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A computer-implemented method of distributing a shared secret among a plurality of participants, the method comprising a first mapping step wherein a plurality of inputs to said first mapping step are mapped to respective elliptic curve points of an elliptic curve of an elliptic curve cryptography system common to the participants; a first encryption step wherein a plurality of said elliptic curve points are encrypted by means of a public key of a public-private key pair of the elliptic curve cryptography system to provide an output adapted to be decrypted by means of the corresponding private key of the public-private key pair; a second encryption step wherein a plurality of parts of at least one input to said second encryption step are multiplied by respective terms of a series known to said participants, wherein the second encryption step includes a said series including powers of a term known to the participants and based on a message shared between the participants; and a secret sharing step wherein a plurality of shares of an input to said secret sharing step are distributed to a plurality of said participants such that said input is accessible to a threshold number of said shares and is inaccessible to less than said threshold number of said shares. a first mapping step wherein a plurality of inputs to said first mapping step are mapped to respective elliptic curve points of an elliptic curve of an elliptic curve cryptography system common to the participants; a first encryption step wherein a plurality of said elliptic curve points are encrypted by means of a public key of a public-private key pair of the elliptic curve cryptography system to provide an output adapted to be decrypted by means of the corresponding private key of the public-private key pair; a second encryption step wherein a plurality of parts of at least one input to said second encryption step are multiplied by respective terms of a series known to said participants, wherein the second encryption step includes a said series including powers of a term known to the participants and based on a message shared between the participants; and a secret sharing step wherein a plurality of shares of an input to said secret sharing step are distributed to a plurality of said participants such that said input is accessible to a threshold number of said shares and is inaccessible to less than said threshold number of said shares.
A method of manufacturing an absorbent article, the method comprising: bonding waist elastic material (122; 219) to a web of side panel material (116; 216a, 216b), wherein the waist elastic material (122; 219) is stretched prior to bonding the waist elastic material to the web of side panel material ; cutting the web of side panel material having the waist elastic material bonded thereto to form at least two side panels having respective waistband portions; bonding waist elastic material to a chassis to provide a waistband portion in at least one of a front waist region and a back waist region of the chassis ; and attaching the at least two side panels to the chassis such that the waist elastic material (122; 219) providing the waistband portions on the at least two side panels is generally aligned with the waist elastic material providing the waistband portion(s) in the at least one of a front waist region and a back waist region of the chassis. bonding waist elastic material (122; 219) to a web of side panel material (116; 216a, 216b), wherein the waist elastic material (122; 219) is stretched prior to bonding the waist elastic material to the web of side panel material ; cutting the web of side panel material having the waist elastic material bonded thereto to form at least two side panels having respective waistband portions; bonding waist elastic material to a chassis to provide a waistband portion in at least one of a front waist region and a back waist region of the chassis ; and attaching the at least two side panels to the chassis such that the waist elastic material (122; 219) providing the waistband portions on the at least two side panels is generally aligned with the waist elastic material providing the waistband portion(s) in the at least one of a front waist region and a back waist region of the chassis.
A urinary collecting bag comprising a bag part of a flexible sheet material, said bag part configured for being collapsed in a storage configuration and for being unfolded in a use configuration, the bag part defining a cavity for collecting urine, the urinary collecting bag further comprising a first attachment part and a second attachment part , wherein each of the first and second attachment parts comprises cooperating coupling means which couple first and second attachment parts together in the collapsed storage configuration of the bag part, and wherein the first and second attachment parts are disconnected at said coupling means in the unfolded use configuration of the bag part characterised in that at least the first attachment part - and optionally the second attachment part - comprises a fluid conduit between the exterior of the bag part and the cavity for collecting urine.
Actuator for a control valve, where a plug of said actuator can be operated by fluidic actuation and alternatively by an operating mechanical device , wherein said actuator comprises a case having a longitudinal axis, a cylinder , an inner sleeve and an outer sleeve , wherein inside said case there is said cylinder , which, as a result of the fluidic actuation, can axially slide inside said case , wherein said cylinder has at least one support for a pin , wherein each of said pins can act on said inner sleeve by means of corresponding helical flutes formed in the inner sleeve in order to rotate said inner sleeve around the longitudinal axis of said case , while said outer sleeve constrains said pins to an axial translation and wherein the rotation of said inner sleeve acts on the plug of the valve, characterized in that said alternatively operating mechanical device can act by rotating said outer sleeve in such a way that said pins act on said helical flutes of the inner sleeve by rotating said inner sleeve , which acts on the movement of the plug.
