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A method of making a needle guard (101, 501), comprising: providing a mold having a portion defining a volume, the volume being a hollow cylinder with non-uniform walls (113, 114) with a pair of slots (109, 135) therein, the slots being open at one end and closed at the other end, the pair of slots having a major portion of constant width; the non-uniform walls being thicker at the other end than at the one end; filling the volume with polymer; releasing a molded part from said mold; cooling the molded part resulting from the filling and releasing such that a width of the pair of slots (109, 135) is non-uniform after cooling; the timing of the release and further cooling being such that the one side of the molded part portion corresponding to the other end cools non-uniformly such that said widths become non-uniform, wherein slots (109, 135) of the molded part are narrower at portions corresponding to said one end, and wherein at least a portion of the molded part is still in a plastic state upon said releasing, and the cooling generates a negative draft of an interior of said hollow cylinder. providing a mold having a portion defining a volume, the volume being a hollow cylinder with non-uniform walls (113, 114) with a pair of slots (109, 135) therein, the slots being open at one end and closed at the other end, the pair of slots having a major portion of constant width; the non-uniform walls being thicker at the other end than at the one end; filling the volume with polymer; releasing a molded part from said mold; cooling the molded part resulting from the filling and releasing such that a width of the pair of slots (109, 135) is non-uniform after cooling; the timing of the release and further cooling being such that the one side of the molded part portion corresponding to the other end cools non-uniformly such that said widths become non-uniform, wherein slots (109, 135) of the molded part are narrower at portions corresponding to said one end, and wherein at least a portion of the molded part is still in a plastic state upon said releasing, and the cooling generates a negative draft of an interior of said hollow cylinder.
Method of removing lipopolysaccharide from an aqueous medium comprising gelatin and lipopolysaccharides, said method comprising the steps of: 1) providing an aqueous medium comprising at least 2 w/w% gelatin and lipopolysaccharides, 2) adding to the aqueous medium 0.01 - 1.5 w/w% of a micelle-forming surfactant, 3) contacting the medium of step 2) with a solid adsorbent, 4) separating the solid adsorbent of step 3) from the medium, 5) recovering the aqueous medium comprising the gelatin, wherein each of the steps 1) - 5) are performed at a temperature of 68 °C or less, said temperature being below the cloud point of the micelle-forming surfactant, at least steps 2) and 3) being performed at a temperature of at least 30 °C. 1) providing an aqueous medium comprising at least 2 w/w% gelatin and lipopolysaccharides, 2) adding to the aqueous medium 0.01 - 1.5 w/w% of a micelle-forming surfactant, 3) contacting the medium of step 2) with a solid adsorbent, 4) separating the solid adsorbent of step 3) from the medium, 5) recovering the aqueous medium comprising the gelatin, wherein each of the steps 1) - 5) are performed at a temperature of 68 °C or less, said temperature being below the cloud point of the micelle-forming surfactant, at least steps 2) and 3) being performed at a temperature of at least 30 °C.
An image processing apparatus (1, 1A) comprising: a certainty calculation unit configured to analyze an ultrasound image of a subject for each frame and calculate a certainty of each blood vessel-like structure (A1, A2, A3) in the ultrasound image; a blood vessel detection unit configured to detect the blood vessel-like structures (A1, A2) for which the certainty calculated by the certainty calculation unit is higher than a certainty threshold value; and a certainty threshold value change unit configured to change the certainty threshold value based on a plurality of the certainties calculated for the ultrasound image having a plurality of frames by the certainty calculation unit. a blood vessel detection unit configured to detect the blood vessel-like structures (A1, A2) for which the certainty calculated by the certainty calculation unit is higher than a certainty threshold value; and a certainty threshold value change unit configured to change the certainty threshold value based on a plurality of the certainties calculated for the ultrasound image having a plurality of frames by the certainty calculation unit.
A method of improving efficiency of an electrosurgical generator, the method comprising: determining a power level based on sensed voltage and sensed current; determining an efficiency of the electrosurgical generator based on the detected power level; and gradually dropping a predetermined integer number of off cycles when the efficiency of the electrosurgical generator reaches a threshold power efficiency, the predetermined integer number of off cycles being randomized via a random number generator. determining a power level based on sensed voltage and sensed current; determining an efficiency of the electrosurgical generator based on the detected power level; and gradually dropping a predetermined integer number of off cycles when the efficiency of the electrosurgical generator reaches a threshold power efficiency, the predetermined integer number of off cycles being randomized via a random number generator.
