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A device for placement on the abdomen of a subject to measure uterine contractions of the subject and a fetal heart rate, the device comprising: - a rigid base for placement on the abdomen of the subject; - a cover configured to connect to the rigid base , wherein the cover has no contact with the abdomen of the subject when the rigid base is placed on said abdomen and comprises a flexible portion moveable in response to uterine contractions of the subject, said rigid base and cover providing a casing of the device ; - a fetal heart rate sensor mounted on the rigid base and configured to measure the fetal heart rate; and - a uterine contractions sensor located within the device and configured to measure the uterine contractions of the subject as a reaction of the flexible portion to said uterine contractions. - a rigid base for placement on the abdomen of the subject; - a cover configured to connect to the rigid base , wherein the cover has no contact with the abdomen of the subject when the rigid base is placed on said abdomen and comprises a flexible portion moveable in response to uterine contractions of the subject, said rigid base and cover providing a casing of the device ; - a fetal heart rate sensor mounted on the rigid base and configured to measure the fetal heart rate; and - a uterine contractions sensor located within the device and configured to measure the uterine contractions of the subject as a reaction of the flexible portion to said uterine contractions.
An effector comprising: i. a tubular body having a proximal end and a distal end; ii. a plug at the distal end of the tubular body ; iii. an active electrode extending from the plug ; iv. an insulator coating at least a portion of an outer surface of the tubular body and at least a portion of the plug ; and v. one or more return electrodes on the insulator , the return electrodes being electrically separated via the insulator from the active electrode and the plug ; wherein the tubular body dissipates heat generated by the one or more return electrodes from the distal end of the tubular body to the proximal end of the tubular body ; and wherein the distal end of the tubular body is plugged with the plug and crimped. i. a tubular body having a proximal end and a distal end; ii. a plug at the distal end of the tubular body ; iii. an active electrode extending from the plug ; iv. an insulator coating at least a portion of an outer surface of the tubular body and at least a portion of the plug ; and v. one or more return electrodes on the insulator , the return electrodes being electrically separated via the insulator from the active electrode and the plug ; wherein the tubular body dissipates heat generated by the one or more return electrodes from the distal end of the tubular body to the proximal end of the tubular body ; and wherein the distal end of the tubular body is plugged with the plug and crimped.
Method for estimating the physical activity exerted by an upper limb of a person , the method comprising steps of: (a) Acquiring, by inertial measurement means solidly attached to a forearm of said upper limb of said person , an angular speed of said forearm ; (b) Estimating, by data processing means , a torque exerted by the muscles of an arm of the upper limb on said forearm as a function of the measured angular speed, of an orientation of said forearm , and of physical parameters of said forearm ; said torque being estimated as the difference between the derivative of a kinetic moment L O of the forearm with respect to a contact point O of the elbow of the forearm with a support, and a moment M PO of the gravitational forces on the forearm with respect to the point O; where L O = ∫∫∫ OM Λ ( ω Λ OM ) ρ dτ and M PO = ∫∫∫ OM Λ g ρ dτ, where p is the density, ω is the measured angular speed and g the acceleration due to gravity, by integrating at any point M on a volume of the forearm defined by said physical parameters of said forearm ; (c) Determining, by the data processing means , a power exerted by the upper limb as a function of the estimated torque and of the measured angular speed. (a) Acquiring, by inertial measurement means solidly attached to a forearm of said upper limb of said person , an angular speed of said forearm ; (b) Estimating, by data processing means , a torque exerted by the muscles of an arm of the upper limb on said forearm as a function of the measured angular speed, of an orientation of said forearm , and of physical parameters of said forearm ; said torque being estimated as the difference between the derivative of a kinetic moment L O of the forearm with respect to a contact point O of the elbow of the forearm with a support, and a moment M PO of the gravitational forces on the forearm with respect to the point O; where L O = ∫∫∫ OM Λ ( ω Λ OM ) ρ dτ and M PO = ∫∫∫ OM Λ g ρ dτ, where p is the density, ω is the measured angular speed and g the acceleration due to gravity, by integrating at any point M on a volume of the forearm defined by said physical parameters of said forearm ; (c) Determining, by the data processing means , a power exerted by the upper limb as a function of the estimated torque and of the measured angular speed.