A method for producing a polyamide-4 particle, comprising polymerizing 2-pyrrolidone in an aprotic solvent incompatible with 2-pyrrolidone in the presence of a polymerization initiator and a 2-pyrrolidone lithium salt, wherein a volume average particle size of the polyamide-4 particle is 1 μm to 100 μm as determined by the methods disclosed in the description.
A crystal comprising an equimolar amount of 1-{2-[ -1-[ -1-cyclopentyl-3-fluoro-4-(4-methoxyphenyl)pyrrolidine-3-carbonyl]-4-(methoxymethyl)pyrrolidin-3-yl]-5-(trifluoromethyl)phenyl}piperidine-4-carboxylic acid and phosphoric acid, which is a cocrystal of 1-{2-[ -1-[ -1-cyclopentyl-3-fluoro-4-(4-methoxyphenyl)pyrrolidine-3-carbonyl]-4-(methoxymethyl)pyrrolidin-3-yl]-5-(trifluoromethyl)phenyl}piperidine-4-carboxylic acid and phosphoric acid.
Applicator for inserting an implant, in particular a rod-like implant containing an active substance, under the skin of a human or animal, comprising: a housing , a cannula , fixed to a cannula holder , which is slidably received inside the housing , an implant accommodated inside the cannula and/or the cannula holder , a protective cover for the cannula , and a mechanism which, at least after the cover has been removed from the cannula , secures the implant inside the cannula and/or the cannula holder , characterised in that the mechanism disengages the implant during insertion of the cannula or after the cannula has been inserted and wherein the mechanism comprises a lever extending along at least part of the cannula , which lever is rotatable and/or slidable and/or flexible between a first position wherein the implant is secured inside the cannula and/or the cannula holder and a second position wherein the implant is disengaged and wherein the cannula and/or the cannula holder comprise an opening which allows access to the implant , and the lever comprises a protrusion in register with this opening and wherein the lever is biased towards the cannula and/or the cannula holder such that the protrusion urges the implant against the inner wall of the cannula or the cannula holder and comprising a rod mounted on or in the housing and at least partially inside the cannula , and an actuator for sliding the cannula and the rod relative to each other. a housing , a cannula , fixed to a cannula holder , which is slidably received inside the housing , an implant accommodated inside the cannula and/or the cannula holder , a protective cover for the cannula , and a mechanism which, at least after the cover has been removed from the cannula , secures the implant inside the cannula and/or the cannula holder , characterised in that the mechanism disengages the implant during insertion of the cannula or after the cannula has been inserted and wherein the mechanism comprises a lever extending along at least part of the cannula , which lever is rotatable and/or slidable and/or flexible between a first position wherein the implant is secured inside the cannula and/or the cannula holder and a second position wherein the implant is disengaged and wherein the cannula and/or the cannula holder comprise an opening which allows access to the implant , and the lever comprises a protrusion in register with this opening and wherein the lever is biased towards the cannula and/or the cannula holder such that the protrusion urges the implant against the inner wall of the cannula or the cannula holder and comprising a rod mounted on or in the housing and at least partially inside the cannula , and an actuator for sliding the cannula and the rod relative to each other.
A method comprising the steps of: - storing, in a non-volatile memory of a microcontroller , a first information representative of a value (RDP) selected among at least four values (L0, L05, L1, L2), and, for each of a plurality of areas of the memory, a second information representative of a type selected among two types (SW, NSW), a first one (NSW) of the two types (SW, NSW) indicating that the area belongs to a non-secure environment of the microcontroller and a second one (SW) of the two types (SW, NSW) indicating that the area belongs to a secure environment of the microcontroller; and - conditioning the access to each of said areas according to the selected value and to the type of the area, wherein the access to each of said areas is further conditioned by the fact that the access is initiated by a debugger connected to the microcontroller , wherein the access to the areas of the first type (NSW) is authorized and the access to the areas of the second type (SW) is forbidden when the selected value is a first value (L05) and the access is initiated by the debugger connected to the microcontroller , wherein the access to the areas of the first and second types (NSW, SW) is authorized when the selected value is a second value (L0), wherein a change in the selected value from the first value (L05) to the second value (L0) is forbidden or causes the deleting of each of said areas , wherein the access to each of said areas is further conditioned by a detection of an intrusion when the selected value is a third value (L1), and wherein a change in the selected value from the third value (L1) to the first value (L05) causes the deleting of each of the areas of the first type (NSW) only. - storing, in a non-volatile memory of a microcontroller , a first information representative of a value (RDP) selected among at least four values (L0, L05, L1, L2), and, for each of a plurality of areas of the memory, a second information representative of a type selected among two types (SW, NSW), a first one (NSW) of the two types (SW, NSW) indicating that the area belongs to a non-secure environment of the microcontroller and a second one (SW) of the two types (SW, NSW) indicating that the area belongs to a secure environment of the microcontroller; and - conditioning the access to each of said areas according to the selected value and to the type of the area,
