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A blasting system which includes a control antenna , control equipment and a plurality of detonators , wherein each detonator is located in a respective borehole formed in rock and includes a respective transmitter and receiver and is adapted to communicate wirelessly through the rock in a two-directional manner with a restricted number of detonators in adjacent boreholes, whereby a signal from the control equipment is transmitted by the control antenna through the rock and is then relayed in succession via the respective transmitters and receivers of at least some of the plurality of detonators along a plurality of outbound paths in the rock to all the plurality of detonators, and a signal from any detonator is relayed in succession via the respective transmitters and receivers of at least some of the plurality of detonators along a respective inbound path in the rock to the control antenna, and wherein the control equipment is operable to transmit a signal from the control antenna through the rock simultaneously to all of the detonators.
A method for wireless communication in high-speed vehicles , the method comprising: aggregating wireless traffic from a plurality of wireless communication devices on a moving vehicle ; and forwarding the wireless traffic to a communication network through a pair of matched traveling-wave directional antennas arranged to transmit and receive signals perpendicularly to a direction of motion of a first of the antennas positioned on the moving vehicle relative to a second of the antennas positioned along a path of the moving vehicle such that a Doppler effect on the transmitted and received signals resulting from said motion introduces zero frequency shift on the signals between the matched traveling-wave directional antennas , wherein the second antenna is conductively coupled to one or more access nodes of the communication network, wherein the communication network is a wireless communication network or a terrestrial communication network. aggregating wireless traffic from a plurality of wireless communication devices on a moving vehicle ; and forwarding the wireless traffic to a communication network through a pair of matched traveling-wave directional antennas arranged to transmit and receive signals perpendicularly to a direction of motion of a first of the antennas positioned on the moving vehicle relative to a second of the antennas positioned along a path of the moving vehicle such that a Doppler effect on the transmitted and received signals resulting from said motion introduces zero frequency shift on the signals between the matched traveling-wave directional antennas , wherein the second antenna is conductively coupled to one or more access nodes of the communication network, wherein the communication network is a wireless communication network or a terrestrial communication network.
A method for classifying hormone receptor status of malignant tumorous tissue identified in a thermographic image of a breast, wherein the method comprises: receiving the thermographic image of both breasts of a patient with a malignant tumorous tissue; segmenting the thermographic image of the breast into regions of elevated temperature and otherwise; and analyzing the thermographic image of the breast for the elevated temperature regions to classify the malignant tumorous tissue as being hormone receptor positive, and hormone receptor negative otherwise, wherein analyzing the thermographic image of the breast comprises extracting a gray-level co-occurrence matrix (GLCM) and using the gray-level co-occurrence matrix of the two breasts for classifying malignant tumorous tissue, characterized in that the analyzing further comprises comparison of temperature distribution of the segmented regions, where a first segmented region is the elevated temperature region corresponding to the malignant tumorous tissue region; a second segmented region is the non-elevated temperature region in the same breast, wherein a distance measure between the first segmented region and the second segmented region is determined, and wherein the distance measure is provided to a classifier system to classify the hormone receptor class as either positive or negative, wherein the first segmented region is represented by probability mass function P based on temperature values of pixels within the first segmented region, wherein the second segmented region is represented by probability mass function Q based on temperature values of pixels within the second segmented region. receiving the thermographic image of both breasts of a patient with a malignant tumorous tissue; segmenting the thermographic image of the breast into regions of elevated temperature and otherwise; and analyzing the thermographic image of the breast for the elevated temperature regions to classify the malignant tumorous tissue as being hormone receptor positive, and hormone receptor negative otherwise, wherein analyzing the thermographic image of the breast comprises extracting a gray-level co-occurrence matrix (GLCM) and using the gray-level co-occurrence matrix of the two breasts for classifying malignant tumorous tissue, characterized in that the analyzing further comprises comparison of temperature distribution of the segmented regions, where a first segmented region is the elevated temperature region corresponding to the malignant tumorous tissue region; a second segmented region is the non-elevated temperature region in the same breast, wherein a distance measure between the first segmented region and the second segmented region is determined, and wherein the distance measure is provided to a classifier system to classify the hormone receptor class as either positive or negative, wherein the first segmented region is represented by probability mass function P based on temperature values of pixels within the first segmented region, wherein the second segmented region is represented by probability mass function Q based on temperature values of pixels within the second segmented region.
