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An optical receiver (10, 50, 70, 90) characterised by: an input (12, 72) arranged to receive a subcarrier multiplexing, SCM, optical signal (14, 74) comprising an optical carrier and an optical subcarrier, each having a respective optical power; a carrier suppression element (16, 52) arranged to receive the SCM optical signal and having a rejection band that is tuneable in frequency to partially suppress the optical carrier by a variable amount; an optical amplifier having a variable gain, the optical amplifier being arranged to receive the SCM optical signal output from the carrier suppression element and being arranged to amplify the optical carrier and the optical subcarrier; a photoreceiver arranged to receive the SCM optical signal output from the optical amplifier; and a controller (24, 54, 80) arranged to cause frequency tuning of the rejection band and variation of the gain of the optical amplifier so as to adjust a ratio of the optical power of the optical carrier at the photoreceiver to the optical power of the optical subcarrier at the photoreceiver based on an indication of performance of the SCM optical signal; wherein the controller (24, 54, 80) is arranged to generate at least one control signal arranged to cause the frequency tuning of the rejection band of the carrier suppression element and to cause the gain of the optical amplifier to change by an amount to restore the optical power of the SCM optical signal received at the photoreceiver to the initial value of the optical power of the SCM optical signal received at the photoreceiver. an input (12, 72) arranged to receive a subcarrier multiplexing, SCM, optical signal (14, 74) comprising an optical carrier and an optical subcarrier, each having a respective optical power; a carrier suppression element (16, 52) arranged to receive the SCM optical signal and having a rejection band that is tuneable in frequency to partially suppress the optical carrier by a variable amount; an optical amplifier having a variable gain, the optical amplifier being arranged to receive the SCM optical signal output from the carrier suppression element and being arranged to amplify the optical carrier and the optical subcarrier; a photoreceiver arranged to receive the SCM optical signal output from the optical amplifier; and a controller (24, 54, 80) arranged to cause frequency tuning of the rejection band and variation of the gain of the optical amplifier so as to adjust a ratio of the optical power of the optical carrier at the photoreceiver to the optical power of the optical subcarrier at the photoreceiver based on an indication of performance of the SCM optical signal; wherein the controller (24, 54, 80) is arranged to generate at least one control signal arranged to cause the frequency tuning of the rejection band of the carrier suppression element and to cause the gain of the optical amplifier to change by an amount to restore the optical power of the SCM optical signal received at the photoreceiver to the initial value of the optical power of the SCM optical signal received at the photoreceiver.
A method for implementing conditional packet forwarding control rules, performed by User Plane Function, UPF, the method comprising: receiving, from a Control Plane Function, CPF, a packet forwarding control rule comprising a Packet Detection Rule, PDR, wherein the PDR identifies a Multi-Access Rule, MAR associated with multiple Forward Action Rules, FARs, where at least one FAR is applicable for 3GPP access and at least one other FAR is applicable for Non-3GPP access; and applying the packet forwarding control rule according to the received PDR receiving, from a Control Plane Function, CPF, a packet forwarding control rule comprising a Packet Detection Rule, PDR, wherein the PDR identifies a Multi-Access Rule, MAR associated with multiple Forward Action Rules, FARs, where at least one FAR is applicable for 3GPP access and at least one other FAR is applicable for Non-3GPP access; and applying the packet forwarding control rule according to the received PDR
A textile-based electrode system, comprising: at least a first fabric portion and a second fabric portion; the first fabric portion comprising at least a first electrically conductive region with electrically conductive yarns in a knit construction with at least one first graduated pattern; the second fabric portion comprising at least a second electrically conductive region with electrically conductive yarns in a knit construction with at least one second graduated pattern that may be the same as or different from the at least one first graduated pattern; wherein the first and second fabric portions at least partially overlap one another; wherein the electrically conductive region of the first fabric portion and the electrically conductive region of the second fabric portion cooperate to provide a region of at least partial physical contact so as to electrically couple the first fabric portion and the second fabric portion; characterized in that each of the at least one first graduated pattern and the at least one second graduated pattern has at least one graduated end that changes gradually or by degrees, wherein each electrically conductive region has a graduated pattern shaped like a trapezoid, wherein each row or course of electrically conductive yarn is knitted to a shorter length than a next row with a bottom row having the longest length in the graduated pattern. at least a first fabric portion and a second fabric portion; the first fabric portion comprising at least a first electrically conductive region with electrically conductive yarns in a knit construction with at least one first graduated pattern; the second fabric portion comprising at least a second electrically conductive region with electrically conductive yarns in a knit construction with at least one second graduated pattern that may be the same as or different from the at least one first graduated pattern; wherein the first and second fabric portions at least partially overlap one another; wherein the electrically conductive region of the first fabric portion and the electrically conductive region of the second fabric portion cooperate to provide a region of at least partial physical contact so as to electrically couple the first fabric portion and the second fabric portion; characterized in that each of the at least one first graduated pattern and the at least one second graduated pattern has at least one graduated end that changes gradually or by degrees, wherein each electrically conductive region has a graduated pattern shaped like a trapezoid, wherein each row or course of electrically conductive yarn is knitted to a shorter length than a next row with a bottom row having the longest length in the graduated pattern.
