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A method for producing human retinal cells or a human retinal tissue, comprising the following steps - : a first step of culturing human pluripotent stem cells in the absence of feeder cells and in a medium comprising a factor for maintaining undifferentiated state, a second step of culturing the pluripotent stem cells obtained in the first step in suspension in the presence of a Sonic hedgehog signal transduction pathway activating substance to form a cell aggregate, wherein the Sonic hedgehog signal transduction pathway activating substance is selected from the group consisting of a protein belonging to the hedgehog family, Shh receptor agonist, SAG, and Purmorphamine, and a third step of culturing the aggregate obtained in the second step in suspension in the presence of a BMP signal transduction pathway activating substance to obtain an aggregate containing human retinal cells or a human retinal tissue, wherein the BMP signal transduction pathway activating substance is one or more proteins selected from the group consisting of BMP2, BMP4, BMP7, GDF7 and an anti-BMP receptor antibody. a first step of culturing human pluripotent stem cells in the absence of feeder cells and in a medium comprising a factor for maintaining undifferentiated state, a second step of culturing the pluripotent stem cells obtained in the first step in suspension in the presence of a Sonic hedgehog signal transduction pathway activating substance to form a cell aggregate, wherein the Sonic hedgehog signal transduction pathway activating substance is selected from the group consisting of a protein belonging to the hedgehog family, Shh receptor agonist, SAG, and Purmorphamine, and a third step of culturing the aggregate obtained in the second step in suspension in the presence of a BMP signal transduction pathway activating substance to obtain an aggregate containing human retinal cells or a human retinal tissue, wherein the BMP signal transduction pathway activating substance is one or more proteins selected from the group consisting of BMP2, BMP4, BMP7, GDF7 and an anti-BMP receptor antibody.
A method for estimating noise in an audio signal , the method comprising: determining (S100) an energy value for the audio signal ; converting (S102) the energy value into the log2-domain; and estimating (S104) a noise level for the audio signal based on the converted energy value directly in the log2-domain, wherein the energy value is converted (S102) into the log2-domain as follows: E n _ log = ⌊ log 2 1 + E n _ lin ⋅ 2 N ⌋ 2 N └ x ┘ floor (x), indicating the largest integer less than or equal to x, E n_log energy value of band n in the log2-domain, E n_lin energy value of band n in the linear domain, N quantization resolution. determining (S100) an energy value for the audio signal ; converting (S102) the energy value into the log2-domain; and estimating (S104) a noise level for the audio signal based on the converted energy value directly in the log2-domain, wherein the energy value is converted (S102) into the log2-domain as follows: E n _ log = ⌊ log 2 1 + E n _ lin ⋅ 2 N ⌋ 2 N └ x ┘ floor (x), indicating the largest integer less than or equal to x, E n_log energy value of band n in the log2-domain, E n_lin energy value of band n in the linear domain, N quantization resolution. └ x ┘ floor (x), indicating the largest integer less than or equal to x, E n_log energy value of band n in the log2-domain, E n_lin energy value of band n in the linear domain, N quantization resolution.
A layered photonic integrated circuit , comprising: a substrate including a buried oxide layer , the buried oxide layer having a top surface that defines a plane extending in a lateral direction; a first waveguide positioned on a top side of the plane, wherein the first waveguide is included in a first device having a first thermal operating condition; a first region positioned below the first waveguide , the first region being aligned with the first waveguide in a direction perpendicular to the lateral direction and having a first thermal conductivity, wherein the first region extends fully through the buried oxide layer to the plane; a second waveguide positioned on the top side of the plane and laterally offset from the first waveguide , wherein the second waveguide is included in a second device having a second thermal operating condition different from the first thermal operating condition; and a second region positioned below the second waveguide , the second region being aligned with the second waveguide in a direction perpendicular to the lateral direction and having a second thermal conductivity different from the first thermal conductivity, wherein the second region extends either only partially through the buried oxide layer toward the plane or fully through the buried oxide layer to the plane. a substrate including a buried oxide layer , the buried oxide layer having a top surface that defines a plane extending in a lateral direction; a first waveguide positioned on a top side of the plane, wherein the first waveguide is included in a first device having a first thermal operating condition; a first region positioned below the first waveguide , the first region being aligned with the first waveguide in a direction perpendicular to the lateral direction and having a first thermal conductivity, wherein the first region extends fully through the buried oxide layer to the plane; a second waveguide positioned on the top side of the plane and laterally offset from the first waveguide , wherein the second waveguide is included in a second device having a second thermal operating condition different from the first thermal operating condition; and a second region positioned below the second waveguide , the second region being aligned with the second waveguide in a direction perpendicular to the lateral direction and having a second thermal conductivity different from the first thermal conductivity, wherein the second region extends either only partially through the buried oxide layer toward the plane or fully through the buried oxide layer to the plane.
