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An absorbent article comprising topsheet, backsheet and an absorbent core between the topsheet and the backsheet, the article comprising a front waist region, a back waist region, and a central region between the front and back waist regions, and further comprising fastening elements for securing the article around the waist of a wearer, wherein the article comprises at least two attachment regions (44, 48): a first attachment region for securing the fastening elements in the waist region, wherein the first attachment region lies in at least a part of the front waist region, the first attachment region comprises first surface comprising outwardly facing fibres, wherein the fastening elements comprise a fastening surface comprising outwardly facing fibres, and wherein the outwardly facing fibres interact to form a releaseable attachment between the fastenening elements and the first attachment region, wherein the interacting outwardly facing fibres comprise hooks and loops; and a second attachment region for securing a wearable sensing device, the second attachment region being located on the side of the backsheet opposite to the absorbent core, wherein the second attachment region lies in at least a part of the central region between the front and back waist regions and wherein the second attachment region comprises hooks and/or loops; the first attachment region has a first surface and the second attachment region has a second surface and wherein the first surface is different from the second surface, and characterised in that the peel force response of the hooks/loops of the first attachment region is greater than or less than the peel force response of the hooks/loops of the second attachment region. a first attachment region for securing the fastening elements in the waist region, wherein the first attachment region lies in at least a part of the front waist region, the first attachment region comprises first surface comprising outwardly facing fibres, wherein the fastening elements comprise a fastening surface comprising outwardly facing fibres, and wherein the outwardly facing fibres interact to form a releaseable attachment between the fastenening elements and the first attachment region, wherein the interacting outwardly facing fibres comprise hooks and loops; and a second attachment region for securing a wearable sensing device, the second attachment region being located on the side of the backsheet opposite to the absorbent core, wherein the second attachment region lies in at least a part of the central region between the front and back waist regions and wherein the second attachment region comprises hooks and/or loops;
A battery pack, comprising: a plurality of battery cells; and a case including a first case and a second case, the second case being configured to be combined with the first case to accommodate the battery cells therebetween, wherein: the case includes a combining unit and a separation prevention unit, the combining unit and the separation prevention unit being disposed in different locations in the case, the combining unit being configured to combine the first case and the second case with each other, the separation prevention unit being configured to prevent separation of the combining unit, and, the combining unit and the separation prevention unit are interleaved along an outer circumference of the case. a plurality of battery cells; and a case including a first case and a second case, the second case being configured to be combined with the first case to accommodate the battery cells therebetween, wherein: the case includes a combining unit and a separation prevention unit, the combining unit and the separation prevention unit being disposed in different locations in the case, the combining unit being configured to combine the first case and the second case with each other, the separation prevention unit being configured to prevent separation of the combining unit, and, the combining unit and the separation prevention unit are interleaved along an outer circumference of the case. the case includes a combining unit and a separation prevention unit, the combining unit and the separation prevention unit being disposed in different locations in the case, the combining unit being configured to combine the first case and the second case with each other, the separation prevention unit being configured to prevent separation of the combining unit, and, the combining unit and the separation prevention unit are interleaved along an outer circumference of the case.
Implant having a screw for fixing two bone fragments (8, 9) to each other, in particular for fixing an axially corrected capitulum of a metatarsal bone, e.g. hallux valgus, which implant comprises a clasp with two arms which are connected to each other at one of their ends and in this area form an eyelet with an opening for passage of a screw which can be screwed into one of the two bone fragments, and which, with their other, free ends, can be introduced into the other bone fragment, characterized in that it has a guide bushing for the screw, which guide bushing is inserted into the clasp eyelet and is secured thereon, its inner surface corresponding substantially to the outer surface of the screw in the area adjoining the screw head, and its minimum internal diameter being at least as great as the maximum diameter of the screw thread, the screw being held in the guide bushing substantially free of play.
