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A method for determining the presence of a contaminant in water, comprising the following steps of: a) conditioning a batch of benthic aquatic macroinvertebrates of less than 5 cm in size so that they enter a lethargic state b) immersing said benthic aquatic macroinvertebrates in water, each organism being individually isolated, c) continuously recording the behaviour of each aquatic organism during the exposure; d) analysing the behavioural data by means of a processing device to determine the behaviour of the benthic aquatic macroinvertebrates (e) determining the presence of toxic contaminants as a function of the behaviour of the benthic aquatic macroinvertebrates; wherein analysing the data includes determining, for each of the species of said benthic aquatic macroinvertebrates, an average behaviour representative of movements of the benthic aquatic macroinvertebrates of that species for a determined duration, the benthic aquatic macroinvertebrates being placed during the observation period under conditions in which the absence of toxicity results in the maintenance of the entire batch of benthic aquatic macroinvertebrates in a lethargic state, said conditions being favourable to keep said benthic aquatic macroinvertebrates alive and comprising a lack of food intake for the observation period, said lethargic state being characterised by: - an average behaviour (i) constant for a duration of six hours as a minimum, preferably 12 hours, and (ii) reduced by 60% as a minimum, preferably 80% and advantageously 90% in relation to the behaviour measured during the first hour of observation of the batch of individuals, - a lack of nutrition activity. and in that determining the presence of toxicity comprises comparing said average behaviour with the average behaviour of the lethargic state, the presence of toxicity being proven when the average behaviour increases by at least a factor of two over a period of at least 10 minutes. a) conditioning a batch of benthic aquatic macroinvertebrates of less than 5 cm in size so that they enter a lethargic state b) immersing said benthic aquatic macroinvertebrates in water, each organism being individually isolated, c) continuously recording the behaviour of each aquatic organism during the exposure; d) analysing the behavioural data by means of a processing device to determine the behaviour of the benthic aquatic macroinvertebrates (e) determining the presence of toxic contaminants as a function of the behaviour of the benthic aquatic macroinvertebrates; - an average behaviour (i) constant for a duration of six hours as a minimum, preferably 12 hours, and (ii) reduced by 60% as a minimum, preferably 80% and advantageously 90% in relation to the behaviour measured during the first hour of observation of the batch of individuals, - a lack of nutrition activity.
Method for removing part of a shielding foil of a sheathed cable, wherein the sheathed cable comprises a first part and a second part, wherein the second part is gripped, wherein the method comprises the following steps: providing the sheathed cable with the shielding foil, wherein the shielding foil comprises a predetermined breaking point that extends substantially along a circumference of the shielding foil; bending a portion of the sheathed cable with the shielding foil in a first direction in order to create such a tearing tension at the predetermined breaking point on a part of the circumference of the shielding foil that the shielding foil tears at the predetermined breaking point on a part of the circumference of the shielding foil; moving a first part of the sheathed cable in a substantially elliptical, in particular circular, movement in order to create a tearing tension over substantially the entire circumference of the shielding foil, so that the shielding foil tears at the predetermined breaking point over the entire circumference of the shielding foil; and removing from the sheathed cable the part of the shielding foil that was stripped from the sheathed cable. providing the sheathed cable with the shielding foil, wherein the shielding foil comprises a predetermined breaking point that extends substantially along a circumference of the shielding foil; bending a portion of the sheathed cable with the shielding foil in a first direction in order to create such a tearing tension at the predetermined breaking point on a part of the circumference of the shielding foil that the shielding foil tears at the predetermined breaking point on a part of the circumference of the shielding foil; moving a first part of the sheathed cable in a substantially elliptical, in particular circular, movement in order to create a tearing tension over substantially the entire circumference of the shielding foil, so that the shielding foil tears at the predetermined breaking point over the entire circumference of the shielding foil; and removing from the sheathed cable the part of the shielding foil that was stripped from the sheathed cable.
A method for diagnosing or prognosticating an oral carcinoma, comprising the steps of: - determining the levels of expression of the miRNAS miR-423-5p, miR-106b-5p and miR-193b-3p in a sample; and - comparing said levels of expression of the miRNAs miR-423-5p, miR-106b-5p and miR-193b-3p in a sample to healthy controls. - determining the levels of expression of the miRNAS miR-423-5p, miR-106b-5p and miR-193b-3p in a sample; and - comparing said levels of expression of the miRNAs miR-423-5p, miR-106b-5p and miR-193b-3p in a sample to healthy controls.
