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A spinal fixation device comprising: - an occipital rod having a first end and a second end; and - a spinal rod extending from a connection housing having a first end and a second end, the first end of the spinal rod being integral with a portion of the connection housing; - a pivoting locking plug received in the connection housing, - the pivoting locking plug comprising an elongated cutout for receiving the occipital rod therein, - wherein the pivoting locking plug comprises a first end and a second end and a body having an outer surface therebetween, and the elongated cutout extends from the first end; and - a set screw for compressing the outer surface of the pivoting locking plug between the first end and the second end, - wherein the connection housing is configured with an elongated opening, and a locking mechanism, wherein the elongated cutout of the pivoting locking plug is positioned to correspond with the elongated opening of the connection housing; - wherein the elongated opening is configured for mating with the first end of the occipital rod and the locking mechanism being adapted to enable the occipital rod to be locked in a fixed position and - wherein the occipital rod is received within the elongated cutout of the pivoting locking plug, - wherein the elongated opening is designed to enable the occipital rod to move 90° in a cephalad-caudal direction with respect to the spinal rod and the connection housing. - an occipital rod having a first end and a second end; and - a spinal rod extending from a connection housing having a first end and a second end, the first end of the spinal rod being integral with a portion of the connection housing; - a pivoting locking plug received in the connection housing, - the pivoting locking plug comprising an elongated cutout for receiving the occipital rod therein, - wherein the pivoting locking plug comprises a first end and a second end and a body having an outer surface therebetween, and the elongated cutout extends from the first end; and - a set screw for compressing the outer surface of the pivoting locking plug between the first end and the second end, - wherein the connection housing is configured with an elongated opening, and a locking mechanism, wherein the elongated cutout of the pivoting locking plug is positioned to correspond with the elongated opening of the connection housing; - wherein the elongated opening is configured for mating with the first end of the occipital rod and the locking mechanism being adapted to enable the occipital rod to be locked in a fixed position and - wherein the occipital rod is received within the elongated cutout of the pivoting locking plug, - wherein the elongated opening is designed to enable the occipital rod to move 90° in a cephalad-caudal direction with respect to the spinal rod and the connection housing.
A method of determining the concentration of a predefined analyte in a fluid or fluid sample, the method comprising: a) providing a SERS substrate; b) contacting the SERS substrate with the fluid or fluid sample comprising the analyte in a concentration to be determined; c) radiating the SERS substrate with a monochromatic light source thereby generating a SERS signal; d) determining the level of the SERS signal while radiating the SERS substrate with the monochromatic light source; e) determining a concentration of the analyte in the fluid or fluid sample based on the level of the measured SERS signal; characterized in that a1) providing a SERS substrate comprises providing a SERS substrate comprising predefined receptor molecules capable of binding predefined competitor molecules, wherein the competitor molecules are molecules capable of binding either to the analyte molecules or to the receptor molecules; b1) contacting the SERS substrate comprises contacting the SERS substrate with the fluid or fluid sample comprising the analyte and comprising a predetermined amount of the competitor molecules; c1) radiating the SERS substrate comprises generating a SERS signal having a level indicative of the amount of competitor molecules bound to the receptor molecules of the SERS substrate. a) providing a SERS substrate; b) contacting the SERS substrate with the fluid or fluid sample comprising the analyte in a concentration to be determined; c) radiating the SERS substrate with a monochromatic light source thereby generating a SERS signal; d) determining the level of the SERS signal while radiating the SERS substrate with the monochromatic light source; e) determining a concentration of the analyte in the fluid or fluid sample based on the level of the measured SERS signal; a1) providing a SERS substrate comprises providing a SERS substrate comprising predefined receptor molecules capable of binding predefined competitor molecules, wherein the competitor molecules are molecules capable of binding either to the analyte molecules or to the receptor molecules; b1) contacting the SERS substrate comprises contacting the SERS substrate with the fluid or fluid sample comprising the analyte and comprising a predetermined amount of the competitor molecules; c1) radiating the SERS substrate comprises generating a SERS signal having a level indicative of the amount of competitor molecules bound to the receptor molecules of the SERS substrate.
