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A method of enabling program code stored on target data processing devices, the method comprising: receiving an encrypted value of a permitted number of target data processing devices that are permitted to have program code stored on them enabled, and using a security data processing device to decrypt the encrypted value and store the decrypted value on the security data processing device; and receiving encrypted instructions for execution by the security data processing device; using the security data processing device to decrypt the encrypted instructions and store the decrypted instructions on the security data processing device, for each target data processing device, using the security data processing device to: determine whether the value of the permitted number of target data processing devices is greater than zero; if so, obtain a device identifier from the target data processing device; generate a licence key from the device identifier; store the licence key on the target data processing device; and decrement the value of the permitted number of target data processing devices. wherein using the security data processing device to generate the licence key from the device identifier comprises generating the licence key by execution of the decrypted instructions. receiving an encrypted value of a permitted number of target data processing devices that are permitted to have program code stored on them enabled, and using a security data processing device to decrypt the encrypted value and store the decrypted value on the security data processing device; and receiving encrypted instructions for execution by the security data processing device; using the security data processing device to decrypt the encrypted instructions and store the decrypted instructions on the security data processing device, for each target data processing device, using the security data processing device to: determine whether the value of the permitted number of target data processing devices is greater than zero; if so, obtain a device identifier from the target data processing device; generate a licence key from the device identifier; store the licence key on the target data processing device; and decrement the value of the permitted number of target data processing devices. wherein using the security data processing device to generate the licence key from the device identifier comprises generating the licence key by execution of the decrypted instructions. determine whether the value of the permitted number of target data processing devices is greater than zero; if so, obtain a device identifier from the target data processing device; generate a licence key from the device identifier; store the licence key on the target data processing device; and decrement the value of the permitted number of target data processing devices. wherein using the security data processing device to generate the licence key from the device identifier comprises generating the licence key by execution of the decrypted instructions.
A method for preparing a super absorbent polymer comprising the steps of: performing crosslinking polymerization of a water-soluble ethylenically unsaturated monomer having an acidic group of which at least a part is neutralized, in the presence of an internal crosslinking agent and a polymerization initiator to form a hydrogel polymer containing a first crosslinked polymer (step 1); drying the hydrogel polymer (step 2); pulverizing the dried polymer so that particles having a diameter of 710 μm or more are equal to or higher than 70.0 wt% based on the total weight of the prepared entire particles, thereby preparing particles (step 3); and subjecting the pulverized particles to secondary pulverization (step 4), wherein in step 4, a reference diameter is determined from a diameter range of 600 μm or more and 850 μm or less, and only the particles having a diameter equal to or greater than the reference diameter among the particles prepared in step 3 are subjected to secondary pulverization. performing crosslinking polymerization of a water-soluble ethylenically unsaturated monomer having an acidic group of which at least a part is neutralized, in the presence of an internal crosslinking agent and a polymerization initiator to form a hydrogel polymer containing a first crosslinked polymer (step 1); drying the hydrogel polymer (step 2); pulverizing the dried polymer so that particles having a diameter of 710 μm or more are equal to or higher than 70.0 wt% based on the total weight of the prepared entire particles, thereby preparing particles (step 3); and subjecting the pulverized particles to secondary pulverization (step 4), wherein in step 4, a reference diameter is determined from a diameter range of 600 μm or more and 850 μm or less, and only the particles having a diameter equal to or greater than the reference diameter among the particles prepared in step 3 are subjected to secondary pulverization.
Surgical clip applicator with a double-shank or multiple clip having a U-shaped or V-shaped clip structure having each two legs connected to each other by a connecting region, wherein the applicator comprises a handle, an adjoining shaft and at the free end of the shaft an applying tool (50; 70; 100), which is actuatable with the handle and has two tool jaws (52, 53; 76, 77; 106, 107) which are transferable from an open, idle position to a closed position when actuated and each define a receiving area for the clip to be applied, wherein the receiving areas for the clip to be applied each have an abutment surface for the respective legs, which extends at least over part of the length of the legs, and recesses (60, 61; 80; 110) in which the connecting regions of the legs of the clip are arranged when the tool jaws (52, 53; 76, 77; 106, 107) are in the closed position, wherein the abutment surfaces comprise a guide element, characterized in that the guide element has at least one elongate projection (54, 55), which is arranged parallel to the longitudinal direction of the abutment surfaces for the clip legs and between the clip legs, so that the double-shank and multiple clips with their plurality of legs remain guided and oriented in parallel when the tool jaws are transferred from their open, idle position to the closed position.
