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A container for storing a biological sample, comprising: a housing having a housing wall extending between a first open end and a second end , the first open end defining a first chamber adapted to receive a fluid therein, the housing further comprising a second chamber adapted to receive a fluid therein; a sample holder configured for placement within the first chamber , the sample holder defining an internal cavity for holding a biological sample and comprising at least one fluid opening; a closure for enclosing at least the open end of the housing; and a valve extending through the housing wall between the first and second chambers , the valve including a handle extending externally to the housing wall , wherein the valve is rotatable between a first position in which the first chamber is in fluid isolation from the second chamber , to a second position in which fluid can pass from at least the second chamber into the first chamber , wherein turning of the handle rotates and opens the valve thereby moving a fluid channel of the valve from a first orientation to prevent fluid communication between the first chamber and the second chamber to a second orientation where the fluid channel is aligned between the first chamber and the second chamber to provide fluid communication therebetween and allow the fluid contained within at least one of the first chamber and the second chamber to pass through the at least one fluid opening and into the internal cavity and into contact with the biological sample. a housing having a housing wall extending between a first open end and a second end , the first open end defining a first chamber adapted to receive a fluid therein, the housing further comprising a second chamber adapted to receive a fluid therein; a sample holder configured for placement within the first chamber , the sample holder defining an internal cavity for holding a biological sample and comprising at least one fluid opening; a closure for enclosing at least the open end of the housing; and a valve extending through the housing wall between the first and second chambers , the valve including a handle extending externally to the housing wall , wherein the valve is rotatable between a first position in which the first chamber is in fluid isolation from the second chamber , to a second position in which fluid can pass from at least the second chamber into the first chamber , wherein turning of the handle rotates and opens the valve thereby moving a fluid channel of the valve from a first orientation to prevent fluid communication between the first chamber and the second chamber to a second orientation where the fluid channel is aligned between the first chamber and the second chamber to provide fluid communication therebetween and allow the fluid contained within at least one of the first chamber and the second chamber to pass through the at least one fluid opening and into the internal cavity and into contact with the biological sample.
A universal sequencer for an ejection seat of an aircraft, the universal sequencer being programmed with specific timing sequences for multiple ejection seat models and aircraft models, and comprising: a sequencer connector defining a plurality of pin receptacles ; a controller electrically coupled to the sequencer connector; and a tangible, non-transitory memory configured to communicate with the controller, wherein a plurality of ejection timetables is stored in the tangible, non-transitory memory and can be accessed by the controller, with each ejection timetable of the plurality of ejection timetables being associated with a particular model of ejection seat and/or a particular model of aircraft, and wherein the tangible, non-transitory memory has instructions stored thereon that, in response to execution by the controller and when the universal sequencer is installed on the particular model of ejection seat and/or the particular model of aircraft, cause the controller to perform operations comprising: determining, by the controller , the particular model of ejection seat within which the universal sequencer is installed and/or the particular model of aircraft in which the ejection seat having the universal sequencer installed therein is located ; and determining, by the controller, which ejection timetable of the plurality of ejection timetables to employ based on the determination of in which particular model of ejection seat the universal sequencer is installed and/or based on the determination of in which particular model of aircraft the ejection seat having the universal sequencer installed therein is located. a sequencer connector defining a plurality of pin receptacles ; a controller electrically coupled to the sequencer connector; and a tangible, non-transitory memory configured to communicate with the controller, wherein a plurality of ejection timetables is stored in the tangible, non-transitory memory and can be accessed by the controller, with each ejection timetable of the plurality of ejection timetables being associated with a particular model of ejection seat and/or a particular model of aircraft, and wherein the tangible, non-transitory memory has instructions stored thereon that, in response to execution by the controller and when the universal sequencer is installed on the particular model of ejection seat and/or the particular model of aircraft, cause the controller to perform operations comprising: determining, by the controller , the particular model of ejection seat within which the universal sequencer is installed and/or the particular model of aircraft in which the ejection seat having the universal sequencer installed therein is located ; and determining, by the controller, which ejection timetable of the plurality of ejection timetables to employ based on the determination of in which particular model of ejection seat the universal sequencer is installed and/or based on the determination of in which particular model of aircraft the ejection seat having the universal sequencer installed therein is located.
