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A prosthetic valve for implanting at a native heart valve region of the heart, the heart valve having a native annulus and native valve leaflets extending downward from the annulus into a ventricle, the prosthetic valve comprising: a main body comprising a lumen and configured for placement within the native annulus, the main body being radially compressible to a radially compressed state for delivery into the heart and self-expandable from the compressed state to a radially expanded state; and a valve structure coupled to the inner surface of the main body , the valve structure comprising a plurality of valve leaflets that form a one-way valve in the lumen; at least two ventricular anchors extending from a ventricular end of the main body and disposed outside of the main body for securing the prosthetic valve to the native valve leaflets, wherein the ventricular anchors are configured to capture the heart valve leaflets between the ventricular anchors and an outer surface of the main body ; characterised in that each ventricular anchor is finger-like and extends from at least one attachment point on the ventricular end of the main body and wherein each ventricular anchor is pre-formed to extend along the outer surface of the main body in the functional deployed state, and wherein each ventricular anchor is configured to be partially or completely straightened in a ventricular direction and retained in a sheath of a delivery device and to spring back to the pre-formed shape for capturing the native leaflets when advanced from the sheath. a main body comprising a lumen and configured for placement within the native annulus, the main body being radially compressible to a radially compressed state for delivery into the heart and self-expandable from the compressed state to a radially expanded state; and a valve structure coupled to the inner surface of the main body , the valve structure comprising a plurality of valve leaflets that form a one-way valve in the lumen; at least two ventricular anchors extending from a ventricular end of the main body and disposed outside of the main body for securing the prosthetic valve to the native valve leaflets, wherein the ventricular anchors are configured to capture the heart valve leaflets between the ventricular anchors and an outer surface of the main body ; characterised in that each ventricular anchor is finger-like and extends from at least one attachment point on the ventricular end of the main body and wherein each ventricular anchor is pre-formed to extend along the outer surface of the main body in the functional deployed state, and wherein each ventricular anchor is configured to be partially or completely straightened in a ventricular direction and retained in a sheath of a delivery device and to spring back to the pre-formed shape for capturing the native leaflets when advanced from the sheath.
A runner for a hydraulic turbine or pump, comprising a plurality of blades , each blade being defined by a pressure surface , an oppositely facing suction surface , a leading edge and a spaced apart trailing edge , at least one of the blades having means for supplying a flow of oxygen containing gas to the trailing edge of the same blade whereas the means comprise a gas inlet aperture , a gas passage and one or more openings in the trailing edge surface to admit gas out of the gas passage to the passing fluid during operation of the runner, characterized in that the profile of the suctions side surface of the blade along a cross section through a point P1 and a point P2 is concave, whereas point P1 is located on the suction side surface of the trailing edge where an opening is located and point P2 is spaced apart from point P1 by less than 3% of the runner outlet diameter D and point P2 is located upstream of point P1 on a line perpendicular to the trailing edge starting at point P1.
A method for autonomous controlling movements of container handling vehicles operating in a storage and retrieval system comprising a grid structure with storage columns and a corresponding rail system above the storage columns for guiding movements of the vehicles adapted for transferring storage containers to and from the storage columns , where each vehicle comprises a vehicle controller connected to driving means and sensors for controlling movements of the vehicle along the rail system relative to movements of other vehicles , where the method comprises performing the following steps in the vehicle controller of each vehicle : a) using a map defining rail layout and traffic rules for all the container handling vehicles operating on the storage and retrieval system , wherein the rail layout is according to two-dimensional coordinates corresponding to grid cells defined by the circumference of the horizontal extent of storage columns of the storage and retrieval system , and the traffic rules define where and when vehicles can move on the rail system , b) synchronizing the vehicle controller to a clock common for all vehicles ; c) receiving an instruction from a master controller instructing the vehicle to move to a specified destination on the rail system relative to the map; d) letting the vehicle controller determine a route to follow on the rail system from a current position of the vehicle to the specified destination based on the map, the traffic rules, distance to other vehicles and movements of the other vehicles ; e) controlling the movements of the vehicle along the rails system from its current position to the specified destination according to the determined route, and f) repeating steps d) and e) until the vehicle has reached the specified destination. a) using a map defining rail layout and traffic rules for all the container handling vehicles operating on the storage and retrieval system , wherein the rail layout is according to two-dimensional coordinates corresponding to grid cells defined by the circumference of the horizontal extent of storage columns of the storage and retrieval system , and the traffic rules define where and when vehicles can move on the rail system , b) synchronizing the vehicle controller to a clock common for all vehicles ; c) receiving an instruction from a master controller instructing the vehicle to move to a specified destination on the rail system relative to the map; d) letting the vehicle controller determine a route to follow on the rail system from a current position of the vehicle to the specified destination based on the map, the traffic rules, distance to other vehicles and movements of the other vehicles ; e) controlling the movements of the vehicle along the rails system from its current position to the specified destination according to the determined route, and f) repeating steps d) and e) until the vehicle has reached the specified destination.
