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A system for generating a motion target volume representative of changes in a shape of a target region within a body of a patient, the system comprising: at least one computer system configured to: receive a plurality of electronic medical images that include the target region within the body of the patient, wherein each of the plurality of images was taken at a different time point; define a three-dimensional volume containing the target region in each of the plurality of images, wherein the three-dimensional volume is different in at least two of the plurality of images because of differences in shape of the target region in the at least two of the plurality of images; co-register the three-dimensional volumes; and generate the motion target volume, wherein the motion target volume encompasses each of the three-dimensional volumes; characterised in that the three-dimensional volume is a gross tumor volume; and wherein co-registering the three-dimensional volumes comprises determining a mathematical transformation that aligns multiple images using centers of the three-dimensional volumes. at least one computer system configured to: receive a plurality of electronic medical images that include the target region within the body of the patient, wherein each of the plurality of images was taken at a different time point; define a three-dimensional volume containing the target region in each of the plurality of images, wherein the three-dimensional volume is different in at least two of the plurality of images because of differences in shape of the target region in the at least two of the plurality of images; co-register the three-dimensional volumes; and generate the motion target volume, wherein the motion target volume encompasses each of the three-dimensional volumes; characterised in that the three-dimensional volume is a gross tumor volume; and receive a plurality of electronic medical images that include the target region within the body of the patient, wherein each of the plurality of images was taken at a different time point; define a three-dimensional volume containing the target region in each of the plurality of images, wherein the three-dimensional volume is different in at least two of the plurality of images because of differences in shape of the target region in the at least two of the plurality of images; co-register the three-dimensional volumes; and generate the motion target volume, wherein the motion target volume encompasses each of the three-dimensional volumes; characterised in that the three-dimensional volume is a gross tumor volume; and wherein co-registering the three-dimensional volumes comprises determining a mathematical transformation that aligns multiple images using centers of the three-dimensional volumes.
Display apparatus suitable for displaying an image to be viewed in 3D by a viewer, the display apparatus being a head-mounted display apparatus and comprising: a first display region for a viewer's left eye; a second display region for a viewer's right eye; a controller configured to control operation of the display regions; and a 3D engine configured to generate 3D image data suitable for viewing in 3D; wherein, for display of image content to be viewed in 3D, the controller is configured to cause the first display region to display a left side image of the image content and to cause the second display region to display a right side image of the image content ; and wherein the controller is configured such that when an on-screen display image is to be displayed, image content and the on-screen display image are caused to be displayed by only one of the display regions and the 3D engine continues to operate such that the 3D engine continues to generate the 3D image data when the on-screen display image is displayed by the display apparatus . a first display region for a viewer's left eye; a second display region for a viewer's right eye; a controller configured to control operation of the display regions; and a 3D engine configured to generate 3D image data suitable for viewing in 3D; wherein, for display of image content to be viewed in 3D, the controller is configured to cause the first display region to display a left side image of the image content and to cause the second display region to display a right side image of the image content ; and wherein the controller is configured such that when an on-screen display image is to be displayed, image content and the on-screen display image are caused to be displayed by only one of the display regions and the 3D engine continues to operate such that the 3D engine continues to generate the 3D image data when the on-screen display image is displayed by the display apparatus .
A device for providing an elongated element in a seabed, the device comprising: a main body having: trench forming means for forming a trench in a seabed, and a receiving section for receiving an elongated element, wherein said main body is adapted to guide said elongated element, from said receiving section, into a trench formed by said trench forming means ; supporting means defining a contact surface for supporting said main body with respect to said seabed, wherein the receiving section is configured to receive the elongated element from a side substantially opposite to the contact surface along a loading path; and a drawbar connected to said main body ; wherein said drawbar is movable from a loading position to a towing position, wherein in the towing position said device is towable in a trenching direction via a towing line connected to said drawbar , wherein in the loading position the drawbar is spaced apart from the loading path to allow the elongated element to be loaded into the receiving section along the loading path. a main body having: trench forming means for forming a trench in a seabed, and a receiving section for receiving an elongated element, wherein said main body is adapted to guide said elongated element, from said receiving section, into a trench formed by said trench forming means ; trench forming means for forming a trench in a seabed, and a receiving section for receiving an elongated element, wherein said main body is adapted to guide said elongated element, from said receiving section, into a trench formed by said trench forming means ; supporting means defining a contact surface for supporting said main body with respect to said seabed, wherein the receiving section is configured to receive the elongated element from a side substantially opposite to the contact surface along a loading path; and a drawbar connected to said main body ; wherein said drawbar is movable from a loading position to a towing position, wherein in the towing position said device is towable in a trenching direction via a towing line connected to said drawbar , wherein in the loading position the drawbar is spaced apart from the loading path to allow the elongated element to be loaded into the receiving section along the loading path.