A method for determining a change in a refractive error of an eye of a user, the eye of the user having a choroid, wherein the method comprises the following steps: a) ascertaining at least one value for a layer thickness of the choroid of the eye of the user over at least one region of the choroid; and b) determining a value for the change in the refractive error of the eye, wherein the value for the change in the refractive error of the eye is determined only from at least two values for the layer thickness of the choroid which were each ascertained at different times for the at least one region of the choroid, characterized in that the at least one region is selected from a nasal perifoveal region or a nasal parafoveal region. a) ascertaining at least one value for a layer thickness of the choroid of the eye of the user over at least one region of the choroid; and b) determining a value for the change in the refractive error of the eye, wherein the value for the change in the refractive error of the eye is determined only from at least two values for the layer thickness of the choroid which were each ascertained at different times for the at least one region of the choroid, characterized in that the at least one region is selected from a nasal perifoveal region or a nasal parafoveal region. characterized in that the at least one region is selected from a nasal perifoveal region or a nasal parafoveal region.
A method for dynamically adjusting a size of a buffer of a media consumption device, the method comprising: buffering a first segment of the media asset in a buffer having a first buffer size; retrieving metadata associated with a second segment of the media asset; determining, based on the retrieved metadata, whether a rewind request is likely to be received during the second segment of the media asset; in response to determining that the rewind request is likely to be received: increasing the size of the buffer to a second buffer size; and buffering the second segment of the media asset in the buffer having the second buffer size; and in response to detecting an end of the second segment, reducing the size of the buffer to the first buffer size; wherein determining whether the rewind request is likely to be received comprises one of: comparing an audio level of the second segment to a predefined audio level; comparing a language spoken in the second segment to a preferred language indicated in a user profile; comparing a genre of the second segment to a preferred genre indicated in the user profile; comparing a complexity score in the metadata with a complexity tolerance, the complexity tolerance being based on an average complexity score of media assets previously viewed by a user. buffering a first segment of the media asset in a buffer having a first buffer size; retrieving metadata associated with a second segment of the media asset; determining, based on the retrieved metadata, whether a rewind request is likely to be received during the second segment of the media asset; in response to determining that the rewind request is likely to be received: increasing the size of the buffer to a second buffer size; and buffering the second segment of the media asset in the buffer having the second buffer size; and increasing the size of the buffer to a second buffer size; and buffering the second segment of the media asset in the buffer having the second buffer size; and in response to detecting an end of the second segment, reducing the size of the buffer to the first buffer size; wherein determining whether the rewind request is likely to be received comprises one of: comparing an audio level of the second segment to a predefined audio level; comparing a language spoken in the second segment to a preferred language indicated in a user profile; comparing a genre of the second segment to a preferred genre indicated in the user profile; comparing a complexity score in the metadata with a complexity tolerance, the complexity tolerance being based on an average complexity score of media assets previously viewed by a user. comparing an audio level of the second segment to a predefined audio level; comparing a language spoken in the second segment to a preferred language indicated in a user profile; comparing a genre of the second segment to a preferred genre indicated in the user profile; comparing a complexity score in the metadata with a complexity tolerance, the complexity tolerance being based on an average complexity score of media assets previously viewed by a user.
A method of operating a Lightweight Directory Access Protocol, LDAP, directory client, the method comprising: when it is required that an LDAP operation be performed for multiple directory entries: generating a message requesting the LDAP operation, the message specifying how the distinguished name of each of the multiple entries can be determined; and sending the request message to an LDAP directory server. when it is required that an LDAP operation be performed for multiple directory entries: generating a message requesting the LDAP operation, the message specifying how the distinguished name of each of the multiple entries can be determined; and sending the request message to an LDAP directory server. generating a message requesting the LDAP operation, the message specifying how the distinguished name of each of the multiple entries can be determined; and sending the request message to an LDAP directory server.
A pre-mix for a syntactic phenolic foam composition, the premix comprising thermally expandable and / or expanded thermoplastic microspheres, the microspheres comprising a thermoplastic polymer shell made of a homopolymer or copolymer of 100 to 25, for example 93 to 40, parts by weight of a nitrile-containing, ethylenically unsaturated monomer, or a mixture thereof; and 0 to 75, for example 7 to 60, parts by weight of a non-nitrile-containing, ethylenically unsaturated monomer, or a mixture thereof; and a propellant, or a mixture thereof, trapped within the thermoplastic polymer shell; and a highly reactive phenolic resole resin capable of fully crosslinking at temperatures between 15°C and 25°C, optionally in the presence of up to ten times its own weight in water, and having, typically, a free phenol content of 12-15% (w/w); and wherein the phenolic resole resin has a molecular weight of no greater than 1000 daltons.
