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A clamping retractor assembly for retracting soft tissue in a spinal surgery incision, the assembly comprising; a support member having first and second ends; a retractor blade having a blade arm, a distal end and a proximal end retained by the support member ; a retaining arm supported by and depending from a connecting assembly co - operating with the support member , the support member receiving and supporting the connecting assembly ; wherein the clamping retractor assembly includes a height adjustable clamping member having a bearing face which opposes the retractor blade and which engages and is selectively moveable relative to the co -operating retaining arm , the co-operation with the support member allowing the clamping member to advance and retract the bearing face relative to the distal end of the retractor blade between a clamped state in which in use soft tissues in the incision are subject to a clamping force induced by co -operation between the retractor blade and the clamping member , thereby retracting a wall of the incision depending upon a user-activated retraction force required and an unclamped state in which in use the assembly does not induce a clamping force; and wherein a position of clamping member is selectively adjustable via an actuating member , along the retaining arm and relative to the support member ; the connecting assembly further comprising a runner which includes a pivotally attached actuator which engages formations on the support member to effect incremental adjustment of the runner and a locking member which allows locking of said runner at a selected position along the support member a support member having first and second ends; a retractor blade having a blade arm, a distal end and a proximal end retained by the support member ; a retaining arm supported by and depending from a connecting assembly co - operating with the support member , the support member receiving and supporting the connecting assembly ; wherein the clamping retractor assembly includes a height adjustable clamping member having a bearing face which opposes the retractor blade and which engages and is selectively moveable relative to the co -operating retaining arm , the co-operation with the support member allowing the clamping member to advance and retract the bearing face relative to the distal end of the retractor blade between a clamped state in which in use soft tissues in the incision are subject to a clamping force induced by co -operation between the retractor blade and the clamping member , thereby retracting a wall of the incision depending upon a user-activated retraction force required and an unclamped state in which in use the assembly does not induce a clamping force; and wherein a position of clamping member is selectively adjustable via an actuating member , along the retaining arm and relative to the support member ; the connecting assembly further comprising a runner which includes a pivotally attached actuator which engages formations on the support member to effect incremental adjustment of the runner and a locking member which allows locking of said runner at a selected position along the support member
A method for random access performed by a user equipment, UE , the method comprising: receiving , by a Medium Access Control, MAC, entity of the UE, an uplink, UL, grant in a Random Access Response, RAR, from a base station during an ongoing random access procedure, wherein the MAC entity comprises a Message 3, Msg3, buffer , a multiplexing and assembly entity , and a Hybrid Automatic Repeat Request, HARQ entity ; obtaining , by the HARQ entity , a first Medium Access Control, MAC, Protocol Data Unit, PDU, from the Msg3 buffer of the UE after determining that at least one MAC PDU is in the Msg3 buffer, wherein the first MAC PDU comprises a first type of MAC subPDU carrying a MAC Service Data Unit, SDU, and a second type of MAC subPDU carrying a MAC Control Element, CE; and indicating to the multiplexing and assembly entity , by the HARQ entity , to discard the second type of MAC subPDU and generate a second MAC PDU by including the first type of MAC subPDU upon determining that a size of the UL grant is different from a size of the first MAC PDU and the UL grant is associated with a HARQ process ID used for Msg3 transmission, wherein the HARQ process ID is HARQ process #0. receiving , by a Medium Access Control, MAC, entity of the UE, an uplink, UL, grant in a Random Access Response, RAR, from a base station during an ongoing random access procedure, wherein the MAC entity comprises a Message 3, Msg3, buffer , a multiplexing and assembly entity , and a Hybrid Automatic Repeat Request, HARQ entity ; obtaining , by the HARQ entity , a first Medium Access Control, MAC, Protocol Data Unit, PDU, from the Msg3 buffer of the UE after determining that at least one MAC PDU is in the Msg3 buffer, wherein the first MAC PDU comprises a first type of MAC subPDU carrying a MAC Service Data Unit, SDU, and a second type of MAC subPDU carrying a MAC Control Element, CE; and indicating to the multiplexing and assembly entity , by the HARQ entity , to discard the second type of MAC subPDU and generate a second MAC PDU by including the first type of MAC subPDU upon determining that a size of the UL grant is different from a size of the first MAC PDU and the UL grant is associated with a HARQ process ID used for Msg3 transmission, wherein the HARQ process ID is HARQ process #0.
