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A method for detecting node outage in a mesh network, comprising: during a first time period: detecting, by a first node (106, 108a-108h) of the mesh network, a set of signals originating from a second node (106, 108a-108h) of the mesh network tracked by the first node (106, 108a-108h), wherein the set of signals comprises RF alive beacons and communication messages transmitted by the second node (106, 108a-108h), the RF alive beacons indicating an operational status of the second node (106, 108a-108h), and wherein the first time period corresponds to at least a single RF alive beacon interval; during a second time period, subsequent to the first time period: determining, at the first node (106, 108a-108h), whether a threshold number of the RF alive beacon intervals have passed since receiving a most recent signal from the second node (106, 108a-108h); in response to determining that the threshold number of RF alive beacon intervals have passed: outputting, from the first node (106, 108a-108h), a ping to the second node (106, 108a-108h) requesting a response to the ping; and when no response to the ping is received from the second node (106, 108a-108h) within a response period, transmitting, by the first node (106, 108a-108h), an outage alarm message to a node in a next topologically higher layer of the mesh network, the outage alarm message comprising an identification of the second node (106, 108a-108h). during a first time period: detecting, by a first node (106, 108a-108h) of the mesh network, a set of signals originating from a second node (106, 108a-108h) of the mesh network tracked by the first node (106, 108a-108h), wherein the set of signals comprises RF alive beacons and communication messages transmitted by the second node (106, 108a-108h), the RF alive beacons indicating an operational status of the second node (106, 108a-108h), and wherein the first time period corresponds to at least a single RF alive beacon interval; during a second time period, subsequent to the first time period: determining, at the first node (106, 108a-108h), whether a threshold number of the RF alive beacon intervals have passed since receiving a most recent signal from the second node (106, 108a-108h); in response to determining that the threshold number of RF alive beacon intervals have passed: outputting, from the first node (106, 108a-108h), a ping to the second node (106, 108a-108h) requesting a response to the ping; and when no response to the ping is received from the second node (106, 108a-108h) within a response period, transmitting, by the first node (106, 108a-108h), an outage alarm message to a node in a next topologically higher layer of the mesh network, the outage alarm message comprising an identification of the second node (106, 108a-108h).
A method for increasing the electrical conductivity of a surface of a shaped polymer body of at least one polymer phase containing carbon nanotubes, comprising the following steps: a) providing a shaped polymer body of at least one polymer phase containing carbon nanotubes, wherein the shaped polymer body comprises a polyolefin admixture of at least 10 % by weight, based on the weight of the shaped polymer body; b) thermally treating the surface of the shaped polymer body for increasing the electrical conductivity of the treated surface, wherein the thermal treatment comprises heating to a temperature which is equal to or higher than the melting temperature of the at least one polymer phase. a) providing a shaped polymer body of at least one polymer phase containing carbon nanotubes, wherein the shaped polymer body comprises a polyolefin admixture of at least 10 % by weight, based on the weight of the shaped polymer body; b) thermally treating the surface of the shaped polymer body for increasing the electrical conductivity of the treated surface, wherein the thermal treatment comprises heating to a temperature which is equal to or higher than the melting temperature of the at least one polymer phase.
