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Method to correct for alignment errors between assumed and actual geometric parameters of an acquisition geometry during image reconstruction in a tomosynthesis application, comprising the steps of: - receiving at least 2 projection images acquired on at least 2 different positions in a known acquisition geometry, - determining an actual geometric parameter value by determining the minimum of a redundant planes cost function which is calculated for a varying range of said geometric parameter values, and which is determined by: a) at least one plane which intersects an X-ray source trajectory with at least two points, b) an intersection between said planes and a detector surface for which points the source positions are determined, and c) for which the parameters determining the intersection (λ, μ, l) are used for the construction of said cost function, - applying said calculated actual geometric parameter value of the acquisition geometry for the image reconstruction of the plurality of images, characterized in that, a weighting function is applied to said plurality of acquired images prior to calculating said cost function. - receiving at least 2 projection images acquired on at least 2 different positions in a known acquisition geometry, - determining an actual geometric parameter value by determining the minimum of a redundant planes cost function which is calculated for a varying range of said geometric parameter values, and which is determined by: a) at least one plane which intersects an X-ray source trajectory with at least two points, b) an intersection between said planes and a detector surface for which points the source positions are determined, and c) for which the parameters determining the intersection (λ, μ, l) are used for the construction of said cost function, a) at least one plane which intersects an X-ray source trajectory with at least two points, b) an intersection between said planes and a detector surface for which points the source positions are determined, and c) for which the parameters determining the intersection (λ, μ, l) are used for the construction of said cost function, - applying said calculated actual geometric parameter value of the acquisition geometry for the image reconstruction of the plurality of images, characterized in that, a weighting function is applied to said plurality of acquired images prior to calculating said cost function.
Lighting apparatus for a motor vehicle, comprising one or more LED units, wherein a respective LED unit comprises one or more LEDs; a plate-shaped diffuser consisting of light-scattering material and having a first and second delimiting face (401, 402); wherein an end face of the diffuser which is provided between the first delimiting face and the second delimiting face forms the light emergence face of the lighting apparatus that is visible to a user; the LED unit or LED units are arranged adjacent to the first delimiting face and, during operation, emit light in the direction of the first delimiting face, said light entering into the diffuser via the first delimiting face; the diffuser is configured and arranged in such a way that at least some of the light of the LED unit or LED units entering via the first delimiting face is guided in the diffuser to the light emergence face and it emerges from the lighting apparatus there. a plate-shaped diffuser consisting of light-scattering material and having a first and second delimiting face (401, 402); wherein an end face of the diffuser which is provided between the first delimiting face and the second delimiting face forms the light emergence face of the lighting apparatus that is visible to a user; the LED unit or LED units are arranged adjacent to the first delimiting face and, during operation, emit light in the direction of the first delimiting face, said light entering into the diffuser via the first delimiting face; the diffuser is configured and arranged in such a way that at least some of the light of the LED unit or LED units entering via the first delimiting face is guided in the diffuser to the light emergence face and it emerges from the lighting apparatus there.
A crosslinked flame retardant thermoplastic elastomer gel comprising: a first set of components, the first set of components comprising a char catalyst at 50 wt % to 80 wt % of the first set of components, a char former at 10 wt % to 25 wt % of the first set of components, the char former being selected from a polyol, a polysaccharide, tris(hydroxyethyl)isocyanurate (THEIC), and mixtures thereof, and a blowing agent at 10 wt % to 25 wt %, the blowing agent being selected from melamine, melamine cyanurate, melamine borate, melamine phosphate, and melamine derivatives, and combinations thereof; and a second set of components, the second set of components comprising a maleic anhydride-modified SEBS at 2.0 wt % to 20.0 wt % of the second set of components; and a softener oil at 70 wt % to 98 wt % of the second set of components; the first set of components being between 30 wt % and 50 wt % and the second set of component being between 50 wt % and 70 wt % of the gel. a first set of components, the first set of components comprising a char catalyst at 50 wt % to 80 wt % of the first set of components, a char former at 10 wt % to 25 wt % of the first set of components, the char former being selected from a polyol, a polysaccharide, tris(hydroxyethyl)isocyanurate (THEIC), and mixtures thereof, and a blowing agent at 10 wt % to 25 wt %, the blowing agent being selected from melamine, melamine cyanurate, melamine borate, melamine phosphate, and melamine derivatives, and combinations thereof; and a char catalyst at 50 wt % to 80 wt % of the first set of components, a char former at 10 wt % to 25 wt % of the first set of components, the char former being selected from a polyol, a polysaccharide, tris(hydroxyethyl)isocyanurate (THEIC), and mixtures thereof, and a blowing agent at 10 wt % to 25 wt %, the blowing agent being selected from melamine, melamine cyanurate, melamine borate, melamine phosphate, and melamine derivatives, and combinations thereof; and a second set of components, the second set of components comprising a maleic anhydride-modified SEBS at 2.0 wt % to 20.0 wt % of the second set of components; and a softener oil at 70 wt % to 98 wt % of the second set of components; a maleic anhydride-modified SEBS at 2.0 wt % to 20.0 wt % of the second set of components; and a softener oil at 70 wt % to 98 wt % of the second set of components;
Filling nozzle for dispensing a fluid, with an inlet for connecting a fluid feed line, a main channel which connects the inlet to an outlet, a main valve for controlling a total volumetric flow through the main channel, and with a vacuum line which opens into the main channel, the main channel having a part channel with a tapered portion, and the vacuum line opening in the region of the tapered portion into the part channel, characterized in that the main channel splits downstream of the main valve into the part channel and into at least two bypass channels (20 a- 20e) which run parallel to the part channel, the part channel and/or the at least two bypass channels (20a - 20e) having means for prioritizing the fluid throughflow which are configured in such a way that a relative proportion of the overall volumetric flow which flows through the part channel decreases as the total volumetric flow increases.
