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An implantable medical device (102, 602), comprising: a power supply module; a processing unit (112, 152); an implantable lead system (106B, 604) including at least one lead having a plurality of electrodes (104, 612) adapted to stimulate a patient's tissue responsive to instructions generated by the processing unit in association with a pulse generator module, the plurality of electrodes including at least one inactive electrode and at least one active electrode; a charge pump voltage source operative to supply a common-mode voltage reference with respect to one or more circuitry portions of the pulse generator module configured to energize one or more electrodes; and diagnostic circuitry (111, 158, 502, 605) configured to generate one or more control signals for adjusting the common-mode voltage reference provided by the charge pump voltage source depending on a difference between the common-mode voltage reference and an interference voltage sensed at a Kelvin connection node associated with the implantable lead system. a power supply module; a processing unit (112, 152); an implantable lead system (106B, 604) including at least one lead having a plurality of electrodes (104, 612) adapted to stimulate a patient's tissue responsive to instructions generated by the processing unit in association with a pulse generator module, the plurality of electrodes including at least one inactive electrode and at least one active electrode; a charge pump voltage source operative to supply a common-mode voltage reference with respect to one or more circuitry portions of the pulse generator module configured to energize one or more electrodes; and diagnostic circuitry (111, 158, 502, 605) configured to generate one or more control signals for adjusting the common-mode voltage reference provided by the charge pump voltage source depending on a difference between the common-mode voltage reference and an interference voltage sensed at a Kelvin connection node associated with the implantable lead system.
A sensing sensor that attaches a substance to be sensed to a piezoelectric resonator, detaches the substance to be sensed by changing a temperature of the piezoelectric resonator, and senses the substance to be sensed based on a relationship between a change of an oscillation frequency and the temperature of the piezoelectric resonator, the substance to be sensed being a gas, the sensing sensor comprisings; a base body, cooled by a liquid nitrogen; the piezoelectric resonator, cooled by the base body; a heating unit that heats the piezoelectric resonator for changing the temperature of the piezoelectric resonator; a substrate mounted to the base body, the substrate including an oscillator circuit unit and a heater circuit thereon, the oscillator circuit unit oscillating the piezoelectric resonator, the heater circuit heating the oscillator circuit unit; and a heat insulating portion (9, 90), disposed between the base body and the oscillator circuit unit for avoiding a heat transfer of a cool heat from the base body to the oscillator circuit unit via the substrate. a base body, cooled by a liquid nitrogen; the piezoelectric resonator, cooled by the base body; a heating unit that heats the piezoelectric resonator for changing the temperature of the piezoelectric resonator; a substrate mounted to the base body, the substrate including an oscillator circuit unit and a heater circuit thereon, the oscillator circuit unit oscillating the piezoelectric resonator, the heater circuit heating the oscillator circuit unit; and a heat insulating portion (9, 90), disposed between the base body and the oscillator circuit unit for avoiding a heat transfer of a cool heat from the base body to the oscillator circuit unit via the substrate.
A method of coating a field joint joining uncoated ends (6, 8) of two pipe sections (2, 4), each pipe section being coating with a parent coating and having at least one uncoated end, the method comprising: injection molding a first thermal insulation layer of a field joint coating over at least the uncoated ends (6, 8) and a portion of the parent coating of each pipe section, the first layer comprising a first material, preferably an injection molded polypropylene, wherein preferably the first layer has an overall thickness in the range of about 10-45mm; and injection molding a second thermal insulation layer of the field joint coating over the first layer, the second layer comprising a second material having a greater flexibility than the first material and having a lower maximum operating temperature than the first material, where preferably the second layer forms a significant part of the field joint coating, in volume, and preferably the second material is an epoxy-urethane hybrid material. injection molding a first thermal insulation layer of a field joint coating over at least the uncoated ends (6, 8) and a portion of the parent coating of each pipe section, the first layer comprising a first material, preferably an injection molded polypropylene, wherein preferably the first layer has an overall thickness in the range of about 10-45mm; and injection molding a second thermal insulation layer of the field joint coating over the first layer, the second layer comprising a second material having a greater flexibility than the first material and having a lower maximum operating temperature than the first material, where preferably the second layer forms a significant part of the field joint coating, in volume, and preferably the second material is an epoxy-urethane hybrid material.
