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Device for measuring the flow rate of a fluid, in particular a liquid, comprising a conduit having an axis, an impeller rotatably mounted in said conduit, around an axis (X-X) which is substantially parallel to the axis of the conduit, and having a plurality of radial vanes to be hit by a flow of said fluid for making the impeller rotate with an angular speed which is a function of the flow rate of said fluid, and detector means (16, 17) associated with the impeller and arranged to provide electrical signals indicating the angular speed thereof; upstream of the impeller there being provided a diffuser defining a plurality of passages (21, 22) for receiving a flow of said fluid directed along the axis of the conduit and dividing said flow into a plurality of reduced flows and directing said reduced flows toward the vanes of the impeller, such as to make the latter rotate in a predetermined direction; wherein the impeller has a first axial portion close to the diffuser and provided with said vanes, which are substantially flat and lie in respective radial planes with respect to said axis (X-X), and a second axial portion which is remote from the diffuser and has a radial size greater than that of said first axial portion, and with which said detector means (16, 17) are associated; and in that the diffuser defines a plurality of peripheral passages which extend in respective planes parallel to said axis (X-X) and inclined in a same direction around said axis (X-X); each passage (21, 22) having a longitudinal inlet portion, at least approximately parallel with said axis (X-X) and a transverse outlet portion laterally facing said first axial portion of the impeller such that in the operation the outlet portions of said passages (21, 22) direct towards the vanes of the impeller corresponding flows or jets of fluid in non-radial directions inclined in a same sense about said axis (X-X).
A method for guiding a plurality of persons to at least one destination: receiving at least one destination from a plurality of persons; receiving a current location for each person in the plurality of persons; computing a route for each person in said plurality of persons; determining a need for at least one service request to at least one facility located on the route (23, 24) computed for each person in said plurality of persons; and sending at least one service request to at least one facility in accordance with said determined: needs for at least one service request (25, 26), characterized in that sending said at least one service request to at least one facility includes combining information from all the computed routes having a common point on which said at least one facility is located, wherein sending said at least one service request to at least one facility further includes sending a call for an elevator and said call for an elevator is a group call. receiving at least one destination from a plurality of persons; receiving a current location for each person in the plurality of persons; computing a route for each person in said plurality of persons; determining a need for at least one service request to at least one facility located on the route (23, 24) computed for each person in said plurality of persons; and sending at least one service request to at least one facility in accordance with said determined: needs for at least one service request (25, 26), characterized in that sending said at least one service request to at least one facility includes combining information from all the computed routes having a common point on which said at least one facility is located, wherein sending said at least one service request to at least one facility further includes sending a call for an elevator and said call for an elevator is a group call.
A method for adapting a wearable device, comprising: - sensing an electromyography, EMG, data responsive to a hand gesture of a user, wherein the hand gesture is associated with at least two digits of a hand of the user and the EMG data represents a level of pressure applied by each of the at least two digits; - determining a pressure applied in association with the hand gesture based on the EMG data; and - causing the fitting of the wearable device to a body part of the user, to be adjusted based on the pressure. - sensing an electromyography, EMG, data responsive to a hand gesture of a user, wherein the hand gesture is associated with at least two digits of a hand of the user and the EMG data represents a level of pressure applied by each of the at least two digits; - determining a pressure applied in association with the hand gesture based on the EMG data; and - causing the fitting of the wearable device to a body part of the user, to be adjusted based on the pressure.
A computer-implemented method for executing instructions stored on a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium, the method comprising: performing, by a virtual reality application provided on a computing device, video rendering at a first video rendering rate based on updating an entire image on a screen of the computing device at a first update rate; determining that a performance of the video rendering is less than a threshold; performing, based on the determining, video rendering at a second video rendering rate by updating a first portion of the image at the first update rate, and by updating a second portion of the image at a second update rate that is less than the first update rate. performing, by a virtual reality application provided on a computing device, video rendering at a first video rendering rate based on updating an entire image on a screen of the computing device at a first update rate; determining that a performance of the video rendering is less than a threshold; performing, based on the determining, video rendering at a second video rendering rate by updating a first portion of the image at the first update rate, and by updating a second portion of the image at a second update rate that is less than the first update rate.