Pipe duct, particularly for a fresh air system of an internal combustion engine, - having a first and a second respectively shell-shaped hollow body part (2a, 2b), which are connected to one another by means of a material-fitting connection, preferably by means of a welding connection or by means of an adhesive connection, and have a common bellows portion in which the pipe duct is formed as a bellows, - wherein the material-fitting connection is arranged externally to the bellows portion in a separation plane and in the bellows portion partially externally to the separation plane, - wherein the bellows has bellows peaks and bellows grounds, which alternate along a longitudinal extension direction of the bellows, characterised in that - the bellows peaks of the first pipe duct part finish in each case flush with the bellows peaks of the second pipe duct part and the bellows grounds of the first pipe duct part finish in each case flush with the bellows grounds of the second pipe duct part, such that in the bellows portion of the pipe duct the bellows peaks and the bellows grounds are formed so as to circulate in a completely closed manner along a circumferential direction, extending perpendicularly to the longitudinal extension direction, of the bellows. - having a first and a second respectively shell-shaped hollow body part (2a, 2b), which are connected to one another by means of a material-fitting connection, preferably by means of a welding connection or by means of an adhesive connection, and have a common bellows portion in which the pipe duct is formed as a bellows, - wherein the material-fitting connection is arranged externally to the bellows portion in a separation plane and in the bellows portion partially externally to the separation plane, - wherein the bellows has bellows peaks and bellows grounds, which alternate along a longitudinal extension direction of the bellows, characterised in that - the bellows peaks of the first pipe duct part finish in each case flush with the bellows peaks of the second pipe duct part and the bellows grounds of the first pipe duct part finish in each case flush with the bellows grounds of the second pipe duct part, such that in the bellows portion of the pipe duct the bellows peaks and the bellows grounds are formed so as to circulate in a completely closed manner along a circumferential direction, extending perpendicularly to the longitudinal extension direction, of the bellows.
A diffuser and deswirl flow structure for a gas turbine engine defining a longitudinal axis, the fluid flow structure comprising: a plurality of tube structures, obtained by an additive manufacturing process, including an outer wall that is hollow and elongate, and that extends between a first portion and a second portion of the respective one of the plurality of tube structures, the plurality of tube structures disposed in an annular arrangement about the longitudinal axis; a plurality of flow passages extending through respective ones of the plurality of tube structures, the plurality of flow passages extending from the first portion to the second portion, respectively; the plurality of flow passages respectfully including a diffuser portion, which is proximate the first portion and configured to diffuse a fluid flow from a compressor wheel, the plurality of flow passages respectfully including a deswirl portion, which is proximate the second portion and configured to deswirl the fluid flow from the diffuser portion; the outer wall defining the diffuser portion and the deswirl portion; and the outer wall being self-supporting, meaning that the outer wall is shaped, dimensioned and configured to support itself during the additive manufacturing process such that no supporting structures extending within the outer wall are required. a plurality of tube structures, obtained by an additive manufacturing process, including an outer wall that is hollow and elongate, and that extends between a first portion and a second portion of the respective one of the plurality of tube structures, the plurality of tube structures disposed in an annular arrangement about the longitudinal axis; a plurality of flow passages extending through respective ones of the plurality of tube structures, the plurality of flow passages extending from the first portion to the second portion, respectively; the plurality of flow passages respectfully including a diffuser portion, which is proximate the first portion and configured to diffuse a fluid flow from a compressor wheel, the plurality of flow passages respectfully including a deswirl portion, which is proximate the second portion and configured to deswirl the fluid flow from the diffuser portion; the outer wall defining the diffuser portion and the deswirl portion; and the outer wall being self-supporting, meaning that the outer wall is shaped, dimensioned and configured to support itself during the additive manufacturing process such that no supporting structures extending within the outer wall are required.
A method of determining an absolute angle of a magnetic field, the method comprising the following steps carried out by a digital signal processor: - receiving a first digital measurement value of a first magnetic field component, referred to as Bx, indicating intensity of the magnetic field along a first axis, - receiving a second digital measurement value of a second magnetic field component, referred to as Bz, indicating intensity of the magnetic field along a second axis, orthogonal to the first axis, - determining absolute values for the first and second magnetic field components, and characterised by the following step: - determining the angle of the magnetic field with respect to the first or second axis, wherein the angle is determined so that the angle is derivable from the value of arcsin of Bz or of its approximation, when the absolute value of Bz is ≤ the absolute value of Bx between 0° to 45° between the first axis and the second axis, and derivable from the value of arccos of Bx or of its approximation, when the absolute value of Bz is > the absolute value of Bx between 45° to 90° between the first axis and the second axis. - receiving a first digital measurement value of a first magnetic field component, referred to as Bx, indicating intensity of the magnetic field along a first axis, - receiving a second digital measurement value of a second magnetic field component, referred to as Bz, indicating intensity of the magnetic field along a second axis, orthogonal to the first axis, - determining absolute values for the first and second magnetic field components, and characterised by the following step: - determining the angle of the magnetic field with respect to the first or second axis, wherein the angle is determined so that the angle is derivable from the value of arcsin of Bz or of its approximation, when the absolute value of Bz is ≤ the absolute value of Bx between 0° to 45° between the first axis and the second axis, and derivable from the value of arccos of Bx or of its approximation, when the absolute value of Bz is > the absolute value of Bx between 45° to 90° between the first axis and the second axis. - determining the angle of the magnetic field with respect to the first or second axis, wherein the angle is determined so that the angle is derivable from the value of arcsin of Bz or of its approximation, when the absolute value of Bz is ≤ the absolute value of Bx between 0° to 45° between the first axis and the second axis, and derivable from the value of arccos of Bx or of its approximation, when the absolute value of Bz is > the absolute value of Bx between 45° to 90° between the first axis and the second axis.