A functionalised chromatography medium suitable for isolating biological molecules from mobile phases, wherein the functionalised chromatography medium comprises multiple non-woven sheets of polymer nanofibres and has a density of from 200 kg/m 3 to 1000 kg/m 3 , and wherein said polymer nanofibres have mean diameters from 10 nm to 1000 nm.
System comprising at least two floor processing means of at least one automatically moving floor processing device for the automatically controlled processing of a surface, wherein the system has a database which is jointly assigned to the floor processing means and which is stored in a external memory formed separately from the floor processing device and in which operational activities for the floor processing means are planned in a time-dependent and event-dependent manner according to defined rules, wherein the database comprises a table in which operational activities of each floor processing means are planned according to years, months, days and/or times, and comprising a central computing device which is assigned to the database and plans operational activities according to defined rules, wherein the database contains if-then links which are defined between defined events and operational activities of the floor processing means triggered thereby, wherein an operational activity of a floor processing means is triggered only if a defined event occurs at a specific point in time, and wherein at least two operational activities form a sequence of activities in the database , in which sequence a subsequent operational activity depends on an earlier operational activity, wherein a second operational activity is executed only if a first operational activity was previously executed, wherein the second operational activity is not executed if the planned first operational activity is not executed, and/or wherein a follow-up activity is stored for an operational activity stored in the database , which follow-up activity is defined and executed depending on a failure of the executed operational activity.
A method for processing a communication network, wherein (a) a first performance parameter of the communication network is determined based on data representing an actual status and/or a performance capability of at least one network element of the communication network; (b) a third performance parameter of the communication network is determined based on the first performance parameter and a second performance parameter of the communication network , which second performance parameter was previously determined, wherein the third performance parameter comprises a forecast of a network performance over time until an end of a scheduled lifetime of the communication network, and wherein determining of the third performance parameter is further based on a service level requirement of the communication network; and (c) the communication network is processed based on the third performance parameter such that the service level requirement is fulfilled at any time of a pre-defined lifetime of the communication network. (a) a first performance parameter of the communication network is determined based on data representing an actual status and/or a performance capability of at least one network element of the communication network; (b) a third performance parameter of the communication network is determined based on the first performance parameter and a second performance parameter of the communication network , which second performance parameter was previously determined, wherein the third performance parameter comprises a forecast of a network performance over time until an end of a scheduled lifetime of the communication network, and wherein determining of the third performance parameter is further based on a service level requirement of the communication network; and (c) the communication network is processed based on the third performance parameter such that the service level requirement is fulfilled at any time of a pre-defined lifetime of the communication network.
A computerized method, comprising: generating a set of engagement rules for a website, based on previous third party analytics, the set of engagement rules for determining when the website should engage with a user of the website, wherein each engagement rule defines criteria based on user interaction with the website that, if met, causes the website to engage a user of the website; storing, by a server computer , the set of engagement rules for the website; receiving , by the server computer , data indicative of a set of users' interactions with the website, wherein the data is generated by a third-party data provider; and automatically adjusting , by the server computer , one or more generated rules from the set of engagement rules based on the received data; engaging the user of the website when the criteria of one or more of the engagement rules are met. generating a set of engagement rules for a website, based on previous third party analytics, the set of engagement rules for determining when the website should engage with a user of the website, wherein each engagement rule defines criteria based on user interaction with the website that, if met, causes the website to engage a user of the website; storing, by a server computer , the set of engagement rules for the website; receiving , by the server computer , data indicative of a set of users' interactions with the website, wherein the data is generated by a third-party data provider; and automatically adjusting , by the server computer , one or more generated rules from the set of engagement rules based on the received data; engaging the user of the website when the criteria of one or more of the engagement rules are met.