A tunable probe (100, 300) comprising: a first resonator (114, 314); a second resonator (114, 314) spaced from the first resonator (114, 314); and a cross-couple (120, 320) extending from the first resonator (114, 314) to the second resonator (114, 314), the cross-couple (120, 320) comprising: a first substrate and a second substrate, the first and second substrates (202-1, 202-2) disposed between the first and second resonators (114, 314) to create a capacitance between the first and second resonators (114, 314); a wire connecting the first and second substrates (202-1, 202-2); and a dielectric surrounding the wire, wherein the tunable probe (100, 300) is tunable at least in part by being configured for adjusting a location of the dielectric along a lateral axis, parallel to a longitudinal axis of the wire, and bonding the dielectric to the wire between the first and second resonators. a first resonator (114, 314); a second resonator (114, 314) spaced from the first resonator (114, 314); and a cross-couple (120, 320) extending from the first resonator (114, 314) to the second resonator (114, 314), the cross-couple (120, 320) comprising: a first substrate and a second substrate, the first and second substrates (202-1, 202-2) disposed between the first and second resonators (114, 314) to create a capacitance between the first and second resonators (114, 314); a wire connecting the first and second substrates (202-1, 202-2); and a dielectric surrounding the wire, a first substrate and a second substrate, the first and second substrates (202-1, 202-2) disposed between the first and second resonators (114, 314) to create a capacitance between the first and second resonators (114, 314); a wire connecting the first and second substrates (202-1, 202-2); and a dielectric surrounding the wire, wherein the tunable probe (100, 300) is tunable at least in part by being configured for adjusting a location of the dielectric along a lateral axis, parallel to a longitudinal axis of the wire, and bonding the dielectric to the wire between the first and second resonators.
A purine base analog, for use in a method of radiation-free hematopoietic stem cell transplantation, wherein the purine base analog is 6-thioguanine the method comprising: (a) administering to a mammalian subject one or two doses of 2 to 10 mg/kg body weight of the purine base analog, as a pre-conditioning step; (b) engrafting into the subject hypoxanthine-guanine phosphoribosyltransferase (HPRT)-deficient donor HSCs within 48 to 72 hours of the pre-conditioning step; and (c) administering to the subject about 1 to 5 mg/kg of the purine base analog every two to four days for two to eight weeks following the engrafting step; wherein the method is performed in the absence of pre-conditioning via radiation, and wherein the subject has a hereditary or genetic disorder, an acquired disease affecting lymphohematopoietic cells, or a lymphohematopoietic malignancy. (a) administering to a mammalian subject one or two doses of 2 to 10 mg/kg body weight of the purine base analog, as a pre-conditioning step; (b) engrafting into the subject hypoxanthine-guanine phosphoribosyltransferase (HPRT)-deficient donor HSCs within 48 to 72 hours of the pre-conditioning step; and (c) administering to the subject about 1 to 5 mg/kg of the purine base analog every two to four days for two to eight weeks following the engrafting step; wherein the method is performed in the absence of pre-conditioning via radiation, and wherein the subject has a hereditary or genetic disorder, an acquired disease affecting lymphohematopoietic cells, or a lymphohematopoietic malignancy.
A decitabine DNA methylation inhibitor for use in treating a disease or condition associated with HIV infection in a subject in need of such treatment, wherein a therapeutically or prophylactically effective amount of said DNA methylation inhibitor is administered to said subject and wherein a therapeutically or prophylactically effective amount of a histone deacetylase inhibitor selected from the group comprising: hydroxamates, cyclic peptides, aliphatic acids, and benzamides, is administered to said subject after said DNA methylation inhibitor has been administered.
