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An integrated RF Power Amplifier circuit, comprising: i) a drive circuit comprising: a) an input node to accept an input signal with respect to a reference voltage Vref, connected to a first gate G1 of a first MOSFET M1, wherein a source of MOSFET M1 is connected to Vref; and b) a plurality of additional MOSFETs M2 to Mn having associated and corresponding gates G2 to Gn, connected in series with the MOSFET M1 to form a transistor stack, wherein the MOSFET M1 is the bottom transistor of the transistor stack, and the MOSFET Mn is the top transistor of the transistor stack, wherein the transistor stack is configured to control conduction between the reference voltage Vref and an output drive node, and wherein the output drive node is connected to the drain of the top transistor Mn of the transistor stack; ii) a corresponding predominantly capacitive element (214, 222) connected between each gate, G2 to Gn, and the reference voltage Vref; and iii) a shunt circuit connected between the output drive node and the reference voltage (202; 104) and configured to have a local minimum non-zero impedance value matching the impedance of said drive circuit at a frequency that is a harmonic of a center operation frequency Fo of the PA. i) a drive circuit comprising: a) an input node to accept an input signal with respect to a reference voltage Vref, connected to a first gate G1 of a first MOSFET M1, wherein a source of MOSFET M1 is connected to Vref; and b) a plurality of additional MOSFETs M2 to Mn having associated and corresponding gates G2 to Gn, connected in series with the MOSFET M1 to form a transistor stack, wherein the MOSFET M1 is the bottom transistor of the transistor stack, and the MOSFET Mn is the top transistor of the transistor stack, wherein the transistor stack is configured to control conduction between the reference voltage Vref and an output drive node, and wherein the output drive node is connected to the drain of the top transistor Mn of the transistor stack; a) an input node to accept an input signal with respect to a reference voltage Vref, connected to a first gate G1 of a first MOSFET M1, wherein a source of MOSFET M1 is connected to Vref; and b) a plurality of additional MOSFETs M2 to Mn having associated and corresponding gates G2 to Gn, connected in series with the MOSFET M1 to form a transistor stack, wherein the MOSFET M1 is the bottom transistor of the transistor stack, and the MOSFET Mn is the top transistor of the transistor stack, wherein the transistor stack is configured to control conduction between the reference voltage Vref and an output drive node, and wherein the output drive node is connected to the drain of the top transistor Mn of the transistor stack; ii) a corresponding predominantly capacitive element (214, 222) connected between each gate, G2 to Gn, and the reference voltage Vref; and iii) a shunt circuit connected between the output drive node and the reference voltage (202; 104) and configured to have a local minimum non-zero impedance value matching the impedance of said drive circuit at a frequency that is a harmonic of a center operation frequency Fo of the PA.
A mutated arylsulfatase A (ARSA) enzyme, or a functional fragment thereof, comprising an amino acid sequence with at least 90% sequence identity to SEQ ID NO: 1, wherein the amino acid sequence of the mutated ARSA enzyme, or of the functional fragment thereof, when aligned to the sequence of SEQ ID NO: 1, comprises at least the mutations M202V, T286L and R291N compared to SEQ ID NO: 1.
Implant suited for an implantation into the human body comprising a shell filled with a polymeric gel and/or liquid, wherein the implant is a breast implant dimensioned and shaped for the reconstruction, reduction and/or augmentation of a female breast characterized in that the shell is enveloped with at least one bioresorbable envelope, such that at least one space is formed between the outer surface of the shell and the inner surface of the bioresorbable envelope and within said at least one space a substance is present comprising at least one drug (6,7) with an immunosuppressive, antimicrobial and/or anti-inflammatory function, wherein the substance is liquid at room temperature and wherein the bioresorbable envelope is biologically resorbed within 4 to 16 weeks. the shell is enveloped with at least one bioresorbable envelope, such that at least one space is formed between the outer surface of the shell and the inner surface of the bioresorbable envelope and within said at least one space a substance is present comprising at least one drug (6,7) with an immunosuppressive, antimicrobial and/or anti-inflammatory function, wherein the substance is liquid at room temperature and wherein the bioresorbable envelope is biologically resorbed within 4 to 16 weeks.
