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A computer-implemented method of differentiating between dot and flood pattern illumination of an object, comprising: obtaining, by a computing system, an infrared image of the object; determining, by the computing system, a difference of Gaussian image that represents features of the infrared image that have spatial frequencies within a spatial frequency range defined by a first Gaussian operator and a second Gaussian operator; identifying, by the computing system, one or more blob regions within the difference of Gaussian image, wherein each blob region of the one or more blob regions comprises a region of connected pixels in the difference of Gaussian image; characterized in that: based on identifying the one or more blob regions within the difference of Gaussian image, determining, by the computing system, whether the infrared image represents the object illuminated by a dot or flood pattern projected onto the object by one or more infrared projectors. obtaining, by a computing system, an infrared image of the object; determining, by the computing system, a difference of Gaussian image that represents features of the infrared image that have spatial frequencies within a spatial frequency range defined by a first Gaussian operator and a second Gaussian operator; identifying, by the computing system, one or more blob regions within the difference of Gaussian image, wherein each blob region of the one or more blob regions comprises a region of connected pixels in the difference of Gaussian image; characterized in that: based on identifying the one or more blob regions within the difference of Gaussian image, determining, by the computing system, whether the infrared image represents the object illuminated by a dot or flood pattern projected onto the object by one or more infrared projectors.
A method of processing exhaust, comprising: introducing the exhaust from a stationary exhaust source to a burner; capturing a combustible fluid from a combustible fluid source other than the stationary exhaust source; mixing air with the captured combustible fluid to form a mixture; burning the mixture in the burner to pre-heat the exhaust flowing therethrough; and contacting the pre-heated exhaust with a catalyst, characterised in that the method further comprises: determining an amount of reduction of greenhouse gas emissions to atmosphere, wherein determining the amount of the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions to atmosphere comprises: determining a composition of the captured combustible fluid; determining a greenhouse gas equivalent of the composition of the captured combustible fluid; and measuring a rate of flow of the captured combustible fluid toward the burner before mixing air therewith; and outputting the amount of the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions to atmosphere. introducing the exhaust from a stationary exhaust source to a burner; capturing a combustible fluid from a combustible fluid source other than the stationary exhaust source; mixing air with the captured combustible fluid to form a mixture; burning the mixture in the burner to pre-heat the exhaust flowing therethrough; and contacting the pre-heated exhaust with a catalyst, characterised in that the method further comprises: determining an amount of reduction of greenhouse gas emissions to atmosphere, wherein determining the amount of the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions to atmosphere comprises: determining a composition of the captured combustible fluid; determining a greenhouse gas equivalent of the composition of the captured combustible fluid; and measuring a rate of flow of the captured combustible fluid toward the burner before mixing air therewith; and outputting the amount of the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions to atmosphere. determining an amount of reduction of greenhouse gas emissions to atmosphere, wherein determining the amount of the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions to atmosphere comprises: determining a composition of the captured combustible fluid; determining a greenhouse gas equivalent of the composition of the captured combustible fluid; and measuring a rate of flow of the captured combustible fluid toward the burner before mixing air therewith; and determining a composition of the captured combustible fluid; determining a greenhouse gas equivalent of the composition of the captured combustible fluid; and measuring a rate of flow of the captured combustible fluid toward the burner before mixing air therewith; and outputting the amount of the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions to atmosphere.
