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An apparatus for treating obesity of an obese human patient having a stomach with a food cavity, the apparatus comprising: at least one volume filling device (10, 10y, 310, 310a-c, 399, 810y) adapted to be at least substantially invaginated by a stomach wall portion of the patient and having an outer surface adapted to rest against the stomach wall, such that the volume of the food cavity is reduced in size; characterized in that the apparatus further comprises: at least one implantable operable stretching device (10b, 10"y, 50y, 110y, 350) adapted to post-operatively stretch a portion of the patient's stomach wall; and an operation device (40, 40y, 42, 42y, 90y, 317, 330, 354) for non-invasively operating the at least one implantable stretching device when implanted, to stretch the stomach wall portion such that satiety is created; wherein the operable stretching device is adapted to be placed against the outside of the stomach wall. at least one volume filling device (10, 10y, 310, 310a-c, 399, 810y) adapted to be at least substantially invaginated by a stomach wall portion of the patient and having an outer surface adapted to rest against the stomach wall, such that the volume of the food cavity is reduced in size; characterized in that the apparatus further comprises: at least one implantable operable stretching device (10b, 10"y, 50y, 110y, 350) adapted to post-operatively stretch a portion of the patient's stomach wall; and an operation device (40, 40y, 42, 42y, 90y, 317, 330, 354) for non-invasively operating the at least one implantable stretching device when implanted, to stretch the stomach wall portion such that satiety is created; wherein the operable stretching device is adapted to be placed against the outside of the stomach wall. at least one implantable operable stretching device (10b, 10"y, 50y, 110y, 350) adapted to post-operatively stretch a portion of the patient's stomach wall; and an operation device (40, 40y, 42, 42y, 90y, 317, 330, 354) for non-invasively operating the at least one implantable stretching device when implanted, to stretch the stomach wall portion such that satiety is created; wherein the operable stretching device is adapted to be placed against the outside of the stomach wall.
A liner assembly for a gas turbine engine comprising: a corrugated cold sheet including a multiple of metering holes to receive a secondary airflow; a hot sheet proximate said cold sheet, the hot sheet including a multiple of effusion holes; and a multiple of structural supports between said cold sheet and said hot sheet; characterised in that: the liner assembly further comprises a multiple of serpentine baffles, wherein each baffle of said multiple of serpentine baffles comprises a wall that defines a serpentine shape, and a multiple of tabs which extend from said wall to attach the baffle to the cold sheet, each serpentine baffle attached to said cold sheet and supported only by said cold sheet so as to avoid thermal conflict with the hot sheet and configured to segregate secondary airflow communication through the effusion holes. a corrugated cold sheet including a multiple of metering holes to receive a secondary airflow; a hot sheet proximate said cold sheet, the hot sheet including a multiple of effusion holes; and a multiple of structural supports between said cold sheet and said hot sheet; characterised in that: the liner assembly further comprises a multiple of serpentine baffles, wherein each baffle of said multiple of serpentine baffles comprises a wall that defines a serpentine shape, and a multiple of tabs which extend from said wall to attach the baffle to the cold sheet, each serpentine baffle attached to said cold sheet and supported only by said cold sheet so as to avoid thermal conflict with the hot sheet and configured to segregate secondary airflow communication through the effusion holes.
A polymer composition comprising: - at least one polyaryletherketone (PAEK); - at least one polyphenylsulfone (PPSU); - at least one polysulfone, and - glass fibers having an elastic modulus of at least 76 GPa as measured according to ASTM D2343, wherein: by "polyphenylsulfone (PPSU)" is meant an aromatic sulfone polymer where at least 50 % moles of the recurring units are recurring units (Ra): and by "polysulfone "is meant an aromatic sulfone polymer where at least 50 % moles of the recurring units of aromatic sulfone polymer are recurring units (Rb): - at least one polyaryletherketone (PAEK); - at least one polyphenylsulfone (PPSU); - at least one polysulfone, and - glass fibers having an elastic modulus of at least 76 GPa as measured according to ASTM D2343, by "polyphenylsulfone (PPSU)" is meant an aromatic sulfone polymer where at least 50 % moles of the recurring units are recurring units (Ra): and by "polysulfone "is meant an aromatic sulfone polymer where at least 50 % moles of the recurring units of aromatic sulfone polymer are recurring units (Rb):
A method for use in avoiding jitter in a communication network, the method comprising: an ingress point (111, 112) of the communication network receiving packets of a packet stream, wherein the packets are to be delivered with an agreed fixed latency and each received at the ingress point at a time within a particular time slot; the ingress point, during at least a period of time, incrementing a slot counter value every T units of time, wherein T represents an amount of time between slots; for each of the received packets, the ingress point creating a modified packet that includes the received packet and a slot identifier indicating the particular time slot in which the packet was received, wherein the slot identifier is the value of the slot counter at the time the ingress point received the packet; and the ingress point transmitting the modified packets towards an egress point of the communication network, wherein the ingress point and the egress point share the same value of T for incrementing the slot counter value. an ingress point (111, 112) of the communication network receiving packets of a packet stream, wherein the packets are to be delivered with an agreed fixed latency and each received at the ingress point at a time within a particular time slot; the ingress point, during at least a period of time, incrementing a slot counter value every T units of time, wherein T represents an amount of time between slots; for each of the received packets, the ingress point creating a modified packet that includes the received packet and a slot identifier indicating the particular time slot in which the packet was received, wherein the slot identifier is the value of the slot counter at the time the ingress point received the packet; and the ingress point transmitting the modified packets towards an egress point of the communication network, wherein the ingress point and the egress point share the same value of T for incrementing the slot counter value.
