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An electronic toothbrush system for monitoring brushing compliance with a toothbrush regime, the system comprising: a toothbrush including a handle, a head, one or more motion sensors configured to output motion data indicative of motion of the toothbrush; a memory for storing the motion data output by the motion sensor and in data communication with a controller; and the controller configured to (i) detect that a user has initiated a brushing session based at least in part on the motion data and (ii) determine a value indicating a likelihood that the head of the toothbrush is positioned in one of a plurality of sections of a mouth of the user by comparing the motion data to previously recorded calibration data using a statistical analysis. a toothbrush including a handle, a head, one or more motion sensors configured to output motion data indicative of motion of the toothbrush; a memory for storing the motion data output by the motion sensor and in data communication with a controller; and the controller configured to (i) detect that a user has initiated a brushing session based at least in part on the motion data and (ii) determine a value indicating a likelihood that the head of the toothbrush is positioned in one of a plurality of sections of a mouth of the user by comparing the motion data to previously recorded calibration data using a statistical analysis.
Punching tool for a punching machine for punching a plate-shaped workpiece comprising an upper tool part and a lower tool part being movable relatively to each other in a punching direction in a state when the punching tool is mounted in the punching machine, wherein the upper tool part comprises an upper cutting edge and the lower tool part comprises a lower cutting edge being complementary shaped to the upper cutting edge and opposite thereto so that a material is cut off from the workpiece by the cutting edges (6, 7) upon a punching stroke, and, in the state when the punching tool is mounted in the punching machine in a predetermined positon of the upper tool part and the lower tool part, the upper cutting edge and the lower cutting edge comprise, along their course, a varying distance in the punching direction, wherein the upper cutting edge and/or the lower cutting edge are/is partitioned along its course in at least two portions (4a, 4b, 4c, 4d, 4e) at at least one transition spot, the transition spot comprises, relatively to the respectively adjacent portions in the punching direction between two adjacent portions (4a, 4b, 4c, 4d, 4e), a discontinuity, and the transition spot is a tip, wherein the distance in the portions (4a, 4b, 4c, 4d, 4e) adjacent to the tip is not constant, characterized in that the transition spot is adapted such that the material (9a, 9b, 9c) cut off from the workpiece is divided into several individual parts in the same punching stroke by the discontinuity at the transition spot.
A vehicle comprising a chassis; with at least one add-on system arranged on or at the vehicle; wherein at least one movable wall and/or flap is arranged at the vehicle; wherein the add-on system and the movable wall and/or flap takes up a use position and a concealed position; wherein the add-on system in its concealed position is completely covered by the movable wall and/or flap; wherein, in the concealed position, the vehicle has a continuously closed contour via the movable wall and/or the flap; wherein, in the concealed position, the add-on system is arranged inside a cavity; wherein the cavity is accessible from within the vehicle, and therefore the add-on system can be maintained and/or exchanged by other add-on systems from the interior of the vehicle; wherein a space not appropriated by the add-on system is available as a storage space; wherein the vehicle has a turret which is mounted rotatably in relation to the chassis; and wherein the add-on system is arranged on or at the turret. with at least one add-on system arranged on or at the vehicle; wherein at least one movable wall and/or flap is arranged at the vehicle; wherein the add-on system and the movable wall and/or flap takes up a use position and a concealed position; wherein the add-on system in its concealed position is completely covered by the movable wall and/or flap; wherein, in the concealed position, the vehicle has a continuously closed contour via the movable wall and/or the flap; wherein, in the concealed position, the add-on system is arranged inside a cavity; wherein the cavity is accessible from within the vehicle, and therefore the add-on system can be maintained and/or exchanged by other add-on systems from the interior of the vehicle; wherein a space not appropriated by the add-on system is available as a storage space; wherein the vehicle has a turret which is mounted rotatably in relation to the chassis; and wherein the add-on system is arranged on or at the turret.
