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A method for monitoring conditions of a child restraint system , said child restraint system comprising a belt assembly for restraining a child occupant within the child restraint system, said method comprising detecting a child occupant in the child restraint system ; determining whether the belt assembly is properly adjusted for restraining the child occupant ; determining whether the vehicle is in motion; and if the vehicle is in motion and the belt assembly is not properly adjusted, issuing an alert; wherein the belt assembly further comprises a vehicle seat belt , and wherein the child restraint system comprises a guide for properly positioning the vehicle seat belt , and further wherein the step of determining proper adjustment of the belt assembly is based upon detection of the vehicle seat belt within the guide .
A system for monitoring a surgical procedure, the system comprising: a catheter guidance assembly including an extended working channel navigable to a target; a surgical device configured to be positioned through the extended working channel to access the target; at least one sensor disposed on at least one of the extended working channel or the surgical device, the at least one sensor configured to sense a characteristic of tissue proximate at least one of the extended working channel or the surgical device; and a computing device operably coupled to the at least one sensor, the computing device configured to receive the characteristic and determine whether the tissue characteristic is indicative of the target; wherein the computing device is further configured to display a treatment zone of the target and determine whether the target has been treated based on the sensed characteristic of tissue. a catheter guidance assembly including an extended working channel navigable to a target; a surgical device configured to be positioned through the extended working channel to access the target; at least one sensor disposed on at least one of the extended working channel or the surgical device, the at least one sensor configured to sense a characteristic of tissue proximate at least one of the extended working channel or the surgical device; and a computing device operably coupled to the at least one sensor, the computing device configured to receive the characteristic and determine whether the tissue characteristic is indicative of the target; wherein the computing device is further configured to display a treatment zone of the target and determine whether the target has been treated based on the sensed characteristic of tissue.
A method for making a silica nanomembrane comprising: a) depositing onto a polymer film or core having an original size, a layer of silicon dioxide, wherein the silicon dioxide layer has a thickness of between 50 nm and 150 nm; and b) heating the composition of a) at a sufficient temperature and time to allow the polymer film or core to shrink in area by greater than 90%, and wherein the shrinking of the polymer film or core creates silica microstructures and/or nanostructures on the surface of the layer of silica on the silica nanomembrane; and wherein the silica microstructures and/or nanostructures on the surface of the layer of silica comprise silica microscale wrinkles overlaid with silica nanoscale flakes. a) depositing onto a polymer film or core having an original size, a layer of silicon dioxide, wherein the silicon dioxide layer has a thickness of between 50 nm and 150 nm; and b) heating the composition of a) at a sufficient temperature and time to allow the polymer film or core to shrink in area by greater than 90%, and wherein the shrinking of the polymer film or core creates silica microstructures and/or nanostructures on the surface of the layer of silica on the silica nanomembrane; and wherein the silica microstructures and/or nanostructures on the surface of the layer of silica comprise silica microscale wrinkles overlaid with silica nanoscale flakes.
Hollow spherical particles, comprising: an inorganic particle layer including ceramic particles and conductive carbon-based particles; and a polymer coating layer surrounding the inorganic particle layer, wherein the inorganic particle layer surrounds an empty inner space to form the hollow spherical particles. an inorganic particle layer including ceramic particles and conductive carbon-based particles; and a polymer coating layer surrounding the inorganic particle layer, wherein the inorganic particle layer surrounds an empty inner space to form the hollow spherical particles.
