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A method for execution on a computer of simulating the striking of an object based at least in part on moving a hand-held device comprising an accelerometer arrangement, characterized by comprising: determining a moment of simulated striking of the object when a first output for a first axis of an accelerometer arrangement resulting from the moving of the hand-held device exceeds a specified value; determining a magnitude of the simulated striking of the object based at least in part on a second output for a second axis of an accelerometer arrangement corresponding to a centripetal force resulting from the moving of the hand-held device to simulate striking of the object; and using one or more of aural, visual and tactile outputs, simulating the striking of the object in accordance with the determined moment of simulated striking and the determined magnitude of the simulated striking, wherein the accelerometer arrangement comprises a multi-axis accelerometer and the first and second accelerometer outputs correspond to different axes of the multi-axis accelerometer. determining a moment of simulated striking of the object when a first output for a first axis of an accelerometer arrangement resulting from the moving of the hand-held device exceeds a specified value; determining a magnitude of the simulated striking of the object based at least in part on a second output for a second axis of an accelerometer arrangement corresponding to a centripetal force resulting from the moving of the hand-held device to simulate striking of the object; and using one or more of aural, visual and tactile outputs, simulating the striking of the object in accordance with the determined moment of simulated striking and the determined magnitude of the simulated striking, wherein the accelerometer arrangement comprises a multi-axis accelerometer and the first and second accelerometer outputs correspond to different axes of the multi-axis accelerometer.
A human acidic fibroblast growth factor (aFGF) for use as a pharmaceutical drug in the treatment of neurodegeneration caused by nerve compression syndrome or entrapment neuropathy in a subject in need thereof, wherein the pharmaceutical drug is administered to the subject intraneurally, intramuscularly, or through the foramen magnum, and wherein the nerve compression or entrapment neuropathy is selected from the group consisting of herniated intervertebral disc, cervical nerve compression syndrome, thoracic outlet syndrome, and carpal tunnel syndrome.
Plant having increased resistance to herbivorous insects and/or pathogenic fungi, in which plant the intracellular concentration of inositol pyrophosphates InsP 7 and/or InsP 8 is increased compared to the wild-type plant; the plant being characterized by heterologous expression of the nucleotide sequence according to the GenBank Accession: At3g01310, and characterized in that the expression of a protein VIH2 encoded by the nucleotide sequence according to the GenBank Accession: At3g01310, or of a homologous protein which is able to synthesize inositol pyrophosphate InsP 7 and/or InsP 8, is inducible in the whole plant or in specific tissues or is increased compared to the wild-type plant, in which the nucleotide sequence originates from another organism.
A multi-layer piezoelectric element, comprising: a stacked body including stacked piezoelectric bodies and internal electrodes (3a, 3b); a conductor layer (5a, 5b) disposed coveringly on a side surface of the stacked body so as to be elongated in a stacking direction of the stacked body to electrically connect with ends of the internal electrodes (3a, 3b), which are extended to the side surface of the stacked body; and an external electrode (4a, 4b) disposed on and bonded to the conductor layer (5a, 5b), one end in the stacking direction of the external electrode (4a, 4b) being a feeding end, a bonded region of the external electrode (4a, 4b), which is bonded to the conductor layer (5a, 5b) in an area near the feeding end, being covered with a resin (13, 14), and another bonded region of the external electrode (4a, 4b), which is bonded to the conductor layer (5a, 5b) in an area near another end opposite to the feeding end, being optionally covered with a resin (13, 14), characterized in that any regions other than the bonded regions are not covered with the resin (13, 14). a stacked body including stacked piezoelectric bodies and internal electrodes (3a, 3b); a conductor layer (5a, 5b) disposed coveringly on a side surface of the stacked body so as to be elongated in a stacking direction of the stacked body to electrically connect with ends of the internal electrodes (3a, 3b), which are extended to the side surface of the stacked body; and an external electrode (4a, 4b) disposed on and bonded to the conductor layer (5a, 5b), one end in the stacking direction of the external electrode (4a, 4b) being a feeding end, a bonded region of the external electrode (4a, 4b), which is bonded to the conductor layer (5a, 5b) in an area near the feeding end, being covered with a resin (13, 14), and another bonded region of the external electrode (4a, 4b), which is bonded to the conductor layer (5a, 5b) in an area near another end opposite to the feeding end, being optionally covered with a resin (13, 14), characterized in that any regions other than the bonded regions are not covered with the resin (13, 14).