An information processing apparatus, comprising: an image acquisition unit configured to acquire a target image; a part region extraction unit configured to cut out a part image including a face part region from a face region of the target image; an identification unit configured to identify a model face part region by comparing the face part region of the cut-out part image to a plurality of model face part regions stored in a storage unit; and an illustration image determination unit configured to determine an illustration image corresponding to the identified model face part region. an image acquisition unit configured to acquire a target image; a part region extraction unit configured to cut out a part image including a face part region from a face region of the target image; an identification unit configured to identify a model face part region by comparing the face part region of the cut-out part image to a plurality of model face part regions stored in a storage unit; and an illustration image determination unit configured to determine an illustration image corresponding to the identified model face part region.
A nursing cushion comprising a head support portion formed into a curved concave shape, a neck support portion extending from and beneath the head support portion in a protruding and curved manner, a buttock support portion extending from and beneath the neck support portion and formed in a curved concave shape, a knee supporting curved portion extending from and beneath buttock support portion in a protruding and curved manner, and a leg support portion extending from and beneath the knee supporting curved portion, said said cushion being characterized in that a peak of the neck support portion is lower, in height, than a peak of the knee-supporting curved portion, in that a curvature of the neck support portion is smaller than a curvature of the knee-supporting curved portion, and in that the head, neck, buttock, and leg support portions and the knee-supporting curved portion are formed in a single piece.
An exfoliation detecting device comprising: a semiconductor substrate being adapted to be attached to an external object; a space in the central part of the semiconductor substrate; plural impurity diffused resistors (3a, 3b, 4a, 4b) forming at least one group gathering closely to each other in at least one place, the plural impurity diffused resistors (3a, 3b, 4a, 4b) forming each group being placed on an outer peripheral part outside the central part of the semiconductor substrate and connected to each other to form a Wheatstone bridge (2a, 2b); and a control unit adapted to acquire the output voltages from at least one Wheatstone bridge (2a, 2b) for detecting exfoliation. a semiconductor substrate being adapted to be attached to an external object; a space in the central part of the semiconductor substrate; plural impurity diffused resistors (3a, 3b, 4a, 4b) forming at least one group gathering closely to each other in at least one place, the plural impurity diffused resistors (3a, 3b, 4a, 4b) forming each group being placed on an outer peripheral part outside the central part of the semiconductor substrate and connected to each other to form a Wheatstone bridge (2a, 2b); and a control unit adapted to acquire the output voltages from at least one Wheatstone bridge (2a, 2b) for detecting exfoliation.
A catheter-based prosthetic valve configured to be crimped to a radially collapsed state on a balloon of a delivery apparatus and adapted to be deployed in the native aortic annulus, the valve comprising: a collapsible and expandable annular frame configured to be collapsed to a radially collapsed state for mounting on a delivery apparatus and expanded to a radially expanded state inside the body; a leaflet structure comprising three leaflets; a sealing skirt made from pericardial tissue; wherein the frame is made from a plastically-expandable material and comprises a plurality of rows (112a, 112b, 112c, 112d) of angled struts joined to each other to form a plurality of hexagonal cells, each of which comprises two opposing side struts extending parallel to a flow axis of the valve, a pair of lower angled struts, extending downwardly from respective lower ends of the side struts and converging toward each other, and a pair of upper angled struts extending upwardly from respective upper ends of the side struts and converging toward each other. a collapsible and expandable annular frame configured to be collapsed to a radially collapsed state for mounting on a delivery apparatus and expanded to a radially expanded state inside the body; a leaflet structure comprising three leaflets; a sealing skirt made from pericardial tissue; wherein the frame is made from a plastically-expandable material and comprises a plurality of rows (112a, 112b, 112c, 112d) of angled struts joined to each other to form a plurality of hexagonal cells, each of which comprises two opposing side struts extending parallel to a flow axis of the valve, a pair of lower angled struts, extending downwardly from respective lower ends of the side struts and converging toward each other, and a pair of upper angled struts extending upwardly from respective upper ends of the side struts and converging toward each other.
