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An apparatus for measuring a dynamic tensile stress/strain response of a test sample (600, 1100), comprising: means for measuring an effect of the tensile stress on the test sample (600, 1100); a striker bar; a stretcher bar; a drive assembly configured to propel the striker bar toward the stretcher bar; a stationary specimen mount configured to receive a first portion of the test sample (600, 1100) and to maintain the first portion of the test sample (600, 1100) in a fixed position; and a movable specimen mount attached to a first end of the stretcher bar, the movable specimen mount configured to receive a second portion of the test sample (600, 1100); wherein the striker bar is aligned with the stretcher bar and the striker bar is configured to impact with the movable specimen mount, and wherein the stretcher bar and the movable specimen mount are configured to move away from the stationary specimen mount from an impact of the striker bar with the movable specimen mount during a test or measurement of the test sample (600, 1100). means for measuring an effect of the tensile stress on the test sample (600, 1100); a striker bar; a stretcher bar; a drive assembly configured to propel the striker bar toward the stretcher bar; a stationary specimen mount configured to receive a first portion of the test sample (600, 1100) and to maintain the first portion of the test sample (600, 1100) in a fixed position; and a movable specimen mount attached to a first end of the stretcher bar, the movable specimen mount configured to receive a second portion of the test sample (600, 1100); wherein the striker bar is aligned with the stretcher bar and the striker bar is configured to impact with the movable specimen mount, and wherein the stretcher bar and the movable specimen mount are configured to move away from the stationary specimen mount from an impact of the striker bar with the movable specimen mount during a test or measurement of the test sample (600, 1100).
A method performed by a network server for authorizing access to network slices that are associated with a service provided by an external provider for access and use by a user equipment device connected to a network via a network component that is associated with a service provider, the method comprising: receiving from the user equipment requested network slice selection assistance information for a registration request procedure; generating (702, 802) allowed network slice selection assistance information identifying network slices that were authorized by at least one of the service provider or the external provider; generating (702, 804) rejected network slice selection assistance information identifying network slices that have not been authorized; generating (702, 804) unauthorised network slice selection assistance information identifying network slices for which a secondary slice-specific authentication procedure is pending; and sending to the user equipment device the allowed network slice selection assistance information, the rejected network slice selection assistance information, and the unauthorised network slice selection assistance information. receiving from the user equipment requested network slice selection assistance information for a registration request procedure; generating (702, 802) allowed network slice selection assistance information identifying network slices that were authorized by at least one of the service provider or the external provider; generating (702, 804) rejected network slice selection assistance information identifying network slices that have not been authorized; generating (702, 804) unauthorised network slice selection assistance information identifying network slices for which a secondary slice-specific authentication procedure is pending; and sending to the user equipment device the allowed network slice selection assistance information, the rejected network slice selection assistance information, and the unauthorised network slice selection assistance information.
An incising implant for creating incisions in the prostatic urethra of a subject, the incising implant comprising: at least two wires (102A, 102B, 102C) being closed-shaped, each of said wires having a proximal section, a distal section and a plurality of longitudinal sections extending between said proximal section and said distal section, each of said closed-shaped wires being elastic thereby being compressible into a compressed configuration, characterised by said longitudinal sections of each of said wires being adjoined with another longitudinal section of another one of said wires, such that each adjoined pair of said longitudinal sections of said wires forms an edge of a frame of said wires in a longitudinal direction, wherein said wires are configured for applying radial pressure on surrounding tissues of said prostatic urethra thereby creating longitudinal incisions along a longitudinal axis of said prostatic urethra in an open configuration of said incising implant.
