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A textile composed of meta fibers, comprising: a plurality of meta fibers arranged into a yarn, each of said meta fibers including: a hydrophobic component of a first spinnable polymer material, wherein the hydrophobic component is a polymeric material selected from a group consisting of: Polyethylene, polyethylene terephthalate, polypropylene, polybutylene terephthalate, and combinations thereof; a hydrophilic component of a second spinnable polymer material, wherein the hydrophilic component is a polymeric material selected from a group consisting of: Nylons, Nylon 66, Nylon 6, polyurethane, and combinations thereof; and a plurality of optical nanostructures embedded in said hydrophobic component; wherein said hydrophobic component and the hydrophilic component are connected in a configuration selected from a group including an eccentric sheath-core configuration, and side-by-side configuration, wherein in said eccentric sheath-core configuration, said hydrophobic component constitutes a core, and said hydrophilic component constitutes a sheath surrounding said core; and wherein, responsive to fluctuations in a relative humidity level, each said meta fiber changes a configuration thereof, resulting in modulation of a fiber-to-fiber spacing within the yarn, thus changing an electromagnetic coupling between the optical nanostructures embedded in said fibers, resulting in the infrared optical emission adjustment, followed by an active self-regulation of the air movement and heat transport through the smart textile composed of said meta fibers. a hydrophobic component of a first spinnable polymer material, wherein the hydrophobic component is a polymeric material selected from a group consisting of: Polyethylene, polyethylene terephthalate, polypropylene, polybutylene terephthalate, and combinations thereof; a hydrophilic component of a second spinnable polymer material, wherein the hydrophilic component is a polymeric material selected from a group consisting of: Nylons, Nylon 66, Nylon 6, polyurethane, and combinations thereof; and a plurality of optical nanostructures embedded in said hydrophobic component; wherein said hydrophobic component and the hydrophilic component are connected in a configuration selected from a group including an eccentric sheath-core configuration, and side-by-side configuration, wherein in said eccentric sheath-core configuration, said hydrophobic component constitutes a core, and said hydrophilic component constitutes a sheath surrounding said core; and wherein, responsive to fluctuations in a relative humidity level, each said meta fiber changes a configuration thereof, resulting in modulation of a fiber-to-fiber spacing within the yarn, thus changing an electromagnetic coupling between the optical nanostructures embedded in said fibers, resulting in the infrared optical emission adjustment, followed by an active self-regulation of the air movement and heat transport through the smart textile composed of said meta fibers.
A flexible folding sling for carrying and transporting at least one bag or similar object, each of the at least one bag having a handle, the flexible folding sling comprising: a flexible elongate preform strap having first and second ends (14, 16), each of the first and second ends (14, 16) folded inward toward a strap center to form respective first and second loops (20, 22), the first and second ends (14, 16) fastened to the strap center, characterized in that each of the first and second loops (20, 22) has a half-twist such that each of the first and second loops (20, 22) is a tear-shaped Mobius loop. a flexible elongate preform strap having first and second ends (14, 16), each of the first and second ends (14, 16) folded inward toward a strap center to form respective first and second loops (20, 22), the first and second ends (14, 16) fastened to the strap center, characterized in that each of the first and second loops (20, 22) has a half-twist such that each of the first and second loops (20, 22) is a tear-shaped Mobius loop.
Method for transmitting channel information for link adaptation of a radio channel of a wireless network, the method comprising - encoding the channel information using multi-level coding, said multi-level coding comprising combining multiple bit sequences (c 1, c 2,..., c n), each bit sequence (c 1, c 2,..., c n, d) corresponding to a coding level (1,..., n) of said multi-level coding and - assigning one of said coding levels (1,..., n) to at least a part (ci 1, ci 2) of the channel information such that the at least a part (ci 1, ci 2) of the channel information corresponds to the bit sequence (c 1, c 2,..., c n) of that coding level (1,..., n), wherein the method comprises subdividing the channel information into multiple parts (ci 1, ci 2) of channel information according to an importance of these parts (ci 1, ci 2) of channel information for the link adaptation and assigning one of said coding levels (1,..., n) to at least one part of said multiple parts (ci 1, ci 2), and characterized in that the at least one coding level (1,..., n) is assigned dynamically to the at least one part of channel information according to a momentary importance of these parts (ci 1, ci 2) of channel information for the link adaptation. - encoding the channel information using multi-level coding, said multi-level coding comprising combining multiple bit sequences (c 1, c 2,..., c n), each bit sequence (c 1, c 2,..., c n, d) corresponding to a coding level (1,..., n) of said multi-level coding and - assigning one of said coding levels (1,..., n) to at least a part (ci 1, ci 2) of the channel information such that the at least a part (ci 1, ci 2) of the channel information corresponds to the bit sequence (c 1, c 2,..., c n) of that coding level (1,..., n), wherein the method comprises subdividing the channel information into multiple parts (ci 1, ci 2) of channel information according to an importance of these parts (ci 1, ci 2) of channel information for the link adaptation and assigning one of said coding levels (1,..., n) to at least one part of said multiple parts (ci 1, ci 2), and characterized in that the at least one coding level (1,..., n) is assigned dynamically to the at least one part of channel information according to a momentary importance of these parts (ci 1, ci 2) of channel information for the link adaptation.
