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A method of protecting a root (220;620) of a blade (200;600) for a gas turbine engine from damage comprising: coupling a protective metallic layer (330;630) to a root (220;620) of a blade (200;600), wherein coupling the protective metallic layer (330;630) to the root (220;620) comprises plasma spraying the protective metallic layer (330;630) to the root (220;620) by plasma spraying a first metallic layer to the root (220;620) and plasma spraying a second metallic layer to the first metallic layer; and removing a portion of the protective metallic layer (330;630), wherein the removing the portion of the protective metallic layer (330;630) comprises grinding the protective metallic layer (330;630) to form a pressure surface (222;410) configured to contact a turbine disk (520;560); characterised in that the first metallic layer comprises a first density and the second metallic layer comprises a second density, wherein the first density is less than the second density. coupling a protective metallic layer (330;630) to a root (220;620) of a blade (200;600), wherein coupling the protective metallic layer (330;630) to the root (220;620) comprises plasma spraying the protective metallic layer (330;630) to the root (220;620) by plasma spraying a first metallic layer to the root (220;620) and plasma spraying a second metallic layer to the first metallic layer; and removing a portion of the protective metallic layer (330;630), wherein the removing the portion of the protective metallic layer (330;630) comprises grinding the protective metallic layer (330;630) to form a pressure surface (222;410) configured to contact a turbine disk (520;560); characterised in that the first metallic layer comprises a first density and the second metallic layer comprises a second density, wherein the first density is less than the second density.
Robotic medical device for monitoring the breathing of a patient and correcting the robotic trajectory, comprising: - at least one robotic arm; - a mechanical ventilator to which the breathing of a patient is subjected; - means for recording as a function of time moments during said mechanical ventilation at which said patient is in an original position corresponding to the position of the patient following the expiration of gases until the next insufflation of gases and in a high position corresponding to the maximum position following insufflation; - digital image capturing means of an anatomical zone of said patient, the actuation of said capturing means being synchronized with the moments recorded in said original position and in said high position; - calculating means of at least one three-dimensional movement vector of said zone between said original and high positions; - correcting means of the trajectory of said robotic arm as a function of each calculated three-dimensional vector. - at least one robotic arm; - a mechanical ventilator to which the breathing of a patient is subjected; - means for recording as a function of time moments during said mechanical ventilation at which said patient is in an original position corresponding to the position of the patient following the expiration of gases until the next insufflation of gases and in a high position corresponding to the maximum position following insufflation; - digital image capturing means of an anatomical zone of said patient, the actuation of said capturing means being synchronized with the moments recorded in said original position and in said high position; - calculating means of at least one three-dimensional movement vector of said zone between said original and high positions; - correcting means of the trajectory of said robotic arm as a function of each calculated three-dimensional vector.
A screening method for identifying a test agent as a skin tone agent, comprising: a. suspending melanocytes in a first medium at a concentration of between about 1,000 cells/mL and about 2,000,000 cells/mL to provide a test suspension; b. placing at least some of the test suspension in a container; c. contacting at least some of the suspended cells in the container with HMGB1 followed by a test agent to make a test sample; d. determining dendricity and/or cell body size of the melanocytes in the test sample; e. comparing the dendricity and/or cell body size of the melanocytes of (d) to a control; f. identifying the test agent as a skin tone agent when the measured dendricity and/or cell body size does not correspond to at least one of an increase in dendricity and cell body size. a. suspending melanocytes in a first medium at a concentration of between about 1,000 cells/mL and about 2,000,000 cells/mL to provide a test suspension; b. placing at least some of the test suspension in a container; c. contacting at least some of the suspended cells in the container with HMGB1 followed by a test agent to make a test sample; d. determining dendricity and/or cell body size of the melanocytes in the test sample; e. comparing the dendricity and/or cell body size of the melanocytes of (d) to a control; f. identifying the test agent as a skin tone agent when the measured dendricity and/or cell body size does not correspond to at least one of an increase in dendricity and cell body size.
