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An optical communication method, comprising generating an optical signal for transmitting a sequence of information data; mapping the sequence of information data into a sequence of information matrices selected from an alphabet C ≡ Q 1, Q 2,..., Q N of N complex 2x2 unitary matrices, the k-th information matrix Q ( k) being a unitary matrix; and k being a positive integer; encoding the sequence of information matrices in a sequence of transmit matrices, wherein the k-th transmit matrix S ( k) is expressed as: S k = S k − 1 Q k transmitting the transmit matrices through an optical channel characterized by a unitary channel matrix H, wherein the first transmit matrix S is a complex 2x2 unitary matrix; receiving a sequence of receive matrices, the k-th receive matrix R ( k) being expressed as: R k = H ⋅ S k + N k wherein N ( k) is a complex matrix of noise samples; wherein the method is characterized by providing a sequence of decision matrices, the k-th decision matrix D ( k) being expressed as: D k = R H k − 1 R k; and estimating the k-th information matrix by selecting from the alphabet C the information matrix having the minimum Euclidian distance to the k-th decision matrix D ( k). generating an optical signal for transmitting a sequence of information data; mapping the sequence of information data into a sequence of information matrices selected from an alphabet C ≡ Q 1, Q 2,..., Q N of N complex 2x2 unitary matrices, the k-th information matrix Q ( k) being a unitary matrix; and k being a positive integer; encoding the sequence of information matrices in a sequence of transmit matrices, wherein the k-th transmit matrix S ( k) is expressed as: S k = S k − 1 Q k transmitting the transmit matrices through an optical channel characterized by a unitary channel matrix H, wherein the first transmit matrix S is a complex 2x2 unitary matrix; receiving a sequence of receive matrices, the k-th receive matrix R ( k) being expressed as: R k = H ⋅ S k + N k wherein N ( k) is a complex matrix of noise samples; wherein the method is characterized by wherein N ( k) is a complex matrix of noise samples; wherein the method is characterized by providing a sequence of decision matrices, the k-th decision matrix D ( k) being expressed as: D k = R H k − 1 R k; and estimating the k-th information matrix by selecting from the alphabet C the information matrix having the minimum Euclidian distance to the k-th decision matrix D ( k).
A server-implemented method of selecting rowsets to compact in a tablet storing data associated with a distributed file system, "DFS", wherein each rowset has rows and columns in which keys of byte strings are stored, each key having a value, the method comprising: restricting, by a server, each rowset in a plurality of rowsets included in the tablet to have a size less than a predetermined size threshold, wherein each rowset stores keys spanning a range of values that is less than or equal to a keyspace of the tablet; determining a height of the tablet across the keyspace, wherein the height of the tablet is based on a number of rowsets having overlapping key ranges; determining a rowset width of the each rowset in the keyspace of the tablet, wherein the rowset width of each rowset is proportional to the percentage of the keyspace spanned by the rowset; until a minimum operational cost is reached, selecting as an output of the compaction, a subset of rowsets which provide the minimum operational cost in terms of input/output, "I/O", after compaction, wherein the operational cost after compaction is calculated by integrating the rowset width of each rowset included in the tablet across the height of the tablet for the tablet that would result from performing the compaction, wherein the operational cost is proportional to the size of each rowset, and wherein the selection of rowsets to compact is performed while maintaining a given predetermined I/O budget; and selecting, by the server, the two or more rowsets for compaction based on the two or more rowsets which, when compacted, result in the minimum operational cost in terms of I/O after compaction. restricting, by a server, each rowset in a plurality of rowsets included in the tablet to have a size less than a predetermined size threshold, wherein each rowset stores keys spanning a range of values that is less than or equal to a keyspace of the tablet; determining a height of the tablet across the keyspace, wherein the height of the tablet is based on a number of rowsets having overlapping key ranges; determining a rowset width of the each rowset in the keyspace of the tablet, wherein the rowset width of each rowset is proportional to the percentage of the keyspace spanned by the rowset; until a minimum operational cost is reached, selecting as an output of the compaction, a subset of rowsets which provide the minimum operational cost in terms of input/output, "I/O", after compaction, wherein the operational cost after compaction is calculated by integrating the rowset width of each rowset included in the tablet across the height of the tablet for the tablet that would result from performing the compaction, wherein the operational cost is proportional to the size of each rowset, and wherein the selection of rowsets to compact is performed while maintaining a given predetermined I/O budget; and selecting, by the server, the two or more rowsets for compaction based on the two or more rowsets which, when compacted, result in the minimum operational cost in terms of I/O after compaction.
