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A computer-implemented method comprising: receiving slow calibration data from an imaging device wherein the imaging device is separate from a virtual reality headset (105,200,225) and directed towards the VR headset (105,200,225), the slow calibration data including an image of a portion of the VR headset (105,200,225) at an image time value, and the VR headset (105,200,225) includes a front rigid body and a rear rigid body each having one or more locators, and only locators on the rear rigid body are visible in the image; receiving, from an inertial measurement unit IMU within the front rigid body, fast calibration data comprising an intermediate estimated position of a reference point of the front rigid body at the image time value; determining an observed position of the rear rigid body for the particular image time value using the slow calibration data; determining a predicted position of the rear rigid body for a particular image time value using the fast calibration data and a position vector describing a calibrated offset between the front rigid body and the rear rigid body; and responsive to determining a difference between the observed position of the rear rigid body and the predicted position of the rear rigid body being greater than a threshold value, adjusting the predicted position of the rear rigid body by an offset value so that the difference between the observed position and the predicted position is less than the threshold value. receiving slow calibration data from an imaging device wherein the imaging device is separate from a virtual reality headset (105,200,225) and directed towards the VR headset (105,200,225), the slow calibration data including an image of a portion of the VR headset (105,200,225) at an image time value, and the VR headset (105,200,225) includes a front rigid body and a rear rigid body each having one or more locators, and only locators on the rear rigid body are visible in the image; receiving, from an inertial measurement unit IMU within the front rigid body, fast calibration data comprising an intermediate estimated position of a reference point of the front rigid body at the image time value; determining an observed position of the rear rigid body for the particular image time value using the slow calibration data; determining a predicted position of the rear rigid body for a particular image time value using the fast calibration data and a position vector describing a calibrated offset between the front rigid body and the rear rigid body; and responsive to determining a difference between the observed position of the rear rigid body and the predicted position of the rear rigid body being greater than a threshold value, adjusting the predicted position of the rear rigid body by an offset value so that the difference between the observed position and the predicted position is less than the threshold value.
A method for manufacturing a composite component, the method comprising: placing a first vessel having a preform disposed therein into a chamber defined by a thermal system; compacting, by the thermal system, the preform within the first vessel at an elevated temperature and an elevated pressure to transition the preform to a green-state part; removing the green-state part from the first vessel; placing a second vessel having the green-state part disposed therein into the chamber of the thermal system; burning out, by the thermal system, the green-state part within the second vessel at an elevated temperature and under vacuum to transition the green-state part to a burnt-out part; removing the burnt-out part from the second vessel; placing a third vessel having the burnt-out part disposed therein into the chamber of the thermal system; and densifying, by the thermal system, the burnt-out part within the third vessel at an elevated temperature and under vacuum to transition the burnt-out part to the composite component. placing a first vessel having a preform disposed therein into a chamber defined by a thermal system; compacting, by the thermal system, the preform within the first vessel at an elevated temperature and an elevated pressure to transition the preform to a green-state part; removing the green-state part from the first vessel; placing a second vessel having the green-state part disposed therein into the chamber of the thermal system; burning out, by the thermal system, the green-state part within the second vessel at an elevated temperature and under vacuum to transition the green-state part to a burnt-out part; removing the burnt-out part from the second vessel; placing a third vessel having the burnt-out part disposed therein into the chamber of the thermal system; and densifying, by the thermal system, the burnt-out part within the third vessel at an elevated temperature and under vacuum to transition the burnt-out part to the composite component.
An in vitro method for inhibiting growth and reducing number of contaminating and/or pathogenic agents, the method comprising the step of exposing the contaminating and/or pathogenic agents to a light source device comprising a light emitting element emitting a blue light having a wavelength ranging from 440 to 490 nm, and the light source device providing an effective fluence to the contaminating and/or pathogenic agents greater than 11 J/cm 2, and a power density greater than 20 mW/cm 2, wherein the ratio between the effective fluence and the power density is greater than 1.7 J/ mW preferably greater than 3 J/ mW. the light source device providing an effective fluence to the contaminating and/or pathogenic agents greater than 11 J/cm 2, and a power density greater than 20 mW/cm 2, wherein the ratio between the effective fluence and the power density is greater than 1.7 J/ mW preferably greater than 3 J/ mW.