An apparatus, comprising: (a) a surgical cutter comprising a distal end and a proximal end, wherein the proximal end comprises a handle, wherein the distal end comprises an anvil and a lower jaw, wherein the anvil and the lower jaw are configured to clamp tissue, wherein the surgical cutter is configured to sever tissue clamped by the anvil and the lower jaw; and (b) a buttress filled with a liquid, wherein the buttress comprises two substantially similarly shaped fluid filled members (202, 204), wherein the first fluid filled member is configured to be placed between the anvil and the lower jaw and the second fluid filled member is configured to be placed between the first fluid filled member and the lower jaw, wherein each fluid filled member (202, 204) comprises a compressive portion and a pressure portion, wherein the compressive portion is configured to be squeezed by the distal end of the surgical cutter by the anvil and the lower jaw clamping the compressive portion, wherein the pressure portion is configured to be pressurized with the liquid in response to clamping on the compression portion, wherein the buttress is configured to be severed and stapled by the surgical cutter substantially contemporaneously with when the surgical cutter severs tissue, wherein the pressure portions are configured to urge the liquid through the respective compressive portions once the buttress is severed; characterised in that each fluid filled member (202, 204) comprises a generally elastic material configured to expand such that the pressurized region is filled with most or all of the fluid in said fluid member (202, 204) without breaking or popping under pressure. (a) a surgical cutter comprising a distal end and a proximal end, wherein the proximal end comprises a handle, wherein the distal end comprises an anvil and a lower jaw, wherein the anvil and the lower jaw are configured to clamp tissue, wherein the surgical cutter is configured to sever tissue clamped by the anvil and the lower jaw; and (b) a buttress filled with a liquid, wherein the buttress comprises two substantially similarly shaped fluid filled members (202, 204), wherein the first fluid filled member is configured to be placed between the anvil and the lower jaw and the second fluid filled member is configured to be placed between the first fluid filled member and the lower jaw, wherein each fluid filled member (202, 204) comprises a compressive portion and a pressure portion, wherein the compressive portion is configured to be squeezed by the distal end of the surgical cutter by the anvil and the lower jaw clamping the compressive portion, wherein the pressure portion is configured to be pressurized with the liquid in response to clamping on the compression portion, wherein the buttress is configured to be severed and stapled by the surgical cutter substantially contemporaneously with when the surgical cutter severs tissue, wherein the pressure portions are configured to urge the liquid through the respective compressive portions once the buttress is severed;
A power generation amount prediction apparatus comprising: a detector configured to detect a measured value of a power generation amount by a first power generation device that generates power from natural energy; an acquisition unit configured to acquire a predicted value of the power generation amount by the first power generation device at specific times; a storage unit configured to store, for each of the specific times, the measured value and the predicted value for a plurality of days; and a controller configured to calculate a corrected predicted value for each of the specific times based on a maximum measured value, a predicted value, and a predicted value newly acquired by the acquisition unit, the maximum measured value being a maximum value, for each of the specific times, of the measured value, for a predetermined number of days, stored in the storage unit, characterized in that the controller being configured to calculate the corrected predicted value for each of the specific times based on the predicted value as a maximum predicted value, and wherein in addition to the maximum measured value the maximum predicted value respectively being a maximum value, for each of the specific times, of the predicted value in addition to the measured value for a predetermined number of days, stored in the storage unit. a detector configured to detect a measured value of a power generation amount by a first power generation device that generates power from natural energy; an acquisition unit configured to acquire a predicted value of the power generation amount by the first power generation device at specific times; a storage unit configured to store, for each of the specific times, the measured value and the predicted value for a plurality of days; and a controller configured to calculate a corrected predicted value for each of the specific times based on a maximum measured value, a predicted value, and a predicted value newly acquired by the acquisition unit, the maximum measured value being a maximum value, for each of the specific times, of the measured value, for a predetermined number of days, stored in the storage unit, characterized in that the controller being configured to calculate the corrected predicted value for each of the specific times based on the predicted value as a maximum predicted value, and wherein in addition to the maximum measured value the maximum predicted value respectively being a maximum value, for each of the specific times, of the predicted value in addition to the measured value for a predetermined number of days, stored in the storage unit.