A communication device of handling a failure in communications with a first base station and a second base station, comprising: a storage unit for storing instructions; and a processing means, coupled to the storage unit, wherein the storage unit stores, and the processing means is configured to execute instructions of: connecting to the first base station and the second base station; detecting a first connection failure in a first cell of the first base station when performing a secondary cell group, SCG, failure information procedure, wherein the SCG failure information procedure is performed when detecting a second connection failure in a second cell of the second base station or a SCG change failure; performing a radio resource control, RRC, connection reestablishment procedure in response to the detection of the first connection failure in the first cell of the first base station; and characterizing by transmitting a SCG failure information message of the SCG failure information procedure to the first base station after transmitting a RRC connection reestablishment complete message of the RRC connection reestablishment procedure. a storage unit for storing instructions; and a processing means, coupled to the storage unit, wherein the storage unit stores, and the processing means is configured to execute instructions of: connecting to the first base station and the second base station; detecting a first connection failure in a first cell of the first base station when performing a secondary cell group, SCG, failure information procedure, wherein the SCG failure information procedure is performed when detecting a second connection failure in a second cell of the second base station or a SCG change failure; performing a radio resource control, RRC, connection reestablishment procedure in response to the detection of the first connection failure in the first cell of the first base station; and characterizing by transmitting a SCG failure information message of the SCG failure information procedure to the first base station after transmitting a RRC connection reestablishment complete message of the RRC connection reestablishment procedure. connecting to the first base station and the second base station; detecting a first connection failure in a first cell of the first base station when performing a secondary cell group, SCG, failure information procedure, wherein the SCG failure information procedure is performed when detecting a second connection failure in a second cell of the second base station or a SCG change failure; performing a radio resource control, RRC, connection reestablishment procedure in response to the detection of the first connection failure in the first cell of the first base station; and characterizing by transmitting a SCG failure information message of the SCG failure information procedure to the first base station after transmitting a RRC connection reestablishment complete message of the RRC connection reestablishment procedure.
An electrode for a redox flow battery, comprising: a substrate; a conductive portion applied to a surface of the substrate; and a catalytic portion held by the conductive portion, the conductive portion containing one or more types of elements selected from a group α1 consisting of Sn, Ti, Ta, Ce, In, and Zn, the catalytic portion containing one or more types of elements selected from a group β consisting of Ru, Ir, Pd, Pt, Rh, and Au, and wherein the substrate comprises an aggregate of particles each having an average particle size of 3 μm or more and 500 μm or less. a substrate; a conductive portion applied to a surface of the substrate; and a catalytic portion held by the conductive portion, the conductive portion containing one or more types of elements selected from a group α1 consisting of Sn, Ti, Ta, Ce, In, and Zn, the catalytic portion containing one or more types of elements selected from a group β consisting of Ru, Ir, Pd, Pt, Rh, and Au, and wherein the substrate comprises an aggregate of particles each having an average particle size of 3 μm or more and 500 μm or less.
An air-bag system for a vehicle, comprising an air-bag which, prior to inflation, is in an initial position, wherein upon activation of the air-bag system, the air-bag is transported to an inflation position by a flexible gas delivery hose which is connected between two inflators (8, 9), so that each inflator (8, 9) may deliver gas into one end of the hose, or is connected to an inflator at one end of the hose, while the other end of the hose is sealed and attached to another component, the transporting occurring while the air-bag is still substantially un-inflated, and wherein the air-bag is fully inflated after being transported to the inflation position, wherein the hose has a length when inflated which is greater than the distance between the two inflators (8, 9), or between the inflator and the other component, so that, during inflation of the hose, the hose is driven into a substantially arcuate configuration, and wherein the air-bag is inflated outside the vehicle.
An anti-settling agent composition for aqueous paint which comprises a polyamide which has been prepared by polymerization between a diamine having 2 to 12 carbon atoms and an excess amount, relative to diamine, of either a dicarboxylic acid having 4 to 36 carbon atoms or a mixture of a dicarboxylic acid having 4 to 36 carbon atoms and a monocarboxylic acid having 2 to 22 carbon atoms, and a hydrophobic organic compound which is a hydrocarbon having 10 to 54 carbon atoms which has been modified with one to three hydroxyl and/or carboxyl groups, that has either a freezing point of at most 20°C or shows no definite freezing point; wherein the weight ratio of the above to the above ranges from 95:5 to 60:40.