A gas turbine engine (100;200;300) comprising a compressor section having a downstream most end and a cooling air tap at a location spaced upstream from said downstream most end, said cooling air tap being passed through at least one boost compressor and at least one heat exchanger (122,128), said boost compressor being driven by a driveshaft which is driven by said turbine section, and a boost turbine for selectively driving said boost compressor, characterized in that: the at least one heat exchanger (122, 128) is configured to pass air to a turbine section to cool said turbine section; and a mixing chamber configured to receive air downstream of said boost compressor and selectively receive air from a location, which has been compressed by said compressor section to a pressure higher than a pressure of said cooling air tap, said mixing chamber configured to control a mixture of said airflow downstream of said boost compressor, and said air from said location to selectively deliver a mixture of said two airflows to said turbine section.. the at least one heat exchanger (122, 128) is configured to pass air to a turbine section to cool said turbine section; and a mixing chamber configured to receive air downstream of said boost compressor and selectively receive air from a location, which has been compressed by said compressor section to a pressure higher than a pressure of said cooling air tap, said mixing chamber configured to control a mixture of said airflow downstream of said boost compressor, and said air from said location to selectively deliver a mixture of said two airflows to said turbine section..
A method for producing an antibody which is capable of selectively eliminating disease-causing protein aggregates in preference to protein monomers from plasma, said method comprising the following steps: (a) selecting an antibody: wherein the ratio of the KD (dissociation constant) of the antibody to said protein aggregates under an intracellular pH 5.8 and a calcium ion concentration of 3 μM to an extracellular pH 7.4 and a calcium ion concentration of 1.2 mM is 2 or more: wherein the binding activity to the FcRn receptor of a complex formed between said protein aggregates and the antibody is higher than the binding activity to the FcRn receptor of a complex formed between the unaggregated protein and the antibody; and wherein the ratio of plasma clearance of said aggregated protein in the absence of said antibody to plasma clearance of said aggregated protein in the presence of said antibody is 1.5 times or more than the same plasma clearance ratio for said unaggregated protein; (b) culturing a host cell comprising a vector that carries a gene encoding the antibody selected in step (a); and (c) isolating the antibody from the culture obtained in step (b). (a) selecting an antibody: wherein the ratio of the KD (dissociation constant) of the antibody to said protein aggregates under an intracellular pH 5.8 and a calcium ion concentration of 3 μM to an extracellular pH 7.4 and a calcium ion concentration of 1.2 mM is 2 or more: wherein the binding activity to the FcRn receptor of a complex formed between said protein aggregates and the antibody is higher than the binding activity to the FcRn receptor of a complex formed between the unaggregated protein and the antibody; and wherein the ratio of plasma clearance of said aggregated protein in the absence of said antibody to plasma clearance of said aggregated protein in the presence of said antibody is 1.5 times or more than the same plasma clearance ratio for said unaggregated protein; wherein the ratio of the KD (dissociation constant) of the antibody to said protein aggregates under an intracellular pH 5.8 and a calcium ion concentration of 3 μM to an extracellular pH 7.4 and a calcium ion concentration of 1.2 mM is 2 or more: wherein the binding activity to the FcRn receptor of a complex formed between said protein aggregates and the antibody is higher than the binding activity to the FcRn receptor of a complex formed between the unaggregated protein and the antibody; and wherein the ratio of plasma clearance of said aggregated protein in the absence of said antibody to plasma clearance of said aggregated protein in the presence of said antibody is 1.5 times or more than the same plasma clearance ratio for said unaggregated protein; (b) culturing a host cell comprising a vector that carries a gene encoding the antibody selected in step (a); and (c) isolating the antibody from the culture obtained in step (b).
Connection part comprising - at least two busbars, wherein a broad face of a first of the at least two busbars overlaps with a broad face of a second of the at least two busbars in an overlap region of the at least two busbars, and the longitudinal axes of the at least two busbars runs substantially parallel to one another in at least parts of the overlap region, and - the at least two busbars open into a common end portion with their corresponding end portions different from the overlap region, and - at least one connection element arranged in each case on one of the at least two busbars in the end portion of the busbar, the connection elements of the at least two busbars being spaced apart from one another, - a width of the end portion of at least the first busbar being reduced in relation to a width of the first busbar in at least parts of the overlap region in such a way that the connection element of the second busbar is free of overlap by the end portion of the first busbar characterized in that - at least one seal surrounds at least one of the at least two busbars. - at least two busbars, wherein a broad face of a first of the at least two busbars overlaps with a broad face of a second of the at least two busbars in an overlap region of the at least two busbars, and the longitudinal axes of the at least two busbars runs substantially parallel to one another in at least parts of the overlap region, and - the at least two busbars open into a common end portion with their corresponding end portions different from the overlap region, and - at least one connection element arranged in each case on one of the at least two busbars in the end portion of the busbar, the connection elements of the at least two busbars being spaced apart from one another, - a width of the end portion of at least the first busbar being reduced in relation to a width of the first busbar in at least parts of the overlap region in such a way that the connection element of the second busbar is free of overlap by the end portion of the first busbar characterized in that - at least one seal surrounds at least one of the at least two busbars.