A polishing-layer molded body having a density of 1.1 g/cm 3 or more, comprising: a thermoplastic polyurethane that is a polymer of a monomer including: a polymer diol; an organic diisocyanate; a first chain extender including a diol having 4 or less carbon atoms; a second chain extender including a diol having 5 or more carbon atoms, a content ratio of nitrogen derived from an isocyanate group of the organic diisocyanate being 6.3 to 7.4 mass%, and the polishing-layer molded body being non-porous. a thermoplastic polyurethane that is a polymer of a monomer including: a polymer diol; an organic diisocyanate; a first chain extender including a diol having 4 or less carbon atoms; a second chain extender including a diol having 5 or more carbon atoms, a content ratio of nitrogen derived from an isocyanate group of the organic diisocyanate being 6.3 to 7.4 mass%, and the polishing-layer molded body being non-porous.
Connecting member for a carpometacarpal thumb joint prosthesis, characterized in that the connecting member is configured as an elongated, substantially arcuate element which at one end portion thereof is configured with a hole for connection to an attachment member for the second metacarpal bone and which at the opposite end portion thereof is configured substantially as a trapezium bone and configured with a hole for connection to an attachment member for the first metacarpal bone , wherein the hole in said one end portion of the elongated, substantially arcuate element is configured as a through hole for insertion therein from one side of said arcuate element and locking on the opposite side of said arcuate element of an end portion of a locking pin of a locking device of the attachment member for the second metacarpal bone , wherein the hole in said one end portion of the elongated, substantially arcuate element is on the insertion side of said element surrounded by setting means for setting the connecting member relative to the attachment member for the second metacarpal bone by engagement with complementary setting means on said end portion of the locking pin of the locking device of said attachment member, wherein the hole in said opposite end portion of the elongated, substantially arcuate element is configured for insertion therein of a mounting pin of an articulating socket element of the attachment member for the first metacarpal bone and configured with a portion which together with a complementary portion of the mounting pin of the articulating socket element permits fastening of the articulating socket element in said elongated, substantially arcuate element.
A method, comprising: receiving, by a disaggregated broadband network gateway, DBNG, control plane system , an association setup request message from a DBNG user plane device , wherein the association setup request message is received via a state control interface (A-1) between the DBNG control plane system and the DBNG user plane device ; determining, by the DBNG control plane system and based on the association setup request message, one or more capabilities of the DBNG user plane device ; causing, by the DBNG control plane system and based on determining the one or more capabilities of the DBNG user plane device , one or more additional state control interfaces (A-2 to A-X) to be established between the DBNG control plane system and the DBNG user plane device ; communicating a first set of messages associated with a first message type via the state control interface (A-1); and communicating a second set of messages associated with a second message type via at least one of the one or more additional state control interfaces (A-2 to A-X). receiving, by a disaggregated broadband network gateway, DBNG, control plane system , an association setup request message from a DBNG user plane device , wherein the association setup request message is received via a state control interface (A-1) between the DBNG control plane system and the DBNG user plane device ; determining, by the DBNG control plane system and based on the association setup request message, one or more capabilities of the DBNG user plane device ; causing, by the DBNG control plane system and based on determining the one or more capabilities of the DBNG user plane device , one or more additional state control interfaces (A-2 to A-X) to be established between the DBNG control plane system and the DBNG user plane device ; communicating a first set of messages associated with a first message type via the state control interface (A-1); and communicating a second set of messages associated with a second message type via at least one of the one or more additional state control interfaces (A-2 to A-X).
A photomask , comprising: a plurality of unit regions arranged in a first direction and a second direction crossing the first direction, each of the unit regions including a first region having a first light-shielding rate, and a second region having a second light-shielding rate higher than the first light-shielding rate, and provided around the first region, characterized in that the unit regions includes a first unit region and a second unit region having same size each other, a distance between the first unit region and a center (C) of a range (R) in which the unit regions are arranged being longer than a distance between the second unit region and the center, and a light-shielding rate of the first unit region is lower than a light-shielding rate of the second unit region, wherein the second regions adjacent to each other in the first direction or the second direction are in contact with each other. a plurality of unit regions arranged in a first direction and a second direction crossing the first direction, each of the unit regions including a first region having a first light-shielding rate, and a second region having a second light-shielding rate higher than the first light-shielding rate, and provided around the first region, a first region having a first light-shielding rate, and a second region having a second light-shielding rate higher than the first light-shielding rate, and provided around the first region, characterized in that the unit regions includes a first unit region and a second unit region having same size each other, a distance between the first unit region and a center (C) of a range (R) in which the unit regions are arranged being longer than a distance between the second unit region and the center, and a light-shielding rate of the first unit region is lower than a light-shielding rate of the second unit region, wherein the second regions adjacent to each other in the first direction or the second direction are in contact with each other.