A method of a user equipment, UE, in a communication system, the method comprising: acquiring a first key for a group to which the UE belongs and an algorithm identifier, ID, indicating an algorithm used for protecting data; acquiring an ID associated with a first entity; generating a second key based on the first key; generating a third key based on the second key; and protecting the data based on the algorithm, and at least one of the third key and the ID associated with the first entity, wherein at least one other entity generated for the group uses the second key. acquiring a first key for a group to which the UE belongs and an algorithm identifier, ID, indicating an algorithm used for protecting data; acquiring an ID associated with a first entity; generating a second key based on the first key; generating a third key based on the second key; and protecting the data based on the algorithm, and at least one of the third key and the ID associated with the first entity, wherein at least one other entity generated for the group uses the second key.
A surface-treated metal sheet consisting of a laminate having a metal substrate, a chemical conversion coating film and an adhesive layer in order, wherein the chemical conversion coating film contains colloidal silica and a thermosetting resin, a primer layer is provided between the chemical conversion coating film and the adhesive layer, the thermosetting resin is a water-based urethane resin, a water-based acrylic-modified epoxy resin or a water-based phenolic resin, or a combination of a water-based carboxyl group-containing acrylic resin and a crosslinking agent which is able to react with a carboxyl group, and the coating weight of the chemical conversion coating film is 0.05 to 0.5 g/m 2.
A method of generating a medium access control, MAC, protocol data unit, PDU, in wireless communication system, comprising: receiving at least one service data unit, SDU, from an upper layer; adding a header to the at least one received SDU to generate the protocol data unit; determining whether single byte or two byte padding is required to complete the generation of the protocol data unit; and inserting at least one padding indicator into the protocol data unit in order to indicate the single or two byte padding if the single byte or two byte padding is determined to be required, wherein the at least one padding indicator is inserted into a header of the protocol data unit, characterised in that the header comprises a Length field indicating a length of the corresponding MAC SDU in bytes, wherein the header includes at least one of a Logical Channel identifier, LCID, field to identify a logical channel of the received SDU, wherein the at least one padding indicator is set with a specific value in the LCID field, wherein the SDU is a MAC SDU, the PDU is a MAC PDU, and the header of the PDU is a MAC PDU header, wherein the MAC PDU header includes one or more MAC PDU sub-headers, and wherein one or two MAC PDU sub-headers corresponding to the single byte or two byte padding are inserted before a first MAC PDU sub-header corresponding to the MAC SDU when the single byte or two byte padding is required but cannot be achieved by padding at end of the MAC PDU. receiving at least one service data unit, SDU, from an upper layer; adding a header to the at least one received SDU to generate the protocol data unit; determining whether single byte or two byte padding is required to complete the generation of the protocol data unit; and inserting at least one padding indicator into the protocol data unit in order to indicate the single or two byte padding if the single byte or two byte padding is determined to be required, wherein the at least one padding indicator is inserted into a header of the protocol data unit, characterised in that the header comprises a Length field indicating a length of the corresponding MAC SDU in bytes, wherein the header includes at least one of a Logical Channel identifier, LCID, field to identify a logical channel of the received SDU, wherein the at least one padding indicator is set with a specific value in the LCID field, wherein the SDU is a MAC SDU, the PDU is a MAC PDU, and the header of the PDU is a MAC PDU header, wherein the MAC PDU header includes one or more MAC PDU sub-headers, and wherein one or two MAC PDU sub-headers corresponding to the single byte or two byte padding are inserted before a first MAC PDU sub-header corresponding to the MAC SDU when the single byte or two byte padding is required but cannot be achieved by padding at end of the MAC PDU.
Load carrier for a vehicle, in particular a car, with a carriage guide base, in particular for mounting on a load carrier seating of the vehicle, and with a carriage guided on the carriage guide base and adjustable along a longitudinal axis between a rest position and a position of use, wherein the carriage in the position of use extends further beyond the carriage guide base than in the rest position, in particular to carry a load, wherein the carriage guide base has guide rails on which are guided running rails of the carriage, wherein between facing rail surfaces (68, 78) of at least one pair of rails comprising a running rail and a guide rail, there is provided at least one spacer element (110a-110c; 120a-120c) which creates a space between the rail surfaces (68, 78) in at least one of the longitudinal positions of the carriage, characterised in that it has located on the carriage at least one spacer element (110a-110c; 120a-120c) which, in a longitudinal position further removed from the carriage is out of contact with, and in a longitudinal position of the carriage moved closer to the carriage guide base, in particular the rest position, is in contact with the assigned guide rail.