A polyolefin composition comprising: a) from 85% to 98% by weight, preferably from 86% to 98% by weight, of a composition comprising: A) a copolymer of butene-1 with ethylene having a copolymerized ethylene content of up to 18% by mole and no melting peak detectable at the DSC at the second heating scan; and B) an inorganic filler, preferably selected from flame-retardant inorganic fillers; the B)/A) weight ratio being from 0.3 to 4, preferably from 0.3 to 3, more preferably from 0.3 to 2.8, in particular from 0.3 to 2.2; b) from 2% to 15% by weight, preferably from 2 % to 14% by weight, of an additional polyolefin different from A); wherein the amounts of a) and b) refer to the total weight of a) + b) and the DSC second heating scan is carried out at a heating rate of 10°C per minute. a) from 85% to 98% by weight, preferably from 86% to 98% by weight, of a composition comprising: A) a copolymer of butene-1 with ethylene having a copolymerized ethylene content of up to 18% by mole and no melting peak detectable at the DSC at the second heating scan; and B) an inorganic filler, preferably selected from flame-retardant inorganic fillers; the B)/A) weight ratio being from 0.3 to 4, preferably from 0.3 to 3, more preferably from 0.3 to 2.8, in particular from 0.3 to 2.2; A) a copolymer of butene-1 with ethylene having a copolymerized ethylene content of up to 18% by mole and no melting peak detectable at the DSC at the second heating scan; and B) an inorganic filler, preferably selected from flame-retardant inorganic fillers; b) from 2% to 15% by weight, preferably from 2 % to 14% by weight, of an additional polyolefin different from A);
A method for controlling a simulation vehicle , the method comprising: determining , by a simulation device , a first region corresponding to a first simulation position where the simulation vehicle is located at a first time point; obtaining , by the simulation device , first environment information about the first region and second environment information about a second region adjacent to the first region, wherein the first environment information includes a first obstacle information and first road network information related to the first region, and the second environment information includes a second obstacle information and second road network information related to the second region; sending , by the simulation device , the first environment information and the second environment information to a control device of the simulation vehicle ; generating , by the control device , a control signal for the simulation vehicle based on the first environment information and the second environment information, wherein the control signal is configured to control an action performed by the simulation vehicle ; receiving , by the simulation device , the control signal for the simulation vehicle from the control device ; determining , by the simulation device , a first action performed by the simulation vehicle at a second time point after the first time point based on the control signal; determining whether the first action meets a predetermined evaluation criterion related to vehicle driving. determining , by a simulation device , a first region corresponding to a first simulation position where the simulation vehicle is located at a first time point; obtaining , by the simulation device , first environment information about the first region and second environment information about a second region adjacent to the first region, wherein the first environment information includes a first obstacle information and first road network information related to the first region, and the second environment information includes a second obstacle information and second road network information related to the second region; sending , by the simulation device , the first environment information and the second environment information to a control device of the simulation vehicle ; generating , by the control device , a control signal for the simulation vehicle based on the first environment information and the second environment information, wherein the control signal is configured to control an action performed by the simulation vehicle ; receiving , by the simulation device , the control signal for the simulation vehicle from the control device ; determining , by the simulation device , a first action performed by the simulation vehicle at a second time point after the first time point based on the control signal; determining whether the first action meets a predetermined evaluation criterion related to vehicle driving.
STENT WITH MECHANICAL OR BIOLOGICAL HEART VALVE FOR MINIMALLY INVASIVE VALVE REPLACEMENT PROCEDURE, comprising a stent body of tubular shape and grated structure, wherein one of the ends of the stent body has an upper flap and a second lower flap , the second lower flap being near and parallel to the upper flap and positioned between the upper flap and an intermediate part of the stent body , with both flaps (8 and 9) and the stent body made of wired material and coated with inert material, which allows in use physiological movement of the mitral annulus and fitting an adapter within the stent body , which is used to support a mechanical or biological heart valve within the stent body between both flaps (8 and 9), and wherein the stent is positioned in an annuloplasty ring, previously positioned in the natural heart valve where the stent body is to be placed, with the ring placed between the upper flap and lower flap on the outer part of the stent body , wherein said mechanical or biological valve is screwed to said adapter .
A method for producing a halide, the method comprising: a heat treatment step of heat-treating a material mixture containing a compound containing Y, a compound containing Sm, NH 4 α, Liβ, and Caγ 2 in an inert gas atmosphere, wherein the compound containing Y is at least one selected from the group consisting of Y 2 O 3 and Yδ 3 , wherein the compound containing Sm is at least one selected from the group consisting of Sm 2 O 3 and Smε 3 , wherein the material mixture contains at least one selected from the group consisting of Y 2 O 3 and Sm 2 O 3 , and wherein α, β, γ, δ, and ε are each independently at least one selected from the group consisting of F, Cl, Br, and I. a heat treatment step of heat-treating a material mixture containing a compound containing Y, a compound containing Sm, NH 4 α, Liβ, and Caγ 2 in an inert gas atmosphere, wherein the compound containing Y is at least one selected from the group consisting of Y 2 O 3 and Yδ 3 , wherein the compound containing Sm is at least one selected from the group consisting of Sm 2 O 3 and Smε 3 , wherein the material mixture contains at least one selected from the group consisting of Y 2 O 3 and Sm 2 O 3 , and wherein α, β, γ, δ, and ε are each independently at least one selected from the group consisting of F, Cl, Br, and I.
