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A method for testing an electrochemical cell, comprising: electrically cycling the electrochemical cell, via a current generator, by applying a charge current for a charge time and a discharge current for a discharge time in a cycling period, the charge current and the discharge current being symmetric and having opposite directions; measuring, via a measurement circuit, one or more electrical parameters of the electrochemical cell during the cycling period of the electrochemical cell; adjusting, via a controller circuit, the charge time or the discharge time to substantially maintain a monitored cell voltage of the electrochemical cell at a specific setpoint; and generating, via a measurement circuit, a performance metric of the electrochemical cell using the measured one or more electrical parameters, the performance metric indicative of an amount of coulombs applied into or out of the electrochemical cell during the cycling period, wherein generating the performance metric includes: determining (1210; 1310) an amount of total charge applied during a specified portion of the cycling period; and determining a self-discharge rate using the determined amount of total charge applied, the self-discharge rate representing an applied current needed to keep the cell voltage of the electrochemical cell at the specific setpoint. electrically cycling the electrochemical cell, via a current generator, by applying a charge current for a charge time and a discharge current for a discharge time in a cycling period, the charge current and the discharge current being symmetric and having opposite directions; measuring, via a measurement circuit, one or more electrical parameters of the electrochemical cell during the cycling period of the electrochemical cell; adjusting, via a controller circuit, the charge time or the discharge time to substantially maintain a monitored cell voltage of the electrochemical cell at a specific setpoint; and generating, via a measurement circuit, a performance metric of the electrochemical cell using the measured one or more electrical parameters, the performance metric indicative of an amount of coulombs applied into or out of the electrochemical cell during the cycling period, wherein generating the performance metric includes: determining (1210; 1310) an amount of total charge applied during a specified portion of the cycling period; and determining a self-discharge rate using the determined amount of total charge applied, the self-discharge rate representing an applied current needed to keep the cell voltage of the electrochemical cell at the specific setpoint. determining (1210; 1310) an amount of total charge applied during a specified portion of the cycling period; and determining a self-discharge rate using the determined amount of total charge applied, the self-discharge rate representing an applied current needed to keep the cell voltage of the electrochemical cell at the specific setpoint.
A surgical stapler comprising: a first jaw including an anvil; a second jaw including a cartridge including a plurality of staples and a corresponding set of staple pushers situated in a plurality of staple pockets, the staple pushers being actuatable to eject the staples from the staple pockets through interaction with a set of fins on a slider moving longitudinally within the cartridge, the first jaw movable towards and away from the second jaw; and a rampway fixed within the second jaw, the rampway comprising a plurality of ramps located thereon; a cartridge lift positioned between the cartridge and the rampway, the cartridge lift having a generally flat upper surface for seating of the cartridge thereon and a bottom surface comprising a plurality of ramps thereon that correspondingly mate with the ramps of the rampway to move the cartridge vertically within the second jaw towards the anvil upon longitudinal movement of the cartridge lift. a first jaw including an anvil; a second jaw including a cartridge including a plurality of staples and a corresponding set of staple pushers situated in a plurality of staple pockets, the staple pushers being actuatable to eject the staples from the staple pockets through interaction with a set of fins on a slider moving longitudinally within the cartridge, the first jaw movable towards and away from the second jaw; and a rampway fixed within the second jaw, the rampway comprising a plurality of ramps located thereon; a cartridge lift positioned between the cartridge and the rampway, the cartridge lift having a generally flat upper surface for seating of the cartridge thereon and a bottom surface comprising a plurality of ramps thereon that correspondingly mate with the ramps of the rampway to move the cartridge vertically within the second jaw towards the anvil upon longitudinal movement of the cartridge lift.
A bone screw insertion system comprising: a bone screw having a head and a shaft; an annular washer adapted to be mounted on the bone screw shaft; an inserter having a longitudinally extending shaft with an axial bore therethrough for receiving the bone screw, the inserter shaft having a first end with a washer retention means surrounding the inserter shaft bore, the washer retention means positioning the washer to receive the bone screw shaft; wherein the inserter shaft first end has an enlarged bore with an open recessed area communicating with the inserter shaft bore defining an annular recessed surface for receiving the washer; characterized in that the inserter shaft first end has first and second crossbores (46, 48) adjacent to the annular recessed surface; and in that resilient spring elements extend through the first and second crossbores for retaining the washer mounted on the annular recessed surface, so that the washer can be automatically picked up by the bone screw. a bone screw having a head and a shaft; an annular washer adapted to be mounted on the bone screw shaft; an inserter having a longitudinally extending shaft with an axial bore therethrough for receiving the bone screw, the inserter shaft having a first end with a washer retention means surrounding the inserter shaft bore, the washer retention means positioning the washer to receive the bone screw shaft; wherein the inserter shaft first end has an enlarged bore with an open recessed area communicating with the inserter shaft bore defining an annular recessed surface for receiving the washer; characterized in that the inserter shaft first end has first and second crossbores (46, 48) adjacent to the annular recessed surface; and in that resilient spring elements extend through the first and second crossbores for retaining the washer mounted on the annular recessed surface, so that the washer can be automatically picked up by the bone screw.
