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A medical apparatus for tissue ablation, comprising: a probe configured for insertion into a body of a patient and comprising a plurality of electrodes configured to contact tissue within the body; and an electrical signal generator configured to apply between one or more pairs of the electrodes signals of first and second types in alternation, the signals of the first type comprising a sequence of bipolar pulses having an amplitude of at least 200 V, and a duration of each of the bipolar pulses less than 20 μs, the amplitude being sufficient to cause irreversible electrophoresis (IRE) in the tissue contacted by the electrodes , and the signals of the second type comprising a radio-frequency (RF) signal having a frequency between 350 and 500 kHz, an amplitude between 10 and 200 V and a power sufficient to thermally ablate the tissue contacted by the electrodes ; wherein the signals of the first type comprise pairs of pulses , wherein each pair comprises a positive pulse and a negative pulse, and wherein the signals of the second type are either interleaved between the positive and negative pulses of the pairs or between successive pairs of pulses . a probe configured for insertion into a body of a patient and comprising a plurality of electrodes configured to contact tissue within the body; and an electrical signal generator configured to apply between one or more pairs of the electrodes signals of first and second types in alternation, the signals of the first type comprising a sequence of bipolar pulses having an amplitude of at least 200 V, and a duration of each of the bipolar pulses less than 20 μs, the amplitude being sufficient to cause irreversible electrophoresis (IRE) in the tissue contacted by the electrodes , and the signals of the second type comprising a radio-frequency (RF) signal having a frequency between 350 and 500 kHz, an amplitude between 10 and 200 V and a power sufficient to thermally ablate the tissue contacted by the electrodes ; wherein the signals of the first type comprise pairs of pulses , wherein each pair comprises a positive pulse and a negative pulse, and wherein the signals of the second type are either interleaved between the positive and negative pulses of the pairs or between successive pairs of pulses .
A battery including a plurality of battery cells (102(i)), the battery comprising an upper housing and a lower housing , wherein the battery further comprises: - a wire harness assembly , wherein the wire harness assembly includes a bus-bar-assembly which is configured to connect the plurality of battery cells (102(i)) in series; and - a middle housing that includes a plurality of top cell chambers (1208(i)) with each of the plurality of top cell chambers (1208(i)) configured to accommodate the top section of a corresponding one of the plurality of battery cells (102(i)); wherein the lower housing includes a plurality of bottom cell chambers (1808(i)) with each of the plurality of bottom cell chambers (1808(i)) configured to accommodate the bottom section of a corresponding one of the plurality of battery cells (102(i)); characterized in that the middle housing has a top surface on which the wire harness assembly is installed, and the plurality of top cell chambers (1208(i)) are beneath the top surface of the middle housing , the upper housing has an opening and comprises a plurality of clips (1022.1, 1022.2, 1022.3; 1024.1, 1024.2; 1023.1, 1023.2, 1023.3; 1025.1, 1025.2) disposed on four edges of the opening of the upper housing , and the lower housing has an opening and comprises a plurality of taper flanges (1123.1, 1123.2; 1125.1, 1125.2) disposed on four edges of the opening of the lower housing , wherein the plurality of clips (1022.1, 1022.2, 1022.3; 1024.1, 1024.2; 1023.1, 1023.2, 1023.3; 1025.1, 1025.2) are configured to lock into the plurality of taper flanges (1123.1, 1123.2; 1125.1, 1125.2) such that the upper housing is fixed onto the lower housing to form the battery , and the wire harness assembly further includes a voltage-sense-wire harness , and the bus-bar assembly and the voltage-sense-wire harness are installed on the top surface of the middle housing . - a wire harness assembly , wherein the wire harness assembly includes a bus-bar-assembly which is configured to connect the plurality of battery cells (102(i)) in series; and - a middle housing that includes a plurality of top cell chambers (1208(i)) with each of the plurality of top cell chambers (1208(i)) configured to accommodate the top section of a corresponding one of the plurality of battery cells (102(i));
A sludge separator with a separation container (100; 200), which has a lateral container wall (102; 202) and a container axis (A), and an inlet (110; 210) for supplying liquid to the separation container and an outlet (120; 220) for discharging the liquid from the separation container, wherein the sludge separator is designed in such a way that liquid introduced into the separation container (100; 200) flows downwards in a cyclonic-like movement along the container wall (102; 202) and then, within the cyclonic-like manner downwardly flowing liquid, flows upwards to the outlet (120; 220), wherein the inlet (110; 210) and the outlet (120; 220) are arranged on diametrically opposite sides of the separation container (100; 200) with respect to the container axis (A), and wherein flow deflection means (150; 250) are arranged in the separation container (100; 200), which flow deflection means deflect liquid, which flows through the inlet (110; 210) into the separation container (100; 200), laterally along the container wall (102; 202) and obliquely downwards, characterized in that the flow deflection means (150; 250) have a bypass channel through which a part of the liquid can flow directly from the inlet (110; 210) to the outlet (120; 220).