A pressing pad for pressing a polishing tool configured to polish a peripheral portion of a substrate against the peripheral portion of the substrate, comprising: an elastic member having a pressing surface configured to press the polishing tool against the peripheral portion of the substrate; a support member configured to support the elastic member ; and fixing means configured to fix both end portions of the elastic member to the support member , respectively, wherein the support member has a recess formed in a front surface of the support member , the elastic member being capable of entering the recess upon pressing the polishing tool against the peripheral portion of the substrate; characterised in that the elastic member has fixing projections projecting from both side surfaces of the elastic member , respectively; and each of the fixing means has a fixing block and a screw screwed into the fixing block for fixing said end portions to the support member ; the fixing block having a step portion which has a shape corresponding to the fixing projection of the elastic member and is fitted with the fixing projection . an elastic member having a pressing surface configured to press the polishing tool against the peripheral portion of the substrate; a support member configured to support the elastic member ; and fixing means configured to fix both end portions of the elastic member to the support member , respectively, wherein the support member has a recess formed in a front surface of the support member , the elastic member being capable of entering the recess upon pressing the polishing tool against the peripheral portion of the substrate; characterised in that the elastic member has fixing projections projecting from both side surfaces of the elastic member , respectively; and each of the fixing means has a fixing block and a screw screwed into the fixing block for fixing said end portions to the support member ; the fixing block having a step portion which has a shape corresponding to the fixing projection of the elastic member and is fitted with the fixing projection .
A method performed at a first clock distribution apparatus, comprising: determining (S101) whether the first clock distribution apparatus is in a lock state, wherein the lock state indicates a synchronization with an upstream apparatus; and transmitting (S102), to a second clock distribution apparatus, a first announce message when the first clock distribution apparatus is not in the lock state; wherein the first announce message is generated based on a default configuration about a local clock state of the first clock distribution apparatus, wherein the default configuration comprises: a default value for a clock quality of the first clock distribution apparatus. determining (S101) whether the first clock distribution apparatus is in a lock state, wherein the lock state indicates a synchronization with an upstream apparatus; and transmitting (S102), to a second clock distribution apparatus, a first announce message when the first clock distribution apparatus is not in the lock state; wherein the first announce message is generated based on a default configuration about a local clock state of the first clock distribution apparatus, wherein the default configuration comprises: a default value for a clock quality of the first clock distribution apparatus.
An emulsion formulation for total enteral or parenteral nutrition of a human subject comprising as the sole fat components: (i) medium chain triglycerides; and (ii) very long chain fatty acids selected from the group consisting of (a) very long chain omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids (VLC omega-3 PUFAs) and (b) docosahexaenoic acid (DHA) and arachidonic acid (AA) in a ratio of 10:1 (v/v or w/w) to 2000:1 (v/v or w/w); wherein the weight ratio of the medium chain triglycerides and VLC omega-3 PUFAs is greater than 1:1; wherein the sole fat components provide 10% to 90% total calories of the formulation, and wherein the medium chain triglycerides provide 25%-95% total fat calories. (i) medium chain triglycerides; and (ii) very long chain fatty acids selected from the group consisting of (a) very long chain omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids (VLC omega-3 PUFAs) and (b) docosahexaenoic acid (DHA) and arachidonic acid (AA) in a ratio of 10:1 (v/v or w/w) to 2000:1 (v/v or w/w); wherein the weight ratio of the medium chain triglycerides and VLC omega-3 PUFAs is greater than 1:1; wherein the sole fat components provide 10% to 90% total calories of the formulation, and wherein the medium chain triglycerides provide 25%-95% total fat calories. (a) very long chain omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids (VLC omega-3 PUFAs) and (b) docosahexaenoic acid (DHA) and arachidonic acid (AA) in a ratio of 10:1 (v/v or w/w) to 2000:1 (v/v or w/w);
Rechargeable battery (BR) for a floor (PV) of a vehicle (V) comprising a powertrain, using electrical energy transported by electrical cables (CE), and power conduits (CA) in which circulates a cooling fluid, said battery (BR) comprising a housing (BB) comprising a lower wall (PI) and housing at least one electrical energy storage device and a cooling circuit intended to be coupled to said supply conduits ( CA), said lower wall (PI) is intended to be coupled to an upper face (FS) of said floor (PV) above an opening (OP) defined in the latter (PV), and in that it comprises i) an external connection interface (IC), coupled to said cooling circuit, fixedly secured to said lower wall (PI) and intended to pass through said opening (OP) in order to be coupled to a part of said supply conduits ( CA) passing under said floor (PV), and ii) an external electrical interface , coupled to said electrical energy storage device, fixedly secured to said lower wall (PI), and intended to pass through said opening (OP) in order to be coupled to a part of said electrical cables (CE) passing under said floor (PV).
