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A computer-implemented method for correcting a metal artifact in an original image, the method comprising: receiving the original image including the metal artifact, the original image being a computed tomography (CT) image; pre-correcting the original image by using a pre-correction method; generating correction data based on the original image and the pre-corrected image; weighting the original image and the pre-corrected image based on the correction data according to a weighting coefficient, the weighting coefficient being based on a regularity degree of the metal artifact, wherein the regularity degree of the metal artifact is the actual projection area of the metal artifact divided by the ideal projection area of the metal artifact, wherein the ideal projection area is the projection area of the metal artifact resulted from a metal object with a regular shape fixed along any projection plane; and generating a corrected image based on a weighting result of the original image and the pre-corrected image. receiving the original image including the metal artifact, the original image being a computed tomography (CT) image; pre-correcting the original image by using a pre-correction method; generating correction data based on the original image and the pre-corrected image; weighting the original image and the pre-corrected image based on the correction data according to a weighting coefficient, the weighting coefficient being based on a regularity degree of the metal artifact, wherein the regularity degree of the metal artifact is the actual projection area of the metal artifact divided by the ideal projection area of the metal artifact, wherein the ideal projection area is the projection area of the metal artifact resulted from a metal object with a regular shape fixed along any projection plane; and generating a corrected image based on a weighting result of the original image and the pre-corrected image.
A bioresorbable ceramic composition comprising: a plurality of biocompatible ceramic granules, each of the granules having a coating comprising a plurality of calcium-containing particles, at least a portion of the particles being bound to at least a portion of an outer surface of each of the granules; wherein the bioresorbable ceramic composition is flowable in a dry state, wherein the calcium containing particles are calcium sulfate, or a blend or combination of both calcium sulfate particles and calcium phosphate particles, and wherein at least a portion of the calcium-containing particles is reactive to subsequent hydraulic cement reactions. a plurality of biocompatible ceramic granules, each of the granules having a coating comprising a plurality of calcium-containing particles, at least a portion of the particles being bound to at least a portion of an outer surface of each of the granules; wherein the bioresorbable ceramic composition is flowable in a dry state, wherein the calcium containing particles are calcium sulfate, or a blend or combination of both calcium sulfate particles and calcium phosphate particles, and wherein at least a portion of the calcium-containing particles is reactive to subsequent hydraulic cement reactions.
A tamping unit for tamping sleepers of a track , having a tool carrier mounted on an assembly frame for vertical adjustment by means of a drive , having pairs of two oppositely positioned tamping tools which are mounted on the tool carrier and squeezable towards one another about a respective pivot axis as well as designed to be set in vibrations by a vibration drive , characterized in that a vibration drive is associated with the drive , the vibration drive setting the tamping tools in a vibration which is effective vertically.
Curtain applicator for applying a liquid or pasty application medium to at least one application medium onto at least one surface of a moving material web , in particular a fibrous web , the curtain applicator comprising comprises an applicator head with at least one application unit extending substantially over the width of the applicator head . The width of the applicator head , at which the application medium the application medium leaves the application head in the form of a freely falling curtain . Curtain , at least one rinsing device being provided, by means of which at least one of the is provided, by means of which at least one of the at least one tear-off edge with a flowing gaseous flushing medium , and in that furthermore at least one blocking device is provided is provided, which is suitable for preventing air movements of the air away from the curtain , characterized in that in that the at least one blocking device is arranged in the running direction of the material web is arranged upstream and/or downstream of the application head and the at least one blocking device comprises means for generating an air shield , in particular one or more air nozzles .
A spheroid tissue microarray suitable for sectioning, comprising a regular array of tissue spheroids arranged in a grid pattern and embedded within a porous mold, wherein the spheroids are horizontally accurately positioned such that the centrepoint of each spheroid is no more than 100 micrometres from its regular grid location.
An apparatus for creating compatible messages between devices, the apparatus comprising: a processor ; and a memory coupled with the processor, the memory comprising executable instructions that when executed by the processor cause the processor to effectuate operations comprising: receiving a message from a client device for a target end device ; determining a version or release associated with the message; determining based on the version or release associated with the message, a list of profiles to apply to the message, each of the list of profiles associated with the version or release associated with the message and the list of profiles associated with multiple versions of an implemented software of the target end device; and applying the list of profiles to the message to create a new message that is compatible with the target end device. a processor ; and a memory coupled with the processor, the memory comprising executable instructions that when executed by the processor cause the processor to effectuate operations comprising: receiving a message from a client device for a target end device ; determining a version or release associated with the message; determining based on the version or release associated with the message, a list of profiles to apply to the message, each of the list of profiles associated with the version or release associated with the message and the list of profiles associated with multiple versions of an implemented software of the target end device; and applying the list of profiles to the message to create a new message that is compatible with the target end device. receiving a message from a client device for a target end device ; determining a version or release associated with the message; determining based on the version or release associated with the message, a list of profiles to apply to the message, each of the list of profiles associated with the version or release associated with the message and the list of profiles associated with multiple versions of an implemented software of the target end device; and applying the list of profiles to the message to create a new message that is compatible with the target end device.
