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A reusable clamp for retaining conduit sections having circular flanges together, the clamp comprising: first and second gland members (20, 22), each including opposing first (26, 30) and second ends (28, 32) and an arcuate internal channel extending between said first and second ends and configured to receive the circular flanges, said first ends being operatively coupled together to enable relative rotation of said first and second gland members; first and second handles (56, 64) projecting outwardly from said first and second gland members and defining gripping surfaces (60, 68) for moving between an open position and a closed position; a latch finger including a proximal end operatively coupled to said first gland member, a distal end extending beyond said second end of said first gland member, and first locking detents adjacent said distal end and projecting inwardly towards said second gland member; a retention section including second locking detents projecting outwardly from said second gland member adjacent said corresponding second end, such that said first and second locking detents engage each other in the closed position to prevent movement back to the open position; characterised by a latch release arm operatively coupled to said latch finger at said distal end and extending to a free end located between said first and second handles, said latch release arm configured to be depressed towards said first handle to force said latch finger to pivot away from said retention section so that said first locking detents disengage from said second locking detents. first and second gland members (20, 22), each including opposing first (26, 30) and second ends (28, 32) and an arcuate internal channel extending between said first and second ends and configured to receive the circular flanges, said first ends being operatively coupled together to enable relative rotation of said first and second gland members; first and second handles (56, 64) projecting outwardly from said first and second gland members and defining gripping surfaces (60, 68) for moving between an open position and a closed position; a latch finger including a proximal end operatively coupled to said first gland member, a distal end extending beyond said second end of said first gland member, and first locking detents adjacent said distal end and projecting inwardly towards said second gland member; a retention section including second locking detents projecting outwardly from said second gland member adjacent said corresponding second end, such that said first and second locking detents engage each other in the closed position to prevent movement back to the open position; characterised by a latch release arm operatively coupled to said latch finger at said distal end and extending to a free end located between said first and second handles, said latch release arm configured to be depressed towards said first handle to force said latch finger to pivot away from said retention section so that said first locking detents disengage from said second locking detents.
A thermodynamic heating device comprising a substantially cylindrical vessel containing liquid, with a condenser which is wound around the vessel like a belt, the condenser comprising two mutually parallel collectors which surround a plurality of mutually parallel strips (14.1-n) which are perpendicular to the collectors, each strip comprising a plurality of mutually parallel channels (Ci) which each include two opposite ends, the two opposite ends of the channels of each strip each opening to the inside of one of the two collectors, characterized in that each collector (16, 18) having, in cross-section, a general D shape which extends over the entire longitudinal dimension of the collector, the general D shape comprising a part forming the bar of the D and a curved part which extends from one end of the bar of the D to the opposite end of said bar, the bar of the D being oriented opposite the vessel and, for its placement around the vessel, the condenser being curved around an axis which is parallel to the collectors so as to adopt a cylindrical general shape in which, seen in a cross-sectional view of the condenser, the bar of the D of the cross-section of each collector is oriented toward the inside of the cylinder.
A method of operating a battery-powered datalogger adapted for logging sensor data from an absorbent article having at least one sensor element, the method comprising: determining an external event; and on determination of the external event, transitioning from a first operating condition to a second operating condition, wherein the external event is a disconnection event in which the datalogger is disconnected from the absorbent article, wherein the first operating condition is a datalogging condition; and wherein the second operating condition is a status notification condition in which at least one tactile, audible or visible output element of the datalogger is activated to signal a low battery status of the datalogger. determining an external event; and on determination of the external event, transitioning from a first operating condition to a second operating condition, wherein the external event is a disconnection event in which the datalogger is disconnected from the absorbent article, wherein the first operating condition is a datalogging condition; and wherein the second operating condition is a status notification condition in which at least one tactile, audible or visible output element of the datalogger is activated to signal a low battery status of the datalogger.
A plasmonic hydrogen detector comprising: a structure comprising a support and a plurality of nanostructure elements comprising a plasmonic material and a separate hydrogen sensitive material that is different from the plasmonic material; said plurality of nanostructure elements being configured on said support such that adjacent nanostructure elements are electromagnetically coupled such that, on interrogation by incident radiation in the optical region, the electromagnetic field associated with one nanostructure element spatially overlaps that of adjacent nanostructure elements to allow said structure to act as a plasmonic optical metamaterial; and wherein said separate hydrogen sensitive material is configured to cause a change in permittivity of said plasmonic optical metamaterial in the presence of hydrogen.