A method for controlling a process variable based upon a set point, the method comprising: measuring the process variable; assigning a proportional gain term to a manipulated variable, the proportional gain term being a product of a proportional gain coefficient and an error magnitude of a difference between the set point and the process variable at a given instant of time; adding a first integral gain term to the manipulated variable under a first set of conditions, the first integral gain term being a product of an integral gain coefficient and a sum of a predefined number of error magnitudes over a time interval; adding a second integral gain term to the manipulated variable under an alternative set of conditions complementary to the first set of conditions, the added second integral gain term being the first integral gain term reduced by a predetermined factor; adding a derivative term to the manipulated variable under a second set of conditions different from the first set of conditions, the derivative term being a product of a derivative gain coefficient and a rate of change of the error magnitudes over the time interval; and generating a controller output of the manipulated variable, the process variable being responsively adjusted to the generated controller output; wherein the second set of conditions includes a rate of change of the process variable over the time interval being greater than a first threshold rate, and the rate of change of the error magnitudes over the time interval being negative. measuring the process variable; assigning a proportional gain term to a manipulated variable, the proportional gain term being a product of a proportional gain coefficient and an error magnitude of a difference between the set point and the process variable at a given instant of time; adding a first integral gain term to the manipulated variable under a first set of conditions, the first integral gain term being a product of an integral gain coefficient and a sum of a predefined number of error magnitudes over a time interval; adding a second integral gain term to the manipulated variable under an alternative set of conditions complementary to the first set of conditions, the added second integral gain term being the first integral gain term reduced by a predetermined factor; adding a derivative term to the manipulated variable under a second set of conditions different from the first set of conditions, the derivative term being a product of a derivative gain coefficient and a rate of change of the error magnitudes over the time interval; and generating a controller output of the manipulated variable, the process variable being responsively adjusted to the generated controller output; wherein the second set of conditions includes a rate of change of the process variable over the time interval being greater than a first threshold rate, and the rate of change of the error magnitudes over the time interval being negative.
A user equipment, comprising processing circuitry arranged to communicate with an evolved Node B, eNodeB, using a 3GPP Long Term Evolution, LTE, or Long Term Evolution-Advanced, LTE-A, network connection and to facilitate device-to-device communications with a receiving user equipment using a direct network connection, by performing operations to: send (406, 512, 602) a request message for obtaining a transmission time for a data transmission, to the receiving user equipment, during a resource contention window, the resource contention window allocated for scheduling device-to-device communications in a wireless channel using a contention channel access technique, the request message indicating a size for the data transmission; receive (412, 516, 604) a response to the request message, from the receiving user equipment, the response confirming the request message and designating the transmission time for the data transmission, and the designated transmission time occurring within a scheduled transmission window allocated for conducting the device-to-device communications; and perform (422, 520, 606) the data transmission with the receiving user equipment, during the scheduled transmission window allocated for conducting the device-to-device communications, on the wireless channel at the designated transmission time. send (406, 512, 602) a request message for obtaining a transmission time for a data transmission, to the receiving user equipment, during a resource contention window, the resource contention window allocated for scheduling device-to-device communications in a wireless channel using a contention channel access technique, the request message indicating a size for the data transmission; receive (412, 516, 604) a response to the request message, from the receiving user equipment, the response confirming the request message and designating the transmission time for the data transmission, and the designated transmission time occurring within a scheduled transmission window allocated for conducting the device-to-device communications; and perform (422, 520, 606) the data transmission with the receiving user equipment, during the scheduled transmission window allocated for conducting the device-to-device communications, on the wireless channel at the designated transmission time.
An air duct pipe for a combustion engine, particularly for a motor vehicle, consisting of at least two pipe parts (4, 6) that are fabricated of a plastic material by means of injection molding and connected to one another along a interconnecting line that consists of an interconnecting duct that is formed by interconnecting parts (12, 14) for each respective pipe part in the area of the interconnecting line, which pipe parts (4, 6) are connected to one another and sealingly joined to one another by injecting said plastic material into said interconnecting duct, wherein said interconnecting parts (12, 14) comprise inner interconnecting parts (16, 18) that are designed so that they form a smooth interconnecting surface on the inside of the air duct pipe and are adapted so as to absorb pressure from the interconnecting duct during the injection of said plastic material into the interconnecting duct, and in that said interconnecting parts (12, 14) comprise outer interconnecting parts (22, 24) comprising one or a plurality of securing parts (30, 32) adapted so as to keep the pipe parts secured to one another by applying a securing force to said securing parts during the injection of the plastic material into the interconnecting duct, and wherein said securing parts (30, 32) exhibit partly radially oriented sections with respect to a cross-section of the air duct pipe, wherein said radially oriented sections constitute an abutment surface for said securing force, characterized in that said outer interconnecting parts (22, 24) are adapted so as to mechanically keep the pipe parts interconnected, and wherein the outer interconnecting parts (22, 24) interwork in that a first part of the outer interconnecting parts (22, 24) has a conformation, in the form of an oblique bevel, that mates with a conformation, in the form of an oblique bevel, of a second part of the outer interconnecting parts (22, 24), with the result that the first part can be snapped in place by the second part, and thereby mechanically keep the pipe parts (4, 6) interconnected.