A method of decoding video information by a decoding apparatus, comprising: receiving video information including a skip flag, prediction mode information, partition information and a merge flag; checking whether a skip mode is applied for a current coding unit based on the skip flag; checking, when the skip mode is not applied for the current coding unit, whether an inter prediction is applied for the current coding unit based on the prediction mode information and deriving a partition mode which corresponds to a prediction unit from the current coding unit based on a partition type obtained from the partition information; checking whether a merge mode is applied for the prediction unit based on the merge flag when the skip mode is not applied for the current coding unit and the inter prediction is applied for the current coding unit; and performing prediction on the prediction unit based on the result of checking whether merge mode is applied for the prediction unit, wherein the partition information indicates one of partition types comprising 2Nx2N partition type, 2NxN partition type and Nx2N partition type based on one of binary codes, wherein the partition information is checked by the decoding apparatus before checking of the merge flag by the decoding apparatus, and in that the binary codes comprise a binary code for the 2Nx2N partition type indicating '1', a binary code for the 2NxN partition type indicating '01', and a binary code for the Nx2N partition type indicating '001'. receiving video information including a skip flag, prediction mode information, partition information and a merge flag; checking whether a skip mode is applied for a current coding unit based on the skip flag; checking, when the skip mode is not applied for the current coding unit, whether an inter prediction is applied for the current coding unit based on the prediction mode information and deriving a partition mode which corresponds to a prediction unit from the current coding unit based on a partition type obtained from the partition information; checking whether a merge mode is applied for the prediction unit based on the merge flag when the skip mode is not applied for the current coding unit and the inter prediction is applied for the current coding unit; and performing prediction on the prediction unit based on the result of checking whether merge mode is applied for the prediction unit, wherein the partition information indicates one of partition types comprising 2Nx2N partition type, 2NxN partition type and Nx2N partition type based on one of binary codes, wherein the partition information is checked by the decoding apparatus before checking of the merge flag by the decoding apparatus, and in that the binary codes comprise a binary code for the 2Nx2N partition type indicating '1', a binary code for the 2NxN partition type indicating '01', and a binary code for the Nx2N partition type indicating '001'.
A method of producing malathion, the method comprising reacting O,O-dimethyldithiophosphoric acid (O,O-DMDTPA) with diethyl maleate in the presence of an acid.
An optical modulator for the time modulation of electromagnetic waves , in particular of the intensity or of the polarization of electromagnetic waves, comprising: a carrier component ; a waveguide layer applied to the carrier component ; a diffraction structure which is arranged at a surface of the waveguide layer and which forms a resonant grating waveguide structure together therewith, wherein the diffraction structure comprises an arrangement of structural elements which extend from the surface of the waveguide layer , and wherein the thickness, the cross-sectional shape and/or the refractive index of the structural elements changes/change along a normal direction (N) extending at a right angle to the surface ; and a modulation means which is connectable to an electronic control device , characterized in that the modulation means is configured to generate a solid state wave at the carrier component and/or at the waveguide layer in dependence on a control signal, in particular a periodic control signal, to displace the structural elements with respect to one another and to change the resonance wavelength of the grating waveguide structure in such a manner, with the modulation means being configured to displace the structural elements with respect to one another with regard to the normal direction (N). a carrier component ; a waveguide layer applied to the carrier component ; a diffraction structure which is arranged at a surface of the waveguide layer and which forms a resonant grating waveguide structure together therewith, wherein the diffraction structure comprises an arrangement of structural elements which extend from the surface of the waveguide layer , and wherein the thickness, the cross-sectional shape and/or the refractive index of the structural elements changes/change along a normal direction (N) extending at a right angle to the surface ; and a modulation means which is connectable to an electronic control device , characterized in that the modulation means is configured to generate a solid state wave at the carrier component and/or at the waveguide layer in dependence on a control signal, in particular a periodic control signal, to displace the structural elements with respect to one another and to change the resonance wavelength of the grating waveguide structure in such a manner, with the modulation means being configured to displace the structural elements with respect to one another with regard to the normal direction (N).
