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A reverse vending machine comprising an opening for inserting objects into a chamber of the machine, a plurality of light sources and a plurality of 2D imaging devices, wherein the plurality of 2D imaging devices and the plurality of light sources are arranged as a plurality of imaging and light units around the perimeter of the chamber, each of said imaging and light units comprises one 2D imaging device and one light source, the 2D imaging device and the light source are viewing and illuminating the object at a first and a second oblique angle (α, β), respectively, characterized in that the first and second oblique angles (α, β) are in the range 45-75° relative to a centre-symmetrical line of the plurality of imaging and light units, wherein the reverse vending machine is provided with a transparent or translucent layer positioned in front of the plurality of imaging and light units, and wherein the layer is positioned with the imaging and light units on a first side of the layer, and the location where the object is situated when being viewed and illuminated on a second side of the layer, opposite the first side, wherein the layer is shaped as a substantially flat sheet either oriented such that it, when installed in the reverse vending machine, constitutes a substantially vertical plane relative to the centre-symmetrical line of the plurality of imaging and light units, or such that it constitutes a slightly inwards inclined plane relative to the centre symmetrical line of the plurality of imaging and light units.
A building material comprising: a base material; a first mirror coating formed on the base material and containing a filler and a first resin material, the first mirror coating having a pencil hardness in a range of 3H to 8H, wherein the filler includes at least one of talc, calcium carbonate, silica, glass, quartz, aluminum, and mica, the first resin material, is one of an ultraviolet-cured acrylic resin and a urethane resin, and the content percentage of the filler in the first mirror coating is in the range of 40 mass% or more and 70 mass% or less; and a second mirror coating formed on the first mirror coating and containing at least a second resin material, the second mirror coating having a pencil hardness in a range of B to 2H, wherein at least one of a fluororesin, an acrylic resin, and a urethane resin is used as the second resin material. a base material; a first mirror coating formed on the base material and containing a filler and a first resin material, the first mirror coating having a pencil hardness in a range of 3H to 8H, wherein the filler includes at least one of talc, calcium carbonate, silica, glass, quartz, aluminum, and mica, the first resin material, is one of an ultraviolet-cured acrylic resin and a urethane resin, and the content percentage of the filler in the first mirror coating is in the range of 40 mass% or more and 70 mass% or less; and a second mirror coating formed on the first mirror coating and containing at least a second resin material, the second mirror coating having a pencil hardness in a range of B to 2H, wherein at least one of a fluororesin, an acrylic resin, and a urethane resin is used as the second resin material.
A gas flow passage-forming member for being disposed between a membrane electrode and gas diffusion layer assembly and a separator that constitute a cell for a fuel cell, the gas flow passage-forming member being configured to form a gas flow passage, wherein the gas flow passage-forming member has a corrugated shape such that recessed portions and protruding portions are provided on each of a front side and a back side of the gas flow passage-forming member, wherein the recessed portions on the front side each serve as the gas flow passage, wherein the gas flow passage-forming member has a plurality of communication holes providing communication between the front side of the gas flow passage-forming member and the back side of the gas flow passage-forming member, and the communication holes are provided in a region downstream of an upstream region in a gas flow direction, the region including a midstream region and a downstream region, and wherein the upstream region is a non-communication region with no communication holes, characterized in that a plurality of the communication holes is provided in each of the midstream region and the downstream region, and a distance (Gc) between the communication holes adjacent to each other in the downstream region is shorter than a distance (Gb) between the communication holes adjacent to each other in the midstream region. wherein the gas flow passage-forming member has a corrugated shape such that recessed portions and protruding portions are provided on each of a front side and a back side of the gas flow passage-forming member, wherein the recessed portions on the front side each serve as the gas flow passage, wherein the gas flow passage-forming member has a plurality of communication holes providing communication between the front side of the gas flow passage-forming member and the back side of the gas flow passage-forming member, and the communication holes are provided in a region downstream of an upstream region in a gas flow direction, the region including a midstream region and a downstream region, and wherein the upstream region is a non-communication region with no communication holes, characterized in that a plurality of the communication holes is provided in each of the midstream region and the downstream region, and a distance (Gc) between the communication holes adjacent to each other in the downstream region is shorter than a distance (Gb) between the communication holes adjacent to each other in the midstream region.
