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A method for adaptively controlling network traffic load in a communications network with a shared communications medium, which method comprising: monitoring the network traffic load; generating one or more network performance metrics based on the network traffic load; maintaining network performance metrics for several update intervals, where update intervals are fixed time intervals on expiry of which network access parameters are to be updated; making adjustments to network access parameters by using the network performance metrics from said several update intervals; and adjusting the network traffic load on the basis of the adjusted network access parameters. monitoring the network traffic load; generating one or more network performance metrics based on the network traffic load; maintaining network performance metrics for several update intervals, where update intervals are fixed time intervals on expiry of which network access parameters are to be updated; making adjustments to network access parameters by using the network performance metrics from said several update intervals; and adjusting the network traffic load on the basis of the adjusted network access parameters.
A chirped pulse amplifier for a fiber optic system, the amplifier comprising: a mode-locked laser; a device coupled to an output of the mode-locked laser; a pulse stretcher coupled to a first output of the device; an amplifier coupled to the pulse stretcher; characterized in that the device is a polarization-maintaining device; a first pulse selector is coupled to a second output of the polarization-maintaining device; wherein the pulse stretcher comprises: a non-polarization-maintaining, non-linearly chirped fiber grating; and a Faraday rotator. a mode-locked laser; a device coupled to an output of the mode-locked laser; a pulse stretcher coupled to a first output of the device; an amplifier coupled to the pulse stretcher; characterized in that the device is a polarization-maintaining device; a first pulse selector is coupled to a second output of the polarization-maintaining device; wherein the pulse stretcher comprises: a non-polarization-maintaining, non-linearly chirped fiber grating; and a Faraday rotator. a non-polarization-maintaining, non-linearly chirped fiber grating; and a Faraday rotator.
A medical supplies cabinet comprising: a housing presenting a medical supplies storage zone provided with at least one medical supplies receptacle, said at least one receptacle being of a shape and configuration to be able to at least partly receive and hold at least one medical item, a plurality of sensors associated with said at least one receptacle, the plurality of sensors configured to generate a signal indicative of the presence and/or absence or removal of the medical item in/from the receptacle, and a door, the door pivotably connected to the housing and the door being moveable between an open position corresponding to the medical supplies storage zone being exposed for interaction by a user and a closed position where the door 92) covers the medical supplies storage zone thereby preventing interaction by the user, a capacitive sensor including a pair of sensing elements (51, 52) is provided for the at least one receptacle, the capacitive sensor being one of the plurality of sensors and configured to generate a signal indicative of the presence of the at least one medical item within the at least one receptacle, and the housing includes a camera for recording the view facing away from the medical supplies storage zone of the cabinet, and the door includes a mirror that is located to reflect a view of at least part of the medical supplies storage zone to the camera when the door is near its closed position such that the camera is arranged in recording the view of at least part of the medical supplies storage zone when the door is near its closed position. a housing presenting a medical supplies storage zone provided with at least one medical supplies receptacle, said at least one receptacle being of a shape and configuration to be able to at least partly receive and hold at least one medical item, a plurality of sensors associated with said at least one receptacle, the plurality of sensors configured to generate a signal indicative of the presence and/or absence or removal of the medical item in/from the receptacle, and a door, the door pivotably connected to the housing and the door being moveable between an open position corresponding to the medical supplies storage zone being exposed for interaction by a user and a closed position where the door 92) covers the medical supplies storage zone thereby preventing interaction by the user, a capacitive sensor including a pair of sensing elements (51, 52) is provided for the at least one receptacle, the capacitive sensor being one of the plurality of sensors and configured to generate a signal indicative of the presence of the at least one medical item within the at least one receptacle, and the housing includes a camera for recording the view facing away from the medical supplies storage zone of the cabinet, and the door includes a mirror that is located to reflect a view of at least part of the medical supplies storage zone to the camera when the door is near its closed position such that the camera is arranged in recording the view of at least part of the medical supplies storage zone when the door is near its closed position.
