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A method in a wireless network for detecting a power error condition in which a repeater cannot guarantee an uplink transmission, the repeater having a server antenna and a donor antenna, the method comprising: determining a maximum gain of the server antenna in a downlink direction, the determination performed in response to transmissions in the uplink direction being turned off; measuring an uplink transmission power level at an input to the server antenna of the repeater; measuring an uplink transmission power level at an input to the donor antenna of the repeater; determining whether the uplink transmission power level measured at the donor antenna input is greater than, or equal to, a maximum uplink power level; calculating an uplink gain based on the difference between the uplink transmission power level at the donor antenna input and the uplink transmission power level at the server antenna input; determining whether the calculated uplink gain is less than the maximum gain in a downlink direction; and, generating, responsive to a determination that the calculated uplink gain is less than the maximum gain in the downlink direction, a notification of a power error condition. determining a maximum gain of the server antenna in a downlink direction, the determination performed in response to transmissions in the uplink direction being turned off; measuring an uplink transmission power level at an input to the server antenna of the repeater; measuring an uplink transmission power level at an input to the donor antenna of the repeater; determining whether the uplink transmission power level measured at the donor antenna input is greater than, or equal to, a maximum uplink power level; calculating an uplink gain based on the difference between the uplink transmission power level at the donor antenna input and the uplink transmission power level at the server antenna input; determining whether the calculated uplink gain is less than the maximum gain in a downlink direction; and, generating, responsive to a determination that the calculated uplink gain is less than the maximum gain in the downlink direction, a notification of a power error condition.
A gas barrier film comprising a substrate and a gas barrier layer unit on at least one of the surface of the substrate, wherein the gas barrier layer unit contains: a first barrier layer formed with a chemical vapor deposition method; and a second barrier layer formed by coating with a silicon compound on the first barrier layer, followed by applying a reforming treatment thereto, wherein the gas baried film has a water vapor permeability (60 ± 0.5 °C, and relative humidity (90 ± 2) %RH) of 1 · 10 -3 g/(M 2 · 24h) or less, determined based on JIS K 7129-1992; and an oxygen permeability of 1 · 10 -3 ml/(m 2 · 24h · atm) or less, determined based on JIS K 7126-1987. a first barrier layer formed with a chemical vapor deposition method; and a second barrier layer formed by coating with a silicon compound on the first barrier layer, followed by applying a reforming treatment thereto, wherein the gas baried film has a water vapor permeability (60 ± 0.5 °C, and relative humidity (90 ± 2) %RH) of 1 · 10 -3 g/(M 2 · 24h) or less, determined based on JIS K 7129-1992; and an oxygen permeability of 1 · 10 -3 ml/(m 2 · 24h · atm) or less, determined based on JIS K 7126-1987.
Process for separating acrylic acid from a composition containing acrylic acid and at least one accompanying product, a) in which the composition is firstly contacted with an aqueous liquid stream in such a way that a liquid solution containing acrylic acid, accompanying product and water is obtained, b) in which an entrainer which forms a heterogeneous minimum azeotrope with the water of the liquid solution is added to the liquid solution, c) in which the liquid solution is separated by distillation into an overhead product containing the minimum azeotrope and a bottom product containing acrylic acid and accompanying product, d) in which the overhead product is separated into water (3, 11) and recirculatable entrainer e) and in which the bottom product is separated by distillation into acrylic acid and accompanying product, characterized in that f) the fractional distillation of the bottom product is carried out in a distillation column which has a side offtake and from the bottom of which high-boiling constituents of the accompanying product are taken off, from the top of which low-boiling constituents of the accompanying product are taken off and from the side offtake of which the acrylic acid is taken off and, in that the acrylic acid is taken off in liquid form from the side offtake and in that the distillation column is configured as a dividing wall column having a dividing wall extending vertically through the column. a) in which the composition is firstly contacted with an aqueous liquid stream in such a way that a liquid solution containing acrylic acid, accompanying product and water is obtained, b) in which an entrainer which forms a heterogeneous minimum azeotrope with the water of the liquid solution is added to the liquid solution, c) in which the liquid solution is separated by distillation into an overhead product containing the minimum azeotrope and a bottom product containing acrylic acid and accompanying product, d) in which the overhead product is separated into water (3, 11) and recirculatable entrainer e) and in which the bottom product is separated by distillation into acrylic acid and accompanying product, f) the fractional distillation of the bottom product is carried out in a distillation column which has a side offtake and from the bottom of which high-boiling constituents of the accompanying product are taken off, from the top of which low-boiling constituents of the accompanying product are taken off and from the side offtake of which the acrylic acid is taken off and, in that the acrylic acid is taken off in liquid form from the side offtake and in that the distillation column is configured as a dividing wall column having a dividing wall extending vertically through the column.
