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A lower limb prosthesis comprising at least first and second interconnected load-bearing members (62, 66, 68) which are moveable relative to each other when the prosthesis is loaded, and a movement control system, wherein the movement control system comprises: a hydraulic movement control device (74, 75) having a hydraulic circuit and an energy conversion device for converting electrical energy into fluid flow energy in the hydraulic circuit, the hydraulic movement control device (74, 75) interconnecting the first and second load-bearing members (62, 66, 68) and constructed and arranged to control the said relative movement; an electrical energy storage element; at least one sensor (39, 114, 116) for sensing a kinetic or kinematic parameter of locomotion; and coupled to the at least one sensor (39, 114, 116) and the hydraulic movement control device (74, 75), a processor arranged to control operation of the hydraulic movement control device (74, 75) in response to signals received from the sensor or sensors (39, 114, 116) so as to control: the storage in the storage element of energy associated with relative movement of first and second load-bearing members (62, 66, 68) arising from the application of a load to the prosthesis; and the release of energy from the electrical energy storage element to urge relative movement of the load-bearing members (62, 66, 68). a hydraulic movement control device (74, 75) having a hydraulic circuit and an energy conversion device for converting electrical energy into fluid flow energy in the hydraulic circuit, the hydraulic movement control device (74, 75) interconnecting the first and second load-bearing members (62, 66, 68) and constructed and arranged to control the said relative movement; an electrical energy storage element; at least one sensor (39, 114, 116) for sensing a kinetic or kinematic parameter of locomotion; and coupled to the at least one sensor (39, 114, 116) and the hydraulic movement control device (74, 75), a processor arranged to control operation of the hydraulic movement control device (74, 75) in response to signals received from the sensor or sensors (39, 114, 116) so as to control: the storage in the storage element of energy associated with relative movement of first and second load-bearing members (62, 66, 68) arising from the application of a load to the prosthesis; and the release of energy from the electrical energy storage element to urge relative movement of the load-bearing members (62, 66, 68). the storage in the storage element of energy associated with relative movement of first and second load-bearing members (62, 66, 68) arising from the application of a load to the prosthesis; and the release of energy from the electrical energy storage element to urge relative movement of the load-bearing members (62, 66, 68).
A radiation therapy apparatus, comprising: an annular gantry; an irradiation unit which is provided on the gantry and configured to radiate radiation; a support which supports the gantry; a rotation-driving mechanism which is provided between the gantry and the support and configured to rotate the gantry around a central axis of the gantry, wherein the rotation-driving mechanism comprises: annular rails that are provided on the gantry; and first sliding members which are provided on regions of the support that correspond to a lower half at a lower side than a horizontal central axis of the gantry, said first sliding members being configured to slidably guide the rails and receive at least a load in a vertical direction of the gantry. an annular gantry; an irradiation unit which is provided on the gantry and configured to radiate radiation; a support which supports the gantry; a rotation-driving mechanism which is provided between the gantry and the support and configured to rotate the gantry around a central axis of the gantry, wherein the rotation-driving mechanism comprises: annular rails that are provided on the gantry; and first sliding members which are provided on regions of the support that correspond to a lower half at a lower side than a horizontal central axis of the gantry, said first sliding members being configured to slidably guide the rails and receive at least a load in a vertical direction of the gantry. annular rails that are provided on the gantry; and first sliding members which are provided on regions of the support that correspond to a lower half at a lower side than a horizontal central axis of the gantry, said first sliding members being configured to slidably guide the rails and receive at least a load in a vertical direction of the gantry.
A method of manufacturing a turbo blisk through hot isostatic pressing using a metal core manufactured through additive manufacturing, the method comprising: a first step of manufacturing the metal core made of low carbon steel in which an internal vacant space having the same shape as the turbo blisk is formed, using additive manufacturing; a second step of putting the metal core in a housing, filling the internal vacant space of the metal core and an inside of the housing with nickel alloy powder, and creating a vacuum state in the housing; a third step of treating the housing at a temperature of 1000 °C or higher and under a pressure of 10 8 Pa (1000 bar) or higher in a hot isostatic press furnace to produce a nickel alloy; a fourth step of removing the housing and removing a portion of the nickel alloy through mechanical machining to expose one surface of the metal core; a fifth step of dipping the nickel alloy, J which one surface of the metal core is exposed, in a nitric acid-based etching solution to remove the metal core; and a sixth step of removing a portion of the nickel alloy from which the metal core is removed, through mechanical machining, in which the remaining portion of the nickel alloy corresponds to the shape of the turbo blisk. a first step of manufacturing the metal core made of low carbon steel in which an internal vacant space having the same shape as the turbo blisk is formed, using additive manufacturing; a second step of putting the metal core in a housing, filling the internal vacant space of the metal core and an inside of the housing with nickel alloy powder, and creating a vacuum state in the housing; a third step of treating the housing at a temperature of 1000 °C or higher and under a pressure of 10 8 Pa (1000 bar) or higher in a hot isostatic press furnace to produce a nickel alloy; a fourth step of removing the housing and removing a portion of the nickel alloy through mechanical machining to expose one surface of the metal core; a fifth step of dipping the nickel alloy, J which one surface of the metal core is exposed, in a nitric acid-based etching solution to remove the metal core; and a sixth step of removing a portion of the nickel alloy from which the metal core is removed, through mechanical machining, in which the remaining portion of the nickel alloy corresponds to the shape of the turbo blisk.
