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A gas safety device comprising: a flow path for allowing gas to flow; a flow rate measurement unit for measuring a flow rate of the gas flowing through the flow path; a first pressure sensor disposed inside the flow path to measure absolute pressure of the gas; characterized by a second pressure sensor disposed outside the flow path to measure absolute pressure of atmospheric pressure; a pressure value transition detector that detects a transition state of the absolute pressure measured by the first pressure sensor or the second pressure sensor; a sensor drive controller that controls driving of the second pressure sensor according to a predetermined transition value of the pressure value transition detector for the absolute pressure measured by the first pressure sensor or that controls driving of the first pressure sensor according to a predetermined transition value of the pressure transition detector for the absolute pressure measured by the second pressure sensor; a gas pressure determination unit that calculates gas supply pressure from a difference between pressure values measured when the first pressure sensor and the second pressure sensor are both driven; a shutoff valve that shuts off the flow path; and a control circuit that controls the flow rate measurement unit and causes the shutoff valve to shut off the flow path when determining anomaly from the flow rate measured by the flow rate measurement unit or the gas supply pressure calculated by the gas pressure determination unit. a flow path for allowing gas to flow; a flow rate measurement unit for measuring a flow rate of the gas flowing through the flow path; a first pressure sensor disposed inside the flow path to measure absolute pressure of the gas; characterized by a second pressure sensor disposed outside the flow path to measure absolute pressure of atmospheric pressure; a pressure value transition detector that detects a transition state of the absolute pressure measured by the first pressure sensor or the second pressure sensor; a sensor drive controller that controls driving of the second pressure sensor according to a predetermined transition value of the pressure value transition detector for the absolute pressure measured by the first pressure sensor or that controls driving of the first pressure sensor according to a predetermined transition value of the pressure transition detector for the absolute pressure measured by the second pressure sensor; a gas pressure determination unit that calculates gas supply pressure from a difference between pressure values measured when the first pressure sensor and the second pressure sensor are both driven; a shutoff valve that shuts off the flow path; and a control circuit that controls the flow rate measurement unit and causes the shutoff valve to shut off the flow path when determining anomaly from the flow rate measured by the flow rate measurement unit or the gas supply pressure calculated by the gas pressure determination unit.
A composition for use in the treatment of inflammation which is sub-dermal and in soft tissue and which arises from a condition associated with pain or a condition not associated with pain, wherein said inflammation is in the limbs, wherein said composition comprises a physiologically tolerable strontium compound, a physiologically tolerable carrier and a physiologically tolerable skin penetration enhancing agent, and wherein said composition is administered to the surface of the skin.
Tiltable trailer that can assume a high, or road, position, and a low loading position in which the trailer is tilted with respect to the ground, the trailer comprising a chassis resting on the ground on wheels, the chassis being mounted on an axle that pivots with respect to said wheels, said trailer (100 further comprising: - actuating means of the pivoting of said axle relative to the wheels in such a way as to move said chassis with respect to the ground, said actuating means comprising at least one flexible element rigidly connected to said axle, said flexible element being a strap or a cable, and a tension-adjusting device of said flexible element attached to said chassis, and - locking means of the trailer in the high position, separate from the actuating means, said trailer being characterising in that said locking means comprise a sliding locking bar, a first end whereof is rigidly connected to said axle and a second end whereof is intended to cooperate with a locking mechanism, mounted on said chassis, when the trailer is in the high position. - actuating means of the pivoting of said axle relative to the wheels in such a way as to move said chassis with respect to the ground, said actuating means comprising at least one flexible element rigidly connected to said axle, said flexible element being a strap or a cable, and a tension-adjusting device of said flexible element attached to said chassis, and - locking means of the trailer in the high position, separate from the actuating means,
Method for determining a vehicle operator's expectation of a state of an object in the operator's environment, the method comprising: - acquiring an input signal indicative of the operator's expectation of the state of the object at a first point in time; - determining a state of the object at a second point in time based on an input signal indicative of the object's state, the second point in time being later than the first point in time; - acquiring an input signal indicative of an estimated visual input of the operator at the second point in time; the method being characterized by the further steps: - determining the operator's expectation of the state of the object at the second point in time, based on the operator's expectation of the state of the object at the first point in time, the estimated visual input of the operator of the vehicle at the second point in time and the state of the object at the second point in time; - providing an output signal indicative of the operator's expectation of the state of the object at the second point in time. - acquiring an input signal indicative of the operator's expectation of the state of the object at a first point in time; - determining a state of the object at a second point in time based on an input signal indicative of the object's state, the second point in time being later than the first point in time; - acquiring an input signal indicative of an estimated visual input of the operator at the second point in time; - determining the operator's expectation of the state of the object at the second point in time, based on the operator's expectation of the state of the object at the first point in time, the estimated visual input of the operator of the vehicle at the second point in time and the state of the object at the second point in time; - providing an output signal indicative of the operator's expectation of the state of the object at the second point in time.