A wireless device comprising: a grounding plate including a surface; a loop antenna having a loop shape included in a loop plane which is perpendicular to the surface of the grounding plate; and a power feeder including a grounding point coupled to the grounding plate and a power feeding point for supplying a signal to one end section of the loop antenna, wherein the grounding point and the power feeding point are displaced along an axis perpendicular to the loop plane such that a section of the grounding plate between the grounding point and the power feeding point works as an electric current antenna extending perpendicular to the loop plane, wherein the other end section of the loop antenna is electrically connected to the grounding plate. a grounding plate including a surface; a loop antenna having a loop shape included in a loop plane which is perpendicular to the surface of the grounding plate; and a power feeder including a grounding point coupled to the grounding plate and a power feeding point for supplying a signal to one end section of the loop antenna, wherein the grounding point and the power feeding point are displaced along an axis perpendicular to the loop plane such that a section of the grounding plate between the grounding point and the power feeding point works as an electric current antenna extending perpendicular to the loop plane, wherein the other end section of the loop antenna is electrically connected to the grounding plate.
A process for producing 1,1,1,2,3-pentachloropropane by introducing 1,1,1,3-tetrachloropropane, chlorine, and Lewis acid catalyst, optionally in the presence of carbon tetrachloride, the process comprising introducing, from a slurry system, the Lewis acid catalyst as a slurry within a chlorinated hydrocarbon.
A fluid dispenser comprising: • a fluid reservoir containing fluid; • a fluid suction chamber of variable volume comprising an extraction and application space that presents a volume that varies between a minimum volume when the suction chamber presents a minimum volume, and a maximum volume when the suction chamber presents a maximum volume; • a dip tube that connects the reservoir to the suction chamber at an orifice; • suction means (31, 8) for sucking, during a suction stage, fluid from the reservoir into the chamber through the orifice; • an extractor and applicator member that defines, in part, the suction chamber and the suction means (31, 8), the extractor and applicator member defining the extraction and application space; wherein the extractor and applicator member comprises a handle for being gripped by the hand of a user, a stationary stem that is secured to the handle, and a slidable sleeve that is mounted in slidable manner on the stationary stem so as to form the extraction and application space of variable volume, the sliding of the slidable sleeve over the stationary stem does not involve any resilient driving force, and the slidable sleeve slides over the stationary stem with friction forces, and the volume of the extraction and application space decreases progressively as the fluid is applied to a desired application surface, characterized in that the volume of the extraction and application space increases progressively, as the extraction and application space is removed from the reservoir and in that the friction forces of the slidable sleeve over the stationary stem are less than the friction forces of the suction means (31, 8). • a fluid reservoir containing fluid; • a fluid suction chamber of variable volume comprising an extraction and application space that presents a volume that varies between a minimum volume when the suction chamber presents a minimum volume, and a maximum volume when the suction chamber presents a maximum volume; • a dip tube that connects the reservoir to the suction chamber at an orifice; • suction means (31, 8) for sucking, during a suction stage, fluid from the reservoir into the chamber through the orifice; • an extractor and applicator member that defines, in part, the suction chamber and the suction means (31, 8), the extractor and applicator member defining the extraction and application space;
A non-woven fabric, characterized in that the non-woven fabric is formed by sequentially crisscross compounding at certain angles and laminating multiple ultra-high molecular weight polyethylene thin films (101, 201, 301) into a whole, wherein the ultra-high molecular weight polyethylene film (101, 201, 301) has a certain width and thickness and has an integral structure without integration points or trim lines.
A production method of a sheet for regenerating a cartilage tissue, the method comprising the steps of; seeding chondrocytes or stem cells differentiating to the chondrocytes on a sheet-shaped porous body comprising a biological absorbency synthetic high polymer; taking the seeded porous body into a culture liquid; applying acceleration of 981 to 9810 m/s 2 (100 to 1000G) to the porous body for a predetermined time; and culturing the porous body without applying acceleration thereafter.