A method for transmitting data to a user agent, comprising: a relay node receiving information from an access node, the information containing the data that is to be transmitted to the user agent and control information that the access node will use to transmit the data to the user agent; and the relay node transmitting the data to the user agent at the time the access node transmits the data to the user agent, the relay node using the control information that the access node uses to transmit the data to the user agent; wherein, when the user agent is unable to successfully decode the data, the user agent sends a negative acknowledgement 'NACK' message to the access node and the relay node; and wherein, when the access node and the relay node receive the NACK and when dynamic scheduling is used, the access node determines the parameters that are to be used for a retransmission of the data and a time of the retransmission, the access node notifies the relay node of the parameters and the time, and the access node and the relay node retransmit the data at the time determined by the access node using the parameters specified by the access node. a relay node receiving information from an access node, the information containing the data that is to be transmitted to the user agent and control information that the access node will use to transmit the data to the user agent; and the relay node transmitting the data to the user agent at the time the access node transmits the data to the user agent, the relay node using the control information that the access node uses to transmit the data to the user agent; wherein, when the user agent is unable to successfully decode the data, the user agent sends a negative acknowledgement 'NACK' message to the access node and the relay node; and wherein, when the access node and the relay node receive the NACK and when dynamic scheduling is used, the access node determines the parameters that are to be used for a retransmission of the data and a time of the retransmission, the access node notifies the relay node of the parameters and the time, and the access node and the relay node retransmit the data at the time determined by the access node using the parameters specified by the access node.
Method for the detection of Imatinib in a blood plasma sample, comprising the following steps: a) loading the plasma sample onto a simplified liquid extraction column supported on a solid phase; b) loading the column with a basic aqueous solution; c) eluting Imatinib from the simplified liquid extraction column supported on a solid phase using an organic solvent chosen among tetrahydrofuran, methyl-ter-butyl ether, ethyl ether, acetonitrile, ethyl acetate, butyl acetate and mixtures thereof, collecting at the bottom of the column a solution containing Imatinib; d) adding to the Imatinib solution obtained in step c) tetrabutylammonium hexafluorophosphate at a concentration between 1 and 100 mM and adding to the same solution a phosphoric acid concentrated solution, glacial acetic acid and ultrapure water; e) analyzing the mixture obtained in step d) by adsorptive stripping voltammetry, whose waveform (potential, E, as a function of time, t) is constituted by a first accumulation period in which the potential is kept constant at a first value, a second period of linear decrease of the potential up to a second value, and a third period of linear increase of the potential up to returning to the first value, in which said first and second values of potential are respectively +1.1 V and +0.3 V with respect to a reference electrode. a) loading the plasma sample onto a simplified liquid extraction column supported on a solid phase; b) loading the column with a basic aqueous solution; c) eluting Imatinib from the simplified liquid extraction column supported on a solid phase using an organic solvent chosen among tetrahydrofuran, methyl-ter-butyl ether, ethyl ether, acetonitrile, ethyl acetate, butyl acetate and mixtures thereof, collecting at the bottom of the column a solution containing Imatinib; d) adding to the Imatinib solution obtained in step c) tetrabutylammonium hexafluorophosphate at a concentration between 1 and 100 mM and adding to the same solution a phosphoric acid concentrated solution, glacial acetic acid and ultrapure water; e) analyzing the mixture obtained in step d) by adsorptive stripping voltammetry, whose waveform (potential, E, as a function of time, t) is constituted by a first accumulation period in which the potential is kept constant at a first value, a second period of linear decrease of the potential up to a second value, and a third period of linear increase of the potential up to returning to the first value, in which said first and second values of potential are respectively +1.1 V and +0.3 V with respect to a reference electrode.
An amperometric analyte sensor apparatus comprising: a base layer; a conductive layer disposed on the base layer and comprising a working electrode; an interference rejection membrane disposed on an electroactive surface of the working electrode characterised in that the interference rejection membrane comprises crosslinked primary amine polymers or crosslinked methacrylate polymers; and an analyte sensing layer. a base layer; a conductive layer disposed on the base layer and comprising a working electrode; an interference rejection membrane disposed on an electroactive surface of the working electrode characterised in that the interference rejection membrane comprises crosslinked primary amine polymers or crosslinked methacrylate polymers; and an analyte sensing layer.
A resin composition, which contains: 2% by mass or more but less than 9% by mass of an aliphatic polyester compound; and a polycarbonate resin, wherein the resin composition has laser markability, the resin composition further contains a laser color former comprising at least carbon black, and the content of the carbon black is 1 to 100 mass ppm (0.0001 to 0.01% by mass) based on the mass of the whole resin composition. wherein the resin composition has laser markability, the resin composition further contains a laser color former comprising at least carbon black, and the content of the carbon black is 1 to 100 mass ppm (0.0001 to 0.01% by mass) based on the mass of the whole resin composition.
