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An apparatus for receiving, preparing and presenting data related to individual myocardial segment work from tissue strain imaging data, the apparatus comprising: a medical imaging device for non-invasively recording tissue strain imaging data for two or more myocardial segments in the left ventricle; and an electronic processor capable of: • calculating mechanical power, P(t), and/or mechanical work, W(t), traces for two or more individual myocardial segments in the left ventricle as a function of time for a period comprising the time interval from the beginning of isovolumetric contraction and until the end of isovolumetric relaxation from ventricular tissue strain traces for each of the two or more myocardial segments in the left ventricle and a non-invasively determined pressure trace proportional to a left ventricular pressure and in temporal synchrony with the strain traces, wherein the mechanical power for segment n, P n (t), is calculated from strain traces, s n (t), and the pressure trace, p(t), as: P n t = C 1 ⋅ p t ⋅ ds n t dt or P n t = C 1 ⋅ p t ⋅ ds n t dt ⋅ ∑ n = 1 N 1 + s n t 100 , where C 1 is a constant and N is the number of segments used in the segmentation of the ventricle and wherein the mechanical work for segment n, W n (t), is calculated as: W n t = ∫ 0 t P n t ′ dt ′ + C 2 n where t' is an integration variable and C 2n is a constant for segment n. a medical imaging device for non-invasively recording tissue strain imaging data for two or more myocardial segments in the left ventricle; and an electronic processor capable of: • calculating mechanical power, P(t), and/or mechanical work, W(t), traces for two or more individual myocardial segments in the left ventricle as a function of time for a period comprising the time interval from the beginning of isovolumetric contraction and until the end of isovolumetric relaxation from ventricular tissue strain traces for each of the two or more myocardial segments in the left ventricle and a non-invasively determined pressure trace proportional to a left ventricular pressure and in temporal synchrony with the strain traces, • calculating mechanical power, P(t), and/or mechanical work, W(t), traces for two or more individual myocardial segments in the left ventricle as a function of time for a period comprising the time interval from the beginning of isovolumetric contraction and until the end of isovolumetric relaxation from ventricular tissue strain traces for each of the two or more myocardial segments in the left ventricle and a non-invasively determined pressure trace proportional to a left ventricular pressure and in temporal synchrony with the strain traces, wherein the mechanical power for segment n, P n (t), is calculated from strain traces, s n (t), and the pressure trace, p(t), as: P n t = C 1 ⋅ p t ⋅ ds n t dt or P n t = C 1 ⋅ p t ⋅ ds n t dt ⋅ ∑ n = 1 N 1 + s n t 100 , where C 1 is a constant and N is the number of segments used in the segmentation of the ventricle and wherein the mechanical work for segment n, W n (t), is calculated as: W n t = ∫ 0 t P n t ′ dt ′ + C 2 n where t' is an integration variable and C 2n is a constant for segment n.
Breathing assistance appliance comprising: - an inner compartment comprising an upper wall , - a motorised turbine comprising an electric motor driving a motor shaft carrying at least one impeller wheel , - a volute surmounting said motorised turbine and surrounding at least one portion of said at least one impeller wheel , said volute comprising a gas inlet orifice and a gas outlet orifice , the volute being formed of a lower volute portion and an upper volute portion assembled together so as to define between them, a housing containing the impeller wheel , and characterised by a pavilion surmounting said volute , said pavilion comprising a gas passage situated opposite the inlet orifice of the volute so as to make it possible for a fluidic communication between said gas passage of the pavilion and said inlet orifice of the volute , and said pavilion being spaced from the upper wall of the inner compartment so as to create between them, a space for circulating gas, several stops having a longitudinally rectilinear or curved-shaped wall, being arranged in the space between the pavilion and the upper wall of the inner compartment . - an inner compartment comprising an upper wall , - a motorised turbine comprising an electric motor driving a motor shaft carrying at least one impeller wheel , - a volute surmounting said motorised turbine and surrounding at least one portion of said at least one impeller wheel , said volute comprising a gas inlet orifice and a gas outlet orifice , the volute being formed of a lower volute portion and an upper volute portion assembled together so as to define between them, a housing containing the impeller wheel , and
A method for printing each pixel of a matrix (MPC) of M ∗ P pixels with a single colour amongst N colours, said N colours defining a colour coding system, on a selected part (PC) of a physical medium (MP), said method further comprising laser personalization of said printed pixels in different shades of grey or black pixels or white pixels or transparent pixels in light light sensitive layers of said physical medium (MP) that are placed on top of said matrix (MPC, corresponding with said J printed pixels, characterised in that it comprises a stage during which printing means are moved along an oblique direction of oblique lines to generate pixels in a same colour for an oblique line, then are moved along a direction perpendicular to said oblique direction to move to the next oblique line for printing, so that colours are printed in at least one pass along oblique lines of pixels in relation to said physical medium, wherein the pixels of an oblique line are all printed in the same colour selected from said N colours, different from that used for the previous oblique line, in order to generate a matrix (MPC) of M horizontal lines comprising P pixels each in said N colours successively in a selected order, with the possible repetition of said order when P is greater than N, and wherein each horizontal line other than the first one comprises a first pixel that is identical to the second pixel of the previous horizontal line, whereby possible errors in the positioning of the pixels essentially occur along said oblique direction and not along a direction of the horizontal lines.