A piezoelectric actuator, comprising: a piezoelectric material; a conductor (32, 34) on a first part of the piezoelectric material; and a membrane bonded to the conductor (32, 34) with an adhesive at a rough bonding interface, the conductor (32, 34) having a root mean square surface roughness of at least 10nm at the bonding interface, characterized in that the conductor (32, 34) comprises a metal conductor in nickel or nickel alloy or another pure or alloyed Group 10 or 11 metal and the surface of the metal conductor at the bonding interface includes tin, indium, zinc or lead. a piezoelectric material; a conductor (32, 34) on a first part of the piezoelectric material; and a membrane bonded to the conductor (32, 34) with an adhesive at a rough bonding interface, the conductor (32, 34) having a root mean square surface roughness of at least 10nm at the bonding interface, characterized in that the conductor (32, 34) comprises a metal conductor in nickel or nickel alloy or another pure or alloyed Group 10 or 11 metal and the surface of the metal conductor at the bonding interface includes tin, indium, zinc or lead.
A device for guiding a medical imaging probe in order to bring said probe in proximity to an anatomical volume, the probe comprising means (4, 5) for acquiring images of the anatomical volume, the device comprising at least one sensor fixed to the probe and capable of generating signals representing at least one rotation of the probe in space, the device being characterized in that it comprises a control unit which is connected to the probe and comprises means for processing the images in order to localize the probe relative to the anatomical volume, the processing means being capable of deducing a rotation of the probe in space on the basis of the signals generated by the sensor, and comprising means for estimating a plurality of plausible positions of the probe relative to the anatomical volume on the basis of at least the deduction of the rotation of the probe in space, the processing means being arranged in order to determine the position of the probe relative to the anatomical volume on the basis of a reference image of the anatomical volume, of at least one image acquired by the image acquisition means and the plausible positions.
A low-ice-adhesion material comprising: a substantially continuous matrix containing a first component; and a plurality of discrete inclusions containing a second component, wherein said inclusions are dispersed within said matrix to form a phase-separated microstructure that is inhomogeneous on an average length scale of phase inhomogeneity from about 0.1 microns to about 500 microns, wherein one of said first component or said second component is a low-surface-energy polymer having a surface energy between about 5 mJ/m 2 to about 50 mJ/m 2, and the other of said first component or said second component is a hygroscopic material, wherein said continuous matrix and said inclusions form a material surface with said phase inhomogeneity that results in low ice adhesion of said material, characterized in that said material surface, when subjected to an AMII, Centrifuge Ice Adhesion Test, generates an AMII, Centrifuge Ice Adhesion Reduction Factor of about 10 or more; wherein said low-surface-energy polymer is a fluoropolymer; and wherein said hygroscopic material is selected from the group consisting of poly(acrylic acid), poly(ethylene glycol), poly(2-hydroxyethyl methacrylate), poly(vinyl imidazole), poly(2-methyl-2-oxazoline), poly(2-ethyl-2-oxazoline), poly(vinylpyrolidone), cellulose, modified cellulose, carboxymethyl cellulose, hydroxyethyl cellulose, hydroxypropyl cellulose, methyl cellulose, hydrogels, PEG diacryalate, monoacrylate, and combinations thereof. a substantially continuous matrix containing a first component; and a plurality of discrete inclusions containing a second component, wherein said inclusions are dispersed within said matrix to form a phase-separated microstructure that is inhomogeneous on an average length scale of phase inhomogeneity from about 0.1 microns to about 500 microns, wherein one of said first component or said second component is a low-surface-energy polymer having a surface energy between about 5 mJ/m 2 to about 50 mJ/m 2, and the other of said first component or said second component is a hygroscopic material, wherein said continuous matrix and said inclusions form a material surface with said phase inhomogeneity that results in low ice adhesion of said material, characterized in that said material surface, when subjected to an AMII, Centrifuge Ice Adhesion Test, generates an AMII, Centrifuge Ice Adhesion Reduction Factor of about 10 or more; wherein said low-surface-energy polymer is a fluoropolymer; and wherein said hygroscopic material is selected from the group consisting of poly(acrylic acid), poly(ethylene glycol), poly(2-hydroxyethyl methacrylate), poly(vinyl imidazole), poly(2-methyl-2-oxazoline), poly(2-ethyl-2-oxazoline), poly(vinylpyrolidone), cellulose, modified cellulose, carboxymethyl cellulose, hydroxyethyl cellulose, hydroxypropyl cellulose, methyl cellulose, hydrogels, PEG diacryalate, monoacrylate, and combinations thereof.