Method for cultivating a plant, in particular an orchid, wherein a seedling at least partially surrounded by a substrate is introduced into a plant pot, the plant pot is introduced into one of a plurality of cells of a tray and the plant pot is fixed in the cell, characterised in that the plant pot is introduced into the cell of the tray until a cell wall, which is impenetrable for the root system and in particular unbroken, protrudes over the plant pot.
A modular energy system (2000, 3000, 6000) for use in a surgical environment, the system comprising: a plurality of functional modules, wherein at least two of the plurality of functional modules respectively comprise: a module control circuit; a local data bus comprising a communication switch in data communication with the control circuit; and a transceiver timer; and an internal data bus comprising a serial array of the local data busses of the plurality of functional modules in mutual data communication, wherein a first functional module of the plurality of functional modules is configured to transmit a data message over the internal data bus to a second functional module of the plurality of functional modules, wherein the first functional module is configured to: obtain a transmission time from a transceiver timer of the first functional module; append the transmission time to the data message; and transmit the data message over the internal data bus to the second functional module; and wherein the second functional module is configured to: receive the data message over the internal data bus from the first functional module; obtain a receipt time from a transceiver timer of the second functional module; and obtain the transmission time from the data message. a plurality of functional modules, wherein at least two of the plurality of functional modules respectively comprise: a module control circuit; a local data bus comprising a communication switch in data communication with the control circuit; and a transceiver timer; and a module control circuit; a local data bus comprising a communication switch in data communication with the control circuit; and a transceiver timer; and an internal data bus comprising a serial array of the local data busses of the plurality of functional modules in mutual data communication, wherein a first functional module of the plurality of functional modules is configured to transmit a data message over the internal data bus to a second functional module of the plurality of functional modules, wherein the first functional module is configured to: obtain a transmission time from a transceiver timer of the first functional module; append the transmission time to the data message; and transmit the data message over the internal data bus to the second functional module; and obtain a transmission time from a transceiver timer of the first functional module; append the transmission time to the data message; and transmit the data message over the internal data bus to the second functional module; and wherein the second functional module is configured to: receive the data message over the internal data bus from the first functional module; obtain a receipt time from a transceiver timer of the second functional module; and obtain the transmission time from the data message. receive the data message over the internal data bus from the first functional module; obtain a receipt time from a transceiver timer of the second functional module; and obtain the transmission time from the data message.
Kit comprising a tool for use in mounting a vapour barrier collar and a vapour barrier collar, the vapour barrier collar comprising a number of sheet elements (2, 3, 4, 5) including side sheet elements (2, 3) extending substantially along a longitudinal axis and top and bottom sheet elements, respectively, extending substantially along a lateral axis perpendicular to said longitudinal axis, each sheet element (2, 3, 4, 5) having two end edges adjacent to a first edge of said sheet element, said sheet elements being mutually joined together in joints extending along said end edges, and mounting means being provided along said first edges of said sheet elements, said mounting means extending uninterruptedly along the entire length of said first edge of each sheet element (2, 3, 4, 5), said tool comprising insertion means for introducing the mounting means of said vapour barrier collar into a groove adapted to receive said mounting means, and operating means for operating the tool, where said insertion means comprise a face for applying a pressure and gliding on said mounting means and is connected to said operating means in at least one connection point, where said insertion means approach and/or abut said operating means in a distance from said connection point between said insertion means and said operating means thus forming a pen clip-like structure.
A method for a blockchain transaction in a distributed blockchain network of blockchain nodes having proxy agents and proxy ledgers co-located at each blockchain node, comprising: identifying (412, 512, 552, 572) a blockchain transaction requiring processing at a first blockchain node and requiring consensus or endorsement from one or more other blockchain nodes on the distributed blockchain network; executing a smart contract associated with the blockchain transaction by the first blockchain node and by the one or more proxy agents co-located with the first blockchain node, wherein the one or more proxy agents are associated with the one or more other blockchain nodes from which consensus or endorsement is required for the transaction; receiving (418, 514, 554) the required consensus or endorsement at the first blockchain node from the one or more proxy agents; determining (422, 516, 556, 576) to commit the blockchain transaction once the required consensus or endorsement is received and storing (518, 558, 578) the committed blockchain transaction in a ledger maintained by the first blockchain node and in proxy ledgers associated with the one or more proxy agents; and transmitting (426, 562) updates from the one or more proxy agents to the other blockchain nodes to update copies of ledgers at the other blockchain nodes. identifying (412, 512, 552, 572) a blockchain transaction requiring processing at a first blockchain node and requiring consensus or endorsement from one or more other blockchain nodes on the distributed blockchain network; executing a smart contract associated with the blockchain transaction by the first blockchain node and by the one or more proxy agents co-located with the first blockchain node, wherein the one or more proxy agents are associated with the one or more other blockchain nodes from which consensus or endorsement is required for the transaction; receiving (418, 514, 554) the required consensus or endorsement at the first blockchain node from the one or more proxy agents; determining (422, 516, 556, 576) to commit the blockchain transaction once the required consensus or endorsement is received and storing (518, 558, 578) the committed blockchain transaction in a ledger maintained by the first blockchain node and in proxy ledgers associated with the one or more proxy agents; and transmitting (426, 562) updates from the one or more proxy agents to the other blockchain nodes to update copies of ledgers at the other blockchain nodes.