A method for encoding a video stream captured by an image sensor that includes a plurality of pixels, each pixel belonging to one of N subframes, where the pixels of each subframe are distributed uniformly over the image sensor area, each subframe characterized by (i) a same exposure-time sequence that includes a short exposure-time alternating with a long exposure-time, and (ii) a respective temporal offset equal to an integer multiple of the short exposure-time, the method characterized by : for each of the N subframes, linearly combining a long-exposure low-resolution image, captured at the long exposure-time, and a short-exposure low-resolution image, captured at the short exposure-time, to yield a subframe residual image; combining at least some of the long-exposure low-resolution images from the N subframes to yield a full-frame long-exposure image having a higher resolution than any long-exposure low-resolution image, wherein said at least some of the long-exposure low-resolution images comprises all pixels of the image sensor; encoding the full-frame long-exposure image into a base layer of the video stream; and encoding at least some of the subframe residual images from the N subframes into an enhancement layer of the video stream. for each of the N subframes, linearly combining a long-exposure low-resolution image, captured at the long exposure-time, and a short-exposure low-resolution image, captured at the short exposure-time, to yield a subframe residual image; combining at least some of the long-exposure low-resolution images from the N subframes to yield a full-frame long-exposure image having a higher resolution than any long-exposure low-resolution image, wherein said at least some of the long-exposure low-resolution images comprises all pixels of the image sensor; encoding the full-frame long-exposure image into a base layer of the video stream; and encoding at least some of the subframe residual images from the N subframes into an enhancement layer of the video stream.
Polycarbonate diol having a hydroxyl value of 20 mg-KOH/g to 450 mg-KOH/g, wherein the hydroxyl value of the polycarbonate diol is measured by a method using an acetylation reagent in conformity with JIS K1557-1 ; wherein a ratio of an ether group to a carbonate group of the polycarbonate diol is 0.1 mol% to 0.7 mol%, wherein the ratio of an ether group to a carbonate group is calculated as set out in the specification, from % by weight obtained by analyzing the structure of dihydroxy compounds obtained by hydrolyzing the polycarbonate diol using GC-MS analysis and performing GC analysis of a dihydroxy compound including an ether group and the entire dihydroxy compounds; and a molecular weight of the dihydroxy compounds; the amount of a linear dihydroxy compound having no substituent among dihydroxy compounds obtained by hydrolyzing the polycarbonate diol is 95 mol% or more of the entire dihydroxy compounds, wherein the amount of the linear dihydroxy compound having no substituent is determined as set out in the specification; the average carbon number of the dihydroxy compounds is 3.5 to 5.5, wherein the average carbon number of the dihydroxy compounds is determined as set out in the specification; two or more types of the linear dihydroxy compound having no substituent are included; and the dihydroxy compound includes 1,3-propanediol or 1,4-butanediol. wherein the hydroxyl value of the polycarbonate diol is measured by a method using an acetylation reagent in conformity with JIS K1557-1 ; wherein a ratio of an ether group to a carbonate group of the polycarbonate diol is 0.1 mol% to 0.7 mol%, wherein the ratio of an ether group to a carbonate group is calculated as set out in the specification, from % by weight obtained by analyzing the structure of dihydroxy compounds obtained by hydrolyzing the polycarbonate diol using GC-MS analysis and performing GC analysis of a dihydroxy compound including an ether group and the entire dihydroxy compounds; and a molecular weight of the dihydroxy compounds; the amount of a linear dihydroxy compound having no substituent among dihydroxy compounds obtained by hydrolyzing the polycarbonate diol is 95 mol% or more of the entire dihydroxy compounds, wherein the amount of the linear dihydroxy compound having no substituent is determined as set out in the specification; the average carbon number of the dihydroxy compounds is 3.5 to 5.5, wherein the average carbon number of the dihydroxy compounds is determined as set out in the specification; two or more types of the linear dihydroxy compound having no substituent are included; and the dihydroxy compound includes 1,3-propanediol or 1,4-butanediol.
