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A surgical suturing device, comprising: an arced needle track (56, 156); an arced needle (80, 180) positioned in the needle track (56, 156), the needle comprising a leading end, a trailing end, a medial face, and a lateral face; a length of suture (89, 189) connected to the needle; an arced carrier track (55, 155) spaced from the needle track; a reciprocating needle driver comprising a carrier (75, 175) having a curved body matching the arc of the carrier track (55, 155), the curved body being slidably positioned in the carrier track and a driver (76, 176) extending from the carrier and positioned in the needle track and operative to engage and move the needle in the needle track; and a transmission comprising a link (60, 160) pivotally coupled to the needle carrier (75, 175), the transmission being operative to reciprocate the carrier at least 180 degrees along the carrier track, wherein the carrier track determines an arced path for the carrier; and a wall separating the carrier track (55, 155) from the needle track (56, 156) and a slotted opening (57, 157) through the wall, the slotted opening (57, 157) communicating between the carrier track (55, 155) and the needle track (56, 156). an arced needle track (56, 156); an arced needle (80, 180) positioned in the needle track (56, 156), the needle comprising a leading end, a trailing end, a medial face, and a lateral face; a length of suture (89, 189) connected to the needle; an arced carrier track (55, 155) spaced from the needle track; a reciprocating needle driver comprising a carrier (75, 175) having a curved body matching the arc of the carrier track (55, 155), the curved body being slidably positioned in the carrier track and a driver (76, 176) extending from the carrier and positioned in the needle track and operative to engage and move the needle in the needle track; and a transmission comprising a link (60, 160) pivotally coupled to the needle carrier (75, 175), the transmission being operative to reciprocate the carrier at least 180 degrees along the carrier track, wherein the carrier track determines an arced path for the carrier; and a wall separating the carrier track (55, 155) from the needle track (56, 156) and a slotted opening (57, 157) through the wall, the slotted opening (57, 157) communicating between the carrier track (55, 155) and the needle track (56, 156).
A method for producing N,N-dialkylhomofarnesic acid amide by reacting nerolidol with N,N-dialkylformamide dimethyl acetal under the condition that the N,N-dialkylformamide dimethyl acetal can be refluxed, wherein the molar ratio of the N,N-dialkylformamide dimethyl acetal to the nerolidol is in a range of 1.5 to 3.
A gate valve assembly for shearing an elongated member and controlling a fluid flow through a through bore of the gate valve assembly, wherein the through bore is adapted for fluid communication with a well bore and is configured for receiving the elongated member, the gate valve assembly comprising: a gate element movably arranged transverse to the through bore between an open position in which a gate bore of the gate element communicates with the through bore and a closed position in which the through bore of the valve assembly is closed off; characterizing in a shear gate arranged in a recess in the gate element, the recess having an opening into the gate bore and being oriented transverse to the through bore, and the shear gate being movably arranged in the recess between a shear gate open position in which the gate bore is open and a shear gate closed position in which a cutting portion of the shear gate occupies the gate bore. a gate element movably arranged transverse to the through bore between an open position in which a gate bore of the gate element communicates with the through bore and a closed position in which the through bore of the valve assembly is closed off; characterizing in a shear gate arranged in a recess in the gate element, the recess having an opening into the gate bore and being oriented transverse to the through bore, and the shear gate being movably arranged in the recess between a shear gate open position in which the gate bore is open and a shear gate closed position in which a cutting portion of the shear gate occupies the gate bore.
A computer-implemented method of calculating a volume of a drop pendant using a microprocessor, comprising: generating, using the microprocessor, a gravity vector based on a direction of gravity with respect to the drop pendant; establishing, using the microprocessor, a reference frame of the drop pendant for an image processing based on a reference point of the drop pendant and the gravity vector; generating, using the microprocessor, a first reference line associated with the reference frame for representing an actual orientation of the drop pendant; generating, using the microprocessor, a second reference line associated with the reference frame for representing a longitudinal axis of a chamber in which the drop pendant is located; comparing, using the microprocessor, the first and second reference lines with respect to the gravity vector; and calculating, using the microprocessor, the volume of the drop pendant based on the comparison of the first and second reference lines and the gravity vector. generating, using the microprocessor, a gravity vector based on a direction of gravity with respect to the drop pendant; establishing, using the microprocessor, a reference frame of the drop pendant for an image processing based on a reference point of the drop pendant and the gravity vector; generating, using the microprocessor, a first reference line associated with the reference frame for representing an actual orientation of the drop pendant; generating, using the microprocessor, a second reference line associated with the reference frame for representing a longitudinal axis of a chamber in which the drop pendant is located; comparing, using the microprocessor, the first and second reference lines with respect to the gravity vector; and calculating, using the microprocessor, the volume of the drop pendant based on the comparison of the first and second reference lines and the gravity vector.
