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A respiratory waveform recognition method useful for identification of a normal respiration state and an abnormal respiration state from a waveform of a respiratory airflow, the respiratory waveform recognition method comprising: detecting the respiratory airflow in a respiratory cycle; measuring an amplitude of the respiratory airflow and a duration of the respiratory cycle; using a plurality of sampling points to determine an inspiration waveform and an expiration waveform according to the amplitude and the duration; normalizing the amplitude and the duration of one of the inspiration waveform and the expiration waveform, so as to establish a normalized waveform; and accumulating the differences between the normalized waveform and a reference waveform to calculate a flow index useful for the identification of the normal respiration state and the abnormal respiration state, characterized in that the reference waveform is a second-order polynomial or a third-order polynomial. detecting the respiratory airflow in a respiratory cycle; measuring an amplitude of the respiratory airflow and a duration of the respiratory cycle; using a plurality of sampling points to determine an inspiration waveform and an expiration waveform according to the amplitude and the duration; normalizing the amplitude and the duration of one of the inspiration waveform and the expiration waveform, so as to establish a normalized waveform; and accumulating the differences between the normalized waveform and a reference waveform to calculate a flow index useful for the identification of the normal respiration state and the abnormal respiration state, characterized in that the reference waveform is a second-order polynomial or a third-order polynomial.
A magnetically receptive surface covering unit for use in a magnetically interchangeable surface covering system, the surface covering unit comprising: an outer surface protectant layer ; a primary layer adapted to provide structure and support to the surface covering unit; and a rust resistant and dimensionally stable magnetically receptive layer adapted to magnetically secure the surface covering unit to a magnetic underlayment, the magnetically receptive layer comprising: a ferrite compound; a plasticizer; and a polymer; characterized in that the surface covering unit further comprises a flexible chlorinated polyethylene and iron ferrite sheet layer . an outer surface protectant layer ; a primary layer adapted to provide structure and support to the surface covering unit; and a rust resistant and dimensionally stable magnetically receptive layer adapted to magnetically secure the surface covering unit to a magnetic underlayment, the magnetically receptive layer comprising: a ferrite compound; a plasticizer; and a polymer; characterized in that the surface covering unit further comprises a flexible chlorinated polyethylene and iron ferrite sheet layer . a ferrite compound; a plasticizer; and a polymer; characterized in that the surface covering unit further comprises
A multifunction apparatus for a vehicle, comprising: a muffler including a body having a plurality of walls that are disposed between a posterior portion of the apparatus and an upper portion of the apparatus and that bound an array of resonator cells , the resonator cells arranged between inlet and outlet pipes to suppress exhaust noise; wherein the walls are configured to controllably deform during an impact event, and wherein a density of concentration of the walls increases beginning from the posterior portion and moving vertically up to the upper portion. a muffler including a body having a plurality of walls that are disposed between a posterior portion of the apparatus and an upper portion of the apparatus and that bound an array of resonator cells , the resonator cells arranged between inlet and outlet pipes to suppress exhaust noise; wherein the walls are configured to controllably deform during an impact event, and wherein a density of concentration of the walls increases beginning from the posterior portion and moving vertically up to the upper portion.
An isolated subtilisin variant having proteolytic activity, which is a variant of Bacillus lentus subtilisin GG36 protease comprising the amino acid sequence shown in SEQ ID NO:2, and wherein the variant has at least 90% amino acid sequence identity to the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 2, wherein the amino acid positions of the subtilisin variant are numbered according to the numbering of corresponding amino acid positions in the amino acid sequence of B. amyloliquefaciens subtilisin BPN' set forth as SEQ ID NO: 1, and wherein the variant comprises the following combination of amino acid substitutions: T022R-S101G-S103A-V104I-A232V-Q245R, and wherein the variant has a superior cleaning performance relative to said Bacillus lentus subtilisin GG36 protease.
