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A peritoneal dialysis system for infusing a volume of PD solution into a patient's peritoneal cavity in order to perform peritoneal dialysis on the patient, the system characterised by: a peritoneal cavity monitor configured to measure the volume of fluid in the patient's peritoneal cavity by segmental bioimpedance spectroscopy (SBIS), to thereby determine an ultrafiltration volume of fluid in the patient's peritoneal cavity; and a switch, controlled by the PCM, for filling the patient's peritoneal cavity and draining the patient's peritoneal cavity when the ultrafiltration volume is unchanged over time, significantly decreased, or decreasing at a significant rate. a peritoneal cavity monitor configured to measure the volume of fluid in the patient's peritoneal cavity by segmental bioimpedance spectroscopy (SBIS), to thereby determine an ultrafiltration volume of fluid in the patient's peritoneal cavity; and a switch, controlled by the PCM, for filling the patient's peritoneal cavity and draining the patient's peritoneal cavity when the ultrafiltration volume is unchanged over time, significantly decreased, or decreasing at a significant rate.
A computer-implemented method for detecting degraded ground paint in an image comprising: performing semantic segmentation on the image to determine one or more pixels of the image that are classified in a ground paint category; generating a binary image that contains the one or more pixels of the image that are classified in the ground paint category; generating a hole-filled binary image by filling in the binary image to generate one or more curvilinear structures from the one or more pixels; determining a difference between the image and the hole-filled binary image to identify one or more degraded ground paint pixels of the image; and providing the one or more degraded ground paint pixels as an output. performing semantic segmentation on the image to determine one or more pixels of the image that are classified in a ground paint category; generating a binary image that contains the one or more pixels of the image that are classified in the ground paint category; generating a hole-filled binary image by filling in the binary image to generate one or more curvilinear structures from the one or more pixels; determining a difference between the image and the hole-filled binary image to identify one or more degraded ground paint pixels of the image; and providing the one or more degraded ground paint pixels as an output.
A method of detecting and indicating a presence of alternating current series arc fault events in current supplied by an AC electrical power source to an electrical load for the power source, comprising the steps of: measuring positive and negative current through the load over a first sample cycle of the AC power to establish first measured positive and first measured negative current levels; determining the absolute value of the first measured positive and first measured negative current levels to establish a first absolute positive current level and a first absolute negative current level; adding the first absolute positive current level and the first absolute negative current level to establish a first sum current level; measuring positive and negative current through the load over a second sample cycle of the AC power staggered by at least one half AC cycle from the first sample cycle to establish second measured positive and second measured negative current levels; determining the absolute value of the second measured positive and second measured negative current levels to establish a second absolute positive current level and a second absolute negative current level; adding the second absolute positive current level and the second absolute negative current level to establish a second sum current level; subtracting the second sum current level from the first sum current level to establish a current difference level; and indicating a series arc fault event if the current difference level exceeds a predetermined threshold level. measuring positive and negative current through the load over a first sample cycle of the AC power to establish first measured positive and first measured negative current levels; determining the absolute value of the first measured positive and first measured negative current levels to establish a first absolute positive current level and a first absolute negative current level; adding the first absolute positive current level and the first absolute negative current level to establish a first sum current level; measuring positive and negative current through the load over a second sample cycle of the AC power staggered by at least one half AC cycle from the first sample cycle to establish second measured positive and second measured negative current levels; determining the absolute value of the second measured positive and second measured negative current levels to establish a second absolute positive current level and a second absolute negative current level; adding the second absolute positive current level and the second absolute negative current level to establish a second sum current level; subtracting the second sum current level from the first sum current level to establish a current difference level; and indicating a series arc fault event if the current difference level exceeds a predetermined threshold level.
An image forming apparatus comprising: - a print engine configured to perform printing on a recording medium; - a job issuing unit configured to issue a print job for the printing by the print engine; - a first print control unit and a second print control unit, both print control units (39B, 43A) being configured to control the print engine in accordance with the print job issued by the job issuing unit; and - a job allocating unit configured to allocate the print job issued by the job issuing unit to an appropriate one of the first and second print control units (39B, 43A), characterized in that if a last print job is for the first print control unit and the control of the print engine by the first print control unit in accordance with the last print job allocated to the first print control unit is not completed, and a next print job is for the second print control unit, the job allocating unit is further configured to put the allocation of the next print job to the second print control unit on standby. - a print engine configured to perform printing on a recording medium; - a job issuing unit configured to issue a print job for the printing by the print engine; - a first print control unit and a second print control unit, both print control units (39B, 43A) being configured to control the print engine in accordance with the print job issued by the job issuing unit; and - a job allocating unit configured to allocate the print job issued by the job issuing unit to an appropriate one of the first and second print control units (39B, 43A), characterized in that if a last print job is for the first print control unit and the control of the print engine by the first print control unit in accordance with the last print job allocated to the first print control unit is not completed, and a next print job is for the second print control unit, the job allocating unit is further configured to put the allocation of the next print job to the second print control unit on standby.