A cover glass article, comprising: a glass body having: a three-dimensional shape, an inside surface, an outside surface, and a wall thickness in a range from 0.3 mm to 3 mm, wherein: each of the inside and outside surfaces is free of indentations having diameters larger than 150 μm, at least one of the inside and outside surfaces has a surface roughness (Ra) less than 3.0 nm a variation of the wall thickness is ± 15% or less, and the glass article has at least one bend section having a bend radius from 1 mm to 20mm. a three-dimensional shape, an inside surface, an outside surface, and a wall thickness in a range from 0.3 mm to 3 mm, wherein: each of the inside and outside surfaces is free of indentations having diameters larger than 150 μm, at least one of the inside and outside surfaces has a surface roughness (Ra) less than 3.0 nm a variation of the wall thickness is ± 15% or less, and the glass article has at least one bend section having a bend radius from 1 mm to 20mm. each of the inside and outside surfaces is free of indentations having diameters larger than 150 μm, at least one of the inside and outside surfaces has a surface roughness (Ra) less than 3.0 nm a variation of the wall thickness is ± 15% or less, and the glass article has at least one bend section having a bend radius from 1 mm to 20mm.
A preparation method of a comb-shaped positive electrode dispersing material, comprising the following steps of: mixing a solvent, an unsaturated cyclic monomer, unsaturated branched polyether and a (methyl) acrylate monomer to obtain a mixed solution, wherein the solvent is any one or two of N-methylpyrrolidone and N-ethylpyrrolidone; the unsaturated cyclic monomer is any one or more of styrene, methylstyrene, vinylpyridine and N-vinylpyrrolidone; an initiator of the unsaturated branched polyether is any one of allyl alcohol, isobutylene alcohol and isopentenol, a participating chain segment of the unsaturated branched polyether is a copolymer of ethylene oxide and propylene oxide, a molecular weight of the unsaturated branched polyether ranges from 500 g/mol to 5,000 g/mol, and the (meth) acrylate monomer is any one or more of hydroxyethyl methylacrylate, hydroxypropyl methacrylate, hydroxybutyl methacrylate, hydroxyethyl acrylate, hydroxypropyl acrylate and hydroxybutyl acrylate; heating the mixed solution to a reaction temperature, adding an initiating agent, and keeping the reaction temperature for reaction to obtain a semi-finished product; and adding phosphoric acid which is equal to the (methyl) acrylate monomer in mole into the semi-finished product for esterification and high-temperature dehydration to obtain the comb-shaped positive dispersing material.
- A beverage dispensing device (1; 101), characterized in that it comprises a main container (2; 102), comprising a bottom (6; 106) and a side wall extending from the bottom (6; 106) towards an upper face (8; 108), a beverage receiving cavity (10; 110) being formed in the main container (1; 101), extending from the bottom and opening onto the upper face (8 ; 108), the bottom of the beverage receiving cavity (10 ; 110) communicating with a channel (9 ; 109) circulating in the main container (2 ; 102), the channel (9 ; 109) providing a communication between the bottom of the beverage receiving cavity (10; 110) and a fluid suction nozzle (5 ; 105) protruding from the upper face (8; 108) of the main container (2; 102) to enable a user to suck fluid contained in the beverage receiving cavity (10; 110) of the main container (2; 102) through the suction nozzle (5; 105), a secondary container (3; 103) adapted to be movable within the beverage receiving cavity (10; 110) of the main container (2; 102), the secondary container (3; 103) comprising a beverage receiving cavity (22; 122) opening onto an upper face of the secondary container (3; 103), at least one hole (26; 126) being formed in the bottom of the beverage receiving cavity (22; 122) of the secondary container (3; 103), the beverage dispensing device (1; 101) comprising communication providing means (4; 104) between the interior of the beverage receiving cavity (22; 122) of the secondary container (3; 103) and the interior of the beverage receiving cavity (10; 110) of the main container (2; 102) and the channel (9; 109) of the main container (2; 102), said communication providing means (4; 104) being configured so that when the secondary container (3; 103) is in the beverage receiving cavity (10; 110) of the main container (2; 102), between an upper position of the secondary container (3; 103) and an open position of the secondary container (3; 103), the at least one hole (26; 126) formed in the bottom of the beverage receiving cavity (22; 122) of the secondary container (3; 103) is plugged, and between the open position and a lower position of the secondary container (3; 103) in which the secondary container (3; 103) touches the bottom of the beverage receiving cavity (10; 110) of the main container (2; 102), the at least one hole (26; 126) is not plugged.
