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Heat exchange apparatus for condensing water from a flow of respiratory gas, the apparatus comprising a first portion having an inlet and a second portion having an outlet , the inlet and outlet being connectable to a breathing system, the first and second portions being arranged in flow series, the first portion comprising a condenser, comprising a condensation chamber, and the second portion comprising a heater, comprising a heater chamber, downstream of the condenser for increasing the temperature of the respiratory gas flow prior to the outlet , wherein the apparatus comprises a heat exchange component and a base unit , the heat exchange component including the condensation chamber and the heater chamber through which the respiratory gas flows, and the base unit being adapted to aid removal of heat energy from the condensation chamber and to aid provision of heat energy to the heater chamber, wherein the heat exchange component is releasably engageable with the base unit such that the heat exchange component is replaceable.
A non-pneumatic tire comprising: - an annular beam that is elastomeric and configured to deflect at a contact patch of the non-pneumatic tire as the non-pneumatic tire rolls on a ground surface; and - an annular support that is elastomeric, extends radially inwardly from the annular beam and is configured to deform such that, when the non-pneumatic tire is loaded, an upper portion of the annular support above an axis of rotation of the non-pneumatic tire is in tension; wherein a thermoset elastomeric material of at least one of the annular beam and the annular support has a Young's tensile modulus of elasticity measured according to ISO 527-1/-2 of at least 90 MPa, characterized in that a crack propagation rate of the thermoset elastomeric material is no more than 1e-4 mm/cycle at a strain energy release rate of 3 N-mm/mm 2 , when subjecting a test specimen of the thermoset elastomeric material to a uniaxial tension test applying a stress varying sinusoidally at a frequency of 2 Hz from near zero to σ MAX , wherein σ MAX is in a range from 5 MPa to 12 MPa and the test specimen of the thermoset elastomeric material has a length of 100 mm, a width of 25 mm and a thickness of 2 mm and includes an initial edge crack located at a midpoint of the length of the test specimen of the thermoset elastomeric material and having an initial crack length in a range from 1 mm to 4 mm. - an annular beam that is elastomeric and configured to deflect at a contact patch of the non-pneumatic tire as the non-pneumatic tire rolls on a ground surface; and - an annular support that is elastomeric, extends radially inwardly from the annular beam and is configured to deform such that, when the non-pneumatic tire is loaded, an upper portion of the annular support above an axis of rotation of the non-pneumatic tire is in tension;
A closure device for sealing an opening formed through biological tissue, said closure device comprising: a plug comprising a proximal end and a distal end ; a wire ; and a footplate attached to said wire , and positioned distally to said distal end of said plug characterized in that the wire is rigid and comprises a plastically deformable portion configurable between an unrestrained position and a restrained position relative to said plug ; wherein when the wire is in the restrained position the wire contains a plastically deformed bend that is positioned in secure engagement with said proximal end of said plug. a plug comprising a proximal end and a distal end ; a wire ; and a footplate attached to said wire , and positioned distally to said distal end of said plug characterized in that the wire is rigid and comprises a plastically deformable portion configurable between an unrestrained position and a restrained position relative to said plug ; wherein when the wire is in the restrained position the wire contains a plastically deformed bend that is positioned in secure engagement with said proximal end of said plug.
A method for analyzing white blood cells for a protein epitope of an intracellular marker comprising contacting a drawn blood sample comprising the white blood cells with a protective agent that is substantially free of formaldehyde; wherein the protective agent comprises a preserving agent and an anticoagulant, wherein the preserving agent is imidazolidinyl urea or diazolidinyl urea and the anticoagulant is K 3 EDTA, wherein the blood sample is stable for analysis for at least 4 days after contacting, and wherein the blood sample is stable at about 22° C after contacting.
An allele of the Immediate Early (IE) gene of the wild type Merlin strain of Cytomegalovirus nucleotide position 170689 to position 176186 of Merlin strain Genbank reference sequence AY446894.2, characterized in that said IE allele lacks intron 2 nucleotide position 173903 to position 174019 (SEQ ID:17) of Merlin strain Genbank reference sequence AY446894.2, wherein said allele comprises SEQ ID NO:1.