An intra-oral x-ray imaging arrangement, which includes as separate structures, first, a radiation source having a collimator structure limiting an x-ray beam for generating the beam used in imaging and for aiming it to the object to be imaged, secondly, an imaging sensor arranged positionable within a patient's mouth , and a control system of the imaging arrangement, the control system being arranged in functional connection with at least a first means belonging to the imaging arrangement, which means are arranged to transmit to the control system measurement signals including information on a position of at least one component of the arrangement, characterized in that the arrangement includes a means (A, M, G) arranged in connection with both the imaging sensor and the x-ray source to measure their spatial position and to send measurement signals based on these measurements to the control system of the arrangement, said means to generate measurement signals including a three-axis acceleration sensor (A1) arranged into connection with, first, the imaging sensor and, secondly a further acceleration sensor (A2) arranged into connection with the radiation source , and in that a means is arranged to the control system to determine based on said measurement signals information on the mutual spatial position of the imaging sensor and the radiation source , or of a component arranged to the radiation source .
Timepiece, in particular a mechanical, musical wristwatch or pocket watch comprising a movement housed in a case , characterised in that it comprises two sounding instruments of different types (9, 10 and 12) suitable for playing the same pre-established melody together, and in that it comprises a single rotational control member co-operating with each of the two sounding instruments so as to actuate them simultaneously.
A dry, self-supporting fibrous material that can be slit without substantial fraying, the fibrous material comprising: a ply of dry structural fibers; a nonwoven veil of randomly-arranged fibers laminated to the ply of structural fibers; and a water-borne binder composition on at least some of the structural fibers, the water-borne binder composition comprising one or more polymers selected from polyhydroxyethers, polyurethanes, a mixture thereof, a copolymer thereof, or a reaction product thereof, and an aminoplast cross-linker, wherein the ply of structural fibers is in the form of unidirectional fibers or a fabric and the water-borne binder composition is distributed to the structural fibers, wherein the water-borne binder composition is present in an amount of 15% or less by weight based on the total weight of the fibrous material, and the structural fibers is a major component of the fibrous material, and wherein the fibrous material is permeable to liquid resin and the water-borne binder composition does not form a continuous film at the surface of the fibrous material. a ply of dry structural fibers; a nonwoven veil of randomly-arranged fibers laminated to the ply of structural fibers; and a water-borne binder composition on at least some of the structural fibers, the water-borne binder composition comprising one or more polymers selected from polyhydroxyethers, polyurethanes, a mixture thereof, a copolymer thereof, or a reaction product thereof, and an aminoplast cross-linker, wherein the ply of structural fibers is in the form of unidirectional fibers or a fabric and the water-borne binder composition is distributed to the structural fibers, wherein the water-borne binder composition is present in an amount of 15% or less by weight based on the total weight of the fibrous material, and the structural fibers is a major component of the fibrous material, and wherein the fibrous material is permeable to liquid resin and the water-borne binder composition does not form a continuous film at the surface of the fibrous material.
A radio node , comprising: a reception section configured to receive radio resource control information including configuration information on availability of a soft resource and downlink control information including an availability indicator indicating the availability of the soft resource; and a control section configured to decide use of the soft resource based on the radio resource control information and the downlink control information, characterized in that the radio resource control information includes a Radio Network Temporary Identifier, RNTI, for scrambling the downlink control information and a payload size of the downlink control information, and the control section is configured to receive the downlink control information based on the RNTI and the payload size. a reception section configured to receive radio resource control information including configuration information on availability of a soft resource and downlink control information including an availability indicator indicating the availability of the soft resource; and a control section configured to decide use of the soft resource based on the radio resource control information and the downlink control information, characterized in that the radio resource control information includes a Radio Network Temporary Identifier, RNTI, for scrambling the downlink control information and a payload size of the downlink control information, and the control section is configured to receive the downlink control information based on the RNTI and the payload size.
An electrical mapping and cryotreatment catheter comprising: an elongate body having a proximal portion and a distal portion and a distal tip element comprising a body having a first flexibility, a first end and a second end , the first end including a barbed stem that can be inserted into the distal portion of the elongate body ; the barbed stem of the distal tip element being composed of a material with a lower flexibility than the body and at least one mapping element , the at least one mapping element being an area of thermally conductive material and having a second flexibility that is at least substantially the same as the first flexibility. an elongate body having a proximal portion and a distal portion and a distal tip element comprising a body having a first flexibility, a first end and a second end , the first end including a barbed stem that can be inserted into the distal portion of the elongate body ; the barbed stem of the distal tip element being composed of a material with a lower flexibility than the body and at least one mapping element , the at least one mapping element being an area of thermally conductive material and having a second flexibility that is at least substantially the same as the first flexibility.