A method of wireless communication performed by an apparatus of a user equipment, UE , comprising: detecting a trigger to switch from a source cell to a target cell for transmitting physical uplink shared channel, PUSCH, communications, wherein the trigger is detected in association with a handover from the source cell to the target cell, wherein the UE is connected to the source cell and to the target cell during the handover; switching from the source cell to the target cell for transmitting the PUSCH communications, wherein switching from the source cell to the target cell is associated with detecting the trigger; and releasing physical uplink control channel, PUCCH, resources associated with the source cell or ceasing sounding reference signal, SRS, transmissions to the source cell, wherein the releasing or the ceasing is associated with receiving an indication that the source cell has ended downlink communication transmission to the UE . detecting a trigger to switch from a source cell to a target cell for transmitting physical uplink shared channel, PUSCH, communications, wherein the trigger is detected in association with a handover from the source cell to the target cell, wherein the UE is connected to the source cell and to the target cell during the handover; switching from the source cell to the target cell for transmitting the PUSCH communications, wherein switching from the source cell to the target cell is associated with detecting the trigger; and releasing physical uplink control channel, PUCCH, resources associated with the source cell or ceasing sounding reference signal, SRS, transmissions to the source cell, wherein the releasing or the ceasing is associated with receiving an indication that the source cell has ended downlink communication transmission to the UE . switching from the source cell to the target cell for transmitting the PUSCH communications, wherein switching from the source cell to the target cell is associated with detecting the trigger; and releasing physical uplink control channel, PUCCH, resources associated with the source cell or ceasing sounding reference signal, SRS, transmissions to the source cell, wherein the releasing or the ceasing is associated with receiving an indication that the source cell has ended downlink communication transmission to the UE .
A surgical instrument comprising: (a) an ultrasonic transducer; (b) a shaft extending distally relative to the ultrasonic transducer along a longitudinal shaft axis; (c) a waveguide acoustically coupled with the ultrasonic transducer and extending distally through the shaft, wherein the waveguide includes an annular nodal flange at the distal-most acoustic node; (d) an end effector arranged at a distal end of the shaft, wherein the end effector includes an ultrasonic blade acoustically coupled with the waveguide, wherein the ultrasonic blade integrally joins with the waveguide at the nodal flange, wherein the ultrasonic transducer is operable to drive the waveguide and the ultrasonic blade with ultrasonic energy; and (e) a nodal support element positioned to support a nodal portion of the waveguide within the shaft, wherein the nodal support element includes a plurality of deformable elements configured to deform against an inner surface of the shaft, and the deformable elements are arranged with uniform circumferential spacing, and wherein an interior of the nodal support element includes an annular groove configured to receive the nodal flange in sealing engagement, such that the nodal support element aligns with and encircles the distal-nodal flange. (a) an ultrasonic transducer; (b) a shaft extending distally relative to the ultrasonic transducer along a longitudinal shaft axis; (c) a waveguide acoustically coupled with the ultrasonic transducer and extending distally through the shaft, wherein the waveguide includes an annular nodal flange at the distal-most acoustic node; (d) an end effector arranged at a distal end of the shaft, wherein the end effector includes an ultrasonic blade acoustically coupled with the waveguide, wherein the ultrasonic blade integrally joins with the waveguide at the nodal flange, wherein the ultrasonic transducer is operable to drive the waveguide and the ultrasonic blade with ultrasonic energy; and (e) a nodal support element positioned to support a nodal portion of the waveguide within the shaft, wherein the nodal support element includes a plurality of deformable elements configured to deform against an inner surface of the shaft, and the deformable elements are arranged with uniform circumferential spacing, and wherein an interior of the nodal support element includes an annular groove configured to receive the nodal flange in sealing engagement, such that the nodal support element aligns with and encircles the distal-nodal flange.