An analyzer comprising: a first measurement unit; a second measurement unit; a transportation device for transporting samples in a rack to at least one measurement unit selected from the first measurement unit and the second measurement unit, wherein the transportation device comprises a transportation line and is configured to transport samples in a rack in both directions including from the first measurement unit to the second measurement unit and from the second measurement unit to the first measurement unit on the transportation line; and a transportation controller for determining whether or not one of the samples is transportable to the selected one measurement unit on the basis of at least one of a state notification of the first measurement unit and a state notification of the second measurement unit, wherein the transportation controller controls the transportation device to transport the sample to the first measurement unit when the sample is transportable to the first measurement unit, and to transport the sample to the second measurement unit when the sample is not transportable to the first measurement unit. a first measurement unit; a second measurement unit; a transportation device for transporting samples in a rack to at least one measurement unit selected from the first measurement unit and the second measurement unit, wherein the transportation device comprises a transportation line and is configured to transport samples in a rack in both directions including from the first measurement unit to the second measurement unit and from the second measurement unit to the first measurement unit on the transportation line; and a transportation controller for determining whether or not one of the samples is transportable to the selected one measurement unit on the basis of at least one of a state notification of the first measurement unit and a state notification of the second measurement unit, wherein the transportation controller controls the transportation device to transport the sample to the first measurement unit when the sample is transportable to the first measurement unit, and to transport the sample to the second measurement unit when the sample is not transportable to the first measurement unit.
An apparatus for training the behavior of a kicker during a penalty kick, comprising a visualization device for displaying the sequence of movements of a goal keeper in the goal, wherein the apparatus comprises a computer unit, which is connected on the one hand with the visualization device and on the other hand with an actuation device for transferring data, wherein when the actuation device is actuated by the kicker, a signal is transmitted to the computer unit by the actuation device, wherein the sequence of movements is initialized on the visualization device by the computer unit, wherein the sequence of movements of the kicker on the visualization unit is started within a time period necessary for the kicking leg to move from its backward position to where the foot hits the ball.
Housing for a cooking device with a housing wall, wherein the housing wall is a wall which outwardly closes the housing and the housing has no further wall outside of this housing wall, and with at least one air guiding element (26, 28) arranged in an outer surface (30, 32) of the housing wall for guiding air along the outer surface (30, 32), wherein the housing has a front side, a side wall (4, 8) and a base plate, characterised in that the air guiding element is arranged in the outer surface of the base plate and is provided to guide air from the front side to the side wall (4, 8).
Safety device (1, 101) for a motor vehicle, comprising a front hood (2, 102) and a hood latch (3, 103) having a latch holder (10, 110), the hood latch (3, 103) having a catch (4, 104) which has at least one ratchet position, in particular a pre-ratchet position and a main ratchet position, and an electric drive (5, 105) which causes the catch (4, 104) to switch from the main ratchet position into the pre-ratchet position, the front hood (2, 102) being locked and closed in the main ratchet position and it being possible to manually move the latch holder (10, 110) in the pre-ratchet position between a closed position, in which the latch holder (10, 110) is engaged with the catch (4, 104) and the front hood (2, 102) is locked, and an open position, in which the latch holder (10, 110) is released from the catch (4, 104) and the front hood (2, 102) is unlocked, characterized in that the latch holder is displaceable, the safety device having a handle which makes it possible for the latch holder to be displaced in the pre-ratchet position from the closed position to the open position.
A damper ring (52; 152) for use in a bearing assembly extending between a rotor and a housing and having a plurality of bearing rolling elements mounted for rotation within a bearing ring, and an oil damper cavity between the bearing ring and the housing, the damper ring (52; 152) having: a radially inner edge configured to be received in a corresponding annular groove formed in a radially outer surface of the bearing ring; and a radially outer edge (62; 162) having at least one arc portion configured to extend radially outwardly relative to the radially inner edge and engage a housing of a bearing assembly, and at least one controlled leakage portion (70; 170) radially recessed from a circular projection of the at least one arc portion and configured to form a leakage path leading axially out from an oil damper cavity of a bearing assembly, characterised in that: the controlled leakage portion is provided in the form of a planar portion of the outer edge, the planar portion of the outer edge being normal to the radial orientation. a radially inner edge configured to be received in a corresponding annular groove formed in a radially outer surface of the bearing ring; and a radially outer edge (62; 162) having at least one arc portion configured to extend radially outwardly relative to the radially inner edge and engage a housing of a bearing assembly, and at least one controlled leakage portion (70; 170) radially recessed from a circular projection of the at least one arc portion and configured to form a leakage path leading axially out from an oil damper cavity of a bearing assembly,
A composition comprising an inclusion complex of cyclodextrins and spermidine in ratios from 1:1 to 10:1 mol/mol, with no covalent bonds thereto, for use in oral care.