An expandable spinal implant, comprising: a housing comprising an upper plate configured for placement against an endplate of a first vertebral body, and a lower plate configured for placement against an endplate of a second, adjacent vertebral body; and an integrated ratchet assembly that is fully integrated within the housing and disposed between the upper and lower plates and being configured to effect angular adjustment of the spinal implant, the ratchet assembly including first and second shafts, first and second engagement members supported by the respective ones of the shafts, and a plurality of flanges that extend out from the first and second shafts, wherein the first and second engagement members are spaced from each other along a lateral direction that defines a width of the intervertebral implant; wherein the ratchet assembly is configured to permit movement of the first and second shafts in an expansion direction that causes the engagement member to urge against the upper and lower plates and cause the upper and lower plates to angulate with respect to each other, and prevents movement of the shafts in a direction opposite the expansion direction. a housing comprising an upper plate configured for placement against an endplate of a first vertebral body, and a lower plate configured for placement against an endplate of a second, adjacent vertebral body; and an integrated ratchet assembly that is fully integrated within the housing and disposed between the upper and lower plates and being configured to effect angular adjustment of the spinal implant, the ratchet assembly including first and second shafts, first and second engagement members supported by the respective ones of the shafts, and a plurality of flanges that extend out from the first and second shafts, wherein the first and second engagement members are spaced from each other along a lateral direction that defines a width of the intervertebral implant; wherein the ratchet assembly is configured to permit movement of the first and second shafts in an expansion direction that causes the engagement member to urge against the upper and lower plates and cause the upper and lower plates to angulate with respect to each other, and prevents movement of the shafts in a direction opposite the expansion direction.
A device for the storage of viscous media, wherein the device comprises a. a container for storing the medium, b. a conveying pump for pumping at least a sub-volume of the medium, c. a jet apparatus (12, 13) comprising at least one jet nozzle (28, 29), arranged in the container, disposed in a pumping connection with the conveying pump, which makes possible a stirring jet for stirring the medium, wherein the stirring jet to be output from the jet apparatus (12, 13) is widened relative to an injection-medium jet to be supplied to the jet apparatus (12, 13) and accordingly comprises an enlarged volume and/or causes a reduced impulse loss on the medium to be stirred for a thorough mixing of the medium in the presence of laminar flow conditions, characterised in that the jet apparatus (12, 13) comprises a first jet nozzle comprising a first injection-nozzle portion, a first suction-nozzle portion, a first mixing-nozzle portion and a first diffuser, and a second jet nozzle arranged behind it along the longitudinal axis (18, 19) of the jet apparatus, comprising a second injection-nozzle portion, a second suction-nozzle portion, a second mixing-nozzle portion and a second diffuser. a. a container for storing the medium, b. a conveying pump for pumping at least a sub-volume of the medium, c. a jet apparatus (12, 13) comprising at least one jet nozzle (28, 29), arranged in the container, disposed in a pumping connection with the conveying pump, which makes possible a stirring jet for stirring the medium, wherein the stirring jet to be output from the jet apparatus (12, 13) is widened relative to an injection-medium jet to be supplied to the jet apparatus (12, 13) and accordingly comprises an enlarged volume and/or causes a reduced impulse loss on the medium to be stirred for a thorough mixing of the medium in the presence of laminar flow conditions,
A process for producing water-absorbing polymer particles, comprising i) the neutralization of at least one ethylenically unsaturated monomer bearing acid groups with a base up to a degree of neutralization of from 40 to 70 mol%, the base comprising less than 0.0005% by weight of iron ions and the lines used to convey the base being made of stainless steel and/or a polymeric material, ii) polymerization of the neutralized monomer in the presence of at least one crosslinker and of at least one initiator, the initiator being essentially free of iron ions, iii) drying of the resulting polymer gel, iv) comminution of the dried polymer gel to polymer particles, v) classification of the resulting polymer particles and vi) optional surface postcrosslinking of the classified polymer particles, the polymer particles being coated with from 0.01 to 1% by weight of at least one condensed and/or a hydrolyzable tannin. i) the neutralization of at least one ethylenically unsaturated monomer bearing acid groups with a base up to a degree of neutralization of from 40 to 70 mol%, the base comprising less than 0.0005% by weight of iron ions and the lines used to convey the base being made of stainless steel and/or a polymeric material, ii) polymerization of the neutralized monomer in the presence of at least one crosslinker and of at least one initiator, the initiator being essentially free of iron ions, iii) drying of the resulting polymer gel, iv) comminution of the dried polymer gel to polymer particles, v) classification of the resulting polymer particles and vi) optional surface postcrosslinking of the classified polymer particles,
Duplex steel with improved impact strength and machinability, wherein the duplex steel has or consists of the following chemical composition: C < 0.070 % by weight Si < 1.5 % by weight, Mn < 0.50 % by weight, Cr 21.0 to 23.0 % by weight, Ni 1.0 to 3.0 % by weight, Cu 1.0 to 3.0 % by weight, N 0.10 to 0.30 % by weight Mo <0.5 % by weight and the rest of iron and contaminations. C < 0.070 % by weight Si < 1.5 % by weight, Mn < 0.50 % by weight, Cr 21.0 to 23.0 % by weight, Ni 1.0 to 3.0 % by weight, Cu 1.0 to 3.0 % by weight, N 0.10 to 0.30 % by weight Mo <0.5 % by weight and the rest of iron and contaminations.