A process of detecting the presence or absence of a target nucleic acid, comprising the steps of: (a) contacting an oligonucleotide probe to a target nucleic acid, thereby forming a complex between the probe and the target nucleic acid, wherein said probe comprises a dR-O- n nucleotide that lacks a base and has a sugar with a carbon at a 1' position, and wherein the carbon at the 1' position is covalently linked through an oxygen atom to a carbon atom of a linker containing n carbon atoms; (b) contacting the probe/nucleic acid complex with a nuclease selected from the group consisting of AP endonuclease, DNA glycosylase/lyase and DNA glycosylase, wherein the nuclease can excise the linker from the complex and/or specifically cleave the probe at the dR-O- n nucleotide; and (c) detecting whether such excision or cleavage has occurred. (a) contacting an oligonucleotide probe to a target nucleic acid, thereby forming a complex between the probe and the target nucleic acid, wherein said probe comprises a dR-O- n nucleotide that lacks a base and has a sugar with a carbon at a 1' position, and wherein the carbon at the 1' position is covalently linked through an oxygen atom to a carbon atom of a linker containing n carbon atoms; (b) contacting the probe/nucleic acid complex with a nuclease selected from the group consisting of AP endonuclease, DNA glycosylase/lyase and DNA glycosylase, wherein the nuclease can excise the linker from the complex and/or specifically cleave the probe at the dR-O- n nucleotide; and (c) detecting whether such excision or cleavage has occurred.
A method of protecting an electric motor of a Pod unit, for propulsion of marine vessels against shaft bending shocks e.g. when the blades of the pod propeller hit ice blocks or other hard objects, said motor having a drive shaft, a rotor and a stator, said rotor and said shaft forming an assembly that is carried in shaft bearings of said Pod unit, arranged to propel a marine vessel, characterized by providing a protective device including a plain bearing other than one of said shaft bearings, said plain bearing comprising at least two members (61, 62), together forming a radial plain bearing having mating arcuate bearing surfaces (611 and 621, respectively) that during normal operation of the motor are spaced from one another by a gas gap, said plain bearing protecting the motor of the pod unit against shaft bending shocks tending to momentarily bend the drive shaft despite well working shaft bearings to such an extent that the rotor may come into contact with the stator, by arranging said mating arcuate bearing surfaces (611 and 621) to get in contact with one another only at extreme loads with short durations, thereby preventing the rotor to come into detrimental contact with the stator.
A hydraulic system for a working machine, the hydraulic system comprising a hydraulic actuator and a first hydraulic machine for supplying fluid to the hydraulic actuator, and a hydraulic transformer for supplying fluid to the hydraulic actuator in parallel with said first hydraulic machine, and an accumulator for fluid, the hydraulic transformer comprising a first port and a second port and being adapted to transform a first pressure and a first flow at said first port to a second pressure and a second flow at said second port, said second port of said hydraulic transformer being in fluid communication with the hydraulic actuator and the first port being in communication with the accumulator, and a hydraulic actuator control means being adapted to determine a required hydraulic power for said hydraulic actuator, said hydraulic actuator control means further being adapted to request a first power portion of said required hydraulic power from said hydraulic transformer and a second power portion of said required hydraulic power from said first hydraulic machine, wherein said hydraulic system comprises a first conduit assembly, said first conduit assembly comprising one or more conduits and a main control valve connected to said actuator, and said first hydraulic machine is adapted to supply fluid to the hydraulic actuator via said first conduit assembly, said second port of said hydraulic transformer being arranged in parallel with said first hydraulic machine in said first conduit assembly characterized in that said second port is connected to a conduit of said first conduit assembly which conduit guides fluid from said first hydraulic machine to said main control valve.
A gel, that is stable during storage and contains, as main components, a carboxylic acid component, an amine component and a solvent component, whereby the carboxylic acid component is a substance made of a carboxylic acid or a carboxylic acid mixture that is easy to remove by thermal means, the amine component is a substance made of a tertiary amine or a mixture of tertiary amines that is easy to remove by thermal means, and the solvent component is a polar solvent or a mixture of polar solvents, characterised in that the gel is free of resin.