A method of collecting sonic log data to increase the signal-to-noise ratio in the sonic log data, the method comprising: (a) performing a first shot gather and a second shot gather by use of one or more sonic tools in a wellbore in an associated geophysical formation to define one or more first real traces and one or more second real traces, the real traces representative of a plurality of refracted wavelengths, the refracted wavelengths each traveling along one of a plurality of ray paths; wherein each sonic tool is arranged to have first, second and third receivers; (b) cross-correlating each real trace with at least one real trace that neighbors and corresponds to each of the first and second shot gathers to define a plurality of virtual traces due to a plurality of redatumed virtual sources, the plurality of virtual traces each corresponding to one of a plurality of virtual ray paths; (c) stacking, by use of a computer, the virtual traces with common real traces for different shot gathers; and characterized by: (d) convolving, by the computer, the virtual traces with at least one of the plurality of real traces that corresponds to one of the real ray paths that passes through the virtual source to one of the first, second, and third signal receivers of the sonic tool; and (e) stacking the traces created in steps (c) and (d) which have common ray paths thereby to create representative traces; and (f) displaying the representative traces. (a) performing a first shot gather and a second shot gather by use of one or more sonic tools in a wellbore in an associated geophysical formation to define one or more first real traces and one or more second real traces, the real traces representative of a plurality of refracted wavelengths, the refracted wavelengths each traveling along one of a plurality of ray paths; wherein each sonic tool is arranged to have first, second and third receivers; (b) cross-correlating each real trace with at least one real trace that neighbors and corresponds to each of the first and second shot gathers to define a plurality of virtual traces due to a plurality of redatumed virtual sources, the plurality of virtual traces each corresponding to one of a plurality of virtual ray paths; (c) stacking, by use of a computer, the virtual traces with common real traces for different shot gathers; and characterized by: (d) convolving, by the computer, the virtual traces with at least one of the plurality of real traces that corresponds to one of the real ray paths that passes through the virtual source to one of the first, second, and third signal receivers of the sonic tool; and (e) stacking the traces created in steps (c) and (d) which have common ray paths thereby to create representative traces; and (f) displaying the representative traces.
A cancer evaluation method comprising: the correlation operating step of operating a correlation among concentrations of a set of evaluation elements contained in a serum which is taken from a subject by applying concentration data of the set of evaluation elements to a discriminant function for discriminating which of a case group and a control group the subject belongs to; and the discriminating step of discriminating whether or not the subject suffers from any type of cancer based on the correlation operated in the correlation operating step, wherein as the set of evaluation elements, a combination of 7 elements of S, P, Mg, Zn, Cu, Ti, and Rb or a combination of 16 elements of Na, Mg, Al, P, K, Ca, Ti, Mn, Fe, Zn, Cu, Se, Rb, Ag, Sn, and S is chosen. the correlation operating step of operating a correlation among concentrations of a set of evaluation elements contained in a serum which is taken from a subject by applying concentration data of the set of evaluation elements to a discriminant function for discriminating which of a case group and a control group the subject belongs to; and the discriminating step of discriminating whether or not the subject suffers from any type of cancer based on the correlation operated in the correlation operating step, wherein as the set of evaluation elements, a combination of 7 elements of S, P, Mg, Zn, Cu, Ti, and Rb or a combination of 16 elements of Na, Mg, Al, P, K, Ca, Ti, Mn, Fe, Zn, Cu, Se, Rb, Ag, Sn, and S is chosen.
A photoelectric encoder having an optical system (50, 51) including a first lens array and a second lens array inserted between a main scale and a light receiving element, the second lens array being with a set pitch of lenses identical to the first lens array, and the focal points of the second lens array are positioned at the positions where the focal points of the first lens array are located, wherein connection of outputs of a light receiving element array is changed to electrically re-reverse an image that has been divided and reversed by the first lens array.