A beta-glucosidase 1 variant which is derived from a parent BGL1 having at least 80% amino acid sequence identity to SEQ ID NO: 3 by substitution of an amino acid in the parent BGL1 at a position that corresponds to position N263 in SEQ ID NO: 3 with C, T or S, the BGL1 variant having at least two improved activities over wild type BGL1 having the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 3, wherein the activities are selected from the group consisting of: (a) pre-treated corn stover hydrolysis activity, (b) cellobiase activity, (c) protein expression, (d) beta-glucosidase activity measured by a cellobiase activity in the presence of ammonia pretreated corncob or by a CC hydrolysis activity, (e) thermo stability, (f) phosphoric acid swollen cellulose (PASC) hydrolysis activity, and (g) hydrolytic activity in the presence of glucose. (a) pre-treated corn stover hydrolysis activity, (b) cellobiase activity, (c) protein expression, (d) beta-glucosidase activity measured by a cellobiase activity in the presence of ammonia pretreated corncob or by a CC hydrolysis activity, (e) thermo stability, (f) phosphoric acid swollen cellulose (PASC) hydrolysis activity, and (g) hydrolytic activity in the presence of glucose.
A method for generating an image filter, comprising: obtaining a selected effect image having a user's desired filter effect; obtaining a similar image group by using the effect image, wherein the similar image group comprises at least one similar image having a similar structure to the effect image but without the filter effect; calculating a mapping relationship for transforming the similar image group to the effect image, and using the mapping relationship as the image filter, wherein the mapping relationship is configured as the image filter to generate the specific imaging effect on an image to be processed; wherein obtaining the similar image group by using the effect image, comprises: calculating a first feature vector of the effect image; obtaining a second feature vector of each sample image in an image library, the sample image being an image without filter effect; comparing the first feature vector with each second feature vector to determine the at least one similar image from the sample images; forming the similar image group by the at least one similar image determined. obtaining a selected effect image having a user's desired filter effect; obtaining a similar image group by using the effect image, wherein the similar image group comprises at least one similar image having a similar structure to the effect image but without the filter effect; calculating a mapping relationship for transforming the similar image group to the effect image, and using the mapping relationship as the image filter, wherein the mapping relationship is configured as the image filter to generate the specific imaging effect on an image to be processed; wherein obtaining the similar image group by using the effect image, comprises: calculating a first feature vector of the effect image; obtaining a second feature vector of each sample image in an image library, the sample image being an image without filter effect; comparing the first feature vector with each second feature vector to determine the at least one similar image from the sample images; forming the similar image group by the at least one similar image determined. calculating a first feature vector of the effect image; obtaining a second feature vector of each sample image in an image library, the sample image being an image without filter effect; comparing the first feature vector with each second feature vector to determine the at least one similar image from the sample images; forming the similar image group by the at least one similar image determined.
System comprising a toilet brush and a solid body cleaning agent, wherein the solid body cleaning agent has two components, wherein the toilet brush comprises a brush head for cleaning the toilet, wherein the brush head has several brush elements and a brush shaft, wherein the brush elements are fastened to the brush shaft, wherein the brush shaft has a first hollow space, whose geometric longitudinal axis is identical to the geometric longitudinal axis of the brush shaft or is arranged parallel to the geometric longitudinal axis of the brush shaft, wherein the solid body cleaning agent is arranged in the first hollow space, wherein the brush shaft has cutouts between the brush elements which connect the first hollow space with an environment of the toilet brush so water is able to flow from the environment into the first hollow space and out of it into the environment, wherein the toilet brush comprises a handle, wherein the brush head is fastened to the handle, wherein the handle has a second hollow space which is in fluidic connection with the first hollow space, wherein in each case maximum precisely one single cutout is arranged along all geometric straight lines which extend parallel to the longitudinal axis of the brush shaft.