An apparatus for three-dimensional printing of continuous fibre composite materials, comprising: a feed head for feeding a compound material of continuous fibre , comprising an outlet nozzle for the compound material of continuous fibre to print a three-dimensional object ; means for relative movement between the feed head and the three-dimensional object , said means comprising at least one machine having numerically controlled movement along at least three axes; and a station for realizing the compound material , said station being arranged upstream of the feed head and comprising at least one basin detached from the feed head for containing a resin for immersing at least one continuous fibre during the process of drawing it through the resin contained in said basin ; the station further comprising a feed line of the continuous fibre for guiding the same fibre from a collection element for collecting the fibre , through the basin , and to said feed head , said feed line having a plurality of idler rollers for the fibre ; wherein said numerically controlled machine comprises a motorized arm for supporting said feed head at a respective end portion , said arm being_configured to exert a drawing force on the compound material of continuous fibre leaving the feed head and wherein said feed head further comprises a polymerization member arranged at the nozzle , for polymerizing the compound material leaving said nozzle .
Device for characterising the size and/or the form of hydrometeors, comprising: - a single camera , having an input surface and a screen , - a first source and a second source of radiation, the emission angle of each of the sources being large, greater than 50°; said sources of radiation being intended to be arranged so as to illuminate the screen arranged facing the camera and to project shadows of hydrometeors falling in the space between the camera and the screen, - electronic processing means programmed to process the data of at least one image of hydrometeors and/or their shadows visualised by the camera, and to estimate at least the size and/or form of the hydrometeors, characterised in that - the camera is placed at a distance of approximately 50 cm from the screen which itself has a size of approximately 40 cm x 40 cm, and - each of the sources and has a larger illumination field than the field that the camera can capture. - a single camera , having an input surface and a screen , - a first source and a second source of radiation, the emission angle of each of the sources being large, greater than 50°; said sources of radiation being intended to be arranged so as to illuminate the screen arranged facing the camera and to project shadows of hydrometeors falling in the space between the camera and the screen, - electronic processing means programmed to process the data of at least one image of hydrometeors and/or their shadows visualised by the camera, and to estimate at least the size and/or form of the hydrometeors, - the camera is placed at a distance of approximately 50 cm from the screen which itself has a size of approximately 40 cm x 40 cm, and - each of the sources and has a larger illumination field than the field that the camera can capture.
Boat of the outboard type comprising a hydrodynamic rear bearing assembly navigating on a hull cooperating with a set of front wings , the outboard is driven by an underwater propeller motor assembly propelled by a shaft direct engine actuated by an indirect engine shaft , on an engine propulsion hull comprising anti-stack and anti-cavitation plates positioned above the propeller intended to be positioned at water level, hydrodynamic assembly in which the manufacturer's engine position is lowered under water, the engine hull is fitted with a supporting wing attached at the front to the direct shaft hull ogive , a deflection ring attached above the anti-stacking and anti-cavitation plates and at the front and the hull of the indirect drive shaft , a reported hydrodynamic penetration profile nested at the front of the hull of the indirect drive shaft , occupying the space at the front of the engine between the top of the anti-stacking and anti-cavitation plates and the bottom of the deflection ring , the rear of the hull is equipped at the height of the placement of the ring deflection of a deflection plate .
A polycarbonate diol comprising a repeating unit represented by the following formula (A) and a terminal hydroxyl group, wherein the polycarbonate diol has an integrated value of signals at 2.43 to 2.50 ppm of 0.01 to 1.0 relative to an integrated value of signals at 3.90 to 4.45 ppm taken as 1000 in a 1 H-NMR spectrum measured using deuterated chloroform as a solvent and tetramethylsilane as a reference material, wherein the integrated value of signals is determined as described in "1. Determination of integrated value ratio of polycarbonate diol ( 1 H-NMR)" in the description: wherein R represents a divalent aliphatic or alicyclic hydrocarbon having 3 to 15 carbon atoms, and a plurality of R may be the same or different in all the repeating units.