A signal transmission method, wherein the method comprises: generating, by a first communication apparatus, a first signal, wherein a symbol comprised in the first signal is carried on K+2(M-1) subcarriers, and the subcarriers are shaped using a time domain pulse that satisfies the following: a width of each of some or all side lobes of a spectrum of the time domain pulse is equal to 1/M of a main lobe width, a subcarrier spacing between adjacent subcarriers is 1/M of the main lobe width, start M-1 subcarriers and last M-1 subcarriers in the K+2(M-1) subcarriers are redundant subcarriers, K is a positive integer, and M is a positive integer greater than 1; and sending, by the first communication apparatus, the first signal. a width of each of some or all side lobes of a spectrum of the time domain pulse is equal to 1/M of a main lobe width, a subcarrier spacing between adjacent subcarriers is 1/M of the main lobe width, start M-1 subcarriers and last M-1 subcarriers in the K+2(M-1) subcarriers are redundant subcarriers, K is a positive integer, and M is a positive integer greater than 1; and sending, by the first communication apparatus, the first signal.
Process of enhanced oil recovery, comprising: - introducing into the injection fluid at least one linear or structured water-soluble copolymer obtained by polymerization of: - more than 5 mol% and strictly less than 60 mol% of monomer 2-acrylamido-2-methylpropane sulfonic acid monomer in free acid and/or salified form, - strictly more than 10 mol% and less than 95 mol% of acrylamide derivative monomers of formula: in which: ▪ R = H or CH 3 or CH 2 COOR', wherein R' is an alkyl containing not more than 3 carbon atoms, ▪ A is selected from the group consisting of 2-pyrrolidone, pyrrolidine and 4-morpholine, - injecting the injection fluid, which is then viscosified, into the reservoir, - recovering the aqueous and oily and/or gaseous mixture. - introducing into the injection fluid at least one linear or structured water-soluble copolymer obtained by polymerization of: - more than 5 mol% and strictly less than 60 mol% of monomer 2-acrylamido-2-methylpropane sulfonic acid monomer in free acid and/or salified form, - strictly more than 10 mol% and less than 95 mol% of acrylamide derivative monomers of formula: in which: ▪ R = H or CH 3 or CH 2 COOR', wherein R' is an alkyl containing not more than 3 carbon atoms, ▪ A is selected from the group consisting of 2-pyrrolidone, pyrrolidine and 4-morpholine, - more than 5 mol% and strictly less than 60 mol% of monomer 2-acrylamido-2-methylpropane sulfonic acid monomer in free acid and/or salified form, - strictly more than 10 mol% and less than 95 mol% of acrylamide derivative monomers of formula: in which: ▪ R = H or CH 3 or CH 2 COOR', wherein R' is an alkyl containing not more than 3 carbon atoms, ▪ A is selected from the group consisting of 2-pyrrolidone, pyrrolidine and 4-morpholine, ▪ R = H or CH 3 or CH 2 COOR', wherein R' is an alkyl containing not more than 3 carbon atoms, ▪ A is selected from the group consisting of 2-pyrrolidone, pyrrolidine and 4-morpholine, - injecting the injection fluid, which is then viscosified, into the reservoir, - recovering the aqueous and oily and/or gaseous mixture.
A method for determining microorganism growth in a biological sample likely to contain microorganisms, said biological sample being contained in an analysis container such as a Petri dish, said analysis container being subjected to an incubation of a determined duration, said method comprising the following steps: - acquisition of a first plurality of initial images of the analysis container at a first acquisition time T1, before or during the incubation; - acquisition of a second plurality of final images of the analysis container at a second acquisition time T2, during or after the incubation; - registration of each initial image of the first plurality of initial images acquired, with each corresponding final image of the second plurality of final images acquired; - location of at least one potential microorganism growth zone in at least one image of the second plurality of images acquired; - evaluation of the content of the potential microorganism growth zone identified in order to determine the presence of microorganisms, in which the registration step comprises a secondary registration step associated with the content of the analysis container, the secondary registration step comprising the creation of a grid of subimages for each initial image and each final image. - acquisition of a first plurality of initial images of the analysis container at a first acquisition time T1, before or during the incubation; - acquisition of a second plurality of final images of the analysis container at a second acquisition time T2, during or after the incubation; - registration of each initial image of the first plurality of initial images acquired, with each corresponding final image of the second plurality of final images acquired; - location of at least one potential microorganism growth zone in at least one image of the second plurality of images acquired; - evaluation of the content of the potential microorganism growth zone identified in order to determine the presence of microorganisms,
An apparatus comprising: a platform having wheels within a recessed portion; a vertical clamping means (653; 653'); and a horizontal clamping means; wherein the apparatus is for moving a sample holder on the platform from a loading position, where the sample holder can be removed from the platform, to a locked position, where the sample holder is securely held, wherein the sample holder rests on the wheels within the recessed portion on the platform, wherein the apparatus is configured such that movement of the platform from the loading position to the locked position causes the vertical clamping means (653; 653') to lower down on top of the sample holder and the horizontal clamping means to be pressed to the outer periphery of the sample holder, and such that that movement of the platform from the locked position to the loading position causes the vertical clamping means to raise above the sample holder and the horizontal clamping means to be moved away from the outer periphery of the sample holder. a platform having wheels within a recessed portion; a vertical clamping means (653; 653'); and a horizontal clamping means; wherein the apparatus is for moving a sample holder on the platform from a loading position, where the sample holder can be removed from the platform, to a locked position, where the sample holder is securely held, wherein the sample holder rests on the wheels within the recessed portion on the platform, wherein the apparatus is configured such that movement of the platform from the loading position to the locked position causes the vertical clamping means (653; 653') to lower down on top of the sample holder and the horizontal clamping means to be pressed to the outer periphery of the sample holder, and such that that movement of the platform from the locked position to the loading position causes the vertical clamping means to raise above the sample holder and the horizontal clamping means to be moved away from the outer periphery of the sample holder.
