of a window section determined from a plurality of backscattered light waveforms obtained by the measurement, and to measure a vibration distribution in the optical fiber to be measured using optical spectra of the plurality of extracted backscattered light waveforms; wherein measurement is performed at a repetition frequency of probe light, which has a time frequency that is at least twice the frequency of the vibration to be measured; and wherein the vibration distribution measuring apparatus is configured to calculate the optical spectrum of the window section using a window section in which the vibration amplitude in the window section in the optical fiber to be measured is larger than a threshold value defined in the window section; characterized in that: the window section has a spatial frequency which is twice the wave number of the vibration to be measured or more; and a vibration sensitivity is higher than the amplitude of the vibration to be measured. to measure backscattered light in an optical fiber to be measured a plurality of times at different times, to extract an optical spectrum of a window section determined from a plurality of backscattered light waveforms obtained by the measurement, and to measure a vibration distribution in the optical fiber to be measured using optical spectra of the plurality of extracted backscattered light waveforms; wherein measurement is performed at a repetition frequency of probe light, which has a time frequency that is at least twice the frequency of the vibration to be measured; and wherein the vibration distribution measuring apparatus is configured to calculate the optical spectrum of the window section using a window section in which the vibration amplitude in the window section in the optical fiber to be measured is larger than a threshold value defined in the window section; characterized in that: the window section has a spatial frequency which is twice the wave number of the vibration to be measured or more; and a vibration sensitivity is higher than the amplitude of the vibration to be measured. the window section has a spatial frequency which is twice the wave number of the vibration to be measured or more; and a vibration sensitivity is higher than the amplitude of the vibration to be measured.
A process for separating gases, wherein said process is carried out in an apparatus which consists of a feed stream separation stage, and a retentate separation stage, and optionally, a compressor arranged up-stream of the feed stream separation stage and/or at least one vacuum device arranged in at least one permeate stream of the feed stream separation stage and/or the retentate separation stage, wherein, the feed stream separation stage separates a gaseous feed stream comprising at least two components into a first permeate stream and a first retentate stream, and the retentate separation stage separates the first retentate stream into a second permeate stream and a second retentate stream, and the first permeate stream is removed as product or further processed or optionally can be discarded if the second retentate stream is removed or further treated, and the second retentate stream is removed as a first product or further processed or optionally can be discarded if the first permeate stream is removed or further processed; and the second permeate stream is fed to the feed stream, and the feed stream separation stage and the retentate separation stage are membrane separation stages, characterized in that, the first retentate stream is heated to a temperature higher than the temperature of the feed stream, before it is introduced to the retentate separation stage, and the total capacity of the membranes used in the retentate separation stage is higher than the total capacity of the membranes used in the feed stream separation stage, the total capacity of the membranes being the product of membrane permeance and membrane surface with the membrane permeance being measured for nitrogen Grade 4.8 at a retentate pressure of 11 bar, a permeate pressure of 1.1 bar and the average operating temperature of the membrane.
A check valve system, comprising: a housing having a passageway therethrough, the passageway including a first portion (40a, 40b) and a second portion (42a, 42b), the first portion (40a, 40b) having a diameter that is less than a diameter of the second portion (42a, 42b) so as to form a stepped portion (50a, 50b); a blocking element (29, 31) disposed within the second portion (42a, 42b) of the passageway; and a biasing member (72, 73) disposed within the second portion (42a, 42b) of the passageway and configured to maintain the blocking element (29, 31) in contact with the stepped portion (50a, 50b) when under compression, characterized in that the housing, the blocking element (29, 31) and the biasing member (72, 73) are obtainable by substantially simultaneously 3D printing, so as to be formed from one or more 3D printable materials, and the biasing member (72, 73) is a spring formed under zero stress. a housing having a passageway therethrough, the passageway including a first portion (40a, 40b) and a second portion (42a, 42b), the first portion (40a, 40b) having a diameter that is less than a diameter of the second portion (42a, 42b) so as to form a stepped portion (50a, 50b); a blocking element (29, 31) disposed within the second portion (42a, 42b) of the passageway; and a biasing member (72, 73) disposed within the second portion (42a, 42b) of the passageway and configured to maintain the blocking element (29, 31) in contact with the stepped portion (50a, 50b) when under compression, characterized in that the housing, the blocking element (29, 31) and the biasing member (72, 73) are obtainable by substantially simultaneously 3D printing, so as to be formed from one or more 3D printable materials, and the biasing member (72, 73) is a spring formed under zero stress.