An implantable medical device, comprising: - a control circuitry; and - a communication circuitry for communicating with another implantable medical device (2, 3), the communication circuitry comprising a transmission unit and a reception unit; wherein the transmission unit, for establishing a communication link with the other implantable medical device (2, 3), is configured to transmit a multiplicity of transmit communication signals (S1-S5), wherein each transmit communication signal (S1-S5) is associated with a dedicated sub-range (A1-A5) of a predefined frequency range, and wherein the transmission unit is configured to sequentially transmit, for establishing a communication link, transmit communication signals (S1-S5) starting at a sub-range at a first end of the frequency range, and ending at a sub-range at a second end of the frequency range opposite the first end, wherein the reception unit is configured to receive a response communication signal (R2-R4) in response to a transmit communication signal (S1-S5); and wherein the control circuitry is configured to determine whether a response communication signal (R2-R4) in response to a transmit communication signal (S1-S5) associated with a dedicated sub-range (A1-A5) has been received, and to establish said communication link based on said determination. - a control circuitry; and - a communication circuitry for communicating with another implantable medical device (2, 3), the communication circuitry comprising a transmission unit and a reception unit; wherein the transmission unit, for establishing a communication link with the other implantable medical device (2, 3), is configured to transmit a multiplicity of transmit communication signals (S1-S5), wherein each transmit communication signal (S1-S5) is associated with a dedicated sub-range (A1-A5) of a predefined frequency range, and wherein the transmission unit is configured to sequentially transmit, for establishing a communication link, transmit communication signals (S1-S5) starting at a sub-range at a first end of the frequency range, and ending at a sub-range at a second end of the frequency range opposite the first end, wherein the reception unit is configured to receive a response communication signal (R2-R4) in response to a transmit communication signal (S1-S5); and wherein the control circuitry is configured to determine whether a response communication signal (R2-R4) in response to a transmit communication signal (S1-S5) associated with a dedicated sub-range (A1-A5) has been received, and to establish said communication link based on said determination.
A hydrocyclone separator for classifying solid material in liquid suspension, comprising: a head portion; an inlet conduit adapted to feed a suspension into the head portion; an overflow discharge tube arranged in the head portion; an apex discharge port; a tapered separation portion arranged between the head portion and the apex discharge port, the tapered separation portion having a proximal end and a distal end, and wherein said tapered separation portion tapers towards said distal end; characterized in that said head portion further comprises an emptying port arranged in the head portion separately from the overflow discharge tube. a head portion; an inlet conduit adapted to feed a suspension into the head portion; an overflow discharge tube arranged in the head portion; an apex discharge port; a tapered separation portion arranged between the head portion and the apex discharge port, the tapered separation portion having a proximal end and a distal end, and wherein said tapered separation portion tapers towards said distal end; characterized in that said head portion further comprises an emptying port arranged in the head portion separately from the overflow discharge tube.
A method for producing a strip of an AlMgSi alloy of the type AA6xxx, in which a rolling ingot is cast from an AlMgSi alloy of the type AA6xxx, the rolling ingot is subjected to homogenization, the rolling ingot, which has been brought to hot rolling temperature, is hot rolled and then optionally cold rolled to its final thickness, characterized in that immediately at the exit from the last hot rolling pass, the hot strip has a temperature of at most 130 °C, preferably a temperature of at most 100 °C, and the hot strip is coiled at this or at a lower temperature.
Diagnostic test device for determining a state of health of an electrical battery of an electrically driven vehicle, wherein the diagnostic test device has an input apparatus and an output apparatus and is able to be connected both to control electronics of the vehicle and to an electrical charging/discharging apparatus, and wherein the diagnostic test device is designed to control the charging/discharging apparatus in such a way that the charging/discharging apparatus charges the electrical battery in at least one predefined charging operation or discharges the electrical battery in at least one predefined discharging operation, characterized in that the diagnostic test device is designed to apply at least one predefined current pulse to the electrical battery while the electrical battery is installed in the vehicle; to receive data relating to the battery from the control electronics of the vehicle; and to evaluate the data received from the control electronics of the vehicle in order to determine the state of health of the battery. wherein the diagnostic test device has an input apparatus and an output apparatus and is able to be connected both to control electronics of the vehicle and to an electrical charging/discharging apparatus, and wherein the diagnostic test device is designed to control the charging/discharging apparatus in such a way that the charging/discharging apparatus charges the electrical battery in at least one predefined charging operation or discharges the electrical battery in at least one predefined discharging operation, characterized in that the diagnostic test device is designed to apply at least one predefined current pulse to the electrical battery while the electrical battery is installed in the vehicle; to receive data relating to the battery from the control electronics of the vehicle; and to evaluate the data received from the control electronics of the vehicle in order to determine the state of health of the battery.