A method of wireless communication operable at a user equipment, UE , comprising: searching a carrier for a sync signal, SS , having an SS numerology, wherein the carrier comprises waveforms of a plurality of numerologies including the SS numerology, a first numerology , and a second numerology , wherein the SS numerology differs from the first numerology ; detecting the SS and reading configuration information carried on the SS , wherein the configuration information corresponds to one or more channels on the carrier and indicates the numerology of a first channel of the one or more channels, wherein the first channel is a common control channel and wherein the configuration information is included in a master information block, MIB, which is included in a physical broadcast channel, PBCH, carried by the SS ; and receiving the first channel of the one or more channels based on the configuration information, the first channel having the first numerology . searching a carrier for a sync signal, SS , having an SS numerology, wherein the carrier comprises waveforms of a plurality of numerologies including the SS numerology, a first numerology , and a second numerology , wherein the SS numerology differs from the first numerology ; detecting the SS and reading configuration information carried on the SS , wherein the configuration information corresponds to one or more channels on the carrier and indicates the numerology of a first channel of the one or more channels, wherein the first channel is a common control channel and wherein the configuration information is included in a master information block, MIB, which is included in a physical broadcast channel, PBCH, carried by the SS ; and receiving the first channel of the one or more channels based on the configuration information, the first channel having the first numerology .
A method implemented by a network node in a wireless communication network using hybrid beamforming, the method comprising: determining a group of one or more wireless devices to be trained; characterized by: computing a selection value indicative of the relative costs of signaling overhead for downlink beamforming training and uplink beamforming training to support downlink transmissions by the network node to the group of wireless devices using hybrid beamforming; and selecting between uplink beamforming training and downlink beamforming training based on a comparison of the selection value to a selection threshold. computing a selection value indicative of the relative costs of signaling overhead for downlink beamforming training and uplink beamforming training to support downlink transmissions by the network node to the group of wireless devices using hybrid beamforming; and selecting between uplink beamforming training and downlink beamforming training based on a comparison of the selection value to a selection threshold.
A compound of the formula: or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt, solvate, and/or ester thereof.
Process for foaming thermoplastic polymer comprising polystyrene, said process comprising forming a molten foamable composition comprising said thermoplastic polymer, block copolymer, and blowing agent comprising at least one of Z-1,1,1,4,4,4-hexafluoro-2-butene and E-1,1,1,4,4,4-hexafluoro-2-butene and expanding said foamable composition to obtain as a result thereof foamed thermoplastic polymer, wherein the amount of said block copolymer present in said composition is 5 to 15 wt%, based on the weight of said foamable composition.
Power tool comprising a power unit , and a reduction gearing with an output shaft, c haracterized in that the reduction gearing is one of a set of interchangeable reduction gearing units (16 a-c) of different operational characteristics and attachable to the power unit one at a time, wherein each one of said gearing units (16 a-c) is provided with an electronic identification device programmed with data specific for that gearing unit, like the total gear ratio, torque range, and to which type of power unit it is compatible, wherein the power unit comprises an electronic operation control means programmed with a number of different operation parameter sets each one intended for a specific one of said gearing units (16 a-c), and said operation control means having a circuit for enable communication with the identification device of a gearing unit attached to the power unit for establishing compatibility of the gearing unit and the power unit and for choosing the parameter set intended for that very gearing unit.
