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A method of determining whether a subject is suffering from an acute or non-healing wound, the method comprising: determining the level of a first polycationic aliphatic amine in a sample obtained from the wound of the subject; comparing the levels of the first polycationic aliphatic amine with the levels of the same polycationic aliphatic amine found in a sample obtained from a subject without wound; wherein, upon comparison, an increased level of the first polycationic aliphatic amine in the wound sample is indicative of a non-healing environment; wherein the first polycationic aliphatic amine is putrescine; wherein the method further comprises determining the level of a second polycationic aliphatic amine in the same sample as previously obtained from the wound of a subject and comparing the level determined for the second polycationic aliphatic amine to the level of the same second polycationic aliphatic amine in a sample obtained from a subject without wound, wherein an increased level of the second polycationic aliphatic amine is indicative of a healing environment; wherein decreased level of the second polycationic aliphatic amine is indicative of a non-healing environment; and wherein the second polycationic aliphatic amine is spermidine, or spermine, or a combination thereof. determining the level of a first polycationic aliphatic amine in a sample obtained from the wound of the subject; comparing the levels of the first polycationic aliphatic amine with the levels of the same polycationic aliphatic amine found in a sample obtained from a subject without wound; wherein, upon comparison, an increased level of the first polycationic aliphatic amine in the wound sample is indicative of a non-healing environment; wherein the first polycationic aliphatic amine is putrescine; wherein the method further comprises determining the level of a second polycationic aliphatic amine in the same sample as previously obtained from the wound of a subject and comparing the level determined for the second polycationic aliphatic amine to the level of the same second polycationic aliphatic amine in a sample obtained from a subject without wound, wherein an increased level of the second polycationic aliphatic amine is indicative of a healing environment; wherein decreased level of the second polycationic aliphatic amine is indicative of a non-healing environment; and wherein the second polycationic aliphatic amine is spermidine, or spermine, or a combination thereof.
A method, comprising: receiving at a first wireless communication device via a pairing controller at least one pairing attempt from at least one unknown wireless communications device using a communication protocol for pairing; characterized in that the method comprises receiving a user selection to reject the pairing attempt by the at least one unknown communications device; determining and listing (516, 518) a pairing attempt number rejected for pairing with each of the at least one unknown wireless communication device according to the pairing controller at the first wireless communication device; and deciding (506, 520) to reject the pairing attempt by the at least one unknown communications device depending on the rejected pairing attempt number determined by the pairing controller, wherein a decision to reject the pairing attempt is made when the pairing attempt number exceeds a threshold. receiving at a first wireless communication device via a pairing controller at least one pairing attempt from at least one unknown wireless communications device using a communication protocol for pairing; characterized in that the method comprises receiving a user selection to reject the pairing attempt by the at least one unknown communications device; determining and listing (516, 518) a pairing attempt number rejected for pairing with each of the at least one unknown wireless communication device according to the pairing controller at the first wireless communication device; and deciding (506, 520) to reject the pairing attempt by the at least one unknown communications device depending on the rejected pairing attempt number determined by the pairing controller, wherein a decision to reject the pairing attempt is made when the pairing attempt number exceeds a threshold.
An anti-dazzle imaging camera, comprising: an aperture configured to receive an optical beam through an adjustable-size opening; a lens assembly configured to receive the optical beam from the aperture and focus the optical beam; and a photorefractive crystal having a front surface and a back surface, the photorefractive crystal configured (i) to receive the optical beam from the lens assembly, (ii) when the optical beam includes no laser radiation, to pass the optical beam unchanged to an imaging detector, and (iii) when the optical beam includes a laser radiation operating across a visible to near-infrared 'NIR' spectral band, to attenuate the laser radiation to generate a modified optical beam and to pass the modified optical beam to the imaging detector, wherein to attenuate the laser radiation, the photorefractive crystal is configured to reflect, using Fresnel's reflection, a portion of the laser radiation off the front surface of the photorefractive crystal back into the photorefractive crystal and write a grating in the photorefractive crystal due to interference between the portion of the laser radiation reflected off the front surface and a second portion of the laser radiation entering the back surface of the photorefractive crystal, wherein the photorefractive crystal is wavelength-agnostic, and wherein a size of the photorefractive crystal is matched to a footprint of the optical beam at a point where the optical beam enters the photorefractive crystal. an aperture configured to receive an optical beam through an adjustable-size opening; a lens assembly configured to receive the optical beam from the aperture and focus the optical beam; and a photorefractive crystal having a front surface and a back surface, the photorefractive crystal configured (i) to receive the optical beam from the lens assembly, (ii) when the optical beam includes no laser radiation, to pass the optical beam unchanged to an imaging detector, and (iii) when the optical beam includes a laser radiation operating across a visible to near-infrared 'NIR' spectral band, to attenuate the laser radiation to generate a modified optical beam and to pass the modified optical beam to the imaging detector, wherein to attenuate the laser radiation, the photorefractive crystal is configured to reflect, using Fresnel's reflection, a portion of the laser radiation off the front surface of the photorefractive crystal back into the photorefractive crystal and write a grating in the photorefractive crystal due to interference between the portion of the laser radiation reflected off the front surface and a second portion of the laser radiation entering the back surface of the photorefractive crystal, wherein the photorefractive crystal is wavelength-agnostic, and wherein a size of the photorefractive crystal is matched to a footprint of the optical beam at a point where the optical beam enters the photorefractive crystal.