Installation system for installing a self-supporting truss structure on a fuselage structure of an aircraft , the installation system comprising: a truss structure with a plurality of interconnected truss elements , a mobile carrying device movable on a floor of the fuselage with an upper receptacle , a rack for temporarily holding the truss elements in predetermined relative positions to one another, and a movement device which is arranged on the upper receptacle and holds the rack in a position that is adjustable relative to the upper receptacle , the truss structure comprising radially outer closed truss nodes and radially inner releasable connecting nodes , the movement device being designed to move the rack in one transport position and any installation position, the rack being spaced further from the upper receptacle in the installation positions than in the transport position, the installation system being designed to move the mobile carrying device on the floor into a predetermined position within the fuselage when the rack is in the transport position and to lock it there, to move rack by means of the movement device into a suitable installation position and to lock the at least one lockable connecting node by means of a drive arranged on the rack .
A vaccine comprising a live, attenuated mutated Bordetella pertussis strain comprising at least a mutated pertussis toxin (ptx) gene which codes for an enzymatically inactive pertussis toxin (PTX), a deleted dermonecrotic toxin (dnt) gene or a mutated dnt gene that codes for an enzymatically inactive dermatonecrotic toxin (DNT), and a heterologous ampG gene which replaces the Bordetella ampG gene, and a pharmaceutically suitable excipient, vehicle and/or carrier, wherein the strain is able to colonize and induce protective immunity in a subject, wherein the replacement of the Bordetella ampG gene with the heterologous ampG gene causes the Bordetella pertussis strain to express less than 5% of the tracheal cytotoxin (TCT) activity as that expressed by a Bordetella pertussis strain which does not have its native ampG gene replaced with the heterologous ampG gene.
Communication device for a wireless communication system , the communication device comprising: a processor , and directional antennas ; wherein the directional antennas are configured to receive a first signal (S 1 ) indicating a calibration request (CR) for an access node ; wherein the processor is configured to generate directional beacon signals (S DB ) in response to the calibration request (CR); wherein the directional antennas are further configured to transmit the directional beacon signals (S DB ) towards the access node characterized in that the directional antennas are further configured to receive a second signal (S 2 ) from the access node , the second signal (S 2 ) indicating a mobility beacon request (MBR), and the directional antennas are further configured to transmit a mobility beacon signal (S MB ) to the access node in response to the mobility beacon request (MBR), wherein the mobility beacon signal is a signal providing information about the spatial position of the communication device . a processor , and directional antennas ; wherein the directional antennas are configured to receive a first signal (S 1 ) indicating a calibration request (CR) for an access node ; wherein the processor is configured to generate directional beacon signals (S DB ) in response to the calibration request (CR); wherein the directional antennas are further configured to transmit the directional beacon signals (S DB ) towards the access node characterized in that the directional antennas are further configured to receive a second signal (S 2 ) from the access node , the second signal (S 2 ) indicating a mobility beacon request (MBR), and the directional antennas are further configured to transmit a mobility beacon signal (S MB ) to the access node in response to the mobility beacon request (MBR),
A method for sharing information associated with a call in a communication system, the method comprising: receiving, by a receiving device , enriched information from a sending device ; identifying, by the receiving device, call correlation information included in the enriched information, wherein the call correlation information uniquely identifies a call associated with the enriched information; determining, by the receiving device, if there is any incoming call associated to the call correlation information; if the call associated to the call correlation information is found, presenting, by the receiving device, the enriched information, based on the correlation; and if the call associated to the call correlation information is not found, storing, by the receiving device, the enriched information. receiving, by a receiving device , enriched information from a sending device ; identifying, by the receiving device, call correlation information included in the enriched information, wherein the call correlation information uniquely identifies a call associated with the enriched information; determining, by the receiving device, if there is any incoming call associated to the call correlation information; if the call associated to the call correlation information is found, presenting, by the receiving device, the enriched information, based on the correlation; and if the call associated to the call correlation information is not found, storing, by the receiving device, the enriched information.