A truss comprising: a first chord and a second chord spaced from the first chord , the first and second chords formed by respective first hollow-section members ; a plurality of second hollow-section members extending between the first chord and second chord , each second hollow-section member arranged at a respective angle to at least one of the first chord and second chord ; a plurality of third members extending between the first chord and second chord , each third member arranged at a respective angle to at least one of the first chord and second chord ; a plurality of joints , wherein at each joint : an end of a second hollow-section member meets an end of a third member and the first chord or the second chord and wherein the second hollow-section member , the third member and the respective chord meeting at each joint extend non-parallel to each other; a plurality of rods , each rod extending along the length of one of the second members and extend through a third member at each joint , each rod having a first threaded end section extending through or into the first chord and a second threaded end section, opposing the first threaded end section, extending through or into the second chord ; and a plurality of pairs of nuts (10,24a,b,c,d) for securing said threaded end sections to the first members , wherein screwing each pair of nuts (10,24a,b,c,d) and the opposing threaded end sections of each rod together exerts a compressive force on each second member and a tensile force on each rod . a first chord and a second chord spaced from the first chord , the first and second chords formed by respective first hollow-section members ; a plurality of second hollow-section members extending between the first chord and second chord , each second hollow-section member arranged at a respective angle to at least one of the first chord and second chord ; a plurality of third members extending between the first chord and second chord , each third member arranged at a respective angle to at least one of the first chord and second chord ; a plurality of joints , wherein at each joint : an end of a second hollow-section member meets an end of a third member and the first chord or the second chord and wherein the second hollow-section member , the third member and the respective chord meeting at each joint extend non-parallel to each other; a plurality of rods , each rod extending along the length of one of the second members and extend through a third member at each joint , each rod having a first threaded end section extending through or into the first chord and a second threaded end section, opposing the first threaded end section, extending through or into the second chord ; and a plurality of pairs of nuts (10,24a,b,c,d) for securing said threaded end sections to the first members , wherein screwing each pair of nuts (10,24a,b,c,d) and the opposing threaded end sections of each rod together exerts a compressive force on each second member and a tensile force on each rod .
A motor control center system comprising: an enclosure having multiple internal units covered by one or more doors; automation components located and interconnected in the internal units and provided with power and data connections for receiving input power and providing output power to one or more motors; a wireless polling system disposed in the enclosure and configured to output polling signals, wherein the polling signals encode locations within the enclosure; a plurality of wireless asset tags associated with the automation components and responsive to the polling signals, each asset tag storing data indicative of the respective associated automation component, the asset tags being configured to wirelessly output component data signals indicative of the stored data and location data derived from the polling signals; and a wireless receiver disposed outside the enclosure that, in operation, receives the output component data signals from the asset tags. an enclosure having multiple internal units covered by one or more doors; automation components located and interconnected in the internal units and provided with power and data connections for receiving input power and providing output power to one or more motors; a wireless polling system disposed in the enclosure and configured to output polling signals, wherein the polling signals encode locations within the enclosure; a plurality of wireless asset tags associated with the automation components and responsive to the polling signals, each asset tag storing data indicative of the respective associated automation component, the asset tags being configured to wirelessly output component data signals indicative of the stored data and location data derived from the polling signals; and a wireless receiver disposed outside the enclosure that, in operation, receives the output component data signals from the asset tags.
A dry powder inhaler comprising: a housing comprising a proximal end , a distal end and a chamber , the chamber having a circular cross-section; wherein the housing comprises a mouthpiece component and an opening in fluid communication with the chamber and air inlets distal of the chamber ; and at least one protrusion comprising an internal component of the housing, the protrusion protruding into the chamber cavity , wherein the protrusion is configured to limit the movement of a dry powder storage capsule when air flows through the chamber, such that only a portion of dry powder within the dry powder storage capsule is released into the flow of air for inhalation and a full dosage of the dry powder from the capsule is delivered over multiple inhalations, wherein the protrusion is configured so that when the dry powder storage capsule is housed within the chamber , a longitudinal axis of the dry powder storage capsule is skewed with a longitudinal axis of the chamber. a housing comprising a proximal end , a distal end and a chamber , the chamber having a circular cross-section; wherein the housing comprises a mouthpiece component and an opening in fluid communication with the chamber and air inlets distal of the chamber ; and at least one protrusion comprising an internal component of the housing, the protrusion protruding into the chamber cavity , wherein the protrusion is configured to limit the movement of a dry powder storage capsule when air flows through the chamber, such that only a portion of dry powder within the dry powder storage capsule is released into the flow of air for inhalation and a full dosage of the dry powder from the capsule is delivered over multiple inhalations, wherein the protrusion is configured so that when the dry powder storage capsule is housed within the chamber , a longitudinal axis of the dry powder storage capsule is skewed with a longitudinal axis of the chamber.