An intravascular rotation blood pump comprising a catheter, a pumping device with a general longitudinal axis distally fixed to the catheter and at least one pressure sensor (27, 28A, 30; 28B, 60) firmly connected to the pumping device and having a pressure-sensitive area, wherein the pressure-sensitive area is subjected to the environment and characterized in that the pressure-sensitive area is oriented orthogonally to the general longitudinal axis.
A waveguide connection structure that includes a dielectric substrate having a through hole of which an inner wall has a conductor provided thereon so that an electromagnetic wave is transmitted through the through hole; and a waveguide substrate that has a waveguide hole and is made of metal or of which a surface is coated by metal, wherein the central axis of the through hole coincides with the central axis of the waveguide hole, wherein the waveguide connection structure has a choke structure including an inside surface conductive pattern that is formed in a surrounding of the through hole on a surface of the dielectric substrate opposing the waveguide substrate; an outside surface conductive pattern that is formed in a surrounding of the inside surface conductive pattern while being positioned apart from the inside surface conductive pattern; a conductor opening that is provided between the inside surface conductive pattern and the outside surface conductive pattern and in which a dielectric member is exposed; and a dielectric transmission path short-circuited at an end that is formed by an inner layer conductor and a plurality of penetrating conductors, the inner layer conductor being provided in a position that is away from the conductor opening by a predetermined distance in a layer-stacking direction of the dielectric substrate, and the plurality of penetrating conductors connecting the inner layer conductor to the inside surface conductive pattern and to the outside surface conductive pattern.
Switching element for triggering a switching operation, comprising - an actuating surface for actuation of the switching element, wherein the switching element is so designed that the triggering of the switching operation follows the actuation, - wherein the switching element is further so designed that it requires an electrical voltage to trigger the switching operation, characterized in that - It comprises a triboelectric element, wherein the switching element is so designed that the actuation of the actuating surface causes the triboelectric element to generate the electrical voltage, - wherein the switching element is so designed that the actuation generates a tactilely-detectable feedback signal, - an opaque frame element to limit the actuating surface, and - an opaque electronic component, wherein the electronic component is so arranged that it is covered by the frame element in an external view of the switching element. - an actuating surface for actuation of the switching element, wherein the switching element is so designed that the triggering of the switching operation follows the actuation, - wherein the switching element is further so designed that it requires an electrical voltage to trigger the switching operation, - It comprises a triboelectric element, wherein the switching element is so designed that the actuation of the actuating surface causes the triboelectric element to generate the electrical voltage, - wherein the switching element is so designed that the actuation generates a tactilely-detectable feedback signal, - an opaque frame element to limit the actuating surface, and - an opaque electronic component, wherein the electronic component is so arranged that it is covered by the frame element in an external view of the switching element.
Vehicle comprising a wheel cover and a retaining device configured for attaching said wheel cover to an external wall and/or to the chassis of said vehicle, said device comprising a bracket provided with a first portion configured to be attached to said wheel cover and at least one second portion configured to be attached to said external wall and/or to said chassis, wherein said bracket is configured to break in an intermediate portion between said first portion and said at least one second portion when a predetermined tensile force is applied between said first portion and said at least one said second portion.
A topical composition comprising a variant of a wild-type OB-fold protein, said variant having between 5 and 32 mutated residues in the interface of binding of said wild-type OB-fold protein to its natural ligand.
A monoclonal antibody or an antigen-binding portion thereof which binds specifically to human CXCR4 expressed on a cell surface and comprises a heavy chain variable region comprising amino acids having a sequence that is at least 90% identical to the sequence set forth in SEQ ID NO:49 encoded by a human V H 3-48 germline immunoglobulin gene and a light chain variable region comprising amino acids having a sequence that is at least 90% identical to the sequence set forth in SEQ ID NO:50 encoded by a human V K L15 germline immunoglobulin gene, wherein said monoclonal antibody or antigen-binding portion thereof induces apoptosis in cells expressing human CXCR4, and inhibits growth and/or induces apoptosis of CXCR4 + tumor cells in vivo.