A solar power system, comprising: a solar energy source configured to output DC power; at least one dual mode photovoltaic DC-DC converter configured to input said DC power and configured to output converted DC power; converter functionality control circuitry configured to control said at least one dual mode photovoltaic DC-DC converter; a converted DC output from said at least one dual mode photovoltaic DC-DC converter; and an inverter configured to input said converted DC output; wherein, in any order, a first mode of the dual mode photovoltaic DC-DC converter is capable of creating an output voltage that is lower than an input voltage and a second mode of the dual mode photovoltaic DC-DC converter is capable of creating the output voltage that is higher than the input voltage; wherein said dual mode photovoltaic converter comprises at least one pair of input semiconductor switches (T1, T2, T21, T22), at least one pair of output semiconductor switches (T3, T4, T23, T24), and at least one of an inductor (L1) or a capacitor, one of each pair of semiconductor switches (T1, T3; T21, T23) being a series switch and the other (T2, T4; T22, T24) being a shunt switch, wherein said converter functionality control circuitry is configured to control said switches in variable duty cycles to achieve the desired converter functionality comprising the first mode and the second mode; wherein said converter functionality control circuitry comprises photovoltaic boundary condition converter control circuitry capable of achieving, at least some times during operation of said solar power system, a power producing boundary condition for converter operation including a converter DC output overcurrent limit, a converter DC output overvoltage limit, or both, such that the converted DC power input to the inverter is limited.
A method for producing metal casting workpieces , in which molten metal is poured into a casting mold made of fired ceramic, then, after the molten metal has started to solidify and still during the cooling process, the casting mold is at least partially removed from the metal casting workpiece and thereby bringing the metal casting workpiece into contact with a flowable cooling medium surrounding the mold, the cooling medium being configured such that it extracts heat energy from the metal casting workpiece faster than the casting mold .
3-Z-[1-(4-(N-((4-methyl-piperazin-1-yl)-methylcarbonyl)-N-methyl-amino)-anilino)-1-phenyl-methylene]-6-methoxycarbonyl-2-indolinone, the tautomers, the diastereomers, the enantiomers, the mixtures thereof and the salts thereof, for use in the prevention or treatment of fibrosis in rheumatoid arthritis.
An optoelectronic sensor for detecting an object in a monitoring area , the sensor having a light transmitter for transmitting transmitted light of a wavelength range, a light receiver for generating a received signal from the remitted transmitted light remitted at the object , receiving optics arranged in front of the light receiver and comprising an optical filter matched to the wavelength range for suppressing extraneous light, and a control and evaluation unit configured to generate object information from the received signal, characterized in that the sensor comprises an adjusting device for changing the angle of incidence of the remitted transmitted light on the optical filter in order to adapt a passband of the optical filter to the wavelength range.
Method for producing a superconducting transistor , comprising at least the steps of: - producing a dummy gate on a first part of a semiconducting layer ; - producing superconducting electrodes such that the first part of the semiconducting layer comprises side edges arranged against parts of the superconducting electrodes , the step of producing superconducting electrodes comprising at least a deposition of a first superconducting material layer having first parts arranged against side edges of the dummy gate and second parts forming the superconducting electrodes or being parts of the superconducting electrodes ; - producing lateral spacers next to the first parts of the first superconducting material layer and on the second parts of the first superconducting material layer ; - removing the dummy gate and the first parts of the first superconducting material layer , creating a gate location arranged between the lateral spacers and above the first part of the semiconducting layer and above said parts of the superconducting electrodes ; - producing a gate in the gate location . - producing a dummy gate on a first part of a semiconducting layer ; - producing superconducting electrodes such that the first part of the semiconducting layer comprises side edges arranged against parts of the superconducting electrodes , the step of producing superconducting electrodes comprising at least a deposition of a first superconducting material layer having first parts arranged against side edges of the dummy gate and second parts forming the superconducting electrodes or being parts of the superconducting electrodes ; - producing lateral spacers next to the first parts of the first superconducting material layer and on the second parts of the first superconducting material layer ; - removing the dummy gate and the first parts of the first superconducting material layer , creating a gate location arranged between the lateral spacers and above the first part of the semiconducting layer and above said parts of the superconducting electrodes ; - producing a gate in the gate location .
Device for the configuration of sheathed cables with an outer sheath , wherein the sheathed cables having a round cross-section, comprising a cutting unit with at least one cutting edge for cutting the outer sheath of a respective sheathed cable and a shaping element with a shaping surface , which imprints a cross-sectional shape determined by the shaping surface on the sheathed cable in at least one section for cutting the outer sheath , characterized in that the cross-sectional shape imprinted by means of the shaping element corresponds to the initial cross-sectional shape of the sheathed cable and wherein the shaping element has two half-shells , each with a partial shaping surface, which are pressed against each other to imprint the cross-sectional shape determined by the shaping surface when the sheathed cable is inserted.