A test strip for surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy, comprising a substrate, to which a nitrocellulose membrane is attached, wherein at one end of the nitrocellulose membrane a sample part is attached for application of the sample to be analysed, and at the opposite end of the nitrocellulose membrane an absorption part is attached for absorbing the sample passed through the test strip, the test strip further comprising a part containing silver and/or gold nanoparticles, wherein the sample part and the absorption part are located at opposite ends of the test strip, and are adapted to freely transfer liquid from its application onto the sample part through the nitrocellulose membrane, part containing silver and/or gold nanoparticles, and the nitrocellulose membrane until absorption of the sample in the absorption part, characterized in that the nitrocellulose membrane, the sample part and the part containing silver and/or gold nanoparticles have pore size in the range of from 0.20 to 0.45 μm, preferably 0.30 μm, and the absorption part has a pore size in the range of from 0.45 to 0.50 μm; and in that the silver and/or gold nanoparticles are covalently bound to the nitrocellulose membrane via nitrogen-containing functional groups present in the nitrocellulose membrane, and the part is inserted in the middle of the test strip. characterized in that the nitrocellulose membrane, the sample part and the part containing silver and/or gold nanoparticles have pore size in the range of from 0.20 to 0.45 μm, preferably 0.30 μm, and the absorption part has a pore size in the range of from 0.45 to 0.50 μm; and in that the silver and/or gold nanoparticles are covalently bound to the nitrocellulose membrane via nitrogen-containing functional groups present in the nitrocellulose membrane, and the part is inserted in the middle of the test strip.
A tissue antiseptic composition comprising a water-in-oil emulsion, wherein the water-in-oil emulsion comprises an oil phase, a water phase, a vinyl polymer and an antimicrobial agent, wherein the antimicrobial agent is selected from the group consisting of iodine and its complexed forms; chlorhexidine salts; parachlorometaxylenol (PCMX); triclosan; hexachlorophene; fatty acid monoesters of glycerin and propylene glycol; phenols; surfactants and polymers that include a C 12 -C 22 hydrophobe and a quaternary ammonium group; polyquaternary amines; hydrogen peroxide; and silver and silver salts; wherein the oil phase comprises one or more oils present in a total amount of at least 40 wt-%, based on the total weight of the emulsion; wherein the water phase is present in a total amount of at least 15 wt-%, based on the total weight of the emulsion, and wherein the vinyl polymer is selected from the group consisting of a) a vinyl polymer comprising ethylene oxide-containing side chains and alkyl-Y-containing side chains, wherein Y is O or NR, wherein R is H or CH 3, and wherein the alkyl group of the alkyl-Y-containing side chain has at least 4 carbon atoms on average in a cyclic, branched-, or straight-chain configuration and optionally includes one or more heteroatoms; and b) a vinyl polymer comprising ethylene oxide-containing side chains and alkoxy-containing side chains, wherein the alkyl group of the alkoxy-containing side chain has 4 to 50 carbon atoms on average in a cyclic, branched-, or straight-chain configuration and optionally includes one or more heteroatoms. a) a vinyl polymer comprising ethylene oxide-containing side chains and alkyl-Y-containing side chains, wherein Y is O or NR, wherein R is H or CH 3, and wherein the alkyl group of the alkyl-Y-containing side chain has at least 4 carbon atoms on average in a cyclic, branched-, or straight-chain configuration and optionally includes one or more heteroatoms; and b) a vinyl polymer comprising ethylene oxide-containing side chains and alkoxy-containing side chains, wherein the alkyl group of the alkoxy-containing side chain has 4 to 50 carbon atoms on average in a cyclic, branched-, or straight-chain configuration and optionally includes one or more heteroatoms.
A method comprising: receiving, by a server computing device from each leaf network switching device of a plurality of leaf network switching devices that are not physically connected to one another and to which the server computing device is physically connected, an advertisement indicating uplink bandwidth of the leaf network switching device to each spine network switching device of a plurality of spine network switching devices to which the leaf network switching device is connected; receiving, by the server computing device from each leaf network switching device, information as to a plurality of other server computing devices collocated at the leaf network switching device; transmitting, by the server computing device, local network traffic to each other server computing device through one of the leaf network switching devices at which the other server computing device is collocated with the server computing device; and distributing, by the server computing device, network traffic through the leaf network switching devices to the spine network switching devices based on the uplink bandwidth of each leaf network switching device to each spine network switching device. receiving, by a server computing device from each leaf network switching device of a plurality of leaf network switching devices that are not physically connected to one another and to which the server computing device is physically connected, an advertisement indicating uplink bandwidth of the leaf network switching device to each spine network switching device of a plurality of spine network switching devices to which the leaf network switching device is connected; receiving, by the server computing device from each leaf network switching device, information as to a plurality of other server computing devices collocated at the leaf network switching device; transmitting, by the server computing device, local network traffic to each other server computing device through one of the leaf network switching devices at which the other server computing device is collocated with the server computing device; and distributing, by the server computing device, network traffic through the leaf network switching devices to the spine network switching devices based on the uplink bandwidth of each leaf network switching device to each spine network switching device.