A method of coding implemented by a coding apparatus, the method comprising: selecting, using the coding apparatus, an intra prediction mode for a current block; and encoding, using the coding apparatus, the selected intra prediction mode using truncated binary coding when the selected intra prediction mode is a remaining mode; wherein all intra prediction modes either belong to a most probable modes, MPM, list or to remaining modes, wherein there are 6 modes in the MPM list and 61 modes in the remaining modes and all of the remaining modes are coded using the truncated binary coding, and wherein the encoding uses 5 bits when the selected intra prediction mode is one of the first three modes from the remaining modes and 6 bits when the intra-prediction mode is outside the first three modes. selecting, using the coding apparatus, an intra prediction mode for a current block; and encoding, using the coding apparatus, the selected intra prediction mode using truncated binary coding when the selected intra prediction mode is a remaining mode; wherein all intra prediction modes either belong to a most probable modes, MPM, list or to remaining modes, wherein there are 6 modes in the MPM list and 61 modes in the remaining modes and all of the remaining modes are coded using the truncated binary coding, and wherein the encoding uses 5 bits when the selected intra prediction mode is one of the first three modes from the remaining modes and 6 bits when the intra-prediction mode is outside the first three modes.
A system comprising a person support apparatus, at least two force transducers configured to generate signals indicative of components of weight of a person supported by said person support apparatus acting on said at least two force transducers, and a controller comprising a processor configured to receive signals from said at least two force transducers, the system being characterized in that said controller is configured to process signals received from said at least two force transducers by causing said signals to undergo blind source separation analysis to determine blood volume pulse information, said blind source separation analysis comprising independent component analysis transform to identify source signals indicative of forces produced by a person onto said person support apparatus, said forces indicative of varying flow through a person's blood vessels during a person's cardiac cycle.
A computer-implemented method of encrypting and transmitting data from a first node to a second node over a network, the method comprising: deriving, at the first node, a secret key from a common secret which is known by the first and second nodes; utilizing the secret key as a seed for a pseudo random number generator; combining output from the pseudo random number generator with data to be transmitted to produce encrypted data; and transmitting the encrypted data to the second node; wherein the first node is associated with a first asymmetric cryptography key pair and the second node is associated with a second asymmetric cryptography key pair, and the common secret is derived at the first and second nodes from the respective first and second asymmetric cryptography key pairs without transmitting the common secret between the first and second nodes; wherein deriving the secret key includes combining the common secret, or a symmetric key resulting from conversion of the common secret, with additional data; wherein the additional data includes a time variable or a cryptographic function of a time variable. deriving, at the first node, a secret key from a common secret which is known by the first and second nodes; utilizing the secret key as a seed for a pseudo random number generator; combining output from the pseudo random number generator with data to be transmitted to produce encrypted data; and transmitting the encrypted data to the second node; wherein the first node is associated with a first asymmetric cryptography key pair and the second node is associated with a second asymmetric cryptography key pair, and the common secret is derived at the first and second nodes from the respective first and second asymmetric cryptography key pairs without transmitting the common secret between the first and second nodes; wherein deriving the secret key includes combining the common secret, or a symmetric key resulting from conversion of the common secret, with additional data; wherein the additional data includes a time variable or a cryptographic function of a time variable.
A method for encoding a first color layer of a video image (IN i), wherein the first color layer comprises pixels of a given color and each of the pixels has a color value of a first bit depth, comprising: - generating or receiving a second color layer of the video image (IM i), wherein the second color layer comprises pixels of said given color and each of the pixels has a color value of a second bit depth being less than the first bit depth; - dividing the first color layer into first blocks (BN i,l) and the second color layer into second blocks (BM i,l), wherein the first blocks have the same number of pixels as the second blocks and the same position within their respective image (IM i, IN i); - determining for a first block (BN i,l) of the first color layer (IN i) a corresponding second block (BM i,l) of the second color layer (IM i); - transforming the values of pixels of the second block (BM i,l) into the values of pixels of a third block (BN P i,l) by applying a linear transform function that minimizes the difference between the first block (BN i,l) and the predicted third block (BN P i,l)wherein said values of the pixels of the third block are of first bit depth; - calculating the difference between the predicted third block (BN P i,l) and the first block (BN i,l); and - encoding the second block (BM i,l), the coefficients (Coef i (l)) of the linear transform function and said difference. - generating or receiving a second color layer of the video image (IM i), wherein the second color layer comprises pixels of said given color and each of the pixels has a color value of a second bit depth being less than the first bit depth; - dividing the first color layer into first blocks (BN i,l) and the second color layer into second blocks (BM i,l), wherein the first blocks have the same number of pixels as the second blocks and the same position within their respective image (IM i, IN i); - determining for a first block (BN i,l) of the first color layer (IN i) a corresponding second block (BM i,l) of the second color layer (IM i); - transforming the values of pixels of the second block (BM i,l) into the values of pixels of a third block (BN P i,l) by applying a linear transform function that minimizes the difference between the first block (BN i,l) and the predicted third block (BN P i,l)wherein said values of the pixels of the third block are of first bit depth; - calculating the difference between the predicted third block (BN P i,l) and the first block (BN i,l); and - encoding the second block (BM i,l), the coefficients (Coef i (l)) of the linear transform function and said difference.
