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A method of determining an indication of the quality of a quadrature amplitude modulated, QAM, digital signal on a cable network with forward error correction, FEC, comprising the steps of: a) determining a first bit error rate, BER, of the QAM digital signal prior to FEC; b) determining a second BER of the QAM digital signal after FEC; c) determining a digital quality index, DQI, of the QAM digital signal on a predetermined scale on the basis of the first BER and the second BER; and d) displaying the DQI to provide an indication of the quality of the QAM digital signal on the cable network; characterized in that step a) comprises: i) obtaining a QAM decode error voltage, V ERR , of the QAM digital signal from a QAM demodulator; and ii) determining the first BER from a scaled value of the V ERR , x, by using a modified exponential equation, f x = c 1 + ae − bx wherein a, b, and c are constants based on decoding hardware, and wherein a>0, b>0, and 0<c<1, wherein the QAM decode error voltage, V ERR , is the root mean square of the amplitude of the error vector of a received constellation point with respect to a closest valid constellation point. a) determining a first bit error rate, BER, of the QAM digital signal prior to FEC; b) determining a second BER of the QAM digital signal after FEC; c) determining a digital quality index, DQI, of the QAM digital signal on a predetermined scale on the basis of the first BER and the second BER; and d) displaying the DQI to provide an indication of the quality of the QAM digital signal on the cable network; characterized in that step a) comprises: i) obtaining a QAM decode error voltage, V ERR , of the QAM digital signal from a QAM demodulator; and ii) determining the first BER from a scaled value of the V ERR , x, by using a modified exponential equation, f x = c 1 + ae − bx wherein a, b, and c are constants based on decoding hardware, and wherein a>0, b>0, and 0<c<1, wherein the QAM decode error voltage, V ERR , is the root mean square of the amplitude of the error vector of a received constellation point with respect to a closest valid constellation point. i) obtaining a QAM decode error voltage, V ERR , of the QAM digital signal from a QAM demodulator; and ii) determining the first BER from a scaled value of the V ERR , x, by using a modified exponential equation, f x = c 1 + ae − bx wherein a, b, and c are constants based on decoding hardware, and wherein a>0, b>0, and 0<c<1, wherein the QAM decode error voltage, V ERR , is the root mean square of the amplitude of the error vector of a received constellation point with respect to a closest valid constellation point.
A method of docking an electric vehicle at a charging station , comprising identifying the vehicle as it approaches the charging station ; and determining a distance parameter at the charging station , characterized by transmitting the distance parameter from the charging station to the vehicle , the distance parameter being a measure of a distance that the vehicle has to travel before electrical contact is made with the charging station ; determining a desired speed of the vehicle based on the distance parameter using an algorithm in the vehicle , wherein determining the desired speed of the vehicle includes determining the desired speed to be (a) a constant value for a first period of time, and (b) decreasing to a lower value for a second period of time; controlling the vehicle to attain the determined desired speed; and automatically lowering a charge head of the charging station onto a roof of the vehicle as the vehicle is travelling under the charge head during the first period of time.
A method of manufacturing an electrothermal heater mat , comprising the steps of: providing a preform which comprises a laminated stack of dielectric layers (51-56) which are made of thermoplastic material and include a central layer or group of layers which include(s) reinforcement and first and second outer groups of layers which do not include reinforcement; wherein the preform includes a heater element and the preform has a first configuration; heating the preform to a temperature between the glass-transition temperature of the thermoplastic material and the melting point of the thermoplastic material; and forming the heated preform into a second configuration which is different to the first configuration so as to produce the heater mat ; wherein, in the forming step, the preform is positioned on a tool which has a tool surface with a third configuration which is more-curved than the second configuration and the preform is formed down onto the tool surface; and wherein, after the heater mat has been formed on the tool , the heater mat relaxes from the third configuration to the second configuration. providing a preform which comprises a laminated stack of dielectric layers (51-56) which are made of thermoplastic material and include a central layer or group of layers which include(s) reinforcement and first and second outer groups of layers which do not include reinforcement; wherein the preform includes a heater element and the preform has a first configuration; heating the preform to a temperature between the glass-transition temperature of the thermoplastic material and the melting point of the thermoplastic material; and forming the heated preform into a second configuration which is different to the first configuration so as to produce the heater mat ; wherein, in the forming step, the preform is positioned on a tool which has a tool surface with a third configuration which is more-curved than the second configuration and the preform is formed down onto the tool surface; and wherein, after the heater mat has been formed on the tool , the heater mat relaxes from the third configuration to the second configuration.