A method for installing guide rails into an elevator shaft, said method comprising installing manually a lowermost first section of guide rail elements to respective walls of the shaft , arranging a first hoist (H1) for moving a transport apparatus upwards and downwards in the shaft , the transport apparatus comprising a hook device connected to the first hoist (H1) and a lever device connected to the hook device , the lever device being movably supported with rollers or gliding shoes on the guide rail , arranging a second hoist (H2) for moving a transport platform upwards and downwards in the shaft , connecting a guide rail element to the transport apparatus so that an upper end of the guide rail element is connected to the hook device and a lower end of the guide rail element is connected to the lever device , moving the transport apparatus and thereby also the guide rail element upwards with the first hoist (H1), the lever device moving on the row of already installed guide rail elements , connecting the guide rail element to an upper end of the row of already installed guide rail elements and attaching the guide rail element to a wall of the shaft from the transport platform , moving the transport apparatus downwards with the first hoist (H1) in order to fetch a new guide rail element , the lever device moving on the row of already installed guide rail elements . installing manually a lowermost first section of guide rail elements to respective walls of the shaft , arranging a first hoist (H1) for moving a transport apparatus upwards and downwards in the shaft , the transport apparatus comprising a hook device connected to the first hoist (H1) and a lever device connected to the hook device , the lever device being movably supported with rollers or gliding shoes on the guide rail , arranging a second hoist (H2) for moving a transport platform upwards and downwards in the shaft , connecting a guide rail element to the transport apparatus so that an upper end of the guide rail element is connected to the hook device and a lower end of the guide rail element is connected to the lever device , moving the transport apparatus and thereby also the guide rail element upwards with the first hoist (H1), the lever device moving on the row of already installed guide rail elements , connecting the guide rail element to an upper end of the row of already installed guide rail elements and attaching the guide rail element to a wall of the shaft from the transport platform , moving the transport apparatus downwards with the first hoist (H1) in order to fetch a new guide rail element , the lever device moving on the row of already installed guide rail elements .
A device to shape a light beam to have an intensity distribution having a substantially zero intensity along its beam axis comprising a first plate of transparent material of a first composition and a first thickness through which a first portion of said beam passes, a second plate of transparent material of a second composition and second thickness through which a second portion of said beam passes, so that for at least two wavelengths, the transmitted portion of said beams have the same relative phase shift, wherein said relative phase shift is substantially a half a wavelength, a third plate of transparent material of a third composition and third thickness, through which a third portion of said beams passes, so that for at least two wavelengths, the transmitted portions of said beam has a phase shift of one quarter wavelength relative to the beam transmitted through said first plate and/or said second plate, and a fourth plate of transparent material of a fourth composition and fourth thickness , through which a fourth portion of said beams passes, so that for at least two wavelengths, the transmitted portions of said beam have a phase shift of half a wavelength relative to the beam transmitted through the third plate, wherein said first, second, third and fourth plates are arrayed around the beam axis, and wherein said first, second, third and fourth plates are made either as a single layer of one of two different transparent materials or as a two layer sandwich, each layer of which consists of one of these same two different transparent materials.
A composition comprising a pesticide and a hydroxyalkyl polyoxylene glycol ether of the general formula (I) where R 1 is a saturated or unsaturated, linear or branched alkyl having 6 to 18 carbon atoms; R 2 is ethylene, propylene, butylene or a mixture thereof; R 3 is a saturated or unsaturated, linear or branched alkyl having 6 to 18 carbon atoms; and n has a value of from 1 to 100. R 1 is a saturated or unsaturated, linear or branched alkyl having 6 to 18 carbon atoms; R 2 is ethylene, propylene, butylene or a mixture thereof; R 3 is a saturated or unsaturated, linear or branched alkyl having 6 to 18 carbon atoms; and n has a value of from 1 to 100.