A system for controlling packet forwarding through a point-to-point (p2p) connection between source and destination end nodes (24a,24b) of a packet network domain having a mesh topology, the system comprising: a sub-ring network instantiated in the network domain, the sub-ring network comprising a pair of topologically diverse ring spans (26a,26b) extending between the source and destination end nodes, with each of said ring spans acting as a logical point-to-point connection between said source and destination end nodes (24a,24b); wherein each of the end nodes is controlled to forward packets of the p2p connection through the sub-ring network in accordance with a ring network routing scheme, and any intermediate node traversed by one of the ring spans is controlled to forward packets of the p2p connection through the ring span in accordance with a linear path routing scheme; and characterized in that only said end nodes are configured to impose a channel block in response to a fault. a sub-ring network instantiated in the network domain, the sub-ring network comprising a pair of topologically diverse ring spans (26a,26b) extending between the source and destination end nodes, with each of said ring spans acting as a logical point-to-point connection between said source and destination end nodes (24a,24b); wherein each of the end nodes is controlled to forward packets of the p2p connection through the sub-ring network in accordance with a ring network routing scheme, and any intermediate node traversed by one of the ring spans is controlled to forward packets of the p2p connection through the ring span in accordance with a linear path routing scheme; and characterized in that only said end nodes are configured to impose a channel block in response to a fault.
A method for producing an electrophotographic photosensitive member, comprising: a step (i) of forming a conductive layer having a volume resistivity of not less than 1.0 × 10 8 Ω·cm and not more than 5.0 × 10 12 Ω·cm, as measured under normal temperature and normal humidity, at 23°C and 50% RH, in accordance with the description on a support; and a step (iii) of forming a photosensitive layer on the conductive layer, wherein, the step (i) comprises: preparing a metallic oxide particle having a water content of not less than 1.0% by mass and not more than 2.0% by mass, as measured according to the description, preparing a coating liquid for a conductive layer by mixing a solvent, a binder material, and the metallic oxide particle, and forming the conductive layer using the coating liquid for a conductive layer, a mass ratio (P/B) of the metallic oxide particle to the binder material in the coating liquid for a conductive layer is not less than 1.5/1.0 and not more than 3.5/1.0, and wherein the metallic oxide particle is selected from the group consisting of: a titanium oxide particle coated with tin oxide doped with phosphorus, a titanium oxide particle coated with tin oxide doped with tungsten, and a titanium oxide particle coated with tin oxide doped with fluorine. a step (i) of forming a conductive layer having a volume resistivity of not less than 1.0 × 10 8 Ω·cm and not more than 5.0 × 10 12 Ω·cm, as measured under normal temperature and normal humidity, at 23°C and 50% RH, in accordance with the description on a support; and a step (iii) of forming a photosensitive layer on the conductive layer, wherein, preparing a metallic oxide particle having a water content of not less than 1.0% by mass and not more than 2.0% by mass, as measured according to the description, preparing a coating liquid for a conductive layer by mixing a solvent, a binder material, and the metallic oxide particle, and forming the conductive layer using the coating liquid for a conductive layer, a mass ratio (P/B) of the metallic oxide particle to the binder material in the coating liquid for a conductive layer is not less than 1.5/1.0 and not more than 3.5/1.0, and wherein the metallic oxide particle is selected from the group consisting of: a titanium oxide particle coated with tin oxide doped with phosphorus, a titanium oxide particle coated with tin oxide doped with tungsten, and a titanium oxide particle coated with tin oxide doped with fluorine. a titanium oxide particle coated with tin oxide doped with phosphorus, a titanium oxide particle coated with tin oxide doped with tungsten, and a titanium oxide particle coated with tin oxide doped with fluorine.