A method for predicting a clinical outcome of a subject having ulcerative colitis, the method comprising: (a) determining a prognostic marker profile by detecting the presence or level of at least one prognostic marker, which is a cytokine selected from the group IFNγ, IL-4, IL-12p40, and a combination thereof in a sample from the subject; (b) calculating one or more of an IL-4 index value, which is based on a sum of the level of IFNγ and the level of IL-4 in the sample or an IFNγ index value, which is based on the sum of IFNγ, IL-4 and IL-12p40; and (c) classifying the subject having UC as either a responder or a non-responder to an anti-TNFα drug therapy. (a) determining a prognostic marker profile by detecting the presence or level of at least one prognostic marker, which is a cytokine selected from the group IFNγ, IL-4, IL-12p40, and a combination thereof in a sample from the subject; (b) calculating one or more of an IL-4 index value, which is based on a sum of the level of IFNγ and the level of IL-4 in the sample or an IFNγ index value, which is based on the sum of IFNγ, IL-4 and IL-12p40; and (c) classifying the subject having UC as either a responder or a non-responder to an anti-TNFα drug therapy.
Household device, in particular cooking device, having a usable space which can be closed by means of a door which is pivotably mounted about a horizontal articulated axis, and a storage compartment, into which the door can be displaced by means of a guide system which has at least one guide element associated with the door, said guide element being guided in a slide track associated with the household device, wherein associated with the door is at least one counterweight arrangement which, during a movement of the door, exerts a compensating force on the door which acts against the weight of the door, wherein the slide track has a start section which guides the door in a pivoting movement, and wherein the guide element engages with a pivot lever in the course of a trajectory in the start section, and the start section of the slide track transitions into an insert section, in which the door can be displaced within an essentially horizontal plane, characterised in that a transition between the start section and the insert section has a curved trajectory.
An oral-area positioning device, comprising: a storage device, storing information corresponding to a plurality of oral areas; a positioning circuit, coupled to the storage device, obtaining a target image from an oral-image extracting device, and obtaining a first position estimation result according to the information corresponding to the plurality of oral areas and a first algorithm, wherein the positioning device obtains a second position estimation result at least according to the information corresponding to the plurality of oral areas, a second algorithm and a reference image position of a reference image, wherein the reference image position is one of the plurality of oral areas and the second algorithm is a Hidden Markov Model, HMM, algorithm; and a calculation circuit, coupled to the positioning circuit and generating a third position estimation result according to the first position estimation result and the second position estimation result. a storage device, storing information corresponding to a plurality of oral areas; a positioning circuit, coupled to the storage device, obtaining a target image from an oral-image extracting device, and obtaining a first position estimation result according to the information corresponding to the plurality of oral areas and a first algorithm, wherein the positioning device obtains a second position estimation result at least according to the information corresponding to the plurality of oral areas, a second algorithm and a reference image position of a reference image, wherein the reference image position is one of the plurality of oral areas and the second algorithm is a Hidden Markov Model, HMM, algorithm; and a calculation circuit, coupled to the positioning circuit and generating a third position estimation result according to the first position estimation result and the second position estimation result.
A method for allocating destination calls in an elevator system, said elevator system comprising at least one multi-deck elevator, in which method the passenger gives his/her destination floor by means of a destination call device at the beginning of the journey route, defining the starting point and final point of the passenger's journey route in the elevator system, wherein the method comprises the steps of: generating possible route alternatives from the starting point to the final point of the passenger's journey route; determining a cost function containing at least one travel time term; determining the value of the travel time term corresponding to each route alternative in the cost function; calculating the total cost of each route alternative by using the cost function; allocating for the passenger the route alternative that gives the minimum total cost; and guiding the passenger to a waiting lobby (10, 70) and or elevator (20, 21) consistent with the route alternative allocated, wherein a transfer route model is generated, wherein one or more travel time forecasts for one or more transfer routes in the elevator system is determined on the basis of a criterion dependent on the state of the elevator system, characterized in that the proportion of passengers having missed the elevator (20, 21) in the total number of passengers on a transfer route is monitored for each transfer route to correct the travel time forecasts for the transfer route.