An inductor comprising: a coil in which an electric current is configured to flow; and a core that the coil is wound around; wherein the core comprises: a central portion (30, 111, 220), which extends along an axis in a first direction, that the coil is wound around; extension portions (230, 250) which are in direct contact with the central portion and which extend from opposite edges of the central portion according to a circulation path of magnetic flux generated by the electric current of the coil; and lateral portions which extend from the extension portions along the circulation path of the magnetic flux and facing the central portion with the coil disposed there between; and wherein an extension portion (230, 250) comprises a protrusion (232, 252) that forms a ring shape around an edge of the central portion such that a first height at a first position of the extension portion on the circulation path of the magnetic flux spaced away from the edge of the central portion by a first distance is larger than a second height at a second position on the circulation path of the magnetic flux spaced away from the edge of the central portion by a second distance which is longer than the first distance a coil in which an electric current is configured to flow; and a core that the coil is wound around; wherein the core comprises: a central portion (30, 111, 220), which extends along an axis in a first direction, that the coil is wound around; extension portions (230, 250) which are in direct contact with the central portion and which extend from opposite edges of the central portion according to a circulation path of magnetic flux generated by the electric current of the coil; and lateral portions which extend from the extension portions along the circulation path of the magnetic flux and facing the central portion with the coil disposed there between; and a central portion (30, 111, 220), which extends along an axis in a first direction, that the coil is wound around; extension portions (230, 250) which are in direct contact with the central portion and which extend from opposite edges of the central portion according to a circulation path of magnetic flux generated by the electric current of the coil; and lateral portions which extend from the extension portions along the circulation path of the magnetic flux and facing the central portion with the coil disposed there between; and wherein an extension portion (230, 250) comprises a protrusion (232, 252) that forms a ring shape around an edge of the central portion such that a first height at a first position of the extension portion on the circulation path of the magnetic flux spaced away from the edge of the central portion by a first distance is larger than a second height at a second position on the circulation path of the magnetic flux spaced away from the edge of the central portion by a second distance which is longer than the first distance
A method for predicting the likelihood that an assisted reproductive technology procedure will not result in a pregnancy, wherein a sample from a female mammalian subject taken before or during the ART procedure, is analyzed for: a) the presence of Gardnerella vaginalis IST1, b) relative abundance of Lactobacillus species, c) relative abundance of Lactobacillus jensenii, and d) relative abundance of Proteobacteria, and wherein it is concluded that the subject has a high likelihood of not becoming pregnant as a result of the ART procedure if at least one of the following applies: I. the sample comprises Gardnerella vaginalis IST1; II. the relative abundance of Lactobacillus species is below a value of 20%; III. the relative abundance of Lactobacillus jensenii is above a value of 35%; or IV. the relative abundance of Proteobacteria is above a value of 28%, wherein Gardnerella vaginalis IST1 is defined as a species of Gardnerella vaginalis that results in a specific IS-fragment with a length of 428, 429 or 430 nucleotides when amplified with primers according to SEQ ID NO: 1 and SEQ ID NO: 2, to be applied to a vaginal microbial analysis, wherein the sample is a vaginal swab or a urine sample. a) the presence of Gardnerella vaginalis IST1, b) relative abundance of Lactobacillus species, c) relative abundance of Lactobacillus jensenii, and d) relative abundance of Proteobacteria, and wherein it is concluded that the subject has a high likelihood of not becoming pregnant as a result of the ART procedure if at least one of the following applies: I. the sample comprises Gardnerella vaginalis IST1; II. the relative abundance of Lactobacillus species is below a value of 20%; III. the relative abundance of Lactobacillus jensenii is above a value of 35%; or IV. the relative abundance of Proteobacteria is above a value of 28%, I. the sample comprises Gardnerella vaginalis IST1; II. the relative abundance of Lactobacillus species is below a value of 20%; III. the relative abundance of Lactobacillus jensenii is above a value of 35%; or IV. the relative abundance of Proteobacteria is above a value of 28%, wherein Gardnerella vaginalis IST1 is defined as a species of Gardnerella vaginalis that results in a specific IS-fragment with a length of 428, 429 or 430 nucleotides when amplified with primers according to SEQ ID NO: 1 and SEQ ID NO: 2, to be applied to a vaginal microbial analysis, wherein the sample is a vaginal swab or a urine sample.
A data processing method, comprising: receiving (701, 901), by an aggregation node (207, 208, 1103), first non-access stratum messages of different radio access technology, RAT, types sent by user equipments, UEs, wherein the aggregation node (207, 208, 1103) comprises at least two types of interfaces, and each type of interface is used to receive first non-access stratum messages of one RAT type; converting (702, 902), by the aggregation node (207, 208, 1103), the first non-access stratum messages in each case into a respective non-access stratum message in a first format based on the RAT type of the corresponding first non-access stratum message, wherein the first format is a non-access stratum message transmission format supported between the aggregation node (207, 208, 1103) and a core-network control plane entity, the aggregation node (207, 208, 1103), instead of the core-network control plane, implementing a function of parsing the first non-access stratum messages based on the RAT types; and sending (703, 903), by the aggregation node (207, 208, 1103), the non-access stratum messages in the first format to the core-network control plane entity. receiving (701, 901), by an aggregation node (207, 208, 1103), first non-access stratum messages of different radio access technology, RAT, types sent by user equipments, UEs, wherein the aggregation node (207, 208, 1103) comprises at least two types of interfaces, and each type of interface is used to receive first non-access stratum messages of one RAT type; converting (702, 902), by the aggregation node (207, 208, 1103), the first non-access stratum messages in each case into a respective non-access stratum message in a first format based on the RAT type of the corresponding first non-access stratum message, wherein the first format is a non-access stratum message transmission format supported between the aggregation node (207, 208, 1103) and a core-network control plane entity, the aggregation node (207, 208, 1103), instead of the core-network control plane, implementing a function of parsing the first non-access stratum messages based on the RAT types; and sending (703, 903), by the aggregation node (207, 208, 1103), the non-access stratum messages in the first format to the core-network control plane entity.