Compressor stage for a gas turbine, in particular of an aircraft engine, comprising a rotor cascade, a stator cascade, in particular adjacent thereto downstream, and a throttle value (σ), characterized in that the throttle value (σ) and the aspect ratio AR ax defined by the quotient of the average channel height (h) of the compressor stage or of the rotor cascade and the average chord length (l ax) of the compressor stage or of the rotor cascade satisfy the condition σ > − 1.33 ⋅ AR ax + 5.16
An analysis unit for assessment of hair condition, the analysis unit comprising a map processor (MPP'), the map processor (MPP') being arranged to at least: - obtain a first follicular map representing a first plurality of hair root positions in a first videodermoscopy image, - obtain a second follicular map representing a second plurality of hair root positions in a second videodermoscopy image, - determine a common skin area (OV1, OV2) from the first follicular map and the second follicular map, - relate hair root positions in the second follicular map to hair root positions of the first follicular map in the common skin area to determine a plurality of related hair root positions, each related hair root position of a hair root in the second follicular map being related to a hair root position in the first follicular map of the same hair root, and - compare a change in condition of individual hair between the first and second videodermoscopy image to determine the analysis result suitable for assessment of hair condition. - obtain a first follicular map representing a first plurality of hair root positions in a first videodermoscopy image, - obtain a second follicular map representing a second plurality of hair root positions in a second videodermoscopy image, - determine a common skin area (OV1, OV2) from the first follicular map and the second follicular map, - relate hair root positions in the second follicular map to hair root positions of the first follicular map in the common skin area to determine a plurality of related hair root positions, each related hair root position of a hair root in the second follicular map being related to a hair root position in the first follicular map of the same hair root, and - compare a change in condition of individual hair between the first and second videodermoscopy image to determine the analysis result suitable for assessment of hair condition.
A powder comprising particles containing a core and a shell, said core containing silicon (Si) and said shell containing silicon oxide SiO x with 0<x<2, wherein said silicon oxide contains Si n+ cations with n being an integer from 1 to 4, characterized in that said silicon oxide contains Si 4+ cations in an amount of at least 70 mol% of the total amount of Si n+ cations, said shell having a shell outer-surface and a shell volume, wherein the shell volume comprises SiO x with 0<x<2 and the shell outer-surface comprises SiO 2, with the molar percentage of the Si n+ cations and the SiO x species being measured as described in the specification.
A printer comprising: - a print assembly to form an image, - maintenance mechanisms to implement one or more maintenance procedures for components of the printer, - a cassette to receive ink discarded by the print assembly, the cassette including waste containers, characterised in that: the printer comprising also: - a controller comprising counters configured to track an amount of ink discarded by counting a number of ink droplets discarded by corresponding components of the printer and including an estimator configured to estimate growth of ink stalagmites using data from the counters to determine a likely amount of stalagmite growth for each waste container tracked by the counters, - the cassette including a memory configured to store, as a usage indicator, usage level data comprising results generated by the estimator and the data associated with the counters. - a print assembly to form an image, - maintenance mechanisms to implement one or more maintenance procedures for components of the printer, - a cassette to receive ink discarded by the print assembly, the cassette including waste containers, - a controller comprising counters configured to track an amount of ink discarded by counting a number of ink droplets discarded by corresponding components of the printer and including an estimator configured to estimate growth of ink stalagmites using data from the counters to determine a likely amount of stalagmite growth for each waste container tracked by the counters, - the cassette including a memory configured to store, as a usage indicator, usage level data comprising results generated by the estimator and the data associated with the counters.
A data protection method, comprising: receiving outgoing data from a user terminal, wherein the outgoing data carries an identifier of a user; acquiring a user grade and a credit value of the user from a credit server according to the identifier, wherein the credit value is a violation percentage of historical outgoing data of the user; wherein the user grade of the user comprises an exempted from inspection grade, an inspection grade, and an outgoing permission prohibition grade; sending the outgoing data, the user grade, and the credit value to a data loss prevention, DLP, server, so that the DLP server inspects security of the outgoing data according to the user grade and the credit value, and further generates a message comprising an inspection result, wherein the inspection result comprises Pass the security inspection and Fail the security inspection; and receiving, from the DLP server, the message comprising the inspection result and using a policy corresponding to the inspection result to process the outgoing data according to the inspection result. receiving outgoing data from a user terminal, wherein the outgoing data carries an identifier of a user; acquiring a user grade and a credit value of the user from a credit server according to the identifier, wherein the credit value is a violation percentage of historical outgoing data of the user; wherein the user grade of the user comprises an exempted from inspection grade, an inspection grade, and an outgoing permission prohibition grade; sending the outgoing data, the user grade, and the credit value to a data loss prevention, DLP, server, so that the DLP server inspects security of the outgoing data according to the user grade and the credit value, and further generates a message comprising an inspection result, wherein the inspection result comprises Pass the security inspection and Fail the security inspection; and receiving, from the DLP server, the message comprising the inspection result and using a policy corresponding to the inspection result to process the outgoing data according to the inspection result.