Delivery device for a motor vehicle for delivering oil from an oil sump to a lubricating oil circuit of an internal combustion engine or to a transmission, having an oil pump which can be driven by a mechanical direct drive and by an activatable electric drive, wherein the oil pump, with a rotor and with a runner part surrounding the rotor, has two components, which are movable relative to one another, for delivering the oil, and the mechanical direct drive is connected to a first of the components that are movable relative to one another, and the activatable electric drive is connected to a second of the components that are movable relative to one another, wherein the power of the oil pump by means of the direct drive is configured for an operating point at medium or high rotational speed of the internal combustion engine and operating temperature, and the activatable electric drive is connected to a control device for increasing the power of the oil pump to the actual requirement, characterized in that a pot-shaped housing structure which separates a pressure side of the oil pump from the surroundings has a narrowed portion which leads to a shaft section of the activatable electric drive, and in that the narrowed portion is connected rotationally conjointly to the shaft section and is sealed off with respect to a housing part of the oil pump.
A communication method, comprising: receiving, by a user terminal in an RRC idle state, from a current serving cell of the user terminal, system information indicating frequencies of cells different from a frequency of the current serving cell, the frequencies of the cells respectively different from each other, the system information being broadcast from the current serving cell; receiving, by the user terminal in the RRC idle state, from the current serving cell, a paging signal including a request message requesting the user terminal to perform a predetermined procedure in which the user terminal selects a target cell, the paging signal being different from the system information, the paging signal being transmitted from the current serving cell at a paging cycle assigned to the user terminal; and performing the predetermined procedure, by the user terminal in the RRC idle state, in response to receiving the paging signal including the request message, wherein performing the predetermined procedure comprises: measuring quality of the cells at their respective frequencies included in the system information received from the current serving cell; and selecting the target cell to be used as a serving cell at one of the frequencies based on a result of the measuring. receiving, by a user terminal in an RRC idle state, from a current serving cell of the user terminal, system information indicating frequencies of cells different from a frequency of the current serving cell, the frequencies of the cells respectively different from each other, the system information being broadcast from the current serving cell; receiving, by the user terminal in the RRC idle state, from the current serving cell, a paging signal including a request message requesting the user terminal to perform a predetermined procedure in which the user terminal selects a target cell, the paging signal being different from the system information, the paging signal being transmitted from the current serving cell at a paging cycle assigned to the user terminal; and performing the predetermined procedure, by the user terminal in the RRC idle state, in response to receiving the paging signal including the request message, wherein performing the predetermined procedure comprises: measuring quality of the cells at their respective frequencies included in the system information received from the current serving cell; and selecting the target cell to be used as a serving cell at one of the frequencies based on a result of the measuring. measuring quality of the cells at their respective frequencies included in the system information received from the current serving cell; and selecting the target cell to be used as a serving cell at one of the frequencies based on a result of the measuring.
A method for controlling a data duplication function, comprising: receiving, by a terminal, medium access control-control element, MAC CE, sent by a base station, the MAC CE supporting a long-term evolution, LTE, network protocol; and controlling, by the terminal based on the MAC CE under the LTE network protocol, the data duplication function of a packet data convergence protocol, PDCP, entity of the terminal to be in an activated state or to be in an inactivated state, the PDCP entity supporting a new radio, NR, network protocol. receiving, by a terminal, medium access control-control element, MAC CE, sent by a base station, the MAC CE supporting a long-term evolution, LTE, network protocol; and controlling, by the terminal based on the MAC CE under the LTE network protocol, the data duplication function of a packet data convergence protocol, PDCP, entity of the terminal to be in an activated state or to be in an inactivated state, the PDCP entity supporting a new radio, NR, network protocol.
A lubricating oil composition comprising (a) greater than 50 wt. % of a base oil of lubricating viscosity; and (b) 0.1 to 20 wt. % of an ashless alkyl-substituted hydroxyaromatic carboxylic acid, wherein the alkyl substituent of the alkyl-substituted hydroxyaromatic carboxylic acid has from 12 to 40 carbon atoms; wherein the lubricating oil composition is a monograde lubricating oil composition meeting specifications for SAE J300 revised January 2015 requirements for a SAE 20, 30, 40, 50, or 60 monograde engine oil, and has a TBN of 5 to 200 mg KOH/g, as determined by ASTM D2896.