A susceptor assembly for inductively heating an aerosol-forming substrate, comprising a first susceptor and a second susceptor, the second susceptor having a Curie temperature lower than 500 °C, wherein at least a portion of an outer surface of the second susceptor comprises an anti-corrosion covering and characterised in that at least a portion of an outer surface of the first susceptor is exposed.
A power converter comprising: a first substrate on which a module including a switching element is mounted; a second substrate on which a smoothing capacitor is mounted; and a plurality of terminal blocks (13a, 13b) each connecting the first substrate and the second substrate, with the first substrate and the second substrate located to face each other, each of the terminal blocks including a current path over which at least one of current flowing from the module to the smoothing capacitor and current flowing from the smoothing capacitor to the module flows, the plurality of terminal blocks (13a, 13b) including a first terminal block having a greater support capacity and therefore stiffness in a first direction than a support capacity in a second direction different from the first direction, and a second terminal block having a greater support capacity and therefore stiffness in the second direction than a support capacity in the first direction, wherein each of the plurality of terminal blocks (13a, 13b) includes a pair of plate-shaped supporting portions (31a, 31b) being soldered to the first substrate and a contact portion being screwed on the second substrate, the pair of the supporting portions (31a, 31b) of the first terminal block is located in parallel with the first direction, and the pair of the supporting portions (31a, 31b) of the second terminal block is located in parallel with the second direction, and further wherein the second direction is parallel to the substrate surface of the first substrate and perpendicular to the first direction. a first substrate on which a module including a switching element is mounted; a second substrate on which a smoothing capacitor is mounted; and a plurality of terminal blocks (13a, 13b) each connecting the first substrate and the second substrate, with the first substrate and the second substrate located to face each other, each of the terminal blocks including a current path over which at least one of current flowing from the module to the smoothing capacitor and current flowing from the smoothing capacitor to the module flows, the plurality of terminal blocks (13a, 13b) including a first terminal block having a greater support capacity and therefore stiffness in a first direction than a support capacity in a second direction different from the first direction, and a second terminal block having a greater support capacity and therefore stiffness in the second direction than a support capacity in the first direction, wherein each of the plurality of terminal blocks (13a, 13b) includes a pair of plate-shaped supporting portions (31a, 31b) being soldered to the first substrate and a contact portion being screwed on the second substrate, the pair of the supporting portions (31a, 31b) of the first terminal block is located in parallel with the first direction, and the pair of the supporting portions (31a, 31b) of the second terminal block is located in parallel with the second direction, and further wherein the second direction is parallel to the substrate surface of the first substrate and perpendicular to the first direction.
Composition comprising an oncolytic adenovirus for use in the treatment of retinoblastoma in the prevention, removal or reduction of metastases, secondary malignancies and/or trilateral retinoblastoma associated with retinoblastoma, characterised in that said oncolytic adenovirus comprises: - a sequence encoding a hyaluronidase enzyme inserted into its genome; and - replication machinery specific for tumour cells. - a sequence encoding a hyaluronidase enzyme inserted into its genome; and - replication machinery specific for tumour cells.
A sensor device having: - a sensor arrangement for generating a sensor signal - and a device for generating an output signal synchronous with the times of switchover events at least from the sensor signal which varies according to a function of an argument (A, α) that is known to the sensor device, and wherein the sensor signal of the device is supplied as an input signal, and the output signal contains a pulse edge, the device comprising: - a comparator unit for signaling switchover events by generating a comparator signal with a comparator threshold that can be set to a default value (F s), wherein the comparator threshold is set such that it corresponds to the value of the function at a first anticipated argument value, and wherein the comparator unit is designed to compare the input signal with the comparator threshold (F s), to monitor the input signal with regard to if and when it reaches the comparator threshold (F s), and to signal a switchover event when the comparator threshold is reached, - a default unit that is designed to specify a new comparator threshold (F s) triggered by the switchover event in that a second, anticipated argument value is specified, and the new comparator threshold (F s) is calculated therefrom by at least approximately determining the value of the function of a second anticipated argument value, - and an output unit to output an output signal depending on the comparator signal. - a sensor arrangement for generating a sensor signal - and a device for generating an output signal synchronous with the times of switchover events at least from the sensor signal which varies according to a function of an argument (A, α) that is known to the sensor device, and wherein the sensor signal of the device is supplied as an input signal, and the output signal contains a pulse edge, the device comprising: - a comparator unit for signaling switchover events by generating a comparator signal with a comparator threshold that can be set to a default value (F s), wherein the comparator threshold is set such that it corresponds to the value of the function at a first anticipated argument value, and wherein the comparator unit is designed to compare the input signal with the comparator threshold (F s), to monitor the input signal with regard to if and when it reaches the comparator threshold (F s), and to signal a switchover event when the comparator threshold is reached, - a default unit that is designed to specify a new comparator threshold (F s) triggered by the switchover event in that a second, anticipated argument value is specified, and the new comparator threshold (F s) is calculated therefrom by at least approximately determining the value of the function of a second anticipated argument value, - and an output unit to output an output signal depending on the comparator signal.