A method of supplementing a satellite based system approach during low visibility conditions, the method comprising: acquiring satellite range measurements; acquiring additional measurements from at least one additional onboard independent sensor; assigning standard deviation values for satellite range measurements and for each additional measurement from the at least one additional onboard independent sensor; determining a weighted position solution using the acquired satellite range measurements, the acquired additional measurements and the assigned standard deviation values; determining fault-free and fault-mode protection levels for the weighted position solution by applying the standard deviation values to both the satellite range measurements and the additional measurements; comparing the protection levels against alert limits; generating an alert when any of the protection levels are higher than the alert limit; the method being characterised by further comprising: applying at least one discriminator that utilizes vehicle positions derived from the acquired satellite range measurements and from the additional measurements from the at least one additional onboard independent sensor to determine if a fault is present in the weighted position solution; generating an alert if an output of the discriminator is outside a set tolerance value needed for low visibility operation. acquiring satellite range measurements; acquiring additional measurements from at least one additional onboard independent sensor; assigning standard deviation values for satellite range measurements and for each additional measurement from the at least one additional onboard independent sensor; determining a weighted position solution using the acquired satellite range measurements, the acquired additional measurements and the assigned standard deviation values; determining fault-free and fault-mode protection levels for the weighted position solution by applying the standard deviation values to both the satellite range measurements and the additional measurements; comparing the protection levels against alert limits; generating an alert when any of the protection levels are higher than the alert limit; the method being characterised by further comprising: applying at least one discriminator that utilizes vehicle positions derived from the acquired satellite range measurements and from the additional measurements from the at least one additional onboard independent sensor to determine if a fault is present in the weighted position solution; generating an alert if an output of the discriminator is outside a set tolerance value needed for low visibility operation. applying at least one discriminator that utilizes vehicle positions derived from the acquired satellite range measurements and from the additional measurements from the at least one additional onboard independent sensor to determine if a fault is present in the weighted position solution; generating an alert if an output of the discriminator is outside a set tolerance value needed for low visibility operation.
A method of manufacture of a sensor for sensing a magnetic field generated by a current in a conductive substrate, the method comprising - providing a first substrate comprising a sensing element for sensing magnetic field, - providing a second substrate being the conductive substrate, characterized in that the method further comprises: - providing (120, 53, 63) by atomic layer deposition an insulating layer between the first substrate and the second substrate. - providing a first substrate comprising a sensing element for sensing magnetic field, - providing a second substrate being the conductive substrate, - providing (120, 53, 63) by atomic layer deposition an insulating layer between the first substrate and the second substrate.
A motor-driven chimney draft system comprising a flue gas inlet for receiving a flow of flue gases, a flue gas outlet for discharging the flow of flue gases, a flue gas compartment in fluid communication with the flue gas inlet and with the flue gas outlet, the flow of flue gases in the flue gas compartment having a flow direction from the flue gas inlet to the flue gas outlet, a motor compartment with a motor having a motor shaft extending through a separating wall of the flue gas compartment, the motor shaft carrying an impeller for driving the received flow of flue gases in the flow direction, wherein the motor shaft extends transversely to the flow direction of flue gases and the impeller drives the flue gases in radial directions of the impeller, and a screen is arranged on the separating wall of the flue gas compartment, the screen extending from the separating wall of the flue gas compartment upstream of the impeller and having a portion which on a side of the impeller opposite the separating wall of the flue gas compartment extends in the downstream direction and covers a peripheral portion of the impeller blades upstream of the motor shaft, characterized in that; a central suction zone of the impeller is uncovered by the screen.