A method for device-to-device, D2D, communications by a first user device characterized by : the UE participating in a random access procedure to obtain a (D2D) resource and an uplink resource grant, wherein the UE initiates the random access procedure by selecting a preamble out of a plurality of preambles allocated for use in random access procedures and sending the selected preamble to an eNB ; receiving, at the UE , from the eNB a first message (MSG2) including information about an uplink resource grant that the eNB has allocated in response to receiving the preamble; transmitting by the UE a second message using the uplink resource grant as specified in the first message including a proximity services, ProSe, buffer status report, BSR; receiving a device-to-device D2D resource grant indicating a successful contention resolution process by indicating to the UE that the second message (MSG3) including the ProSe BSR was successfully received by the eNB, and further indicating that the UE may cancel any pending ProSe BSRs; canceling all pending ProSe BSRs; and engaging in D2D communications directly with a second user device utilizing the resource grant. the UE participating in a random access procedure to obtain a (D2D) resource and an uplink resource grant, wherein the UE initiates the random access procedure by selecting a preamble out of a plurality of preambles allocated for use in random access procedures and sending the selected preamble to an eNB ; receiving, at the UE , from the eNB a first message (MSG2) including information about an uplink resource grant that the eNB has allocated in response to receiving the preamble; transmitting by the UE a second message using the uplink resource grant as specified in the first message including a proximity services, ProSe, buffer status report, BSR; receiving a device-to-device D2D resource grant indicating a successful contention resolution process by indicating to the UE that the second message (MSG3) including the ProSe BSR was successfully received by the eNB, and further indicating that the UE may cancel any pending ProSe BSRs; canceling all pending ProSe BSRs; and engaging in D2D communications directly with a second user device utilizing the resource grant.
A machine for processing mixture-based compound products, which, by means of at least the mixing and dispensing thereof, processes compound products based on two or more ingredients which comprises distributor means for ingredients linked by means of internal circuits to dispenser means that pour said ingredients in a mixing recipient wherein in said distributor means, dispenser means and circuits are independent with regard to one another, at least one of said dispenser means being a pressure dispenser means, made up of one or more injection needles , that pours at least one mixing ingredient at pressure into the mixing recipient which is situated outside of the circuits of the machine and in which the different ingredients to be mixed are poured to make up the final product, wherein the pressure of said mixing ingredient determines the mechanical mixture of the ingredients inside the mixing recipient characterized in that the pressure means are able to be aimed and/or connected to a rotating head .
Device for generating a CO 2 snow jet , comprising an expansion channel which extends in a flow direction for generating a CO 2 gas/CO 2 snow mixture based on liquid CO 2 , the expansion channel having an inlet opening for supplying liquid CO 2 and an outlet opening for discharging the CO 2 gas/CO 2 snow mixture , and the device also comprising a nozzle for generating a jacketed jet which surrounds and accelerates the CO 2 gas/CO 2 snow mixture discharged from the outlet opening of the expansion channel , the expansion channel having a plurality of channel portions arranged one behind the other in the flow direction , the cross section of the expansion channel , which cross section lies in a plane orthogonal to the flow direction , varying locally in a relevant transition or transition region between the channel portions , and that the cross section of the expansion channel at the upstream end of a relevant channel portion is larger than the cross section of the expansion channel at the upstream end of the channel portion arranged upstream of the relevant channel portion in the flow direction , characterized in that the cross section of the expansion channel reduces in the flow direction at least at some of the transitions or transition regions .
A valve comprising: a first valve wall ; a second valve wall ; the first valve wall and the second valve wall being joined together to form a fluid communication channel ; a protruding valve element joined to the second valve wall and extending into the fluid communication channel, wherein a portion of the fluid communication channel is formed between the protruding valve element and the first valve wall ; a hinge element formed on the second valve wall , thereby defining a hinged header , the hinge element being positioned so that a first portion of the protruding valve element is below the hinge element and a second portion of the protruding valve element is above the hinge element ; the hinged header having a first configuration wherein the header obstructs the fluid communication channel and a second configuration wherein the fluid communication channel is free of obstruction by the hinged header . a first valve wall ; a second valve wall ; the first valve wall and the second valve wall being joined together to form a fluid communication channel ; a protruding valve element joined to the second valve wall and extending into the fluid communication channel, wherein a portion of the fluid communication channel is formed between the protruding valve element and the first valve wall ; a hinge element formed on the second valve wall , thereby defining a hinged header , the hinge element being positioned so that a first portion of the protruding valve element is below the hinge element and a second portion of the protruding valve element is above the hinge element ; the hinged header having a first configuration wherein the header obstructs the fluid communication channel and a second configuration wherein the fluid communication channel is free of obstruction by the hinged header .