A method for enhancing personal safety, the method comprising: receiving information identifying persons as members of a user crowd and enabling communication with respective mobile devices of the members of the user crowd; receiving from a mobile device of a particular member of the user crowd information corresponding to an emergency situation encountered by the particular member, wherein the information comprises a then current geographical location of the mobile device of the particular member; communicating to the respective mobile devices of the members of the user crowd information identifying the then current geographical location of the mobile device of the particular member and informing the members of the user crowd of the emergency situation encountered by the particular member; wherein on receiving information from the particular member of the user crowd identifying one or more members of the user crowd as members of a micro crowd, creating a micro-crowd from one or more members of the user crowd and communicating to a particular member of the user crowd a generated message if a particular member of the micro-crowd has not arrived at a pre-identified location by a pre-established time or has not checked in with the personal safety system or particular member prior to the passage of a pre-established period of time or by a pre-established time. receiving information identifying persons as members of a user crowd and enabling communication with respective mobile devices of the members of the user crowd; receiving from a mobile device of a particular member of the user crowd information corresponding to an emergency situation encountered by the particular member, wherein the information comprises a then current geographical location of the mobile device of the particular member; communicating to the respective mobile devices of the members of the user crowd information identifying the then current geographical location of the mobile device of the particular member and informing the members of the user crowd of the emergency situation encountered by the particular member; wherein on receiving information from the particular member of the user crowd identifying one or more members of the user crowd as members of a micro crowd, creating a micro-crowd from one or more members of the user crowd and communicating to a particular member of the user crowd a generated message if a particular member of the micro-crowd has not arrived at a pre-identified location by a pre-established time or has not checked in with the personal safety system or particular member prior to the passage of a pre-established period of time or by a pre-established time.
A vaso-occlusive device comprising a core element having an outer surface and at least one polymer structure surrounding the surface of the core element, characterized in that the polymer structure comprises an outer polymer member helically wound around an inner polymer member, and the resulting wound construction is wound around the core element.
A standing wheelchair device comprising: a wheeled base for enabling the device to move on a supporting surface, the wheeled base including a platform that is tiltable with respect to a chassis to which wheels of the wheeled base are connected; a plurality of motors (60a, 60b) configured to tilt the platform in at least a lateral direction and a front-back direction; one or a plurality of sensors (64a, 64b) to detect a tilt of the platform in at least the lateral direction and the front-back direction; a controller (52a, 52b) that is configured to operate said plurality of motors to tilt the platform in accordance with the detected tilt so as to maintain the platform at a predetermined tilt with respect to the horizontal; a harness assembly that is tiltable together with the platform and that comprises a plurality of braces for attaching to parts of a body of a user of the device, at least some adjacent braces of said plurality of braces being connected by joints; and a lifting unit mounted on the base, supporting a hip joint of the harness assembly, and configured to raise or lower the hip joint such that when the user is attached to the harness assembly and is in a sitting position, raising a height of the hip joint causes the user to assume a standing position, and when the user is attached to the harness assembly and is in a standing position, lowering the hip joint causes the user to assume a sitting or reclining position. a wheeled base for enabling the device to move on a supporting surface, the wheeled base including a platform that is tiltable with respect to a chassis to which wheels of the wheeled base are connected; a plurality of motors (60a, 60b) configured to tilt the platform in at least a lateral direction and a front-back direction; one or a plurality of sensors (64a, 64b) to detect a tilt of the platform in at least the lateral direction and the front-back direction; a controller (52a, 52b) that is configured to operate said plurality of motors to tilt the platform in accordance with the detected tilt so as to maintain the platform at a predetermined tilt with respect to the horizontal; a harness assembly that is tiltable together with the platform and that comprises a plurality of braces for attaching to parts of a body of a user of the device, at least some adjacent braces of said plurality of braces being connected by joints; and a lifting unit mounted on the base, supporting a hip joint of the harness assembly, and configured to raise or lower the hip joint such that when the user is attached to the harness assembly and is in a sitting position, raising a height of the hip joint causes the user to assume a standing position, and when the user is attached to the harness assembly and is in a standing position, lowering the hip joint causes the user to assume a sitting or reclining position.
A surgical retractor system comprising: an elongate element defining an operational axis; a first blade secured to the elongate element and comprising a first blade face; a second blade defining an opening, wherein the second blade is moveably secured to the elongate element, wherein the second blade defines a reference point located thereon, and wherein a movement of the second blade moves the reference point in a linear direction parallel to the operational axis and orthogonal to the first blade face; and a guide element removably received within the opening wherein the second blade comprises a second blade front face located opposite the first blade face and a second blade rear face characterised in that the opening and the guide element are configured such that, when the guide element is received in the opening, the guide element contacts the second blade rear face. an elongate element defining an operational axis; a first blade secured to the elongate element and comprising a first blade face; a second blade defining an opening, wherein the second blade is moveably secured to the elongate element, wherein the second blade defines a reference point located thereon, and a first blade secured to the elongate element and comprising a first blade face; a second blade defining an opening, wherein the second blade is moveably secured to the elongate element, wherein the second blade defines a reference point located thereon, and wherein a movement of the second blade moves the reference point in a linear direction parallel to the operational axis and orthogonal to the first blade face; and a guide element removably received within the opening wherein the second blade comprises a second blade front face located opposite the first blade face and a second blade rear face characterised in that the opening and the guide element are configured such that, when the guide element is received in the opening, the guide element contacts the second blade rear face.
