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A device configured for remotely determining a vital sign of a person, said device comprising: - an input unit for obtaining a vital sign related signal of at least a body part of the person, from which a vital sign can be derived, - a body part position determining unit for determining if said body part of the person is in contact with a support or not and generating a contact signal indicating if said body part is in contact with the support or not, - a quality metric setting unit for setting, based on said contact signal, a quality metric for use in the determination of a vital sign of the person, wherein the quality metric setting unit uses a relaxed calculation parameter when the contact signal indicates that the body part is in contact with the support and uses a more demanding calculation parameter when the contact signal indicates that the body part is not in contact with the support and - a vital sign deriving unit for deriving a vital sign from the obtained vital sign related signal, wherein the set quality metric is used in the derivation of the vital sign and/or in a judgment of the reliability of a derived vital sign. - an input unit for obtaining a vital sign related signal of at least a body part of the person, from which a vital sign can be derived, - a body part position determining unit for determining if said body part of the person is in contact with a support or not and generating a contact signal indicating if said body part is in contact with the support or not, - a quality metric setting unit for setting, based on said contact signal, a quality metric for use in the determination of a vital sign of the person, wherein the quality metric setting unit uses a relaxed calculation parameter when the contact signal indicates that the body part is in contact with the support and uses a more demanding calculation parameter when the contact signal indicates that the body part is not in contact with the support and - a vital sign deriving unit for deriving a vital sign from the obtained vital sign related signal, wherein the set quality metric is used in the derivation of the vital sign and/or in a judgment of the reliability of a derived vital sign.
A method for controlling the operation of a number of airborne wind energy systems arranged in a wind energy park, each airborne wind energy system comprising a wind engaging member being coupled to a ground station via a cable, the method comprising - determining an operational parameter of each of the number of airborne wind energy systems, - determining a deviation between the operation parameter of a first airborne wind energy system and the operational parameters of the other airborne wind energy systems, - controlling the operation of the first airborne wind energy system according to a normal control mode if the deviation is smaller than a predetermined threshold parameter, and controlling the operation of the first airborne wind energy system according to a fault control mode if the deviation is larger than or equal to the predetermined threshold parameter, further comprising determining the wind direction and controlling the operation of one or more of airborne wind energy systems in a downwind direction to the first airborne wind energy system according to a safe control mode if the first airborne wind energy system is in the fault control mode. - determining an operational parameter of each of the number of airborne wind energy systems, - determining a deviation between the operation parameter of a first airborne wind energy system and the operational parameters of the other airborne wind energy systems, - controlling the operation of the first airborne wind energy system according to a normal control mode if the deviation is smaller than a predetermined threshold parameter, and
Optical device comprising : - an aerogel located in an encapsulating structure, - an optically non isotropic material presenting a refractive index which can be changed upon submitting said material to an electrical field, preferentially a liquid crystal mixture, embedded in the aerogel, and - a first and a second electrodes arranged to generate an electric field in the encapsulating structure, wherein the optical device is suitable to be a part of a spectacle lens. - an aerogel located in an encapsulating structure, - an optically non isotropic material presenting a refractive index which can be changed upon submitting said material to an electrical field, preferentially a liquid crystal mixture, embedded in the aerogel, and - a first and a second electrodes arranged to generate an electric field in the encapsulating structure,
A device for non-invasively determining existence of a gas component of interest inside a space of a glass unit, wherein the device comprises a detecting unit and a calibration unit , wherein said detecting unit comprises a laser beam emitting means for emitting a laser beam towards said space and detecting means for detecting reflections of said emitted laser beams reflected from said space, characterized in that - the calibration unit comprises at least a calibration chamber having same gas component as of interest inside the space of the glass unit and to be determined, and a reflector , - the laser beam emitting means and detecting means are arranged so to emit and receive beams in an angle so that the focus of the laser spot locates between said laser emitting means and detecting means and outside the line connecting said laser emitting means and detecting means at the same position in relation to said detecting unit during the measuring process, wherein - said detecting unit and said calibration unit are configured to be moved in relation to each other for a calibration purpose so that said laser beam travels through said chamber and the focus spot hits the reflector of the calibration unit, whereupon the detecting means is focused essentially to said focus spot and configured to image said reflected beam , - said detecting unit is configured to be moved towards and/or away said space for a determining purpose of the existence of the interest gas component so that said focus spot sequentially hits the surfaces or interfaces of the said space, and - the device comprises a housing encapsulating said detecting unit and calibration unit , said housing comprising shielding gas being inert for the laser wavelength and emptied essentially from the gas to be measured. - the calibration unit comprises at least a calibration chamber having same gas component as of interest inside the space of the glass unit and to be determined, and a reflector , - the laser beam emitting means and detecting means are arranged so to emit and receive beams in an angle so that the focus of the laser spot locates between said laser emitting means and detecting means and outside the line connecting said laser emitting means and detecting means at the same position in relation to said detecting unit during the measuring process, - said detecting unit and said calibration unit are configured to be moved in relation to each other for a calibration purpose so that said laser beam travels through said chamber and the focus spot hits the reflector of the calibration unit, whereupon the detecting means is focused essentially to said focus spot and configured to image said reflected beam , - said detecting unit is configured to be moved towards and/or away said space for a determining purpose of the existence of the interest gas component so that said focus spot sequentially hits the surfaces or interfaces of the said space, and - the device comprises a housing encapsulating said detecting unit and calibration unit , said housing comprising shielding gas being inert for the laser wavelength and emptied essentially from the gas to be measured.