Method for establishing a permitted maximum differential pressure (Δp max ) of an air filter arranged in an intake tract of a stationary internal combustion engine , - wherein the internal combustion engine has a throttle valve , a turbocharger which can be circulated around via a compressor bypass according to the position of a bypass valve , and a wastegate , and - wherein a ratio between compressor bypass mass flow and compressor total mass flow of the compressor bypass is determined as a remaining control reserve of the internal combustion engine depending on the degradation state of the internal combustion engine and - the maximum permitted differential pressure (Δp max ) of the air filter is established depending on the determined control reserve in such a way that the maximum permitted differential pressure is reduced when the internal combustion engine degrades and the control reserve decreases. - wherein the internal combustion engine has a throttle valve , a turbocharger which can be circulated around via a compressor bypass according to the position of a bypass valve , and a wastegate , and - wherein a ratio between compressor bypass mass flow and compressor total mass flow of the compressor bypass is determined as a remaining control reserve of the internal combustion engine depending on the degradation state of the internal combustion engine and - the maximum permitted differential pressure (Δp max ) of the air filter is established depending on the determined control reserve in such a way that the maximum permitted differential pressure is reduced when the internal combustion engine degrades and the control reserve decreases.
A device for treatment of deep vein thrombosis or pulmonary embolism, the device comprising: a core member configured to be positioned intravascularly at or adjacent a treatment site; an outer member (113; 305) spirally winding around at least a portion of the inner member , the outer member (113; 305) having a low-profile configuration for delivery through a catheter and an expanded configuration for deployment at the treatment site; a sheet or strip of flexible material configured to engage clot material when the outer member (113; 305) is in the expanded configuration; an inner member coupled to and slidably extendable along the core member , the inner member configured to transition from a first axial length to a second axial length greater than the first as the device is withdrawn into a covering sheath ; and the sheet or strip of flexible material extending between and coupled to the inner member and the outer member (113; 305). a core member configured to be positioned intravascularly at or adjacent a treatment site; an outer member (113; 305) spirally winding around at least a portion of the inner member , the outer member (113; 305) having a low-profile configuration for delivery through a catheter and an expanded configuration for deployment at the treatment site; a sheet or strip of flexible material configured to engage clot material when the outer member (113; 305) is in the expanded configuration; an inner member coupled to and slidably extendable along the core member , the inner member configured to transition from a first axial length to a second axial length greater than the first as the device is withdrawn into a covering sheath ; and the sheet or strip of flexible material extending between and coupled to the inner member and the outer member (113; 305).
A skin cleanser comprising: a skin cleanser body including a base that is substantially flat to allow it to stand on a surface, the skin cleanser body having a substantially oval or substantially round shape that is configured to be held in a palm of a hand of a user, the skin cleanser body having an upper portion and a lower portion, the skin cleanser body further comprising: a silicone exterior; a first side of the silicone exterior including: a first textured brush surface area of touch-points positioned at the upper portion of the skin cleanser body, for channelling vibrations into a user's skin; wherein the first textured brush surface area comprises a series of thinner touch-points and an area of thicker touch-points; a second side of the silicone exterior including: a second textured brush surface area of touch points or smooth ridges, for channelling vibrations into a user's skin; a first oscillating motor located within the skin cleanser body, the first oscillating motor configured to produce pulsations of the first textured brush surface area; and at least one control configured to provide control to the first oscillating motor . a silicone exterior; a first side of the silicone exterior including: a first textured brush surface area of touch-points positioned at the upper portion of the skin cleanser body, for channelling vibrations into a user's skin; wherein the first textured brush surface area comprises a series of thinner touch-points and an area of thicker touch-points; a first textured brush surface area of touch-points positioned at the upper portion of the skin cleanser body, for channelling vibrations into a user's skin; wherein the first textured brush surface area comprises a series of thinner touch-points and an area of thicker touch-points; a second side of the silicone exterior including: a second textured brush surface area of touch points or smooth ridges, for channelling vibrations into a user's skin; a first oscillating motor located within the skin cleanser body, the first oscillating motor configured to produce pulsations of the first textured brush surface area; and at least one control configured to provide control to the first oscillating motor .