A bucket assembly for a gas turbine engine, the bucket assembly comprising: a platform, the platform defining a platform cooling circuit extending through the platform; an airfoil extending radially outward from the platform, the airfoil defining a plurality of airfoil cooling circuits, wherein the plurality of airfoil cooling circuits comprises a leading edge cooling circuit, a middle cooling circuit, and a trailing edge cooling circuit; a lower body portion extending radially inward from the platform, the lower body portion defining a root and a plurality of cooling passages, each of the cooling passages in fluid communication with one of the airfoil cooling circuits; the middle airfoil cooling circuit including a plurality of passages, the passages including at least one upflow passage and at least one downflow passage; wherein a transfer passage is defined between and in fluid communication with the middle cooling circuit and the platform cooling circuit such that a cooling medium is configured to flow after having flowed through at least a portion of the middle cooling circuit from the middle cooling circuit through the transfer passage to the platform cooling circuit, wherein the platform further defines an exhaust passage or a plurality of exhaust passages extending from the platform cooling circuit through the platform to the exterior of the platform, wherein the cooling medium from the platform cooling circuit is exhausted through said exhaust passage or said plurality of exhaust passages. a platform, the platform defining a platform cooling circuit extending through the platform; an airfoil extending radially outward from the platform, the airfoil defining a plurality of airfoil cooling circuits, wherein the plurality of airfoil cooling circuits comprises a leading edge cooling circuit, a middle cooling circuit, and a trailing edge cooling circuit; a lower body portion extending radially inward from the platform, the lower body portion defining a root and a plurality of cooling passages, each of the cooling passages in fluid communication with one of the airfoil cooling circuits; the middle airfoil cooling circuit including a plurality of passages, the passages including at least one upflow passage and at least one downflow passage; wherein a transfer passage is defined between and in fluid communication with the middle cooling circuit and the platform cooling circuit such that a cooling medium is configured to flow after having flowed through at least a portion of the middle cooling circuit from the middle cooling circuit through the transfer passage to the platform cooling circuit, wherein the platform further defines an exhaust passage or a plurality of exhaust passages extending from the platform cooling circuit through the platform to the exterior of the platform, wherein the cooling medium from the platform cooling circuit is exhausted through said exhaust passage or said plurality of exhaust passages.
A method comprising: receiving, by a Secure Input/Output Module integrated into a terminal device as an independent hardware module, a security profile list from a requesting device (step 210), wherein the requesting device is a peripheral device integrated into the terminal device and the Secure Input/Output Module is independent of an Operating System of the terminal device and acts as an interface for communications to and from peripheral devices integrated into the terminal device; selecting, by the Secure Input/Output Module, a security profile from the security profile list (step 220); and establishing, by the Secure Input/Output Module, a secure communication session with the requesting device using the selected security profile for data encryption and authentication during the secure communication session (step 230). receiving, by a Secure Input/Output Module integrated into a terminal device as an independent hardware module, a security profile list from a requesting device (step 210), wherein the requesting device is a peripheral device integrated into the terminal device and the Secure Input/Output Module is independent of an Operating System of the terminal device and acts as an interface for communications to and from peripheral devices integrated into the terminal device; selecting, by the Secure Input/Output Module, a security profile from the security profile list (step 220); and establishing, by the Secure Input/Output Module, a secure communication session with the requesting device using the selected security profile for data encryption and authentication during the secure communication session (step 230).
A compound of formula or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt or solvate thereof: wherein R1, R2 and R3 are each, independently, hydrogen, amino, nitro, halogen, hydroxyl, C1-C6 alkoxy, carboxylic acid, C1-C6 alkoxycarbonyl, C1-C6 amino, C1-C6 aminocarbonyl, normal C1-C6 alkyl, branched C1-C6 alkyl, C1-C6 cycloalkyl, C1-C6 heterocyclic, aryl or heteroaryl, provided at least one of R1 and R3 is an amino group.