Method for producing a composite structure comprising a thin layer which is made of monocrystalline silicon carbide and arranged on a support substrate made of silicon carbide, the method comprising: a) a step of providing a donor substrate made of monocrystalline silicon carbide, the donor substrate comprising a donor layer created by epitaxial growth on an initial substrate , the donor layer having a density of crystalline defects of less than that of the initial substrate , b) a step of implanting ions of light species into the donor layer to form a buried brittle plane which delimits the thin layer between the buried brittle plane and a free face of the donor layer , c) a succession of n steps of forming support layers , with n being greater than or equal to 2; the n support layers being arranged on the donor layer successively one on top of the other, and forming the support substrate ; each formation step comprising chemical vapor deposition, at a temperature between 400°C and 1100°C, to form a support layer made of polycrystalline silicon carbide; the n chemical vapor depositions being carried out at n different temperatures, d) a step of separating along the buried brittle plane to form a composite structure which comprises the thin layer on the support substrate on one side and the remainder of the donor substrate on the other, e) a step of mechanical and/or chemical treatment(s) of the composite structure to smooth the free face of the thin layer and/or to correct the uniformity of thickness of the composite structure . a) a step of providing a donor substrate made of monocrystalline silicon carbide, the donor substrate comprising a donor layer created by epitaxial growth on an initial substrate , the donor layer having a density of crystalline defects of less than that of the initial substrate , b) a step of implanting ions of light species into the donor layer to form a buried brittle plane which delimits the thin layer between the buried brittle plane and a free face of the donor layer , c) a succession of n steps of forming support layers , with n being greater than or equal to 2; the n support layers being arranged on the donor layer successively one on top of the other, and forming the support substrate ; each formation step comprising chemical vapor deposition, at a temperature between 400°C and 1100°C, to form a support layer made of polycrystalline silicon carbide; the n chemical vapor depositions being carried out at n different temperatures, d) a step of separating along the buried brittle plane to form a composite structure which comprises the thin layer on the support substrate on one side and the remainder of the donor substrate on the other, e) a step of mechanical and/or chemical treatment(s) of the composite structure to smooth the free face of the thin layer and/or to correct the uniformity of thickness of the composite structure .
An automated apparatus for moving an end effector over a surface of a wind turbine blade , comprising a chassis , a carriage movably coupled to the chassis, and an end effector adjustably coupled to the carriage for adjusting an orientation of the end effector relative to the carriage, wherein the chassis comprises: a segmented frame comprising a multiplicity of frame links coupled in series to form a chain, each frame link comprising a respective side rail ; a motor mounted to the segmented frame; and a drive rolling element operatively coupled to the motor; characterized in that the chassis further comprises a multiplicity of flexible rail joints which are arranged to connect the side rails of the segmented frame in series to form a track to which the carriage is movably coupled. a segmented frame comprising a multiplicity of frame links coupled in series to form a chain, each frame link comprising a respective side rail ; a motor mounted to the segmented frame; and a drive rolling element operatively coupled to the motor; characterized in that the chassis further comprises a multiplicity of flexible rail joints which are arranged to connect the side rails of the segmented frame in series to form a track to which the carriage is movably coupled.
Absolute position encoder for a measuring instrument or accessory for measuring instrument, comprising a digital scale and a reader movable relative to the digital scale, the digital scale being arranged along a travel direction of the reader , said digital scale comprising at least one absolute position track (30; 30a, 30b) having a sequence of discrete regions (32; 32a, 32b) sharply separated from each other by separating regions (33; 33a, 33b), and wherein the reader comprises a first and a second series of detectors (70a-77a, 70b-77b) configured to sense said discrete regions (32; 32a, 32b) and separating regions (33; 33a, 33b) to detect at least one of a first and a second absolute position code, characterized in that said sequence of discrete regions (32; 32a, 32b) and the first and second series of detectors (70a-77a, 70b-77b) are disposed in such a way that none of the detectors of at least one of said first and second series of detectors is aligned with a transition between a discrete region (32; 32a, 32b) and a separating region (33; 33a, 33b) at each possible position of the reader relative to the digital scale , and in that the position encoder is configured to select the first or second absolute position code which is read by the series of detectors among which no detector is aligned with said transition.