A non-competitive assay for quantitatively measuring the amount of an analyte in a biological sample from a subject, comprising: a) reacting the biological sample with (i) a binding agent that selectively binds the analyte to form a capture complex of the binding agent and analyte, wherein the binding agent is not an aptamer, and (ii) an aptamer that selectively binds to the analyte bound to the capture complex to form a complex of the binding agent, aptamer, and analyte, and b) measuring the amount of aptamer bound complex; wherein the analyte has a molecular weight of less than 2,000 Daltons, and the amount of complex formation is directly related to the amount of the analyte in the sample. a) reacting the biological sample with (i) a binding agent that selectively binds the analyte to form a capture complex of the binding agent and analyte, wherein the binding agent is not an aptamer, and (ii) an aptamer that selectively binds to the analyte bound to the capture complex to form a complex of the binding agent, aptamer, and analyte, and (i) a binding agent that selectively binds the analyte to form a capture complex of the binding agent and analyte, wherein the binding agent is not an aptamer, and (ii) an aptamer that selectively binds to the analyte bound to the capture complex to form a complex of the binding agent, aptamer, and analyte, and b) measuring the amount of aptamer bound complex;
A method of sealing a plastics pipe with a plug, wherein said plug includes an electrofusion element on an outer surface thereof, said method comprising the steps of: inserting said plug in a bore of the pipe and energising said electrofusion element whilst said pipe is urged radially inwardly against said plug to form a seal between said plug and said pipe. inserting said plug in a bore of the pipe and energising said electrofusion element whilst said pipe is urged radially inwardly against said plug to form a seal between said plug and said pipe.
A submersible wave energy capture device comprising: a tube; a seawater inlet at an upstream end of the tube, and a downstream end of the tube communicable with an energy utilisation means powered by seawater flow from the tube; and a plurality of one-way valves (21, 31, 41) dividing the tube into a series of chambers (20, 30, 40), each chamber having elastic walls (22, 32, 42) deformable so as to alter an effective interna volume of each respective chamber; wherein each of the valves (21, 31, 41) are arranged to open to permit water flow within the tube in a downstream direction, and each of the valves being arranged to close to resist water flow within the tube in an upstream direction; and wherein the device further comprises a water-permeable shell (13, 23, 33) enveloping at least one of the chambers and arranged to limit the expansion of the elastic walls of the or each chamber, the shell (13, 23, 33) comprising a mesh. a tube; a seawater inlet at an upstream end of the tube, and a downstream end of the tube communicable with an energy utilisation means powered by seawater flow from the tube; and a plurality of one-way valves (21, 31, 41) dividing the tube into a series of chambers (20, 30, 40), each chamber having elastic walls (22, 32, 42) deformable so as to alter an effective interna volume of each respective chamber; wherein each of the valves (21, 31, 41) are arranged to open to permit water flow within the tube in a downstream direction, and each of the valves being arranged to close to resist water flow within the tube in an upstream direction; and wherein the device further comprises a water-permeable shell (13, 23, 33) enveloping at least one of the chambers and arranged to limit the expansion of the elastic walls of the or each chamber, the shell (13, 23, 33) comprising a mesh.
An external component (142, 200) of a cochlear implant hearing system, comprising: a speech processor module comprising a housing, processing circuitry that receives signals output by a microphone, and one or more connectors for connecting the speech processor module to at least one of a headpiece interface, an accessories interface, a power supply interface and a clinic interface; and a protective case configured for providing protection for the speech processor module comprising a connector constructed and arranged to mate with said one or more connectors; wherein said speech processor module is removably mountable within said protective case and operable while mounted therein so that the speech processor module is operable in both, a stand-alone mode as a stand-alone speech processor module and, when mounted in the protective case, a body-worn mode as a body-worn speech processor module. a speech processor module comprising a housing, processing circuitry that receives signals output by a microphone, and one or more connectors for connecting the speech processor module to at least one of a headpiece interface, an accessories interface, a power supply interface and a clinic interface; and a protective case configured for providing protection for the speech processor module comprising a connector constructed and arranged to mate with said one or more connectors; wherein said speech processor module is removably mountable within said protective case and operable while mounted therein so that the speech processor module is operable in both, a stand-alone mode as a stand-alone speech processor module and, when mounted in the protective case, a body-worn mode as a body-worn speech processor module.