An evaporation heat transfer tube with a hollow cavity comprises a tube main body ; outer fins are arranged at intervals on the outer surface of said tube main body and inter-fin grooves are formed between two adjacent outer fins , wherein said evaporation heat transfer tube with a hollow cavity further comprises at least one hollow frustum structure ; said hollow frustum structure is arranged at the bottom of said inter-fin grooves and the said hollow frustum structure is surrounded by side walls ; the top of the said hollow frustum structure is provided with an opening ; the area of said opening is less than the area of the bottom of said hollow frustum structure ; the inner surface of said side walls and the outer surface of said side walls are intersected at said opening to form a flange , characterized in that the side walls of the two sides of the inter-fin grooves are not part of the side walls of the hollow frustum structure , the side walls surrounding the hollow frustum structure extend inwards and upwards from the bottom of said inter-fin grooves towards the top of the inter-fin groove and draw close to the middle of the inter-fin groove horizontally, and that part of said side walls extends from the edge of said bottom which is adjacent to the side walls of said inter-fin grooves .
A composition for use in a method of treating cancer by reducing tumor immune-evasion, the composition comprising an antibody or antigen-binding portion thereof that binds specifically to sMIC and comprises heavy and light chain complementarity determining regions (CDRs) of: a light chain CDR1 having the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 9; a light chain CDR2 having the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 10; a light chain CDR3 having the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 11; a heavy chain CDR1 having the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 12; a heavy chain CDR2 having the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 13; and a heavy chain CDR3 having the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 14. a light chain CDR1 having the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 9; a light chain CDR2 having the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 10; a light chain CDR3 having the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 11; a heavy chain CDR1 having the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 12; a heavy chain CDR2 having the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 13; and a heavy chain CDR3 having the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 14.
An airless tire comprises a laminate body of a rubber layer and a resin layer made of a resin, wherein the rubber layer includes a surface-treated superficial layer directly united with the resin layer without any intervening adhesive layer, wherein the surface-treated superficial layer is a chlorinated layer.
A thermoplastic elastomer composition [composition (C)] comprising a continuous thermoplastic fluoropolymer phase and a dispersed fluoroelastomer phase, said composition comprising: a. - at least one thermoplastic fluoropolymer [polymer (F)], said polymer (F) comprising: - from 60% to 80% by moles, preferably from 65% to 78% by moles of recurring units derived from tetrafluoroethylene (TFE), - from 15% to 35% by moles, preferably from 20% to 30% by moles of recurring units derived from vinylidene fluoride (VDF), and - from 1% to 5% by moles, preferably from 1.5% to 3.5% by moles of recurring units derived from at least one perfluoroalkylvinylether (PAVE) of formula (I): CF 2 =CF-O-R f (I) wherein Rf is a C 1 -C 6 alkyl group or a C 1 -C 6 (per)fluoroalkyl group, wherein the molar amounts of said recurring units are relative to the total moles of recurring units in said polymer (F); and b. - at least one (per)fluoroelastomer [elastomer (A)]. a. - at least one thermoplastic fluoropolymer [polymer (F)], said polymer (F) comprising: - from 60% to 80% by moles, preferably from 65% to 78% by moles of recurring units derived from tetrafluoroethylene (TFE), - from 15% to 35% by moles, preferably from 20% to 30% by moles of recurring units derived from vinylidene fluoride (VDF), and - from 1% to 5% by moles, preferably from 1.5% to 3.5% by moles of recurring units derived from at least one perfluoroalkylvinylether (PAVE) of formula (I): CF 2 =CF-O-R f (I) wherein Rf is a C 1 -C 6 alkyl group or a C 1 -C 6 (per)fluoroalkyl group, wherein the molar amounts of said recurring units are relative to the total moles of recurring units in said polymer (F); and - from 60% to 80% by moles, preferably from 65% to 78% by moles of recurring units derived from tetrafluoroethylene (TFE), - from 15% to 35% by moles, preferably from 20% to 30% by moles of recurring units derived from vinylidene fluoride (VDF), and - from 1% to 5% by moles, preferably from 1.5% to 3.5% by moles of recurring units derived from at least one perfluoroalkylvinylether (PAVE) of formula (I): CF 2 =CF-O-R f (I) wherein Rf is a C 1 -C 6 alkyl group or a C 1 -C 6 (per)fluoroalkyl group, wherein the molar amounts of said recurring units are relative to the total moles of recurring units in said polymer (F); and wherein Rf is a C 1 -C 6 alkyl group or a C 1 -C 6 (per)fluoroalkyl group, wherein the molar amounts of said recurring units are relative to the total moles of recurring units in said polymer (F); and b. - at least one (per)fluoroelastomer [elastomer (A)].