A non-aqueous ophthalmic composition comprising dry solid particles of a protein powder preparation suspended in a liquid vehicle comprising a semifluorinated alkane, wherein the particles of the protein powder preparation comprise an anti-VEGF protein selected from aflibercept or a sequence having 100% sequence identity to SEQ ID NO: 1.
A computer-implemented method of predicting if hypothetical target polypeptide sequences will have or are likely to have at least one desired functional property, the method comprising: (a) identifying one or more motifs common to two or more members of a population of polypeptide sequence variants using a computer program, wherein the polypeptide sequence variants are variants in the order and identity of amino acid residues, wherein the motif is a pattern of amino acids, and wherein a subset of the population of polypeptide sequence variants comprises the at least one desired functional property and a subset of the population of polypeptide sequence variants lacks the at least one desired functional property, to produce a motif data set comprising the motifs identified in each of the subsets of the population of polypeptide sequence variants; (b) correlating at least one motif from the motif data set with the at least one desired functional property to produce a motif scoring function, by scoring said at least one motif according to a frequency of occurrence in each subset of the population of polypeptide sequence variants or according to a frequency of absence from each subset of the population of polypeptide sequence variants, wherein the motif scoring function is capable of predicting if hypothetical target polypeptide sequences will have or are likely to have the at least one desired functional property; and (c) scoring hypothetical target polypeptide sequences using the motif scoring function to predict if the hypothetical target polypeptide sequences will have or are likely to have the at least one desired functional property. (a) identifying one or more motifs common to two or more members of a population of polypeptide sequence variants using a computer program, wherein the polypeptide sequence variants are variants in the order and identity of amino acid residues, wherein the motif is a pattern of amino acids, and wherein a subset of the population of polypeptide sequence variants comprises the at least one desired functional property and a subset of the population of polypeptide sequence variants lacks the at least one desired functional property, to produce a motif data set comprising the motifs identified in each of the subsets of the population of polypeptide sequence variants; (b) correlating at least one motif from the motif data set with the at least one desired functional property to produce a motif scoring function, by scoring said at least one motif according to a frequency of occurrence in each subset of the population of polypeptide sequence variants or according to a frequency of absence from each subset of the population of polypeptide sequence variants, wherein the motif scoring function is capable of predicting if hypothetical target polypeptide sequences will have or are likely to have the at least one desired functional property; and (c) scoring hypothetical target polypeptide sequences using the motif scoring function to predict if the hypothetical target polypeptide sequences will have or are likely to have the at least one desired functional property.
A crop yield measurer comprising: a crop collector for a field of crops, said crop collector comprising: a navigation satellite system location determiner to determine location information at periodic times during a crop collection process; and a weighing mechanism to determine a weight of collected crops at the periodic times during the crop collection process; a database for storing the location information and the weight at the periodic times during the crop collection process; and a crop yield overview generator to provide a user accessible crop yield per location overview for the field of crops based on the information stored at the database; wherein the crop collector comprises a crop transfer conveyor belt, the crop yield measurer being characterized in that the weighing mechanism is located along and slightly lower than the conveyor belt and connected to the transfer conveyor belt frame with a four-bar linkage; the weighing mechanism comprising one load cell on each side of the belt holding the entire weight of the weighing mechanism and the passing crop; the four bar linkage being arranged to allow the load cells to sense the weight of the conveyor belt sensor and crop, but to be insensitive to the position of the crop on the belt. a crop collector for a field of crops, said crop collector comprising: a navigation satellite system location determiner to determine location information at periodic times during a crop collection process; and a weighing mechanism to determine a weight of collected crops at the periodic times during the crop collection process; a database for storing the location information and the weight at the periodic times during the crop collection process; and a navigation satellite system location determiner to determine location information at periodic times during a crop collection process; and a weighing mechanism to determine a weight of collected crops at the periodic times during the crop collection process; a database for storing the location information and the weight at the periodic times during the crop collection process; and a crop yield overview generator to provide a user accessible crop yield per location overview for the field of crops based on the information stored at the database; wherein the crop collector comprises a crop transfer conveyor belt, the crop yield measurer being characterized in that the weighing mechanism is located along and slightly lower than the conveyor belt and connected to the transfer conveyor belt frame with a four-bar linkage; the weighing mechanism comprising one load cell on each side of the belt holding the entire weight of the weighing mechanism and the passing crop; the four bar linkage being arranged to allow the load cells to sense the weight of the conveyor belt sensor and crop, but to be insensitive to the position of the crop on the belt.