A surfactant composition comprising: an alkyl alkoxylate sulfate of formula I: R-O-(C 3 H 6 O) x (C 2 H 4 O) y -SO 3 M wherein x is a real number within a range of from 0.5 to less than 4; y is a real number within a range of from 2 to 15; M is a cation; and R is a mixture of seed-oil based linear alkyl moieties with an alkyl moiety distribution as follows wherein each wt% is based upon weight of all alkyl moieties present in the distribution and all wt% for each distribution total 100 wt%: Carbon Atoms in Alkyl Moiety Amount C 6 0 wt%-40 wt% C 8 20 wt%-40 wt% C 10 20 wt%-45 wt% C 12 10 wt%-45 wt% C 14 0 wt%-40 wt% C 16 -C 18 0 wt%-15 wt% and a nonionic alkyl alkoxylate of formula II: R-O-(C 3 H 6 O) x (C 2 H 4 O) y -H wherein x is a real number within a range of from 0.5 to less than 4; y is a real number within a range of from 2 to 15; and R is a mixture of seed-oil based linear alkyl moieties with an alkyl moiety distribution as follows wherein each wt% is based upon weight of all alkyl moieties present in the distribution and all wt% for each distribution total 100 wt%: Carbon Atoms in Alkyl Moiety Amount C 6 0 wt%-40 wt% C 8 20 wt%-40 wt% C 10 20 wt%-45 wt% C 12 10 wt%-45 wt% C 14 0 wt%-40 wt% C 16 -C 18 0 wt%-15 wt%.
A method for determining impact of a user of social media, the method comprising: with at least one processor: processing a collection of information about messages sent using a social media platform to compute, for each of a plurality of users, an impact score of the user related to a topic, wherein computing the impact score of the user comprises: computing for the user: a power score, wherein the power score for a user is an indication of the number of other users historically reached by a message sent by that user, wherein the power score is topic-based; and a knowledge score, wherein the knowledge score for a user reflects the extent to which a user is regarded as an authority, the knowledge score relating to the topic; and the impact score is computed from the power score and the knowledge score and wherein the impact score is topic-based. with at least one processor: processing a collection of information about messages sent using a social media platform to compute, for each of a plurality of users, an impact score of the user related to a topic, wherein computing the impact score of the user comprises: computing for the user: a power score, wherein the power score for a user is an indication of the number of other users historically reached by a message sent by that user, wherein the power score is topic-based; and a knowledge score, wherein the knowledge score for a user reflects the extent to which a user is regarded as an authority, the knowledge score relating to the topic; and the impact score is computed from the power score and the knowledge score and wherein the impact score is topic-based. processing a collection of information about messages sent using a social media platform to compute, for each of a plurality of users, an impact score of the user related to a topic, wherein computing the impact score of the user comprises: computing for the user: a power score, wherein the power score for a user is an indication of the number of other users historically reached by a message sent by that user, wherein the power score is topic-based; and a knowledge score, wherein the knowledge score for a user reflects the extent to which a user is regarded as an authority, the knowledge score relating to the topic; and the impact score is computed from the power score and the knowledge score and wherein the impact score is topic-based.
A laser transmitter, comprising: a seed signal generator configured to generate a seed signal comprising a continuous waveform; a plurality of amplitude modulators (206 1 -206 n), wherein each amplitude modulator is configured to modulate an amplitude of an input signal (216, 220 1 -220 n-1) to generate a flat-top pulse signal (218 1 -218 n), wherein the amplitude modulators comprise a first amplitude modulator (206 1) configured to modulate an amplitude of the seed signal to generate a first flat-top pulse signal (218 1); and a plurality of power amplifiers (208 1 -208 n), wherein each power amplifier corresponds to one of the amplitude modulators and is configured to amplify the flat-top pulse signal generated by the corresponding amplitude modulator to generate an amplified signal (220 1 -220 n), and wherein each of a subset (208 1 -208 n-1) of the power amplifiers is configured to provide the amplified signal as the input signal for a subsequent amplitude modulator. a seed signal generator configured to generate a seed signal comprising a continuous waveform; a plurality of amplitude modulators (206 1 -206 n), wherein each amplitude modulator is configured to modulate an amplitude of an input signal (216, 220 1 -220 n-1) to generate a flat-top pulse signal (218 1 -218 n), wherein the amplitude modulators comprise a first amplitude modulator (206 1) configured to modulate an amplitude of the seed signal to generate a first flat-top pulse signal (218 1); and a plurality of power amplifiers (208 1 -208 n), wherein each power amplifier corresponds to one of the amplitude modulators and is configured to amplify the flat-top pulse signal generated by the corresponding amplitude modulator to generate an amplified signal (220 1 -220 n), and wherein each of a subset (208 1 -208 n-1) of the power amplifiers is configured to provide the amplified signal as the input signal for a subsequent amplitude modulator.
