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A load control device for controlling the amount of power delivered from an AC power source to an electrical load, the load control device comprising: a thyristor having first and second main load terminals adapted to be coupled in series electrical connection between the AC power source and the electrical load for conducting a load current from the AC power source to the electrical load, the thyristor having a gate for conducting a gate current to render the thyristor conductive; a gate coupling circuit coupled to conduct the gate current through the gate of the thyristor; a controllable switching circuit coupled between the gate coupling circuit and the gate of the thyristor for conducting the gate current when the controllable switching circuit is conductive; and a control circuit operable to render the controllable switching circuit conductive and to control the gate coupling circuit to conduct the gate current to thus render the thyristor conductive at a firing time during a half cycle of the AC power source, the control circuit continuing to control the gate coupling circuit, such that the gate coupling circuit is able to conduct the gate current again after the firing time, the control circuit rendering the controllable switching circuit nonconductive before the end of the half-cycle, such that the gate coupling circuit is not able to conduct the gate current through the gate of the thyristor after the controllable switching circuit becomes non-conductive. a gate coupling circuit coupled to conduct the gate current through the gate of the thyristor; a controllable switching circuit coupled between the gate coupling circuit and the gate of the thyristor for conducting the gate current when the controllable switching circuit is conductive; and a control circuit operable to render the controllable switching circuit conductive and to control the gate coupling circuit to conduct the gate current to thus render the thyristor conductive at a firing time during a half cycle of the AC power source, the control circuit continuing to control the gate coupling circuit, such that the gate coupling circuit is able to conduct the gate current again after the firing time, the control circuit rendering the controllable switching circuit nonconductive before the end of the half-cycle, such that the gate coupling circuit is not able to conduct the gate current through the gate of the thyristor after the controllable switching circuit becomes non-conductive.
A system for treating a fracture of a bone, the fracture producing first and second bone parts separated by a fracture line, the system comprising: a first implant having a first body to be placed in an operative position against the bone at one location; a second implant having a second body to be placed in an operative position against the bone at another location spaced from the one location; and a first elongate component that can be directed through the bone to cooperate with each of the first and second bodies (110, 121) so that the first and second bodies (110, 121) and first component together act to maintain the first and second bone parts in a desired set relationship, the first component having a lengthwise axis and cooperating with the first body so that the operatively positioned first component is stabilized by the first body in a first plane that is transverse to the lengthwise axis of the first component, the first component cooperating with the second body so that the first component is stabilized by the operatively positioned second body, wherein the first component is in the form of a crossing screw which is locked to at least one implant (100; 120) either at the head of the screw or at the tip of the screw on an implant (120; 100) on the opposite side of the bone, characterised in that the crossing screw and the at least one implant (100, 120) are configured so that the crossing screw can engage the at least one implant (100, 200) with the crossing screw at different angles with respect to the at least one implant (100, 200). a first implant having a first body to be placed in an operative position against the bone at one location; a second implant having a second body to be placed in an operative position against the bone at another location spaced from the one location; and a first elongate component that can be directed through the bone to cooperate with each of the first and second bodies (110, 121) so that the first and second bodies (110, 121) and first component together act to maintain the first and second bone parts in a desired set relationship, the first component having a lengthwise axis and cooperating with the first body so that the operatively positioned first component is stabilized by the first body in a first plane that is transverse to the lengthwise axis of the first component, the first component cooperating with the second body so that the first component is stabilized by the operatively positioned second body, wherein the first component is in the form of a crossing screw which is locked to at least one implant (100; 120) either at the head of the screw or at the tip of the screw on an implant (120; 100) on the opposite side of the bone, characterised in that the crossing screw and the at least one implant (100, 120) are configured so that the crossing screw can engage the at least one implant (100, 200) with the crossing screw at different angles with respect to the at least one implant (100, 200).
