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A method of controlling a multiphase regulator having a variable number of phases in operation and nominal current thresholds for indicating when to add or drop a phase in operation, the method comprising: measuring or estimating a current in the multiphase regulator; measuring or estimating a temperature of the multiphase regulator; adjusting the nominal current thresholds based on the measured or estimated temperature to yield adjusted current thresholds which are a function of temperature; and modifying the number of phases of the multiphase regulator in operation based on the measured or estimated current and the adjusted current thresholds, characterized in that adjusting the nominal current thresholds based on the temperature comprises reducing the nominal current thresholds responsive to the temperature exceeding a first temperature level such that the nominal current thresholds are reduced linearly as the temperature increases and such that the nominal current thresholds reach zero and the multiphase regulator is operated with a maximum number of phases while preventing dropping of any phases of the multiphase regulator in operation responsive to the temperature exceeding a second temperature level (T 1) above the first temperature level (T 0) and below a maximum temperature limit. measuring or estimating a current in the multiphase regulator; measuring or estimating a temperature of the multiphase regulator; adjusting the nominal current thresholds based on the measured or estimated temperature to yield adjusted current thresholds which are a function of temperature; and modifying the number of phases of the multiphase regulator in operation based on the measured or estimated current and the adjusted current thresholds, characterized in that adjusting the nominal current thresholds based on the temperature comprises reducing the nominal current thresholds responsive to the temperature exceeding a first temperature level such that the nominal current thresholds are reduced linearly as the temperature increases and such that the nominal current thresholds reach zero and the multiphase regulator is operated with a maximum number of phases while preventing dropping of any phases of the multiphase regulator in operation responsive to the temperature exceeding a second temperature level (T 1) above the first temperature level (T 0) and below a maximum temperature limit.
A method of controlling supply of an input signal from an encoder to a modulator, wherein the input signal causes modulation of a current flowing through a light source in order to embed data in light emitted by the light source, by modulating into said current a sequence of symbols each selected from amongst a discrete set of current levels according to an encoding scheme, and each resulting from a corresponding gradation in a property of the input signal; wherein the method comprises: for each of a plurality of possible logical transitions allowed by said encoding scheme from an adjacently preceding one of said symbols to a present one of said symbols, determining a respective observed value for the light source current level of the present symbol; for each of said plurality of logical transitions, determining an associated error between the respective observed value and a corresponding one of a set of nominal values for the light source current levels; and based on the respective error for each of said plurality of logical transitions, applying a respective compensation to the corresponding gradation of the input signal in order to bring the resulting light source current level closer to the corresponding nominal value. for each of a plurality of possible logical transitions allowed by said encoding scheme from an adjacently preceding one of said symbols to a present one of said symbols, determining a respective observed value for the light source current level of the present symbol; for each of said plurality of logical transitions, determining an associated error between the respective observed value and a corresponding one of a set of nominal values for the light source current levels; and based on the respective error for each of said plurality of logical transitions, applying a respective compensation to the corresponding gradation of the input signal in order to bring the resulting light source current level closer to the corresponding nominal value.
A peptidomimetic having a length of less than 50 amino acid residues, comprising or consisting of: a. a D amino-acid sequence having at least 80% identity with FIVTYFQDNTDDNDFKEGAPFNDKFLEYGDGEFKKIGEAT (SEQ ID NO: 1) or CFIVTYFQDNTDDNDFKEGAPFNDKFLEYGDGEFKKIGEAT (SEQ ID NO: 2), and/or differing from SEQ ID NO: 1 or 2 by one or several conservative amino acid substitution(s), all amino-acids of SEQ ID NO: 1 or 2 being D amino-acids, or; b. SEQ ID NO: 1 or SEQ ID NO: 2, all amino-acids of SEQ ID NO: 1 or 2 being D amino-acids, or c. a D amino-acid fragment of contiguous amino-acid residues of at least 20 amino-acid residues, of any one of the sequences defined in a) or b), wherein the peptidomimetic has the property to bind to lactoferrin. a. a D amino-acid sequence having at least 80% identity with FIVTYFQDNTDDNDFKEGAPFNDKFLEYGDGEFKKIGEAT (SEQ ID NO: 1) or CFIVTYFQDNTDDNDFKEGAPFNDKFLEYGDGEFKKIGEAT (SEQ ID NO: 2), and/or differing from SEQ ID NO: 1 or 2 by one or several conservative amino acid substitution(s), all amino-acids of SEQ ID NO: 1 or 2 being D amino-acids, or; b. SEQ ID NO: 1 or SEQ ID NO: 2, all amino-acids of SEQ ID NO: 1 or 2 being D amino-acids, or c. a D amino-acid fragment of contiguous amino-acid residues of at least 20 amino-acid residues, of any one of the sequences defined in a) or b),
A method for power gating in a system comprising a circuit and a power switch coupled between a power rail of the circuit and a power supply, the method comprising: turning on the power switch when the circuit is to be awakened from an inactive state, wherein turning on the power switch comprises: decreasing a resistance of the power switch at a first rate during a first time interval; and decreasing the resistance of the power switch at a second rate during a second time interval immediately following the first time interval, wherein the first rate is greater than the second rate, and characterised in that a boundary between the first and second time intervals corresponds to a time at which a voltage of the power rail of the circuit approximately reaches a threshold voltage of transistors in the circuit. decreasing a resistance of the power switch at a first rate during a first time interval; and decreasing the resistance of the power switch at a second rate during a second time interval immediately following the first time interval, wherein the first rate is greater than the second rate, and characterised in that a boundary between the first and second time intervals corresponds to a time at which a voltage of the power rail of the circuit approximately reaches a threshold voltage of transistors in the circuit.