An aqueous composition characterised in that it comprises one or more oxidizing agent, one or more mono and/or disaccharide selected from glucose, fructose, mannose, rhamnose, ribose, xylose, lactose, lactulose, maltose, mellibiose, sucralose, sucrose, trehalose, xylobiose and their mixtures at a total concentration in the range of 10 to 60% by weight calculated to the total of the composition, and has a pH between 1 and 5.
An ultrasound probe comprising a plurality of transmitter-receiver units that transmit an ultrasonic wave and receive a reflected wave of the ultrasonic wave produced by a difference between acoustic impedances, wherein each transmitter-receiver unit includes a delay unit that accumulates a voltage level corresponding to the reflected wave and in turn outputs the accumulated voltage level; the delay unit includes: a voltage storage output unit that accumulates a voltage level corresponding to the reflected wave based on a write control signal and outputs the accumulated voltage level based on a read control signal; and a control signal generating unit that generates the write control signal and the read control signal; and when a delay time control signal that varies delay time is inputted, the control signal generating unit varies an output period of the write control signal or the read control signal depending on the delay time control signal and varies delay time that delays the reflected wave; wherein the voltage storage output unit includes: a plurality of memory elements that accumulate a voltage level corresponding to the reflected wave; a plurality of first switches that accumulate the voltage level on the memory elements based on the write control signal; and a plurality of second switches that output the voltage level accumulated on the memory elements based on the read control signal; characterized in that the delay time control signal inputted to the control signal generating unit has a first delay time control signal that increases delay time of the reflected wave; and when the first delay time control signal is inputted, the control signal generating unit generates the write control signal that controls the first switches to accumulate a same voltage level on two or more of the memory elements depending on an input period of the first delay time control signal. a voltage storage output unit that accumulates a voltage level corresponding to the reflected wave based on a write control signal and outputs the accumulated voltage level based on a read control signal; and a control signal generating unit that generates the write control signal and the read control signal; and a plurality of memory elements that accumulate a voltage level corresponding to the reflected wave; a plurality of first switches that accumulate the voltage level on the memory elements based on the write control signal; and a plurality of second switches that output the voltage level accumulated on the memory elements based on the read control signal;
Applicator having a handle piece and having a pressing body for a microneedle patch , which pressing body is connected to the handle piece , characterized in that - the pressing body is mounted for movement relative to the handle piece in a sliding joint or in a pivot joint at least between an idle position and a usage position by means of external operating forces and an internal restoring device , - the pressing body has a pressing surface which is spaced apart from the pivot joint or sliding joint , - in the idle position the pressing body is not loaded by external operating forces and the restoring device has the lowest internal energy, and - the pressing body is movable relative to the handle piece towards the usage position by means of external operating forces acting on the pressing surface , the internal energy of the restoring device thus being increased. - the pressing body is mounted for movement relative to the handle piece in a sliding joint or in a pivot joint at least between an idle position and a usage position by means of external operating forces and an internal restoring device , - the pressing body has a pressing surface which is spaced apart from the pivot joint or sliding joint , - in the idle position the pressing body is not loaded by external operating forces and the restoring device has the lowest internal energy, and - the pressing body is movable relative to the handle piece towards the usage position by means of external operating forces acting on the pressing surface , the internal energy of the restoring device thus being increased.