A method for controlling temperature of a fluid in a vessel in order to reclaim one or more amine agents, the method comprising: controlling input of one or more fluid input streams into the vessel based on output of a first selector that receives input, directly or indirectly, from a level controller and a temperature controller, wherein the level controller monitors the level of fluid in the vessel; and controlling variable input of steam to the vessel based on output of a second selector that receives input, directly or indirectly, from the level controller and the temperature controller. controlling input of one or more fluid input streams into the vessel based on output of a first selector that receives input, directly or indirectly, from a level controller and a temperature controller, wherein the level controller monitors the level of fluid in the vessel; and controlling variable input of steam to the vessel based on output of a second selector that receives input, directly or indirectly, from the level controller and the temperature controller.
A fibrous-based oxygen barrier film, which comprises: (i) a microfibrillated cellulose film, (ii) an oxygen barrier polymer layer selected from a group consisting of ethyl vinyl alcohol copolymer (EVOH) and polyvinyl alcohol copolymer (PVOH), (iii) an optional tie layer, and (iv) an outermost polyolefin layer wherein said oxygen barrier polymer and polyolefin layers having been brought by coextrusion in direct contact onto the MFC film. (i) a microfibrillated cellulose film, (ii) an oxygen barrier polymer layer selected from a group consisting of ethyl vinyl alcohol copolymer (EVOH) and polyvinyl alcohol copolymer (PVOH), (iii) an optional tie layer, and (iv) an outermost polyolefin layer
A method for cutting packages out of a composite film in a thermoform packaging machine, comprising the steps of: sealing films (8, 10) in a sealing station so as to obtain packages, thus forming sealed seams, producing a reference element in the sealing station, detecting the position of the sealed seams by detecting the reference element by means of an identification device downstream of the sealing station, orienting a cutting unit in conformity with the position of the sealed seams. sealing films (8, 10) in a sealing station so as to obtain packages, thus forming sealed seams, producing a reference element in the sealing station, detecting the position of the sealed seams by detecting the reference element by means of an identification device downstream of the sealing station, orienting a cutting unit in conformity with the position of the sealed seams.
A turbocharger comprising: a rotating shaft which extends along a center axis; a turbine wheel which is provided on a first end side of the rotating shaft; a compressor wheel which is provided on a second end side of the rotating shaft; a bearing housing which includes radial bearings (5A, 5B) for rotatably supporting the rotating shaft and a thrust bearing for supporting the rotating shaft in the center axis direction; a turbine housing which receives the turbine wheel; and a fluid supply section for supplying a fluid which presses the turbine wheel toward the first end side to the turbine wheel in the turbine housing, wherein the fluid supply section extracts a gas from an upstream side of the turbine wheel in a flow direction of the gas supplied to the turbine wheel, and supplies the gas to a back surface of the turbine wheel on the second end side, and wherein the bearing housing has a lubricating oil feed path for supplying a lubricating oil to at least the radial bearings (5A, 5B), characterised in that the fluid supply section is provided along the lubricating oil feed path in the bearing housing, so that the lubricating oil is capable to being heated by the heat of the fluid supplied to the turbine wheel, so that the viscosity is capable to being lowered. a rotating shaft which extends along a center axis; a turbine wheel which is provided on a first end side of the rotating shaft; a compressor wheel which is provided on a second end side of the rotating shaft; a bearing housing which includes radial bearings (5A, 5B) for rotatably supporting the rotating shaft and a thrust bearing for supporting the rotating shaft in the center axis direction; a turbine housing which receives the turbine wheel; and a fluid supply section for supplying a fluid which presses the turbine wheel toward the first end side to the turbine wheel in the turbine housing, wherein the fluid supply section extracts a gas from an upstream side of the turbine wheel in a flow direction of the gas supplied to the turbine wheel, and supplies the gas to a back surface of the turbine wheel on the second end side, and wherein the bearing housing has a lubricating oil feed path for supplying a lubricating oil to at least the radial bearings (5A, 5B), characterised in that the fluid supply section is provided along the lubricating oil feed path in the bearing housing, so that the lubricating oil is capable to being heated by the heat of the fluid supplied to the turbine wheel, so that the viscosity is capable to being lowered.