A multi-component dressing for treating wounds on the human or animal body, using negative pressure, comprising: a wound-covering element to be applied to the surface of the skin, at least one connecting site which is in contact with the wound space and via which the substances present in the wound space can be evacuated, characterized in that said multi-component dressing has at least one sheathed absorption body which has at least one layer of a textile section interspersed with superabsorbent particles, whereby the superabsorbent particles contain polymers, whereby the absorbed wound secretions are bound to the polymers in the wound space and remain there until their removal from the wound space. a wound-covering element to be applied to the surface of the skin, at least one connecting site which is in contact with the wound space and via which the substances present in the wound space can be evacuated, characterized in that said multi-component dressing has at least one sheathed absorption body which has at least one layer of a textile section interspersed with superabsorbent particles, whereby the superabsorbent particles contain polymers, whereby the absorbed wound secretions are bound to the polymers in the wound space and remain there until their removal from the wound space.
An ice maker comprising: an ice tray for receiving water to form ice, the ice tray having a plurality of partition ribs for partitioning an inner space into a plurality of ice making spaces; an ejector rotatably provided and for rotating the ice formed by the ice tray to discharge the ice from the ice tray; and a motor capable of rotating the ejector in forward and backward rotational directions, wherein a cell which comprises one of the ice making spaces includes a protrusion portion protruded toward the inner space and longitudinally extended along a moving direction of the ice, and wherein the ejector includes a rotary shaft rotated by the motor, and a protrusion pin protruded in a radial direction of the rotary shaft, characterized in that the protrusion portion includes first and second protrusions (410, 420) arranged to be spaced apart from each other at a certain interval. an ice tray for receiving water to form ice, the ice tray having a plurality of partition ribs for partitioning an inner space into a plurality of ice making spaces; an ejector rotatably provided and for rotating the ice formed by the ice tray to discharge the ice from the ice tray; and a motor capable of rotating the ejector in forward and backward rotational directions, wherein a cell which comprises one of the ice making spaces includes a protrusion portion protruded toward the inner space and longitudinally extended along a moving direction of the ice, and wherein the ejector includes a rotary shaft rotated by the motor, and a protrusion pin protruded in a radial direction of the rotary shaft, characterized in that the protrusion portion includes first and second protrusions (410, 420) arranged to be spaced apart from each other at a certain interval.
A method of detecting a marker for active tuberculosis in a sample provided from a human or animal suspected of having active tuberculosis, comprising the steps of: ii) exposing said sample to a sterol lipid wherein said sterol lipid is immobilised on a substrate, wherein said sterol lipid is cholesterol or a derivative thereof, and wherein said sterol lipid scavenges away anti-cholesterol antibodies from the sample; iii) obtaining at least two fractions of said sample either before or after exposing it to said sterol lipid; iv) exposing the first of said sterol lipid exposed fractions to a substrate carrying an immobilised mycolic acid derived antigen; v) exposing the second of said sterol lipid exposed fractions to a substrate not carrying an immobilised mycolic acid derived antigen; vi) exposing the sample fraction exposed in step iv) to a test substrate carrying an immobilised mycolic acid derived antigen and subjecting the sample fraction exposed in step v) to a control substrate carrying an immobilised mycolic acid derived antigen; vii) detecting binding of antibodies to the antigen of step vi) in real time; and viii) comparing the degree or extent of binding between the test and control substrates, any observed lesser binding to the test substrate being an indicator of the presence of antibodies to the antigen in the sample that indicates active tuberculosis in the human or animal from which the samples originated. ii) exposing said sample to a sterol lipid wherein said sterol lipid is immobilised on a substrate, wherein said sterol lipid is cholesterol or a derivative thereof, and wherein said sterol lipid scavenges away anti-cholesterol antibodies from the sample; iii) obtaining at least two fractions of said sample either before or after exposing it to said sterol lipid; iv) exposing the first of said sterol lipid exposed fractions to a substrate carrying an immobilised mycolic acid derived antigen; v) exposing the second of said sterol lipid exposed fractions to a substrate not carrying an immobilised mycolic acid derived antigen; vi) exposing the sample fraction exposed in step iv) to a test substrate carrying an immobilised mycolic acid derived antigen and subjecting the sample fraction exposed in step v) to a control substrate carrying an immobilised mycolic acid derived antigen; vii) detecting binding of antibodies to the antigen of step vi) in real time; and viii) comparing the degree or extent of binding between the test and control substrates, any observed lesser binding to the test substrate being an indicator of the presence of antibodies to the antigen in the sample that indicates active tuberculosis in the human or animal from which the samples originated.
