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A method of controlling transmission of data in a network having a multiple tree topography to transfer data messages in a forward direction from a base station to a destination node and in a backward direction from a source node to the base station, the method comprising: dividing a plurality of nodes into a plurality of groups; defining a plurality of time frames during which certain nodes of the network are active and other nodes of the network are inactive; assigning to each node of the plurality of nodes a parent node from each of the plurality of groups so that at least two parent nodes are assigned to each node, wherein each parent node is a next upstream node relative to the base station and is configured to transmit data to and from the node to which the parent node is assigned, and wherein each parent node of the at least two parent nodes are active in different time frames of the plurality of time frames; controlling the plurality of nodes into an active state from an inactive state; controlling transmission of data in the backward direction by transmitting the data through the parent node that is soonest scheduled to be in an active state based on a current time frame of the data transmission; and receiving a message at a base station and determining a destination node of the message; determining a group to which the destination node belongs; and transferring the message through the network only via nodes of the group to which the destination node belongs.
A method for information exchange between Bluetooth nodes (A, B), the method including - the Bluetooth nodes (A, B), without establishing a new Bluetooth connection in accordance with a Bluetooth standard, repeatedly requesting, receiving and accumulating state information from different neighbor nodes (C, T) in their respective neighborhood of Bluetooth nodes by means of inquiry and extended inquiry response messages, wherein requesting the state information comprises sending an inquiry message and the state information is received in the form of an extended inquiry response message, and by - the state information provided in response to a request comprising - a tree identifier indicative of a tree, to which the respective neighbor node currently belongs, - a descendant information element indicative of a number of descendants managed by the respective neighbor node (C, T), characterized in that the state information provided in response to the request additionally comprises a depth information element indicative of a depth of the respective neighbor node (C, T) in the respective tree. - the Bluetooth nodes (A, B), without establishing a new Bluetooth connection in accordance with a Bluetooth standard, repeatedly requesting, receiving and accumulating state information from different neighbor nodes (C, T) in their respective neighborhood of Bluetooth nodes by means of inquiry and extended inquiry response messages, wherein requesting the state information comprises sending an inquiry message and the state information is received in the form of an extended inquiry response message, and by - the state information provided in response to a request comprising - a tree identifier indicative of a tree, to which the respective neighbor node currently belongs, - a descendant information element indicative of a number of descendants managed by the respective neighbor node (C, T),
Compounds of formula Ib wherein R 1 is H, acetyl, SF 5, halo, alkyl, haloalkyl, haloalkoxy or nitrile; R 5 is H; or R 1 and R 5, and the atoms to which they are bonded, form either an 4-6 membered heterocycle ring comprising a single O heteroatom optionally substituted with one or two substituents independently selected from halo or alkyl, or R 1 and R 5, and the atoms to which they are bonded, form a 3-6 membered cycloalkyl ring optionally substituted with 1 to 2 substituents independently selected from halo or alkyl; R 2 is H, halo, alkyl, haloalkyl, cycloalkyl or cycloalkylalkyl, wherein cycloalkyl or cycloalkylalkyl is optionally substituted with halo; R 3 is H, alkyl, haloalkyl, cycloalkyl or cycloalkylalkyl, wherein cycloalkyl or cycloalkylalkyl is optionally substituted with halo; Z is -O-, or -NH-; R 4 is a heterocycle ring optionally substituted with 1 to 3 substituents independently selected from halo, alkyl, haloalkyl, hydroxyalkyl, -OH, oxo, -CO 2 H, cycloalkylalkyl or cycloalkyl optionally substituted with halo; or R 4 is a cycloalkyl optionally substituted with 1 to 3 substituents independently selected from alkyl, halo, haloalkyl and -OH; or R 4 is arylalkyl or heteroarylalkyl wherein arylalkyl or heteroarylalkyl has 1 to 3 substituents independently selected from alkyl, halo, haloalkyl and -OH; and pharmaceutically acceptable salts. R 1 is H, acetyl, SF 5, halo, alkyl, haloalkyl, haloalkoxy or nitrile; R 5 is H; or R 1 and R 5, and the atoms to which they are bonded, form either an 4-6 membered heterocycle ring comprising a single O heteroatom optionally substituted with one or two substituents independently selected from halo or alkyl, or R 1 and R 5, and the atoms to which they are bonded, form a 3-6 membered cycloalkyl ring optionally substituted with 1 to 2 substituents independently selected from halo or alkyl; R 2 is H, halo, alkyl, haloalkyl, cycloalkyl or cycloalkylalkyl, wherein cycloalkyl or cycloalkylalkyl is optionally substituted with halo; R 3 is H, alkyl, haloalkyl, cycloalkyl or cycloalkylalkyl, wherein cycloalkyl or cycloalkylalkyl is optionally substituted with halo; Z is -O-, or -NH-; R 4 is a heterocycle ring optionally substituted with 1 to 3 substituents independently selected from halo, alkyl, haloalkyl, hydroxyalkyl, -OH, oxo, -CO 2 H, cycloalkylalkyl or cycloalkyl optionally substituted with halo; or R 4 is a cycloalkyl optionally substituted with 1 to 3 substituents independently selected from alkyl, halo, haloalkyl and -OH; or R 4 is arylalkyl or heteroarylalkyl wherein arylalkyl or heteroarylalkyl has 1 to 3 substituents independently selected from alkyl, halo, haloalkyl and -OH;