A piezoelectric substrate attachment structure comprising: a press section pressed by contact; a piezoelectric substrate (10, 10A, 10B) provided adjacent to the press section; and a base section provided adjacent to the piezoelectric substrate (10, 10A, 10B) on an opposite side from the press section, characterized by the piezoelectric substrate attachment structure being configured such that the following relationship Equation (a) is satisfied da / E ′ a < db / E ′ b wherein da is a thickness of the press section in a direction of adjacency to the piezoelectric substrate (10, 10A, 10B), E'a is a storage modulus of the press section from dynamic viscoelastic analysis, db is a thickness of the base section in the adjacency direction, and E'b is a storage modulus of the base section from dynamic viscoelastic analysis. a press section pressed by contact; a piezoelectric substrate (10, 10A, 10B) provided adjacent to the press section; and a base section provided adjacent to the piezoelectric substrate (10, 10A, 10B) on an opposite side from the press section, characterized by the piezoelectric substrate attachment structure being configured such that the following relationship Equation (a) is satisfied da / E ′ a < db / E ′ b wherein da is a thickness of the press section in a direction of adjacency to the piezoelectric substrate (10, 10A, 10B), E'a is a storage modulus of the press section from dynamic viscoelastic analysis, db is a thickness of the base section in the adjacency direction, and E'b is a storage modulus of the base section from dynamic viscoelastic analysis.
Method for stopping an internal combustion engine, in which a quantity of air supplied to the internal combustion engine via an air metering device, in particular a throttle valve, is reduced after a stop, request has been detected, wherein the quantity of air supplied to the internal combustion engine via the air metering device is increased again if a detected speed (n) of the internal combustion engine falls below a specifiable speed threshold value (ns), characterized in that an inlet cylinder, to which the quantity of air is supplied, still goes into its compression stroke, but no longer goes into a power stroke after the quantity of air supplied is increased.
A device for processing printing products, with a processing means having a plurality of receiving elements which are driven along a circulation path in the direction of circulation and are arranged one after another and transversely to the circulation path, and a discharge station for gripping and discharging printing products, which are brought in the receiving elements up to the discharge station, in a portion of the circulation path that runs in an arc of a circle about an axis of rotation, wherein the discharge station has a removal conveyor with a number of gripper tongs which are driven so as to circulate along a self-enclosed movement path counter to the direction of circulation characterized in that the gripper tongs are moved in a takeover portion of the movement path, which runs in an arc of a circle around a takeover axis which is parallel to the axis of rotation, into the receiving elements in synchronization therewith and, after the grasping of the printing products at a side rim, out of the receiving elements, wherein the discharge station has a clamp transporter which is arranged, viewed in the direction of circulation, downstream of the removal conveyor and has controlled clamps which are driven along a self-enclosed clamp path in the same direction as the direction of circulation and are capable of grasping the printing products, which are held by the gripper tongs, at their edge opposing the side rim and of conveying them onward once released by the gripper tongs.
A solid electrolyte membrane for an all-solid-state battery, which comprises a support member, a lithium dendrite growth-inhibiting material and a first solid electrolyte material, wherein the support member has a porous sheet including a plurality of pores and is disposed in such a manner that the support member is not exposed to a top surface, bottom surface or both surfaces of the solid electrolyte membrane, and the lithium dendrite growth-inhibiting material is incorporated to the solid electrolyte membrane by being coated on the support member or mixed with the first solid electrolyte material; the lithium dendrite growth-inhibiting material (a) is provided in the form of a metal salt derived from a metal, a metal ion thereof, or both; the porous sheet is a porous material including a plurality of pores, and the pores are at least partially filled with a mixture of the first solid electrolyte material and the lithium dendrite growth-inhibiting material; the solid electrolyte membrane has an ion conductivity of 1.0 x 10 -7 S/cm or more and is measured as described in the specification; the metal or metal ion is Sr, Ca, Mg, Be, Al, Mn, Zn, Cr(+3), Fe, Cd, Co, Ni, Sn, Pb, Cu, Hg, Ag, Pd. Ir, Pt(+2), Au, Pt(+4), or two or more of them; the first solid electrolyte material comprises an ion conductive polymeric solid electrolyte material which is prepared by adding a polymer resin to a solvated lithium salt, and shows an ion conductivity; and the porous sheet is at least one of a polymer film including a plurality of pores, a woven web including a polymeric material, and a non-woven web including a polymeric material. wherein the support member has a porous sheet including a plurality of pores and is disposed in such a manner that the support member is not exposed to a top surface, bottom surface or both surfaces of the solid electrolyte membrane, and the lithium dendrite growth-inhibiting material is incorporated to the solid electrolyte membrane by being coated on the support member or mixed with the first solid electrolyte material; the lithium dendrite growth-inhibiting material (a) is provided in the form of a metal salt derived from a metal, a metal ion thereof, or both; the porous sheet is a porous material including a plurality of pores, and the pores are at least partially filled with a mixture of the first solid electrolyte material and the lithium dendrite growth-inhibiting material; the solid electrolyte membrane has an ion conductivity of 1.0 x 10 -7 S/cm or more and is measured as described in the specification; the metal or metal ion is Sr, Ca, Mg, Be, Al, Mn, Zn, Cr(+3), Fe, Cd, Co, Ni, Sn, Pb, Cu, Hg, Ag, Pd. Ir, Pt(+2), Au, Pt(+4), or two or more of them; the first solid electrolyte material comprises an ion conductive polymeric solid electrolyte material which is prepared by adding a polymer resin to a solvated lithium salt, and shows an ion conductivity; and the porous sheet is at least one of a polymer film including a plurality of pores, a woven web including a polymeric material, and a non-woven web including a polymeric material.