An image coding method for coding a current block, the image coding method comprising the step of: deriving one or more first merging block candidates having motion vectors that have been used in motion compensation of one or more neighboring blocks, wherein a merging block candidate is a combination of a prediction direction, a motion vector and a reference picture index that identifies a reference picture corresponding to the motion vector; wherein the method comprises the steps of performing an iterative procedure of deriving (S143, S144) one or more second merging block candidates of bi-directional prediction having zero motion vectors, wherein the reference picture index value of both prediction directions is incremented by 1 for each subsequent second merging block candidate derived in a subsequent iteration, starting from a value of 0, wherein the iterations are repeated as long as the total number of derived first and second merging block candidates is smaller than a maximum number of merging block candidates (S131: YES), a maximum number of available reference picture index values has not yet been reached (S142: YES), and the last derived second merging block candidate is not identical to any already derived first and second merging block candidates; and coding an index indicating one merging block candidate of the derived first and second merging block candidates, wherein the one merging block candidate is used to code the current block. deriving one or more first merging block candidates having motion vectors that have been used in motion compensation of one or more neighboring blocks, wherein a merging block candidate is a combination of a prediction direction, a motion vector and a reference picture index that identifies a reference picture corresponding to the motion vector; wherein the method comprises the steps of performing an iterative procedure of deriving (S143, S144) one or more second merging block candidates of bi-directional prediction having zero motion vectors, wherein the reference picture index value of both prediction directions is incremented by 1 for each subsequent second merging block candidate derived in a subsequent iteration, starting from a value of 0, wherein the iterations are repeated as long as the total number of derived first and second merging block candidates is smaller than a maximum number of merging block candidates (S131: YES), a maximum number of available reference picture index values has not yet been reached (S142: YES), and the last derived second merging block candidate is not identical to any already derived first and second merging block candidates; and coding an index indicating one merging block candidate of the derived first and second merging block candidates, wherein the one merging block candidate is used to code the current block.
A peptide selected from a peptide having an amino acid sequence represented by one of SEQ ID NOS: 1 to 10 and 12, a peptide being a fragment of one of SEQ ID NOS: 1 to 10 and 12, a peptide having 80% or more sequence homology to one of SEQ ID NOS:1 to 10 and 12 or a fragment thereof, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, wherein the peptide has anti-inflammatory, anti-fibrotic and wound-healing activity.
A pneumatic tire (1, 1A) comprising: a pair of bead cores; a carcass layer including a carcass ply (6A, 6B) extending on and between the pair of bead cores through a tread portion and a pair of sidewall portions; a belt layer disposed outward of the carcass layer in a tire radial direction; a tread rubber disposed outward of the belt layer in the tire radial direction; an inner liner rubber layer disposed on a tire inner cavity side of the carcass layer; and a porous sound damper disposed on the tire inner cavity side of the inner liner rubber layer at the tread portion, wherein in a region in the tire axial direction where the sound damper is provided, the tread portion includes a plurality of rubber layers each including no cord and stacked in the tire radial direction, and as for a hardness of each rubber layer, the hardness of the rubber layer located more inward in the tire radial direction is smaller, characterized in that, in a normal state where the pneumatic tire (1, 1A) is fitted on a normal rim and inflated to a normal internal pressure and no load is applied to the pneumatic tire (1, 1A), a length W1 in a tire axial direction of the sound damper is smaller than a distance H in the tire radial direction from a bead base line to a maximum width position in an inner cavity surface of the sidewall portion and in that each of the plurality of rubber layers has a larger thickness than the inner liner rubber layer. a pair of bead cores; a carcass layer including a carcass ply (6A, 6B) extending on and between the pair of bead cores through a tread portion and a pair of sidewall portions; a belt layer disposed outward of the carcass layer in a tire radial direction; a tread rubber disposed outward of the belt layer in the tire radial direction; an inner liner rubber layer disposed on a tire inner cavity side of the carcass layer; and a porous sound damper disposed on the tire inner cavity side of the inner liner rubber layer at the tread portion, wherein in a region in the tire axial direction where the sound damper is provided, the tread portion includes a plurality of rubber layers each including no cord and stacked in the tire radial direction, and as for a hardness of each rubber layer, the hardness of the rubber layer located more inward in the tire radial direction is smaller, characterized in that, in a normal state where the pneumatic tire (1, 1A) is fitted on a normal rim and inflated to a normal internal pressure and no load is applied to the pneumatic tire (1, 1A), a length W1 in a tire axial direction of the sound damper is smaller than a distance H in the tire radial direction from a bead base line to a maximum width position in an inner cavity surface of the sidewall portion and in that each of the plurality of rubber layers has a larger thickness than the inner liner rubber layer.