A method for preparing an anode active material comprising a core comprising a crystalline carbon-based material and a composite coating layer comprising at least one material selected from the group consisting of low crystalline carbon and amorphous carbon and a metal and/or a non-metal capable of intercalating and deintercalating ions, the method comprising: (a) mixing a precursor of a material for preparing the at least one material selected from the group consisting of low crystalline carbon and amorphous carbon with the metal and/or non-metal capable of intercalating and deintercalating ions, followed by purification to prepare a mixture for coating; (b) mixing the mixture for coating with the crystalline carbon-based material to prepare a core-shell precursor in which the mixture for coating is coated on the core comprising the crystalline carbon-based material; and (c) calcining the core-shell precursor to carbonize the material for preparing the at least one material selected from the group consisting of low crystalline carbon and amorphous carbon into the at least one material selected from the group consisting of low crystalline carbon and amorphous carbon, wherein in the composite coating layer that has been subjected to carbonization in the step (c), the at least one material selected from the group consisting of low crystalline carbon and amorphous carbon and the metal and/or non-metal capable of intercalating and deintercalating ions are mixed in a ratio from 1:9 to 9:1 on a weight basis. (a) mixing a precursor of a material for preparing the at least one material selected from the group consisting of low crystalline carbon and amorphous carbon with the metal and/or non-metal capable of intercalating and deintercalating ions, followed by purification to prepare a mixture for coating; (b) mixing the mixture for coating with the crystalline carbon-based material to prepare a core-shell precursor in which the mixture for coating is coated on the core comprising the crystalline carbon-based material; and (c) calcining the core-shell precursor to carbonize the material for preparing the at least one material selected from the group consisting of low crystalline carbon and amorphous carbon into the at least one material selected from the group consisting of low crystalline carbon and amorphous carbon,
An endoscopic securing system comprising an endoscope, a cap member taking the form of an endoscopic device disposed on the distal end of the endoscope, a safety harness, and a safety coupling secured to the endoscope between a proximal end of the endoscope and the cap member at a location proximal to and apart from the cap member, the safety coupling formed to fit around the endoscope and having a fastening mechanism preventing the safety coupling from sliding distally, and the safety harness connected to the cap member and extending in a proximal direction to connect with the safety coupling to reduce the likelihood of the cap member becoming dislodged from the distal end of the endoscope; wherein the safety harness comprises at least one tether affixed to the safety coupling and wherein the or each tether does not extend through the safety coupling.
A magazine for a firearm comprising: a housing defining a horizontal centerline axis, a vertical centerline axis perpendicular thereto, and an interior cavity configured to hold a plurality of ammunition cartridges; the housing including an open top end, a bottom end, a front wall, a rear wall, and pair of opposing lateral right and left sidewalls extending between the front and rear walls; a compressible main spring disposed in the cavity; an elongated follower disposed in the cavity and biased in an upwards direction by the main spring, the follower being moveable between a lower position and an upper position for dispensing cartridges; a guide boss protruding laterally outwards from each one of a pair of lateral sides of the follower, each guide boss slideably engaging a corresponding vertical guide slot formed in the sidewalls of the housing for guiding upwards and downwards movement of the follower; wherein the follower is angularly tiltable relative to the housing of the magazine about a lateral pivot axis defined by the guide bosses; wherein the main spring is an accordion type flat spring formed from a triple folded flat spring material in which no portion of the spring crosses another portion in the same horizontal reference plane when in a fully expanded condition; wherein the main spring comprises a pair of laterally open cutouts which allows adjacently located bends (97, 99) of the spring to nest together in a side to side relationship when the spring is in a fully compressed condition. a housing defining a horizontal centerline axis, a vertical centerline axis perpendicular thereto, and an interior cavity configured to hold a plurality of ammunition cartridges; the housing including an open top end, a bottom end, a front wall, a rear wall, and pair of opposing lateral right and left sidewalls extending between the front and rear walls; a compressible main spring disposed in the cavity; an elongated follower disposed in the cavity and biased in an upwards direction by the main spring, the follower being moveable between a lower position and an upper position for dispensing cartridges; a guide boss protruding laterally outwards from each one of a pair of lateral sides of the follower, each guide boss slideably engaging a corresponding vertical guide slot formed in the sidewalls of the housing for guiding upwards and downwards movement of the follower; wherein the follower is angularly tiltable relative to the housing of the magazine about a lateral pivot axis defined by the guide bosses; wherein the main spring is an accordion type flat spring formed from a triple folded flat spring material in which no portion of the spring crosses another portion in the same horizontal reference plane when in a fully expanded condition; wherein the main spring comprises a pair of laterally open cutouts which allows adjacently located bends (97, 99) of the spring to nest together in a side to side relationship when the spring is in a fully compressed condition.