Aircraft staircase with a platform and an adjusting device which is designed to adjust the height of the platform relative to a ground plane characterised by , a distance measuring device , which is arranged in a lower region of the aircraft staircase close to the ground, namely on the frame thereof, and is oriented towards an underside of the aircraft fuselage, measuring upwards from the lower region, in a state in which the aircraft staircase is arranged on an aircraft in operational alignment, to determine, without contact, on an underside of the aircraft fuselage facing the ground plane a change in the distance of the aircraft fuselage from the ground plane , and a control device which is designed to control the adjusting device and is further designed to continuously adapt the height of the platform to the determined distance or the determined change in the distance to the ground plane by means of the adjusting device. an adjusting device which is designed to adjust the height of the platform relative to a ground plane characterised by , a distance measuring device , which is arranged in a lower region of the aircraft staircase close to the ground, namely on the frame thereof, and is oriented towards an underside of the aircraft fuselage, measuring upwards from the lower region, in a state in which the aircraft staircase is arranged on an aircraft in operational alignment, to determine, without contact, on an underside of the aircraft fuselage facing the ground plane a change in the distance of the aircraft fuselage from the ground plane , and a control device which is designed to control the adjusting device and is further designed to continuously adapt the height of the platform to the determined distance or the determined change in the distance to the ground plane by means of the adjusting device.
A method of operating a user equipment (UE) within a vehicle with an in-vehicle configuration that includes a driver operation zone, comprising: determining that the UE is located within the driver operation zone of the vehicle based upon a calculated position of the UE that is calculated using one or more measurements of one or more signals exchanged between the UE and an in-vehicle location detection system; restricting , in response to the determination, one or more UE-based user interfaces (UIs) provisioned on the UE for accessing one or more UE-based features; and forwarding , in response to the determination, the one or more UE-based UIs to a vehicle-based UI controller that is coupled to a vehicle UI of the vehicle that is accessible to an operator of the UE within the driver operation zone to permit access to the one or more UE-based features via the vehicle-based UI, wherein the in-vehicle location detection system includes a plurality of Bluetooth transceivers deployed throughout the vehicle, and wherein the determining determines that the UE is located within the given zone of the vehicle based upon a Bluetooth Low Energy (BTLE) Received Signal Strength Indicator (RSSI) between the UE and at least one of the plurality of Bluetooth transceivers. determining that the UE is located within the driver operation zone of the vehicle based upon a calculated position of the UE that is calculated using one or more measurements of one or more signals exchanged between the UE and an in-vehicle location detection system; restricting , in response to the determination, one or more UE-based user interfaces (UIs) provisioned on the UE for accessing one or more UE-based features; and forwarding , in response to the determination, the one or more UE-based UIs to a vehicle-based UI controller that is coupled to a vehicle UI of the vehicle that is accessible to an operator of the UE within the driver operation zone to permit access to the one or more UE-based features via the vehicle-based UI, wherein the in-vehicle location detection system includes a plurality of Bluetooth transceivers deployed throughout the vehicle, and wherein the determining determines that the UE is located within the given zone of the vehicle based upon a Bluetooth Low Energy (BTLE) Received Signal Strength Indicator (RSSI) between the UE and at least one of the plurality of Bluetooth transceivers.
A flow control system , comprising: a flow sensor configured to generate a sensor signal characterizing a flow rate; a valve controller configured to control the flow rate as a function of a control output; a signal processor configured to convert the sensor signal into a flow signal characterizing the flow rate as a function of time; a control processor configured to generate the control output as a function of a setpoint and the flow signal, the setpoint being a target flow rate for the process flow; and an interface configured to receive an input representative of the setpoint, to transmit a flow output representative of the flow signal, and to transmit a flow diagnostic output indicative of an operational condition of the flow control system and a control diagnostic output indicative of an operational condition of the flow control system; wherein the flow diagnostic output is based on an inverse signal-to-noise ratio defined as the ratio of a standard deviation of the flow signal to a mean of the flow signal; and wherein the control diagnostic output is based on a response function relating the control output to the setpoint and the flow signal, the response function representative of operational impairments of the flow control system. a flow sensor configured to generate a sensor signal characterizing a flow rate; a valve controller configured to control the flow rate as a function of a control output; a signal processor configured to convert the sensor signal into a flow signal characterizing the flow rate as a function of time; a control processor configured to generate the control output as a function of a setpoint and the flow signal, the setpoint being a target flow rate for the process flow; and an interface configured to receive an input representative of the setpoint, to transmit a flow output representative of the flow signal, and to transmit a flow diagnostic output indicative of an operational condition of the flow control system and a control diagnostic output indicative of an operational condition of the flow control system; wherein the flow diagnostic output is based on an inverse signal-to-noise ratio defined as the ratio of a standard deviation of the flow signal to a mean of the flow signal; and wherein the control diagnostic output is based on a response function relating the control output to the setpoint and the flow signal, the response function representative of operational impairments of the flow control system.