A cell population obtained by in vitro or ex vivo culture from human bone marrow stem cells comprising: (a) human osteoprogenitors, osteoblasts or osteoblastic cells characterised in that they express alkaline phosphatase of the bone-liver-kidney type, 65-100% express CD63 and 50-100% express CD166, and they do not differentiate towards cells of adipocytic lineage nor chondrocytic lineage, and (b) endothelial cells or progenitors thereof which are CD34 positive and of which 50% to 75% express von Willebrand factor (vWF), 25% to 50% express VEGF and 25% to 50% express CD133, wherein said cell population comprises at least 80% of human osteoprogenitors, osteoblasts or osteoblastic cells as defined under (a), and less than 20% of endothelial cells or progenitors thereof as defined under (b). (a) human osteoprogenitors, osteoblasts or osteoblastic cells characterised in that they express alkaline phosphatase of the bone-liver-kidney type, 65-100% express CD63 and 50-100% express CD166, and they do not differentiate towards cells of adipocytic lineage nor chondrocytic lineage, and (b) endothelial cells or progenitors thereof which are CD34 positive and of which 50% to 75% express von Willebrand factor (vWF), 25% to 50% express VEGF and 25% to 50% express CD133,
Method for reconstructing the surface of 3D objects by use of a plurality, M, of cameras which are connected via a data network, wherein the 3D object is disposed within a working space defined by the cameras, characterized by a) one-time initial calculation of 3D data of the discretized working space in the form of linearly arranged piles of 3D points and imaging data based on an imaging model for the given camera arrangement of the M cameras, wherein each pile of 3D points includes those 3D points that are disposed in the proximity of a beam projected from the corresponding camera; b) linking the initially calculated piles of 3D points into a single linear array (PilesArray) for each camera; c) determining those piles of 3D points of the PilesArray for each camera that are disposed in the proximity of the surface of the visual cone of the object and copying these piles of 3D points into another linear array (ConeArray); d) sequentially testing for all 3D points of the ConeArray if the 3D point is arranged within the intersection of the cones of the respective other m-1 cameras; and e) determining the surface points by combined processing of the results of step d) of all M cameras for surface reconstruction. a) one-time initial calculation of 3D data of the discretized working space in the form of linearly arranged piles of 3D points and imaging data based on an imaging model for the given camera arrangement of the M cameras, wherein each pile of 3D points includes those 3D points that are disposed in the proximity of a beam projected from the corresponding camera; b) linking the initially calculated piles of 3D points into a single linear array (PilesArray) for each camera; c) determining those piles of 3D points of the PilesArray for each camera that are disposed in the proximity of the surface of the visual cone of the object and copying these piles of 3D points into another linear array (ConeArray); d) sequentially testing for all 3D points of the ConeArray if the 3D point is arranged within the intersection of the cones of the respective other m-1 cameras; and e) determining the surface points by combined processing of the results of step d) of all M cameras for surface reconstruction.
A system for use with a split HVAC system including at least one outdoor unit and at least one indoor unit having a receiver, the system comprising: a control having connectivity to a smart utility meter; and an equipment interface module configured for wireless communication with the receiver of the at least one indoor unit and the control, such that the equipment interface module is operable for communicating instructions from the control to the receiver of the at least one indoor unit, thereby allowing operation of the at least one indoor unit to be controllable by a utility provider via the smart utility meter, wherein the equipment interface module comprises a collector for intercepting contrary instructions from a handheld infrared remote control of the at least indoor unit, to thereby allow the equipment interface module to countermand the contrary instructions. a control having connectivity to a smart utility meter; and an equipment interface module configured for wireless communication with the receiver of the at least one indoor unit and the control, such that the equipment interface module is operable for communicating instructions from the control to the receiver of the at least one indoor unit, thereby allowing operation of the at least one indoor unit to be controllable by a utility provider via the smart utility meter, wherein the equipment interface module comprises a collector for intercepting contrary instructions from a handheld infrared remote control of the at least indoor unit, to thereby allow the equipment interface module to countermand the contrary instructions.
An oral dosage form comprising from 0.75% to 2% by weight of guanfacine or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, wherein said dosage form is effective for once a day administration, and wherein said dosage form also comprises from 25 % to 45 % by weight poly(methacrylic acid, ethyl acrylate).