An image processing method of performing filtering at the boundary of two adjacent image blocks (B P,B Q) using a plurality of deblocking filters having different filter strengths, the image processing method comprising: deriving a quantization parameter based on quantization parameters (QP A) and (QP B) used for the first block (B P) and the second block (B Q); a first parameter calculating step (S100; S300) of calculating a first parameter indicating a boundary strength between the two adjacent image blocks (B P,B Q); a second parameter calculating step of calculating a second parameter (Tc) and a third parameter (β) representing threshold values for the selection of deblocking filters, the third parameter (β) being determined by the quantization parameter; and a selecting step (S130; S330) of selecting a deblocking filter to be used in the filtering from among the deblocking filters, using the threshold values represented by the second parameter (Tc) and the third parameter (β); characterized in that the second parameter (Tc) is determined with reference to a table (Tctable) using, as an index for lookup in the table (Tctable), a linear sum of the quantization parameter and the first parameter; wherein the index shows strict monotonic increase with increase of the first parameter. deriving a quantization parameter based on quantization parameters (QP A) and (QP B) used for the first block (B P) and the second block (B Q); a first parameter calculating step (S100; S300) of calculating a first parameter indicating a boundary strength between the two adjacent image blocks (B P,B Q); a second parameter calculating step of calculating a second parameter (Tc) and a third parameter (β) representing threshold values for the selection of deblocking filters, the third parameter (β) being determined by the quantization parameter; and a selecting step (S130; S330) of selecting a deblocking filter to be used in the filtering from among the deblocking filters, using the threshold values represented by the second parameter (Tc) and the third parameter (β); characterized in that the second parameter (Tc) is determined with reference to a table (Tctable) using, as an index for lookup in the table (Tctable), a linear sum of the quantization parameter and the first parameter; wherein the index shows strict monotonic increase with increase of the first parameter.
A vertical-axis wind turbine comprising at least one rotor supporting a plurality of variable-pitch blades each movably mounted in rotation about a pitch axis which is substantially parallel to the rotor, the blades being associated with at least one guiding cam which describes a peripheral trajectory around the rotor and which is capable of cooperating with at least one actuation means of the blades so as to enable their rotation about their pitch axis depending on the trajectory of the cam with respect to the substantially circular trajectory of said pitch axis around the rotor, characterized in that the actuating means of the blades may be disengaged from the guiding cam so as to enable the feathered blocking of said blades on the cam and the disabling of the wind turbine.
A process for producing a crosslinkable composition comprising: a. selecting a polyol having an average of 2 or more hydroxyl functional groups, wherein the polyol comprises hydroxyl groups in a 1,2 or 1,3 configuration; b. selecting a polyaldehyde, or acetal or hemiacetal thereof wherein the polyaldehyde is selected from the group consisting of (cis,trans)-1,4-cyclohexanedicarboxyaldehydes, (cis,trans)-1,3-cyclohexanedicarboxyaldehydes, pentane-1,5-dial, ethane-1,2-dial, and mixtures thereof; and c. selecting an acid catalyst having pKa of less than 6; and optionally d. selecting at least one or more organic solvents; e. admixing said components a-d; thereby producing said crosslinkable composition. a. selecting a polyol having an average of 2 or more hydroxyl functional groups, wherein the polyol comprises hydroxyl groups in a 1,2 or 1,3 configuration; b. selecting a polyaldehyde, or acetal or hemiacetal thereof wherein the polyaldehyde is selected from the group consisting of (cis,trans)-1,4-cyclohexanedicarboxyaldehydes, (cis,trans)-1,3-cyclohexanedicarboxyaldehydes, pentane-1,5-dial, ethane-1,2-dial, and mixtures thereof; and c. selecting an acid catalyst having pKa of less than 6; and optionally d. selecting at least one or more organic solvents; e. admixing said components a-d;
A method for producing an organic EL device having an anode, a cathode, at least one organic functional layer disposed between the anode and the cathode, and a sealing layer, comprising a step of forming the anode, a step of forming the cathode, a step of forming the at least one organic functional layer and a step of forming the sealing layer, characterized in that: the average concentration: A (ppm) of a sulfur oxide to which the organic EL device during production is exposed from initiation time of the step of forming the at least one organic functional layer until termination time of the step of forming the sealing layer and the exposure time thereof: B (sec) satisfy the formula: 0.2 ≤ A × B < 2.2
A method for attaching a surgical instrument to an instrument carriage, the method comprising: engaging an instrument sterile adapter with an instrument carriage using a first latch mechanism of the instrument sterile adapter; and engaging a surgical instrument with the instrument sterile adapter using a second latch mechanism of the instrument sterile adapter, wherein in an engaged state of the second latch mechanism with the surgical instrument the first latch mechanism is not disengageable from the instrument carriage, and wherein the first latch mechanism and the second latch mechanism are coupled to a frame portion (400, 430) of the instrument sterile adapter via a connecting member. engaging an instrument sterile adapter with an instrument carriage using a first latch mechanism of the instrument sterile adapter; and engaging a surgical instrument with the instrument sterile adapter using a second latch mechanism of the instrument sterile adapter, wherein in an engaged state of the second latch mechanism with the surgical instrument the first latch mechanism is not disengageable from the instrument carriage, and wherein the first latch mechanism and the second latch mechanism are coupled to a frame portion (400, 430) of the instrument sterile adapter via a connecting member.