A method of determining the presence or absence of one or more M-protein peaks in a biological sample, the method comprising: (a) isolating total immunoglobulins from the sample; (b) decoupling light chain immunoglobulins from heavy chain immunoglobulins in the total immunoglobulins to generate a decoupled immunoglobulin sample; and (c) subjecting the decoupled immunoglobulin sample to a mass spectrometry technique to determine the presence or absence of an M-protein peak, optionally further comprising determining the presence or absence of monoclonal gammopathy in the sample based on the presence or absence of an M-protein peak in the mass spectrum, wherein the M-protein peaks indicate the presence of a monoclonal immunoglobulins above the polyclonal background. (a) isolating total immunoglobulins from the sample; (b) decoupling light chain immunoglobulins from heavy chain immunoglobulins in the total immunoglobulins to generate a decoupled immunoglobulin sample; and (c) subjecting the decoupled immunoglobulin sample to a mass spectrometry technique to determine the presence or absence of an M-protein peak,
Process for producing microparticle prepregs comprising at least the following steps: - application of microparticles to a woven fibre fabric, laid fibre scrim, fibre non-woven or the like, - melting by introducing heat, characterized in that thermoplastic microparticles are used and at least 80% of these have a contour angle of > 90°, where the contour angle is determined in that firstly the largest dimension of the microparticles is recorded and quantified, then regions along the outline of the particles are sought in which the outline exhibits a marked discontinuity or marked curvature, these regions are in each case approximated by two chords in such a way that the point of intersection of the two chords is as close as possible to the point with the largest curvature, and then the internal angle formed by the two chords is measured, where this internal angle is the contour angle, and where at least 80% of the particles have a maximum diameter smaller than or equal to 2000 μm and at least 80% of the particles have a maximum diameter greater than or equal to 400 μm. - application of microparticles to a woven fibre fabric, laid fibre scrim, fibre non-woven or the like, - melting by introducing heat,
Circuit arrangement for providing a voltage supply for a driver circuit driven by a controller, comprising a controller for driving a driver circuit; characterized in that the circuit arrangement additionally comprises: a first voltage regulating circuit for generating an auxiliary voltage from an available DC voltage (V+); a second voltage regulating circuit for generating a first supply voltage for the controller from the auxiliary voltage; and a third voltage regulating circuit (HS, LP) for generating a second supply voltage for the driver circuit from the auxiliary voltage or the first supply voltage for the controller, wherein the third voltage regulating circuit (HS, LP) generates the second supply voltage in a manner dependent on a control signal from the controller. a first voltage regulating circuit for generating an auxiliary voltage from an available DC voltage (V+); a second voltage regulating circuit for generating a first supply voltage for the controller from the auxiliary voltage; and a third voltage regulating circuit (HS, LP) for generating a second supply voltage for the driver circuit from the auxiliary voltage or the first supply voltage for the controller, wherein the third voltage regulating circuit (HS, LP) generates the second supply voltage in a manner dependent on a control signal from the controller.
A header for a heat exchanger having a pair of spaced manifolds (12,14) and a plurality of tubes extending between the manifolds, the header comprising: a header plate forming a portion of the manifold, the header plate having an inward surface for orienting in an inward direction toward an interior of the manifold and an outward surface for orienting in an outward direction away from the interior of the manifold; wherein at least one opening is formed in the header plate, the at least one opening being elongated with a longitudinal axis and opposite ends (38,39), the at least one opening having a perimeter with sides (42,43) and ends (44,45); characterised in that a ferrule extends in the outward direction from the outward surface of the header plate along portions of the perimeter of the opening; wherein the ferrule includes at least two ferrule portions (52, 53) formed along portions of the perimeter of the opening; and wherein the ferrule is absent from portions of the perimeter of the opening between the portions of the perimeter having the ferrule portions (52,53) formed thereon. a header plate forming a portion of the manifold, the header plate having an inward surface for orienting in an inward direction toward an interior of the manifold and an outward surface for orienting in an outward direction away from the interior of the manifold; wherein at least one opening is formed in the header plate, the at least one opening being elongated with a longitudinal axis and opposite ends (38,39), the at least one opening having a perimeter with sides (42,43) and ends (44,45); characterised in that a ferrule extends in the outward direction from the outward surface of the header plate along portions of the perimeter of the opening; wherein the ferrule includes at least two ferrule portions (52, 53) formed along portions of the perimeter of the opening; and wherein the ferrule is absent from portions of the perimeter of the opening between the portions of the perimeter having the ferrule portions (52,53) formed thereon.