An electrochromic device comprising: (a) an electrochromic layer comprising an electrochromic material; (b) a counter electrode layer comprising a counter electrode material; and (c) a superstoichiometric oxygen portion between the electrochromic layer and the counter electrode layer, the superstoichiometric oxygen portion comprising: (i) a superstoichiometric oxygenated form of the electrochromic material and/or (ii) a superstoichiometric oxygenated form of the counter electrode material, wherein at least one of the superstoichiometric oxygenated forms of the electrochromic layer and the counter electrode layer comprises lithium, and wherein at least part of the superstoichiometric oxygen portion has been converted by heat to an electronically-insulating ionically conducting material. (a) an electrochromic layer comprising an electrochromic material; (b) a counter electrode layer comprising a counter electrode material; and (c) a superstoichiometric oxygen portion between the electrochromic layer and the counter electrode layer, the superstoichiometric oxygen portion comprising: (i) a superstoichiometric oxygenated form of the electrochromic material and/or (ii) a superstoichiometric oxygenated form of the counter electrode material, wherein at least one of the superstoichiometric oxygenated forms of the electrochromic layer and the counter electrode layer comprises lithium, and wherein at least part of the superstoichiometric oxygen portion has been converted by heat to an electronically-insulating ionically conducting material. (i) a superstoichiometric oxygenated form of the electrochromic material and/or (ii) a superstoichiometric oxygenated form of the counter electrode material,
A method of controlling a medical apparatus by processing messages on a remote control unit of an application apparatus, wherein the application apparatus is remote from but in visual contact with the medical apparatus, and wherein the messages relate to the operation of the medical apparatus, comprising the steps of: - configuration of a safety criterion, where the safety criterion is defined specifically for each medical apparatus, - detecting the presence of a user in front of the application apparatus by means of an identification device provided on or at the application apparatus; and; - detecting (a) an activation signal on the application apparatus; - receiving (b) the respective message of the medical apparatus on the application apparatus; - by means of the identification device: checking (c) the safety criterion with an evaluation of a visual contact signal representing a condition whether there is visual contact between the application apparatus on which the user assigned to it is working and the medical apparatus and/or a patient connected to the medical apparatus, wherein the visual contact signal is evaluated by evaluating an RFID chip, an NFC module, a camera, by radio triangulation or by evaluating digital site plans and in case of positive checking result: ∘ Providing a processing procedure for remotely processing (d) the respective message on the application apparatus as long as the safety criterion is met. - configuration of a safety criterion, where the safety criterion is defined specifically for each medical apparatus, - detecting the presence of a user in front of the application apparatus by means of an identification device provided on or at the application apparatus; and; - detecting (a) an activation signal on the application apparatus; - receiving (b) the respective message of the medical apparatus on the application apparatus; - by means of the identification device: checking (c) the safety criterion with an evaluation of a visual contact signal representing a condition whether there is visual contact between the application apparatus on which the user assigned to it is working and the medical apparatus and/or a patient connected to the medical apparatus, wherein the visual contact signal is evaluated by evaluating an RFID chip, an NFC module, a camera, by radio triangulation or by evaluating digital site plans and in case of positive checking result: ∘ Providing a processing procedure for remotely processing (d) the respective message on the application apparatus as long as the safety criterion is met.
A driverless transport system comprising at least one first driverless vehicle (12A - 12C) for transporting goods and/or persons; and a communication system having at least one first and one second transceiver (18, 38) for the wireless bidirectional transmission of signals between the transceivers (18, 38), wherein each transceiver (18, 38) has a transmission device and a reception device, wherein the first transceiver is arranged as stationary and the second transceiver is arranged at the first driverless vehicle (12A - 12C), wherein each transmission device comprises an RFID transponder which is configured to transmit the signals as transponder signals, and wherein each reception device comprises an RFID reading device which is configured to receive transmitted transponder signals; wherein the first transceiver is connected to a control unit of a stationary monitoring device for monitoring a travel path zone, said stationary monitoring device being configured to detect an object in the travel path zone; wherein the first transceiver is configured to receive a transponder signal which is transmitted by the second transceiver and which comprises a vehicle-specific identifier; and wherein the control unit is configured to identify a detected object as a specific vehicle (12A - 12C) on the basis of the vehicle-specific identifier and to generate specific control signals, control codes and/or control commands intended for this vehicle (12A - 12C) and to transmit them to this vehicle (12A - 12C) by means of the communication system.