A method for degrading a superabsorbent polymer (SAP) to poly(acrylic acid) (PAA) comprising placing a feed into a reactor, irradiating said feed with microwave (MW) at a temperature, and producing a product comprising said PAA at a carbon yield; wherein said feed comprises said SAP at a concentration greater than 3 wt% and hydrogen peroxide (H 2 O 2 ) at a concentration greater than 0.5 wt% of said SAP concentration; wherein said feed has a residence time in said reactor between 2 min and 9 min; wherein said temperature is 200°C; wherein said carbon yield is greater than 90%; and wherein said MW used to convert SAP to PAA requires a MW total energy of less than 50 MJ/kg SAP.
A personal protection system , said system including: a headband adapted to be worn around the head of an individual; and an assembly mounted to the headband for holding a face shield in front of the face of the individual characterized in that : a cooling strip is mounted to the headband , said cooling strip including: at least one thermoelectric cooling module with a heat absorbing surface and a heat discharging surface ; a flexible draw strip formed from thermally conductive material that is attached to and extends outwardly from the heat absorbing surface of the at least one thermoelectric cooling module ; wherein the cooling strip is mounted to the headband so that the flexible draw strip has an exposed surface directed toward the head of the individual; and a biasing assembly that is disposed against said flexible draw strip for urging the exposed surface of said flexible draw strip against the head of the individual. a headband adapted to be worn around the head of an individual; and an assembly mounted to the headband for holding a face shield in front of the face of the individual characterized in that : a cooling strip is mounted to the headband , said cooling strip including: at least one thermoelectric cooling module with a heat absorbing surface and a heat discharging surface ; a flexible draw strip formed from thermally conductive material that is attached to and extends outwardly from the heat absorbing surface of the at least one thermoelectric cooling module ; wherein the cooling strip is mounted to the headband so that the flexible draw strip has an exposed surface directed toward the head of the individual; and a biasing assembly that is disposed against said flexible draw strip for urging the exposed surface of said flexible draw strip against the head of the individual. at least one thermoelectric cooling module with a heat absorbing surface and a heat discharging surface ; a flexible draw strip formed from thermally conductive material that is attached to and extends outwardly from the heat absorbing surface of the at least one thermoelectric cooling module ; wherein the cooling strip is mounted to the headband so that the flexible draw strip has an exposed surface directed toward the head of the individual; and a biasing assembly that is disposed against said flexible draw strip for urging the exposed surface of said flexible draw strip against the head of the individual.
A system for a marine vessel operating in a body of water , the system comprising: a trimmable marine device coupled to and movable with respect to the marine vessel ; an actuator configured to raise and lower the marine device relative to a surface of the body of water; a control module in signal communication with the actuator ; a global positioning system (GPS) receiver that determines at least one of a current global position and a predicted global position of the vessel ; a processor that accesses a memory storing bathymetry data relating geographical position to water depth and retrieves a water depth (D W ) from the bathymetry data corresponding to the at least one of the current global position and the predicted global position; and a sensor associated with the actuator that provides information related to a current trim or jack position of the marine device to the control module ; wherein the control module compares the water depth (D W ) to a depth (D D ) of the marine device based on the current trim or jack position of the marine device ; and wherein the actuator raises the marine device in response to a determination by the control module that the water depth (D W ) is not enough to accommodate the depth (D D ) of the marine device at the current trim or jack position without potential collision between the marine device and a bottom of the body of water . a trimmable marine device coupled to and movable with respect to the marine vessel ; an actuator configured to raise and lower the marine device relative to a surface of the body of water; a control module in signal communication with the actuator ; a global positioning system (GPS) receiver that determines at least one of a current global position and a predicted global position of the vessel ; a processor that accesses a memory storing bathymetry data relating geographical position to water depth and retrieves a water depth (D W ) from the bathymetry data corresponding to the at least one of the current global position and the predicted global position; and a sensor associated with the actuator that provides information related to a current trim or jack position of the marine device to the control module ; wherein the control module compares the water depth (D W ) to a depth (D D ) of the marine device based on the current trim or jack position of the marine device ; and wherein the actuator raises the marine device in response to a determination by the control module that the water depth (D W ) is not enough to accommodate the depth (D D ) of the marine device at the current trim or jack position without potential collision between the marine device and a bottom of the body of water .