A method of making an air handling or process separator, the method comprising: providing a plurality of vanes, each vane having at least one aperture, wherein each vane is positioned substantially parallel to and spaced apart from the other of the plurality of vanes, and wherein the plurality of vanes are configured to reduce fluid from an air stream passing through the air handling separator; inserting at least one coupling tube through the at least one aperture of each of the plurality of vanes, the coupling tube comprising an outer tube wall and a hollow void; expanding the at least one coupling tube; and creating an interference fit between the at least one coupling tube and the plurality of vanes to retain the plurality of vanes so as to form a vane pack of coupling tubes and plurality of vanes without the need for any spacers separating the plurality of vanes. providing a plurality of vanes, each vane having at least one aperture, wherein each vane is positioned substantially parallel to and spaced apart from the other of the plurality of vanes, and wherein the plurality of vanes are configured to reduce fluid from an air stream passing through the air handling separator; inserting at least one coupling tube through the at least one aperture of each of the plurality of vanes, the coupling tube comprising an outer tube wall and a hollow void; expanding the at least one coupling tube; and creating an interference fit between the at least one coupling tube and the plurality of vanes to retain the plurality of vanes so as to form a vane pack of coupling tubes and plurality of vanes without the need for any spacers separating the plurality of vanes.
A compound comprising one or more divalent heteroarylene units of formula I wherein the individual radicals, independently of each other and on each occurrence identically or differently, have the following meanings R 1, R 2 are selected from the group consisting of -C(=O)-R,-C(=O)-OR, -OC(=O)-R, -C(=O)-NHR and -C(=O)-NRR n, wherein R and R n are independently of each other straight-chain or branched alkyl with 1 to 20 C atoms, which is unsubstituted or substituted by one or more F atoms, L F, CI, -CN, -NC, -NCO, -NCS, -OCN, -SCN, -R 0, -OR 0, -SR 0,-C(=O)X 0, -C(=O)R 0, -C(=O)-OR 0, -O-C(=O)R 0, -NH 2, -NHR 0,-Nr 0 R 00, -C(=O)NHR 0, -C(=O)NR 0 R 00, -SO 3 H, -SO 2 R 0, -OH,-NO 2, -CF 3, -SF 5, or optionally substituted silyl, or carbyl or hydrocarbyl with 1 to 20 C atoms that is optionally substituted and optionally comprises one or more hetero atoms R°, R 00 H or straight-chain or branched alkyl with 1 to 20 C atoms that is optionally fluorinated, and further comprising one or more arylene or heteroarylene units that have from 5 to 20 ring atoms, are mono- or polycyclic, do optionally contain fused rings, are unsubstituted or substituted by one or more identical or different groups L, and are either selected of formula I or are structurally different from formula I, wherein all the aforementioned units are directly connected to each other, and wherein the compound is a conjugated polymer. R 1, R 2 are selected from the group consisting of -C(=O)-R,-C(=O)-OR, -OC(=O)-R, -C(=O)-NHR and -C(=O)-NRR n, wherein R and R n are independently of each other straight-chain or branched alkyl with 1 to 20 C atoms, which is unsubstituted or substituted by one or more F atoms, L F, CI, -CN, -NC, -NCO, -NCS, -OCN, -SCN, -R 0, -OR 0, -SR 0,-C(=O)X 0, -C(=O)R 0, -C(=O)-OR 0, -O-C(=O)R 0, -NH 2, -NHR 0,-Nr 0 R 00, -C(=O)NHR 0, -C(=O)NR 0 R 00, -SO 3 H, -SO 2 R 0, -OH,-NO 2, -CF 3, -SF 5, or optionally substituted silyl, or carbyl or hydrocarbyl with 1 to 20 C atoms that is optionally substituted and optionally comprises one or more hetero atoms R°, R 00 H or straight-chain or branched alkyl with 1 to 20 C atoms that is optionally fluorinated,
A fluid simulation apparatus comprising: a simulation pad having an internal reservoir, the simulation pad comprising at least one transparent outer surface through which a portion of the internal reservoir is visible; a source configured to contain a bodily fluid analogue; and a conduit fluidly connecting the source to the internal reservoir of the simulation pad; wherein the fluid simulation apparatus is controllable to cause bodily fluid analogue within the source to be delivered through the conduit to the internal reservoir of the simulation pad so that the bodily fluid analogue is visible to a user through the transparent outer surface in order to simulate a discharge of a bodily fluid onto an incontinence pad. a simulation pad having an internal reservoir, the simulation pad comprising at least one transparent outer surface through which a portion of the internal reservoir is visible; a source configured to contain a bodily fluid analogue; and a conduit fluidly connecting the source to the internal reservoir of the simulation pad; wherein the fluid simulation apparatus is controllable to cause bodily fluid analogue within the source to be delivered through the conduit to the internal reservoir of the simulation pad so that the bodily fluid analogue is visible to a user through the transparent outer surface in order to simulate a discharge of a bodily fluid onto an incontinence pad.