A method for detecting arc faults in a photovoltaic string connected to a load, wherein a voltage sensor and a current sensor are electrically connected to the PV string and operative to measure a voltage and current, respectively, supplied to the load, the method comprising: measuring, using the voltage sensor, a voltage output by the PV string over a prescribed time period to obtain a data set of voltage measurements; measuring, using the current sensor, a current output by the PV string over the prescribed time period to obtain a data set of current measurements; determining if the data set of voltage measurements and the data set of current measurements are simultaneously decreasing within the prescribed time period; analyzing the data set of current measurements and the data set of voltage measurements for the presence of pink noise within the prescribed time period; and concluding an arc fault has occurred when i) pink noise is present during the prescribed time period, and ii) at least a portion of the data set of voltage measurements and at least a portion of the data set of current measurements are simultaneously decreasing while pink noise is present. measuring, using the voltage sensor, a voltage output by the PV string over a prescribed time period to obtain a data set of voltage measurements; measuring, using the current sensor, a current output by the PV string over the prescribed time period to obtain a data set of current measurements; determining if the data set of voltage measurements and the data set of current measurements are simultaneously decreasing within the prescribed time period; analyzing the data set of current measurements and the data set of voltage measurements for the presence of pink noise within the prescribed time period; and concluding an arc fault has occurred when i) pink noise is present during the prescribed time period, and ii) at least a portion of the data set of voltage measurements and at least a portion of the data set of current measurements are simultaneously decreasing while pink noise is present. i) pink noise is present during the prescribed time period, and ii) at least a portion of the data set of voltage measurements and at least a portion of the data set of current measurements are simultaneously decreasing while pink noise is present.
A native chitosan or a pharmaceutical composition comprising native chitosan, wherein the native chitosan has a degree of acetylation of less than 2.5% for use in a method of an antibacterial treatment of a patient's tissue for at least one of the following or a combination thereof: preventing the risk of a microbial infection, reducing the microbial load of an existing microbial infection, preventing or reducing the spread of a microbial infection, wherein the infection is at least one of the following or a combination thereof: methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) infection, oxacillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (ORSA) infection, multidrug-resistant Clostridium difficile infection, penicillin-resistant Streptococcus pneumonia infection, multidrug-resistent Pseudomonas aeruginosa infection, multidrug-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii infection.
A method for configuring a remote control device (6, 10), wherein the remote control is pre-programmed with control codes for controlling a first audio/visual device (2, 4) and is programmable with control codes to control a second audio/visual device (2, 4), the method comprising: detecting an indication at the first audio/visual device (2, 4), that the remote control (6, 10) is unconfigured with respect to control of a second audio/visual device (2, 4), the indication being detected without the user manually selecting a programming or configuration mode; and controlling an audio or visual output of the first audio/visual device (2, 4) to prompt the user to configure the remote control (6, 10) to control the second audio/visual device (2, 4), and outputting instructions via the audio or visual output for configuring the remote control (6, 10). detecting an indication at the first audio/visual device (2, 4), that the remote control (6, 10) is unconfigured with respect to control of a second audio/visual device (2, 4), the indication being detected without the user manually selecting a programming or configuration mode; and controlling an audio or visual output of the first audio/visual device (2, 4) to prompt the user to configure the remote control (6, 10) to control the second audio/visual device (2, 4), and outputting instructions via the audio or visual output for configuring the remote control (6, 10).
A nozzle receiver arrangeable in a powder container used in an image forming apparatus, the nozzle receiver comprising: a nozzle receiving opening, in which a conveying nozzle for conveying powder supplied from the powder container is inserted in the image forming apparatus; an opening/closing member to open and to close the nozzle receiving opening; and a supporter to support the opening/closing member, wherein the opening/closing member includes a sealing portion to seal the nozzle receiving opening and is insertable in the supporter in a sliding moving direction so as to move to an opening position to open the nozzle receiving opening when being pressed with insertion of the conveying nozzle, and to move to a closing position to close the nozzle receiving opening with removal of the conveying nozzle, the supporter includes an end surface portion perpendicular to the sliding moving direction of the opening/closing member and facing a rear end surface of the opening/closing member, characterized in that a projection area of the end surface portion in the sliding moving direction of the opening/closing member is smaller than a projection area of the sealing portion in the sliding moving direction of the opening/closing member. a nozzle receiving opening, in which a conveying nozzle for conveying powder supplied from the powder container is inserted in the image forming apparatus; an opening/closing member to open and to close the nozzle receiving opening; and a supporter to support the opening/closing member, wherein the opening/closing member includes a sealing portion to seal the nozzle receiving opening and is insertable in the supporter in a sliding moving direction so as to move to an opening position to open the nozzle receiving opening when being pressed with insertion of the conveying nozzle, and to move to a closing position to close the nozzle receiving opening with removal of the conveying nozzle, the supporter includes an end surface portion perpendicular to the sliding moving direction of the opening/closing member and facing a rear end surface of the opening/closing member, characterized in that a projection area of the end surface portion in the sliding moving direction of the opening/closing member is smaller than a projection area of the sealing portion in the sliding moving direction of the opening/closing member.