A computer-readable storage medium including instructions that, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to perform the steps of: computing (506, 508) a current cognitive load associated with a driver while the driver is operating a vehicle based on data received via one or more sensors (232, 234), wherein at least a portion of the data is associated with one or more secondary tasks performed by the driver in addition to driving; determining that the current cognitive load exceeds a threshold cognitive load indicating at least that a number of the one or more secondary tasks is abnormal relative to a historical number of secondary tasks of the driver; and in response, causing one or more actions to occur that are intended to reduce the current cognitive load associated with the driver. computing (506, 508) a current cognitive load associated with a driver while the driver is operating a vehicle based on data received via one or more sensors (232, 234), wherein at least a portion of the data is associated with one or more secondary tasks performed by the driver in addition to driving; determining that the current cognitive load exceeds a threshold cognitive load indicating at least that a number of the one or more secondary tasks is abnormal relative to a historical number of secondary tasks of the driver; and in response, causing one or more actions to occur that are intended to reduce the current cognitive load associated with the driver.
Composite sandwich plate-like construction, comprising a flat tension plate, a contact layer and a compression layer, said compression layer being an inorganic layer at least comprising ultra fine particles and a binder and that the inorganic layer encapsulates a reinforcement, said reinforcement being steel bars or rods, carbon-, glass-, plastic and/or steel fibres characterised in that the fibre content constitutes 2 % to 12 % by weight of the inorganic layer and that the inorganic layer comprises a coarse aggregate constituting 35 % to 55 % by weight of the inorganic layer, and that the aggregate is chosen from or as a combination of basalt, granite, bauxite, korund or similar strong types of aggregates and that the reinforcement bars or rods constitutes 6 % to 20 % by weight of the inorganic layer.
A method performed in a system with a network connected to user equipment at one end and connected to a service on another end, the method comprising the user equipment: sending a message to the network to check if a proposed flow for a capillary network device with the user equipment acting as a gateway for the capillary network device is to be compensated for by the service or if the user equipment will not be charged for the proposed flow; receiving an indication from the network whether the proposed flow is to be compensated for by the service or not charged for; and using the indication to determine whether to make the proposed flow. sending a message to the network to check if a proposed flow for a capillary network device with the user equipment acting as a gateway for the capillary network device is to be compensated for by the service or if the user equipment will not be charged for the proposed flow; receiving an indication from the network whether the proposed flow is to be compensated for by the service or not charged for; and using the indication to determine whether to make the proposed flow.
A drape assembly for maintaining a sterile field around a surgical microscope having at least one ocular port (40, 50) defining a pair of viewing axes (260, 270), an illumination source defining an illumination axis, and an objective lens barrel having an inner peripheral wall defining a cavity, the assembly comprising: an elongated hollow enclosure of sheet-form material having a first end defining an access opening and a second end defining a hole; characterized by a cylindrical frame defining a central axis and located on the enclosure second end, the cylindrical frame having an outer surface engageable with the inner peripheral wall of the objective lens barrel for mounting the frame on the barrel, the frame including a window support adapted to be located within the cavity when the outer surface engages the inner peripheral wall; wherein the outer surface of the frame includes - at least one raised resilient surface, and/or - at least one tab to engage the frame to the inner peripheral wall of the objective lens barrel, and a window located on the window support such that the window intersects the viewing axes (260, 270) when the frame is mounted on the barrel, the frame and window sealing the hole in the enclosure. an elongated hollow enclosure of sheet-form material having a first end defining an access opening and a second end defining a hole; characterized by a cylindrical frame defining a central axis and located on the enclosure second end, the cylindrical frame having an outer surface engageable with the inner peripheral wall of the objective lens barrel for mounting the frame on the barrel, the frame including a window support adapted to be located within the cavity when the outer surface engages the inner peripheral wall; wherein the outer surface of the frame includes - at least one raised resilient surface, and/or - at least one tab to engage the frame to the inner peripheral wall of the objective lens barrel, and - at least one raised resilient surface, and/or - at least one tab to engage the frame to the inner peripheral wall of the objective lens barrel, a window located on the window support such that the window intersects the viewing axes (260, 270) when the frame is mounted on the barrel, the frame and window sealing the hole in the enclosure.