A method for transmitting data by using a hybrid automatic repeat request, HARQ, process identity in a wireless network, the method comprising: establishing a linking scheme between a certain set of process identity fields and at least two sets of process identities of two respective corresponding codewords; selecting a process identity field from among the certain set of process identity fields; selecting a first process identity from among a first set of process identities of a first codeword and a second process identity from among a second set of process identities of a second codeword in dependence upon the selected process identity field and the established linking scheme; and transmitting, via a wireless terminal, a first packet from the first codeword using a first transmission channel indicated by the first process identity, a second packet from the second codeword using a second transmission channel indicated by the second process identity, and a control message comprising the selected process identity field. establishing a linking scheme between a certain set of process identity fields and at least two sets of process identities of two respective corresponding codewords; selecting a process identity field from among the certain set of process identity fields; selecting a first process identity from among a first set of process identities of a first codeword and a second process identity from among a second set of process identities of a second codeword in dependence upon the selected process identity field and the established linking scheme; and transmitting, via a wireless terminal, a first packet from the first codeword using a first transmission channel indicated by the first process identity, a second packet from the second codeword using a second transmission channel indicated by the second process identity, and a control message comprising the selected process identity field.
A method, performed by a User Equipment, comprising: receiving reference signals from a wireless communications network node; obtaining a time offset, wherein the time offset is based on the propagation delay of the reference signals; setting a master clock comprised within the User Equipment based on the reference signals and the time offset; and sending timing information to a network device having a slave clock in a communications network using the master clock. receiving reference signals from a wireless communications network node; obtaining a time offset, wherein the time offset is based on the propagation delay of the reference signals; setting a master clock comprised within the User Equipment based on the reference signals and the time offset; and sending timing information to a network device having a slave clock in a communications network using the master clock.
A method for controlling media presentation, performed at a second electronic device having one or more processors and memory storing one or more programs for execution by the one or more processors, the method comprising: receiving, from a server system, a server media control request corresponding to a media control operation to be implemented at the second electronic device; and receiving, from a first electronic device, a local media control request sent within a local network to which both the first electronic device and the second electronic device are connected, wherein the local media control request corresponds to the media control operation, wherein the server media control request is received prior to the local media control request, and wherein the method further comprises: in response to receiving the server media control request, performing the media control operation; after receiving the local media control request, determining whether the server media control request and the local media control request correspond to the same media control operation; and if the server media control request and the local media control request correspond to the same media control operation, ignoring the local media control request. receiving, from a server system, a server media control request corresponding to a media control operation to be implemented at the second electronic device; and receiving, from a first electronic device, a local media control request sent within a local network to which both the first electronic device and the second electronic device are connected, wherein the local media control request corresponds to the media control operation, wherein the server media control request is received prior to the local media control request, and wherein the method further comprises: in response to receiving the server media control request, performing the media control operation; after receiving the local media control request, determining whether the server media control request and the local media control request correspond to the same media control operation; and if the server media control request and the local media control request correspond to the same media control operation, ignoring the local media control request. in response to receiving the server media control request, performing the media control operation; after receiving the local media control request, determining whether the server media control request and the local media control request correspond to the same media control operation; and if the server media control request and the local media control request correspond to the same media control operation, ignoring the local media control request.
Installation for removing heat from a fluid flowing in a pipe and/or supplying heat to a fluid flowing in a pipe, wherein the installation comprises at least one heat exchanger (2.1, 2.2, 1.3) in direct contact with the fluid flowing in the pipe, with at least one vessel containing a circulating heat-exchange medium, as well as inlet and outlet lines for the heat-exchange medium from and to a heat pump, and in which at least one heat exchanger is designed in such a way that a heat-exchange surface forms a circumferential pipe which comprises the pipe interior, and characterised in that the heat exchanger has a number of segments (2.1, 2.2, 2.3) which span azimuth angle ranges that are disjointed in relation to one another.