A method for adaptively controlling an imaging system (200, 205) comprising: constructing model feature characteristics modeling the appearance of a contrast agent in image data for a physiological process over time, wherein said characteristics comprises a plurality of sections representing individual states of said process, wherein said sections comprise a first section showing a flat course representing a first state at which said contrast agent has not yet arrived in an area being observed or in a preceding vessel, a second section showing an increasing course representing a second state at which said contrast agent is visible in said area or flows in in said preceding vessel, a third section showing a maximum value of said characteristics representing a third state, a fourth section showing a decreasing course representing a fourth state and a fifth section representing a fifth state at which the contrast agent arrives again after traversing the vascular system a second time; determining parameters and commands for controlling the imaging system for each state of the process; performing data acquisition for the process; extracting current features of the process from the acquired data; matching the current features with the model feature characteristics to determine a state of the process; and controlling the data acquisition (145, 150) based on the determined state of the process to produce optimized data. constructing model feature characteristics modeling the appearance of a contrast agent in image data for a physiological process over time, wherein said characteristics comprises a plurality of sections representing individual states of said process, wherein said sections comprise a first section showing a flat course representing a first state at which said contrast agent has not yet arrived in an area being observed or in a preceding vessel, a second section showing an increasing course representing a second state at which said contrast agent is visible in said area or flows in in said preceding vessel, a third section showing a maximum value of said characteristics representing a third state, a fourth section showing a decreasing course representing a fourth state and a fifth section representing a fifth state at which the contrast agent arrives again after traversing the vascular system a second time; determining parameters and commands for controlling the imaging system for each state of the process; performing data acquisition for the process; extracting current features of the process from the acquired data; matching the current features with the model feature characteristics to determine a state of the process; and controlling the data acquisition (145, 150) based on the determined state of the process to produce optimized data.
Process for the preparation of a pseudo-crystalline form of rifaximin comprising the following steps: a) Reacting under stirring a molar equivalent of rifamycin O with an excess of 2-amino-4-methylpyridine in a solvent comprising water, ethyl alcohol and acetone in a volumetric ratio comprised between 6:3:2 and 3:3:1, at a temperature comprised between 15°C-40°C and for a period of time comprised between 20-35 hours; b) Precipitating the solid by cooling the solution; c) Filtering and washing the precipitated solid; d) Suspending the precipitated solid in a mixture of ethyl alcohol and water comprising at least 95% ethyl alcohol, under heating at a temperature comprised between 35°C-45°C for 2,5-3,5 hours under stirring; e) Cooling the suspension to a temperature of 10°C in 60 minutes and keeping the solution at 10°C for at least 30 additional minutes; f) Filtering and washing the resulting solid; g) Drying the solid. a) Reacting under stirring a molar equivalent of rifamycin O with an excess of 2-amino-4-methylpyridine in a solvent comprising water, ethyl alcohol and acetone in a volumetric ratio comprised between 6:3:2 and 3:3:1, at a temperature comprised between 15°C-40°C and for a period of time comprised between 20-35 hours; b) Precipitating the solid by cooling the solution; c) Filtering and washing the precipitated solid; d) Suspending the precipitated solid in a mixture of ethyl alcohol and water comprising at least 95% ethyl alcohol, under heating at a temperature comprised between 35°C-45°C for 2,5-3,5 hours under stirring; e) Cooling the suspension to a temperature of 10°C in 60 minutes and keeping the solution at 10°C for at least 30 additional minutes; f) Filtering and washing the resulting solid; g) Drying the solid.