Shoe upper comprising a woven portion, wherein the woven portion comprises: a. a plurality of warp yarns; b. a plurality of weft yarns; c. at least one stitching yarn, wherein the stitching yarn is integrally woven into the fabric during the weaving process by laterally displacing the stitching yarn substantially along the weft direction and moving the stitching yarn in and out of at least one open reed gap in a reed, wherein at least one stitching yarn makes an angle of between 30° and 60° with the warp or weft yarns between at least two different interlacing points; and wherein the stitching yarn is located within 2 cm from at least one lace eyelet and/or around a heel counter. a. a plurality of warp yarns; b. a plurality of weft yarns; c. at least one stitching yarn, wherein the stitching yarn is integrally woven into the fabric during the weaving process by laterally displacing the stitching yarn substantially along the weft direction and moving the stitching yarn in and out of at least one open reed gap in a reed,
A method at a first device for enabling a device-to-device wireless link with a second device, the method comprising: detecting whether a presence signal of the second device is received, by the first device from the second device, over a first time period, the presence signal of the second device having a time-slot boundary; if the presence signal of the second device is not detected at the first device, initiating a time-slot boundary by the first device including: selecting a first presence signal, wherein the first presence signal comprises a Zadoff-Chu sequence and the first presence signal is selected based on Zadoff-Chu root sequence indexes different from ones used by a base station as primary synchronization signals; and transmitting the first presence signal of the first device in a selected time-slot of a frame having a frame number, wherein the frame number is configured to increment for each subsequently transmitted frame; and if the presence signal of the second device is detected (818, 932): aligning a time-slot boundary on the first device to the time-slot boundary established by the second device; and after aligning to the time-slot boundary established by the second device, determining a time-slot to use for transmission by the first device. detecting whether a presence signal of the second device is received, by the first device from the second device, over a first time period, the presence signal of the second device having a time-slot boundary; if the presence signal of the second device is not detected at the first device, initiating a time-slot boundary by the first device including: selecting a first presence signal, wherein the first presence signal comprises a Zadoff-Chu sequence and the first presence signal is selected based on Zadoff-Chu root sequence indexes different from ones used by a base station as primary synchronization signals; and transmitting the first presence signal of the first device in a selected time-slot of a frame having a frame number, wherein the frame number is configured to increment for each subsequently transmitted frame; and selecting a first presence signal, wherein the first presence signal comprises a Zadoff-Chu sequence and the first presence signal is selected based on Zadoff-Chu root sequence indexes different from ones used by a base station as primary synchronization signals; and transmitting the first presence signal of the first device in a selected time-slot of a frame having a frame number, wherein the frame number is configured to increment for each subsequently transmitted frame; and if the presence signal of the second device is detected (818, 932): aligning a time-slot boundary on the first device to the time-slot boundary established by the second device; and after aligning to the time-slot boundary established by the second device, determining a time-slot to use for transmission by the first device. aligning a time-slot boundary on the first device to the time-slot boundary established by the second device; and after aligning to the time-slot boundary established by the second device, determining a time-slot to use for transmission by the first device.