A system for detecting a sub-surface defect comprising: a tank containing a liquid; a transducer configured to fluidly couple to a part located in the tank and further configured to transmit ultrasonic energy, said transducer configured to scan said part to create scan data of the scanned part; a pulser/receiver coupled to said transducer configured to receive and transmit said scan data; a processor coupled to said pulser/receiver, said processor configured to communicate with said pulser/receiver and collect said scan data; and said processor configured to detect said sub-surface defect; a tangible, non-transitory memory configured to communicate with said processor, the tangible, non-transitory memory having instructions stored therein that, in response to execution by the processor, cause the processor to perform operations comprising: receiving, by the processor, said scan data for said part from said transducer; collecting, by the processor, the scan data; determining, by the processor, a defect indication in the scan data that indicates a distractor, wherein said indication is based on a learning phase module and an inference phase module that the processor uses to self-assess said indication; and creating, by the processor, a defect indication report. a tank containing a liquid; a transducer configured to fluidly couple to a part located in the tank and further configured to transmit ultrasonic energy, said transducer configured to scan said part to create scan data of the scanned part; a pulser/receiver coupled to said transducer configured to receive and transmit said scan data; a processor coupled to said pulser/receiver, said processor configured to communicate with said pulser/receiver and collect said scan data; and said processor configured to detect said sub-surface defect; a tangible, non-transitory memory configured to communicate with said processor, the tangible, non-transitory memory having instructions stored therein that, in response to execution by the processor, cause the processor to perform operations comprising: receiving, by the processor, said scan data for said part from said transducer; collecting, by the processor, the scan data; determining, by the processor, a defect indication in the scan data that indicates a distractor, wherein said indication is based on a learning phase module and an inference phase module that the processor uses to self-assess said indication; and creating, by the processor, a defect indication report. receiving, by the processor, said scan data for said part from said transducer; collecting, by the processor, the scan data; determining, by the processor, a defect indication in the scan data that indicates a distractor, wherein said indication is based on a learning phase module and an inference phase module that the processor uses to self-assess said indication; and creating, by the processor, a defect indication report.
A side rail (1, 2, 11) forming an oil control ring together with a spacer expander (10A-10F), the side rail (1, 2, 11) comprising: an outer peripheral surface (1a, 2a); an inner peripheral surface (1b, 2b) having a vertically symmetrical shape in an axial cross section; a first side surface; and a second side surface, wherein the inner peripheral surface (1b, 2b) comprises an inner tip portion (1g, 3g) satisfying following Condition 1 in an axial cross section: 0.7 ≤ R 1 / h 0 ≤ 1.1 wherein in the expression, R1 represents a curvature radius (unit: mm) of a curve forming the inner tip portion (1g, 3g), and h0 represents a height (unit: mm) of the side rail (1, 2, 11), and characterized in that the inner peripheral surface (1b, 2b) further comprises peripheral edge portions (P1, P2) located to interpose the inner tip portion (1g, 3g) between the peripheral edge portions (P1, P2) in an axial cross section, and the peripheral edge portions (P1, P2) satisfy following Condition 2: 0.2 ≤ R 2 / h 0 ≤ 0.5 wherein the expression, R2 represents a curvature radius (unit: mm) of curves forming the peripheral edge portions (P1, P2), and h0 represents the height (unit: mm) of the side rail (1, 2, 11). an outer peripheral surface (1a, 2a); an inner peripheral surface (1b, 2b) having a vertically symmetrical shape in an axial cross section; a first side surface; and a second side surface, wherein the inner peripheral surface (1b, 2b) comprises an inner tip portion (1g, 3g) satisfying following Condition 1 in an axial cross section: 0.7 ≤ R 1 / h 0 ≤ 1.1 wherein in the expression, R1 represents a curvature radius (unit: mm) of a curve forming the inner tip portion (1g, 3g), and h0 represents a height (unit: mm) of the side rail (1, 2, 11), and characterized in that the inner peripheral surface (1b, 2b) further comprises peripheral edge portions (P1, P2) located to interpose the inner tip portion (1g, 3g) between the peripheral edge portions (P1, P2) in an axial cross section, and the peripheral edge portions (P1, P2) satisfy following Condition 2: 0.2 ≤ R 2 / h 0 ≤ 0.5 wherein the expression, R2 represents a curvature radius (unit: mm) of curves forming the peripheral edge portions (P1, P2), and h0 represents the height (unit: mm) of the side rail (1, 2, 11).
A method for securing a read write storage device, the method comprising: determining that there is evidence of an attack on the RWS device; employing a sanction, wherein the employing is performed by a controller on the RWS device and the employing comprises at least corrupting a portion of data in a physical storage module on the RWS device, wherein the corruption of the corrupted portion of data is reversible by an authorized server; forwarding logging information regarding the corrupted portion of data to the authorized server for analysis; and subsequent to a determination by the authorized server in accordance with at least the results of the analysis that the RWS device may resume functioning normally, using a private key possessed by the authorized server to reverse the corruption of the corrupted portion of data. determining that there is evidence of an attack on the RWS device; employing a sanction, wherein the employing is performed by a controller on the RWS device and the employing comprises at least corrupting a portion of data in a physical storage module on the RWS device, wherein the corruption of the corrupted portion of data is reversible by an authorized server; forwarding logging information regarding the corrupted portion of data to the authorized server for analysis; and subsequent to a determination by the authorized server in accordance with at least the results of the analysis that the RWS device may resume functioning normally, using a private key possessed by the authorized server to reverse the corruption of the corrupted portion of data.