A star tracker comprising: a lightguide (115; 320; 430); a coupling system (120; 420) disposed on a surface of the lightguide (115; 320; 430) and configured to couple starlight (130, 135) into the lightguide (115; 320; 430) such that a mode of propagation of the starlight (130, 135) in the lightguide (115; 320; 430) is at least partially determined by an angle of incidence of the starlight (130, 135) on the coupling system (120; 420); a plurality of output optical apertures connected to the lightguide (115; 320; 430); a detector system coupled to the lightguide (115; 320; 430) and configured to analyze the starlight (130, 135) propagated in the lightguide (115; 320; 430) to determine at least one of an azimuth angle and an elevation angle of a star that is a source of the starlight (130, 135); and an interferometer selectively coupled to a pair of the plurality of output optical apertures and configured to determine a phase difference between the starlight (130, 135) propagated via the lightguide (115; 320; 430) to each of the pair of the plurality of output optical apertures. a lightguide (115; 320; 430); a coupling system (120; 420) disposed on a surface of the lightguide (115; 320; 430) and configured to couple starlight (130, 135) into the lightguide (115; 320; 430) such that a mode of propagation of the starlight (130, 135) in the lightguide (115; 320; 430) is at least partially determined by an angle of incidence of the starlight (130, 135) on the coupling system (120; 420); a plurality of output optical apertures connected to the lightguide (115; 320; 430); a detector system coupled to the lightguide (115; 320; 430) and configured to analyze the starlight (130, 135) propagated in the lightguide (115; 320; 430) to determine at least one of an azimuth angle and an elevation angle of a star that is a source of the starlight (130, 135); and an interferometer selectively coupled to a pair of the plurality of output optical apertures and configured to determine a phase difference between the starlight (130, 135) propagated via the lightguide (115; 320; 430) to each of the pair of the plurality of output optical apertures.
A method for sterilizing a liquid peptide composition characterized in that the composition has an initial storage modulus within the range of 300 to 5,000 Pa at 1 rad/sec of frequency and 1 Pa of oscillation stress as measured with 20mm plates, the method comprising the steps of: subjecting the liquid peptide composition to high shear stress within a range of 30 to 200 Pa so that the storage modulus of the composition is temporarily reduced to a level within a range of 0.01% to 80% of the initial storage modulus; and subjecting the composition to sterilizing filtration while its viscosity is at the reduced level, wherein the peptide composition is in aqueous solution and comprises a peptide at a concentration range of 1% to 2.5% having the amino acid sequence selected from: Arg-Ala-Asp-Ala-Arg-Ala-Asp-Ala-Arg-Ala-Asp-Ala-Arg-Ala-Asp-Ala (RADA16); Ile-Glu-Ile-Lys-Ile-Glu-Ile-Lys-Ile-Glu-Ile-Lys-Ile (IEIK13); and Lys-Leu-Asp-Leu-Lys-Leu-Asp-Leu-Lys-Leu-Asp-Leu, wherein the step of subjecting the composition to high shear stress utilizes at least one shear-thinning unit selected from: a needle, a screen with micro- or nano-sized holes and a membrane with micro- or nano-sized pores. subjecting the liquid peptide composition to high shear stress within a range of 30 to 200 Pa so that the storage modulus of the composition is temporarily reduced to a level within a range of 0.01% to 80% of the initial storage modulus; and subjecting the composition to sterilizing filtration while its viscosity is at the reduced level, wherein the peptide composition is in aqueous solution and comprises a peptide at a concentration range of 1% to 2.5% having the amino acid sequence selected from: Arg-Ala-Asp-Ala-Arg-Ala-Asp-Ala-Arg-Ala-Asp-Ala-Arg-Ala-Asp-Ala (RADA16); Ile-Glu-Ile-Lys-Ile-Glu-Ile-Lys-Ile-Glu-Ile-Lys-Ile (IEIK13); and Lys-Leu-Asp-Leu-Lys-Leu-Asp-Leu-Lys-Leu-Asp-Leu, wherein the step of subjecting the composition to high shear stress utilizes at least one shear-thinning unit selected from: a needle, a screen with micro- or nano-sized holes and a membrane with micro- or nano-sized pores.
A method for managing a sewer system, said method comprising: obtaining a probabilistic distribution forecast for a variable for each of multiple time intervals; building for said variable, based upon said probabilistic distribution forecast, multiple time interval ensemble forecasts, each ensemble forecast for one of said multiple time intervals; retrieving or developing a flow simulation to simulate flow of a fluid inside said sewer system; initializing said flow simulation, by accounting for one or more flow condition attributes present inside said sewer system, to generate an initialized flow simulation; running, based on an assumed value of one or more flow condition attributes present at a treatment scheme located outside said sewer system, said initialized flow simulation that uses each of said time interval ensemble forecasts to arrive at number of times one or more different potential outcomes are realized; establishing, based on number of times one or more of said potential outcomes are realized, a cost function of realizing one or more potential outcomes of said sewer system; establishing, based on one or more of said flow condition attributes in said sewer system, a cost function of flow inside said sewer system; and controlling, using a flow controller, flow of said fluid exiting said sewer system to minimize a difference between said cost function of realizing one or more potential outcomes of said sewer system and said cost function of flow inside said sewer system. obtaining a probabilistic distribution forecast for a variable for each of multiple time intervals; building for said variable, based upon said probabilistic distribution forecast, multiple time interval ensemble forecasts, each ensemble forecast for one of said multiple time intervals; retrieving or developing a flow simulation to simulate flow of a fluid inside said sewer system; initializing said flow simulation, by accounting for one or more flow condition attributes present inside said sewer system, to generate an initialized flow simulation; running, based on an assumed value of one or more flow condition attributes present at a treatment scheme located outside said sewer system, said initialized flow simulation that uses each of said time interval ensemble forecasts to arrive at number of times one or more different potential outcomes are realized; establishing, based on number of times one or more of said potential outcomes are realized, a cost function of realizing one or more potential outcomes of said sewer system; establishing, based on one or more of said flow condition attributes in said sewer system, a cost function of flow inside said sewer system; and controlling, using a flow controller, flow of said fluid exiting said sewer system to minimize a difference between said cost function of realizing one or more potential outcomes of said sewer system and said cost function of flow inside said sewer system.