A method of generating a personalized 3D avatar mesh of a human subject from a depth camera image for medical imaging scan planning, comprising: converting a depth camera image of a subject to a 3D point cloud; detecting a plurality of anatomical landmarks in the 3D point cloud; initializing a 3D avatar mesh by aligning a template mesh to the 3D point cloud based on the detected anatomical landmarks; and generating a personalized 3D avatar mesh of the subject by optimizing the 3D avatar mesh using a trained parametric deformable model, wherein generating a personalized 3D avatar mesh of the subject by optimizing the 3D avatar mesh using a trained parametric deformable model comprises: optimizing parameters of the trained PDM that control a pose and shape of the 3D avatar mesh and locations of vertices of the 3D avatar mesh to minimize a cost function; wherein the cost function includes a clothing constraint d cloth ( y) that causes the optimization to move vertices y l of the 3D avatar in a clothing region beneath corresponding points z l of the 3D point cloud, wherein d cloth y = ∑ l ∈ L ‖ ε l + n z l T z l − y l ‖ 2, where n z l is the normal of the point z l, a vertex of the avatar mesh is beneath the 3D point cloud when n z l T z l − y l > 0, ∀ l ∈ L, ε l is determined by e k = (1 - P ( y k)) τ, where k ∈ X, P ( y k) represents a probability, calculated using a trained probability model, that a vertex y k of the 3D avatar mesh belongs to a non-clothing region, and τ is a threshold that represents the maximal distance between the avatar surface and the clothing surface, including the thickness of the clothing, wherein L is the set of correspondences between the avatar vertices y l and the corresponding points z l in the 3D point cloud. converting a depth camera image of a subject to a 3D point cloud; detecting a plurality of anatomical landmarks in the 3D point cloud; initializing a 3D avatar mesh by aligning a template mesh to the 3D point cloud based on the detected anatomical landmarks; and generating a personalized 3D avatar mesh of the subject by optimizing the 3D avatar mesh using a trained parametric deformable model,
An apparatus for producing an oxygenated fluid, comprising: a liquid source supplying a fluid into the system forming a pressurized flow stream; a chiller in fluidic communication with said fluid source, said chiller configured to reduce a temperature of said flow stream to an appropriate temperature level and to forward the chilled flow stream to an ozone reaction tank; said ozone reaction tank in fluidic communication with said chiller, said ozone reaction tank introduces an amount of ozone into said flow stream for antibiological purposes resulting in a liquid/ozone mixture; a source of colloidal minerals in fluidic communication with said ozone reaction tank, said source injecting colloidal minerals into said liquid/ozone mixture; an oxygen injection station in fluidic communication with said ozone reaction tank, said oxygen injection station operating to inject gaseous oxygen into said liquid/ozone mixture resulting in a liquid/gas mixture; a venturi assembly (134, 136) in fluidic communication with said oxygen injection station, wherein said liquid/gas mixture in said venturi assembly is subjected to a magnetic field by a magnetic assembly (152, 154); and a gas/liquid separation tank in fluidic communication with said venturi assembly, wherein a liquid component of said liquid/gas mixture is passed downstream with a selected dissolved oxygen content and a gas component of said liquid/gas mixture is directed back for injection into said pressurized fluid flow. a liquid source supplying a fluid into the system forming a pressurized flow stream; a chiller in fluidic communication with said fluid source, said chiller configured to reduce a temperature of said flow stream to an appropriate temperature level and to forward the chilled flow stream to an ozone reaction tank; said ozone reaction tank in fluidic communication with said chiller, said ozone reaction tank introduces an amount of ozone into said flow stream for antibiological purposes resulting in a liquid/ozone mixture; a source of colloidal minerals in fluidic communication with said ozone reaction tank, said source injecting colloidal minerals into said liquid/ozone mixture; an oxygen injection station in fluidic communication with said ozone reaction tank, said oxygen injection station operating to inject gaseous oxygen into said liquid/ozone mixture resulting in a liquid/gas mixture; a venturi assembly (134, 136) in fluidic communication with said oxygen injection station, wherein said liquid/gas mixture in said venturi assembly is subjected to a magnetic field by a magnetic assembly (152, 154); and a gas/liquid separation tank in fluidic communication with said venturi assembly, wherein a liquid component of said liquid/gas mixture is passed downstream with a selected dissolved oxygen content and a gas component of said liquid/gas mixture is directed back for injection into said pressurized fluid flow.