A fuel cell system comprising a fuel cell generating an electric power by being supplied with an anode fluid and a cathode fluid; an evaporating portion evaporating water to generate a water vapor and including an inlet port; a reforming portion forming the anode fluid by reforming a fuel by using the water vapor generated at the evaporating portion; a tank storing the water supplied to the evaporating portion; a heating portion heating the water supplied to the tank or stored in the tank; a water supply passage connecting the tank and the evaporating portion and allowing the water in the tank to be supplied to the evaporating portion; a water supply source provided at the water supply passage and being switchable between a normal mode in which the water in the tank is sent to the inlet port of the evaporating portion by a first rotation where the water supply source rotates in a predetermined direction, and a reverse mode in which the water in the water supply passage is returned to the tank by a second rotation where the water supply source rotates In a direction different from the predetermined direction; and a control portion controlling the water supply source, characterized in that the control portion controls the water supply source to be switched to the reverse mode so as to return the water in the water supply passage to the tank before a power generating operation is stopped, the control portion performing a freeze restraining process by controlling the water supply source to alternately operate in the normal mode and the reverse mode in a case where the control portion determines a possibility of a freezing or a start of the freezing of at least one of the water supply passage and the water supply source.
A bone lengthening system for tumor prostheses, comprising a prosthesis which includes an internal battery arranged for wireless charging; the system further comprises an extendable mechanism which is connected to the prosthesis and which is arranged to be lengthened via an adjusting means for, when in use, altering a length of a limb provided with the prosthesis based on a healthy limb length data; said extendable mechanism has a telescopic structure by including coaxially arranged two tubes (12 and 13) which are slidable relative to each other along an extension axis; and the prosthesis is provided with a sensor which is suitable for measuring the length of the limb which is provided with said prosthesis; the sensor being arranged to determine momentary positions of said two tubes (12 and 13) relative to each other and generate a data signal based on said relative positions corresponding to the length of the limb provided with the prosthesis; characterized in that the prosthesis includes an internal control unit arranged to receive communication of the data signal corresponding to the length of the limb which is provided with said prosthesis; and the system further comprises an external control unit and an external sensor for being externally arranged onto a healthy limb for measuring and tracking a healthy limb length data to be communicated to the external control unit. which is connected to the prosthesis and which is arranged to be lengthened via an adjusting means for, when in use, altering a length of a limb provided with the prosthesis based on a healthy limb length data; said extendable mechanism has a telescopic structure by including coaxially arranged two tubes (12 and 13) which are slidable relative to each other along an extension axis; and the prosthesis is provided with a sensor which is suitable for measuring the length of the limb which is provided with said prosthesis; the sensor being arranged to determine momentary positions of said two tubes (12 and 13) relative to each other and generate a data signal based on said relative positions corresponding to the length of the limb provided with the prosthesis; characterized in that the prosthesis includes an internal control unit arranged to receive communication of the data signal corresponding to the length of the limb which is provided with said prosthesis; and the system further comprises an external control unit and an external sensor for being externally arranged onto a healthy limb for measuring and tracking a healthy limb length data to be communicated to the external control unit.
A stencil for printing a pattern of deposits on a substrate, wherein the stencil comprises an electroformed metal sheet which has a first layer which includes an apertured region through which a printing medium is applied in a printing operation, and a second layer which overlies a substrate to be printed and includes a plurality of apertures, wherein the apertures of the second layer extend across and beyond the apertured region in the first layer, whereby the second layer includes a plurality of through apertures in registration with the apertured region of the first layer, each having a pattern corresponding to that to be printed on the substrate, and a plurality of blind apertures disposed adjacent and outwardly of the apertured region in the first layer.
Washing machine comprising: a cabinet; a tub provided in the cabinet for accommodating wash water therein; a drum rotatably provided in the tub for rotation about a generally horizontal axis and for accommodating laundry to be washed; a circulation unit for circulating wash water located in the inner lower part of the tub; and a circulation nozzle for spraying the wash water supplied by the circulation unit into the drum, characterized in that the circulation nozzle is mounted at an upper part of the tub adjacent to an opening of the tub for spraying the wash water along the inside of the drum from a front portion of the drum to a rear portion of the drum; in that a second circulation nozzle is mounted at an upper part of the tub adjacent to the opening of the tub for supplying the wash water into the drum in a direction different from the circulation nozzle, namely to the entrance of the drum; and in that the circulation nozzle and the second circulation nozzle are mounted adjacent to an opening of the tub such that the circulation nozzle and the second circulation nozzle are located symmetrical to each other from the middle of the upper part of the tub. a cabinet; a tub provided in the cabinet for accommodating wash water therein; a drum rotatably provided in the tub for rotation about a generally horizontal axis and for accommodating laundry to be washed; a circulation unit for circulating wash water located in the inner lower part of the tub; and a circulation nozzle for spraying the wash water supplied by the circulation unit into the drum, characterized in that the circulation nozzle is mounted at an upper part of the tub adjacent to an opening of the tub for spraying the wash water along the inside of the drum from a front portion of the drum to a rear portion of the drum; in that a second circulation nozzle is mounted at an upper part of the tub adjacent to the opening of the tub for supplying the wash water into the drum in a direction different from the circulation nozzle, namely to the entrance of the drum; and in that the circulation nozzle and the second circulation nozzle are mounted adjacent to an opening of the tub such that the circulation nozzle and the second circulation nozzle are located symmetrical to each other from the middle of the upper part of the tub.
