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A signal processing apparatus comprising: - a phonocardiogram interface adapted to receive a phonocardiogram signal captured from a patient according to a first set of capturing properties, the phonocardiogram interface being further adapted to receive said first set of capturing properties, - a knowledge base containing relations between symptoms and cardiac disorders, wherein the relations between symptoms and cardiac disorders further comprise a weighting factor representing an amount of correlation between a symptom and a cardiac disorder, - a processor adapted to analyze the phonocardiogram signal and the first set of capturing properties to determine an analysis result for the phonocardiogram signal and a confidence value of the determined analysis result, using said knowledge base, - a flow control adapted to determine, based on at least one of the determined analysis result and the confidence value, whether a subsequent capture of the phonocardiogram signal from the patient according to a second set of capturing properties is likely to improve an accuracy of the determined analysis result, and if so to coordinate the subsequent capture of the phonocardiogram signal according to the second set of capturing properties. - a phonocardiogram interface adapted to receive a phonocardiogram signal captured from a patient according to a first set of capturing properties, the phonocardiogram interface being further adapted to receive said first set of capturing properties, - a knowledge base containing relations between symptoms and cardiac disorders, wherein the relations between symptoms and cardiac disorders further comprise a weighting factor representing an amount of correlation between a symptom and a cardiac disorder, - a processor adapted to analyze the phonocardiogram signal and the first set of capturing properties to determine an analysis result for the phonocardiogram signal and a confidence value of the determined analysis result, using said knowledge base, - a flow control adapted to determine, based on at least one of the determined analysis result and the confidence value, whether a subsequent capture of the phonocardiogram signal from the patient according to a second set of capturing properties is likely to improve an accuracy of the determined analysis result, and if so to coordinate the subsequent capture of the phonocardiogram signal according to the second set of capturing properties.
A processing device for machining a workpiece comprising: a mounting member; a first processing mechanism fixed to the mounting member; the processing device further comprising a second processing mechanism fixed to the mounting member and spaced from the first processing mechanism, the second processing mechanism comprising: a fixing base fixed to the mounting member and separated from the first processing mechanism; a driving member positioned above the fixing base; a cutter, one end of the cutter fixed to the driving member; and characterised by the cutter being capable of being driven to pass through the fixing base and machine the workpiece positioned under the fixing base; and an elastic member positioned between the driving member and the fixing base; wherein the elastic member is compressed during which the driving member drives the cutter to move away from the fixing base to machine the workpiece, and the cutter is capable of being driven back to its original position because of an elastic force of the compressed elastic member. a mounting member; a first processing mechanism fixed to the mounting member; the processing device further comprising a second processing mechanism fixed to the mounting member and spaced from the first processing mechanism, the second processing mechanism comprising: a fixing base fixed to the mounting member and separated from the first processing mechanism; a driving member positioned above the fixing base; a cutter, one end of the cutter fixed to the driving member; and characterised by the cutter being capable of being driven to pass through the fixing base and machine the workpiece positioned under the fixing base; and an elastic member positioned between the driving member and the fixing base; wherein the elastic member is compressed during which the driving member drives the cutter to move away from the fixing base to machine the workpiece, and the cutter is capable of being driven back to its original position because of an elastic force of the compressed elastic member. a fixing base fixed to the mounting member and separated from the first processing mechanism; a driving member positioned above the fixing base; a cutter, one end of the cutter fixed to the driving member; and characterised by the cutter being capable of being driven to pass through the fixing base and machine the workpiece positioned under the fixing base; and an elastic member positioned between the driving member and the fixing base; wherein the elastic member is compressed during which the driving member drives the cutter to move away from the fixing base to machine the workpiece, and the cutter is capable of being driven back to its original position because of an elastic force of the compressed elastic member.