Drive unit for a movable sliding sash, which can be fixed to the sliding sash and comprises a drive motor and a gearing (16, 17, 18) coupled therewith, the driven member of which is non-rotatably connected to at least one roller, wherein the roller can be inserted into a stationary guide rail of the sliding sash, wherein A) the drive motor of the drive unit is a brush-type or brushless DC external or internal rotor motor or disc rotor motor provided with an output journal, the drive motor can be inserted into the sliding sash, and B) that the power supply of the drive motor is effected by means of a power supply that can be inserted in the sliding sash, characterized in that the drive connection between the output journal of the drive motor and the driven member of the gearing is constituted by a gear chain consisting of mutually meshing gears (16, 17), and the gear chain comprises a pinion being non-rotatably mounted on the output journal of the drive motor and engaging with an intermediate pinion which is mounted in a way so that it is freely rotatable on a pin fixed with regard to a bearing sleeve of a bearing plate being non-rotatably mounted on the drive motor, the intermediate pinion engaging with an internal ring gear setting the roller in motion, wherein the rotational axis of the drive pinion and the intermediate pinion are located axially parallel to each other, each being offset with regard to the roller and the internal ring gear is attached to or formed on an inner surface of the roller. A) the drive motor of the drive unit is a brush-type or brushless DC external or internal rotor motor or disc rotor motor provided with an output journal, the drive motor can be inserted into the sliding sash, and B) that the power supply of the drive motor is effected by means of a power supply that can be inserted in the sliding sash,
An imaging system, comprising: a radiation source which rotates around a central z-axis of the imaging system to perform imaging scans; and a bendable organic photodiode array in a curved configuration, the array comprising a bendable support that is bent into the curved configuration, several discrete organic photodiodes disposed in rows and columns on the bendable support, one or more scintillators disposed above the organic photodiodes on the support, one or more active electronic components disposed on the bendable support, and conductor paths operatively connecting each of the organic photodiodes to at least one of the active electronic components, wherein the scintillators are formed from a composite scintillator material, wherein the bendable support is comprised of more than one layer including a top layer and one or more under-layers (1342, 1343, 1344), wherein the organic photodiodes are disposed on the top layer, and wherein each under-layer (1342, 1343, 1344) comprises a top surface (1352, 1353, 1354) which is proximate to the top layer and on which is disposed at least one of the conductor paths, wherein each row of organic photodiodes corresponds to a single imaging slice during imaging scans performed by the imaging system, and the columns are aligned in parallel to a central z-axis of the imaging system. a radiation source which rotates around a central z-axis of the imaging system to perform imaging scans; and a bendable organic photodiode array in a curved configuration, the array comprising a bendable support that is bent into the curved configuration, several discrete organic photodiodes disposed in rows and columns on the bendable support, one or more scintillators disposed above the organic photodiodes on the support, one or more active electronic components disposed on the bendable support, and conductor paths operatively connecting each of the organic photodiodes to at least one of the active electronic components, wherein the scintillators are formed from a composite scintillator material, wherein the bendable support is comprised of more than one layer including a top layer and one or more under-layers (1342, 1343, 1344), wherein the organic photodiodes are disposed on the top layer, and wherein each under-layer (1342, 1343, 1344) comprises a top surface (1352, 1353, 1354) which is proximate to the top layer and on which is disposed at least one of the conductor paths, wherein each row of organic photodiodes corresponds to a single imaging slice during imaging scans performed by the imaging system, and the columns are aligned in parallel to a central z-axis of the imaging system.
A method for producing functionalized nanocrystalline cellulose in the form of nanocrystals, the method comprising the steps of: (a) providing cellulose, (b) mixing said cellulose with a peroxide, thereby producing a reaction mixture, and (c) heating and/or (c') exposing to UV radiation the reaction mixture containing the cellulose and the peroxide until hydrolysis and oxidation of the cellulose into carboxylated nanocrystalline cellulose, steps (c) and/or (c') thereby producing carboxylated nanocrystalline cellulose as said functionalized nanocrystalline cellulose, wherein said carboxylated nanocrystalline cellulose is essentially free of surface sulfate groups. (a) providing cellulose, (b) mixing said cellulose with a peroxide, thereby producing a reaction mixture, and (c) heating and/or (c') exposing to UV radiation the reaction mixture containing the cellulose and the peroxide until hydrolysis and oxidation of the cellulose into carboxylated nanocrystalline cellulose,
A method for securing the movement of a rail vehicle traveling on a track, the rail vehicle having at least one wheel sensor adapted to provide information that is representative of the speed of rotation of the wheel, and having at least one acceleration sensor whereof the sensitive axis is parallel to the track, the method comprising the following steps: - receiving at least one output value from one or more of the wheel sensors; - receiving at least one output value from one of the acceleration sensors; - determining at least one measured acceleration value from the output value(s) of one of the acceleration sensors; and wherein the method is characterized in that it comprises the following step: - using (1070, 1080, 1090) one or more received output values of the wheel sensor(s) for supervision of the rail vehicle depending on a comparison of one or more measured acceleration values with at least one reference acceleration value. - receiving at least one output value from one or more of the wheel sensors; - receiving at least one output value from one of the acceleration sensors; - determining at least one measured acceleration value from the output value(s) of one of the acceleration sensors; and wherein the method is characterized in that it comprises the following step: - using (1070, 1080, 1090) one or more received output values of the wheel sensor(s) for supervision of the rail vehicle depending on a comparison of one or more measured acceleration values with at least one reference acceleration value. - using (1070, 1080, 1090) one or more received output values of the wheel sensor(s) for supervision of the rail vehicle depending on a comparison of one or more measured acceleration values with at least one reference acceleration value.