A medical bag comprising a multilayer film having one or two outer layers, the outer layers including: a first polyalphaolefin; a first thermoplastic elastomer having a melt viscosity of a melt flow index according to ISO 1133 of 0.001 to 6 g/ 10 min at 230°C, 2.16 kg; and a second thermoplastic elastomer having a melt viscosity which is not measurable according to ISO 1133, which is higher than the melt viscosity of the first thermoplastic elastomer. a first polyalphaolefin; a first thermoplastic elastomer having a melt viscosity of a melt flow index according to ISO 1133 of 0.001 to 6 g/ 10 min at 230°C, 2.16 kg; and a second thermoplastic elastomer having a melt viscosity which is not measurable according to ISO 1133, which is higher than the melt viscosity of the first thermoplastic elastomer.
An agent comprising a compound with anticholinergic activity for use in the prevention and/or treatment of Hand-Foot Syndrome, with the proviso that a combination of clonidine and the compound with anticholinergic activity is excluded.
A method for operating a hybrid drive for an electric bicycle with and without freewheel and/or backpedal function, comprising a pedal crank drive which contains a pedal crank axle connected to pedal cranks (51, 52) at both ends, an electromotive drive electrically connected to an accumulator with a first and a second electric motor (2, 3), which are connected to different transmission elements of a superposition transmission, which on the drive side is connected to the pedal crank drive (5, 51, 52) and on the output side is connected to the sprocket of a chain drive of the electric bicycle, wherein the first and the second electric motor (2, 3) are configured identically and are arranged parallel to the pedal crank axle, that the first electric motor is connected to a first spur gear of a first reduction gear (21, 22) and the second electric motor is connected to a second spur gear of a second reduction gear (31, 32), wherein the first and the second spur gear (21, 31) have a different number of teeth and mesh with a first or second gear wheel (22, 32) of the first or second reduction gear (21, 22; 31, 32) arranged coaxially to the pedal crank axle, and in the operating modes - drive of the electric bicycle by actuating the pedal crank drive (5, 51, 52) with and without support by the electromotive drive (2, 3), - drive of the electric bicycle by the electromotive drive (2, 3), - stepless change of the gear ratio of the drive train from the pedal crank drive (5, 51, 52) to the sprocket by means of the electromotive drive (2, 3), - electromotive braking of the electric bicycle, - recuperative electromotive braking of the electric bicycle with charging of the accumulator, characterized in that the operating modes are adjusted by the user of the electric bicycle on an input and display device connected to a control device, which is supplied with the actual values of the electric motors (2, 3) and outputts setpoint values to the electric motors (2, 3), and are specified by the kind of actuation of the electric bicycle by the user, wherein the amplification of the power output by the user to the pedal crank axle is adjusted by means of the input and display device by taking account of the gear ratio set at the input and display device. - drive of the electric bicycle by actuating the pedal crank drive (5, 51, 52) with and without support by the electromotive drive (2, 3), - drive of the electric bicycle by the electromotive drive (2, 3), - stepless change of the gear ratio of the drive train from the pedal crank drive (5, 51, 52) to the sprocket by means of the electromotive drive (2, 3), - electromotive braking of the electric bicycle, - recuperative electromotive braking of the electric bicycle with charging of the accumulator,