A method comprising: determining at least one vision capability information for one or more occupants of at least one vehicle that is able to at least partially operate without input from a vehicle occupant based on at least one recommended operational configuration (action 301); estimating a comfortable operational configuration for the at least one vehicle, which is estimated to be comfortable for the one or more occupants based on the vision capability information (action 303); determining at least one maximum operational configuration, which is determined to be safe for the at least one vehicle based on an assessment of sensor-based information about road conditions (action 305); and determining at least one recommended operational configuration for the at least one vehicle based, at least in part, on the estimated comfortable operational configuration and the maximum operational configuration (action 307); wherein each of the comfortable operational configuration, the at least one maximum operational configuration and the at least one recommended operational configuration includes, at least in part, a speed parameter, an acceleration rate parameter, a braking rate parameter, a following distance parameter, or a combination thereof. determining at least one vision capability information for one or more occupants of at least one vehicle that is able to at least partially operate without input from a vehicle occupant based on at least one recommended operational configuration (action 301); estimating a comfortable operational configuration for the at least one vehicle, which is estimated to be comfortable for the one or more occupants based on the vision capability information (action 303); determining at least one maximum operational configuration, which is determined to be safe for the at least one vehicle based on an assessment of sensor-based information about road conditions (action 305); and determining at least one recommended operational configuration for the at least one vehicle based, at least in part, on the estimated comfortable operational configuration and the maximum operational configuration (action 307); wherein each of the comfortable operational configuration, the at least one maximum operational configuration and the at least one recommended operational configuration includes, at least in part, a speed parameter, an acceleration rate parameter, a braking rate parameter, a following distance parameter, or a combination thereof.
Greenable wall element (1, 10, 113), which is mounted at least on a visible side of the wall element (1, 10, 113) comprising interconnected profile bar sections (2, 3, 9), and has at least one wall component, which is held on at least one of the profile bar sections (2, 3) and has at least one planting opening passing through the wall component, characterized in that at least one of the profile bar sections (2, 3) has on each of two of the longitudinal sides of the profile bar a receiving slot, intended for receiving the at least one wall component, and a guiding slot, intended for receiving at least one fastening element, which fastening element is guided displaceably and fixably in the longitudinal direction of the guiding slot and is held immovably in the guiding slot transversely to the longitudinal direction thereof, in that at least one first profile bar section is provided, having on each of two longitudinal sides of the profile bar arranged at right angles to one another a receiving slot and a guiding slot, in that at least one of the wall components is respectively accommodated in the receiving slots of the at least one first profile bar section and at least one of the fastening elements is respectively provided in the guiding slots of the at least one first profile bar section, and in that the wall element (1, 10) has at least in each of its vertically oriented corner regions first profile bar sections.
A method for scheduling request resource allocation, performed by a network node (104, 104A, 104B), the method comprising: allocating Physical Uplink Control Channel, PUCCH, resources to at least one wireless device (102, 102A, 102B) for uplink transmissions; transmitting, to a first wireless device (102, 102A, 102B), a configuration message indicating PUCCH resources for transmitting scheduling requests, the configuration message including a PUCCH length and a scheduling request periodicity, wherein the scheduling request periodicity is smaller than the PUCCH length; and receiving, from the first wireless device (102, 102A, 102B), a first scheduling request. allocating Physical Uplink Control Channel, PUCCH, resources to at least one wireless device (102, 102A, 102B) for uplink transmissions; transmitting, to a first wireless device (102, 102A, 102B), a configuration message indicating PUCCH resources for transmitting scheduling requests, the configuration message including a PUCCH length and a scheduling request periodicity, wherein the scheduling request periodicity is smaller than the PUCCH length; and receiving, from the first wireless device (102, 102A, 102B), a first scheduling request.