A method for transporting piecewise print media into and out of the operative region of a print head and cleaning at least one part of at least one nozzle front plate provided on the print head, the method comprising the steps of: a) providing a printing system comprising said print head having said nozzle front plate, wherein said print head comprises at least one printing module having at least one nozzle plate from which droplets of a printable composition can be dispensed, b) transporting the print media along a transport direction such that print media are transported into and out of the operative region of the nozzle front plate, c) cleaning the at least one part of the nozzle front plate by means of one or several fluid flow configurations from a cleaning device that activates fluid flow, wherein the fluid flow configurations comprise at least one fluid flow directed against the at least one part of the nozzle front plate, wherein the nozzle front plate comprises the nozzle plate, wherein at least some of the print media are transported in the transport direction at a distance from at least one of their nearest adjacent print media, whereby gaps are formed in the transport direction between these adjacent print media being spaced apart, and the cleaning device activates fluid flow not necessarily always, but exclusively in the region of the gaps and so as to be synchronized with them, characterized in that the print media are provided as ceramic print media, and, when moistened with water, they are transported at a temperature between 30°C and 120°C into the operative region of the nozzle front plate, wherein the nozzle front plate is tempered to a temperature that is lower than the temperature of the print media during the transport of the same through the operative region of the nozzle front plate, wherein the nozzle front plate and the print media are aligned relative to one another in the operative region of the nozzle front plate in such a way that, as time progresses, droplets are formed on the nozzle front plate due to condensation of water vapor and continue to grow until they would fall onto the print media due to gravity after a certain time and/or hang from the nozzle front plate in such a way that they would be carried away by the print media. a) providing a printing system comprising said print head having said nozzle front plate, wherein said print head comprises at least one printing module having at least one nozzle plate from which droplets of a printable composition can be dispensed, b) transporting the print media along a transport direction such that print media are transported into and out of the operative region of the nozzle front plate, c) cleaning the at least one part of the nozzle front plate by means of one or several fluid flow configurations from a cleaning device that activates fluid flow, wherein the fluid flow configurations comprise at least one fluid flow directed against the at least one part of the nozzle front plate,
An image navigator for use in a tool navigation system comprising: an ultrasound probe operable to generate an acoustic image plane for scanning an anatomical region; an ultrasound scanner operatively connected to the ultrasound probe to generate an ultrasound image of the anatomical region; an interventional tool operable to be navigated within the anatomical region relative to the acoustic image plane; and one or more ultrasound transducers (21, 31) connected to at least one of the ultrasound probe and the interventional tool to communicate at least one ultrasound tracking signal between the ultrasound probe and the interventional tool indicative of a distance of the interventional tool relative to the acoustic image plane as the interventional tool is navigated within the anatomical region; and a tool tracker operatively connected to the one or more ultrasound transducers (21, 31) to track the distance of the interventional tool relative to the acoustic image plane, wherein the image navigator is adapted to be operatively connectable to the ultrasound scanner and the tool tracker to display a graphical icon on the ultrasound image of the anatomical region as generated by the ultrasound scanner for illustrating a tracking by the tool tracker of the distance of the interventional tool relative to the acoustic image plane, and wherein the image navigator is operable to monotonically modulate at least one aspect of the graphical icon responsive to the distance of the interventional tool relative to the acoustic image plane as tracked by the tool tracker and as a function of at least one of an amplitude and a signal-to-noise ratio of the at least one ultrasound tracking signal wherein the image navigator is adapted to be operatively connectable to the ultrasound scanner and the tool tracker to display a graphical icon on the ultrasound image of the anatomical region as generated by the ultrasound scanner for illustrating a tracking by the tool tracker of the distance of the interventional tool relative to the acoustic image plane, and wherein the image navigator is operable to monotonically modulate at least one aspect of the graphical icon responsive to the distance of the interventional tool relative to the acoustic image plane as tracked by the tool tracker and as a function of at least one of an amplitude and a signal-to-noise ratio of the at least one ultrasound tracking signal
Method for cultivating microorganisms, method of the type wherein a step of seeding a culture medium with one or more microorganism strains is in particular carried out, and a step of cultivating the medium thus seeded, characterised in that during the entirety or a portion of the cultivation, the two following and simultaneous adjustments are carried out: - adjusting the amount of oxygen dissolved in the medium to a given dissolved-oxygen setpoint; - adjusting the value of the redox potential Eh of the medium to a given setpoint value Eh; in the following conditions: - the redox potential is adjusted in the range from - 400 to 0 mv; - the value of oxygen dissolve is adjusted in the range 1 to 30%; - the adjusting of the redox potential uses the injection of a reducing gas or of a gaseous mixture into the culture medium, such as a gaseous mixture comprising hydrogen, whereas the adjusting of the value of oxygen dissolved uses an injection of air or of a gas or gaseous mixture able to release oxygen such as pure oxygen or oxygen-enriched air in the culture medium. - adjusting the amount of oxygen dissolved in the medium to a given dissolved-oxygen setpoint; - adjusting the value of the redox potential Eh of the medium to a given setpoint value Eh; - the redox potential is adjusted in the range from - 400 to 0 mv; - the value of oxygen dissolve is adjusted in the range 1 to 30%; - the adjusting of the redox potential uses the injection of a reducing gas or of a gaseous mixture into the culture medium, such as a gaseous mixture comprising hydrogen, whereas the adjusting of the value of oxygen dissolved uses an injection of air or of a gas or gaseous mixture able to release oxygen such as pure oxygen or oxygen-enriched air in the culture medium.