Execution system having at least a central processing unit (CPU), a system memory (SM) storing a genuine program having instructions at determined addresses and a secure agent component (SAC) dedicated to the protection of the execution of the genuine program and fetching instructions occurring between the central processing unit (CPU) and system memory (SM), said secure agent component (SAC) comprising a colour memory (CM) created at the compilation time of the genuine program from the genuine program source and data to be protected, said colour memory (CM) configured to list the determined memory addresses of the genuine program with, at least, an associated colour tag for each store and load instruction relative to data to be protected, said secure agent component (SAC) being such that, for a store instruction of a data to be protected at a destination address of the system memory (SM), it is configured to associate the colour tag stored at the store instruction address in the colour memory (CM) to the destination address in the colour memory (CM) while storing data at the destination address in the system memory (SM), said secure agent component (SAC) being further such that, for a load instruction at a loading address, it is configured to compare the colour tag associated to the loading address in the colour memory (CM) and the colour tag associated to the load instruction address in the colour memory (CM), said secure agent component (SAC) configured to detect a dysfunction and raising an alarm if the compared colour tags are different. said colour memory (CM) configured to list the determined memory addresses of the genuine program with, at least, an associated colour tag for each store and load instruction relative to data to be protected, said secure agent component (SAC) being such that, for a store instruction of a data to be protected at a destination address of the system memory (SM), it is configured to associate the colour tag stored at the store instruction address in the colour memory (CM) to the destination address in the colour memory (CM) while storing data at the destination address in the system memory (SM), said secure agent component (SAC) being further such that, for a load instruction at a loading address, it is configured to compare the colour tag associated to the loading address in the colour memory (CM) and the colour tag associated to the load instruction address in the colour memory (CM), said secure agent component (SAC) configured to detect a dysfunction and raising an alarm if the compared colour tags are different.
A mounting arrangement of an antenna module on a body in white of a vehicle, comprising at least one mounting device for mounting the antenna module on the body in white of the vehicle, said at least one mounting device comprising: - an elongated portion having a longitudinal extension, - a handle portion ; and - a fastening portion ; - the elongated portion being connected to and arranged between the fastening and handle portions, wherein the mounting device is translationally movably arranged on the antenna module , characterized in that by means of the handle portion , the mounting device is translationally movable in relation to the antenna module along the longitudinal extension of the elongated portion between an introducing position for introducing the fastening portion into at least one opening of the body in white of the vehicle, and at least one fastening position for mounting the antenna module on the body in white of the vehicle such that the fastening portion engages behind wall portions of the body in white of the vehicle, the wall portions bounding the opening at least partially. - an elongated portion having a longitudinal extension, - a handle portion ; and - a fastening portion ; - the elongated portion being connected to and arranged between the fastening and handle portions, wherein the mounting device is translationally movably arranged on the antenna module , characterized in that by means of the handle portion , the mounting device is translationally movable in relation to the antenna module along the longitudinal extension of the elongated portion between an introducing position for introducing the fastening portion into at least one opening of the body in white of the vehicle, and at least one fastening position for mounting the antenna module on the body in white of the vehicle such that the fastening portion engages behind wall portions of the body in white of the vehicle, the wall portions bounding the opening at least partially. - the elongated portion being connected to and arranged between the fastening and handle portions, wherein the mounting device is translationally movably arranged on the antenna module , characterized in that by means of the handle portion , the mounting device is translationally movable in relation to the antenna module along the longitudinal extension of the elongated portion between an introducing position for introducing the fastening portion into at least one opening of the body in white of the vehicle, and at least one fastening position for mounting the antenna module on the body in white of the vehicle such that the fastening portion engages behind wall portions of the body in white of the vehicle, the wall portions bounding the opening at least partially.
