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An apparatus for generating a non-mydriatic fundus image, comprising: an illumination unit including a near-infrared component and a visible component; a camera including an adjustable lens; a processing unit; and system memory, the system memory including instructions that, when executed by the processing unit, cause the apparatus to: cause the illumination unit to illuminate near-infrared light using the near-infrared component; obtain frames during illumination of near-infrared light at different focus positions of the adjustable lens; estimate a first focus position based on the frames; starting at the first focus position, characterized in that the system memory includes further instructions that, when executed by the processing unit, cause the apparatus to: adjust a focus of the adjustable lens to a plurality of different diopter settings; and capture a plurality of images of a fundus at each of the plurality of different diopter settings, wherein the visible component is configured to illuminate visible light during capture of the plurality of images. an illumination unit including a near-infrared component and a visible component; a camera including an adjustable lens; a processing unit; and system memory, the system memory including instructions that, when executed by the processing unit, cause the apparatus to: cause the illumination unit to illuminate near-infrared light using the near-infrared component; obtain frames during illumination of near-infrared light at different focus positions of the adjustable lens; estimate a first focus position based on the frames; starting at the first focus position, characterized in that the system memory includes further instructions that, when executed by the processing unit, cause the apparatus to: adjust a focus of the adjustable lens to a plurality of different diopter settings; and capture a plurality of images of a fundus at each of the plurality of different diopter settings, wherein the visible component is configured to illuminate visible light during capture of the plurality of images. cause the illumination unit to illuminate near-infrared light using the near-infrared component; obtain frames during illumination of near-infrared light at different focus positions of the adjustable lens; estimate a first focus position based on the frames; starting at the first focus position, characterized in that the system memory includes further instructions that, when executed by the processing unit, cause the apparatus to: adjust a focus of the adjustable lens to a plurality of different diopter settings; and capture a plurality of images of a fundus at each of the plurality of different diopter settings, wherein the visible component is configured to illuminate visible light during capture of the plurality of images.
A process for the preparation of self-healing microcapsules with polyurethane as capsule wall material prepared by in-situ polymerization using non-aqueous continuous phase comprising the steps of: a) preparing a mixture of epoxy components to be encapsulated and polyisocyante; b) preparing a solution of diol or polyol with a cross-linker in aliphatic hydrocarbon; c) dispersing the mixture of step a) in a solution of a stabilizer and a catalyst in an aliphatic hydrocarbon; d) adding the solution of step (b) drop wise to the dispersion of step c) under agitation followed by treatment with anti-agglomerating agent to obtain microcapsules; and e) filtering and/or centrifuging, washing the microcapsules as obtained in step (d), with the aliphatic hydrocarbon and drying the microcapsules under vacuum at ambient temperature to obtain microcapsules with polyurethane as capsule wall material. a) preparing a mixture of epoxy components to be encapsulated and polyisocyante; b) preparing a solution of diol or polyol with a cross-linker in aliphatic hydrocarbon; c) dispersing the mixture of step a) in a solution of a stabilizer and a catalyst in an aliphatic hydrocarbon; d) adding the solution of step (b) drop wise to the dispersion of step c) under agitation followed by treatment with anti-agglomerating agent to obtain microcapsules; and e) filtering and/or centrifuging, washing the microcapsules as obtained in step (d), with the aliphatic hydrocarbon and drying the microcapsules under vacuum at ambient temperature to obtain microcapsules with polyurethane as capsule wall material.
A compressed stranded conductor comprising: an inner layer strand having a plurality of conductive wires which are twisted together; and an outer layer strand having a plurality of conductive wires which are arranged around an outer periphery of the inner layer strand and are twisted together so as to form a layer, wherein the inner layer strand and the outer layer strand are compressed; characterized in an inner layer area reduction rate, which is a difference between 100% and a value (%) obtained by dividing a wire cross-sectional area of the conductive wire of the inner layer strand after compression of the inner layer strand by a wire cross-sectional area of the conductive wire of the inner layer strand before compression of the inner layer strand, is 29% or more and 32% or less; an outer layer area reduction rate, which is a difference between 100% and a value (%) obtained by dividing a wire cross-sectional area of the conductive wire of the outer layer strand after compression of the outer layer strand by a wire cross-sectional area of the conductive wire of the outer layer strand before compression of the outer layer strand, is 6% or more and 11% or less; and a difference between the inner layer area reduction rate and the outer layer area reduction rate is 19% or more and 25% or less. an inner layer strand having a plurality of conductive wires which are twisted together; and an outer layer strand having a plurality of conductive wires which are arranged around an outer periphery of the inner layer strand and are twisted together so as to form a layer, wherein the inner layer strand and the outer layer strand are compressed; characterized in an inner layer area reduction rate, which is a difference between 100% and a value (%) obtained by dividing a wire cross-sectional area of the conductive wire of the inner layer strand after compression of the inner layer strand by a wire cross-sectional area of the conductive wire of the inner layer strand before compression of the inner layer strand, is 29% or more and 32% or less; an outer layer area reduction rate, which is a difference between 100% and a value (%) obtained by dividing a wire cross-sectional area of the conductive wire of the outer layer strand after compression of the outer layer strand by a wire cross-sectional area of the conductive wire of the outer layer strand before compression of the outer layer strand, is 6% or more and 11% or less; and a difference between the inner layer area reduction rate and the outer layer area reduction rate is 19% or more and 25% or less.