A method for removing a wrapping, such as plastic film, from a roll of material, said roll having a cylindrical body, a first roll body end portion with a first end gable, a second roll body end portion with a second end gable, the method comprising the steps of: - moving a cutting means into abutment against the wrapping at said first roll body end portion such that the wrapping is punctured, - rotating the roll about its center axis over a rotational angle (φ) from 270 to 360 degrees, at the same time as the wrapping is cut by the cutting means at said first roll body end portion, the cutting means forming an end portion cutting angle (α) relative said first end gable of the first end portion, characterized by - moving the cutting means axially along the center axis of the roll towards said second roll body end portion and at the same time rotating the roll about said center axis such that the wrapping on an envelope surface of the roll is cut in a helical manner, wherein the wrapping on the envelope surface of the roll is cut with the cutting means forming an envelope surface cutting angle (β) relative said first end gable of said first end portion, wherein said envelope surface cutting angle (β) is larger than said end portion cutting angle (α); and - rotating the roll further about its center axis over the rotational angle (φ) from 270 to 360 degrees, at the same time as the wrapping is cut by the cutting means at said second roll body end portion, the cutting means forming said end portion cutting angle (α), such that the wrapping is cut off the roll automatically and in one continuous piece. - moving a cutting means into abutment against the wrapping at said first roll body end portion such that the wrapping is punctured, - rotating the roll about its center axis over a rotational angle (φ) from 270 to 360 degrees, at the same time as the wrapping is cut by the cutting means at said first roll body end portion, the cutting means forming an end portion cutting angle (α) relative said first end gable of the first end portion, characterized by - moving the cutting means axially along the center axis of the roll towards said second roll body end portion and at the same time rotating the roll about said center axis such that the wrapping on an envelope surface of the roll is cut in a helical manner, wherein the wrapping on the envelope surface of the roll is cut with the cutting means forming an envelope surface cutting angle (β) relative said first end gable of said first end portion, wherein said envelope surface cutting angle (β) is larger than said end portion cutting angle (α); and - rotating the roll further about its center axis over the rotational angle (φ) from 270 to 360 degrees, at the same time as the wrapping is cut by the cutting means at said second roll body end portion, the cutting means forming said end portion cutting angle (α),
Method for detecting an electrical discharge in an electrical apparatus, the method comprising: sensing an acoustic wave and an electromagnetic wave using a first sensing device (101, 101a) and generating a first combined signal (Sc, Sci), characterized in that the first combined signal (Sc, Sci) is a single signal including a component corresponding to the acoustic wave and a component corresponding to the electromagnetic wave; and processing the first combined signal (Sc, Sci) to determine the occurrence and/or properties of an electrical discharge. sensing an acoustic wave and an electromagnetic wave using a first sensing device (101, 101a) and generating a first combined signal (Sc, Sci), characterized in that the first combined signal (Sc, Sci) is a single signal including a component corresponding to the acoustic wave and a component corresponding to the electromagnetic wave; and processing the first combined signal (Sc, Sci) to determine the occurrence and/or properties of an electrical discharge.