A railroad track inspection system comprising: (a) a plurality of track scanning sensors comprising one or more visual imaging sensor and one or more track geometry measurement sensor system arranged to perform three dimensional surface profile measurement; (b) a data store for storing track scan data recorded by the track scanning sensors; (c) one or more inertial sensor; (d) a scan data processor arranged to perform automatic analysis of said track scan data from the data store upon receipt thereof to detect one or more track components within the scan data from a predetermined list of component types according to one or more features identified in said scan data, wherein the scan data processor is arranged to receive the output of the one or more inertial sensor and the geometry measurement sensor system so as to determine a three-dimensional position of track components in space (e) a common support structure to which the track scanning sensors, the data store, the one or more inertial sensor and scan data processor are attached, the common support structure having a mount configured for attachment of the common support structure of the system to a railway vehicle. (a) a plurality of track scanning sensors comprising one or more visual imaging sensor and one or more track geometry measurement sensor system arranged to perform three dimensional surface profile measurement; (b) a data store for storing track scan data recorded by the track scanning sensors; (c) one or more inertial sensor; (d) a scan data processor arranged to perform automatic analysis of said track scan data from the data store upon receipt thereof to detect one or more track components within the scan data from a predetermined list of component types according to one or more features identified in said scan data, wherein the scan data processor is arranged to receive the output of the one or more inertial sensor and the geometry measurement sensor system so as to determine a three-dimensional position of track components in space (e) a common support structure to which the track scanning sensors, the data store, the one or more inertial sensor and scan data processor are attached, the common support structure having a mount configured for attachment of the common support structure of the system to a railway vehicle.
Wire antenna capable of operating in at least one predetermined frequency band, comprising a plurality of superimposed layers, comprising at least one radiating element placed on a support layer, wherein the support layer is placed on a spacer substrate, and wherein the spacer substrate is placed on a reflector plane, comprising at least one resistive layer (12, 62, 64, 66) between the support layer of radiating elements and the spacer substrate, wherein the resistive layer (12, 62, 64, 66) comprises at least two sets (12a-12c, 30a-30f, 34a, 34b, 62a-62c, 64a -64c, 66a-66c) of nested resistive patterns, characterized in that the sets of resistive patterns have resistance values varying progressively between a central antenna point and an outer edge of the antenna, in order to achieve a resistance gradient.
A reaping machine having at least one cutting bar and having a transverse conveyor arranged downstream of the cutting bar, wherein the transverse conveyor has a transverse conveyor screw which can be rotationally driven about a horizontal screw axis transversely to the direction of travel; wherein the transverse conveyor screw is arranged directly behind the cutting bar and the cutting bar transfers the reaped crop directly to the transverse conveyor screw; wherein the transverse conveyor screw is surrounded by a trough-like jacket which has an inlet opening to the front toward the cutting bar and bounds a conveying gap between its inner jacket surface and the transverse conveyor screw, characterized in that the jacket of the transverse conveyor has at least one scraper rail which projects at its inner jacket surface and which extends in parallel with or slightly spirally and angled slightly obliquely to the screw axis between the transverse conveyor screw and the jacket.
A fuel tank for mounting at a vehicle body of a working vehicle and in an inner portion of which a fuel may be reserved, the fuel tank of the working vehicle comprising: an upper surface portion, a bottom surface portion, and a peripheral wall portion; and a weir portion vertically arranged at the bottom surface portion and causing the fuel in a predetermined amount to stay in a predetermined position of the inner portion when the vehicle body is inclined, wherein the peripheral wall portion includes a first wall and a second wall which is perpendicular to and continuous with one end side of the first wall, characterized in that the weir portion includes a first barrier as which the first wall is also used, a second barrier as which the second wall is also used, a third barrier parallel to the first barrier and relatively long, a fourth barrier parallel to the first barrier, arranged between the first barrier and the third barrier, and relatively short, and a fifth barrier interconnecting the third barrier and the fourth barrier. an upper surface portion, a bottom surface portion, and a peripheral wall portion; and a weir portion vertically arranged at the bottom surface portion and causing the fuel in a predetermined amount to stay in a predetermined position of the inner portion when the vehicle body is inclined, wherein the peripheral wall portion includes a first wall and a second wall which is perpendicular to and continuous with one end side of the first wall, characterized in that the weir portion includes a first barrier as which the first wall is also used, a second barrier as which the second wall is also used, a third barrier parallel to the first barrier and relatively long, a fourth barrier parallel to the first barrier, arranged between the first barrier and the third barrier, and relatively short, and a fifth barrier interconnecting the third barrier and the fourth barrier.