Device for cleaning wiper lips on windscreen wiper cleaning blades of windscreen cleaning systems, characterized by a two-sided (18, 20), moisture-impermeable base carrier having a cross-section which is substantially N-shaped, double V-shaped or double U-shaped over a base carrier length and which forms a first and a second surrounding region (10, 12) in the base carrier whose surrounding region openings (14, 16) are orientated counter to each other, wherein the base carrier at the first side thereof has at least in a portion in the region of the first surrounding region a first surface layer of a first material and at the second side thereof at least in a portion in the region of the second surrounding region has a second surface layer of a second material, wherein the first material is at least moistened with a first fluid and the second material is at least moistened with a second fluid, and the first fluid is a cleaning agent for a material of a wiper lip and the second fluid is a care product for a material of a wiper lip.
A device with counter-rotating propellers (1, 2), comprising a means for changing the pitch of the propellers and an epicycloidal gear train transmission, between a driving turbine and the propellers, the pitch changing means comprising an actuator supplied with energy and housed in a cavity surrounded by concentric shafts (3, 4) connecting the epicycloidal gear train to the propellers (1, 2), as well as a system for transporting the energy of a stator to the actuator, characterized in that the transport system comprises a supply conduit passing through a static case of the stator, the static case extending between the turbine and the epicycloidal gear train, and then a dynamic joint between one end of the supply conduit and a rotating circular collector, and finally control conduits (38, 38') connecting the collector to the actuator, said control conduits passing through a planet carrier of the epicycloidal gear train.
A stylet which comprises an elastic linear body, said elastic linear body comprising a plurality of curved portions between a proximal side and a distal side of the elastic linear body, wherein at least one pair of adjacent curved portions are present on different planes which intersect each other, said stylet has two curved portions comprising a first curved portion disposed at the proximal side and a second curved portion disposed at the distal side, characterized in that an entire length of the stylet is 442 to 662 mm, the first curved portion is curved in the leftward direction, directions of curve of the first curved portion and the second curved portion are same with each other, radius of curvature of the first curved portion is 80.5 to 120.8 mm, a radius of curvature of the second curved portion is 12.6 to 18.8 mm, an angle of intersection between a plane on which the first curved portion is present and a plane on which the second curved portion is present is 250°±20° with respect to the line of intersection of the two planes as measured in the counter-clockwise direction by placing the plane on which the first curved portion is present at proximal side and the plane on which the second curved portion is present at distal side, the length of the linear portion at the distal tip is 5 to 15 mm, the angle of intersection between the plane on which the second curved portion is present and the linear portion at the distal tip is -20° to +20° and the distance between the plane on which the first curved portion is present and the distal tip is 24.4 to 36.6 mm.
An identification document for identifying a person by an electronic circuit with a memory and a communication interface, wherein in the memory the following is stored: a first reference image of the person captured with a first focal length at a first distance to the person, the first reference image being stored with the first focal length; and a second reference image of the person captured with a second focal length at a second distance to the person, the second reference image being stored with the second focal length, wherein the communication interface is configured to output either the first reference image or the second reference image, wherein the communication interface is configured to receive a request to output a reference image to which a specific focal length is assigned, and wherein the communication interface is configured to output the first reference image if the first focal length corresponds to the specific focal length, or output the second reference image if the second focal length corresponds to the specific focal length.