A base station comprising a cell that defines an area in which the base station can communicate with a mobile terminal by wireless, the cell being arranged adjacently to the other cell of another base station: a communication unit that communicates with the other base station; and a system information processing unit that simultaneously broadcasts pieces of system information to the mobile terminal currently engaged in communication in the cell, characterized in that upon receiving, from the mobile terminal currently engaged in communication, information indicating that the mobile terminal is located in an adjacent area of the cell adjacent to the other cell, the system information processing unit acquires, from the other base station via the communication unit, other system information currently broadcast in the other cell, and transmits the acquired other system information to the mobile terminal currently engaged in communication. a communication unit that communicates with the other base station; and a system information processing unit that simultaneously broadcasts pieces of system information to the mobile terminal currently engaged in communication in the cell, characterized in that upon receiving, from the mobile terminal currently engaged in communication, information indicating that the mobile terminal is located in an adjacent area of the cell adjacent to the other cell, the system information processing unit acquires, from the other base station via the communication unit, other system information currently broadcast in the other cell, and transmits the acquired other system information to the mobile terminal currently engaged in communication.
A lyophilized formulation comprising Lysyl-Prolyl-Threonine or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, further comprising one or more bulking agents and one or more buffering agents, wherein the bulking agent is selected from the group consisting of mannitol, sucrose and trehalose and wherein the buffering agent is selected from the group consisting of citric acid, sodium dihydrogenphosphate, acetic acid, succinic acid, glutamate, Tris and histidine.
A building block (100, 200, 300) comprising a first mating portion and a second mating portion which are on opposite sides and are complementary, characterized in that, the first mating portion comprises a mating protrusion (140, 240, 340) which defines an axially extending through bore (144, 244, 344) and the second mating portion comprises an axially extending mating receptacle (180, 280, 380) which is complementary to the mating protrusion, the mating protrusion (140, 240, 340) and the mating receptacle being axially aligned and extending in opposite directions; wherein the mating protrusion and the mating receptacle are in communication via the through bore, and a fastener anchoring device (146, 246, 346) adapted for engaging, in use, with an engagement means of a fastener is formed on an inside portion of the protrusion means defining the through bore; and wherein the through bore is adapted to permit axial insertion of the engagement means of the fastener into the mating protrusion, and the fastener anchoring device is adapted to obstruct axial passage of the engagement means of the fastener until the engagement means of the fastener overcomes the obstruction by negotiating rotationally with the fastener anchoring device to thereby gain axial advancement and enter into engagement with the fastener anchoring device.
A method, comprising: a) determining whether an application loaded on a current version of a system is for the current version of a system or a less powerful version of the system, the current version of the system having a first standard clock frequency; b) running the application on a processor at the first standard clock frequency of the current version of the system when the application is designed for the current version of the system; or c) running the application on the processor at a second clock frequency when the application is designed for a less powerful version of the system, the less powerful version of the system having a second standard clock frequency that is different from the first standard clock frequency, wherein the second clock frequency is less than the first standard clock frequency of the current version of the system and higher than the second standard clock frequency of the less powerful version of the system, wherein the current version of the system includes a software readable cycle counter that is accessed by the application to synchronize execution of processor operations, wherein c) includes incrementing the cycle counter at the second standard clock frequency of the less powerful system to provide expected cycle counter values to the application, and b) includes incrementing the cycle counter at the first standard clock frequency. a) determining whether an application loaded on a current version of a system is for the current version of a system or a less powerful version of the system, the current version of the system having a first standard clock frequency; b) running the application on a processor at the first standard clock frequency of the current version of the system when the application is designed for the current version of the system; or c) running the application on the processor at a second clock frequency when the application is designed for a less powerful version of the system, the less powerful version of the system having a second standard clock frequency that is different from the first standard clock frequency, wherein the second clock frequency is less than the first standard clock frequency of the current version of the system and higher than the second standard clock frequency of the less powerful version of the system, wherein the current version of the system includes a software readable cycle counter that is accessed by the application to synchronize execution of processor operations, wherein c) includes incrementing the cycle counter at the second standard clock frequency of the less powerful system to provide expected cycle counter values to the application, and b) includes incrementing the cycle counter at the first standard clock frequency.