A talar component of an ankle joint prosthesis for engagement with a talus bone, comprising a medial side wall and a lateral side wall, opposite the medial side wall, characterized in that each side wall terminates at a distal bone-cutting edge and each has a thickness, the thicknesses tapering to form the distal bone-cutting edges such that the distal bone-cutting edges are capable of driving into the talus bone.
Arrangement for reducing errors of a rotary device when determining coordinate measurement values of a workpiece, wherein the arrangement has a coordinate measurement apparatus and the rotary device on which a workpiece can be arranged and can be rotated about a rotation axis of the rotary device, wherein the rotary device with a rotary table plate has a first part which is stationary with respect to the coordinate measurement apparatus during a measurement and a second part which is rotatable relative to the first part, wherein at least three distance sensors (16, 17, 18, 19, 22, 23, 24, 25) are arranged on the stationary first part for detecting a distance of the rotatable second part from the at least three distance sensors (16, 17, 18, 19, 22, 23, 24, 25), and the distance sensors (16, 17, 18, 19, 22, 23, 24, 25) are designed as distance sensors (16, 17, 18, 19, 22, 23, 24, 25) detecting the distance in relation to a rotation axis of the rotary device in the radial direction and/or as distance sensors (16, 17, 18, 19, 22, 23, 24, 25) detecting the distance in relation to a rotation axis of the rotary device in the axial direction, characterized in that the distance sensors (16, 17, 18, 19, 22, 23, 24, 25) are designed as distance sensors (16, 17, 18, 19, 22, 23, 24, 25) determining a distance between the distance sensors (16, 17, 18, 19, 22, 23, 24, 25) and the rotary table plate.
A method of transmitting signals by a multiple input multiple output, MIMO, transmitter including a plurality of antennas, the method comprising: selecting a reference resource element, RE, from a RE group including a plurality of REs; generating a common precoder to be shared for the plurality of REs in the RE group based on channel information of the reference RE; generating primary signals, which are precoding signals of the plurality of REs, by applying the common precoder to transmission data for the plurality of REs; generating secondary signals, by applying a process of compensating for the primary signals of REs except the reference RE in the plurality of REs, wherein the process of compensating is performed repeatedly until errors between results obtained based on channel information on each of the REs except the reference RE in the plurality of REs instead of the common precoder and the compensated primary signals are less than a threshold, generating third signals, by applying operations of a function for a primary signal of the reference RE and for the secondary signals of the REs except the reference RE in the plurality of REs, wherein each of the operations of the function is related to channel information on each of the plurality of REs, and transmitting the third signals. selecting a reference resource element, RE, from a RE group including a plurality of REs; generating a common precoder to be shared for the plurality of REs in the RE group based on channel information of the reference RE; generating primary signals, which are precoding signals of the plurality of REs, by applying the common precoder to transmission data for the plurality of REs; generating secondary signals, by applying a process of compensating for the primary signals of REs except the reference RE in the plurality of REs, wherein the process of compensating is performed repeatedly until errors between results obtained based on channel information on each of the REs except the reference RE in the plurality of REs instead of the common precoder and the compensated primary signals are less than a threshold, generating third signals, by applying operations of a function for a primary signal of the reference RE and for the secondary signals of the REs except the reference RE in the plurality of REs, wherein each of the operations of the function is related to channel information on each of the plurality of REs, and transmitting the third signals.