A mobile communications device for performing localization and mapping, the mobile communications device comprising: at least one visual sensor operative to capture visual sensor data of a local environment of the mobile communications device, and processing circuitry causing the mobile communications device to be operative to: derive key-point descriptors from the visual sensor data, the derived key-point descriptors representing visual features of the local environment, derive concealed representations of the derived key-point descriptors, by applying a current permutation to each derived key-point descriptor, determine a pose of the mobile communications device relative to a point-cloud map representing the local environment, map the derived key-point descriptors onto the point-cloud map, thereby associating each derived key-point descriptor with a position in the point-cloud map, and transmit the concealed representations of the derived key-point descriptors, together with their associated positions in the point-cloud map, to a map server , wherein the current permutation is a shared secret, or is derivable from a shared secret, which shared secret is available to a group of mobile communications devices comprising the mobile communications device. at least one visual sensor operative to capture visual sensor data of a local environment of the mobile communications device, and processing circuitry causing the mobile communications device to be operative to: derive key-point descriptors from the visual sensor data, the derived key-point descriptors representing visual features of the local environment, derive concealed representations of the derived key-point descriptors, by applying a current permutation to each derived key-point descriptor, determine a pose of the mobile communications device relative to a point-cloud map representing the local environment, map the derived key-point descriptors onto the point-cloud map, thereby associating each derived key-point descriptor with a position in the point-cloud map, and transmit the concealed representations of the derived key-point descriptors, together with their associated positions in the point-cloud map, to a map server , derive key-point descriptors from the visual sensor data, the derived key-point descriptors representing visual features of the local environment, derive concealed representations of the derived key-point descriptors, by applying a current permutation to each derived key-point descriptor, determine a pose of the mobile communications device relative to a point-cloud map representing the local environment, map the derived key-point descriptors onto the point-cloud map, thereby associating each derived key-point descriptor with a position in the point-cloud map, and transmit the concealed representations of the derived key-point descriptors, together with their associated positions in the point-cloud map, to a map server , wherein the current permutation is a shared secret, or is derivable from a shared secret, which shared secret is available to a group of mobile communications devices comprising the mobile communications device.
A gas turbine engine comprising: a static structure; and a rotor module with a multiple of airfoils , wherein a tip clearance of the airfoils is maintained inherently during operation by matching a rate of thermal growth and centrifugal pull growth of said rotor module with a rate of thermal growth of said static structure , characterised in that : said multiple of airfoils are a multiple of CMC airfoils and said static structure is a CMC Outer Air Seal , wherein the CMC Outer Air Seal is a full-hoop structure; and the gas turbine engine further comprises a splined interface and a static support structure , the splined interface configured to mount the CMC Outer Air Seal to the static support structure . a static structure; and a rotor module with a multiple of airfoils , wherein a tip clearance of the airfoils is maintained inherently during operation by matching a rate of thermal growth and centrifugal pull growth of said rotor module with a rate of thermal growth of said static structure , characterised in that : said multiple of airfoils are a multiple of CMC airfoils and said static structure is a CMC Outer Air Seal , wherein the CMC Outer Air Seal is a full-hoop structure; and the gas turbine engine further comprises a splined interface and a static support structure , the splined interface configured to mount the CMC Outer Air Seal to the static support structure . said multiple of airfoils are a multiple of CMC airfoils and said static structure is a CMC Outer Air Seal , wherein the CMC Outer Air Seal is a full-hoop structure; and the gas turbine engine further comprises a splined interface and a static support structure , the splined interface configured to mount the CMC Outer Air Seal to the static support structure .
A test bench for testing the frictional or tribological properties of at least one plain bearing or test bearing shell , said test bench comprising a rotary shaft , said bearing shell ensuring guiding of the rotary shaft when traction or compression forces are applied dynamically to said bearing shell , a lever , a bearing shell support on which the rotary shaft is placed and a connecting rod having a head mounted on the shaft by means of said bearing shell , characterized in that the test bench comprises an electromagnetic actuator suitable for applying a force that is variable over time on the connecting rod , said electromagnetic actuator cooperating with the lever forming a right angle with the connecting rod , said lever providing a multiplication of the force applied by the actuator on the connecting rod and in that the electromagnetic actuator is in the form of an electromagnetic surface holding magnet that generates a traction or compression force of between 0 and 120 kN for an air gap value of between 8 and 1 mm.