A method for making a low water content plastic composition comprising hydraulic cement, wherein the plastic composition is obtained by: uniformly mixing granular hydraulic cement with water and polyol by: (i) uniformly mixing granular hydraulic cement with water and then adding the polyol; or (ii) uniformly mixing granular hydraulic cement with a combination of polyol and water; or (iii) uniformly mixing granular hydraulic cement with polyol and then adding the water; then adding an isocyanate compound to the homogenous mixture of hydraulic cement, water and polyol to prepare a flowable homogenous mixture and thereby forming and foaming polyurethane from the polyol and isocyanate in the flowable homogenous mixture, wherein wet cement particles are trapped in the polyurethane and free water present between cement particles is selectively separated and removed so that the plastic composition loses flowability and has plasticity; wherein water is contained in 2.5 to 150 parts by weight and the polyol and isocyanate are contained in 10 to 100 parts by weight, with respect to 100 parts by weight of the hydraulic cement, respectively; wherein the polyol is a liquid polyester or polyether having two or more hydroxyl groups; and wherein the isocyanate is a liquid polymeric methylene diphenyl diisocyanate (MDI) and wherein the ratio between polyol and isocyanate is with the range of 2:7 to 7:5. uniformly mixing granular hydraulic cement with water and polyol by: (i) uniformly mixing granular hydraulic cement with water and then adding the polyol; or (ii) uniformly mixing granular hydraulic cement with a combination of polyol and water; or (iii) uniformly mixing granular hydraulic cement with polyol and then adding the water; (i) uniformly mixing granular hydraulic cement with water and then adding the polyol; or (ii) uniformly mixing granular hydraulic cement with a combination of polyol and water; or (iii) uniformly mixing granular hydraulic cement with polyol and then adding the water; then adding an isocyanate compound to the homogenous mixture of hydraulic cement, water and polyol to prepare a flowable homogenous mixture and thereby forming and foaming polyurethane from the polyol and isocyanate in the flowable homogenous mixture, wherein wet cement particles are trapped in the polyurethane and free water present between cement particles is selectively separated and removed so that the plastic composition loses flowability and has plasticity; wherein water is contained in 2.5 to 150 parts by weight and the polyol and isocyanate are contained in 10 to 100 parts by weight, with respect to 100 parts by weight of the hydraulic cement, respectively; wherein the polyol is a liquid polyester or polyether having two or more hydroxyl groups; and wherein the isocyanate is a liquid polymeric methylene diphenyl diisocyanate (MDI) and wherein the ratio between polyol and isocyanate is with the range of 2:7 to 7:5.