A dual lumen drainage cannula configured for use in a veno-arterial extracorporeal membrane oxygenation, VA ECMO, system, the dual lumen drainage cannula comprising: a first drainage tube having a proximal end, a distal end, and at least one aperture defined in at least one wall of the first drainage tube proximate to the distal end of the first drainage tube; a second drainage tube having a proximal end, a distal end, and at least one aperture defined in at least one wall of the second drainage tube proximate to the distal end of the second drainage tube, wherein the first drainage tube passes through the second drainage tube, and wherein the distal end of the second drainage tube is coupled to a portion of the first drainage tube between the proximal end and the distal end of the first drainage tube; characterized in that a sleeve positioned adjacent to an interior wall of the second drainage tube, wherein at least one wall of the sleeve is formed of a flexible material so as to be expandable and collapsible within the second drainage tube. a first drainage tube having a proximal end, a distal end, and at least one aperture defined in at least one wall of the first drainage tube proximate to the distal end of the first drainage tube; a second drainage tube having a proximal end, a distal end, and at least one aperture defined in at least one wall of the second drainage tube proximate to the distal end of the second drainage tube, wherein the first drainage tube passes through the second drainage tube, and wherein the distal end of the second drainage tube is coupled to a portion of the first drainage tube between the proximal end and the distal end of the first drainage tube; characterized in that a sleeve positioned adjacent to an interior wall of the second drainage tube, wherein at least one wall of the sleeve is formed of a flexible material so as to be expandable and collapsible within the second drainage tube.
A method for acquiring an object, comprising: Receiving, by a server, a request of a client, wherein the request comprises identifier information of a target object requested by the client; Determining, according to the identifier information of the target object, whether the target object has one or more associated objects; and characterized in that when the target object has one or more associated objects, adding association indication information to the target object, and sending the target object to the client, so that the client continues to wait for receiving data after receiving the target object; wherein the association indication information is used to indicate to the client that the target object has one or more associated objects; after finishing sending the target object, sending verification information to the client, so that the client verifies the associated objects of the target object according to the verification information; receiving, by the server, verification result information from the client; determining, by the server, a target associated object from the associated objects according to the verification result information of the client; and sending the target associated object to the client. Receiving, by a server, a request of a client, wherein the request comprises identifier information of a target object requested by the client; Determining, according to the identifier information of the target object, whether the target object has one or more associated objects; and characterized in that when the target object has one or more associated objects, adding association indication information to the target object, and sending the target object to the client, so that the client continues to wait for receiving data after receiving the target object; wherein the association indication information is used to indicate to the client that the target object has one or more associated objects; after finishing sending the target object, sending verification information to the client, so that the client verifies the associated objects of the target object according to the verification information; receiving, by the server, verification result information from the client; determining, by the server, a target associated object from the associated objects according to the verification result information of the client; and sending the target associated object to the client.
Apparatus for the detection and/or characterization of particles (BEADS) comprising: - means for the generation of points of stable equilibrium of a force field acting on said particles, generated by an array of electrodes arranged according to rows and columns; - optical sensors (PIXELS) associated with said electrodes, said optical sensors being located in the gap between two adjacent electrodes along the columns of the array and being made so as to detect the incident optical power on a sensor portion substantially lower than the dimensions of the particles; - shielding means (SHIELD) of said optical sensors, and openings (SLIT), in a number of at least one for each optical sensor, obtained through said shielding means (SHIELD) and having pre-fixed dimensions, smaller than those of the particles to be detected/characterized, and wherein the slits are in a position of the gap between adjacent electrodes, located progressively shifted from left to right on each subsequent row. - means for the generation of points of stable equilibrium of a force field acting on said particles, generated by an array of electrodes arranged according to rows and columns; - optical sensors (PIXELS) associated with said electrodes, said optical sensors being located in the gap between two adjacent electrodes along the columns of the array and being made so as to detect the incident optical power on a sensor portion substantially lower than the dimensions of the particles; - shielding means (SHIELD) of said optical sensors, and openings (SLIT), in a number of at least one for each optical sensor, obtained through said shielding means (SHIELD) and having pre-fixed dimensions, smaller than those of the particles to be detected/characterized, and wherein the slits are in a position of the gap between adjacent electrodes, located progressively shifted from left to right on each subsequent row.