A method for managing operating data in a textile apparatus provided with at least one textile machine (KM' and KM") fed by a plurality of yarn feeders (A1', A2',..., An' and A1", A2",..., An", B1', B2',..., Bn' and B1", B2",..., Bn") connected, in order to exchange operating data, to a field bus (FB', FB") which is connected to a local network by means of a gateway (GW', GW"), wherein said gateway (GW', GW") is programmed to read periodically from said yarn feeders (A1', A2',..., An', B1', B2',..., Bn' and A1", A2",..., An", B1", B2",..., Bn") operating data related to at least one process parameter and send them to a server, characterised in that the server is programmed to organize and log said operating data in a database for subsequent maintenance and/or predictive and/or diagnostic analyses, the operating data in said database being analyzed in an analysis block by means of algorithms which are configured to perform said maintenance and/or predictive and/or diagnostic analyses.
A finisher system for finishing wallboard, said finisher system comprising: a finisher for dispensing mastic onto wallboard; and an adapter connected to the finisher and connectable to a handle, the adapter comprising a pivot pin permitting pivoting of the finisher relative to the handle, wherein said adapter defines a first opening for receiving mastic and a second opening for delivering mastic to said finisher, and said adapter further defines a fluid communication path (156, 162) between said first opening and said second opening allowing the flow of mastic between said first opening and said second opening, and wherein the pivot pin defines a bore for allowing mastic to flow through said pivot pin. pivot pin, and wherein the adapter includes a coupler portion for connection to the handle and a connector portion that pivots relative to the coupler portion about the pivot pin, the coupler portion defines a bore therein which is part of said fluid communication path (156, 162), and the connector portion has a connector plate and a channel which is part of said fluid communication path (156, 162); characterized in that the bore defined in the pivot pin extends parallel to the connector plate and perpendicular to the bore of the coupler portion and in that the pivot pin defines a plurality of through holes allowing mastic to flow from the bore of the coupler portion, through the bore and the holes of the pivot pin and into the channel of the connector portion for subsequent delivery to the finisher. a finisher for dispensing mastic onto wallboard; and an adapter connected to the finisher and connectable to a handle, the adapter comprising a pivot pin permitting pivoting of the finisher relative to the handle, wherein said adapter defines a first opening for receiving mastic and a second opening for delivering mastic to said finisher, and said adapter further defines a fluid communication path (156, 162) between said first opening and said second opening allowing the flow of mastic between said first opening and said second opening, and wherein the pivot pin defines a bore for allowing mastic to flow through said pivot pin. pivot pin, and wherein the adapter includes a coupler portion for connection to the handle and a connector portion that pivots relative to the coupler portion about the pivot pin, the coupler portion defines a bore therein which is part of said fluid communication path (156, 162), and the connector portion has a connector plate and a channel which is part of said fluid communication path (156, 162); characterized in that the bore defined in the pivot pin extends parallel to the connector plate and perpendicular to the bore of the coupler portion and in that the pivot pin defines a plurality of through holes allowing mastic to flow from the bore of the coupler portion, through the bore and the holes of the pivot pin and into the channel of the connector portion for subsequent delivery to the finisher.
A nuclear reactor containment system and containment protection system comprising: a containment vessel defining containment space configured for housing a nuclear reactor; a containment enclosure structure surrounding the containment vessel; and an annular reservoir formed between the containment vessel and containment enclosure structure for serving as the heat sink for the heat generated inside the containment space; a portion of the containment vessel including heat transfer fins disposed in the annular reservoir and extending between the containment vessel and the containment enclosure structure; characterized by including a circumferential rib attached to the containment vessel, the heat transfer fins of the containment vessel being substantially radial and having bottom ends coupled to the circumferential rib, wherein the circumferential rib is seated on a concrete foundation that supports the containment vessel and the containment enclosure structure. a containment vessel defining containment space configured for housing a nuclear reactor; a containment enclosure structure surrounding the containment vessel; and an annular reservoir formed between the containment vessel and containment enclosure structure for serving as the heat sink for the heat generated inside the containment space; a portion of the containment vessel including heat transfer fins disposed in the annular reservoir and extending between the containment vessel and the containment enclosure structure; characterized by including a circumferential rib attached to the containment vessel, the heat transfer fins of the containment vessel being substantially radial and having bottom ends coupled to the circumferential rib, wherein the circumferential rib is seated on a concrete foundation that supports the containment vessel and the containment enclosure structure.