An apparatus for anchor master, AM, selection, wherein the apparatus comprises: a Beacon frame receiving module , configured to receive a neighbor awareness networking, NAN, Beacon frame, wherein the NAN Beacon frame carries first AM information and first time synchronization function, TSF, information, and the first AM information comprises: a first anchor master rank, AMR, a first hop count, HC, and a first anchor master beacon transmission time, AMBTT; and second AM information and second TSF information are recorded in the apparatus, wherein the second AM information comprises: a second AMR, a second HC, and a second AMBTT; a role switching module , configured to: switch a role of the apparatus to an AM when the NAN Beacon frame is used for AM selection, the first AMR is less than the second AMR, and a master rank, MR, of the apparatus is greater than the first AMR; and an information updating module , configured to: update the second AM information and the second TSF information that are recorded in the apparatus according to the NAN Beacon frame when the NAN Beacon frame is used for AM selection, the first AMR is less than the second AMR, and the MR of the apparatus is less than the first AMR. a Beacon frame receiving module , configured to receive a neighbor awareness networking, NAN, Beacon frame, wherein the NAN Beacon frame carries first AM information and first time synchronization function, TSF, information, and the first AM information comprises: a first anchor master rank, AMR, a first hop count, HC, and a first anchor master beacon transmission time, AMBTT; and second AM information and second TSF information are recorded in the apparatus, wherein the second AM information comprises: a second AMR, a second HC, and a second AMBTT; a role switching module , configured to: switch a role of the apparatus to an AM when the NAN Beacon frame is used for AM selection, the first AMR is less than the second AMR, and a master rank, MR, of the apparatus is greater than the first AMR; and an information updating module , configured to: update the second AM information and the second TSF information that are recorded in the apparatus according to the NAN Beacon frame when the NAN Beacon frame is used for AM selection, the first AMR is less than the second AMR, and the MR of the apparatus is less than the first AMR.
Security method for a security system of a vehicle , for activating at least one security-relevant function on the vehicle by means of at least one data transmission (D) between a portable access device and the vehicle , characterized by the following steps: a) determining at least one security feature according to a predetermined security mechanism, b) performing the data transmission (D) so that at least one data unit with at least the security feature is transmitted from the access device to the vehicle , c) verifying the transmitted data unit based on the transmitted security feature according to the security mechanism to associate the data unit to the access device on the vehicle side so that a verification result is determined, d) activating the security-relevant function depending on at least the verification result, wherein the data unit comprises user data information , and the data unit is associated to the access device on the vehicle side on the basis of the user data information , wherein the security feature is determined according to step a) on the basis of the user data information for the cryptographic protection of this association in order to sign the user data information , wherein the security feature is designed as an electronic signature. a) determining at least one security feature according to a predetermined security mechanism, b) performing the data transmission (D) so that at least one data unit with at least the security feature is transmitted from the access device to the vehicle , c) verifying the transmitted data unit based on the transmitted security feature according to the security mechanism to associate the data unit to the access device on the vehicle side so that a verification result is determined, d) activating the security-relevant function depending on at least the verification result, wherein the data unit comprises user data information , and the data unit is associated to the access device on the vehicle side on the basis of the user data information , wherein the security feature is determined according to step a) on the basis of the user data information for the cryptographic protection of this association in order to sign the user data information , wherein the security feature is designed as an electronic signature.