A mobile phone, comprising: a processor; and a memory with instructions stored therein which are accessible and processable by said processor, which, when processed by the processor, cause said processor to obtain a concurrently combined antenna subset list from a base station which identifies a configuration of virtual antennas (110, 302, 402, 502, 602a, 602b, 602c), which represent a mapping of signals to physical antenna elements, associated with a scheduling unit that is associated with an at least one base station (102, 102a, 102b, 102c, 102d, 102e, 102f); measure pilot signals from the physical antenna elements; use the concurrently combined antenna subset list and the measured pilot signals for selecting which configuration of at least one of the virtual antennas (VA1a...VA4a, VA1b...VA4b, VA1c...VA8c, VA1d...VA8d) should be used for transmissions; and send an antenna selection signal (118, 118a, 118b, 118c, 118d) to said base station which contains information requesting a scheduling unit (104, 104a, 104b, 104c, 104d) to use said selected at least one virtual antennas for transmissions, wherein said concurrently combined antenna subset list is: a concurrent combination of a first antenna subset list and a second antenna subset list that allows up to one virtual antenna to be selected from the first antenna subset list and up to one virtual antenna to be selected from the second antenna subset list. a processor; and a memory with instructions stored therein which are accessible and processable by said processor, which, when processed by the processor, cause said processor to obtain a concurrently combined antenna subset list from a base station which identifies a configuration of virtual antennas (110, 302, 402, 502, 602a, 602b, 602c), which represent a mapping of signals to physical antenna elements, associated with a scheduling unit that is associated with an at least one base station (102, 102a, 102b, 102c, 102d, 102e, 102f); measure pilot signals from the physical antenna elements; use the concurrently combined antenna subset list and the measured pilot signals for selecting which configuration of at least one of the virtual antennas (VA1a...VA4a, VA1b...VA4b, VA1c...VA8c, VA1d...VA8d) should be used for transmissions; and send an antenna selection signal (118, 118a, 118b, 118c, 118d) to said base station which contains information requesting a scheduling unit (104, 104a, 104b, 104c, 104d) to use said selected at least one virtual antennas for transmissions, wherein said concurrently combined antenna subset list is: a concurrent combination of a first antenna subset list and a second antenna subset list that allows up to one virtual antenna to be selected from the first antenna subset list and up to one virtual antenna to be selected from the second antenna subset list. a concurrent combination of a first antenna subset list and a second antenna subset list that allows up to one virtual antenna to be selected from the first antenna subset list and up to one virtual antenna to be selected from the second antenna subset list.
A hoist cable overload detection system, comprising: a first plate; a spring mechanically coupled to the first plate; a second plate mechanically coupled to the spring and oriented with the spring between the first plate and the second plate; and characterised by a pin disposed in an opening formed in the first plate with the pin having an untriggered position and a triggered position, wherein the pin is configured to translate from the untriggered position into the triggered position in response to a displacement of the first plate relative to the second plate; and further characterised by further comprising: a pin retention spring disposed in a cavity defined by the first plate; and a pin retention head coupled to the pin retention spring and configured to rest in a first groove formed in the pin in response to the pin being in the untriggered position. a first plate; a spring mechanically coupled to the first plate; a second plate mechanically coupled to the spring and oriented with the spring between the first plate and the second plate; and characterised by a pin disposed in an opening formed in the first plate with the pin having an untriggered position and a triggered position, wherein the pin is configured to translate from the untriggered position into the triggered position in response to a displacement of the first plate relative to the second plate; and further characterised by further comprising: a pin retention spring disposed in a cavity defined by the first plate; and a pin retention head coupled to the pin retention spring and configured to rest in a first groove formed in the pin in response to the pin being in the untriggered position. a pin retention spring disposed in a cavity defined by the first plate; and a pin retention head coupled to the pin retention spring and configured to rest in a first groove formed in the pin in response to the pin being in the untriggered position.
Process for producing active-substance-comprising aqueous polymer dispersions with an average particle size of the dispersed particles of <1000 nm by radical polymerization of an oil-in-water emulsion, the oil phase of which comprises at least one organic active substance, which is selected from the group of the insecticides, the fungicides, the herbicides, the growth regulators and the safeners, and which exhibits a solubility in water of not more than 5 g/l, in at least one ethylenically unsaturated monomer, characterized in that a solution of at least one active substance in at least one monomer is emulsified in water in the presence of at least one surface-active agent, to give a miniemulsion with an average droplet size <500 nm, and/or at least one active substance is added during the emulsification or afterwards, and subsequently the miniemulsion is polymerized under radical conditions.