A dimming track lamp, comprising a power supply track , an assembly housing which is in detachable connection with the power supply track , a control circuit board electrically connected with the power supply track , a lamp body arranged on the assembly housing , a printed circuit board arranged in the lamp body , a light source on the printed circuit board and an optical element arranged in the light output direction of the light source , wherein the control circuit board comprises : a power supply module which is electrically connected with the power supply track ,a signal input module , a signal processing module for analyzing an input signal and generating a control signal, and a signal output module for outputting the control signal to the printed circuit board ; the light source comprises a warm light source and a cold light source , the control signal is used to control the light output of the warm light source and the cold light source , characterized in that the control circuit board is integrated into the assembly housing , whereby the heat generated by the control circuit board is exported through the power supply track .
A security policy deployment method, comprising: when a lifecycle state of a virtualized network function, VNF, changes, generating, by a management network element, a security policy of the VNF, wherein the security policy of the VNF is used to perform access control on the VNF (step 201); and sending, by the management network element, the security policy of the VNF to a control device, wherein the control device is configured to implement access control on the VNF (step 202). when a lifecycle state of a virtualized network function, VNF, changes, generating, by a management network element, a security policy of the VNF, wherein the security policy of the VNF is used to perform access control on the VNF (step 201); and sending, by the management network element, the security policy of the VNF to a control device, wherein the control device is configured to implement access control on the VNF (step 202).
A modified antisense compound for use in a method of treating or preventing Kennedy's Disease in a subject, wherein the modified antisense compound comprises a modified antisense oligonucleotide consisting of 16 linked nucleosides having a nucleobase sequence comprising a contiguous nucleobase portion that is complementary to an at least 15 nucleobase portion of nucleotides 58722-58737 or 58752-58767 of SEQ ID NO: 1, and wherein the modified oligonucleotide comprises: a gap segment consisting of 9 linked deoxynucleosides; a 5' wing segment consisting of three linked nucleosides; and a 3' wing segment consisting of four linked nucleosides; wherein the gap segment is positioned between the 5' wing segment and the 3' wing segment; the three linked nucleosides of the 5' wing segment each comprise a constrained ethyl (cEt) sugar; the four linked nucleosides of the 3' wing segment comprise a constrained ethyl (cEt) sugar, a constrained ethyl (cEt) sugar, a constrained ethyl (cEt) sugar, and a 2'-O-methoxyethyl sugar in the 5' to 3' direction; each internucleoside linkage is a phosphorothioate linkage; and each cytosine is a 5-methylcytosine. a gap segment consisting of 9 linked deoxynucleosides; a 5' wing segment consisting of three linked nucleosides; and a 3' wing segment consisting of four linked nucleosides; wherein the gap segment is positioned between the 5' wing segment and the 3' wing segment; the three linked nucleosides of the 5' wing segment each comprise a constrained ethyl (cEt) sugar; the four linked nucleosides of the 3' wing segment comprise a constrained ethyl (cEt) sugar, a constrained ethyl (cEt) sugar, a constrained ethyl (cEt) sugar, and a 2'-O-methoxyethyl sugar in the 5' to 3' direction; each internucleoside linkage is a phosphorothioate linkage; and each cytosine is a 5-methylcytosine.
A device comprising: a receiver plate containing a plurality of wells; and a multiwell plate having the same number of wells as the receiver plate, wherein the multiwell plate is immersed within the receiver plate, with the multiwell plate comprising: a modified polyethersulfone ultrafiltration membrane sealed into the multiwall plate and comprising human skin-like permeability and with pores of a size within the range of 0.01 μm (0.01 microns) and 0.1 μm (0.1 microns) and treated with a mixture of a fatty acid ester and a polydimethylsiloxane a receiver plate containing a plurality of wells; and a multiwell plate having the same number of wells as the receiver plate, wherein the multiwell plate is immersed within the receiver plate, with the multiwell plate comprising: a modified polyethersulfone ultrafiltration membrane sealed into the multiwall plate and comprising human skin-like permeability and with pores of a size within the range of 0.01 μm (0.01 microns) and 0.1 μm (0.1 microns) and treated with a mixture of a fatty acid ester and a polydimethylsiloxane
A compound according to Formula I wherein: R 1 and R 2 are independently H or an optionally substituted group selected from an alkyl, a heteroalkyl, an aryl, a heteroaryl, an arylalkyl, and a heteroarylalkyl, and R 3 and R 4 taken together form a carbonyl (=O); or wherein R 1 and R 2 are independently H or an optionally substituted group selected from an alkyl, a heteroalkyl, an aryl, a heteroaryl, an arylalkyl, and a heteroarylalkyl, R 3 is H and R 4 is H or - OR 5 , wherein R 5 is H or an optionally substituted group selected from an alkyl, a heteroalkyl, an aryl, a heteroaryl, an arylalkyl, and a heteroarylalkyl; or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt or ester thereof for use in the treatment or prevention of acute kidney injury, R 1 and R 2 are independently H or an optionally substituted group selected from an alkyl, a heteroalkyl, an aryl, a heteroaryl, an arylalkyl, and a heteroarylalkyl, and R 3 and R 4 taken together form a carbonyl (=O); or wherein R 1 and R 2 are independently H or an optionally substituted group selected from an alkyl, a heteroalkyl, an aryl, a heteroaryl, an arylalkyl, and a heteroarylalkyl, R 3 is H and R 4 is H or - OR 5 , wherein R 5 is H or an optionally substituted group selected from an alkyl, a heteroalkyl, an aryl, a heteroaryl, an arylalkyl, and a heteroarylalkyl; or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt or ester thereof for use in the treatment or prevention of acute kidney injury,