A method for accelerated audio processing in a streaming environment the method comprising: a) determining, from signal analysis for a series of audio blocks in a set interval for a streaming audio asset, an audio block to be dropped from the streaming audio asset for the set interval; b) dropping the determined audio block; c) compensating for the dropped audio block to generate compensated audio; and d) playing the compensated audio through an audio device, characterised in that compensating at c) comprises averaging a last set of samples of a prior audio block that is immediately before the dropped audio block with an initial set of samples of a next audio block, and adjusting the values of those samples towards that average, in which frequency analysis is applied to the prior audio block immediately before the dropped audio block to determine a period, of the end of the prior audio block to be averaged with the beginning of the next audio block, so that a greater amount of the end of the prior audio block is averaged for a lower frequency waveform than for a higher frequency waveform. a) determining, from signal analysis for a series of audio blocks in a set interval for a streaming audio asset, an audio block to be dropped from the streaming audio asset for the set interval; b) dropping the determined audio block; c) compensating for the dropped audio block to generate compensated audio; and d) playing the compensated audio through an audio device, characterised in that compensating at c) comprises averaging a last set of samples of a prior audio block that is immediately before the dropped audio block with an initial set of samples of a next audio block, and adjusting the values of those samples towards that average, in which frequency analysis is applied to the prior audio block immediately before the dropped audio block to determine a period, of the end of the prior audio block to be averaged with the beginning of the next audio block, so that a greater amount of the end of the prior audio block is averaged for a lower frequency waveform than for a higher frequency waveform. characterised in that compensating at c) comprises averaging a last set of samples of a prior audio block that is immediately before the dropped audio block with an initial set of samples of a next audio block, and adjusting the values of those samples towards that average, in which frequency analysis is applied to the prior audio block immediately before the dropped audio block to determine a period, of the end of the prior audio block to be averaged with the beginning of the next audio block, so that a greater amount of the end of the prior audio block is averaged for a lower frequency waveform than for a higher frequency waveform.
A body for holding a strain sensor, preferably a fiber optic strain sensor, for determining strain in an object, the body comprising a surface mountable frame, the frame being plate-shaped and including: at least two anchor portions (7, 9) for enabling attachment to a surface of the object, a strain sensitive region in an intermediate position between a first anchor portion and a second anchor portion of the at least two anchor portions, a sensor connection portion configured to hold at least one strain sensor for enabling attachment of the strain sensor to the frame in the strain sensitive region, and at least one elastic portion arranged in the strain sensitive region, the elastic portion being formed by a spring structure configured to provide strain attenuation from the at least two anchor portions of the frame to the sensor connection portion of the frame. at least two anchor portions (7, 9) for enabling attachment to a surface of the object, a strain sensitive region in an intermediate position between a first anchor portion and a second anchor portion of the at least two anchor portions, a sensor connection portion configured to hold at least one strain sensor for enabling attachment of the strain sensor to the frame in the strain sensitive region, and at least one elastic portion arranged in the strain sensitive region, the elastic portion being formed by a spring structure configured to provide strain attenuation from the at least two anchor portions of the frame to the sensor connection portion of the frame.