A method of maintaining an effective corrosion-inhibiting amount of oxygen scavenger or oxygen in a hot water system comprising: (i) determining range of oxidation-reduction potentials for effective corrosion inhibition for the system at system temperature, pressure and pH; (ii) measuring the oxidation-reduction potential of the feed water in the system at operating temperature and pressure; (iii) converting the oxidation-reduction potentials at system or operating temperature to oxidation-reduction potentials against a standard hydrogen electrode at 25 °C; and (iv) adding an amount of oxygen or oxygen scavenger to the system based on the measured oxidation-reduction potential to maintain the oxidation-reduction potential of the feed water in the system within the predetermined range of oxidation-reduction potentials; wherein the oxidation-reduction potentials are measured in a cell comprising two thermocouples, a silver-silver chloride external pressure balanced reference electrode and a platinum electrode, wherein one thermocouple measures the temperature of the cell and the other thermocouple measures the cold junction temperature of the silver-silver chloride external pressure balanced reference electrode; and - recording the temperature of the water flowing through the cell as a function of time; - monitoring the temperature of the cold junction of the silver-silver chloride external pressure balanced reference electrode. (i) determining range of oxidation-reduction potentials for effective corrosion inhibition for the system at system temperature, pressure and pH; (ii) measuring the oxidation-reduction potential of the feed water in the system at operating temperature and pressure; (iii) converting the oxidation-reduction potentials at system or operating temperature to oxidation-reduction potentials against a standard hydrogen electrode at 25 °C; and (iv) adding an amount of oxygen or oxygen scavenger to the system based on the measured oxidation-reduction potential to maintain the oxidation-reduction potential of the feed water in the system within the predetermined range of oxidation-reduction potentials; wherein the oxidation-reduction potentials are measured in a cell comprising two thermocouples, a silver-silver chloride external pressure balanced reference electrode and a platinum electrode, wherein one thermocouple measures the temperature of the cell and the other thermocouple measures the cold junction temperature of the silver-silver chloride external pressure balanced reference electrode; and - recording the temperature of the water flowing through the cell as a function of time; - monitoring the temperature of the cold junction of the silver-silver chloride external pressure balanced reference electrode. - recording the temperature of the water flowing through the cell as a function of time; - monitoring the temperature of the cold junction of the silver-silver chloride external pressure balanced reference electrode.
Flexible subcutaneous implantable cardioverter defibrillator comprising at least one flexible lead, said flexible subcutaneous ICD further comprising: a flexible device body; and at least one respective transition unit, for respectively coupling each one of said at least one flexible lead to said flexible device body, said flexible device body comprising: a plurality of inner components (152, 154, 156); and a respective plurality of hollow outer units, for encasing and protecting said plurality of inner components, said plurality of inner components comprising at least one high voltage capacitor, each one of said plurality of hollow outer units comprising: at least one hollow rigid element; and a hollow flexible element, coupled with said at least one hollow rigid element, for enabling said outer unit a degree of flexibility, wherein said hollow flexible element is covered with a covering, said at least one respective transition unit comprising: an end coupler; and a strain relief, said end coupler comprising an electrical feed-through, for enabling wiring interior to said flexible device body to be coupled with wiring exterior to said flexible device body in a liquid-proof manner, and wherein said flexible device body is covered with a polymer for preventing bodily tissue growth on an outer surface of said flexible device body; and wherein said flexible subcutaneous ICD can be completely positioned subcutaneously under a surface of skin. a flexible device body; and at least one respective transition unit, for respectively coupling each one of said at least one flexible lead to said flexible device body, said flexible device body comprising: a plurality of inner components (152, 154, 156); and a respective plurality of hollow outer units, for encasing and protecting said plurality of inner components, a plurality of inner components (152, 154, 156); and a respective plurality of hollow outer units, for encasing and protecting said plurality of inner components, said plurality of inner components comprising at least one high voltage capacitor, each one of said plurality of hollow outer units comprising: at least one hollow rigid element; and a hollow flexible element, coupled with said at least one hollow rigid element, for enabling said outer unit a degree of flexibility, at least one hollow rigid element; and a hollow flexible element, coupled with said at least one hollow rigid element, for enabling said outer unit a degree of flexibility, wherein said hollow flexible element is covered with a covering, said at least one respective transition unit comprising: an end coupler; and a strain relief, an end coupler; and a strain relief, said end coupler comprising an electrical feed-through, for enabling wiring interior to said flexible device body to be coupled with wiring exterior to said flexible device body in a liquid-proof manner, and wherein said flexible device body is covered with a polymer for preventing bodily tissue growth on an outer surface of said flexible device body; and wherein said flexible subcutaneous ICD can be completely positioned subcutaneously under a surface of skin.