An assembly for a semiconductor pressure sensor chip, comprising: - four piezoresistive elements formed with an electrically doped channel in a layered structure in the region of a pressure diaphragm of a semiconductor substrate; - an electrically conductive cover layer formed in the layered structure and electrically insulated from the piezoresistive elements by means of an insulating layer; - a bridge circuit of transistors (T1,..., T4) each formed with one of said piezoresistive elements, wherein gate electrodes of said transistors (T1,..., T4) are formed in said electrically conductive cover layer in electrically doped layer regions which are formed separately from each other; characterized by - a signal feedback means for feeding back a balanced output signal including a positive and a negative output signal (+OUT, -OUT) at a positive and a negative output (23, 24) of the bridge circuit, respectively, to the gate electrodes of the transistors (T1,..., T4) of the bridge circuit while amplifying the same. - four piezoresistive elements formed with an electrically doped channel in a layered structure in the region of a pressure diaphragm of a semiconductor substrate; - an electrically conductive cover layer formed in the layered structure and electrically insulated from the piezoresistive elements by means of an insulating layer; - a bridge circuit of transistors (T1,..., T4) each formed with one of said piezoresistive elements, wherein gate electrodes of said transistors (T1,..., T4) are formed in said electrically conductive cover layer in electrically doped layer regions which are formed separately from each other; characterized by - a signal feedback means for feeding back a balanced output signal including a positive and a negative output signal (+OUT, -OUT) at a positive and a negative output (23, 24) of the bridge circuit, respectively, to the gate electrodes of the transistors (T1,..., T4) of the bridge circuit while amplifying the same.
A gantry for a radiation therapy system, the gantry comprising: at least one first dipole magnet (260; 460) operable to bend a beam received from a cyclotron (230; 430) by a first degree amount; a second dipole magnet (225; 425); the gantry being characterised by further comprising: a plurality of quadrupole magnets (255; 455) configured to condition the beam asymmetrically to produce an asymmetric beam, wherein a configuration of the plurality of quadrupole magnets (255; 455) is determined using a dispersion function of the second dipole magnet (225; 425), and wherein the plurality of quadrupole magnets (255; 455) are positioned in-line between the at least one first dipole magnet (230; 430) and the second dipole magnet (225; 425); wherein the second dipole magnet (225; 425) is operable to receive the asymmetric beam and bend the asymmetric beam by a second degree amount, and wherein the second dipole magnet (225; 425) is further operable to disperse the asymmetric proton beam to produce a symmetric beam shape at a point of interest. at least one first dipole magnet (260; 460) operable to bend a beam received from a cyclotron (230; 430) by a first degree amount; a second dipole magnet (225; 425); a plurality of quadrupole magnets (255; 455) configured to condition the beam asymmetrically to produce an asymmetric beam, wherein a configuration of the plurality of quadrupole magnets (255; 455) is determined using a dispersion function of the second dipole magnet (225; 425), and wherein the plurality of quadrupole magnets (255; 455) are positioned in-line between the at least one first dipole magnet (230; 430) and the second dipole magnet (225; 425); wherein the second dipole magnet (225; 425) is operable to receive the asymmetric beam and bend the asymmetric beam by a second degree amount, and wherein the second dipole magnet (225; 425) is further operable to disperse the asymmetric proton beam to produce a symmetric beam shape at a point of interest.
A wave field synthesis apparatus (100, 200) for driving an array of loudspeakers with drive signals, the apparatus comprising: - a listener pose identifying unit (110, 210a, 210b, 410) for identifying a pose of a listener (250, 252, 350, 352), wherein the pose comprises a location and an orientation of a listener, - a sound reproduction unit (120, 220) for generating the drive signals, the sound reproduction unit comprising a sound field synthesizer for generating sound field drive signals for causing the array of loudspeakers to generate a sound field at at least one audio zone (260, 262, 360, 362) and a binaural renderer for generating binaural drive signals for causing the array of loudspeakers to generate specified sound pressures at at least two locations, and - an adaptation unit (130, 230) for adapting one or more parameters of the sound reproduction unit based on the identified pose of the listener; wherein the listener pose identifying unit (110, 210a, 210b, 410) comprises an uncertainty determining unit for determining an uncertainty level, wherein the uncertainty level comprises a location uncertainty level, which reflects an estimated uncertainty in an identified location, and/or an orientation uncertainty level, which reflects an estimated uncertainty in an identified orientation, and wherein the adaptation unit (130, 230) is configured to adapt a parameter of the sound reproduction unit (120, 220) based on the determined uncertainty level; wherein the adaptation unit (130, 230) is configured to adapt a parameter indicating a size of the audio zone based on the determined uncertainty level, wherein a higher uncertainty corresponds to a larger size; and wherein the adaptation unit (130, 230) is configured to adjust a weighting parameter, which indicates a weighting between the sound field drive signals and the binaural drive signals, based on the determined uncertainty level. - a listener pose identifying unit (110, 210a, 210b, 410) for identifying a pose of a listener (250, 252, 350, 352), wherein the pose comprises a location and an orientation of a listener, - a sound reproduction unit (120, 220) for generating the drive signals, the sound reproduction unit comprising a sound field synthesizer for generating sound field drive signals for causing the array of loudspeakers to generate a sound field at at least one audio zone (260, 262, 360, 362) and a binaural renderer for generating binaural drive signals for causing the array of loudspeakers to generate specified sound pressures at at least two locations, and - an adaptation unit (130, 230) for adapting one or more parameters of the sound reproduction unit based on the identified pose of the listener;