A system comprising: one or more uniquely identified hand hygiene product dispensers associated to a room, and each associated with an area of concern (AOC) within a facility , wherein the hand hygiene product dispensers detect dispense events and transmit corresponding dispense event signals and dispenser identification information; one or more uniquely identified compliance badges that receive the dispense event signals and the dispenser identification information and store the dispenser identification information in dispense event records that are associated with the detected dispense events; a motion detector in the room, which, when movement of a person is detected, broadcasts a wake-up signal received by the compliance badges activating the ultrasonic receiver on the compliance badge, and the wake up signal causes the dispensers to enter an invitation mode in which the dispenser s activate one or more visual and/or audible indicators to remind the person entering the room of a hand hygiene opportunity, wherein the dispensers are one of the one or more hand hygiene product dispensers; one or more data gathering stations associated with the facility , each of which receives one or more of the dispense event records from the one or more compliance badges ; and a computing device that receives the dispense event records directly or indirectly from the one or more data gathering stations and analyzes the dispense event records to monitor hand hygiene events in the facility . one or more uniquely identified hand hygiene product dispensers associated to a room, and each associated with an area of concern (AOC) within a facility , wherein the hand hygiene product dispensers detect dispense events and transmit corresponding dispense event signals and dispenser identification information; one or more uniquely identified compliance badges that receive the dispense event signals and the dispenser identification information and store the dispenser identification information in dispense event records that are associated with the detected dispense events; a motion detector in the room, which, when movement of a person is detected, broadcasts a wake-up signal received by the compliance badges activating the ultrasonic receiver on the compliance badge, and the wake up signal causes the dispensers to enter an invitation mode in which the dispenser s activate one or more visual and/or audible indicators to remind the person entering the room of a hand hygiene opportunity, wherein the dispensers are one of the one or more hand hygiene product dispensers; one or more data gathering stations associated with the facility , each of which receives one or more of the dispense event records from the one or more compliance badges ; and a computing device that receives the dispense event records directly or indirectly from the one or more data gathering stations and analyzes the dispense event records to monitor hand hygiene events in the facility .
A chromatography cartridge comprising: a barrel having at least one end sealed with a cap , the barrel comprising a thread arranged on the outer cylindrical surface of the barrel and the cap comprising a mating thread on an inner cylindrical surface of the cap , the cap having an inlet end and an open end , wherein: the barrel comprises at least one protrusion arranged on the outer cylindrical surface and below the thread of the barrel in the direction from the end sealed by the cap , the protrusion extending essentially radially outwards from the outer cylindrical surface of the barrel ; and wherein the cap comprises a cylindrical flange arranged below the thread of the cap in the direction from the inlet end of the cap , the flange accommodating the protrusion , and at least one locking member provided on the inner cylindrical surface of the flange and extending essentially radially inwards; and wherein the cartridge comprises a mechanical connection formed by the locking member of the cap and the protrusion of the barrel , characterized in that the locking member is a local deformation of the flange which has been provided to the flange after the cap has been mounted onto the barrel . a barrel having at least one end sealed with a cap , the barrel comprising a thread arranged on the outer cylindrical surface of the barrel and the cap comprising a mating thread on an inner cylindrical surface of the cap , the cap having an inlet end and an open end , wherein: the barrel comprises at least one protrusion arranged on the outer cylindrical surface and below the thread of the barrel in the direction from the end sealed by the cap , the protrusion extending essentially radially outwards from the outer cylindrical surface of the barrel ; and wherein the cap comprises a cylindrical flange arranged below the thread of the cap in the direction from the inlet end of the cap , the flange accommodating the protrusion , and at least one locking member provided on the inner cylindrical surface of the flange and extending essentially radially inwards; and the barrel comprises at least one protrusion arranged on the outer cylindrical surface and below the thread of the barrel in the direction from the end sealed by the cap , the protrusion extending essentially radially outwards from the outer cylindrical surface of the barrel ; and wherein the cap comprises a cylindrical flange arranged below the thread of the cap in the direction from the inlet end of the cap , the flange accommodating the protrusion , and at least one locking member provided on the inner cylindrical surface of the flange and extending essentially radially inwards; and wherein the cartridge comprises a mechanical connection formed by the locking member of the cap and the protrusion of the barrel , characterized in that the locking member is a local deformation of the flange which has been provided to the flange after the cap has been mounted onto the barrel .