A method for calibrating a radiometric device for determining and/or monitoring the density of a medium located in a container, wherein a transmitter unit and a receiver unit are provided, wherein the transmitter unit emits radioactive radiation of a specified intensity and wherein the receiver unit receives the radioactive radiation emitted by the transmitter unit once it has passed through the medium, and wherein a control/evaluation unit is provided, which determines the density of the medium located in the container based on the intensity measured by the receiver unit, wherein the method has the following process steps: • Determining the count rate N 0 of the radioactive radiation once it has passed through the empty container based on the activity of the transmitter unit, • Determining the measured count rate N of the radioactive radiation once it has passed through the container, if a calibration medium with a known density is located in the container, • Determining the mass damping coefficient (μ) according to the formula μ= - (ln( N / N 0))/(p 1 D), where D: Radiation path of the radioactive radiation or internal diameter of the container, p 1: Density of the calibration medium, • Calculating a calibration curve which reflects the dependency of the density of the medium on the count rate of the measured radiation intensity once it has passed through the container, characterized in that the count rate N 0 is determined based on a calculation of the dose rate of the receiver unit when the container is empty using the activity of the transmitter unit. • Determining the count rate N 0 of the radioactive radiation once it has passed through the empty container based on the activity of the transmitter unit, • Determining the measured count rate N of the radioactive radiation once it has passed through the container, if a calibration medium with a known density is located in the container, • Determining the mass damping coefficient (μ) according to the formula μ= - (ln( N / N 0))/(p 1 D), where D: Radiation path of the radioactive radiation or internal diameter of the container, p 1: Density of the calibration medium, • Calculating a calibration curve which reflects the dependency of the density of the medium on the count rate of the measured radiation intensity once it has passed through the container, characterized in that the count rate N 0 is determined based on a calculation of the dose rate of the receiver unit when the container is empty using the activity of the transmitter unit.
A system for treatment of a region of a subject's head or neck, the system comprising: a housing; at least one source of electromagnetic radiation for generating treatment energy contained within the housing; a plurality of applicators, wherein each of said applicators is adapted to be placed in proximity to a treatment region of tissue of a patient's head or neck and comprises a window having a skin-contacting surface through which the treatment energy is transmitted from the applicator to the treatment region; a plurality of umbilical cords, each of which extends from the housing to a distal end coupled to one of said plurality of applicators, each umbilical cord defining a conduit through which treatment energy generated by the at least one electromagnetic radiation source is delivered from the housing to the applicator; and a frame configured to be coupled to the patient's head or neck in a fixed position relative to the treatment region and defining at least one aperture into which a surface of the treatment region can extend, the frame being configured to removably couple to at least one applicator such that at least a portion of the skin-contacting surface of the window is disposed in contact with at least a portion of the surface of the treatment region extending into said aperture upon coupling with the frame. housing; at least one source of electromagnetic radiation for generating treatment energy contained within the housing; a plurality of applicators, wherein each of said applicators is adapted to be placed in proximity to a treatment region of tissue of a patient's head or neck and comprises a window having a skin-contacting surface through which the treatment energy is transmitted from the applicator to the treatment region; a plurality of umbilical cords, each of which extends from the housing to a distal end coupled to one of said plurality of applicators, each umbilical cord defining a conduit through which treatment energy generated by the at least one electromagnetic radiation source is delivered from the housing to the applicator; and a frame configured to be coupled to the patient's head or neck in a fixed position relative to the treatment region and defining at least one aperture into which a surface of the treatment region can extend, the frame being configured to removably couple to at least one applicator such that at least a portion of the skin-contacting surface of the window is disposed in contact with at least a portion of the surface of the treatment region extending into said aperture upon coupling with the frame.