A method for monitoring the operating state of fuel cells, in which a fuel cell arrangement comprising at least one fuel cell is provided with a signal (s e1 (t), s e2 (t)) in the low-frequency range and the occurring signal response (s ai (t)) is measured and evaluated, wherein the provided signal comprises exactly two individual signals (s e1 (t), s e2 (t)) of different frequencies f 1, f 2, the signal response (s ai (t)) is measured at selected frequencies f 3, f 4 of the intermodulation products mf 1 + / - nf 2 of the provided individual signals and the measured intermodulation signals (s i1, s i2) are used to assess the operating state, and the signal response (s ai (t)) is measured at frequencies of the intermodulation products of second-order, wherein the signal response (s ai (t)) at the frequency f 2 -f 1 of the low frequency real intermodulation product of second order is measured and filtered with the aid of a bandpass filter (10, 11).
A method for analyzing ion analytes from a sample introduced into an Ion Mobility Spectrometer, said method comprising the steps of: a. accumulating ions from the sample in an ion trap having a gate; b. generating a pseudo random sequence of a modulation bin; c. organizing each modulation bin as a series of submodulation bins, thereby forming an extended pseudo random sequence of submodulation bins wherein each submodulation bin is either a gate open event, where ions are being introduced into the spectrometer, or a gate closed event, the submodulation bins are of equal duration, and each modulation bin consists of either a gate open event followed by a series of gate closed events, or consists of a series of gate closed events; d. accelerating accumulated ions of each ion packet released from the ion trap through an Ion Mobility Spectrometer in a series of ion packets with a series of gate open events according to the pseudo random sequence of modulation bins wherein each ion packet consists of ions released by a given gate open event, thereby generating an unknown original ion signal vector, e. detecting the ion analytes at a detector, wherein ion analytes of sequential packets are intermingled at the detector thereby generating a plurality of ion analyte signal subvectors equal to the number of submodulation bins; and f. characterizing the sample using the plurality of ion analyte signal subvectors. a. accumulating ions from the sample in an ion trap having a gate; b. generating a pseudo random sequence of a modulation bin; c. organizing each modulation bin as a series of submodulation bins, thereby forming an extended pseudo random sequence of submodulation bins wherein each submodulation bin is either a gate open event, where ions are being introduced into the spectrometer, or a gate closed event, the submodulation bins are of equal duration, and each modulation bin consists of either a gate open event followed by a series of gate closed events, or consists of a series of gate closed events; d. accelerating accumulated ions of each ion packet released from the ion trap through an Ion Mobility Spectrometer in a series of ion packets with a series of gate open events according to the pseudo random sequence of modulation bins wherein each ion packet consists of ions released by a given gate open event, thereby generating an unknown original ion signal vector, e. detecting the ion analytes at a detector, wherein ion analytes of sequential packets are intermingled at the detector thereby generating a plurality of ion analyte signal subvectors equal to the number of submodulation bins; and f. characterizing the sample using the plurality of ion analyte signal subvectors.
A content processing system for providing content to a display panel (191, comprising: an input unit which receives high resolution content; a data processor which generates a video frame by processing the high resolution content by downscaling or reducing the resolution of a video frame of the content; and a controller which, if an output resolution of the display panel is lower than a resolution of the high resolution content, controls the data processor to obtain an object for low resolution by processing an object included in the high resolution content, the object for low resolution is an object for preventing a size of the object included in the high resolution content from being reduced in proportion to the downscaling or the reduction of the resolution of the video frame of the content, and add the object for low resolution to the generated video frame, the object comprising a subtitle or a menu, so that a user can more easily identify the subtitle or the menu, wherein if a width of the object included in the high resolution content is greater than a width of the display panel, the controller is operable to downscale the object included in the high resolution content based on a downscaling ratio (y/x) of a first value (y) divided by a second value (x), wherein the first value (y) is less than the width of the display panel, and wherein the second value (x) is the width of the object included in the high resolution content. an input unit which receives high resolution content; a data processor which generates a video frame by processing the high resolution content by downscaling or reducing the resolution of a video frame of the content; and a controller which, if an output resolution of the display panel is lower than a resolution of the high resolution content, controls the data processor to obtain an object for low resolution by processing an object included in the high resolution content, the object for low resolution is an object for preventing a size of the object included in the high resolution content from being reduced in proportion to the downscaling or the reduction of the resolution of the video frame of the content, and add the object for low resolution to the generated video frame, the object comprising a subtitle or a menu, so that a user can more easily identify the subtitle or the menu, wherein if a width of the object included in the high resolution content is greater than a width of the display panel, the controller is operable to downscale the object included in the high resolution content based on a downscaling ratio (y/x) of a first value (y) divided by a second value (x), wherein the first value (y) is less than the width of the display panel, and wherein the second value (x) is the width of the object included in the high resolution content.