A method of encoding omnidirectional video data, comprising: accessing a first block of an equi-rectangular picture; determining an intra prediction mode from a set of available intra prediction modes for the first block, wherein a number of the available intra prediction modes in the set depends on a vertical position of the first block, and wherein the number of available intra prediction modes for the first block is smaller than a number of available intra prediction modes for a second block of the equi-rectangular picture, when the first block is further away from the center of the equi-rectangular picture in a vertical direction than the second block ; and encoding the first block using the determined intra prediction mode. accessing a first block of an equi-rectangular picture; determining an intra prediction mode from a set of available intra prediction modes for the first block, wherein a number of the available intra prediction modes in the set depends on a vertical position of the first block, and wherein the number of available intra prediction modes for the first block is smaller than a number of available intra prediction modes for a second block of the equi-rectangular picture, when the first block is further away from the center of the equi-rectangular picture in a vertical direction than the second block ; and encoding the first block using the determined intra prediction mode.
A stool resuspension solution comprising a hemoglobin stabilization reagent, characterized in that the hemoglobin stabilization reagent is a protoporphyrin complexed with Cr 3+ or Co 3+ .
A cutting tool configuration for a ground milling machine, for example, a cold milling machine, a ground stabilizer/recycler, or a mining drill, comprising: - a cutter holder , which is fastenable or fastened on a milling drum, - a cutting tool , which is fastened on the cutter holder, and which is inserted using its cutting tool shaft in a cutter holder bore of the cutter holder and can rotate around its longitudinal axis (L), and - a wear disc , which is situated in a rotation-locked way between a stop surface of the cutter holder and the cutting tool head of the cutting tool , characterized in that a rotation lock between the wear disc and the cutter holder is caused by at least one groove formed on the outer circumference of the wear disc and a guide , which is formed on the cutter holder and which engages in this groove , and that the guide , which is formed on the cutter holder and engages in the groove of the wear disc , has a wear section (S). - a cutter holder , which is fastenable or fastened on a milling drum, - a cutting tool , which is fastened on the cutter holder, and which is inserted using its cutting tool shaft in a cutter holder bore of the cutter holder and can rotate around its longitudinal axis (L), and - a wear disc , which is situated in a rotation-locked way between a stop surface of the cutter holder and the cutting tool head of the cutting tool ,
Method for encrypting files for backup storage, comprising the following steps: - generating a unique identification code (F) for a provided file (D) to be stored, - symmetrically encrypting the file (D) to be stored using a symmetric key (F, Z) and storing the file (K) encrypted in this way, characterized by - generating an asymmetric key pair (AK1, AK2) comprising a private key (AK1) and a public key (AK2) by generating the private key (AK1) and the associated public key (AK2) on the basis of a starting value (S) based on the identification code (F) and - storing the public key (AK2) as an asymmetrically deterministically generated index value (L) that is unique for the encrypted file (K) and points to a memory location of the encrypted file (K). - generating a unique identification code (F) for a provided file (D) to be stored, - symmetrically encrypting the file (D) to be stored using a symmetric key (F, Z) and storing the file (K) encrypted in this way, characterized by - generating an asymmetric key pair (AK1, AK2) comprising a private key (AK1) and a public key (AK2) by generating the private key (AK1) and the associated public key (AK2) on the basis of a starting value (S) based on the identification code (F) and - storing the public key (AK2) as an asymmetrically deterministically generated index value (L) that is unique for the encrypted file (K) and points to a memory location of the encrypted file (K).
A strain of Bifidobacterium longum AH1362 deposited with the NCIMB under accession number NCIMB 41715.
Device for decontaminating a turbid liquid , in particular of the liquid food type, comprising a sheath extending longitudinally along an axis X, comprising an outer wall (2; 200) and an inner wall that are coaxial with one another and delimiting an annular circulation space for circulating the liquid to be decontaminated, an inlet and an outlet for the liquid to be decontaminated, which inlet and outlet are fluidly connected to the annular circulation space , and a source of ultraviolet rays positioned coaxially with the annular circulation space, the outer wall comprising a cylindrical surface (27; 270) facing the annular circulation space and having a profile along a generatrix of the cylindrical surface that includes an alternating succession of concave shapes (21; 221) and convex shapes (22; 222), the internal wall being made of a material that allows ultraviolet rays to pass therethrough, the source of ultraviolet rays being positioned in a central space delimited by the inner wall of the sheath , and the inlet and the outlet being oriented radially and centrifugally, characterised in that the profile along the generatrix of the cylindrical surface comprises a succession of waves comprising hollows forming the concave shapes and peaks forming the convex shapes and in which each hollow is connected to the following hollow by the succession of a short slope , one of the peaks and a long slope .