A method for visualization of a touch panel to object distance, TOD, in X-ray imaging, comprising: obtaining a three-dimensional image of a to-be-detected subject that comprises an object; determining a TOD; generating a first identifier at a position of a touch panel in the three-dimensional image; and generating a second identifier in the three-dimensional image, wherein a distance between the first identifier and the second identifier corresponds to the TOD. obtaining a three-dimensional image of a to-be-detected subject that comprises an object; determining a TOD; generating a first identifier at a position of a touch panel in the three-dimensional image; and generating a second identifier in the three-dimensional image, wherein a distance between the first identifier and the second identifier corresponds to the TOD.
A method for pre-generating a radio link control, RLC, protocol data unit, PDU, comprising: determining whether a wireless transmit/receive unit, WTRU, has data available for transmission; determining a first maximum amount of data allowed to be transmitted by a grant for a first uplink frequency for a current TTI; determining a second maximum amount of data allowed to be transmitted by a grant for a second uplink frequency for the current TTI; selecting a size of the data field of the RLC such that each RLC PDU to be multiplexed to a medium access control, MAC, PDU matches a minimum of the first maximum amount of data or the second maximum amount of data; determining if an amount of data in outstanding pre-generated RLC PDUs for a logical channel is less than or equal to eight times the minimum of the first maximum amount of data and the second maximum amount of data; and pre-generating at least one RLC PDU for a later TTI based on the selected size of the data field of the RLC PDU on a condition that the amount of data in the outstanding pre-generated RLC PDUs for the logical channel is less than or equal to eight times the minimum of the first maximum amount of data and the second maximum amount of data. determining whether a wireless transmit/receive unit, WTRU, has data available for transmission; determining a first maximum amount of data allowed to be transmitted by a grant for a first uplink frequency for a current TTI; determining a second maximum amount of data allowed to be transmitted by a grant for a second uplink frequency for the current TTI; selecting a size of the data field of the RLC such that each RLC PDU to be multiplexed to a medium access control, MAC, PDU matches a minimum of the first maximum amount of data or the second maximum amount of data; determining if an amount of data in outstanding pre-generated RLC PDUs for a logical channel is less than or equal to eight times the minimum of the first maximum amount of data and the second maximum amount of data; and pre-generating at least one RLC PDU for a later TTI based on the selected size of the data field of the RLC PDU on a condition that the amount of data in the outstanding pre-generated RLC PDUs for the logical channel is less than or equal to eight times the minimum of the first maximum amount of data and the second maximum amount of data.
A dentifrice composition comprising in a single phase: an orally acceptable vehicle, wherein the vehicle comprises a thickening agent comprising, in combination, a cross-linked polyvinylpyrrolidone and a gum; a source of fluoride ions; a source of stannous ions; a source of zinc ions; at least one polyphosphate salt selected from the group consisting of inorganic polyphosphate salts which have equal to or less than three phosphorous atoms; and an aqueous buffer system for the source of stannous ions; wherein the dentifrice composition has a total water content of less than about 10% based on the weight of the composition. an orally acceptable vehicle, wherein the vehicle comprises a thickening agent comprising, in combination, a cross-linked polyvinylpyrrolidone and a gum; a source of fluoride ions; a source of stannous ions; a source of zinc ions; at least one polyphosphate salt selected from the group consisting of inorganic polyphosphate salts which have equal to or less than three phosphorous atoms; and an aqueous buffer system for the source of stannous ions; wherein the dentifrice composition has a total water content of less than about 10% based on the weight of the composition.