A system for controlling a cutting apparatus of a header of an agricultural harvester , the system comprising the cutting apparatus , and the cutting apparatus comprising: - a first wheel and a second wheel , both having a drive surface; - a drive source configured to selectively drive the first wheel in one of a clockwise direction and an anticlockwise direction; - a knife carrier that comprises a loop having a running side and a knife-carrying side , and wherein the loop is tensioned around the first and second wheels so that the running side is engaged by the drive surfaces of the first and second wheels for transmitting torque from the drive source to rotate the wheels and the knife carrier ; and - a plurality of knives for cutting crop, the knives having two cutting blades and being mounted to the knife-carrying surface of the knife carrier ; the system being characterized in that the cutting apparatus further comprises - a sensor for monitoring operation of the knives , and in that the system further comprises a controller , operatively coupled to the sensor and the drive source , and configured to receive a signal from the sensor indicative of the operation of the knives and to generate a control signal for controlling the drive source in dependence of the signal received from the sensor . - a first wheel and a second wheel , both having a drive surface; - a drive source configured to selectively drive the first wheel in one of a clockwise direction and an anticlockwise direction; - a knife carrier that comprises a loop having a running side and a knife-carrying side , and wherein the loop is tensioned around the first and second wheels so that the running side is engaged by the drive surfaces of the first and second wheels for transmitting torque from the drive source to rotate the wheels and the knife carrier ; and - a plurality of knives for cutting crop, the knives having two cutting blades and being mounted to the knife-carrying surface of the knife carrier ; - a sensor for monitoring operation of the knives ,
An antibody that binds CSF1R for use in a method of treatment of pigmented villonodular synovitis (PVNS) in a subject, wherein the subject experiences one or more than one of (a) a reduction in joint pain, (b) an increased range of motion in a joint, and (c) an increase in functional capacity of a joint, and wherein the antibody is selected from: a) an antibody comprising a heavy chain comprising the sequence of SEQ ID NO: 39 and a light chain comprising the sequence of SEQ ID NO: 46; b) an antibody comprising a heavy chain comprising a heavy chain (HC) CDR1 having the sequence of SEQ ID NO: 15, an HC CDR2 having the sequence of SEQ ID NO: 16, and an HC CDR3 having the sequence of SEQ ID NO: 17, and a light chain comprising a light chain (LC) CDR1 having the sequence of SEQ ID NO: 18, a LC CDR2 having the sequence of SEQ ID NO: 19, and a LC CDR3 having the sequence of SEQ ID NO: 20; and c) an antibody comprising a heavy chain comprising the sequence of SEQ ID NO: 53 and a light chain comprising the sequence of SEQ ID NO: 60, and wherein the method comprises administering 1 mg/kg, 2 mg/kg, 3 mg/kg, or 4 mg/kg of the antibody to the subject. a) an antibody comprising a heavy chain comprising the sequence of SEQ ID NO: 39 and a light chain comprising the sequence of SEQ ID NO: 46; b) an antibody comprising a heavy chain comprising a heavy chain (HC) CDR1 having the sequence of SEQ ID NO: 15, an HC CDR2 having the sequence of SEQ ID NO: 16, and an HC CDR3 having the sequence of SEQ ID NO: 17, and a light chain comprising a light chain (LC) CDR1 having the sequence of SEQ ID NO: 18, a LC CDR2 having the sequence of SEQ ID NO: 19, and a LC CDR3 having the sequence of SEQ ID NO: 20; and c) an antibody comprising a heavy chain comprising the sequence of SEQ ID NO: 53 and a light chain comprising the sequence of SEQ ID NO: 60, and
A method for producing a melt-spinnable lignin-based composition, characterised in that a reaction mixture which contains lignin and/or a lignin derivative in the form of an esterified or etherified lignin as reactive component A and a formaldehyde-releasing compound which is solid at 20°C as reactive component B in the form of 1,3,5-trioxane, paraformaldehyde and/or hexamethylene tetramine is subjected to reactive extrusion at elevated temperature, the reaction mixture being set to a complex viscosity under 1500 Pa.s, especially of 10 to 1300 Pa.s.
A mine hoist monitoring system for monitoring a mine hoist comprising a hoist drum , the mine hoist monitoring system comprising: - a hoist controller configured for controlling the mine hoist ; - a plurality of strain gauges configured to be mounted on the hoist drum ; and - at least one drum data node configured to be mounted on the hoist drum , the plurality of strain gauges being coupled to the at least one drum data node , wherein the at least one drum data node is configured for determining strain signals indicative of strain in the hoist drum using the plurality of strain gauges ; characterised in that the at least one drum data node is configured for transmitting the strain signals to the hoist controller ; the hoist controller is configured for determining a strain distribution in the hoist drum based on the strain signals received from the at least one drum data node , wherein the hoist controller is configured for visualizing the strain distribution; and the hoist controller is configured for determining a current loading condition of the hoist drum from the strain distribution in the hoist drum , and the hoist controller is further configured for tracking a consumed fatigue life over time based on the current loading condition. - a hoist controller configured for controlling the mine hoist ; - a plurality of strain gauges configured to be mounted on the hoist drum ; and - at least one drum data node configured to be mounted on the hoist drum , the plurality of strain gauges being coupled to the at least one drum data node , wherein the at least one drum data node is configured for determining strain signals indicative of strain in the hoist drum using the plurality of strain gauges ; the at least one drum data node is configured for transmitting the strain signals to the hoist controller ; the hoist controller is configured for determining a strain distribution in the hoist drum based on the strain signals received from the at least one drum data node , wherein the hoist controller is configured for visualizing the strain distribution; and the hoist controller is configured for determining a current loading condition of the hoist drum from the strain distribution in the hoist drum , and the hoist controller is further configured for tracking a consumed fatigue life over time based on the current loading condition.
A composition containing an immunogenic cell preparation of killed Leptospira bacteria in a citric acid solution, characterised in that the solution comprises 20 mmols of citric acid per litre.