A multipoint spark plug configured to ignite an air-fuel mixture in a combustion chamber of an engine, comprising: a main body portion inserted into an insertion hole of the engine such that a tip end portion thereof opposes the combustion chamber; a pair of side electrodes provided via a gap in a lengthwise direction of the tip end portion; and at least one intermediate electrode provided in the gap between the pair of side electrodes such that a plurality of ignition gaps are formed in the lengthwise direction of the tip end portion, characterized in that the main body portion is formed in a flattened shape. a main body portion inserted into an insertion hole of the engine such that a tip end portion thereof opposes the combustion chamber; a pair of side electrodes provided via a gap in a lengthwise direction of the tip end portion; and at least one intermediate electrode provided in the gap between the pair of side electrodes such that a plurality of ignition gaps are formed in the lengthwise direction of the tip end portion, characterized in that the main body portion is formed in a flattened shape.
Laundry drum, which can be rotatably moved about a vertical axis, for a laundry treatment machine having a drum shell made of sheet metal and provided with flow holes which has linear projections extending transversely to the circumferential line, wherein the linear projections protrude in a straight line or in a curved manner from cylindrical regions of the laundry drum at a distance (B, C, D) from one another and additionally are arranged on agitator paddles known per se on the inner circumference of the drum shell and the flow holes are arranged in the cylindrical regions, characterised in that the projections (36, 46, 56, 66) extend helically transversely to the circumferential direction.
An articulating optical surgical probe, comprising: a handle sized to fit in a single hand; a single rigid cannula extending from the handle having a diameter of 0,9mm (20 Ga) or less; a slotted tip at a distal end of the cannula, extending from a distal-most end of the single rigid cannula to a distal-most end of the articulating optical surgical probe; at least one optical fiber (24,26) extending through the handle, the single rigid cannula, and the slotted tip; and a pull-wire secured to the slotted tip, and wherein: the pull-wire is threaded over a first fixed pin in the handle and secured to a second fixed pin in the handle; and the pull-wire is threaded over a sliding pin (60, 70) located between the first and second fixed pins in the handle such that distal movement of the sliding pin causes increased tension in the pull-wire, the increased tension causing the slotted tip to deviate from a straight position to a curved position in a selected direction in a controllable manner by application of the tension to the pull-wire, the slotted tip being formed from a resilient material that will restore to the straight orientation when the increased tension exerted by the pull-wire is released. a handle sized to fit in a single hand; a single rigid cannula extending from the handle having a diameter of 0,9mm (20 Ga) or less; a slotted tip at a distal end of the cannula, extending from a distal-most end of the single rigid cannula to a distal-most end of the articulating optical surgical probe; at least one optical fiber (24,26) extending through the handle, the single rigid cannula, and the slotted tip; and a pull-wire secured to the slotted tip, and wherein: the pull-wire is threaded over a first fixed pin in the handle and secured to a second fixed pin in the handle; and the pull-wire is threaded over a sliding pin (60, 70) located between the first and second fixed pins in the handle such that distal movement of the sliding pin causes increased tension in the pull-wire, the increased tension causing the slotted tip to deviate from a straight position to a curved position in a selected direction in a controllable manner by application of the tension to the pull-wire, the slotted tip being formed from a resilient material that will restore to the straight orientation when the increased tension exerted by the pull-wire is released. the pull-wire is threaded over a first fixed pin in the handle and secured to a second fixed pin in the handle; and the pull-wire is threaded over a sliding pin (60, 70) located between the first and second fixed pins in the handle such that distal movement of the sliding pin causes increased tension in the pull-wire, the increased tension causing the slotted tip to deviate from a straight position to a curved position in a selected direction in a controllable manner by application of the tension to the pull-wire, the slotted tip being formed from a resilient material that will restore to the straight orientation when the increased tension exerted by the pull-wire is released.