A method of electroplating a surface area of a cooling cavity present in a gas turbine engine airfoil component, the method comprising the steps of: - positioning a water-tight and flexible electroplating mask on a first end region of the component where the cooling cavity has an open end to the exterior, wherein the mask is attached on a fixture, and wherein the mask includes first and second through openings, each of which receives a respective first and second supply tubing conduit, said supply tubing conduit is received in respective mask through-passages that terminate in the through-openings of the mask with the ends of the supply tubing conduit directly facing and generally aligned with the open end of the cooling cavity that acts as entrance opening so that the supply tubing conduits are communicated directly to the cooling cavity to allow providing electroplating solution flow directly into the cooling cavity, - extending an anode through the mask and cavity opening into the cooling cavity, - extending a cathode through the mask to contact the component, and - supplying a noble metal containing electroplating solution through the supply tubing conduit in the mask through-passage of the mask so that the electroplating solution flows directly into the cooling cavity, wherein the cooling cavity extends longitudinally from the first end region of the component where the cooling cavity has an open end to the exterior toward a second end region of the component, and wherein the second end region of the component is covered by a similar mask. - positioning a water-tight and flexible electroplating mask on a first end region of the component where the cooling cavity has an open end to the exterior, wherein the mask is attached on a fixture, and wherein the mask includes first and second through openings, each of which receives a respective first and second supply tubing conduit, said supply tubing conduit is received in respective mask through-passages that terminate in the through-openings of the mask with the ends of the supply tubing conduit directly facing and generally aligned with the open end of the cooling cavity that acts as entrance opening so that the supply tubing conduits are communicated directly to the cooling cavity to allow providing electroplating solution flow directly into the cooling cavity, - extending an anode through the mask and cavity opening into the cooling cavity, - extending a cathode through the mask to contact the component, and - supplying a noble metal containing electroplating solution through the supply tubing conduit in the mask through-passage of the mask so that the electroplating solution flows directly into the cooling cavity,
An individual frozen drink dispenser comprising: (a) a housing having a base configured to support a blender cup; (b) a pod support disposed above the blender cup and configured to support a pod containing frozen ingredients suitable for preparing a frozen drink; (c) a dispense plunger coupled to the housing and configured to move from a pre-dispense position to a dispense position in which the dispense plunger pushes the frozen ingredients from the pod into the blender cup; (d) a drive mechanism coupled to the housing and configured to drive the movement of the dispense plunger from the pre-dispense position to the dispense position and (e) a blender assembly including a blender drive disposed within the base, a motor supported by the drive mechanism, a rotatable shaft connected at one end to the motor and blades mounted on the shaft at an opposite end of the shaft, wherein the shaft extends through the dispense plunger to blend ingredients within the blender cup. (a) a housing having a base configured to support a blender cup; (b) a pod support disposed above the blender cup and configured to support a pod containing frozen ingredients suitable for preparing a frozen drink; (c) a dispense plunger coupled to the housing and configured to move from a pre-dispense position to a dispense position in which the dispense plunger pushes the frozen ingredients from the pod into the blender cup; (d) a drive mechanism coupled to the housing and configured to drive the movement of the dispense plunger from the pre-dispense position to the dispense position and (e) a blender assembly including a blender drive disposed within the base, a motor supported by the drive mechanism, a rotatable shaft connected at one end to the motor and blades mounted on the shaft at an opposite end of the shaft, wherein the shaft extends through the dispense plunger to blend ingredients within the blender cup.
A cell of the genus Prototheca comprising an exogenous gene, wherein said exogenous gene is in operable linkage with a promoter, and encodes a sucrose invertase.