A porous membrane comprising cellulose fibers, wherein the cellulose fibers comprise cellulose fibers having a diameter of 1 μm or more, in an amount of 5% by weight or more and 30% by weight or less, based on the total weight of the cellulose fibers, and the porous membrane has a tensile strength of 50 N•m/g or more measured in accordance with JIS C2151, and has a tear strength of 0.40 kN/m or more measured in accordance with JIS K7128-1, and the porous membrane has a volume resistivity of 1,500 Ω•cm or less determined by alternate current with a frequency of 20 kHz in which the porous membrane is impregnated with a 1 mol/LiPF 6 /propylene carbonate solution.
Packaging device having: • a container comprising an end wall, a side wall extending from the end wall, the upper portion of the side wall forming a shoulder, a neck, defining an opening of axis X, extending from the shoulder, and • a dispensing head intended to be mounted on the neck of the container comprising: - a base comprising a transverse wall provided with a dispensing orifice, an external skirt extending from the peripheral edge of the transverse wall and a fastening means, and - a lid hinged to the base about a pivot of axis Y perpendicular to the axis X having a free lower edge which faces the shoulder in the closed position of the dispensing head, characterized in that a depression zone formed in the container and constituting a hollow that opens onto the shoulder and onto the side wall of the container, leaves a part of the free edge of the lid accessible so as to allow the lid to be pivoted by actuation of the part of the free edge that is accessible from the depression zone. • a container comprising an end wall, a side wall extending from the end wall, the upper portion of the side wall forming a shoulder, a neck, defining an opening of axis X, extending from the shoulder, and • a dispensing head intended to be mounted on the neck of the container comprising: - a base comprising a transverse wall provided with a dispensing orifice, an external skirt extending from the peripheral edge of the transverse wall and a fastening means, and - a lid hinged to the base about a pivot of axis Y perpendicular to the axis X having a free lower edge which faces the shoulder in the closed position of the dispensing head, - a base comprising a transverse wall provided with a dispensing orifice, an external skirt extending from the peripheral edge of the transverse wall and a fastening means, and - a lid hinged to the base about a pivot of axis Y perpendicular to the axis X having a free lower edge which faces the shoulder in the closed position of the dispensing head,
Use of a diagnostic kit for identifying a cat as being at elevated risk of developing a disease or condition resulting from low hydration, the kit comprising a sequence specific oligonucleotide probe which recognizes one or more single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) selected from chrB4.101464677, chrB4.101341304, and chrB4.101438741.
A method for accessing a database stored on a server using a relation being a tree data structure, the server being coupled to a client computer via a network, wherein the relation comprises first data items, the first data items forming a partially ordered set in the first relation, wherein for each first data item a referential connection exists in the database assigning said first data item to at least one second data item of the database, the first data items being encrypted data items, the method comprising: identifying first data items of the relation, each of the identified first data items referencing N second data items; for each identified first data item modifying, using a same modification method, the modification method being reversible, the identified first data item M times, wherein M≤N, for obtaining M unique modified data items; associating with each of the modified first data items of a given first data item a respective portion of the N referential connections of the given first data item; inserting the modified first data items in the relation, thereby replacing the identified first data items. identifying first data items of the relation, each of the identified first data items referencing N second data items; for each identified first data item modifying, using a same modification method, the modification method being reversible, the identified first data item M times, wherein M≤N, for obtaining M unique modified data items; associating with each of the modified first data items of a given first data item a respective portion of the N referential connections of the given first data item; inserting the modified first data items in the relation, thereby replacing the identified first data items.
An automatic gripper comprising a base, with at least two fingers, each slidingly connected to the base, an electronic control unit and at least one drive comprising a motor, wherein the drive further comprises a pulling device and a traction means and an elastic means, wherein the elastic means has a non-linear progressive characteristic curve, wherein each finger comprises at least one fingertip, wherein the traction means is guided over the fingertip, wherein a first end of the traction means is connected to the pulling device, wherein a second end of the traction means is connected to the elastic means, wherein the pulling device is configured to pull the traction means and to slide at least one of the fingers by pulling the traction means, wherein the traction means comprises an outer surface configured to form a friction fit with an object to be lifted, wherein the base comprises a sensor configured to measure a distance of the base to the object to be lifted, wherein the sensor is configured to provide measured values to an electronic control unit, and wherein the electronic control unit is configured for detecting an initial lift of the object from the measured values and, after detecting the initial lift, stopping the motor of the drive such that a constant drive torque is maintained.