A medical device (1300, 1400) for treating a portion of a reproductive system of a female patient, the medical device comprising: an elongate member (1310, 1410) having a proximal end (1310a, 1410a), a distal end (1310b, 1410b), and a lumen (1344, 1448) extending therebetween; a handle (1312, 1412) connected to the proximal end of the elongate member; an end effector assembly (1314, 1414) connected to the distal end of the elongate member; an elongate manipulation member (1322, 1422), the end effector assembly having a proximal portion, a distal portion, and a central portion extending therebetween along a longitudinal axis of the elongate manipulation member; and a cutting device (1330, 1430) configured to extend from the elongate manipulation member, wherein the cutting device has a retracted configuration in which the cutting device is withdrawn into the elongate manipulation member and a deployed configuration in which the cutting device extends radially away from the longitudinal axis of the elongate manipulation member, characterized in that the elongate manipulation member is slidable relative to the end effector assembly such that the elongate manipulation member extends from the end effector assembly an elongate member (1310, 1410) having a proximal end (1310a, 1410a), a distal end (1310b, 1410b), and a lumen (1344, 1448) extending therebetween; a handle (1312, 1412) connected to the proximal end of the elongate member; an end effector assembly (1314, 1414) connected to the distal end of the elongate member; an elongate manipulation member (1322, 1422), the end effector assembly having a proximal portion, a distal portion, and a central portion extending therebetween along a longitudinal axis of the elongate manipulation member; and a cutting device (1330, 1430) configured to extend from the elongate manipulation member, wherein the cutting device has a retracted configuration in which the cutting device is withdrawn into the elongate manipulation member and a deployed configuration in which the cutting device extends radially away from the longitudinal axis of the elongate manipulation member, characterized in that the elongate manipulation member is slidable relative to the end effector assembly such that the elongate manipulation member extends from the end effector assembly
A pneumatic tire comprising a textile cord reinforced rubber component, the rubber component comprising a textile cord contacting a rubber composition, the rubber composition comprising: from 20 to 45 phr of a solution polymerized styrene-butadiene rubber having a bound styrene content ranging from 5 to 25 percent by weight and a Tg ranging from -85 to -50 °C; from 55 to 80 phr of a polyisoprene rubber selected from the group consisting of natural rubber and synthetic polyisoprene rubber; from 20 to 60 phr of a filler selected from carbon black, silica, and prehydrophobated silica; from 1 to 10 phr of a resin selected from the group consisting of carbamic resins, alkyl phenol formaldehyde resins, and phenol formaldehyde resins; and from 0.5 to 5 phr of a methylene donor; characterized in that the solution polymerized styrene-butadiene rubber has a vinyl-1,2 content ranging from 5 to 40 weight percent based on the butadiene content. from 20 to 45 phr of a solution polymerized styrene-butadiene rubber having a bound styrene content ranging from 5 to 25 percent by weight and a Tg ranging from -85 to -50 °C; from 55 to 80 phr of a polyisoprene rubber selected from the group consisting of natural rubber and synthetic polyisoprene rubber; from 20 to 60 phr of a filler selected from carbon black, silica, and prehydrophobated silica; from 1 to 10 phr of a resin selected from the group consisting of carbamic resins, alkyl phenol formaldehyde resins, and phenol formaldehyde resins; and from 0.5 to 5 phr of a methylene donor; characterized in that the solution polymerized styrene-butadiene rubber has a vinyl-1,2 content ranging from 5 to 40 weight percent based on the butadiene content.
A pharmaceutical composition comprising a siRNA or a combination of siRNA molecules that inhibit at least partially the expression of SPARC, or a genetic construct capable of expressing said siRNA which inhibits at least partially the expression of SPARC, for use in preventing or treating acute liver failure or acute liver damage.
A combine harvester having a chopping device configured for comminuting harvested material, which has a knife drum fitted with chopping knives, a knife carrier fitted with stationary knives, and a rasp bar assembly, wherein the stationary knives and/or the rasp bar assembly can be at least partially moved into a partial stream traversing the chopping device, and having a material spreading unit configured for spreading the stream of chopped material discharged from the combine harvester on the ground in a rear region of the combine harvester, and having a sensor unit configured for generating sensor data which represent at least one parameter influencing the quality of spreading of the stream of chopped material discharged from the combine harvester, wherein the combine harvester has a control unit which is configured for adapting the position of the rasp bar assembly and/or the stationary knives as a function of the quality of spreading, characterized in that the sensor unit comprises a sensor which has an image acquisition unit and is constructed as a camera and is configured to detect, as a parameter influencing the spreading quality: - the width of the line of material formed by the discharged harvested material or stream of chopped material, and/or - the height or thickness of the line of material formed by the discharged harvested material or stream of chopped material, and/or - the density or the amount of ground covered by the line of material formed by the discharged harvested material or stream of chopped material, and/or - the quantity or the mass and/or the volume per unit area of the line of material formed by the discharged harvested material or stream of chopped material, and/or - the degree of fibrillation of the chopped material in the discharged harvested material, and/or the length of the chopped material in the discharged harvested material. - the width of the line of material formed by the discharged harvested material or stream of chopped material, and/or - the height or thickness of the line of material formed by the discharged harvested material or stream of chopped material, and/or - the density or the amount of ground covered by the line of material formed by the discharged harvested material or stream of chopped material, and/or - the quantity or the mass and/or the volume per unit area of the line of material formed by the discharged harvested material or stream of chopped material, and/or - the degree of fibrillation of the chopped material in the discharged harvested material, and/or the length of the chopped material in the discharged harvested material.