Pyrotechnic active composition comprising a fuel, an oxidant for the fuel, a combustion accelerant and optionally a binder, wherein the combustion accelerant is in the form of particles distributed in the active composition, the combustion accelerant is a solid expandable at least by a factor of 2 by input of heat, the combustion accelerant is an expandable graphite or a sodium silicate, a thermally conducting additive is included in the active composition, and the additive comprises carbon fibres.
A bit error detection method, performing by a receiving device, characterized by comprising: receiving a first result obtained by a sending device by performing bit interleaving parity, BIP, check on a sent first to-be-checked bit stream; performing BIP check on a received second to-be-checked bit stream to obtain a second result, wherein the second to-be-checked bit stream is a bit stream received by a receiving device after the first to-be-checked bit stream is transmitted and wherein the second to-be-checked bit stream is the same as the first to-be-checked bit stream, or the second to-be-checked bit stream is different from the first to-be-checked bit stream due to addition or deletion of a block during transmission; detecting a type of a control block in the second to-be-checked bit stream, and determining a third result based on impact of the type of the control block on a BIP check result, wherein the third result is obtained by reversing bit values at predetermined bit positions in the second result; comparing the first result, the second result, and the third result; and if the first result is different from the second result, the first result is different from the third result, and the second result is different from a predetermined result, determining that a bit error occurs when the first to-be-checked bit stream is transmitted, wherein the predetermined result is determined based on whether the second to-be-checked bit stream is consecutive Local False/ Remote False blocks. receiving a first result obtained by a sending device by performing bit interleaving parity, BIP, check on a sent first to-be-checked bit stream; performing BIP check on a received second to-be-checked bit stream to obtain a second result, wherein the second to-be-checked bit stream is a bit stream received by a receiving device after the first to-be-checked bit stream is transmitted and wherein the second to-be-checked bit stream is the same as the first to-be-checked bit stream, or the second to-be-checked bit stream is different from the first to-be-checked bit stream due to addition or deletion of a block during transmission; detecting a type of a control block in the second to-be-checked bit stream, and determining a third result based on impact of the type of the control block on a BIP check result, wherein the third result is obtained by reversing bit values at predetermined bit positions in the second result; comparing the first result, the second result, and the third result; and if the first result is different from the second result, the first result is different from the third result, and the second result is different from a predetermined result, determining that a bit error occurs when the first to-be-checked bit stream is transmitted, wherein the predetermined result is determined based on whether the second to-be-checked bit stream is consecutive Local False/ Remote False blocks.
An oral device for temporary placement in a patient's oral cavity, said device comprising: an upper jaw brace; a lower jaw brace; and a tongue-engaging member coupled to at least one of the upper jaw brace and the lower jaw brace, said tongue-engaging member being disposed to engage a medial region of the tongue when the upper jaw brace is positioned on the upper jaw; and a vacuum source which is connectable to the oral device, wherein the upper jaw brace and the lower jaw brace are connected so that the lower jaw brace is advanced in an anterior direction relative to the upper jaw brace, characterised in that the tongue-engaging member has an anterior surface and a posterior surface where the anterior surface is inclined forwardly relative to a plane of the patient's jaw and is disposed to engage a medial region of the tongue when the upper jaw brace is on the upper jaw. an upper jaw brace; a lower jaw brace; and a tongue-engaging member coupled to at least one of the upper jaw brace and the lower jaw brace, said tongue-engaging member being disposed to engage a medial region of the tongue when the upper jaw brace is positioned on the upper jaw; and a vacuum source which is connectable to the oral device, wherein the upper jaw brace and the lower jaw brace are connected so that the lower jaw brace is advanced in an anterior direction relative to the upper jaw brace, characterised in that the tongue-engaging member has an anterior surface and a posterior surface where the anterior surface is inclined forwardly relative to a plane of the patient's jaw and is disposed to engage a medial region of the tongue when the upper jaw brace is on the upper jaw.