An active implantable medical device such as a cardiac prosthesis for stimulation, resynchronization and/or defibrillation, comprising: - means for detecting atrial and ventricular events; - means for ventricular stimulation; - means for applying to the stimulation means an atrioventricular delay, AVD, counted from the detection of a spontaneous or stimulated atrial event and at the end of which a ventricular stimulation is delivered in the absence of detection of a corresponding spontaneous ventricular event; - an acceleration sensor adapted to deliver an endocardiac acceleration, EA, signal representative of the movements produced by the cyclic contractions of the myocardium; - means for analysing the EA signal, adapted to derive from this EA signal a value of a non-time EA ventricular parameter representative of a component EA1 of the signal corresponding to the first EA peak associated with the isovolumic ventricular contraction; - scanning means, adapted to vary the DAV in a controlled manner in a range comprising a plurality of DAV values; and - quantification means, to evaluate a degree of variation of said EA ventricular parameter as a function of said plurality of DAV values, characterized in that it further comprises: - atrial activity detection means, adapted to discriminate between:. a normal atrial mechanical activity, and. an absent or deficient atrial mechanical activity despite an electrical activity observable in sinusal rhythm, as a function of said degree of variation evaluated by the quantification means. - means for detecting atrial and ventricular events; - means for ventricular stimulation; - means for applying to the stimulation means an atrioventricular delay, AVD, counted from the detection of a spontaneous or stimulated atrial event and at the end of which a ventricular stimulation is delivered in the absence of detection of a corresponding spontaneous ventricular event; - an acceleration sensor adapted to deliver an endocardiac acceleration, EA, signal representative of the movements produced by the cyclic contractions of the myocardium; - means for analysing the EA signal, adapted to derive from this EA signal a value of a non-time EA ventricular parameter representative of a component EA1 of the signal corresponding to the first EA peak associated with the isovolumic ventricular contraction; - scanning means, adapted to vary the DAV in a controlled manner in a range comprising a plurality of DAV values; and - quantification means, to evaluate a degree of variation of said EA ventricular parameter as a function of said plurality of DAV values, - atrial activity detection means, adapted to discriminate between:. a normal atrial mechanical activity, and. an absent or deficient atrial mechanical activity despite an electrical activity observable in sinusal rhythm,. a normal atrial mechanical activity, and. an absent or deficient atrial mechanical activity despite an electrical activity observable in sinusal rhythm,
A prosthetic heart valve for replacement of a native heart valve having a native valve annulus, comprising: a stent body having an inflow end, an outflow end, and an annulus section between the inflow and outflow ends, the stent body further including a flared section extending from the annulus section toward the inflow end and a distal section extending from the annulus section toward the outflow end, the stent body having a radially collapsed condition and a radially expanded condition, the annulus section and the flared section increasing in diameter during transition from the radially collapsed condition to the radially expanded condition, one or more prosthetic valve elements mounted to the stent body and operative to allow flow in an antegrade direction from the inflow end to the outflow end, and operative to substantially block flow in a retrograde direction from the outflow end to the inflow end; a cuff (85, 285) secured to the stent body, the cuff covering an exterior surface of the inflow end and covering the flared section and being adapted for engagement with native tissue proximal to the native valve annulus to form a seal with the native tissue which helps to block retrograde flow around the outside of the stent body; and one or more biasing elements connected to the stent body and to the cuff (85;285), the one or more biasing elements being adapted to bias at least a portion of the cuff outwardly with respect to the stent body without piercing the cuff (85;285). a cuff (85, 285) secured to the stent body, the cuff covering an exterior surface of the inflow end and covering the flared section and being adapted for engagement with native tissue proximal to the native valve annulus to form a seal with the native tissue which helps to block retrograde flow around the outside of the stent body; and one or more biasing elements connected to the stent body and to the cuff (85;285), the one or more biasing elements being adapted to bias at least a portion of the cuff outwardly with respect to the stent body without piercing the cuff (85;285).