A terminal device (100-2) comprising: a wireless communication unit ; an information acquiring unit configured to: receive from a base station via the wireless communication unit : information indicating a frequency group including a first frequency band and a second frequency band, and information indicating a measurement gap; and a measurement unit configured to perform a first measurement for the first frequency band and a second measurement for the second frequency band, based on the information indicating the measurement gap, characterized in that both of the first measurement and the second measurement are performed within one measurement gap specified by the information indicating the measurement gap, wherein the first measurement is an intra-frequency measurement, and the second measurement is an inter-frequency measurement. a wireless communication unit ; an information acquiring unit configured to: receive from a base station via the wireless communication unit : information indicating a frequency group including a first frequency band and a second frequency band, and information indicating a measurement gap; and information indicating a frequency group including a first frequency band and a second frequency band, and information indicating a measurement gap; and a measurement unit configured to perform a first measurement for the first frequency band and a second measurement for the second frequency band, based on the information indicating the measurement gap, characterized in that both of the first measurement and the second measurement are performed within one measurement gap specified by the information indicating the measurement gap, wherein the first measurement is an intra-frequency measurement, and the second measurement is an inter-frequency measurement. both of the first measurement and the second measurement are performed within one measurement gap specified by the information indicating the measurement gap, wherein the first measurement is an intra-frequency measurement, and the second measurement is an inter-frequency measurement.
A method for transmitting control information comprising uplink control information over L Multiple Input Multiple Output, MIMO layers, where L is an integer value greater than one, the method comprising: generating a plurality of control modulation symbols from the control information, wherein the control information comprises a first group of control information and a second group of control information, wherein the first group of control information is generated using a modulation and coding scheme, MCS, level; and a number of the control modulation symbols generated from the second group of control information is determined by the MCS, level of the first group of control information, wherein the first group of control information comprises channel quality information, a precoding matrix indicator, or a combination thereof; filling the L MIMO layers by mapping the plurality of control modulation symbols to the L MIMO layers; and transmitting over the L MIMO layers. generating a plurality of control modulation symbols from the control information, wherein the control information comprises a first group of control information and a second group of control information, wherein the first group of control information is generated using a modulation and coding scheme, MCS, level; and a number of the control modulation symbols generated from the second group of control information is determined by the MCS, level of the first group of control information, wherein the first group of control information comprises channel quality information, a precoding matrix indicator, or a combination thereof; filling the L MIMO layers by mapping the plurality of control modulation symbols to the L MIMO layers; and transmitting over the L MIMO layers.
A method of operating a switch-mode power supply controller , comprising: comparing a summation voltage comprising a sum of an error voltage received from a power stage coupled to the controller and a reference voltage with an estimated voltage to generate a comparator output signal; providing the comparator output signal to a programmable delay line having an input coupled to an output of the comparator and an output coupled to an input of an inverter, generating , at the inverter, a gate drive signal by inverting the comparator output signal; conveying the gate drive signal from the controller to at least one gate driver of the power stage coupled to the controller; and characterized by : conveying the gate drive signal to a low-pass filter within the controller; and filtering the gate drive signal at the low-pass filter within the controller to generate the estimated voltage, wherein the estimated voltage is substantially the same as an output voltage of the power stage in steady state. comparing a summation voltage comprising a sum of an error voltage received from a power stage coupled to the controller and a reference voltage with an estimated voltage to generate a comparator output signal; providing the comparator output signal to a programmable delay line having an input coupled to an output of the comparator and an output coupled to an input of an inverter, generating , at the inverter, a gate drive signal by inverting the comparator output signal; conveying the gate drive signal from the controller to at least one gate driver of the power stage coupled to the controller; and characterized by : conveying the gate drive signal to a low-pass filter within the controller; and filtering the gate drive signal at the low-pass filter within the controller to generate the estimated voltage, wherein the estimated voltage is substantially the same as an output voltage of the power stage in steady state. conveying the gate drive signal to a low-pass filter within the controller; and filtering the gate drive signal at the low-pass filter within the controller to generate the estimated voltage, wherein the estimated voltage is substantially the same as an output voltage of the power stage in steady state.
A biologically acceptable surgical barrier material comprised of a polyelectrolytic complex of chitosan and sodium alginate, wherein the chitosan is deacetylated in an amount between 40 to 60% and has a molecular weight (Mw) between 190 and 310 kDa and wherein the alginate has a molecular weight (Mw) from 75,000 to 500,000 g/mol, further comprising an ionic crosslinker.