Device for administering a liquid medicament by injection, the device comprising - a dosing portion with a collapsible reservoir, the reservoir having a maximum volume in an extended state and a minimum volume in a collapsed state, wherein prior to injection the reservoir is in the extended state and contains a liquid to be administered, wherein the reservoir is biased towards the collapsed state, wherein the dosing portion comprises a syringe with a barrel and a cooperating plunger, wherein the barrel and the plunger in combination define the collapsible reservoir, wherein the plunger is displaceable inside the barrel from a first position corresponding to the maximum volume of the reservoir, to a second position corresponding to the minimum volume of the reservoir, and wherein the plunger is biased towards the second position by means of a compression spring; - an injection needle, wherein a lumen of the needle is in fluid communication with the reservoir; and - a shield portion with a plug, characterised in that prior to injection the shield portion is in a deployed position where the plug blocks the lumen of the needle, whereby the liquid is maintained under pressure in the reservoir, and in that the shield portion is adapted to move in response to an actuation force applied to the shield portion from the deployed position to a retracted position where the lumen of the needle is open, thereby causing the reservoir to shift to the collapsed state to expel the liquid through the needle. - a dosing portion with a collapsible reservoir, the reservoir having a maximum volume in an extended state and a minimum volume in a collapsed state, wherein prior to injection the reservoir is in the extended state and contains a liquid to be administered, wherein the reservoir is biased towards the collapsed state, wherein the dosing portion comprises a syringe with a barrel and a cooperating plunger, wherein the barrel and the plunger in combination define the collapsible reservoir, wherein the plunger is displaceable inside the barrel from a first position corresponding to the maximum volume of the reservoir, to a second position corresponding to the minimum volume of the reservoir, and wherein the plunger is biased towards the second position by means of a compression spring; - an injection needle, wherein a lumen of the needle is in fluid communication with the reservoir; and - a shield portion with a plug,
Process for the concomitant synthesis of poly(3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene) (PEDOT) and of electrolytic (co)polymer, comprising the following successive steps: - preparation of a solution of water and of ionic monomer chosen from styrene sulfonate, acrylic acid salts, compounds bearing a phosphonyl imide function or a sulfonyl imide function, with stirring at a temperature of between 15 and 25°C in a reactor, - introduction of a solution of 3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene (EDOT) predissolved in a solvent, - stirring until dissolved, - introduction of a solvent-nonionic monomer dispersion chosen from styrene, substituted styrenes and alkyl (meth)acrylates, - stirring until the resulting dispersion has turned white, which is a sign of the formation of the latex seeds, - heating to a temperature of between 35 and 55°C, - introduction of a solution of water-soluble initiator, chosen non-limitingly from persulfates, and of the remaining EDOT, - continuation of the stirring and heating in parallel with the continuous or semi-continuous introduction of the solution of the remaining EDOT and of initiator. - preparation of a solution of water and of ionic monomer chosen from styrene sulfonate, acrylic acid salts, compounds bearing a phosphonyl imide function or a sulfonyl imide function, with stirring at a temperature of between 15 and 25°C in a reactor, - introduction of a solution of 3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene (EDOT) predissolved in a solvent, - stirring until dissolved, - introduction of a solvent-nonionic monomer dispersion chosen from styrene, substituted styrenes and alkyl (meth)acrylates, - stirring until the resulting dispersion has turned white, which is a sign of the formation of the latex seeds, - heating to a temperature of between 35 and 55°C, - introduction of a solution of water-soluble initiator, chosen non-limitingly from persulfates, and of the remaining EDOT, - continuation of the stirring and heating in parallel with the continuous or semi-continuous introduction of the solution of the remaining EDOT and of initiator.