A process for treatment of nanoparticles of a mineral filler, which comprises the steps of: a. Drying a mineral filler with an inert gas; b. Mixing the dried mineral filler obtained in step (a) with a swelling agent in a liquid state, or near a critical state or in supercritical state; c. Subjecting the swelling agent of the mixture obtained in step (b) to an endoenthalpic or isoenthalpic phase change, by altering the conditions of temperature and/or pressure; d. Subjecting the mixture obtained in step (c) to contact with a scavenging agent, wherein the said scavenging agent has the general formula I, II, III, IV, V or VI: Wherein: M1 is B; M2 is Zn or Mg; R is hydrocarbyl group between 1 to 8 carbons or hydrogen; X is Cl, I or O. a. Drying a mineral filler with an inert gas; b. Mixing the dried mineral filler obtained in step (a) with a swelling agent in a liquid state, or near a critical state or in supercritical state; c. Subjecting the swelling agent of the mixture obtained in step (b) to an endoenthalpic or isoenthalpic phase change, by altering the conditions of temperature and/or pressure; d. Subjecting the mixture obtained in step (c) to contact with a scavenging agent, wherein the said scavenging agent has the general formula I, II, III, IV, V or VI: M1 is B; M2 is Zn or Mg; R is hydrocarbyl group between 1 to 8 carbons or hydrogen; X is Cl, I or O.
Endoscope imaging apparatus, comprising: an endoscope configured to be inserted into a body cavity of a patient; an image sensor configured by means of the endoscope to form an image of the body cavity, and to transmit image signals in response to the image formed; an optical transmitter physically connected to the endoscope, and configured to receive the image signals, to encode the image signals, and to transmit optical radiation comprising the encoded image signals; an optical receiver configured to receive the optical radiation, to decode the optical radiation to recover the image signals, and to transmit the recovered image signals; and a camera control unit configured to receive the recovered image signals and in response to display the image on a screen, characterized by the optical receiver further being configured to transmit the the recovered image signals as an omnidirectional radio-frequency image signal; and a light boom, to which a lamp is attached, wherein the optical receiver comprises a mounting fixture connected to the light boom. an endoscope configured to be inserted into a body cavity of a patient; an image sensor configured by means of the endoscope to form an image of the body cavity, and to transmit image signals in response to the image formed; an optical transmitter physically connected to the endoscope, and configured to receive the image signals, to encode the image signals, and to transmit optical radiation comprising the encoded image signals; an optical receiver configured to receive the optical radiation, to decode the optical radiation to recover the image signals, and to transmit the recovered image signals; and a camera control unit configured to receive the recovered image signals and in response to display the image on a screen, characterized by the optical receiver further being configured to transmit the the recovered image signals as an omnidirectional radio-frequency image signal; and a light boom, to which a lamp is attached, wherein the optical receiver comprises a mounting fixture connected to the light boom.
A method of operating a radio paging system comprising: transmitting radio paging signals by operation of a transmitter to radio pager devices in accordance with user demands for pager messages; identifying an off peak period in which spare capacity exists in the transmitter operation due to fluctuation in user demand; and transmitting telephone call routing information during an off peak period by operation of the transmitter to telephone call routing devices adapted to receive, store and subsequently use the call routing information. transmitting radio paging signals by operation of a transmitter to radio pager devices in accordance with user demands for pager messages; identifying an off peak period in which spare capacity exists in the transmitter operation due to fluctuation in user demand; and transmitting telephone call routing information during an off peak period by operation of the transmitter to telephone call routing devices adapted to receive, store and subsequently use the call routing information.
A fuel cell separator obtained by molding a composition comprising a carbonaceous material and a resin binder, the fuel cell separator being characterized in that the resin binder comprises a thermoset resin, a thermoplastic elastomer and a compatibilizer which renders the thermoset resin and thermoplastic elastomer compatible during mixing and molding, wherein the thermoset resin includes at least one selected from the group consisting of phenolic resins, epoxy resins, furan resins, urea resins, melamine resins, polycarbodiimide resins, silicone resins and benzoxazine resins, wherein the binder contains thermoset resin in an amount from about 1 to about 100 parts by weight per 100 parts by weight of the combined amount of the thermoplastic elastomer and the compatibilizer, and the weight ratio of thermoplastic elastomer to compatibilizer is from 4:6 to 9:1.