An electrodepositable coating composition comprising: (a) an acrylic polymer comprising a polymerization product of a polymeric dispersant and a second stage ethylenically unsaturated monomer composition comprising greater than 40% by weight of a second stage hydroxyl-functional (meth)acrylate monomer, based on the total weight of the second stage ethylenically unsaturated monomer composition; (b) an ionic salt group-containing film-forming polymer different from the acrylic polymer; and (c) a curing agent. (a) an acrylic polymer comprising a polymerization product of a polymeric dispersant and a second stage ethylenically unsaturated monomer composition comprising greater than 40% by weight of a second stage hydroxyl-functional (meth)acrylate monomer, based on the total weight of the second stage ethylenically unsaturated monomer composition; (b) an ionic salt group-containing film-forming polymer different from the acrylic polymer; and (c) a curing agent.
A method for updating boot code from an old code to a new code in a microcontroller comprising a central processing core and system components comprising memory and a plurality of peripheral devices , comprising: configuring, by the old code , the microcontroller to boot from the new code by branching into a suitable entry point of the new code ; characterized by identifying, by the new code , one or more system components which require a reinitialization or reset; wherein the step of identifying is performed either by including a resource configuration area into the new code which defines which system components require a reinitialization or reset; or by including code into the new code which reads values from a software register defining which system components require a reinitialization or reset; and executing the new code to reinitialize or reset the one or more system components. configuring, by the old code , the microcontroller to boot from the new code by branching into a suitable entry point of the new code ; characterized by identifying, by the new code , one or more system components which require a reinitialization or reset; wherein the step of identifying is performed either by including a resource configuration area into the new code which defines which system components require a reinitialization or reset; or by including code into the new code which reads values from a software register defining which system components require a reinitialization or reset; and executing the new code to reinitialize or reset the one or more system components.
An electric drive device comprising an electric motor with a stator and a rotor arranged to rotate a drive shaft , wherein said electric motor is arranged to be accommodated in a housing , further comprising opposite gear housings surrounding the electric motor , each containing a transmission configuration , wherein a housing configuration in which the electric motor as well as said opposite gear housings are accommodated, characterized in that each gear housing (30a, 30b; 130a, 130b) is attached and hereby locked to said housing configuration , wherein the respective gear housing is locked axially as well as circumferentially to said housing configuration .
Protection equipment for protecting a person in an emergency, the protection equipment comprising a securing device which is wearable by the person with a securing system for protecting the person in an emergency, wherein the wearable securing device is a rope protection, in particular a safety belt, a sensor unit for detecting a dangerous situation prior to an emergency of the person , wherein the sensor unit is coupled with the securing system directly or via a control unit, such that the sensor unit itself or the control unit function as a command provider for the securing system , such that, when detecting the dangerous situation for the person , the sensor unit automatically adjusts the securing system to a securing state for protecting the person prior to the emergency, wherein the sensor unit comprises a distance sensor for measuring a distance to a falling edge as a danger location , wherein the securing system comprises a fall protection, wherein the fall protection comprises a rope winch, on which a safety rope is wound up, wherein the rope winch of the fall protection is provided with the safety rope , and is configured to control the length of a rope length of the safety rope between the wearable securing device and a securing point for fixing the safety rope , wherein the fall protection is coupled with the sensor unit , such that the rope length is controllable depending on the detection of the dangerous situation, in which the distance of the person to a falling edge is below a boundary value. a securing device which is wearable by the person with a securing system for protecting the person in an emergency, wherein the wearable securing device is a rope protection, in particular a safety belt, a sensor unit for detecting a dangerous situation prior to an emergency of the person , wherein the sensor unit is coupled with the securing system directly or via a control unit, such that the sensor unit itself or the control unit function as a command provider for the securing system , such that, when detecting the dangerous situation for the person , the sensor unit automatically adjusts the securing system to a securing state for protecting the person prior to the emergency, wherein the sensor unit comprises a distance sensor for measuring a distance to a falling edge as a danger location , wherein the securing system comprises a fall protection, wherein the fall protection comprises a rope winch, on which a safety rope is wound up, wherein the rope winch of the fall protection is provided with the safety rope , and is configured to control the length of a rope length of the safety rope between the wearable securing device and a securing point for fixing the safety rope , wherein the fall protection is coupled with the sensor unit , such that the rope length is controllable depending on the detection of the dangerous situation, in which the distance of the person to a falling edge is below a boundary value.