A wavelength meter for differentiating the effect of a wavelength change from the effect of a temperature change, comprising: input means for receiving an optical signal from an optical source ; a first interferometer means for receiving the optical signal from the input means and outputting a first output signal, the first interferometer means comprising a first reference arm and a first delay arm ; a second interferometer means for simultaneously receiving the optical signal from the input means and outputting a second output signal, the second interferometer means comprising a second reference arm and a second delay arm , wherein at least one of the second reference and the second delay arms of the second interferometer means is configured to have a different thermo-optic coefficient to group index ( θ:n g ) ratio than the corresponding first reference arm and the first delay arm of the first interferometer means; and means for determining a wavelength of the optical signal based on the first and second output signals. input means for receiving an optical signal from an optical source ; a first interferometer means for receiving the optical signal from the input means and outputting a first output signal, the first interferometer means comprising a first reference arm and a first delay arm ; a second interferometer means for simultaneously receiving the optical signal from the input means and outputting a second output signal, the second interferometer means comprising a second reference arm and a second delay arm , wherein at least one of the second reference and the second delay arms of the second interferometer means is configured to have a different thermo-optic coefficient to group index ( θ:n g ) ratio than the corresponding first reference arm and the first delay arm of the first interferometer means; and means for determining a wavelength of the optical signal based on the first and second output signals.
A biological assay system comprising: a valveless cartridge for sample processing, the cartridge comprising a sample chamber ; a first blister comprising a first treatment composition ; a second blister comprising a second composition ; a third blister comprising a third composition ; a first mixing chamber ; a second mixing chamber ; first mixing bellows ; second bellows ; a tortuous conduit connecting the first and second mixing chambers; a reading cuvette connected to a reading zone , and a reader assembly unit , the unit comprising: a cartridge handling unit for insertion of said cartridge; an optical illuminator ; and an optical detector , wherein the sample chamber, first blister and second blister are each connected to the first mixing chamber; the third blister is connected to the second mixing chamber ; the first bellows is connected to the second mixing chamber; the second bellows is a reading bellows connected to the first mixing chamber via the reading cuvette ; the reading cuvette is connected to the first mixing chamber; the reading cuvette is connected to the reading zone; and the optical detector comprises detection elements for independent detection of different wavelengths. a valveless cartridge for sample processing, the cartridge comprising a sample chamber ; a first blister comprising a first treatment composition ; a second blister comprising a second composition ; a third blister comprising a third composition ; a first mixing chamber ; a second mixing chamber ; first mixing bellows ; second bellows ; a tortuous conduit connecting the first and second mixing chambers; a reading cuvette connected to a reading zone , and a sample chamber ; a first blister comprising a first treatment composition ; a second blister comprising a second composition ; a third blister comprising a third composition ; a first mixing chamber ; a second mixing chamber ; first mixing bellows ; second bellows ; a tortuous conduit connecting the first and second mixing chambers; a reading cuvette connected to a reading zone , and a reader assembly unit , the unit comprising: a cartridge handling unit for insertion of said cartridge; an optical illuminator ; and an optical detector , a cartridge handling unit for insertion of said cartridge; an optical illuminator ; and an optical detector , wherein the sample chamber, first blister and second blister are each connected to the first mixing chamber; the third blister is connected to the second mixing chamber ; the first bellows is connected to the second mixing chamber; the second bellows is a reading bellows connected to the first mixing chamber via the reading cuvette ; the reading cuvette is connected to the first mixing chamber; the reading cuvette is connected to the reading zone; and the optical detector comprises detection elements for independent detection of different wavelengths.
A method for producing O-phosphoserine, comprising acting phosphoserine aminotransferase (PSAT) and 3-phosphoglycerate dehydrogenase (PGDH) that are each derived from a thermophilic bacterium on 3-phosphoglyceric acid at a pH of 6 to 8 to generate O-phosphoserine.
A method of providing a point of sale assembly having antitheft functionality comprising the steps of: providing a lock having a sensor , the lock having a body and at least one locking arm ; inserting the at least one locking arm through a corresponding opening of a sealed consumer package that contains a consumer product ; and securing the locking arm to the consumer product. providing a lock having a sensor , the lock having a body and at least one locking arm ; inserting the at least one locking arm through a corresponding opening of a sealed consumer package that contains a consumer product ; and securing the locking arm to the consumer product.