A wind turbine blade (5A, 5B, 5C, 43A) comprising an external skin which comprises tensioned fabric supported along a majority of the length of the wind turbine blade by two or more elongate fabric supporting members (23A, 23B), the external skin being connected to each of the two or more elongate fabric supporting members characterised in that the wind turbine blade further comprises an internal support structure, wherein at least one of the two or more elongate fabric supporting members is slidably attached to said internal support structure such that said at least one of the two or more elongate fabric supporting members is slidable along at least a portion of the length of the wind turbine blade.
A method of making a multiple layer overvoltage protection device comprising the steps of: providing a substrate having a first net impurity concentration of a first conductivity type to define a mid-region layer, the first net impurity concentration increasing with increasing depth into the substrate as measured from an upper surface of the substrate; introducing a dopant of a second conductivity type into the substrate with a second impurity concentration less than the first impurity concentration, wherein the dopant is introduced into the subtrate by implantation and diffusion; forming an upper base region having a second type of conductivity on the upper surface of said mid-region layer; forming a lower base region layer having a second type of conductivity on a lower surface of said mid-region layer; forming a first emitter region having a first type of conductivity on a surface of said upper base region layer; coupling a first metal contact to said upper base region layer; and coupling a second metal contact to said lower base region layer. providing a substrate having a first net impurity concentration of a first conductivity type to define a mid-region layer, the first net impurity concentration increasing with increasing depth into the substrate as measured from an upper surface of the substrate; introducing a dopant of a second conductivity type into the substrate with a second impurity concentration less than the first impurity concentration, wherein the dopant is introduced into the subtrate by implantation and diffusion; forming an upper base region having a second type of conductivity on the upper surface of said mid-region layer; forming a lower base region layer having a second type of conductivity on a lower surface of said mid-region layer; forming a first emitter region having a first type of conductivity on a surface of said upper base region layer; coupling a first metal contact to said upper base region layer; and coupling a second metal contact to said lower base region layer.
A method for controlling an automatic cleaning device, comprising: obtaining a historical environment parameter of a working region; forming reference data based on the historical environment parameter; obtaining a current environment parameter of the working region, and comparing the current environment parameter with the reference data; and controlling the automatic cleaning device based on a comparison result, wherein the method further comprises: obtaining a historical environment parameter of a specified position and a current environment parameter of the specified position; and determining, according to the current environment parameter of the specified position and reference data formed based on the historical environment parameter of the specified position, whether to calibrate a first sensor and/or a second sensor, wherein the first sensor is disposed at a back end of the automatic cleaning device, and the second sensor is disposed at a front end of the automatic cleaning device. obtaining a historical environment parameter of a working region; forming reference data based on the historical environment parameter; obtaining a current environment parameter of the working region, and comparing the current environment parameter with the reference data; and controlling the automatic cleaning device based on a comparison result, wherein the method further comprises: obtaining a historical environment parameter of a specified position and a current environment parameter of the specified position; and determining, according to the current environment parameter of the specified position and reference data formed based on the historical environment parameter of the specified position, whether to calibrate a first sensor and/or a second sensor, wherein the first sensor is disposed at a back end of the automatic cleaning device, and the second sensor is disposed at a front end of the automatic cleaning device. obtaining a historical environment parameter of a specified position and a current environment parameter of the specified position; and determining, according to the current environment parameter of the specified position and reference data formed based on the historical environment parameter of the specified position, whether to calibrate a first sensor and/or a second sensor, wherein the first sensor is disposed at a back end of the automatic cleaning device, and the second sensor is disposed at a front end of the automatic cleaning device.