A mobile station apparatus comprising: a calculating unit configured to calculate a channel quality indicator, CQI, value for each of groups, into which subcarriers that are consecutive in a frequency domain are divided in a predefined unit of a time domain, the CQI value representing channel quality according to a first step size, by which a range of the CQI value is divided; a generating unit configured to generate feedback information based on the calculated CQI value for each of the groups; and a transmitting unit configured to transmit the feedback information, wherein: said calculating unit calculates a relative value for the groups, the relative value being a difference of the calculated CQI value with respect to another CQI value, and transforms the relative value according to a second step size, which includes a step size that is greater than the first step size and by which a range of the difference is divided, and said generating unit generates the feedback information forming a data sequence, in which the other CQI value is positioned at the beginning and the relative values for the groups are positioned after the other CQI value in order of increasing frequency or decreasing frequency. a calculating unit configured to calculate a channel quality indicator, CQI, value for each of groups, into which subcarriers that are consecutive in a frequency domain are divided in a predefined unit of a time domain, the CQI value representing channel quality according to a first step size, by which a range of the CQI value is divided; a generating unit configured to generate feedback information based on the calculated CQI value for each of the groups; and a transmitting unit configured to transmit the feedback information, wherein: said calculating unit calculates a relative value for the groups, the relative value being a difference of the calculated CQI value with respect to another CQI value, and transforms the relative value according to a second step size, which includes a step size that is greater than the first step size and by which a range of the difference is divided, and said generating unit generates the feedback information forming a data sequence, in which the other CQI value is positioned at the beginning and the relative values for the groups are positioned after the other CQI value in order of increasing frequency or decreasing frequency. said calculating unit calculates a relative value for the groups, the relative value being a difference of the calculated CQI value with respect to another CQI value, and transforms the relative value according to a second step size, which includes a step size that is greater than the first step size and by which a range of the difference is divided, and said generating unit generates the feedback information forming a data sequence, in which the other CQI value is positioned at the beginning and the relative values for the groups are positioned after the other CQI value in order of increasing frequency or decreasing frequency.
An apparatus comprising: at least one storage cell ; multiple terminals operable to output energy from the at least one storage cell; control circuitry to monitor a level of energy stored in the at least one storage cell; a discharge field-effect transistor disposed in a circuit path between the at least one storage cell and a first terminal of the multiple terminals, the control circuitry operable to control a state of the discharge field-effect transistor to an OFF state in response to detecting that the level of energy is below a threshold value, the OFF state of the discharge field-effect transistor for preventing current to flow from the at least one storage cell through the discharge field-effect transistor to the first terminal; a charger wakeup circuitry operable to provide a limited current to flow from the at least one storage cell to the first terminal during a condition in which the discharge field-effect transistor is controlled to the OFF state, so that the limited current results in voltage pulses to appear across the multiple terminals; and, when a charger device is coupled to the multiple terminals, at least one of: a duty cycle of the voltage pulses is based on a magnitude of a resistance of a charger device coupled to the multiple terminals; and a pulse width of the voltage pulses is based on a magnitude of a resistance of a charger device coupled to the multiple terminals. at least one storage cell ; multiple terminals operable to output energy from the at least one storage cell; control circuitry to monitor a level of energy stored in the at least one storage cell; a discharge field-effect transistor disposed in a circuit path between the at least one storage cell and a first terminal of the multiple terminals, the control circuitry operable to control a state of the discharge field-effect transistor to an OFF state in response to detecting that the level of energy is below a threshold value, the OFF state of the discharge field-effect transistor for preventing current to flow from the at least one storage cell through the discharge field-effect transistor to the first terminal; a charger wakeup circuitry operable to provide a limited current to flow from the at least one storage cell to the first terminal during a condition in which the discharge field-effect transistor is controlled to the OFF state, so that the limited current results in voltage pulses to appear across the multiple terminals; and, when a charger device is coupled to the multiple terminals, at least one of: a duty cycle of the voltage pulses is based on a magnitude of a resistance of a charger device coupled to the multiple terminals; and a pulse width of the voltage pulses is based on a magnitude of a resistance of a charger device coupled to the multiple terminals. a duty cycle of the voltage pulses is based on a magnitude of a resistance of a charger device coupled to the multiple terminals; and a pulse width of the voltage pulses is based on a magnitude of a resistance of a charger device coupled to the multiple terminals.