A method (200, 300, 500) performed by an access point, AP, for downlink transmission in a beamforming radio communication network, the method (200, 300, 500) comprising: grouping (210, 320, 510) a plurality of terminal devices to be scheduled for the downlink transmission into one or more groups; characterized by: determining a priority for each of the plurality of terminal devices at least based on a type of payload to be transmitted to each of the plurality of terminal devices, wherein the grouping (210, 320, 510) comprises grouping the plurality of terminal devices in a descending order of the priority; and associating (220, 330, 520) each of the one or more groups with a different one of digital chains in the AP, each digital chain comprising a digital-to-analogue converter, wherein payloads, to be transmitted to terminal devices in a same group, are processed by a digital chain associated with the same group. determining a priority for each of the plurality of terminal devices at least based on a type of payload to be transmitted to each of the plurality of terminal devices, wherein the grouping (210, 320, 510) comprises grouping the plurality of terminal devices in a descending order of the priority; and associating (220, 330, 520) each of the one or more groups with a different one of digital chains in the AP, each digital chain comprising a digital-to-analogue converter, wherein payloads, to be transmitted to terminal devices in a same group, are processed by a digital chain associated with the same group.
A low-temperature heat-generating wood flooring comprises: a top decorative layer, an upper base layer, a heat-generating layer and a lower base layer stacked and hot-pressed in sequence; wherein the upper base layer is on top of the heat-generating layer whereas the lower base layer is underneath the heat-generating layer; wherein the upper base layer consists of 3-5 layers and the lower base layer consists of 4-6 layers; wherein the top decorative layer is hot-pressed on top of the upper base layer; wherein, the top decorative layer, the upper base layer, the heat-generating layer and the lower base layer are in the form of a strip; a pair of copper poles are disposed on widthwise edges on both ends of the heat-generating layer and the width of the copper poles is same as that of the heat-generating layer; wherein a fireproof layer is disposed between the bottom of the upper base layer and the heat-generating layer whereas another fireproof layer is disposed between the top of the lower base layer and the heat-generating layer; wherein a reflective layer is disposed on the bottom of the lower base layer; wherein the upper base layer is composed of a criss-cross of multi-layered substrate lumber -core boards arranged in different layers and glued together, whereas the lower base layer is composed of a criss-cross of multi-layered bottom boards arranged in different layers and glued together.
Use of a hard coating composition for the manufacture of a resin substrate having, on at least one side thereof, a hard coating layer made of a cured product of the hard coating composition, wherein the hard coating composition comprises an organo polysiloxane (a) having silicon-containing bond units represented by the following formulae T1 to T3 and an organo polysiloxane (b) having the same silicon-containing bond units, wherein the organo polysiloxane (a) has a ratio of T1:T2:T3=0-5:15-40:55-85 and a ratio of T3/T2=1.5-4.0, in number of such units, wherein the ratio of the number of hydroxy groups bonded to silicon atoms to the number of alkoxy groups bonded to silicon atoms in the molecule i.e. / is at least 12.0 on molecular average, and which has a weight average molecular weight of from 800 to 8,000, and the organo polysiloxane (a) is produced by subjecting a hydrolyzable silane compound wherein at least 70 mass% of all T monomers is a methyl trialkoxysilane, wherein the number of carbon atoms of the alkoxy groups is from 1 to 4, to a hydrolytic condensation reaction in a solvent in the presence of an acid catalyst, and wherein the organo polysiloxane (b) is an organo polysiloxane having a weight average molecular weight between 1/10 and 1/1.5 of the weight average molecular weight of the organo polysiloxane (a): T1: R-Si(-OX) 2 (-O*-) T2: R-Si(-OX)(-O*-) 2 T3: R-Si(-O*-) 3 wherein R is a C 1-10 substituted or unsubstituted monovalent organic group, X is a hydrogen atom or a C 1-6 alkyl group, and O* is an oxygen atom linking two silicon atoms. T1: R-Si(-OX) 2 (-O*-) T2: R-Si(-OX)(-O*-) 2 T3: R-Si(-O*-) 3
An unmanned aerial vehicle, UAV, comprising: a housing; a line-deployment mechanism couplable to the housing and a line, wherein the line-deployment mechanism is controllable to vary a deployment rate of the line; a payload-release mechanism operable to couple the line to a payload, wherein the payload-release mechanism is configured to release the payload from the line; and a control system configured to determine that the UAV is located at or near a delivery location and responsively: operate the line-deployment mechanism according to a pre-determined variable deployment-rate profile to lower the payload to or near to the ground, wherein the variable deployment-rate profile specifies for the payload to initially descend at a pre-determined first rate and subsequently, during the descent, to decrease in speed from the first rate to a pre-determined second rate; and subsequently determine that the payload is touching or is within a threshold distance from