An apparatus in a base station of a cellular communication system, comprising: - means for storing , in the apparatus, information relating to a first direction sub-flow of a bidirectional sub-flow of a protocol connection on an air interface between the apparatus and a user equipment , the first direction being from the apparatus towards the user equipment ; - means for determining , based on the stored information, the first direction sub-flow as a differentiated quality of service, QoS, sub-flow, - in response to the determining, means for causing transmission of a first indication of the differentiated QoS to the user equipment, to thereby request the user equipment to construct a classifier rule to apply the same differentiated QoS to an opposite direction sub-flow of the bidirectional sub-flow as used for packets in the first direction, the opposite direction being towards the apparatus from the user equipment , wherein the first indication comprises a first predetermined value in a header field of a packet transmitted on the first direction sub-flow of a bidirectional sub-flow, and - means for providing a second indication to the user equipment subsequent to the first indication, wherein the second indication indicates that applying the same differentiated QoS for the opposite direction sub-flow of the bidirectional sub-flow is to be ended. - means for storing , in the apparatus, information relating to a first direction sub-flow of a bidirectional sub-flow of a protocol connection on an air interface between the apparatus and a user equipment , the first direction being from the apparatus towards the user equipment ; - means for determining , based on the stored information, the first direction sub-flow as a differentiated quality of service, QoS, sub-flow, - in response to the determining, means for causing transmission of a first indication of the differentiated QoS to the user equipment, to thereby request the user equipment to construct a classifier rule to apply the same differentiated QoS to an opposite direction sub-flow of the bidirectional sub-flow as used for packets in the first direction, the opposite direction being towards the apparatus from the user equipment , wherein the first indication comprises a first predetermined value in a header field of a packet transmitted on the first direction sub-flow of a bidirectional sub-flow, and - means for providing a second indication to the user equipment subsequent to the first indication, wherein the second indication indicates that applying the same differentiated QoS for the opposite direction sub-flow of the bidirectional sub-flow is to be ended.
A hybrid vehicle comprising: an engine ; a fuel tank configured to supply fuel to the engine; a motor (MG2); a battery configured to supply electric power to the motor; a charger configured to carry out external charging that charges the battery by use of an external power source; and a communication device configured to transmit, to a vehicle external system, a use index (IDX) indicative of a degree of use of external charging in a predetermined time period, characterized by an electronic control unit configured to use the following as the use index (IDX) or to calculate the use index (IDX) based on the following: a ratio of the number of times that the external charging has been carried out in charging chances in which the vehicle is in a state where the external charging is able to be carried out to the number of the charging chances. an engine ; a fuel tank configured to supply fuel to the engine; a motor (MG2); a battery configured to supply electric power to the motor; a charger configured to carry out external charging that charges the battery by use of an external power source; and a communication device configured to transmit, to a vehicle external system, a use index (IDX) indicative of a degree of use of external charging in a predetermined time period, characterized by an electronic control unit configured to use the following as the use index (IDX) or to calculate the use index (IDX) based on the following: a ratio of the number of times that the external charging has been carried out in charging chances in which the vehicle is in a state where the external charging is able to be carried out to the number of the charging chances.
A system for securing data, comprising: an isolated processing environment , associated with a predefined classified area of data sources, having a boundary across which data cannot pass and a channel for passage of data across said boundary, the isolated processing environment being operable to receive a data unit from the classified area, wherein said isolated processing environment is installed on an endpoint computer, and wherein data units of the classified area are assigned a corresponding classification group; a data classifier , associated with said isolated processing environment, and configured to classify the data unit, according to a predefined policy; an output restrictor , associated with said channel and configured to restrict the outputting of the data unit across said channel, according to said classification; and an environment selector residing outside of the isolated processing environment, the environment selector being connected to the isolated processing environment and adapted to detect an attempt to access a data unit, to determine a classification group of the data unit, and to forward the data unit for further processing in the isolated processing environment if the isolated processing environment is associated with the classification group of the data unit. an isolated processing environment , associated with a predefined classified area of data sources, having a boundary across which data cannot pass and a channel for passage of data across said boundary, the isolated processing environment being operable to receive a data unit from the classified area, wherein said isolated processing environment is installed on an endpoint computer, and wherein data units of the classified area are assigned a corresponding classification group; a data classifier , associated with said isolated processing environment, and configured to classify the data unit, according to a predefined policy; an output restrictor , associated with said channel and configured to restrict the outputting of the data unit across said channel, according to said classification; and an environment selector residing outside of the isolated processing environment, the environment selector being connected to the isolated processing environment and adapted to detect an attempt to access a data unit, to determine a classification group of the data unit, and to forward the data unit for further processing in the isolated processing environment if the isolated processing environment is associated with the classification group of the data unit.