A ceiling element made of or provided with a metal plate selected from plates made of aluminum and/or an aluminum alloy, steel, tinplate and stainless steel, whose side facing toward the room has a layer such that the plate on this side has a thermal emission at 100°C according to ISO 22975-3:2014; Annex A.2 of at least 50% in the range of thermal infrared radiation (2,0 to 50μm), and whose side facing away from the room is formed by the metal of the plate itself which, apart from a possible natural oxide film in the case of plates made of aluminum and/or an aluminum alloy, has no coating, characterized in that said metal plate consists of aluminum or an aluminum alloy and has an anodizing layer of at least 1 μm on its side facing toward the room, or said metal plate has on its side facing toward the room an at least 2μm thick, transparent layer of an organic polymer containing hydrofluorocarbon chains or of a silicon oxide obtained by a sol-gel process as a single layer or as the outermost layer of a layer stack, which furthermore has one or more sputtered layers or consists of said layers, and that the metal plate is electropolished at least on the side facing toward the room.
Illumination device for a colour measurement device or a pointwise or linewise measuring spectrophotometer, wherein the colour measurement device or the spectrophotometer has a plurality of light sources formed by light diode chips which are formed as cosine emitters and the plurality of light sources are formed as a linear array of light diode chips, wherein many individual light diode chips are disposed a tightly packed along a narrow, precisely defined linear, sectionwise linear or curved, in particular circular line, wherein the linear array has a region or a plurality of regions, wherein at least one region has a plurality of light diode chips, characterized in that the light diode chips in the at least one region are collectively covered by a resin, wherein at least a converter material for converting the light emitted from the light diode chips into other wavelengths regions is contained in the resin, the resin has a different converter material.
Railway vehicle carriage comprising a body defining an inner volume which is closed by a floor, an antenna which is fixed to an outside face of said floor opposite the inner volume and which projects from said outside face and comprises a casing housing active components of the antenna, and a protection element for the antenna which is fixed to said outside face, the protection element being a frame made of a non-metallic material and comprising at least one lateral wall (14, 16, 18) extending opposite a portion of the antenna that projects from the outside face, said frame having a shape which is substantially complementary to the contour of the antenna so that the frame extends around said antenna, characterised in that the frame further comprises a bottom wall which extends from the lateral wall (14, 16, 18) towards the antenna, said bottom wall surrounding an opening in which the antenna is arranged.
A solid preparation comprising a poorly soluble drug, an enteric polymer, an excipient and a disintegrator, wherein a mixed powder comprising at least the excipient and the disintegrator is partly or entirely covered with a solid dispersion comprising the poorly soluble drug and the enteric polymer, wherein said disintegrator is low-substituted hydroxypropylcellulose having 5 to 16% by weight of hydroxypropoxyl groups, a loose bulk density of 0.40 g/ml or higher and a tapped bulk density of 0.60 g/ml or higher, and wherein the low-substituted hydroxypropylcellulose has a degree of compression of 35% or less, wherein degree of compression (%) is [(tapped bulk density-loose bulk density)/tapped bulk density] x 100.
A duct which is provided as a floor duct for leading through at least one line through a floor element, comprising a duct sleeve which is provided for being structurally integrated into said floor element and for leading through said line through said floor element, wherein said floor element is a floor plate and said duct sleeve is provided as a box for being embedded in concrete into said floor plate and keeping free an opening in said floor plate for leading through said line through said floor plate, characterized in that said duct comprises an earth rod at said box, for an insertion into the soil and putting said duct in place during the mounting, and that a bubble level (7, 30) for checking a vertical orientation of said duct sleeve is at least indirectly mounted at said box.
A stabilizing composition for an isocyanate group-containing ethylenically unsaturated compound, comprising: an isocyanate group-containing ethylenically unsaturated compound which comprises one or more isocyanate groups and one or more ethylenically unsaturated groups in the molecule; and a stabilizing agent which is a compound in which at least one of the ethylenically unsaturated groups in the compound is replaced with an alkyl halide group or an amino alkyl group which may have a substituent, wherein the compound is 2-methacryloyloxyethyl isocyanate and the stabilizing agent is 3'-chloro-2'-methylpropionyl-2-oxyethyl isocyanate. an isocyanate group-containing ethylenically unsaturated compound which comprises one or more isocyanate groups and one or more ethylenically unsaturated groups in the molecule; and a stabilizing agent which is a compound in which at least one of the ethylenically unsaturated groups in the compound is replaced with an alkyl halide group or an amino alkyl group which may have a substituent,