An apparatus comprising: a gaze detection sensor configured to detect a direction of a user's gaze and output a gaze signal corresponding to the detected direction of the user's gaze; a microphone array configured to receive a plurality of sounds and output a plurality of signals, the microphone array being further configured relative to positioning of the gaze detection sensor to provide information indicating directionality of the plurality of signals; an imaging sensor configured to detect an image of a person speaking in the direction of the user, and in response to the detection of the image, output an image signal corresponding to the detected image to a digital signal processing unit; the digital signal processing unit configured to: responsive to the plurality of signals and the detected direction of gaze, the plurality of signals corresponding to a plurality of sounds received at the apparatus: identify a signal of interest from the plurality of signals using the gaze signal and the image signal; and process the signal of interest for output. a gaze detection sensor configured to detect a direction of a user's gaze and output a gaze signal corresponding to the detected direction of the user's gaze; a microphone array configured to receive a plurality of sounds and output a plurality of signals, the microphone array being further configured relative to positioning of the gaze detection sensor to provide information indicating directionality of the plurality of signals; an imaging sensor configured to detect an image of a person speaking in the direction of the user, and in response to the detection of the image, output an image signal corresponding to the detected image to a digital signal processing unit; the digital signal processing unit configured to: responsive to the plurality of signals and the detected direction of gaze, the plurality of signals corresponding to a plurality of sounds received at the apparatus: identify a signal of interest from the plurality of signals using the gaze signal and the image signal; and process the signal of interest for output. identify a signal of interest from the plurality of signals using the gaze signal and the image signal; and process the signal of interest for output.
A device for optical touch free scanning of surfaces, the device comprising: - a cooling source, - a first gas processor for saturating a process gas with humidity, and - a liquid source for applying a plurality of liquid drops onto the surface, - an optical scanning head with a light source and an optical sensor, and - another gas processor for producing a heated and/or dried process gas and for applying the process gas to the surface, characterized in that in one movement direction of the device a) the cooling source is the most forward unit, b) the first gas processor is arranged behind the cooling source and in front of the optical scanning head, and c) the second gas processor is arranged behind the optical scanning head, wherein the device includes a temperature sensor for measuring a temperature of the surface in a scanning portion. - a cooling source, - a first gas processor for saturating a process gas with humidity, and - a liquid source for applying a plurality of liquid drops onto the surface, - an optical scanning head with a light source and an optical sensor, and - another gas processor for producing a heated and/or dried process gas and for applying the process gas to the surface, a) the cooling source is the most forward unit, b) the first gas processor is arranged behind the cooling source and in front of the optical scanning head, and c) the second gas processor is arranged behind the optical scanning head, wherein the device includes a temperature sensor for measuring a temperature of the surface in a scanning portion.
An isolated Interleukin-34 (IL-34) polypeptide or a polynucleotide encoding therefor for use in inducing immune tolerance in a patient in need thereof.
A method for producing random values, the method comprising the steps of: providing a first random data request to a random number generator (112, 200, 300); generating, by the random number generator, first random data in response to the first random data request; storing multiple random values derived from the first random data in a data structure; receiving, from a first random value requester (116, 130, 121, 132), a first random value request for a random value of a first type; in response to receiving the first random value request, producing the random value of the first type based on a random value of the multiple random values stored in the data structure; sending the random value of the first type to the first random value requester; providing a second random data request to the random number generator in response to receiving a second random value request for a random value of a second type; receiving second random data from the random number generator in response to sending the second random data request; and sending the random value of the second type, which is derived from the second random data, to a requester of the random value of the second type. providing a first random data request to a random number generator (112, 200, 300); generating, by the random number generator, first random data in response to the first random data request; storing multiple random values derived from the first random data in a data structure; receiving, from a first random value requester (116, 130, 121, 132), a first random value request for a random value of a first type; in response to receiving the first random value request, producing the random value of the first type based on a random value of the multiple random values stored in the data structure; sending the random value of the first type to the first random value requester; providing a second random data request to the random number generator in response to receiving a second random value request for a random value of a second type; receiving second random data from the random number generator in response to sending the second random data request; and sending the random value of the second type, which is derived from the second random data, to a requester of the random value of the second type.