A screen vibration system, comprising: multiple screen vibrator assemblies (1212a-c) positionable proximate an area of a screen on which images are displayed, the multiple screen vibrator assemblies (1212a-c) being configured to displace the screen ; characterised in that a position of at least one screen vibrator assembly (1212a-c) is adjustable based on portions of the screen experiencing more sag. multiple screen vibrator assemblies (1212a-c) positionable proximate an area of a screen on which images are displayed, the multiple screen vibrator assemblies (1212a-c) being configured to displace the screen ; characterised in that a position of at least one screen vibrator assembly (1212a-c) is adjustable based on portions of the screen experiencing more sag.
A heat exchanger comprising: - a first manifold ; - a second manifold ; - a plurality of multichannel tubes in fluid communication with the first and second manifolds , the multichannel tubes being configured to receive an external fluid flowing across a width dimension extending from a leading edge to a trailing edge ; and - a plurality of generally parallel flow paths disposed within each multichannel tube extending lengthwise through each multichannel tube , characterized by an external sleeve encapsulating an end portion of at least one of the plurality of multichannel tubes , wherein the sleeve is configured to favor flow of an internal fluid within the at least one multichannel tube near the leading edge , as the sleeve openings are configured to align with and partially obstruct some of the openings of the flow paths to promote flow near the leading edge . - a first manifold ; - a second manifold ; - a plurality of multichannel tubes in fluid communication with the first and second manifolds , the multichannel tubes being configured to receive an external fluid flowing across a width dimension extending from a leading edge to a trailing edge ; and - a plurality of generally parallel flow paths disposed within each multichannel tube extending lengthwise through each multichannel tube , characterized by an external sleeve encapsulating an end portion of at least one of the plurality of multichannel tubes , wherein the sleeve is configured to favor flow of an internal fluid within the at least one multichannel tube near the leading edge , as the sleeve openings are configured to align with and partially obstruct some of the openings of the flow paths to promote flow near the leading edge .
An implantable medical device comprising: a frame defining a frame lumen , the frame being expandable from a compressed configuration to an expanded configuration; and a flexible tubular valve body extending between a downstream end and an upstream end , the valve body defining a valve lumen , a downstream opening at the downstream end, and an upstream opening at the upstream end, wherein the valve body is attached to the frame such that the frame lumen is in fluid communication with the valve lumen, the valve body comprising a neck and being configured to fold about the neck to at least partially close the valve lumen in an absence of fluid flow through the valve lumen or in the presence of retrograde fluid flow, and the valve body configured to unfold about the neck to open in the presence of antegrade fluid flow through the valve lumen. a frame defining a frame lumen , the frame being expandable from a compressed configuration to an expanded configuration; and a flexible tubular valve body extending between a downstream end and an upstream end , the valve body defining a valve lumen , a downstream opening at the downstream end, and an upstream opening at the upstream end, wherein the valve body is attached to the frame such that the frame lumen is in fluid communication with the valve lumen, the valve body comprising a neck and being configured to fold about the neck to at least partially close the valve lumen in an absence of fluid flow through the valve lumen or in the presence of retrograde fluid flow, and the valve body configured to unfold about the neck to open in the presence of antegrade fluid flow through the valve lumen.
A cover glass for an electronic device comprising: 40 to 64 mol% SiO 2 , 16 to 28 mol% Al 2 O 3 , 1 to 14 mol% P 2 O 5 , K 2 O, and 12 to 16 mol% R 2 O, wherein R 2 O is at least one alkali metal oxide selected from Na2O, K2O, Rb2O, Cs2O, Li 2 O and combination thereof, wherein 0.75 ≤ [(P 2 O 5 (mol%) + R 2 O(mol%))/ M 2 O 3 (mol%)] ≤ 1.3, where M 2 O 3 = Al 2 O 3 + B 2 O 3 40 to 64 mol% SiO 2 , 16 to 28 mol% Al 2 O 3 , 1 to 14 mol% P 2 O 5 , K 2 O, and 12 to 16 mol% R 2 O, wherein R 2 O is at least one alkali metal oxide selected from Na2O, K2O, Rb2O, Cs2O, Li 2 O and combination thereof, wherein 0.75 ≤ [(P 2 O 5 (mol%) + R 2 O(mol%))/ M 2 O 3 (mol%)] ≤ 1.3, where M 2 O 3 = Al 2 O 3 + B 2 O 3