A method for calculating the trajectory of a store ejected from an aircraft, comprising the following steps: a) providing a camera at a known spatial and angular position of an aircraft from where images of an ejected store can be obtained, said camera providing a video signal formed by frames, and having intrinsic calibration parameters, b) providing a 3D store model at an initially known spatial and angular position of the store, c) selecting one frame of the video signal of the camera to obtain one real image, d) obtaining the contours of the real image to obtain a processed real image, e) generating, from the camera and store spatial and angular positions, the camera calibration parameters, the selected frame of the camera, and the 3D store model, one 3D synthetic image for each possible motion of the ejected store with respect to the same reference axes (8, 9) of camera and store positions, f) obtaining the store contour from each one of the 3D synthetic images to obtain processed 3D synthetic images, g) matching each one of the processed 3D synthetic images with the processed real image, h) selecting the best matching processed 3D synthetic image, i) obtaining and recording both the spatial and angular position of the selected processed 3D synthetic image to obtain one point of the store trajectory, j) updating the spatial and angular position of the store from the spatial and angular position of the store in the selected processed 3D synthetic image, k) selecting another frame of the camera to obtain another real image, and return to d) until an established stop condition is reached. a) providing a camera at a known spatial and angular position of an aircraft from where images of an ejected store can be obtained, said camera providing a video signal formed by frames, and having intrinsic calibration parameters, b) providing a 3D store model at an initially known spatial and angular position of the store, c) selecting one frame of the video signal of the camera to obtain one real image, d) obtaining the contours of the real image to obtain a processed real image, e) generating, from the camera and store spatial and angular positions, the camera calibration parameters, the selected frame of the camera, and the 3D store model, one 3D synthetic image for each possible motion of the ejected store with respect to the same reference axes (8, 9) of camera and store positions, f) obtaining the store contour from each one of the 3D synthetic images to obtain processed 3D synthetic images, g) matching each one of the processed 3D synthetic images with the processed real image, h) selecting the best matching processed 3D synthetic image, i) obtaining and recording both the spatial and angular position of the selected processed 3D synthetic image to obtain one point of the store trajectory, j) updating the spatial and angular position of the store from the spatial and angular position of the store in the selected processed 3D synthetic image, k) selecting another frame of the camera to obtain another real image, and return to d) until an established stop condition is reached.
An immersion bath for recirculating a flow of liquid nitrogen, comprising: - a container having first, second, third and fourth walls extending upwardly from a floor, the first and third walls defining upstream and downstream ends of the container, respectively, the container having a height, width, and length; said immersion bath being characterized by: - a horizontal baffle secured between the second and fourth walls, the baffle having upstream and downstream ends and upper and lower surfaces (28, 26) extending there between, the baffle having a length shorter than a length of the container and being disposed within the container at a position that leaves a gap between the upstream baffle and container ends, a gap between the downstream baffle and container ends, and a gap between the baffle lower surface and the container floor; - a pump operationally associated with the container and baffle, wherein the pump and the container are adapted to induce the recirculating flow of liquid nitrogen over a top surface of the baffle in a first direction, through the gap between the downstream baffle and container ends, under the lower surface of the baffle in a second direction opposite that of the first, and through the gap between the upstream baffle and container ends; and - a porous discharge conveyor belt operationally associated with the container extending downwardly into the gap between the downstream container and baffle ends to a point below and adjacent the baffle downstream end. - a container having first, second, third and fourth walls extending upwardly from a floor, the first and third walls defining upstream and downstream ends of the container, respectively, the container having a height, width, and length; - a horizontal baffle secured between the second and fourth walls, the baffle having upstream and downstream ends and upper and lower surfaces (28, 26) extending there between, the baffle having a length shorter than a length of the container and being disposed within the container at a position that leaves a gap between the upstream baffle and container ends, a gap between the downstream baffle and container ends, and a gap between the baffle lower surface and the container floor; - a pump operationally associated with the container and baffle, wherein the pump and the container are adapted to induce the recirculating flow of liquid nitrogen over a top surface of the baffle in a first direction, through the gap between the downstream baffle and container ends, under the lower surface of the baffle in a second direction opposite that of the first, and through the gap between the upstream baffle and container ends; and - a porous discharge conveyor belt operationally associated with the container extending downwardly into the gap between the downstream container and baffle ends to a point below and adjacent the baffle downstream end.