A method for producing a prescribed unit size poly(3-hydroxyalkanoate) polymer comprising the steps of: a. providing a recombinant E. coli bacterium, wherein: i. the bacterium expresses a fadR mutation and the bacterium constitutively expresses a positive regulator of the ato operon, ii. the bacterium expresses a recombinant -specific enoyl-CoA hydratase and a recombinant PHA synthase, and iii. a fadB gene from the β-oxidation pathway is inactive in or deleted from a chromosome of the recombinant bacterium and a fadJ gene from the β-oxidation pathway is inactive in or deleted from a chromosome of the recombinant bacterium, thereby blocking β-oxidation and causing a buildup of enoyl-CoA intermediates; b. feeding at least one fatty acid substrate to the recombinant bacterium, the at least one fatty acid substrate being of equal carbon length to the carbon length of a prescribed unit size of the PHA polymer to be produced; and c. isolating and/or purifying the PHA from the recombinant bacterium, thereby producing the PHA polymer. a. providing a recombinant E. coli bacterium, wherein: i. the bacterium expresses a fadR mutation and the bacterium constitutively expresses a positive regulator of the ato operon, ii. the bacterium expresses a recombinant -specific enoyl-CoA hydratase and a recombinant PHA synthase, and iii. a fadB gene from the β-oxidation pathway is inactive in or deleted from a chromosome of the recombinant bacterium and a fadJ gene from the β-oxidation pathway is inactive in or deleted from a chromosome of the recombinant bacterium, thereby blocking β-oxidation and causing a buildup of enoyl-CoA intermediates; i. the bacterium expresses a fadR mutation and the bacterium constitutively expresses a positive regulator of the ato operon, ii. the bacterium expresses a recombinant -specific enoyl-CoA hydratase and a recombinant PHA synthase, and iii. a fadB gene from the β-oxidation pathway is inactive in or deleted from a chromosome of the recombinant bacterium and a fadJ gene from the β-oxidation pathway is inactive in or deleted from a chromosome of the recombinant bacterium, thereby blocking β-oxidation and causing a buildup of enoyl-CoA intermediates; b. feeding at least one fatty acid substrate to the recombinant bacterium, the at least one fatty acid substrate being of equal carbon length to the carbon length of a prescribed unit size of the PHA polymer to be produced; and c. isolating and/or purifying the PHA from the recombinant bacterium, thereby producing the PHA polymer.
A system comprising: non-volatile memory storing a set of signal states for signals to each of a set of one or more system features (120a, 120b, 120n); the system comprising hardware being configurable to: (a) a lockdown state in which the set of signal states stored in the non-volatile memory cannot be modified; (b) a non-lockdown state in which the set of signal states stored in the non-volatile memory can be modified; hardware logic that configures functionality of the set of system features based on the signal states, characterised in that the system further comprises: a Baseboard Management Controller, external to the hardware logic, which includes functionality to modify the set of signal states stored in the non-volatile memory when the hardware is in the non-lockdown state, wherein the Baseboard Management Controller cannot modify the set of signal states stored in the non-volatile memory when the hardware is in the lockdown state. non-volatile memory storing a set of signal states for signals to each of a set of one or more system features (120a, 120b, 120n); the system comprising hardware being configurable to: (a) a lockdown state in which the set of signal states stored in the non-volatile memory cannot be modified; (b) a non-lockdown state in which the set of signal states stored in the non-volatile memory can be modified; (a) a lockdown state in which the set of signal states stored in the non-volatile memory cannot be modified; (b) a non-lockdown state in which the set of signal states stored in the non-volatile memory can be modified; hardware logic that configures functionality of the set of system features based on the signal states, characterised in that the system further comprises: a Baseboard Management Controller, external to the hardware logic, which includes functionality to modify the set of signal states stored in the non-volatile memory when the hardware is in the non-lockdown state, wherein the Baseboard Management Controller cannot modify the set of signal states stored in the non-volatile memory when the hardware is in the lockdown state.