A surface treatment machine , comprising: - a frame configured to translate with respect to a surface to treat, - a surface treatment element connected to said frame and configured to treat with liquid a surface with respect to which said frame advances, - a reservoir connected to said frame and arranged to supply a liquid to said surface treatment element through a delivery mouth ; - an adjustment element arranged to feed adjustably the liquid provided by said reservoir to said delivery mouth ; - a sensor configured to measure the translation speed of the frame with respect to the surface to treat and to provide a signal proportional to this speed; - a control unit arranged to receive from said sensor said signal proportional to the speed; - a program means , resident in said control unit , configured to set the adjustment element so that a flow-rate of liquid is supplied in an increasing way responsive to an increase of said speed optimizing the flow-rate, in order to achieve a maximum range of the machine; - wherein said control unit is associated with a display unit of said speed and of a value of range of the machine determined on the basis of said speed calculated as residual time or residual surface that can be treated by said machine before a replenishment of liquid in said reservoir. - a frame configured to translate with respect to a surface to treat, - a surface treatment element connected to said frame and configured to treat with liquid a surface with respect to which said frame advances, - a reservoir connected to said frame and arranged to supply a liquid to said surface treatment element through a delivery mouth ; - an adjustment element arranged to feed adjustably the liquid provided by said reservoir to said delivery mouth ; - a sensor configured to measure the translation speed of the frame with respect to the surface to treat and to provide a signal proportional to this speed; - a control unit arranged to receive from said sensor said signal proportional to the speed; - a program means , resident in said control unit , configured to set the adjustment element so that a flow-rate of liquid is supplied in an increasing way responsive to an increase of said speed optimizing the flow-rate, in order to achieve a maximum range of the machine; - wherein said control unit is associated with a display unit of said speed and of a value of range of the machine determined on the basis of said speed calculated as residual time or residual surface that can be treated by said machine before a replenishment of liquid in said reservoir. - a program means , resident in said control unit , configured to set the adjustment element so that a flow-rate of liquid is supplied in an increasing way responsive to an increase of said speed optimizing the flow-rate, in order to achieve a maximum range of the machine; - wherein said control unit is associated with a display unit of said speed and of a value of range of the machine determined on the basis of said speed calculated as residual time or residual surface that can be treated by said machine before a replenishment of liquid in said reservoir.
A floor cleaning device comprising: - a stick with a cleaning head at one end thereof; - a lower tank ; - an upper tank mounted inside and/or above the lower tank and designed to contain a cleaning liquid; and - a basket adapted to receive the cleaning head to be rinsed; the floor cleaning device is characterised in that the basket is carried by the upper tank to move between a rest position, in which the basket fluidically separates the upper tank and the lower tank , and an operating position, in which the basket fluidically connects the upper tank with the lower tank to allow the cleaning liquid to flow from the upper tank to the lower tank through the basket so as to rinse the cleaning head inside the basket . - a stick with a cleaning head at one end thereof; - a lower tank ; - an upper tank mounted inside and/or above the lower tank and designed to contain a cleaning liquid; and - a basket adapted to receive the cleaning head to be rinsed;
An air separation process for providing a purified O 2 stream and a heated working fluid stream comprising: pressurizing air in a first stage air compressor to a pressure of about 3.5 bar (0.35 MPa) to about 12 bar (1.2 MPa); passing at least a portion of the pressurized air from the first stage compressor to a second stage air compressor where the air is further pressurized to a pressure of up to about 150 bar (15 MPa), wherein the portion of the pressurized air from the first stage compressor is passed to the second stage compressor without cooling between the stages, wherein the first stage air compressor comprises at least one portion operating adiabatically with no intermediate cooling of the air and with a pressure ratio of 2.5 or greater, and wherein the second stage air compressor operates with one or more portions of adiabatic compression, each with a pressure ratio of about 2.5 or greater, the portions having no intermediate cooling of the air; transferring heat from the adiabatically compressed air from each portion in the first and second stage air compressors to the working fluid stream such that the working fluid stream is heated and the adiabatically compressed air is cooled; feeding the cooled, compressed air streams from the first and second stage air compressors into a cryogenic oxygen plant having a pumped liquid oxygen cycle to produce an oxygen stream; and feeding at least a portion of the heat transferred from the adiabatically compressed portions of the air streams together with the oxygen into an oxy-fuel power generation system using a CO 2 working fluid. pressurizing air in a first stage air compressor to a pressure of about 3.5 bar (0.35 MPa) to about 12 bar (1.2 MPa); passing at least a portion of the pressurized air from the first stage compressor to a second stage air compressor where the air is further pressurized to a pressure of up to about 150 bar (15 MPa), wherein the portion of the pressurized air from the first stage compressor is passed to the second stage compressor without cooling between the stages, wherein the first stage air compressor comprises at least one portion operating adiabatically with no intermediate cooling of the air and with a pressure ratio of 2.5 or greater, and wherein the second stage air compressor operates with one or more portions of adiabatic compression, each with a pressure ratio of about 2.5 or greater, the portions having no intermediate cooling of the air; transferring heat from the adiabatically compressed air from each portion in the first and second stage air compressors to the working fluid stream such that the working fluid stream is heated and the adiabatically compressed air is cooled; feeding the cooled, compressed air streams from the first and second stage air compressors into a cryogenic oxygen plant having a pumped liquid oxygen cycle to produce an oxygen stream; and feeding at least a portion of the heat transferred from the adiabatically compressed portions of the air streams together with the oxygen into an oxy-fuel power generation system using a CO 2 working fluid.