Method for updating at least one message exchanged in an instant messaging conversation between a terminal and a conversational agent, the method being such that it is implemented by the terminal and that the at least one message comprises a user interaction element intended to be rendered by the terminal, the interaction element being associated with a validity indicator determined according to a service logic of the conversational agent, and such that it comprises the following steps: - detection of an event relating to the obsolescence of at least one of the messages of the conversation, - selection , according to a characteristic of the detected event, of at least one message of the conversation comprising an interaction element associated with a validity indicator, - modification of the value of the validity indicator in the at least one selected message via a value revealing the obsolescence of the associated interaction element, and - modification of the interaction element of the at least one selected message according to the value of the associated validity indicator via deactivation, deletion, masking, or replacement of the action associated with the interaction element or via addition of an item of information indicating that the interaction element is obsolete. - detection of an event relating to the obsolescence of at least one of the messages of the conversation, - selection , according to a characteristic of the detected event, of at least one message of the conversation comprising an interaction element associated with a validity indicator, - modification of the value of the validity indicator in the at least one selected message via a value revealing the obsolescence of the associated interaction element, and - modification of the interaction element of the at least one selected message according to the value of the associated validity indicator via deactivation, deletion, masking, or replacement of the action associated with the interaction element or via addition of an item of information indicating that the interaction element is obsolete.
A method of wireless communication, comprising: communicating , by a first wireless communication device with a second wireless communication device, scheduling information during a first time period of a first transmission opportunity, TXOP, of a first network operating entity in a shared communication medium, the scheduling information indicating an offset time period relative to the first time period; and communicating , by the first wireless communication device with the second wireless communication device, a communication signal including an acknowledgement, ACK, signal or a negative acknowledgement, NACK, signal during a second time period within a second TXOP of a second network operating entity different from the first network operating entity subsequent to the first TXOP based on the offset time period, wherein the second time period is reserved by the second network operating entity for the first network operating entity to communicate the ACK signal or the NACK signal. communicating , by a first wireless communication device with a second wireless communication device, scheduling information during a first time period of a first transmission opportunity, TXOP, of a first network operating entity in a shared communication medium, the scheduling information indicating an offset time period relative to the first time period; and communicating , by the first wireless communication device with the second wireless communication device, a communication signal including an acknowledgement, ACK, signal or a negative acknowledgement, NACK, signal during a second time period within a second TXOP of a second network operating entity different from the first network operating entity subsequent to the first TXOP based on the offset time period, wherein the second time period is reserved by the second network operating entity for the first network operating entity to communicate the ACK signal or the NACK signal.
A method for reliably determining a state variable (G) of a polyphase synchronous machine that is supplied with electric current by a polyphase power network with n phases (U,...,N), where n≥3, wherein current values of at least n-1 phase currents (I u ,...,I n-1 ) from at least n-1 phases (U,... ,N-1) of the polyphase power network are detected and the state variable (G) is determined by means of the at least n-1 instantaneous current values (I u ,...,I n-1 ), wherein current values of all n phase currents (I u ,...,I n ) from the n-phase polyphase power network are detected and the n phase currents (I u ,...,I n ) are correlated with one another and the result of the correlation of all n phase currents (I u ,...,I n ) is used for a plausibility check of the n-1 phase currents (I u ,...,I n-1 ) used for determining the state variable (G), wherein a current space vector is determined with the at least n-1 phase currents (I u ,...,I n-1 ), characterized in that without the use of the rotation angle (φ) it is assumed that the current space vector corresponds to a maximum torque-generating current component (i q,max ) and in that the state variable (G) of the polyphase synchronous machine is determined with the maximum torque-generating current component (i q,max ).