A method for establishing a session, comprising: establishing (S101a), by a session management function, SMF, entity, a first Protocol Data Unit, PDU, session between a user equipment, UE and a second user plane function, UPF, wherein a service of the first PDU session is provided by the second UPF; sending, by an access and mobility management function, AMF, entity, a first message to the UE, wherein the first message instructs the UE to send a request for establishing a second PDU session, wherein the first message comprises a cause value indicating an establishment of the second PDU session, and the second PDU session has a same data network, DN, as the first PDU session; receiving, by the AMF entity, a second message indicating the request for establishing the second PDU session from the UE, wherein the second message comprises a first PDU session identifier, ID, of the first PDU session and a second PDU session ID of the second PDU session; determining, by the AMF entity, the SMF entity based on the first PDU session ID and an association between the first PDU session ID and a SMF ID associated with the SMF entity, wherein the association is stored in the AMF entity; and establishing, by the SMF entity, the second PDU session, wherein a service of the second PDU session is provided by a first UPF. establishing (S101a), by a session management function, SMF, entity, a first Protocol Data Unit, PDU, session between a user equipment, UE and a second user plane function, UPF, wherein a service of the first PDU session is provided by the second UPF; sending, by an access and mobility management function, AMF, entity, a first message to the UE, wherein the first message instructs the UE to send a request for establishing a second PDU session, wherein the first message comprises a cause value indicating an establishment of the second PDU session, and the second PDU session has a same data network, DN, as the first PDU session; receiving, by the AMF entity, a second message indicating the request for establishing the second PDU session from the UE, wherein the second message comprises a first PDU session identifier, ID, of the first PDU session and a second PDU session ID of the second PDU session; determining, by the AMF entity, the SMF entity based on the first PDU session ID and an association between the first PDU session ID and a SMF ID associated with the SMF entity, wherein the association is stored in the AMF entity; and establishing, by the SMF entity, the second PDU session, wherein a service of the second PDU session is provided by a first UPF.
A method of making a hydroxyalkyl alkylcellulose with a reduced concentration of alkylene halogenohydrin comprising the steps of: a) providing a hydroxyalkyl alkylcellulose; and b) contacting the hydroxyalkyl alkylcellulose with an acid to partially depolymerize the hydroxyalkyl alkylcellulose to a hydroxyalkyl alkylcellulose having a lower molecular weight and a lower viscosity; characterized in that after the depolymerization step b) the method comprises the following steps: c) adding water to the reaction mixture of the hydroxyalkyl alkylcellulose having the lower molecular weight and the lower viscosity, and d) removing alkylene halogenohydrin and water from the reaction mixture by evaporating. a) providing a hydroxyalkyl alkylcellulose; and b) contacting the hydroxyalkyl alkylcellulose with an acid to partially depolymerize the hydroxyalkyl alkylcellulose to a hydroxyalkyl alkylcellulose having a lower molecular weight and a lower viscosity; c) adding water to the reaction mixture of the hydroxyalkyl alkylcellulose having the lower molecular weight and the lower viscosity, and d) removing alkylene halogenohydrin and water from the reaction mixture by evaporating.
An article of footwear comprising: an upper; an outsole attached to the upper and including a ground-engaging surface, an inner surface formed on an opposite side of the outsole than the ground-engaging surface, and a wall surrounding a perimeter of the outsole, the wall cooperating with the inner surface to define a cavity; a midsole disposed between the upper and the outsole and including a footbed and a bottom surface disposed on an opposite side of the midsole than the footbed and opposing the inner surface of the outsole; fibers received within the cavity and resting on the inner surface of the outsole, the fibers cooperating with one another to form a mesh that at least partially fills the cavity and has a shape that conforms to an outline of the foot; and particulate matter disposed within the cavity and received within interstitial spaces of the mesh. an upper; an outsole attached to the upper and including a ground-engaging surface, an inner surface formed on an opposite side of the outsole than the ground-engaging surface, and a wall surrounding a perimeter of the outsole, the wall cooperating with the inner surface to define a cavity; a midsole disposed between the upper and the outsole and including a footbed and a bottom surface disposed on an opposite side of the midsole than the footbed and opposing the inner surface of the outsole; fibers received within the cavity and resting on the inner surface of the outsole, the fibers cooperating with one another to form a mesh that at least partially fills the cavity and has a shape that conforms to an outline of the foot; and particulate matter disposed within the cavity and received within interstitial spaces of the mesh.