Ultrasonic sensor device for a motor vehicle , having a membrane for emitting and receiving ultrasonic waves, having an excitation element which is designed to provide an electrical reception signal upon receiving the ultrasonic waves and to excite the membrane to emit ultrasonic waves, having a transmitter for emitting electrical pulses to the excitation element , and having a receiver for receiving and conditioning the electrical reception signal, wherein the ultrasonic sensor device has a diagnostic unit which is designed to diagnose the receiver and in the process to check the functionality of the receiver , wherein the diagnostic unit is designed to control the transmitter to output at least two transmission pulses in succession as part of the diagnosis and to evaluate a response signal output by the receiver in response to the transmission pulses , characterized in that the diagnostic unit is designed, when controlling the transmitter to output the transmission pulses , to change a gain factor (F1, F2, F3) of an amplifier of the receiver with each transmission pulse and to check the level of the response signal which is output by the receiver in response to the respective transmission pulse .
A motor vehicle headlamp having an assembly comprising a first semiconductor light source , a second semiconductor light source , a first concave mirror reflector , a second concave mirror reflector , a third semiconductor light source and a third concave mirror reflector , wherein each semiconductor light source is composed of at least two separate semiconductor chips (16.1, 16.2, 36.i, 38.j, 24.1, 24.2), characterised in that the second semiconductor light source is composed of a first group of semiconductor chips and a second group of of semiconductor chips, and having a control circuit configured for operating, when the headlamp is switched on, either the first semiconductor light source without the third semiconductor light source, or the third semiconductor light source without the first semiconductor light source, and to operate exclusively the first group of semiconductor chips of the second semiconductor light source together with the first semiconductor light source, and to operate at least the second group of semiconductor chips of the second semiconductor light source together with the third semiconductor light source.
Base part (T) for producing a cartridge case, said base part having a case base for receiving a primer cap, wherein a circumferential extractor recess is provided on the outer circumference of the base part (T), characterized in that the extractor recess has a polygon geometry (P1, P2, P3) which is formed from a closed traverse in cross section.
A method comprising: determining one or more characteristics associated with active unit cells of a focal plane array, FPA , of an imaging system, wherein each of the active unit cells comprises a detector , wherein the detectors of the active unit cells are selectively shielded from an incident scene by a structure, and wherein the one or more characteristics comprise a power spectral density, PSD, associated with the active unit cells; determining a state of the structure based on the PSD associated with the active unit cells and a PSD associated with reference unit cells of the FPA, wherein each of the reference unit cells comprises a reference detector shielded from the incident scene; determining a state of the FPA based on the PSD associated with the active unit cells and the PSD associated with the reference unit cells; and transmitting an indication of the state of the imaging system to a system to selectively cause adjustment of the imaging system by the system, wherein the indication is based on the state of the structure and the state of the FPA. determining one or more characteristics associated with active unit cells of a focal plane array, FPA , of an imaging system, wherein each of the active unit cells comprises a detector , wherein the detectors of the active unit cells are selectively shielded from an incident scene by a structure, and wherein the one or more characteristics comprise a power spectral density, PSD, associated with the active unit cells; determining a state of the structure based on the PSD associated with the active unit cells and a PSD associated with reference unit cells of the FPA, wherein each of the reference unit cells comprises a reference detector shielded from the incident scene; determining a state of the FPA based on the PSD associated with the active unit cells and the PSD associated with the reference unit cells; and transmitting an indication of the state of the imaging system to a system to selectively cause adjustment of the imaging system by the system, wherein the indication is based on the state of the structure and the state of the FPA.
A fuel cell system comprising: a pretreatment device removing an impurity included in a fuel gas and increasing purity of methane; a reformer converting the fuel gas emitted from the pretreatment device into a reformed gas; and a fuel cell stack generating electricity by using the reformed gas, wherein the pretreatment device includes an upgrading unit separating a byproduct gas including carbon dioxide from the fuel gas and a carbon dioxide removing unit removing carbon dioxide included in the byproduct gas, characterized in that the upgrading unit includes a compressor absorbing and compressing the fuel gas with the impurity removed, and a multistage separation membrane separating methane and carbon dioxide from the compressed fuel gas, and that the multistage separation membrane includes at least two separation membranes disposed in series. a pretreatment device removing an impurity included in a fuel gas and increasing purity of methane; a reformer converting the fuel gas emitted from the pretreatment device into a reformed gas; and a fuel cell stack generating electricity by using the reformed gas, wherein the pretreatment device includes an upgrading unit separating a byproduct gas including carbon dioxide from the fuel gas and a carbon dioxide removing unit removing carbon dioxide included in the byproduct gas, characterized in that the upgrading unit includes a compressor absorbing and compressing the fuel gas with the impurity removed, and a multistage separation membrane separating methane and carbon dioxide from the compressed fuel gas, and that the multistage separation membrane includes at least two separation membranes disposed in series.