A cleaning tool for cleaning an optical connector (91; 96) and, optionally, an optical plug or an optical adapter , the cleaning tool comprising: a tool body ; and an extension part that extends from the tool body , the extension part including a head that presses a cleaning element onto a cleaning target on a pressing surface , wherein the extension part includes an inner guide part through which the head is inserted, and an outer guide part through which the inner guide part is inserted, the outer guide part comprises an outer peripheral portion and an outer guide end surface , the outer peripheral portion having a peripheral surface adapted to guide the head along an inner wall surface of a receptacle housing of a first optical connector to be cleaned with respect to a ferrule endface of a first optical connector , and the cleaning tool being adapted to fit the inner guide part inside a second optical connector to be cleaned when the outer guide part retracts and the outer guide end surface abuts a housing of a second optical connector . a tool body ; and an extension part that extends from the tool body , the extension part including a head that presses a cleaning element onto a cleaning target on a pressing surface , wherein the extension part includes an inner guide part through which the head is inserted, and an outer guide part through which the inner guide part is inserted, the outer guide part comprises an outer peripheral portion and an outer guide end surface , the outer peripheral portion having a peripheral surface adapted to guide the head along an inner wall surface of a receptacle housing of a first optical connector to be cleaned with respect to a ferrule endface of a first optical connector , and the cleaning tool being adapted to fit the inner guide part inside a second optical connector to be cleaned when the outer guide part retracts and the outer guide end surface abuts a housing of a second optical connector .
A method for decoding a block of data transmitted over a communication channel, comprising: receiving a block of data transmitted over a communication channel; determining a size of the block of data; selecting based on the size of the block at least one of a value of M for a QR decomposition with M-algorithm, QRD-M, method and a number of the iterations for a likelihood ascent, LAS, method, wherein M is a number of surviving paths in each stage of the QRD-M method; determining an initial estimate of bits in the block using the QRD-M method, wherein the QRD-M method decodes the bits in the block sequentially by reducing an accumulated distance between the initial estimate and the bits of the block; and determining the block using the LAS method, wherein the LAS method iteratively updates the bits of the block starting from the initial estimate, wherein steps of the method are performed by a processor of a receiver . receiving a block of data transmitted over a communication channel; determining a size of the block of data; selecting based on the size of the block at least one of a value of M for a QR decomposition with M-algorithm, QRD-M, method and a number of the iterations for a likelihood ascent, LAS, method, wherein M is a number of surviving paths in each stage of the QRD-M method; determining an initial estimate of bits in the block using the QRD-M method, wherein the QRD-M method decodes the bits in the block sequentially by reducing an accumulated distance between the initial estimate and the bits of the block; and determining the block using the LAS method, wherein the LAS method iteratively updates the bits of the block starting from the initial estimate, wherein steps of the method are performed by a processor of a receiver .
A yarn winder configured to form a wound package (Pw) by unwinding a yarn (Y) from a yarn supply package (Ps) which is rotating and by winding the yarn onto a winding bobbin (Bw) which is provided at least on one side of the yarn supply package (Ps) in an axial direction of the yarn supply package (Ps), the yarn winder comprising a direction changing unit which is provided outside the yarn supply package (Ps) in a radial direction of the yarn supply package (Ps) and which is configured to guide the yarn to one side in a guide direction having a component in the axial direction, the direction changing unit being configured to be movable in a moving direction, the moving direction and the guide direction forming an angle (θ2) which is 45 degrees or less, and a predetermined power being applied to the direction changing unit at least toward the other side in the guide direction, characterized in that the direction changing unit is configured to be freely movable in the moving direction and in that the yarn winder further comprises: an unwinding driving unit configured to rotationally drive the yarn supply package (Ps); a winding driving unit configured to rotationally drive the wound package (Pw); a position detection unit configured to detect a position of the direction changing unit in the moving direction; and a controller configured to control at least one of the unwinding driving unit and the winding driving unit based on a detection result provided by the position detection unit . the direction changing unit being configured to be movable in a moving direction, the moving direction and the guide direction forming an angle (θ2) which is 45 degrees or less, and a predetermined power being applied to the direction changing unit at least toward the other side in the guide direction, characterized in that the direction changing unit is configured to be freely movable in the moving direction and in that the yarn winder further comprises: an unwinding driving unit configured to rotationally drive the yarn supply package (Ps); a winding driving unit configured to rotationally drive the wound package (Pw); a position detection unit configured to detect a position of the direction changing unit in the moving direction; and a controller configured to control at least one of the unwinding driving unit and the winding driving unit based on a detection result provided by the position detection unit . an unwinding driving unit configured to rotationally drive the yarn supply package (Ps); a winding driving unit configured to rotationally drive the wound package (Pw); a position detection unit configured to detect a position of the direction changing unit in the moving direction; and a controller configured to control at least one of the unwinding driving unit and the winding driving unit based on a detection result provided by the position detection unit .