the ground, and responsively operate the payload-release mechanism to release the payload from the line. a housing; a line-deployment mechanism couplable to the housing and a line, wherein the line-deployment mechanism is controllable to vary a deployment rate of the line; a payload-release mechanism operable to couple the line to a payload, wherein the payload-release mechanism is configured to release the payload from the line; and a control system configured to determine that the UAV is located at or near a delivery location and responsively: operate the line-deployment mechanism according to a pre-determined variable deployment-rate profile to lower the payload to or near to the ground, wherein the variable deployment-rate profile specifies for the payload to initially descend at a pre-determined first rate and subsequently, during the descent, to decrease in speed from the first rate to a pre-determined second rate; and subsequently determine that the payload is touching or is within a threshold distance from the ground, and responsively operate the payload-release mechanism to release the payload from the line. operate the line-deployment mechanism according to a pre-determined variable deployment-rate profile to lower the payload to or near to the ground, wherein the variable deployment-rate profile specifies for the payload to initially descend at a pre-determined first rate and subsequently, during the descent, to decrease in speed from the first rate to a pre-determined second rate; and subsequently determine that the payload is touching or is within a threshold distance from the ground, and responsively operate the payload-release mechanism to release the payload from the line.
A phone system comprising: a data repository storing a list of entities, the entities comprising providers or employees within an organization; means for receiving a search criteria from a communication device to identify an entity within said list of entities, the search criteria including urgency information; means for finding entities in the data repository which match the criteria; means for providing a set of relevant entities to said communication device, wherein a relevant entity comprises a provider or employee which matches said criteria, and wherein each of the relevant entities provided has an associated wait time; means for receiving a selection of an entity from the set; and means for allowing a user to connect a call from said communication device to said selected entity when authorized by said entity. a data repository storing a list of entities, the entities comprising providers or employees within an organization; means for receiving a search criteria from a communication device to identify an entity within said list of entities, the search criteria including urgency information; means for finding entities in the data repository which match the criteria; means for providing a set of relevant entities to said communication device, wherein a relevant entity comprises a provider or employee which matches said criteria, and wherein each of the relevant entities provided has an associated wait time; means for receiving a selection of an entity from the set; and means for allowing a user to connect a call from said communication device to said selected entity when authorized by said entity.
An electronic smoking article comprising an air inlet, said air inlet comprising a bevelled entrance and a passage at an angle toward a mouth end of the electronic smoking article, whereby noise is abated.
A magnetic resonance system for guidance of a shaft or needle to a target of a subject, said system comprising: a user interface including: a frame configured to be positioned on a surface of the subject, the frame including an opening over an entry point of a planned trajectory for the shaft or needle, the planned trajectory extending from the entry point to the target; and,at least one of: one or more visual indicators arranged on the frame around the opening, the one or more visual indicators at least one of: visually indicating deviation of the shaft or needle from the planned trajectory; and, visually indicating a current position of a real-time slice of real-time MR images; and, one or more user input devices arranged on the frame around the opening, the user input devices selectively adjusting the current position of the real-time slice. one or more visual indicators arranged on the frame around the opening, the one or more visual indicators at least one of: visually indicating deviation of the shaft or needle from the planned trajectory; and, visually indicating a current position of a real-time slice of real-time MR images; and, visually indicating deviation of the shaft or needle from the planned trajectory; and, visually indicating a current position of a real-time slice of real-time MR images; and, one or more user input devices arranged on the frame around the opening, the user input devices selectively adjusting the current position of the real-time slice.
A foam element made from a foam and particles of at least one hydrophilic substance, wherein the foam element containing the particles has a reversible capacity to absorb moisture, and a portion of the particles is completely embedded in the foam, and a further portion of the particles is arranged protruding from a surface of the foam, such as cell walls or cell webs, characterised in that the particles are formed from cellulose and are selected from a structure type based on the crystal modification of cellulose-II.