A use for detecting increased S1R density at the site of nerve injury arising from neuropathic pain comprising S1R-PET imaging a tissue with an imaging agent to determine a non-invasive biomarker of nerve injury and inflammation wherein the imaging agent comprises using at least one S1R selective compound or radioligand of the general formula III', or IV': wherein R 1 is an optionally substituted piperidine, an optionally substituted tetrahydropiperidine, an optionally substituted piperazine, an optionally substituted tetrahydropyridine, an optionally substituted azepane or an optionally substituted tetrahydroisoquinoline in which the optional substituents are on the aromatic moiety, or a radical of an optionally substituted cyclic or acyclic tertiary amine or isoindoline-1,3-dione: R 2,4,5 can each independently be any one or combinations of the following moieties, hydrogen, cyano, nitro, acyl, alkyl, amido, azido, isothiocyanato, isocyanato, optionally substituted anilino, halogens, ethers, sulfonamides, thioacyl, nitro, aromatic, heterocyclic, olefinic, acetylene, deuterium, or tritium; Y can be either O or S; Z can be either O or S; "n" can be 1 to 5 carbons in length and stereoisomers, and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof and wherein the moiety bridging R 1 and N can be a substituted alkylene; and wherein X is tritium or C 1 -C 4 radiohaloalkyl.
A therapeutic system, comprising: a) a laser source; comprising a laser, laser optics and a coordinate system for directing the delivery of a therapeutic laser beam from the laser source to an eye of a patient; b) a processor; the processor configured to execute instructions stored in a memory; and, c) a control system; wherein the control system is in communication with the processor and the laser source; d) wherein the memory is configured to have a pre-treatment image of an iris of the eye of the patient and a treatment image of the iris of the eye of the patient; e) wherein the instructions comprise: i) a global correlation algorithm configured to determine a correlation function for registration of the eye based upon the pre-treatment and treatment images; and, ii) wherein the algorithm is configured to determine the correlation function, without singling out particular points in the pre-treatment and treatment images; f) whereby the laser system is configured to align the coordinate system based at least in part upon the correlation function. a) a laser source; comprising a laser, laser optics and a coordinate system for directing the delivery of a therapeutic laser beam from the laser source to an eye of a patient; b) a processor; the processor configured to execute instructions stored in a memory; and, c) a control system; wherein the control system is in communication with the processor and the laser source; d) wherein the memory is configured to have a pre-treatment image of an iris of the eye of the patient and a treatment image of the iris of the eye of the patient; e) wherein the instructions comprise: i) a global correlation algorithm configured to determine a correlation function for registration of the eye based upon the pre-treatment and treatment images; and, ii) wherein the algorithm is configured to determine the correlation function, without singling out particular points in the pre-treatment and treatment images; i) a global correlation algorithm configured to determine a correlation function for registration of the eye based upon the pre-treatment and treatment images; and, ii) wherein the algorithm is configured to determine the correlation function, without singling out particular points in the pre-treatment and treatment images; f) whereby the laser system is configured to align the coordinate system based at least in part upon the correlation function.
A method for message authentication, comprising (a) preparing a data block , having a block length, L B ; (c) determining an available length, L avail , ,from at least L B and a maximum length, L max , a data frame; (d) calculating from at least the data block a message authentication code, MAC , having a MAC length, L MAC , not greater than L avail ; and (e) creating the data frame , comprising the data block and the MAC , and (e2) creating an additional data frame , comprising the data block and an additional MAC , wherein the step of calculating the MAC comprises calculating from at least the data block the additional MAC having an additional MAC length, L MAC2 , not greater than L avail . (a) preparing a data block , having a block length, L B ; (c) determining an available length, L avail , ,from at least L B and a maximum length, L max , a data frame; (d) calculating from at least the data block a message authentication code, MAC , having a MAC length, L MAC , not greater than L avail ; and (e) creating the data frame , comprising the data block and the MAC , and (e2) creating an additional data frame , comprising the data block and an additional MAC , wherein the step of calculating the MAC comprises calculating from at least the data block the additional MAC having an additional MAC length, L MAC2 , not greater than L avail .