A system for delivering respiratory therapy to a patient, the system comprising: a patient interface device for delivering pressurised gas to a patient; a connector system for connection to a source of pressurised gas; a conduit system fluidly connecting the connector system to the patient interface device, wherein the conduit system includes a first gas line and a second gas line, and the second gas line is positioned within the first gas line along at least part of its length; and a plurality of closable ports that allow a plurality of different modes of respiratory therapy to be provided, and including a first port fluidly connected to the first gas line and a second port fluidly connected to the second gas line, the first and second ports each connectable to the source of pressurized gas, the second port comprising an outlet and a removable closure for sealing the outlet; wherein the system can be configured such that, in a first mode, the second gas line provides respiratory gas to the patient interface device and the first gas line provides an exhaust channel to remove exhaled gases from the system and, in a second mode, the first gas line provides respiratory gas to the patient interface device and the second line is closed by the removable closure. a patient interface device for delivering pressurised gas to a patient; a connector system for connection to a source of pressurised gas; a conduit system fluidly connecting the connector system to the patient interface device, wherein the conduit system includes a first gas line and a second gas line, and the second gas line is positioned within the first gas line along at least part of its length; and a plurality of closable ports that allow a plurality of different modes of respiratory therapy to be provided, and including a first port fluidly connected to the first gas line and a second port fluidly connected to the second gas line, the first and second ports each connectable to the source of pressurized gas, the second port comprising an outlet and a removable closure for sealing the outlet; wherein the system can be configured such that, in a first mode, the second gas line provides respiratory gas to the patient interface device and the first gas line provides an exhaust channel to remove exhaled gases from the system and, in a second mode, the first gas line provides respiratory gas to the patient interface device and the second line is closed by the removable closure.
An ultrasonic analysis apparatus, comprising: an interface module configured to receive signals from a transmitter/receiver which receives ultrasonic waves transmitted from a plurality of mutually different positions on a surface of a body toward a muscle inside the body and reflected from inside the body; an ultrasonic image generating module configured to generate a plurality of ultrasonic images corresponding to the respective positions based on the signals inputted from the interface module; an image compositing module configured to stitch the plurality of ultrasonic images at the respective positions to generate a stitched image; an area setting module configured to both set a region of interest for the stitched image and a secondary region of interest for at least one ultrasonic image of the plurality of ultrasonic images before the stitch, the region of interest set for the stitched image and each secondary region of interest set for the at least one ultrasonic image before the stitch corresponding to each other; and an index calculation module configured to calculate an index related to the muscle, the index corresponding to a muscle quality of the muscle, from the secondary region(s) of interest set for the at least one ultrasonic image before the stitch. an interface module configured to receive signals from a transmitter/receiver which receives ultrasonic waves transmitted from a plurality of mutually different positions on a surface of a body toward a muscle inside the body and reflected from inside the body; an ultrasonic image generating module configured to generate a plurality of ultrasonic images corresponding to the respective positions based on the signals inputted from the interface module; an image compositing module configured to stitch the plurality of ultrasonic images at the respective positions to generate a stitched image; an area setting module configured to both set a region of interest for the stitched image and a secondary region of interest for at least one ultrasonic image of the plurality of ultrasonic images before the stitch, the region of interest set for the stitched image and each secondary region of interest set for the at least one ultrasonic image before the stitch corresponding to each other; and an index calculation module configured to calculate an index related to the muscle, the index corresponding to a muscle quality of the muscle, from the secondary region(s) of interest set for the at least one ultrasonic image before the stitch.
A flow sensing die for sensing a flow of fluid along a flow direction, the flow sensing die comprising: a substrate, the substrate defining a membrane; a heater resistor supported by the membrane, wherein the heater resistor includes a polysilicon material that is doped with a first concentration of a dopant; one or more sensing elements supported by the membrane; wherein the one or more sensing elements are sensing resistors including the polysilicon material that are doped with at least one of: a second concentration of the dopant or a different dopant composition, wherein the second concentration of the dopant is greater than the first concentration of the dopant, wherein the heater resistor has a temperature coefficient of resistance within the range -750 ppm/°C to 750 ppm/°C; wherein the one or more sensing elements have a temperature coefficient of resistance > 1000 ppm/°C. a substrate, the substrate defining a membrane; a heater resistor supported by the membrane, wherein the heater resistor includes a polysilicon material that is doped with a first concentration of a dopant; one or more sensing elements supported by the membrane; wherein the one or more sensing elements are sensing resistors including the polysilicon material that are doped with at least one of: a second concentration of the dopant or a different dopant composition, wherein the second concentration of the dopant is greater than the first concentration of the dopant, wherein the heater resistor has a temperature coefficient of resistance within the range -750 ppm/°C to 750 ppm/°C; wherein the one or more sensing elements have a temperature coefficient of resistance > 1000 ppm/°C.