An endorectal coil comprising: a tube configured for insertion into a rectum; a spreader configured to be positioned at a distal end of the tube and mechanically spread to compress surrounding tissue after the tube is inserted; and one or more electrically conductive elements tuned to receive magnetic resonance data disposed on at least one of the tube and the spreader, characterized in that the spreader includes a rolled strip of material formed as a roll spring, wherein a stub is attached to a center edge of the spreader, and the diameter of the spreader can be increased and/or decreased by rotating the stub. a tube configured for insertion into a rectum; a spreader configured to be positioned at a distal end of the tube and mechanically spread to compress surrounding tissue after the tube is inserted; and one or more electrically conductive elements tuned to receive magnetic resonance data disposed on at least one of the tube and the spreader, characterized in that the spreader includes a rolled strip of material formed as a roll spring, wherein a stub is attached to a center edge of the spreader, and the diameter of the spreader can be increased and/or decreased by rotating the stub.
A ballistic protection, including a plurality of separate rigid elements, cooperating and not joint with one another, each of the rigid elements including a plurality of layers of high molecular weight polymers; wherein at least a part of the plurality of layers of high molecular weight polymers of at least one of the rigid elements includes laminates of high molecular weight polyethylene tapes or strips in the form of unidirectional leaves; at least a part of the plurality of layers of high molecular weight polymers of at least one of the rigid elements includes resin-impregnated fibrous laminates made of high molecular weight polyethylene fibers; wherein - the weight per unit of surface area of the first rigid element with respect to the direction of the incident bullet is greater than the weight per unit of surface area of the rigid element or rigid elements that follow the first one, characterized in that: - the value of the specific bending modulus of the first rigid element with respect to the direction of the incident bullet is smaller than the specific bending modulus of the rigid element or rigid elements that follow the first one. - the weight per unit of surface area of the first rigid element with respect to the direction of the incident bullet is greater than the weight per unit of surface area of the rigid element or rigid elements that follow the first one, - the value of the specific bending modulus of the first rigid element with respect to the direction of the incident bullet is smaller than the specific bending modulus of the rigid element or rigid elements that follow the first one.
A method for monitoring reciprocating compressor operation, comprising: determining a valve opening of a valve disposed in the reciprocating compressor using a sensor; determining a first location of a piston of the reciprocating compressor at the valve opening; determining a valve closing of the valve using the sensor; determining a second location of the piston at the valve closing; and estimating a volumetric efficiency based at least in part on the first and second location, characterized in that if the volumetric efficiency is below a threshold value, a controller increases RPM for the compressor. determining a valve opening of a valve disposed in the reciprocating compressor using a sensor; determining a first location of a piston of the reciprocating compressor at the valve opening; determining a valve closing of the valve using the sensor; determining a second location of the piston at the valve closing; and estimating a volumetric efficiency based at least in part on the first and second location, characterized in that if the volumetric efficiency is below a threshold value, a controller increases RPM for the compressor.
A wrap around container for holding an electronic device, the container comprising: a substantially rectangular panel including a device receiving portion at one end of the panel, a fixing portion at the opposite end of the panel, and a wrap around portion in between; and a pair of flaps (32, 33) extending from opposite sides of the device receiving portion of the panel, each side being on a respective longitudinal edge of the rectangular panel, and each flap (32, 33) being arranged to be folded into a closed position where the flap (32, 33) is over at least a part of the device receiving portion and an upper surface of a device when placed on the device receiving portion, the wrap around portion being arranged to wrap at least over the flaps (32, 33) in the closed position and the fixing portion being arranged to be fixed to an outside of the container after wrapping of the wrap around portion to close the container; characterized by foam means extending over at least part of the device receiving portion and onto the surface of each flap (32, 33) facing the device receiving portion when in the closed position so as to form a foam barrier between a device placed on the device receiving portion and the device receiving portion and the closed flaps (32, 33), the foam means being attached to the device receiving portion and/or at least one of the two flaps (32, 33), the foam means being configured to be peelable away from the container when the container is open.