Method for a sensor-based and memory-based representation of a surround of a vehicle, the vehicle having at least one imaging sensor, more particularly a camera (101, 102), for capturing the surround, comprising the following method steps: • capturing a sequence of images, in particular camera images, • determining distance data on the basis of the captured images and/or a distance sensor (103, 104) of the vehicle, the distance data comprising distances between the vehicle and objects in the surround of the vehicle, • generating a three-dimensional structure of a surround model on the basis of the distance data, • recognizing, by way of a first neural network, at least one object (108a, 108b, 401, 402, 403, 404, 405) in the surround of the vehicle on the basis of the captured images, • loading a synthetic object model (702, 703) on the basis of the recognized object (108a, 108b, 401, 402, 403, 404, 405), • adapting the generated three-dimensional structure of the surround model on the basis of the synthetic object model (702, 703) and on the basis of the distance data, the synthetic object model replacing a structure region of the generated surround model, • ascertaining a texture for the adapted three-dimensional structure of the surround model on the basis of the captured images, with the texture for the structure region of the surround model adapted by the loaded object model being loaded from the memory on the basis of the recognized object, and • displaying the adapted surround model with the ascertained texture. • capturing a sequence of images, in particular camera images, • determining distance data on the basis of the captured images and/or a distance sensor (103, 104) of the vehicle, the distance data comprising distances between the vehicle and objects in the surround of the vehicle, • generating a three-dimensional structure of a surround model on the basis of the distance data, • recognizing, by way of a first neural network, at least one object (108a, 108b, 401, 402, 403, 404, 405) in the surround of the vehicle on the basis of the captured images, • loading a synthetic object model (702, 703) on the basis of the recognized object (108a, 108b, 401, 402, 403, 404, 405), • adapting the generated three-dimensional structure of the surround model on the basis of the synthetic object model (702, 703) and on the basis of the distance data, the synthetic object model replacing a structure region of the generated surround model, • ascertaining a texture for the adapted three-dimensional structure of the surround model on the basis of the captured images, with the texture for the structure region of the surround model adapted by the loaded object model being loaded from the memory on the basis of the recognized object, and • displaying the adapted surround model with the ascertained texture.
A composition comprising in one capsule, an acid, a sufficient amount of curcumin, a sufficient amount of quercetin and a sufficient amount of an emulsifier, wherein the said sufficient amount of curcumin is comprised between 2 mg and 200 mg, the said sufficient amount of quercetin is comprised between 10 mg and 200 mg and the said sufficient amount of the emulsifier is comprised between 200 mg and 700 mg, the acid is comprised between 1 mg and 5 mg, and wherein the emulsifier has a viscosity at 25°C comprised between 0.100 Pa.s and 0.800 Pa.s for use in the treatment and/or the prevention of chronic rhinitis and/or allergic rhinitis.
Connecting terminal for electrical conductors, having a contact element substantially in the form of a U-profile, provided for the purpose of electrically contacting the conductor, having a substantially U-shaped clamping spring, in the form of a leaf spring, which keeps the conductor in electrical and mechanical connection with the contact element, and having an insulating housing which accommodates the contact element and the clamping spring, said housing having an insertion side, a mounting side, a top side, a bottom side, and at the insertion side at least one insertion opening for the conductor, said contact element having a first profile section possessing substantially a L-shape with a first and a second limb (46, 47) and with a plug-in opening which is aligned with respect to the insertion opening, and with a second, substantially flat profile section, whereby the clamping spring has a support limb being coupled to the second profile section of the contact element, and a clamping limb which is configured to be positioned with its free end against a conductor inserted into the plug-in opening to press it against the first limb of the contact element and to be pushed towards the support limb for releasing the conductor from the first limb, characterised in that the clamping spring is accommodated within the U-profile of the contact element, whereby the U-shape of the clamping spring opens towards the mounting side of the housing, and that an arrester bar extends from the inner wall of the mounting side into the open space between the support limb and the clamping limb of the clamping spring to serve as a dead stop for the bending movement of the clamping limb when releasing the conductor from the first limb.
Apparatus configured to process data comprising: processing circuitry (14, 16) configured to execute program instructions of a program; and trace circuitry configured to generate a plurality of trace objects, wherein a trace object represents a sequence of executed program instructions and when said sequence of executed program instructions includes multiple passes of a sequence of branch outcomes for which said sequence of branch outcomes is identical for each of the multiple passes, a single trace object represents the multiple passes as: a start address indicator to indicate a start address of said sequence of executed program instructions; a branch outcome indicator to indicate said sequence of branch outcomes within said sequence of executed program instructions starting from said start address; and a count indicator to indicate a count of passes of said sequence of branch outcomes detected in said sequence of executed program instructions. processing circuitry (14, 16) configured to execute program instructions of a program; and trace circuitry configured to generate a plurality of trace objects, wherein a trace object represents a sequence of executed program instructions and when said sequence of executed program instructions includes multiple passes of a sequence of branch outcomes for which said sequence of branch outcomes is identical for each of the multiple passes, a single trace object represents the multiple passes as: a start address indicator to indicate a start address of said sequence of executed program instructions; a branch outcome indicator to indicate said sequence of branch outcomes within said sequence of executed program instructions starting from said start address; and a count indicator to indicate a count of passes of said sequence of branch outcomes detected in said sequence of executed program instructions. a start address indicator to indicate a start address of said sequence of executed program instructions; a branch outcome indicator to indicate said sequence of branch outcomes within said sequence of executed program instructions starting from said start address; and a count indicator to indicate a count of passes of said sequence of branch outcomes detected in said sequence of executed program instructions.