A vehicle-body front structure comprising: vehicle-body side structural members (1, 3, 17a, 17b) extending in a front-rear direction of a vehicle body at both sides of the vehicle body; a power train arranged between the vehicle-body side structural members (1, 3, 17a, 17b) at the both sides of the vehicle body; and a load transmission member (25, 25A, 25B) attached to at least one of the vehicle-body side structural members (1, 3, 17a, 17b) or the power train with at least part of the load transmission member (25, 25A, 25B) located outside the vehicle-body side structural members (1, 3, 17a, 17b) in a vehicle width direction of the vehicle body, the load transmission member (25, 25A, 25B) configured to transmit at least part of impact load received from an obstacle in front of the vehicle body to the vehicle body via the power train, characterized in that a second load transmission member (41, 41A, 41B, 41C) is provided in a load transmission path from the power train to the vehicle body and provided on the vehicle-body side structural members (1, 3, 17a, 17b) with a gap between the second load transmission member (41, 41A, 41B, 41C) and the power train. vehicle-body side structural members (1, 3, 17a, 17b) extending in a front-rear direction of a vehicle body at both sides of the vehicle body; a power train arranged between the vehicle-body side structural members (1, 3, 17a, 17b) at the both sides of the vehicle body; and a load transmission member (25, 25A, 25B) attached to at least one of the vehicle-body side structural members (1, 3, 17a, 17b) or the power train with at least part of the load transmission member (25, 25A, 25B) located outside the vehicle-body side structural members (1, 3, 17a, 17b) in a vehicle width direction of the vehicle body, the load transmission member (25, 25A, 25B) configured to transmit at least part of impact load received from an obstacle in front of the vehicle body to the vehicle body via the power train, characterized in that a second load transmission member (41, 41A, 41B, 41C) is provided in a load transmission path from the power train to the vehicle body and provided on the vehicle-body side structural members (1, 3, 17a, 17b) with a gap between the second load transmission member (41, 41A, 41B, 41C) and the power train.
A communications method, comprising: acquiring (101, 601), by a mobility management entity, information of a user equipment, UE; determining, by the mobility management entity according to the information of the UE, that the UE is a power-saving UE; upon determining that the UE is a power-saving UE, generating (103, 603), by the mobility management entity, a first indication, wherein the first indication is used for instructing a serving gateway to retain first data, and the first data is downlink data of the UE, wherein the first indication comprises a suggested waiting time period for the serving gateway to retain the first data; and sending (104, 604), by the mobility management entity, the first indication to the serving gateway to instruct the serving gateway to retain the first data. acquiring (101, 601), by a mobility management entity, information of a user equipment, UE; determining, by the mobility management entity according to the information of the UE, that the UE is a power-saving UE; upon determining that the UE is a power-saving UE, generating (103, 603), by the mobility management entity, a first indication, wherein the first indication is used for instructing a serving gateway to retain first data, and the first data is downlink data of the UE, wherein the first indication comprises a suggested waiting time period for the serving gateway to retain the first data; and sending (104, 604), by the mobility management entity, the first indication to the serving gateway to instruct the serving gateway to retain the first data.
A Hall effect sensor comprising: a Hall element having an output at which is provided a Hall output signal that varies in response to a magnetic field, the Hall output signal comprising a magnetic signal component and an offset signal component; a Hall plate modulation circuit having an input responsive to the Hall output signal and having an output at which is provided a modulation circuit output signal, wherein the Hall plate modulation circuit is operable to modulate one of the magnetic signal component or the offset signal component at a modulation frequency f CLK; an amplifier having an input responsive to the Hall plate modulation circuit output signal and an output at which is provided an amplifier output signal; and a filter having an input responsive to the amplifier output signal and an output at which is provided a sensor output signal, characterized in that the filter comprises an anti-aliasing filter and a discrete time selective filter tuned at the modulation frequency to remove the offset signal component, wherein the anti-aliasing filter provides a bandwidth limited signal for filtering by the selective filter, and wherein the anti-aliasing filter removes frequency components above a predetermined frequency selected to prevent aliasing by the discrete time selective filter. a Hall element having an output at which is provided a Hall output signal that varies in response to a magnetic field, the Hall output signal comprising a magnetic signal component and an offset signal component; a Hall plate modulation circuit having an input responsive to the Hall output signal and having an output at which is provided a modulation circuit output signal, wherein the Hall plate modulation circuit is operable to modulate one of the magnetic signal component or the offset signal component at a modulation frequency f CLK; an amplifier having an input responsive to the Hall plate modulation circuit output signal and an output at which is provided an amplifier output signal; and a filter having an input responsive to the amplifier output signal and an output at which is provided a sensor output signal, characterized in that the filter comprises an anti-aliasing filter and a discrete time selective filter tuned at the modulation frequency to remove the offset signal component, wherein the anti-aliasing filter provides a bandwidth limited signal for filtering by the selective filter, and wherein the anti-aliasing filter removes frequency components above a predetermined frequency selected to prevent aliasing by the discrete time selective filter.