Device for producing metal ingots using the electroslag remelting method, having a metallurgically active slag bath and a preheating furnace for preheating at least one tip of a consumable electrode that is to be supplied to the slag bath, characterized in that the preheating furnace is equipped, in a combustion region that, in the operating state of the preheating furnace, receives the tip of the consumable electrode, with at least one introduction device (9, 10) for a fuel and an oxidant, which device is arranged such that the fuel and/or the oxidant are introduced tangentially into the combustion region of the preheating furnace.
Solar module, comprising a plurality of lamellar solar panels, which are mounted on a common axis so as to be able to pivot between a first position, in which they are positioned one over the other in a substantially congruent manner, and a second position, in which they are fanned-out so as to substantially lie next to each other, characterized in that of each two neighbouring solar panels only the end section, which is located on the side of the axis, of one solar panel comprises at least one catch (34, 42, 48) and only the end section, which is located on the side of the axis, of the other panel comprises two stops (36, 37, 47), which interact with the catch (34, 42, 48) and have a mutual distance in a tangential direction, wherein the solar panels are mutually spaced from each other in the fanned-out second position at their radially protruding sections which adjoin said end sections, wherein each two stops (36, 37) mutually distanced in a tangential direction are embodied by a tangential oblong hole in the end section, into which the catch (34, 42) of the neighbouring end section engages, and wherein at least one end section is embodied by the ends of support struts of a solar panel, which are mounted in a sandwich-like manner between two mounting plates mounted on the axis, of which one comprises the at least one tangential oblong hole and the other a catch.
A lighting system comprising: - a first light source adapted to provide a first light for illuminating a first location (22, 24); - a second light source adapted to provide a second light for illuminating a second location (23, 25); - a light detector comprising - a first sensor configured to receive the first light directly from the first light source and measure first light attributes of the first light and - a second sensor configured to receive the first light influenced by reflections from surfaces at the first location and measure second light attributes of the first light; - a memory configured to store a database including a specification of the second light source; and - processing means adapted to determine perceivable light attributes, as perceivable by a human observer, at the first location from the first light attributes and the second light attributes, and in conjunction with the specification of the second light source to control the second light source to provide the second light having light attributes at the second location that substantially match the perceivable light attributes at the first location. - a first light source adapted to provide a first light for illuminating a first location (22, 24); - a second light source adapted to provide a second light for illuminating a second location (23, 25); - a light detector comprising - a first sensor configured to receive the first light directly from the first light source and measure first light attributes of the first light and - a second sensor configured to receive the first light influenced by reflections from surfaces at the first location and measure second light attributes of the first light; - a first sensor configured to receive the first light directly from the first light source and measure first light attributes of the first light and - a second sensor configured to receive the first light influenced by reflections from surfaces at the first location and measure second light attributes of the first light; - a memory configured to store a database including a specification of the second light source; and - processing means adapted to determine perceivable light attributes, as perceivable by a human observer, at the first location from the first light attributes and the second light attributes, and in conjunction with the specification of the second light source to control the second light source to provide the second light having light attributes at the second location that substantially match the perceivable light attributes at the first location.
An integrally formed rigid razor blade having a body with: - a cutting edge portion extending about a cutting edge portion plane, and having a cutting edge at one end, - a base portion extending along a base portion plane, - a bent portion intermediate the cutting edge portion and the base portion, and wherein the body is made of martensitic stainless steel comprising mainly iron, characterized in that said martensitic steel also comprises in weight: - between 0.62% and 0.75% of carbon, - between 12.7% and 13.7% of chromium, - between 0.45% and 0.75% of manganese, - between 0.20% and 0.50% of silicon, and - no more than traces of molybdenum. - a cutting edge portion extending about a cutting edge portion plane, and having a cutting edge at one end, - a base portion extending along a base portion plane, - a bent portion intermediate the cutting edge portion and the base portion, - between 0.62% and 0.75% of carbon, - between 12.7% and 13.7% of chromium, - between 0.45% and 0.75% of manganese, - between 0.20% and 0.50% of silicon, and - no more than traces of molybdenum.