Automated method to produce flexible wallpaper, which method comprises the following steps: a. providing a flexible substrate layer which is essentially endless along a longitudinal dimension and which substrate layer has a top side and a back side; b. providing a coating on the top side of said substrate layer, which coating comprises a thermoplastic material; c. providing said coating with an embossed pattern; d. providing a print pattern directly on top of the embossed coating using a digital printing device; wherein the maximum depth of the embossed pattern provided in the coating comprises a value equal to or less than 1.0 mm, whereby the coating has a minimum thickness, whereby the thickness of the wallpaper is comprised between 0.1 mm and 2.5 mm, and whereby the coating is provided on the substrate layer in an amount comprised between 50 g/m 2 and 400 g/m 2. a. providing a flexible substrate layer which is essentially endless along a longitudinal dimension and which substrate layer has a top side and a back side; b. providing a coating on the top side of said substrate layer, which coating comprises a thermoplastic material; c. providing said coating with an embossed pattern; d. providing a print pattern directly on top of the embossed coating using a digital printing device;
A non-porous film with an average pore size of less than 1 μm as determined by scanning electron microscopy, comprising on at least one side thereof a layer comprising living or viable cells and wherein the non-porous film comprises a collagenous polypeptide comprising at least one GXY domain having a length of at least 5 consecutive GXY triplets, wherein X and Y each represent any amino acid and wherein at least 20% of the amino acids of said collagenous polypeptide are present in the form of consecutive GXY triplets, characterized in that the film thickness when placed in demineralized water of 37 degrees Celsius for 24 hours is at most 10 times its initial thickness, wherein said film is crosslinked by adding between 0.02 millimol and 5.0 millimol of a crosslinking compound per gram collagenous polypeptide, or wherein said film is crosslinked by exposure to radiation so that the degree of crosslinking is the equivalent of adding between 0.02 millimol and 5.0 millimol of a crosslinking compound per gram collagenous polypeptide, and wherein the collagenous polypeptide has a content of glycosylation of less than or equal to 2 (m/m)%.
A method for real-time multi-media streaming CHARACTERIZED BY the steps of: transcoding, at one or more transcoders (170, 800), each of a plurality of multi-media streams in accordance with respective encoding characteristics to provide a transcoded multimedia stream, wherein each of said multi-media streams supplied to said transcoders (170, 800) is provided by a respective camera/encoder (110, 120), and wherein said encoders are adapted to responsively encode imagery according to provided encoding characteristics; forwarding, by a transport processor, each transcoded multimedia stream towards a plurality of viewers wherein each of said plurality of viewers receive a respective transcoded multi-media stream; receiving indicia of video preferences for one or more viewers; and adapting, in response to the preference-indicative feedback from one or more viewers, encoding characteristics associated with at least one transcoded multimedia stream to reduce thereby a bandwidth requirement associated with at least one of the transcoded multi-media streams. transcoding, at one or more transcoders (170, 800), each of a plurality of multi-media streams in accordance with respective encoding characteristics to provide a transcoded multimedia stream, wherein each of said multi-media streams supplied to said transcoders (170, 800) is provided by a respective camera/encoder (110, 120), and wherein said encoders are adapted to responsively encode imagery according to provided encoding characteristics; forwarding, by a transport processor, each transcoded multimedia stream towards a plurality of viewers wherein each of said plurality of viewers receive a respective transcoded multi-media stream; receiving indicia of video preferences for one or more viewers; and adapting, in response to the preference-indicative feedback from one or more viewers, encoding characteristics associated with at least one transcoded multimedia stream to reduce thereby a bandwidth requirement associated with at least one of the transcoded multi-media streams.
A bale chamber for an agricultural baler, comprising: a plurality of rolls (202, 203, 204, 205); a plurality of belts (16, 501, 502) wrapped around the rolls (202, 203, 204, 205); and a movable serpentine arm (210, 510) in contact with the belts (16, 501, 502) and configured to move responsively to lifting by at least one of the belts (16, 501, 502); a plurality of tensioning arms (400A, 400B, 400C), each of the tensioning arms (400A, 400B, 400C) being forced against a respective one of the belts (16, 501, 502) and independently movable relative to the other tensioning arms (400A, 400B, 400C), each tensioning arm (400A, 400B, 400C) being configured to move against and reduce slack in its respective belt (16, 501, 502) as the serpentine arm (210, 510) moves out of contact with its respective belt (16, 501, 502), wherein at least one of the tensioning arms (400A, 400B, 400C) is forced against its respective belt (16, 501, 501) by a respective tensioning assembly, and characterized in that the respective tensioning assembly comprising a rotatable tensioning roll and a tensioner coupled to the tensioning arm (400A, 400B, 400C) and the tensioning roll, such that a rotation of the tensioning roll pulls the tensioning arm (400A, 400B, 400C) against the respective one of the belts (16, 501, 502). a plurality of rolls (202, 203, 204, 205); a plurality of belts (16, 501, 502) wrapped around the rolls (202, 203, 204, 205); and a movable serpentine arm (210, 510) in contact with the belts (16, 501, 502) and configured to move responsively to lifting by at least one of the belts (16, 501, 502); a plurality of tensioning arms (400A, 400B, 400C), each of the tensioning arms (400A, 400B, 400C) being forced against a respective one of the belts (16, 501, 502) and independently movable relative to the other tensioning arms (400A, 400B, 400C), each tensioning arm (400A, 400B, 400C) being configured to move against and reduce slack in its respective belt (16, 501, 502) as the serpentine arm (210, 510) moves out of contact with its respective belt (16, 501, 502), wherein at least one of the tensioning arms (400A, 400B, 400C) is forced against its respective belt (16, 501, 501) by a respective tensioning assembly, and characterized in that the respective tensioning assembly comprising a rotatable tensioning roll and a tensioner coupled to the tensioning arm (400A, 400B, 400C) and the tensioning roll, such that a rotation of the tensioning roll pulls the tensioning arm (400A, 400B, 400C) against the respective one of the belts (16, 501, 502).