A packet scheduling method, comprising: receiving, by a scheduler of a network device, a packet; determining a type of the packet; and adding the packet to an extreme low latency, ELL, queue if the type of the packet is an ELL service packet, and if the packet is a time sensitive, TS, service packet, adding the packet to a time sensitive, TS, queue and a time window of width W is allocated for sending the TS queue; if i TS service packets corresponding to the TS service in a TS queue wait to be dequeued, no ELL service packet in an ELL queue waits to be dequeued, and a time period required when the i TS service packets are dequeued is Pi, and if a packet is added to the ELL queue and the packet in the ELL queue waits to be sent and j TS service packets of the i TS service packets have been dequeued and it is determined that a time period Px1 required for sending the packet in the ELL queue is less than or equal to W-Pi the packet in the ELL queue is dequeued following which the remaining i-j TS service packets are dequeued; and wherein dequeuing a packet means to send the packet out of the network device by the port to which a queue in which the packet is located belongs. receiving, by a scheduler of a network device, a packet; determining a type of the packet; and adding the packet to an extreme low latency, ELL, queue if the type of the packet is an ELL service packet, and if the packet is a time sensitive, TS, service packet, adding the packet to a time sensitive, TS, queue and a time window of width W is allocated for sending the TS queue; if i TS service packets corresponding to the TS service in a TS queue wait to be dequeued, no ELL service packet in an ELL queue waits to be dequeued, and a time period required when the i TS service packets are dequeued is Pi, and if a packet is added to the ELL queue and the packet in the ELL queue waits to be sent and j TS service packets of the i TS service packets have been dequeued and it is determined that a time period Px1 required for sending the packet in the ELL queue is less than or equal to W-Pi the packet in the ELL queue is dequeued following which the remaining i-j TS service packets are dequeued; and wherein dequeuing a packet means to send the packet out of the network device by the port to which a queue in which the packet is located belongs.
Liquid crystal display of the IPS type or of the FFS type, characterised in that it comprises a composite comprising a liquid crystal medium comprising - a chiral component, component A, consisting of one or more chiral compounds, and - a liquid crystalline component, component C, consisting of one or more liquid crystalline, respectively mesogenic compounds, and a polymeric material prepared by polymerisation of a polymer precursor comprising - a reactive mesogenic component, component D, comprising, one or more reactive mesogenic compounds. - a chiral component, component A, consisting of one or more chiral compounds, and - a liquid crystalline component, component C, consisting of one or more liquid crystalline, respectively mesogenic compounds, and - a reactive mesogenic component, component D, comprising, one or more reactive mesogenic compounds.
Electronic radio-frequency component for holding miniature devices, having: at least two housing subassemblies (2a, 2b) made of silicon, glass, quartz or a ceramic, which are connected to one another by means of a metal frame and enclose a cavity, and at least an input signal line and an output signal line for routing electrical radio-frequency signals into the cavity and out of the cavity, to which end the input signal line and the output signal line (5, 6) are each connected to a signal line plated-through hole by one of the housing parts (2a, 2b), characterized in that a respective short-circuit plated-through hole is arranged on each side of the input signal line and the output signal line (5, 6), which short-circuit plated-through hole electrically connects the metal frame to an electrical earth on at least one of the housing subassemblies (2a, 2b) of the component, wherein the electrical earth is formed on a surface of the housing subassembly (2a; 2b) or in a manner integrated therein. at least two housing subassemblies (2a, 2b) made of silicon, glass, quartz or a ceramic, which are connected to one another by means of a metal frame and enclose a cavity, and at least an input signal line and an output signal line for routing electrical radio-frequency signals into the cavity and out of the cavity, to which end the input signal line and the output signal line (5, 6) are each connected to a signal line plated-through hole by one of the housing parts (2a, 2b), characterized in that a respective short-circuit plated-through hole is arranged on each side of the input signal line and the output signal line (5, 6), which short-circuit plated-through hole electrically connects the metal frame to an electrical earth on at least one of the housing subassemblies (2a, 2b) of the component, wherein the electrical earth is formed on a surface of the housing subassembly (2a; 2b) or in a manner integrated therein.