A method for dynamic addressing of n slave units of a master-slave systems including a master unit and a number of n slave units , wherein the slave units are connected to the master unit via a bus system and can receive at least one broadcast command (B) from the master unit via the bus line of the bus system , wherein the master-slave system is configured such that the master unit can send respective broadcast commands (B) to the slave units , on the one hand, for activation, and on the other hand, for performing the dynamic addressing process of slave addresses (A 1 ,..., A i ,..., A n ), and wherein the slave units each comprise an address input and an address output and are serially connected via an address line separate from the bus line , comprising the following steps: a. Activation of the dynamic addressing process is performed using a broadcast command (B) to all slave units ; b. An identical start address (SA) is assigned to all slave units via a bus line ; c. Performing the addressing process by increasing the input-side address value of the respective slave address (A i ) of the ith slave unit by the value "1" as soon as it receives a signal at the address input from the adjacent (i-1)th slave unit and adjusts its current address value in that the address value at the address input is increased by the value "1", respectively; d. After increasing the slave address (A i ) of the ith slave unit , a signal at the address output is conducted to the address input of the adjacent (i+1)th slave unit , and the dynamic addressing process is repeated until the last address change was performed at the nth slave unit , wherein the slave unit at the nth position changes its address value including its start addressing n times. a. Activation of the dynamic addressing process is performed using a broadcast command (B) to all slave units ; b. An identical start address (SA) is assigned to all slave units via a bus line ; c. Performing the addressing process by increasing the input-side address value of the respective slave address (A i ) of the ith slave unit by the value "1" as soon as it receives a signal at the address input from the adjacent (i-1)th slave unit and adjusts its current address value in that the address value at the address input is increased by the value "1", respectively; d. After increasing the slave address (A i ) of the ith slave unit , a signal at the address output is conducted to the address input of the adjacent (i+1)th slave unit , and the dynamic addressing process is repeated until the last address change was performed at the nth slave unit , wherein the slave unit at the nth position changes its address value including its start addressing n times.
Motor vehicle latch, in particular motor vehicle door latch, comprising a locking mechanism consisting substantially of a catch and a pawl , also comprising an operating lever chain for acting upon the locking mechanism , and comprising a safety unit , which disactivates the operating lever chain in its "on" position and activates the operating lever chain in its "off" position, the safety unit having a mechanically operated and/or motor-operated control member , and a spring unit that interacts directly or indirectly with the control member being provided for assuming the two positions, characterized in that the spring unit , together with a cam , defines the two positions, a relative movement between the cam and the spring unit or between the cam including the spring unit and a contour , comparable with an unstable balance, causing the change between the two positions, the spring unit being designed as a spring bar connected on one side and being connected on one side to the control member designed as an operating nut, the operating nut or the control member being a plastics injection molded part on which both the spring unit as a spring bar and the cam are formed, the spring unit being stationary and the cam being designed to be movable with respect thereto. the spring unit , together with a cam , defines the two positions, a relative movement between the cam and the spring unit or between the cam including the spring unit and a contour , comparable with an unstable balance, causing the change between the two positions, the spring unit being designed as a spring bar connected on one side and being connected on one side to the control member designed as an operating nut, the operating nut or the control member being a plastics injection molded part on which both the spring unit as a spring bar and the cam are formed, the spring unit being stationary and the cam being designed to be movable with respect thereto.
A monocrystalline silicon production apparatus configured to implement a floating zone process, the monocrystalline silicon production apparatus comprising: an induction heating coil configured to heat a silicon material (SL) to form a melt zone (M) and solidify the melt zone (M) to grow a monocrystalline silicon (SM), the induction heating coil having a substantial ring shape, a bottom surface of the induction heating coil having an outer edge located lower than an inner edge; a doping gas blower configured to blow a doping gas to the melt zone (M); and a cooling gas blower configured to blow a cooling gas to an outer periphery (M1) of the melt zone (M) located below a position receiving the doping gas. an induction heating coil configured to heat a silicon material (SL) to form a melt zone (M) and solidify the melt zone (M) to grow a monocrystalline silicon (SM), the induction heating coil having a substantial ring shape, a bottom surface of the induction heating coil having an outer edge located lower than an inner edge; a doping gas blower configured to blow a doping gas to the melt zone (M); and a cooling gas blower configured to blow a cooling gas to an outer periphery (M1) of the melt zone (M) located below a position receiving the doping gas.