Aqueous gypsum composition comprising i) at least 40.0 wt.% gypsum, and ii) at least 0.002 wt.%, preferably at least 0.005 wt.% of a foaming agent which comprises at least one alpha-sulfo fatty acid disalt, based on the total weight of the gypsum composition, the gypsum having a recycled-gypsum content of at least 0.5 wt.%, based on the total content of gypsum in the gypsum composition, characterized in that the recycled-gypsum content is siloxane-containing recycled gypsum. i) at least 40.0 wt.% gypsum, and ii) at least 0.002 wt.%, preferably at least 0.005 wt.% of a foaming agent which comprises at least one alpha-sulfo fatty acid disalt, based on the total weight of the gypsum composition, the gypsum having a recycled-gypsum content of at least 0.5 wt.%, based on the total content of gypsum in the gypsum composition, characterized in that the recycled-gypsum content is siloxane-containing recycled gypsum.
A photocathode comprising: a substrate ; a photoelectric conversion layer provided on the substrate and configured to generate photoelectrons in response to incidence of light; and an underlayer provided between the substrate and the photoelectric conversion layer and containing beryllium, characterised in that the underlayer has a first underlayer containing a .nitride of beryllium. a substrate ; a photoelectric conversion layer provided on the substrate and configured to generate photoelectrons in response to incidence of light; and an underlayer provided between the substrate and the photoelectric conversion layer and containing beryllium, characterised in that the underlayer has a first underlayer containing a .nitride of beryllium.
A powder container comprising a container body configured to store powder (G), the container body including an inner peripheral surface of a spiral shape and being configured to rotate around a longitudinal axis (R) to convey the powder (G) by the spiral shape in one direction, the inner peripheral surface having a substantially polygonal shape having rounded corners or a shape in which sides of the substantially polygonal shape are recessed, in cross section orthogonal to a longitudinal direction of the longitudinal axis at a predetermined position, the inner peripheral surface having a region in which the cross-sectional shape at a position shifted from the predetermined position by a predetermined amount within one pitch of the spiral shape in the longitudinal direction is a shape obtained by rotating the substantially polygonal shape having the rounded corners or the shape in which the sides of the substantially polygonal shape are recessed, around the longitudinal axis. the inner peripheral surface having a substantially polygonal shape having rounded corners or a shape in which sides of the substantially polygonal shape are recessed, in cross section orthogonal to a longitudinal direction of the longitudinal axis at a predetermined position, the inner peripheral surface having a region in which the cross-sectional shape at a position shifted from the predetermined position by a predetermined amount within one pitch of the spiral shape in the longitudinal direction is a shape obtained by rotating the substantially polygonal shape having the rounded corners or the shape in which the sides of the substantially polygonal shape are recessed, around the longitudinal axis.
Tire tread comprising at least one elongated block of rubber material of width W and length L with L >> W, this elongated block extending in a circumferential direction (X) when the tread is mounted on the tire, the elongated block comprising a contact surface intended to come into contact with a ground and a first side wall and a second side wall delimiting this contact surface , the elongated block comprising a plurality of oblique cutouts opening alternately on the first side wall or on the second side wall and extending to the ends of cutouts which do not lead to said side walls , characterized in that the cutouts of the plurality of cutouts follow one another longitudinally on the contact surface of the block so that when a cutout , opening on the first side wall 7, reaches its cut end another cutout starts from the second side wall , at the same circumferential level (N) on the elongated block and in that the cutouts are incisions.
Device for storing and supplying cryogenic fluid, notably an on-board device for storing and supplying liquefied hydrogen, comprising a cryogenic tank for storing liquefied fluid, a withdrawal circuit , the device comprising a system for pressurizing the tank comprising a pressurization line having two ends respectively connected to the upper and lower parts of the tank , a vaporization heat exchanger and a set of valve(s) configured to allow liquid to be withdrawn from the tank , to be heated in the vaporization heat exchanger and to be reintroduced into the tank , the system for pressurizing the tank being configured to withdraw a determined volume of fluid from the tank , to store and isolate this volume in the vaporization heat exchanger until the volume of fluid reaches determined temperature and/or pressure conditions prior to re-injection of this volume of fluid into the tank , the pressurization line comprising an element for limiting the flow rate and/or the pressure of the re-injected volume of fluid, characterized in that the pressurization line comprises a buffer storage reservoir that communicates with an outlet of the heat exchanger and that is configured to accommodate part of the volume of fluid.