Device for feeding current, in particular emergency current, into an electrical busbar system (1, 1, 1), wherein the device has the following features: - a carrier part, - infeed brackets which can be connected to busbars of the busbar system (1, 1, 1), wherein the infeed brackets are mounted in the carrier part and pass through the said carrier part, - a covering plate, which is connected to the carrier part, for covering the carrier part on its side which is averted from the busbars, characterized in that the device has the following further features: - single-pole plug-in apparatuses which are connected to the infeed brackets in the region of the ends of the said infeed brackets that are averted from the busbars on that side of the covering plate that is averted from the carrier part, - covering hoods for the plug-in apparatuses and the infeed brackets, wherein the covering hoods are arranged on that side of the covering plate that is averted from the carrier part and are connected to the said covering plate, - passages (9, 10) in the covering plate and the carrier part for fastening means to pass through, which fastening means serve to connect infeed brackets and busbars, wherein the infeed brackets pass through the covering plate. - a carrier part, - infeed brackets which can be connected to busbars of the busbar system (1, 1, 1), wherein the infeed brackets are mounted in the carrier part and pass through the said carrier part, - a covering plate, which is connected to the carrier part, for covering the carrier part on its side which is averted from the busbars, characterized in that the device has the following further features: - single-pole plug-in apparatuses which are connected to the infeed brackets in the region of the ends of the said infeed brackets that are averted from the busbars on that side of the covering plate that is averted from the carrier part, - covering hoods for the plug-in apparatuses and the infeed brackets, wherein the covering hoods are arranged on that side of the covering plate that is averted from the carrier part and are connected to the said covering plate, - passages (9, 10) in the covering plate and the carrier part for fastening means to pass through, which fastening means serve to connect infeed brackets and busbars, wherein the infeed brackets pass through the covering plate. - single-pole plug-in apparatuses which are connected to the infeed brackets in the region of the ends of the said infeed brackets that are averted from the busbars on that side of the covering plate that is averted from the carrier part, - covering hoods for the plug-in apparatuses and the infeed brackets, wherein the covering hoods are arranged on that side of the covering plate that is averted from the carrier part and are connected to the said covering plate, - passages (9, 10) in the covering plate and the carrier part for fastening means to pass through, which fastening means serve to connect infeed brackets and busbars,
An image processing device comprising: a circuit configured to predict an image of a second layer from an image of a first layer using a lookup table that maps a combination of a luma component, a first chroma component, and a second chroma component of the first layer to a predicted pixel value of the second layer corresponding to the combination, wherein the color gamut of the second layer is different from the color gamut of the first layer, wherein, when a chroma format indicates that resolutions of the first chroma component and the second chroma component are lower than a resolution of the luma component, the circuit uses the lookup table, wherein the number of entries in the lookup table relating to each of the first chroma component and the second chroma component is lower than the number of entries relating to the luma component, and wherein when the chroma format indicates that the resolution of the luma and chroma components is the same, the number of entries in the lookup table relating to the luma and chroma components is the same. a circuit configured to predict an image of a second layer from an image of a first layer using a lookup table that maps a combination of a luma component, a first chroma component, and a second chroma component of the first layer to a predicted pixel value of the second layer corresponding to the combination, wherein the color gamut of the second layer is different from the color gamut of the first layer, wherein, when a chroma format indicates that resolutions of the first chroma component and the second chroma component are lower than a resolution of the luma component, the circuit uses the lookup table, wherein the number of entries in the lookup table relating to each of the first chroma component and the second chroma component is lower than the number of entries relating to the luma component, and wherein when the chroma format indicates that the resolution of the luma and chroma components is the same, the number of entries in the lookup table relating to the luma and chroma components is the same.
A method for manufacturing a probe protruding from a cantilever, comprising the step of: dipping the cantilever made of a semiconductor, the cantilever having a part coated with a first metal and having another part not coated with the first metal from which a needle-shaped body protrudes, into a solution containing ions of a second metal and not containing a reducing agent for reducing the ions of the second metal, to manufacture a probe in which structures of the second metal are precipitated at a tip end of the needle-shaped body, wherein a Fermi level of the first metal is higher than a Fermi level of the semiconductor, and a Fermi level of the solution is lower than the Fermi level of the semiconductor. dipping the cantilever made of a semiconductor, the cantilever having a part coated with a first metal and having another part not coated with the first metal from which a needle-shaped body protrudes, into a solution containing ions of a second metal and not containing a reducing agent for reducing the ions of the second metal, to manufacture a probe in which structures of the second metal are precipitated at a tip end of the needle-shaped body, wherein a Fermi level of the first metal is higher than a Fermi level of the semiconductor, and a Fermi level of the solution is lower than the Fermi level of the semiconductor.