An adaptor (900, 1000, 2000) configured to couple with a sealed vial, the adaptor comprising: a housing apparatus including a distal access aperture configured to permit withdrawal of fluid from the sealed vial when the adaptor is coupled to the sealed vial, wherein at least a portion of an access channel (945, 1045, 2045) and at least a portion of a regulator channel (925, 1025, 2025) pass through the housing apparatus, the regulator channel being in fluid communication with the sealed vial when the adaptor is coupled to the sealed vial; a check valve (966, 1066, 2070) having a cracking pressure; and a regulator enclosure (954, 1054) in fluid communication with the vial through the regulator channel, wherein the regulator enclosure is configured to move between an orientation in which at least a portion of the regulator enclosure is at least partially folded and an orientation in which at least a portion of the regulator enclosure is at least partially unfolded when a fluid is transferred between the sealed vial and a syringe via the access channel; wherein, when the adaptor is coupled with the vial and a pressure difference between the inside and outside of the vial exceeds the cracking pressure of the check valve, the check valve opens and permits ambient air to enter the vial via the adaptor, thereby substantially equalizing the pressure inside the vial relative to the pressure outside the vial; and wherein a rigid housing of the housing apparatus does not entirely contain the regulator enclosure in the unfolded orientation. a housing apparatus including a distal access aperture configured to permit withdrawal of fluid from the sealed vial when the adaptor is coupled to the sealed vial, wherein at least a portion of an access channel (945, 1045, 2045) and at least a portion of a regulator channel (925, 1025, 2025) pass through the housing apparatus, the regulator channel being in fluid communication with the sealed vial when the adaptor is coupled to the sealed vial; a check valve (966, 1066, 2070) having a cracking pressure; and a regulator enclosure (954, 1054) in fluid communication with the vial through the regulator channel, wherein the regulator enclosure is configured to move between an orientation in which at least a portion of the regulator enclosure is at least partially folded and an orientation in which at least a portion of the regulator enclosure is at least partially unfolded when a fluid is transferred between the sealed vial and a syringe via the access channel; wherein, when the adaptor is coupled with the vial and a pressure difference between the inside and outside of the vial exceeds the cracking pressure of the check valve, the check valve opens and permits ambient air to enter the vial via the adaptor, thereby substantially equalizing the pressure inside the vial relative to the pressure outside the vial; and wherein a rigid housing of the housing apparatus does not entirely contain the regulator enclosure in the unfolded orientation.
A unit specific information management system for managing specific information of multiple units that are configured to be exchangeably attached to any one of multiple devices connected via a network, wherein each of the units is provided with an ID recording section configured to store or record identification information, hereinafter "unit ID", of the units, each of the devices is provided with an ID reading section configured to read the unit ID from the ID recording section of the unit set on the device, characterized in that each of the devices is provided with a non-volatile storing section configured to rewritably store the specific information of the unit and an update date and time of the specific information linked to the unit ID, and each device is configured to issue a request to another device connected via a network to send the update date and time of the specific information of the unit corresponding to the unit ID read by the ID reading section from the ID recording section of the unit set on the device, and in a case in which the update date and time of the specific information of the unit sent from the other device in accordance with the request is more recent than the update date and time of the specific information of the unit stored in the storing section of the device that issued the request, or in a case in which the specific information of the unit is not stored in the storing section of the device that issued the request, the device requests the other device to send the specific information of the unit, and the device stores the specific information of the unit and the update date and time sent from the other device in accordance with the request in the storing section of the device.