A negative electrode comprising a negative electrode active material layer, the negative electrode active material layer comprising a negative electrode active material, the negative electrode active material comprising a carbon-based negative electrode active material, the carbon-based negative electrode active material comprising: a core containing a plurality of flake artificial graphite primary particles; natural graphite disposed on the core; and an amorphous carbon-based material, wherein the natural graphite is contained in the carbon-based negative electrode active material in an amount of 10 wt% to 30 wt%, and the carbon-based negative electrode active material has a sphericity of 0.78 to 0.83. the negative electrode active material layer comprising a negative electrode active material, the negative electrode active material comprising a carbon-based negative electrode active material, the carbon-based negative electrode active material comprising: a core containing a plurality of flake artificial graphite primary particles; natural graphite disposed on the core; and an amorphous carbon-based material, wherein the natural graphite is contained in the carbon-based negative electrode active material in an amount of 10 wt% to 30 wt%, and the carbon-based negative electrode active material has a sphericity of 0.78 to 0.83. a core containing a plurality of flake artificial graphite primary particles; natural graphite disposed on the core; and an amorphous carbon-based material, wherein the natural graphite is contained in the carbon-based negative electrode active material in an amount of 10 wt% to 30 wt%, and the carbon-based negative electrode active material has a sphericity of 0.78 to 0.83.
An amusement-oriented multi-mode experience system comprising a rail and a riding vehicle traveling along the rail , a screen rail is provided at a side of the rail , a screen synchronous moving mechanism corresponding to the riding vehicle and capable of traveling is provided on the screen rail , the screen synchronous moving mechanism comprises a rotary support device and a traveling device , the rotary support device is installed with a screen on the top thereof, the screen is installed on the top of the rotary support device and is capable of performing a 180° pitching motion via a pitch axis, and the rotary support device is installed on the traveling device and is capable of performing a 360° rotation in a horizontal plane, the traveling device can travel along with the riding vehicle synchronously on the screen rail , characterized in that the rail is a closed rail, the screen rail is in a straight line shape and is disposed within the rail the screen synchronous moving mechanism reciprocally moves along the screen rail , and the screen synchronous moving mechanism is configured to move together with a first riding vehicle at a side of the screen rail along a first direction, and then move together with a second riding vehicle at the other side of the screen rail along a second direction contrary to the first direction after the screen performing a 180° pitching motion via a pitch axis, wherein the second riding vehicle travels before the first riding vehicle.
A device for unwinding or winding multiple rolls of print substrate, the device including: multiple spindles each to hold a roll of print substrate, the spindles in line with one another lengthwise along a spindle axis ; a differential operatively connected to one end of each spindle to output torque along a differential axis offset from the spindle axis to turn the spindles on the spindle axis ; characterised in that each spindle is individually connected to the differential such that each spindle is disconnectable from the differential independently of any other spindle ; and the device further includes a support to support the differential and the end of each spindle . multiple spindles each to hold a roll of print substrate, the spindles in line with one another lengthwise along a spindle axis ; a differential operatively connected to one end of each spindle to output torque along a differential axis offset from the spindle axis to turn the spindles on the spindle axis ; characterised in that each spindle is individually connected to the differential such that each spindle is disconnectable from the differential independently of any other spindle ; and the device further includes a support to support the differential and the end of each spindle .
An additive manufacturing machine comprising a body ; a table which is located on the body and allows powders (T) to be laid thereon by means of a laying apparatus (S); at least one layer (L) which is created by sintering or fusing the powders (T) laid on the table ; a part (P) which is produced by piling up the layers (L) using additive manufacturing method; at least one heat source which is located on the body and applies heat treatment to powders (T) laid on the table ; at least one sensor for detecting position and operating status of the heat source ; and at least one control unit controlling the heat source based on information received from the sensor , characterized by at least one head located on the body in a movable manner, controlled by the sensor and the control unit , covering the layer (L) when the layer (L) is contacted thereon, and thus, applying pressure on the layer (L), wherein perimeter of said head is made of a semi-elastic material to completely match with layer (L) surface while applying pressure to the layer (L) surface.