A fixing member comprising a surface layer having a surface including a sea phase containing fluororubber and an island phase formed of a silicone compound having a crosslinked structure, wherein the surface layer is constituted so that a tangential elastic modulus, as determined according to the description and being the slope of a stress-strain curve of the surface layer, increases with an increase in strain in a strain range of 0.25 to 0.8; and the surface layer comprises an ionic liquid, wherein the ionic liquid is a salt that is present in a liquid state in a temperature range of 25 to 100°C.
An antenna device comprising: a feed coil that includes a coil-shaped conductor; and a sheet conductor, which has a sheet-like shape, wherein the sheet conductor has a larger area than the feed coil, wherein a slit that extends from a part of the edge of the sheet conductor toward an inner side of the sheet conductor is formed in the sheet conductor or an opening and the slit are formed in the sheet conductor, the opening being connected to the slit, wherein an open end of the slit is directly placed at the edge of the sheet conductor, wherein the feed coil is arranged in such a manner that the coil axis of the coil-shaped conductor is parallel to the sheet conductor, and a coil opening at one end of the coil-shaped conductor is close to the slit or a part of the edge of the opening and the coil opening faces the slit or the part of the edge of the opening. a feed coil that includes a coil-shaped conductor; and a sheet conductor, which has a sheet-like shape, wherein the sheet conductor has a larger area than the feed coil, wherein a slit that extends from a part of the edge of the sheet conductor toward an inner side of the sheet conductor is formed in the sheet conductor or an opening and the slit are formed in the sheet conductor, the opening being connected to the slit, wherein an open end of the slit is directly placed at the edge of the sheet conductor, wherein the feed coil is arranged in such a manner that the coil axis of the coil-shaped conductor is parallel to the sheet conductor, and a coil opening at one end of the coil-shaped conductor is close to the slit or a part of the edge of the opening and the coil opening faces the slit or the part of the edge of the opening.
A method for classifying a tissue as being associated with a particular histological state using an ultrasound system, the steps of the method comprising: a) obtaining ultrasound echo signal data previously acquired, using the ultrasound system, from a region-of-interest that contains the tissue; b) producing at least one parametric map from the acquired ultrasound echo signal data by producing a mean power spectrum from the acquired ultrasound echo signal data using a sliding window over the region-of-interest and producing the at least one parametric map based at least in part on the mean power spectrum, the at least one parametric map having pixel values associated with a parameter computed from the acquired ultrasound echo signal data; c) computing at least one first-order statistical measure of the at least one parametric map; d) computing at least one second-order statistical measure of the at least one parametric map; and e) classifying the tissue as being associated with a particular histological state using the computed at least one first-order statistical measure and the computed at least one second-order statistical measure. a) obtaining ultrasound echo signal data previously acquired, using the ultrasound system, from a region-of-interest that contains the tissue; b) producing at least one parametric map from the acquired ultrasound echo signal data by producing a mean power spectrum from the acquired ultrasound echo signal data using a sliding window over the region-of-interest and producing the at least one parametric map based at least in part on the mean power spectrum, the at least one parametric map having pixel values associated with a parameter computed from the acquired ultrasound echo signal data; c) computing at least one first-order statistical measure of the at least one parametric map; d) computing at least one second-order statistical measure of the at least one parametric map; and e) classifying the tissue as being associated with a particular histological state using the computed at least one first-order statistical measure and the computed at least one second-order statistical measure.
A light detection and ranging (LIDAR) system (300a; 300b) comprising a transmitter, a receiver, an optical mixer (284; 360), an optical detector and a processor, wherein: the transmitter is configured to transmit a phase-encoded optical signal that is generated by modulating a laser signal from a laser (212; 310) based on a code, wherein the phase-encoded optical signal includes phase changes to produce the code; the receiver is configured to receive a returned optical signal in response to transmitting the phase-encoded optical signal, the optical mixer is configured to mix the returned optical signal with a reference optical signal based on the laser signal, the optical detector is configured to detect the mixed optical signals to produce an electrical signal, wherein the processor is configured to: determine a cross spectrum between an in-phase component of the electrical signal and a quadrature component of the electrical signal; determine a Doppler frequency shift of the returned optical signal based on the cross spectrum; and operate a device based on the Doppler frequency shift. the transmitter is configured to transmit a phase-encoded optical signal that is generated by modulating a laser signal from a laser (212; 310) based on a code, wherein the phase-encoded optical signal includes phase changes to produce the code; the receiver is configured to receive a returned optical signal in response to transmitting the phase-encoded optical signal, the optical mixer is configured to mix the returned optical signal with a reference optical signal based on the laser signal, the optical detector is configured to detect the mixed optical signals to produce an electrical signal, wherein the processor is configured to: determine a cross spectrum between an in-phase component of the electrical signal and a quadrature component of the electrical signal; determine a Doppler frequency shift of the returned optical signal based on the cross spectrum; and operate a device based on the Doppler frequency shift. determine a cross spectrum between an in-phase component of the electrical signal and a quadrature component of the electrical signal; determine a Doppler frequency shift of the returned optical signal based on the cross spectrum; and operate a device based on the Doppler frequency shift.