A powder application device for use in a system for producing a three-dimensional workpiece using a generative layering process, the powder application device comprising: - a spreading member movable across a surface of a carrier for depositing a raw material powder for producing a workpiece by a generative layering method onto the surface of the carrier, and - a powder entrainer which is movable across a carrier plane and which, in the region of a surface facing the carrier plane, is provided with a surface profile comprising an entraining element (24a, 24b, 24c) and a passage channel (26a, 26b, 26c), the entraining element (24a, 24b, 24c) and the passage channel (26a, 26b, 26c) being shaped and arranged in such a way that, with respect to the movement of the powder entrainer across the carrier plane, powdery material deposited in front of the powder entrainer on the carrier plane is entrained by the entraining element (24a, 24b, 24c) during a movement of the powder entrainer across the carrier plane in a first direction of movement, and is guided through the passage channel (26a, 26b, 26c) during a movement of the powder entrainer across the carrier plane in a second direction of movement opposite to the first direction of movement. - a spreading member movable across a surface of a carrier for depositing a raw material powder for producing a workpiece by a generative layering method onto the surface of the carrier, and - a powder entrainer which is movable across a carrier plane and which, in the region of a surface facing the carrier plane, is provided with a surface profile comprising an entraining element (24a, 24b, 24c) and a passage channel (26a, 26b, 26c), the entraining element (24a, 24b, 24c) and the passage channel (26a, 26b, 26c) being shaped and arranged in such a way that, with respect to the movement of the powder entrainer across the carrier plane, powdery material deposited in front of the powder entrainer on the carrier plane is entrained by the entraining element (24a, 24b, 24c) during a movement of the powder entrainer across the carrier plane in a first direction of movement, and is guided through the passage channel (26a, 26b, 26c) during a movement of the powder entrainer across the carrier plane in a second direction of movement opposite to the first direction of movement.
Method of operating a control unit for controlling an operation of a power amplifier, wherein said power amplifier is configured to amplify a radio frequency, RF, signal (S RF) that is obtained from at least two input signals (S1, S2), wherein a control signal (CTRL) for influencing a supply voltage (Vsup) of said power amplifier is determined by digital signal processing means of said control unit depending on said at least two input signals (S1, S2), wherein said control signal (CTRL) is determined depending on a sum of absolute values of said at least two input signals (S1, S2).
An infant formula comprising a proteinaceous composition, wherein the formula: a) comprises 2.8-4.3 g phenylalanine per 100 g protein; and b) comprises 39-46 mg phenylalanine per 100 mL formula; and c) comprises a weight ratio of phenylalanine to the sum of isoleucine, leucine, valine, tryptophan, tyrosine, and methionine of from 1:7.237 (0.138) to 1:10.810 (0.0925); and d) comprises a weight ratio of tryptophan to the sum of isoleucine, leucine, valine, phenylalanine, tyrosine, and methionine of from 1:30.327 (0.0330) to 1:45.304 (0.0221); and e) comprises a ratio of phenylalanine to threonine of from 1:0.959 (1.042) to 1:1.433 (0.698), said formula comprising 5.0-7.8 g isoleucine per 100 g protein, 6.6-10.4 g leucine per 100 g protein, 0.7-1.1 g tryptophan per 100 g protein, 5.0-7.8 g tyrosine per 100 g protein, 5.2-8.1 g valine per 100 g protein, 1.8-2.8 g methionine per 100 g protein; and 3.2-5.0 g threonine per 100 g protein, and wherein the infant formula comprises a protein level of: 0.9 to 1.4 g of protein per 100 mL of infant formula; or 1.4 to 2.1 g of protein per 100 kcal of infant formula. a) comprises 2.8-4.3 g phenylalanine per 100 g protein; and b) comprises 39-46 mg phenylalanine per 100 mL formula; and c) comprises a weight ratio of phenylalanine to the sum of isoleucine, leucine, valine, tryptophan, tyrosine, and methionine of from 1:7.237 (0.138) to 1:10.810 (0.0925); and d) comprises a weight ratio of tryptophan to the sum of isoleucine, leucine, valine, phenylalanine, tyrosine, and methionine of from 1:30.327 (0.0330) to 1:45.304 (0.0221); and e) comprises a ratio of phenylalanine to threonine of from 1:0.959 (1.042) to 1:1.433 (0.698), 0.9 to 1.4 g of protein per 100 mL of infant formula; or 1.4 to 2.1 g of protein per 100 kcal of infant formula.