A reconfigurable optical modulator , comprising: - a light source ; - a power splitter operative to: -- receive an input signal from the light source and -- split the input signal into a plurality of split signals each on a respective branch ; - a plurality of optical amplifiers , each being operative to: -- receive one of the plurality of split signals as an input and -- act as a switch having a first state where the split signal is blocked and a second state where the split signal is amplified ; - a plurality of modulators , each being operative to: -- receive an amplified split signal from one of the plurality of optical amplifiers and -- modulate the amplified split signal into a modulated signal ; and - an optical combiner operative to combine a plurality of modulated signals produced by the plurality of modulators on each of the respective branches to thereby produce a modulated output signal . - a light source ; - a power splitter operative to: -- receive an input signal from the light source and -- split the input signal into a plurality of split signals each on a respective branch ; -- receive an input signal from the light source and -- split the input signal into a plurality of split signals each on a respective branch ; - a plurality of optical amplifiers , each being operative to: -- receive one of the plurality of split signals as an input and -- act as a switch having a first state where the split signal is blocked and a second state where the split signal is amplified ; -- receive one of the plurality of split signals as an input and -- act as a switch having a first state where the split signal is blocked and a second state where the split signal is amplified ; - a plurality of modulators , each being operative to: -- receive an amplified split signal from one of the plurality of optical amplifiers and -- modulate the amplified split signal into a modulated signal ; and -- receive an amplified split signal from one of the plurality of optical amplifiers and -- modulate the amplified split signal into a modulated signal ; and - an optical combiner operative to combine a plurality of modulated signals produced by the plurality of modulators on each of the respective branches to thereby produce a modulated output signal .
A method for facilitating transportation of an observer in a vehicle, the method comprising the steps of: - providing video images from a plurality of cameras, wherein said cameras are oriented in such a way that the video images show parts of the environment of the vehicle in which the observer is transported and wherein the fields of view of said cameras are partly overlapping; - detecting an orientation of the head of the observer; - combining said video images so that the combined video images provide a first video image of a first section of the environment of the vehicle; - presenting a second video image showing a second section of the environment of the vehicle to the observer, wherein said second section is a subset of said first section and wherein said second section of the environment corresponds to the detected orientation of the head of the observer, characterised in that said first section of the environment is a proper subset of the environment which can be seen by said plurality of cameras such that said detecting and said presenting is repeated after a predetermined time-period short enough not to cause nausea for the observer, the method further comprising the step of: - combining said video images so that the combined video images provide a third video image of a third section of the environment of the vehicle, wherein said third section of the environment is a proper subset of the environment which can be seen by said plurality of cameras, wherein one of said first section and said third section of the environment is a proper subset of the other, and wherein the one of said first section and said third section of the environment which is a proper subset of the other has a higher quality in the corresponding video image compared to the video image corresponding to the one of said first section and said third section of the environment which is a superset of the other, the method further comprising the step of detecting the turn rate of the head of the observer and wherein said third section has said higher quality if the turn rate is above a pre-determined threshold, and wherein said first section has said higher quality if the turn rate is below the pre-determined threshold. - providing video images from a plurality of cameras, wherein said cameras are oriented in such a way that the video images show parts of the environment of the vehicle in which the observer is transported and wherein the fields of view of said cameras are partly overlapping; - detecting an orientation of the head of the observer; - combining said video images so that the combined video images provide a first video image of a first section of the environment of the vehicle; - presenting a second video image showing a second section of the environment of the vehicle to the observer, wherein said second section is a subset of said first section and wherein said second section of the environment corresponds to the detected orientation of the head of the observer, - combining said video images so that the combined video images provide a third video image of a third section of the environment of the vehicle,