An ultrasonic probe comprising: a piezoelectric element consisting essentially of a piezoelectric single crystal and having first and second main faces (10a, 10b) and first and second side faces (10c, 10d); a first electrode deposited on a substantial portion of the first main face, the first side face, and a part of the second main face of the piezoelectric element, and a second electrode deposited on a substantial portion of the second main face, the second side face, and a part of the first main face of the piezoelectric element, the first and second electrodes being isolated from each other by two grooves (30, 30') formed on the first and second main faces of the piezoelectric element, in a manner parallel to the side edges of the piezoelectric element, respectively, at positions separated from the second and first side edges by a given distance, respectively; a backing layer attached to the electrode layer deposited on the second main face of the piezoelectric element; a ground electrode attached to the first electrode at the first side face of the piezoelectric element; and characterized by a flexible printed circuit board attached to the second electrode on the first main face, an end part of the flexible printed circuit board being attached to the second electrode between the groove and the second side face of the piezoelectric element, and bending to form a right angle, the flexible printed circuit board extending from the second side face of the piezoelectric element, wherein the two grooves (30, 30') have a depth corresponding to 70 to 80% of the total piezoelectric element thickness. a piezoelectric element consisting essentially of a piezoelectric single crystal and having first and second main faces (10a, 10b) and first and second side faces (10c, 10d); a first electrode deposited on a substantial portion of the first main face, the first side face, and a part of the second main face of the piezoelectric element, and a second electrode deposited on a substantial portion of the second main face, the second side face, and a part of the first main face of the piezoelectric element, the first and second electrodes being isolated from each other by two grooves (30, 30') formed on the first and second main faces of the piezoelectric element, in a manner parallel to the side edges of the piezoelectric element, respectively, at positions separated from the second and first side edges by a given distance, respectively; a backing layer attached to the electrode layer deposited on the second main face of the piezoelectric element; a ground electrode attached to the first electrode at the first side face of the piezoelectric element; and characterized by a flexible printed circuit board attached to the second electrode on the first main face, an end part of the flexible printed circuit board being attached to the second electrode between the groove and the second side face of the piezoelectric element, and bending to form a right angle, the flexible printed circuit board extending from the second side face of the piezoelectric element,
A luminaire comprising a luminaire housing, a light source, and a heat transfer device for transferring heat from the light source to the luminaire housing, said heat transfer device comprising: a heat spreader, at least one heat transfer plate mechanically connected to said heat spreader so as to be resiliently compressible towards said heat spreader when brought into contact with said luminaire housing, such that it may adapt to different shapes of luminaire housing, and at least one heat pipe (5; 5') thermally connected to each heat transfer plate and to said heat spreader, so that, when said light source is connected to the heat spreader and the heat transfer plate is resiliently pressed into thermal contact with said luminaire housing, the heat is transferred from said light source to said luminaire housing, characterized in that the heat transfer plate is flexible, and the heat transfer device further comprises at least one heat conducting sub-assembly (101, 101') including the heat transfer plate attached to an end of a heat conducting tube (15, 15') in which the heat pipe is slidably arranged. a heat spreader, at least one heat transfer plate mechanically connected to said heat spreader so as to be resiliently compressible towards said heat spreader when brought into contact with said luminaire housing, such that it may adapt to different shapes of luminaire housing, and at least one heat pipe (5; 5') thermally connected to each heat transfer plate and to said heat spreader, so that, when said light source is connected to the heat spreader and the heat transfer plate is resiliently pressed into thermal contact with said luminaire housing, the heat is transferred from said light source to said luminaire housing,
Sachet having a triangular shape and comprising: - an interior space enclosed by one sheet of flexible blank material, the sheet being folded upon itself to form a front layer and a rear layer of the sachet, and - means for starting opening of the sachet, wherein the front layer and the rear layer are joined by sealing located along two edges of the sachet to define the interior space, and characterised in that a tear strip is arranged between the front layer and the rear layer of the sachet in proximity to and runs at least partially along the sealing at one of the two edges joined by sealing, for opening of the sachet, whereby the sachet obtains a cone-like shape after opening. - an interior space enclosed by one sheet of flexible blank material, the sheet being folded upon itself to form a front layer and a rear layer of the sachet, and - means for starting opening of the sachet,
Rotary connector for a rotating cylindrical shank or axle of a machine or similar, comprising at least one sleeve body, with an end region having an opening bounded by a circumferentially closed inner-surface for clampingly accommodating said shank or axle, which opening on its circumferential inner-surface is provided with clamping regions for securing the shank or axle with a press fit, and wherein there is a plurality of spokes that extend radially outwards from said sleeve body, characterised in that the spokes connect to parts of the sleeve body connecting the clamping regions, and wherein at its radially outer end, each spoke connects to a circumferentially provided individual mass, whereby each individual mass only connects to the sleeve body through said spoke and is free from connections with any other spoke, and in that the parts of the sleeve body connecting the clamping regions act as levers for converting radially outwards directed forces on the spokes to inwardly directed forces exerted by the clamping regions.