A method performed by an enhanced Node B, eNB, to provide system information updates to a user equipment, UE, in sleep or idle mode with an extending paging cycle, the method comprising: transmitting a paging message; wherein system information updates are transmitted by the eNB during a system information modification period that is shorter than a period of the extending paging cycle; characterized in that the paging message includes an optional field to indicate whether there has been a system information update since a last paging occasion (212, 312, 411) for the UE in sleep or idle mode with an extending paging cycle; wherein the optional field is a system information modification for extended paging cycle, SIMExtPC, field. transmitting a paging message; wherein system information updates are transmitted by the eNB during a system information modification period that is shorter than a period of the extending paging cycle; characterized in that the paging message includes an optional field to indicate whether there has been a system information update since a last paging occasion (212, 312, 411) for the UE in sleep or idle mode with an extending paging cycle; wherein the optional field is a system information modification for extended paging cycle, SIMExtPC, field.
A method of drying an unfired honeycomb formed body (1, 101) that is comprised of a raw material composition containing a ceramic material, a dispersion medium, an auxiliary forming agent, and an addition agent, and that has a plurality of cells partitioned by partition walls, the cells serving as fluid through channels, the method comprising the step of causing a current to flow between opposing electrode plates that are provided at an upper side of an opening top end surface and at a lower side of an opening bottom end surface of the honeycomb formed body (1, 101), to perform dielectric drying in a dry space while maintaining a power density with respect to the honeycomb formed body (1, 101) to be in a range of 5 to 20 [kW/kg (water)] to dry the honeycombed formed body to a predetermined level under a predetermined condition.
A method of segmenting text lines in a document image, the segmenting comprising: detecting individual lines of aligned text in the image by: grouping feature points of connected components into strips of features points (902a,902b,904a, 904b, 904c); fitting lines (1100a, 1100d) to the strips of feature points (902a, 902b, 904a, 904b, 904c); pairing upper and lower fitted lines (1100a, 1100d); and forming text line bounding boxes (602, 702a - 702n) from the pairs of fitted lines (1100a, 1100d); generating an aligned text mask from the detected individual lines of aligned text by rendering the text line bounding boxes; and using the aligned text mask from the detected aligned text to segment the document image into aligned text fragments. detecting individual lines of aligned text in the image by: grouping feature points of connected components into strips of features points (902a,902b,904a, 904b, 904c); fitting lines (1100a, 1100d) to the strips of feature points (902a, 902b, 904a, 904b, 904c); grouping feature points of connected components into strips of features points (902a,902b,904a, 904b, 904c); fitting lines (1100a, 1100d) to the strips of feature points (902a, 902b, 904a, 904b, 904c); pairing upper and lower fitted lines (1100a, 1100d); and forming text line bounding boxes (602, 702a - 702n) from the pairs of fitted lines (1100a, 1100d); generating an aligned text mask from the detected individual lines of aligned text by rendering the text line bounding boxes; and using the aligned text mask from the detected aligned text to segment the document image into aligned text fragments.
A method of providing relay capabilities in a wireless communication system, the method performed by a network controller of the wireless communication system, the method comprising: receiving network-level mobile device relaying capabilities about a particular mobile device, the network-level mobile device relaying capabilities indicating the relaying capabilities of the particular mobile device relevant to the manner in which the network uses relaying, and being received in a Non-Access Stratum, NAS, message; receiving radio-level relaying capabilities about the particular mobile device in an Access Stratum, AS, message; updating a stored context for the particular mobile device with the network-level and the radio-level relaying capabilities for that mobile device indicating that the particular mobile device can be used as a relay for relaying communications for another mobile device; and configuring the wireless communication system to enable the particular mobile device to be used to provide relay functionality based on the updated stored context to relay communications for another mobile device; wherein the network-level mobile device relaying capabilities comprise a level of relay capability indicating whether the particular mobile device can be used for all communications or for only a subset of communications. receiving network-level mobile device relaying capabilities about a particular mobile device, the network-level mobile device relaying capabilities indicating the relaying capabilities of the particular mobile device relevant to the manner in which the network uses relaying, and being received in a Non-Access Stratum, NAS, message; receiving radio-level relaying capabilities about the particular mobile device in an Access Stratum, AS, message; updating a stored context for the particular mobile device with the network-level and the radio-level relaying capabilities for that mobile device indicating that the particular mobile device can be used as a relay for relaying communications for another mobile device; and configuring the wireless communication system to enable the particular mobile device to be used to provide relay functionality based on the updated stored context to relay communications for another mobile device; wherein the network-level mobile device relaying capabilities comprise a level of relay capability indicating whether the particular mobile device can be used for all communications or for only a subset of communications.