A sample capture unit comprising a housing defining an enclosed substrate chamber containing a substantially planar sample-capture substrate extending in a plane for receiving a skin-print thereon, the housing comprising: a first part having an aperture providing access to the substrate chamber for depositing a skin-print on the sample-capture substrate; a second part movable relative to the first part: from a first position in which the aperture is uncovered so as to allow receipt of a sample on the sample-capture substrate; and into a second position in which the aperture is covered, thereby preventing access to the substrate chamber; and a retaining mechanism configured to retain the second part in the second position; wherein the housing further comprises a snap-off element having a perimeter defined by a line of frangibility and having a tab that extends beyond an exterior shell of the housing which enables a user to apply a force to the tab by lifting it such that the housing breaks at the line of frangibility resulting in complete and irreversible detachment of the snap-off element so as to create an access port dimensioned to allow removal of the sample-capture substrate from the housing. a first part having an aperture providing access to the substrate chamber for depositing a skin-print on the sample-capture substrate; a second part movable relative to the first part: from a first position in which the aperture is uncovered so as to allow receipt of a sample on the sample-capture substrate; and into a second position in which the aperture is covered, thereby preventing access to the substrate chamber; and from a first position in which the aperture is uncovered so as to allow receipt of a sample on the sample-capture substrate; and into a second position in which the aperture is covered, thereby preventing access to the substrate chamber; and a retaining mechanism configured to retain the second part in the second position; wherein the housing further comprises a snap-off element having a perimeter defined by a line of frangibility and having a tab that extends beyond an exterior shell of the housing which enables a user to apply a force to the tab by lifting it such that the housing breaks at the line of frangibility resulting in complete and irreversible detachment of the snap-off element so as to create an access port dimensioned to allow removal of the sample-capture substrate from the housing.
An in vitro method of determining a difference in alpha-4 integrin activity in an individual with a disease or disorder selected from the group consisting of multiple sclerosis and inflammatory bowel disease, comprising: a) measuring a soluble molecule in a first biological sample obtained from a bodily fluid of the individual selected from the group consisting of blood, serum, and plasma immediately before administration of an alpha-4 integrin inhibitor; b) measuring the soluble molecule in a second biological sample, wherein the second biological sample has been obtained from a bodily fluid of the individual selected from the group consisting of blood, serum, and plasma within thirty-one days after administration of the alpha-4 integrin inhibitor; c) determining whether there is a decrease in the levels of the soluble molecule between the first and second biological samples, wherein the decrease correlates with a decrease in alpha-4 integrin activity in the individual, and thereby determining whether there is a difference in alpha-4 integrin activity in the individual after administration of the alpha-4 integrin inhibitor compared with before administration of the alpha-4 integrin inhibitor, and d) determining whether an adjustment in treatment of the individual is required, wherein no decrease or a statistically insignificant decrease (p>0.05) in the levels of the soluble molecule between the first and second biological samples indicates ineffective response to the alpha-4 integrin inhibitor requiring a treatment adjustment of the individual; and wherein the alpha-4 integrin inhibitor is an antibody and the soluble molecule is sVCAM. a) measuring a soluble molecule in a first biological sample obtained from a bodily fluid of the individual selected from the group consisting of blood, serum, and plasma immediately before administration of an alpha-4 integrin inhibitor; b) measuring the soluble molecule in a second biological sample, wherein the second biological sample has been obtained from a bodily fluid of the individual selected from the group consisting of blood, serum, and plasma within thirty-one days after administration of the alpha-4 integrin inhibitor; c) determining whether there is a decrease in the levels of the soluble molecule between the first and second biological samples, wherein the decrease correlates with a decrease in alpha-4 integrin activity in the individual, and thereby determining whether there is a difference in alpha-4 integrin activity in the individual after administration of the alpha-4 integrin inhibitor compared with before administration of the alpha-4 integrin inhibitor, and d) determining whether an adjustment in treatment of the individual is required, wherein no decrease or a statistically insignificant decrease (p>0.05) in the levels of the soluble molecule between the first and second biological samples indicates ineffective response to the alpha-4 integrin inhibitor requiring a treatment adjustment of the individual;