A threaded connection comprising: a first tube having a pin , the pin having pin threads , a circumferential concave outer pin surface, and a pin torque shoulder at a free end; and a second tube having a box , the box having box threads for interacting with the pin threads , a circumferential inner box surface and a box torque shoulder , the inner box surface having a radially inwardly extending box seal surface , a pin seal surface of the first tube being adapted for contacting the box seal surface to define a seal, the seal being spaced from the free end when the pin and box torque shoulders contact, characterized in that the concave outer pin surface includes the pin seal surface and a continuous extension from the pin seal surface to the pin torque shoulder , the continuous extension continuing from the seal to the pin torque shoulder . a first tube having a pin , the pin having pin threads , a circumferential concave outer pin surface, and a pin torque shoulder at a free end; and a second tube having a box , the box having box threads for interacting with the pin threads , a circumferential inner box surface and a box torque shoulder , the inner box surface having a radially inwardly extending box seal surface , a pin seal surface of the first tube being adapted for contacting the box seal surface to define a seal, the seal being spaced from the free end when the pin and box torque shoulders contact, characterized in that the concave outer pin surface includes the pin seal surface and a continuous extension from the pin seal surface to the pin torque shoulder , the continuous extension continuing from the seal to the pin torque shoulder .
A method for identifying a genetic element that affects a phenotype of a cell, wherein said phenotype is manifested intracellularly, the method comprising the steps of: (a) Subjecting a pool of cells to mutagenesis treatment; (b) Fixating the pool of cells, preferably with a fixation reagent, and optionally with a cross-linking agent; and permeabilizing the pool of cells, preferably with a permeabilization reagent; (c) Treating the pool of cells with one or more detectable probe(s), preferably an antibody or a RNA probe, to detect the affected phenotype; (d) Sorting the cells based on the detection of at least one of the one or more detectable probe(s) to obtain one or more population of cells; (e) Optionally, de-crosslinking the cells in each of the obtained populations of cells; and (f) Sequencing at least part of the cells of at least part of the obtained populations of cells to identify a genetic element that affects the phenotype of the cell. (a) Subjecting a pool of cells to mutagenesis treatment; (b) Fixating the pool of cells, preferably with a fixation reagent, and optionally with a cross-linking agent; and permeabilizing the pool of cells, preferably with a permeabilization reagent; (c) Treating the pool of cells with one or more detectable probe(s), preferably an antibody or a RNA probe, to detect the affected phenotype; (d) Sorting the cells based on the detection of at least one of the one or more detectable probe(s) to obtain one or more population of cells; (e) Optionally, de-crosslinking the cells in each of the obtained populations of cells; and (f) Sequencing at least part of the cells of at least part of the obtained populations of cells to identify a genetic element that affects the phenotype of the cell.
Fitness apparatus having a housing on which are arranged a first supporting element (3.1) and also a second supporting element (3.2), which can each be moved linearly in two spatial dimensions, located at right angles to one another, wherein the housing has at least one active element (10.1-10.5), by means of which a movement of the first supporting element (3.1) or the second supporting element (3.2) out of a respective starting position is counteracted by a force, and wherein the housing has at least one coupling element, which couples the linear movement of the first supporting element (3.1) in a first direction of a first of the two spatial dimensions to a linear movement of the second supporting element (3.2) in the second direction, which opposes the first direction in this first of the two spatial dimensions, wherein the supporting elements (3.1, 3.2) are guided in the first spatial dimension by means of at least one linear guide (6.1, 6.2; 9.1, 9.4), characterized in that the housing has at least one first linear guide (6.1, 6.2), which extends in the first spatial dimension, wherein a carriage (8.1) is arranged in a movable manner on this at least one first linear guide (6.1, 6.2), and wherein this carriage (8.1) has arranged on it at least one second linear guide (7.1-7.8), which extends in the second spatial dimension, and the two supporting elements (3.1, 3.2) are arranged in a movable manner on this at least one second linear guide (7.1-7.8).
A method of laser welding a first component to a second component, comprising: - placing the first component on the second component , - placing a welding mask having a flat support surface on the first component to press the first component against the second component , the welding mask having a continuous passage for a laser beam defining a welding zone on the first component, the support surface at least partially surrounding the passage, - sending a laser beam by means of a head (L) into the passage of the welding mask to form a weld joining the first component to the second component in the welding zone, wherein the welding mask is rigid and rigidly connected to the laser head (L) and the focal length (f) of the laser is constant, the constant focal length being ensured by the rigid mask, the method being characterized in that the welding mask comprises an electrically insulating coating applied to at least a part of an outer surface of the welding mask . - placing the first component on the second component , - placing a welding mask having a flat support surface on the first component to press the first component against the second component , the welding mask having a continuous passage for a laser beam defining a welding zone on the first component, the support surface at least partially surrounding the passage, - sending a laser beam by means of a head (L) into the passage of the welding mask to form a weld joining the first component to the second component in the welding zone,