A system comprising: an aircraft a probe that includes a heater comprising a resistive heating element routed through the probe, wherein an operational voltage is provided to the resistive heating element to provide heating for the probe; characterised by comprising: a thermal imager configured to capture thermal images of the probe by receiving infrared radiation from the probe while the resistive heating element is receiving the operational voltage; and a control circuit configured to provide the operational voltage and receive the thermal images from the thermal imager, wherein the control circuit is configured to monitor the thermal images to monitor a thermal response of the resistive heating element over a plurality of flights of the aircraft and determine a remaining useful life of the probe based upon the thermal images over time, wherein the thermal response is an increase in temperature. an aircraft a probe that includes a heater comprising a resistive heating element routed through the probe, wherein an operational voltage is provided to the resistive heating element to provide heating for the probe; characterised by comprising: a thermal imager configured to capture thermal images of the probe by receiving infrared radiation from the probe while the resistive heating element is receiving the operational voltage; and a control circuit configured to provide the operational voltage and receive the thermal images from the thermal imager, wherein the control circuit is configured to monitor the thermal images to monitor a thermal response of the resistive heating element over a plurality of flights of the aircraft and determine a remaining useful life of the probe based upon the thermal images over time, wherein the thermal response is an increase in temperature.
An emulsifier device (1; 50) comprising: - A container body (2; 52) which defines in the inside a containing chamber of at least two substances (AN, SS) to be administrated in at least two different states which cannot be emulsified spontaneously; - A fragmentation permeable diaphragm (4; 54) which divides said containing chamber into a first loading semi-chamber (3A; 52A) of substances (AN, SS) to be emulsified and an adjacent second mixing semi-chamber (3B; 52B) of said at least two substances to be emulsified; - Pushing means (11, 12), characterized in that the pushing means pushes together said at least two substances to be administrated from said first semi-chamber (3A; 52A) into said second semi-chamber (3B; 52B) both passing through said permeable diaphragm (4; 54) whereby one substance breaks up into micro-particles that move into the second mixing semi-chamber (3b; 52B) wherein they emulsify and to push said at least two substances (AN, SS) already emulsified from said second semi-chamber (3B; 52B) to an administration addressee; - one outlet (9; 59) from said second semi-chamber (3B; 52B) toward said addressee, wherein at least one of said two substances is a solvent solution and in that both said at least two substances (AN, SS) are loaded into said first loading semi-chamber (3A; 52A) wherein they remain in separated due to their not spontaneously emulsifiable states. - A container body (2; 52) which defines in the inside a containing chamber of at least two substances (AN, SS) to be administrated in at least two different states which cannot be emulsified spontaneously; - A fragmentation permeable diaphragm (4; 54) which divides said containing chamber into a first loading semi-chamber (3A; 52A) of substances (AN, SS) to be emulsified and an adjacent second mixing semi-chamber (3B; 52B) of said at least two substances to be emulsified; - Pushing means (11, 12), characterized in that the pushing means pushes together said at least two substances to be administrated from said first semi-chamber (3A; 52A) into said second semi-chamber (3B; 52B) both passing through said permeable diaphragm (4; 54) whereby one substance breaks up into micro-particles that move into the second mixing semi-chamber (3b; 52B) wherein they emulsify and to push said at least two substances (AN, SS) already emulsified from said second semi-chamber (3B; 52B) to an administration addressee; - one outlet (9; 59) from said second semi-chamber (3B; 52B) toward said addressee, wherein at least one of said two substances is a solvent solution and in that both said at least two substances (AN, SS) are loaded into said first loading semi-chamber (3A; 52A) wherein they remain in separated due to their not spontaneously emulsifiable states.
A method of free radically (co)polymerizing ethylenically unsaturated materials to form an at least partially (co)polymerized (co)polymer, comprising: (a) providing a non-deaerated mixture comprising free radically (co)polymerizable ethylenically-unsaturated material in a batch reactor; (b) exposing the non-deaerated mixture to a source of ionizing radiation for a time sufficient to initiate (co)polymerization of at least a portion of the free radically (co)polymerizable ethylenically-unsaturated material; and (c) allowing the free radically (co)polymerizable ethylenically-unsaturated material to (co)polymerize under adiabatic conditions while continuing to expose the mixture to the source of ionizing radiation for a time sufficient to yield an at least partially (co)polymerized (co)polymer, wherein the mixture is non-heterogeneous and free of thermally-induced free radical (co)polymerization initiators. (a) providing a non-deaerated mixture comprising free radically (co)polymerizable ethylenically-unsaturated material in a batch reactor; (b) exposing the non-deaerated mixture to a source of ionizing radiation for a time sufficient to initiate (co)polymerization of at least a portion of the free radically (co)polymerizable ethylenically-unsaturated material; and (c) allowing the free radically (co)polymerizable ethylenically-unsaturated material to (co)polymerize under adiabatic conditions while continuing to expose the mixture to the source of ionizing radiation for a time sufficient to yield an at least partially (co)polymerized (co)polymer, wherein the mixture is non-heterogeneous and free of thermally-induced free radical (co)polymerization initiators.