Abstract: A network node is disclosed that communicates with a user equipment node in a communications system. The network node repetitively transmits first uplink transmission power control, TPC, commands on a first physical channel with a first channel configuration while repetitively transmitting second uplink TPC commands on a second physical channel with a second channel configuration. The first and second uplink TPC commands control uplink transmission power from the user equipment node to the network node. Related user equipment nodes and methods are disclosed.

Abstract: An airbag module for protecting a vehicle occupant is provided. The airbag module comprises at least one airbag. A gas generator is in fluid communication with the airbag to inflate the airbag with a gas. A deformable ribbon interfaces with the fluid communication between the gas generator and the airbag. The deformable ribbon has a spiral form with a first radial end covering a second radial end when the gas generator is deactivated.

Abstract: The invention relates to a device for cooling long objects such as wires, tubes or rods. In order to provide improved cooling, provision is made of a nozzle region which has a diameter greater than the diameter of the object and contains a plurality of nozzles which blow a cooling gas at the object, and a cladding tube whose diameter is equal to or less than the diameter of the nozzle region.

Abstract: An airbag module for protecting a vehicle occupant is provided. The airbag module comprises at least one airbag. A gas generator is in fluid communication with the airbag to inflate the airbag with a gas. A deformable ribbon interfaces with the fluid communication between the gas generator and the airbag. The deformable ribbon has a spiral form with a first radial end covering a second radial end when the gas generator is deactivated.

Abstract: The invention relates to a device for cooling long objects such as wires, tubes or rods. In order to provide improved cooling, provision is made of a nozzle region which has a diameter greater than the diameter of the object and contains a plurality of nozzles which blow a cooling gas at the object, and a cladding tube whose diameter is equal to or less than the diameter of the nozzle region.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method and an arrangement for representing the characteristics of an object with a measuring system, in which either the measuring system or the object is designed to move in relation to one another in a predefined direction of movement. The object preferably is designed to move in relation to the measuring system. At least one light source is designed to illuminate the object with a light which is incident upon the object and has a limited extension in the direction of movement. An imaging sensor, which is arranged on the same side of the object as the light source is designed to pick up light reflected from the object and to convert this into electrical charges. An image-processing unit is furthermore designed to create a digital representation of the object from said electrical charges.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method of executing image processing operations such as object recognition or linear/non-linear filtration on a two-dimensional image. This is performed with light-sensitive sensor elements (4) executed in two-dimensional matrix form. The sensor elements (4) are so arranged as to produce an output signal corresponding to the light intensity. The output signal of each sensor element is compared with a monotone increasing or reducing reference value. The extent to which the output signal from the sensor element is greater than or less than the reference value is continuously monitored for each sensor element. An arrangement for the execution of this method comprises a number of sensor elements (4) arranged on a substrate. Each of these has allocated to it on the substrate a comparator (5) so arranged as to compare the output signal of the sensor element with a pre-adjustable reference value and a sub-processor.

Abstract: The sequences encoding two isoforms of human cellular retinoid acid binding proteins, CRABP-I and CRABP-II, have been cloned and sequenced and are set forth with their corresponding amino acid sequences. The identification of human CRABP nucleic and amino acid sequences provides the basis for the construction of recombinant human CRABP vectors and expression constructs. Human CRABP can also be synthesized or produced ex vivo, e.g. in bacterial or other production systems. Ligand binding assays, including recombinant and chimeric receptor reporter assays, and direct and competition hybridization assays employing the human CRABP sequences herein described can be used to test drugs for retinoid induction and tissue specificity for pathologies in which retinoids are implicated. Immunoassays utilizing antibodies or binding fragments produced to human CRABP can also be used to test patient tissues for the presence and levels of CRABP for diagnosis and to monitor treatment.