Endless mat for a floor for livestock facilities, which floor is formed with a defined longitudinal direction, and in which direction the mat is arranged to be driven, wherein the mat comprises a liquid-impermeable support layer and a wear layer , which wear layer is applied on or integrated with said support layer and which support layer has the ability to be imposed an intermittent bending to essentially be able to connect against a cylindrical object having the diameter of Ø=2R o , and which mat is provided with slip-reducing means , characterized in that said intermittent bending primarily is located to straight and parallel lines, grooves, or bands extending transversely to the driving direction of the mat in or on the wear layer , and that bending in these lines, grooves, or bands takes place with a radius r, wherein R o > r.
A control method for dynamically controlling real and reactive power capability of a wind farm having a plurality of wind turbines , each of the plurality of wind turbines having a Doubly-Fed Induction Generator (DFIG) and a power converter , the power converter having a line side converter and a rotor side converter , the control method characterized in comprising: obtaining , by a control device , comprising one or more processors and one or more memory devices , one or more real-time operating parameters of each of the wind turbines ; obtaining , by the control device , one or more system limits of each of the wind turbines ; measuring , via one or more sensors , at least one real-time wind condition at each of the wind turbines ; continuously calculating , by the control device , an overall maximum active power capability and an overall maximum reactive power capability for each of the wind turbines as a function of the one or more real-time operating parameters, the one or more system limits, and the at least one real-time wind condition; generating , by the control device , a generator capability curve for each of the wind turbines using the overall maximum active and reactive power capabilities; communicating the generator capability curves for each of the wind turbines to a farm-level controller of the wind farm ; and controlling , via the farm-level controller , the wind farm based on the generator capability curves. obtaining , by a control device , comprising one or more processors and one or more memory devices , one or more real-time operating parameters of each of the wind turbines ; obtaining , by the control device , one or more system limits of each of the wind turbines ; measuring , via one or more sensors , at least one real-time wind condition at each of the wind turbines ; continuously calculating , by the control device , an overall maximum active power capability and an overall maximum reactive power capability for each of the wind turbines as a function of the one or more real-time operating parameters, the one or more system limits, and the at least one real-time wind condition; generating , by the control device , a generator capability curve for each of the wind turbines using the overall maximum active and reactive power capabilities; communicating the generator capability curves for each of the wind turbines to a farm-level controller of the wind farm ; and controlling , via the farm-level controller , the wind farm based on the generator capability curves.
A beverage product comprising: water; D-psicose; erythritol; and a sweetener component, wherein said sweetener component comprises a sweetening amount of rebaudioside M. water; D-psicose; erythritol; and a sweetener component, wherein said sweetener component comprises a sweetening amount of rebaudioside M.
A method for analyzing one or more genetic samples, comprising: a. providing one or more genetic samples comprising genetic material which is DNA and has been obtained from one or more individuals less than 100 years ago, wherein each genetic sample is correlated with a unique identifier assigned to the individual from which is was procured; b. sequencing the genetic material from each of the one or more genetic samples using only non-targeted, ultra-low coverage sequencing, wherein the ultra-low coverage is determined with reference to a target genome and is 1x coverage or less of the target genome, to determine a plurality of genetic reads for each of the one or more genetic samples; c. aligning the plurality of genetic reads for each of the one or more genetic samples to one or more reference genomes, which can be the same as or different from the target genome, to produce a plurality of aligned genetic reads for each of the one or more genetic samples; and d. assigning one or more genetic samples to one or more genotypic or phenotypic groups or determining the presence of one or more allelic variants or determining relatedness to a different individual based on the aligned genetic reads, from only the non-targeted, ultra-low coverage sequencing, without imputing the genotype of the one or more genetic samples with respect to the one or more reference genomes. a. providing one or more genetic samples comprising genetic material which is DNA and has been obtained from one or more individuals less than 100 years ago, wherein each genetic sample is correlated with a unique identifier assigned to the individual from which is was procured; b. sequencing the genetic material from each of the one or more genetic samples using only non-targeted, ultra-low coverage sequencing, wherein the ultra-low coverage is determined with reference to a target genome and is 1x coverage or less of the target genome, to determine a plurality of genetic reads for each of the one or more genetic samples; c. aligning the plurality of genetic reads for each of the one or more genetic samples to one or more reference genomes, which can be the same as or different from the target genome, to produce a plurality of aligned genetic reads for each of the one or more genetic samples; and d. assigning one or more genetic samples to one or more genotypic or phenotypic groups or determining the presence of one or more allelic variants or determining relatedness to a different individual based on the aligned genetic reads, from only the non-targeted, ultra-low coverage sequencing, without imputing the genotype of the one or more genetic samples with respect to the one or more reference genomes.