A method for a base station to transmit reference signal, the method comprising: transmitting by the base station information about the pattern of sub-frames which contain channel state infomation, CSI, reference signal to a terminal or a relay, such sub-frames containing CSI reference signals (220, 230, 240,250) belonging to a group of consecutive sub-frames; and transmitting the CSI reference signal on the sub-frames (220, 230, 240, 250) corresponding to the information about the pattern of sub-frames to the terminal or the relay, the CSI reference signal being used by the terminal or the relay to estimate channel state, said method characterised in that the pattern information includes information on transmission period and offset of the sub-frames containing the CSI reference signal (220, 230, 240, 250), this offset is defined with respect to a reference sub-frame of the group of consecutive sub-frames, the CSI reference signal being not transmitted in certain predetermined sub-frames although said predetermined sub-frames correspond to the transmission period and the offset. transmitting by the base station information about the pattern of sub-frames which contain channel state infomation, CSI, reference signal to a terminal or a relay, such sub-frames containing CSI reference signals (220, 230, 240,250) belonging to a group of consecutive sub-frames; and transmitting the CSI reference signal on the sub-frames (220, 230, 240, 250) corresponding to the information about the pattern of sub-frames to the terminal or the relay, the CSI reference signal being used by the terminal or the relay to estimate channel state, said method characterised in that the pattern information includes information on transmission period and offset of the sub-frames containing the CSI reference signal (220, 230, 240, 250), this offset is defined with respect to a reference sub-frame of the group of consecutive sub-frames, the CSI reference signal being not transmitted in certain predetermined sub-frames although said predetermined sub-frames correspond to the transmission period and the offset.
A method of manufacturing a concentrated tobacco extract for use in an aerosol-generating article, the method comprising: providing a natural tobacco material; heating the natural tobacco material to a temperature and for a time such that volatile species are released from the natural tobacco material, the volatile species comprising nicotine, wherein heating the natural tobacco material comprises heating the natural tobacco material in a flow of inert gas or in a flow of a combination of an inert gas with water or steam or heating the natural tobacco material under vacuum; collecting the released volatile species and forming a liquid, naturally derived tobacco extract comprising the collected volatile species, a polyhydric alcohol, and at least about 40 percent by weight of water; heating the liquid, naturally derived tobacco extract to evaporate at least some of the water and obtain concentrated tobacco extract, wherein the naturally derived tobacco extract is heated to a temperature and for a time such that the water content in the tobacco extract is reduced by at least about 60 percent. providing a natural tobacco material; heating the natural tobacco material to a temperature and for a time such that volatile species are released from the natural tobacco material, the volatile species comprising nicotine, wherein heating the natural tobacco material comprises heating the natural tobacco material in a flow of inert gas or in a flow of a combination of an inert gas with water or steam or heating the natural tobacco material under vacuum; collecting the released volatile species and forming a liquid, naturally derived tobacco extract comprising the collected volatile species, a polyhydric alcohol, and at least about 40 percent by weight of water; heating the liquid, naturally derived tobacco extract to evaporate at least some of the water and obtain concentrated tobacco extract, wherein the naturally derived tobacco extract is heated to a temperature and for a time such that the water content in the tobacco extract is reduced by at least about 60 percent.
A system for determining the structural characteristics of a machine tool comprising: a. an excitation device configured to induce a dynamic excitation on a tool used in the machine tool; b. a preloading device configured to generate a static force on the tool; and c. a sensing device for acquiring a set of data based on which the structural characteristics of the machine tool can be determined. d. wherein the system further comprises a controller configured to control the excitation device, to receive the set of data acquired by the sensing device and to determine the structural characteristics of the tool based on the received set of data. a. an excitation device configured to induce a dynamic excitation on a tool used in the machine tool; b. a preloading device configured to generate a static force on the tool; and c. a sensing device for acquiring a set of data based on which the structural characteristics of the machine tool can be determined. d. wherein the system further comprises a controller configured to control the excitation device, to receive the set of data acquired by the sensing device and to determine the structural characteristics of the tool based on the received set of data.