A computer-implemented method comprising: recording raw light field data by an array of pixel sensors positioned behind an array of micro-lenses in a light field camera, wherein each pixel of a pixel sensor records a linear mixing of up to four different views, obtaining at least one sub-aperture image associated with one view by applying a signal separation process by multiplying the recorded data, represented by a column vector, by an inverse of a mixing matrix A, wherein the mixing matrix A comprises coefficients that convey weighting information of the up to four different views, wherein the coefficients are based on a calibration of the positions of micro-lenses image centers of the light field camera, and wherein each row of the mixing matrix A is representative of a linear relationship between each pixel of the pixel sensor and a corresponding pixel of the up to four different sub-aperture images associated to the up to four different views. recording raw light field data by an array of pixel sensors positioned behind an array of micro-lenses in a light field camera, wherein each pixel of a pixel sensor records a linear mixing of up to four different views, obtaining at least one sub-aperture image associated with one view by applying a signal separation process by multiplying the recorded data, represented by a column vector, by an inverse of a mixing matrix A, wherein the mixing matrix A comprises coefficients that convey weighting information of the up to four different views, wherein the coefficients are based on a calibration of the positions of micro-lenses image centers of the light field camera, and wherein each row of the mixing matrix A is representative of a linear relationship between each pixel of the pixel sensor and a corresponding pixel of the up to four different sub-aperture images associated to the up to four different views.
A maintenance vehicle that can be moved on a rail of a railway track and is intended for carrying out work in the vicinity of the rail, having at least one conveyor belt that is running along the length of the maintenance vehicle and is intended for the transport of materials, wherein the conveyor belt can be transferred from a position of non-use to a position of use, characterised in that the conveyor belt - when being in the position of non-use, is completely within the allowed regular clearance space for the regular railway traffic of the maintenance vehicle and is running along the length of the maintenance vehicle, and - when being in the position of use, is completely outside the allowed regular clearance space for the regular railway traffic, however, within the allowed regular clearance space for operations on the construction site and is also running along the length of the maintenance vehicle and when being in the position of non-use, is essentially arranged vertically to the side of the maintenance vehicle and can be folded either upwards or downwards in a lateral cantilevering manner to be transferred to the position of use. - when being in the position of non-use, is completely within the allowed regular clearance space for the regular railway traffic of the maintenance vehicle and is running along the length of the maintenance vehicle, and - when being in the position of use, is completely outside the allowed regular clearance space for the regular railway traffic, however, within the allowed regular clearance space for operations on the construction site and is also running along the length of the maintenance vehicle and
Apparatus (200, 300) for performing renal neuromodulation of a patient, the apparatus comprising: an electric field generator; a first element configured for placement within a first vessel of the patient, the first element comprising a first electrode (222, 312) electrically coupled to the electric field generator; and a second element (230, 320) configured for placement within a second vessel of the patient that is different than the first vessel, the second element comprising a second electrode (232, 330) electrically coupled to the electric field generator, wherein the apparatus is configured for delivery of an electric field between the first electrode (222, 312) and the second electrode (232, 330) to modulate a neural fiber that contributes to renal function while the first element is located within the first vessel and the second element (230, 320) is located within the second vessel, wherein either the first vessel is a first branch vessel off a renal artery and the second vessel is a second branch vessel off a renal artery, or wherein the first vessel is a renal artery and the second vessel is a renal vein. an electric field generator; a first element configured for placement within a first vessel of the patient, the first element comprising a first electrode (222, 312) electrically coupled to the electric field generator; and a second element (230, 320) configured for placement within a second vessel of the patient that is different than the first vessel, the second element comprising a second electrode (232, 330) electrically coupled to the electric field generator, wherein the apparatus is configured for delivery of an electric field between the first electrode (222, 312) and the second electrode (232, 330) to modulate a neural fiber that contributes to renal function while the first element is located within the first vessel and the second element (230, 320) is located within the second vessel, wherein either the first vessel is a first branch vessel off a renal artery and the second vessel is a second branch vessel off a renal artery, or wherein the first vessel is a renal artery and the second vessel is a renal vein.