A method of using a processor to render a pixel from an anti-aliased image, comprising: splitting anti-aliased samples of the pixel into first and second sets, wherein at least one of the samples in the first set is different from at least one of the samples in the second set; storing the first set and the second set of anti-aliased samples of the pixel respectively in a first memory and a second memory; and rendering a determined number of said samples from the first set or the first and second sets; characterized in that splitting samples into the first and second sets is based on a likelihood of the sample being used in the rendering and/or a frequency of likely usage of the sample. splitting anti-aliased samples of the pixel into first and second sets, wherein at least one of the samples in the first set is different from at least one of the samples in the second set; storing the first set and the second set of anti-aliased samples of the pixel respectively in a first memory and a second memory; and rendering a determined number of said samples from the first set or the first and second sets; characterized in that splitting samples into the first and second sets is based on a likelihood of the sample being used in the rendering and/or a frequency of likely usage of the sample.
A reduced-pressure treatment apparatus, comprising: a reduced-pressure source; a sensor configured to determine a source pressure generated by the reduced-pressure source; an alarm indicator; and a processing unit characterized in that it is configured to: receive signals from the reduced-pressure source to determine an actual power level of the reduced-pressure source, compare the actual power level to a target power level, communicate a leak alarm signal to the alarm indicator if the actual power level exceeds the target power level for a selected period of time and the source pressure is greater than a first alarm pressure, and communicate a canister-disengaged alarm signal to the alarm indicator if the actual power level exceeds the target power level for a selected period of time and the source pressure is less than a second alarm pressure. a reduced-pressure source; a sensor configured to determine a source pressure generated by the reduced-pressure source; an alarm indicator; and a processing unit characterized in that it is configured to: receive signals from the reduced-pressure source to determine an actual power level of the reduced-pressure source, compare the actual power level to a target power level, communicate a leak alarm signal to the alarm indicator if the actual power level exceeds the target power level for a selected period of time and the source pressure is greater than a first alarm pressure, and communicate a canister-disengaged alarm signal to the alarm indicator if the actual power level exceeds the target power level for a selected period of time and the source pressure is less than a second alarm pressure. receive signals from the reduced-pressure source to determine an actual power level of the reduced-pressure source, compare the actual power level to a target power level, communicate a leak alarm signal to the alarm indicator if the actual power level exceeds the target power level for a selected period of time and the source pressure is greater than a first alarm pressure, and communicate a canister-disengaged alarm signal to the alarm indicator if the actual power level exceeds the target power level for a selected period of time and the source pressure is less than a second alarm pressure.
A method for configuring access to a memory device, comprising: receiving one or more commands to activate at least one of one or more predefined access profiles associated with the memory device, the one or more predefined access profiles specifying how access to the memory device is configured for at least one usage type of a plurality of usage types of the memory device; and configuring access to the memory device in accordance with the at least one of the one or more predefined access profiles, wherein the at least one of the one or more predefined access profiles correspond to at least one of a sequential write access, a sequential read access, a random write access, and a random read access. receiving one or more commands to activate at least one of one or more predefined access profiles associated with the memory device, the one or more predefined access profiles specifying how access to the memory device is configured for at least one usage type of a plurality of usage types of the memory device; and configuring access to the memory device in accordance with the at least one of the one or more predefined access profiles, wherein the at least one of the one or more predefined access profiles correspond to at least one of a sequential write access, a sequential read access, a random write access, and a random read access.