Method for the transfer of heat from a heat source to a thermodynamic cycle with a working medium comprising at least two substances with non-isothermal evaporation and condensation, characterised in that the heat from the heat source is transferred in a first step to a hot liquid cycle and in a second step from the hot liquid cycle to the cycle with the working medium comprising at least two substances with non-isothermal evaporation and condensation, wherein interconnecting the hot liquid cycle between the heat source and the cycle with the working medium comprising two substances with non-isothermal evaporation and condensation the temperature of the heat source may be reduced to the extent that overheating of the working medium comprising at least two substances with non-isothermal evaporation and condensation may be avoided.
A laundry appliance, comprising a cabinet accommodating a laundry treatment chamber and a drawer configured to slide with respect to the cabinet along a sliding direction, the drawer comprising at least one compartment (220, 220; 230, 230) for containing laundry treatment agent to be selectively provided to the laundry treatment chamber, said at least one compartment being provided with a top opening for the loading of the laundry treatment agent from above, the drawer further comprising a top cover (210) adapted to cover at least partially the top opening of the at least one compartment, the top cover comprising at least one first coupling member and at least one second coupling member each one of said at least one first coupling member and at least one second coupling member being adapted to be switched between an engaged condition in which it engages the drawer and a disengaged condition in which it is disengaged from the drawer, so that the top cover is firmly coupled to the drawer when both the at least one first coupling member and the at least one second coupling member are in the engaged condition, wherein: the first and second coupling members are configured to: - prevent the second coupling member to switch from the disengaged condition to the engaged condition when the first coupling member is in the engaged condition; - allow the second coupling member to switch from the disengaged condition to the engaged condition when the first coupling member is in the disengaged condition, and wherein the at least one second coupling member is configured such that, when the at least one first coupling member is in the disengaged condition, and at the same time the at least one second coupling member is in the engaged condition, the top cover (210) is allowed to be moved with respect to the drawer with the at least one second coupling member acting as a fulcrum. the first and second coupling members are configured to: - prevent the second coupling member to switch from the disengaged condition to the engaged condition when the first coupling member is in the engaged condition; - allow the second coupling member to switch from the disengaged condition to the engaged condition when the first coupling member is in the disengaged condition, and - prevent the second coupling member to switch from the disengaged condition to the engaged condition when the first coupling member is in the engaged condition; - allow the second coupling member to switch from the disengaged condition to the engaged condition when the first coupling member is in the disengaged condition, and wherein the at least one second coupling member is configured such that, when the at least one first coupling member is in the disengaged condition, and at the same time the at least one second coupling member is in the engaged condition, the top cover (210) is allowed to be moved with respect to the drawer with the at least one second coupling member acting as a fulcrum.
A display apparatus comprising: an organic light emitting display panel comprising a base layer, a circuit layer (DP-CL) on the base layer, a light emitting element layer (DP-OLED) on the circuit layer, and a thin film encapsulation layer on the light emitting element layer; a first conductive layer (TS-CL1, RPL-ML1) on the thin film encapsulation layer; a second conductive layer (TS-CL2, RPL-ML2) on the thin film encapsulation layer, the second conductive layer being on a layer other than the first conductive layer; at least one inorganic layer on the thin film encapsulation layer; an organic layer on the at least one inorganic layer; and a window facing the organic light emitting display panel, with the first conductive layer, the at least one inorganic layer, and the organic layer between the window and the organic light emitting display panel, wherein an adhesive layer is not placed between the thin film encapsulation layer and the at least one inorganic layer, and characterized in that the at least one inorganic layer comprises a silicon nitride layer having a density of 2.05 g/cm 3 to 2.4 g/cm 3. an organic light emitting display panel comprising a base layer, a circuit layer (DP-CL) on the base layer, a light emitting element layer (DP-OLED) on the circuit layer, and a thin film encapsulation layer on the light emitting element layer; a first conductive layer (TS-CL1, RPL-ML1) on the thin film encapsulation layer; a second conductive layer (TS-CL2, RPL-ML2) on the thin film encapsulation layer, the second conductive layer being on a layer other than the first conductive layer; at least one inorganic layer on the thin film encapsulation layer; an organic layer on the at least one inorganic layer; and a window facing the organic light emitting display panel, with the first conductive layer, the at least one inorganic layer, and the organic layer between the window and the organic light emitting display panel, wherein an adhesive layer is not placed between the thin film encapsulation layer and the at least one inorganic layer, and characterized in that the at least one inorganic layer comprises a silicon nitride layer having a density of 2.05 g/cm 3 to 2.4 g/cm 3.