Separating method to be carried out in the course of manufacturing a stator for separating slot cover slides for covering stator slots provided with conductors for forming a coil winding, the method comprising the steps of: a) providing a quantity of strip-shaped slot cover slides in such a way that the slot cover slides are aligned with each other in the longitudinal direction, but are otherwise present in a disordered state as a bulk material, b) providing a counterpart which has an upwardly facing surface with at least one upwardly open slot complementarily adapted to the shape of the slot cover slides, c) arranging the quantity of slot cover slides parallel to the at least one slot; d) relatively moving the quantity of slot cover slides and the counterpart in a direction transverse to the longitudinal extension of the slot and the slot cover slides aligned therewith, so that the quantity of slot cover slides is moved over the region of the surface provided with the slot, e) inserting a slot cover slide into the slot in order to align the slot cover slide also with respect to its rotational position about its longitudinal axis in the slot. a) providing a quantity of strip-shaped slot cover slides in such a way that the slot cover slides are aligned with each other in the longitudinal direction, but are otherwise present in a disordered state as a bulk material, b) providing a counterpart which has an upwardly facing surface with at least one upwardly open slot complementarily adapted to the shape of the slot cover slides, c) arranging the quantity of slot cover slides parallel to the at least one slot; d) relatively moving the quantity of slot cover slides and the counterpart in a direction transverse to the longitudinal extension of the slot and the slot cover slides aligned therewith, so that the quantity of slot cover slides is moved over the region of the surface provided with the slot, e) inserting a slot cover slide into the slot in order to align the slot cover slide also with respect to its rotational position about its longitudinal axis in the slot.
Propulsion unit for an electric pedal-assisted cycle (EPAC) comprising - an electric machine having a stator and a rotor, rotatable about a motor axis (M-M), said rotor being operatively connected to a crank pin, defining a crank axis (X-X) mechanically connected to pedals, - said crank axis (X-X) being coaxial with the motor axis, - wherein the rotor is coaxial and external to the stator so as to radially enclose the stator, - wherein the propulsion unit comprises at least one electronic unit for operating and controlling the functioning of the electric machine, - wherein the propulsion unit comprises at least a pair of housings (24, 26) defining a containment space which houses the electric machine and at least partially the crank pin, - wherein the propulsion unit comprises transmission means of the movement from the rotor to the crank pin, said transmission means being arranged in an asymmetrical position overall and decentralised from the crank axis (X-X) so as to be outside the projection of the rotor on a projection plane perpendicular to the crank axis (X-X), characterized in that the electronic unit is positioned so as to fall inside the projection of the rotor on a projection plane perpendicular to the crank axis (X-X), wherein the electronic unit is shaped as a 'C' around the crank axis (X-X) and is arranged so as to surround partially said transmission means. - an electric machine having a stator and a rotor, rotatable about a motor axis (M-M), said rotor being operatively connected to a crank pin, defining a crank axis (X-X) mechanically connected to pedals, - said crank axis (X-X) being coaxial with the motor axis, - wherein the rotor is coaxial and external to the stator so as to radially enclose the stator, - wherein the propulsion unit comprises at least one electronic unit for operating and controlling the functioning of the electric machine, - wherein the propulsion unit comprises at least a pair of housings (24, 26) defining a containment space which houses the electric machine and at least partially the crank pin, - wherein the propulsion unit comprises transmission means of the movement from the rotor to the crank pin, said transmission means being arranged in an asymmetrical position overall and decentralised from the crank axis (X-X) so as to be outside the projection of the rotor on a projection plane perpendicular to the crank axis (X-X),