Abstract: An ankle foot orthopaedic apparatus (10) includes a sole (66), a control part (18), and a connection arrangement (16) for connecting the sole (66) to the control part (18) for controlling or guiding the orientation of the sole (66) in use. The sole (66) includes a sole connector part (20), which comprises part of the connection arrangement (16). The control part (18) includes a control part connector part (22), which comprises part of the connection arrangement (16). The connection arrangement (16) permits movement of the apparatus (10) between a connected condition, in which the sole (66) is connected to the control part (18), and a disconnected condition, in which the sole (66) is disconnected from the control part (18).

Abstract: A soil layer detection drilling device includes a drilling cylinder, and a soil-sampling assembly is provided inside the drilling cylinder. When the soil is drilled, equipment is in a vertical state, a controller is turned on to control a rotary motor to rotate, and the drilling cylinder is driven to drill the soil with the cooperation of drive wheels and a drive belt. Four slide blocks are evenly distributed around an outer circumference of a sliding disk and are matingly connected with slide grooves provided on an inner wall of the drilling cylinder, so when the drilling cylinder rotates, the soil-sampling assembly also rotates. A conical head first in contact with the ground starts to drill the ground, then the drilling cylinder gradually drills into a soil layer, and the drilling cylinder is idled as the drilling cylinder arrives at a certain depth, to clear soil on auger blades.

Abstract: Hydrogen purification devices and their components are disclosed. In some embodiments, the devices may include at least one foil-microscreen assembly disposed between and secured to first and second end frames. The at least one foil-microscreen assembly may include at least one hydrogen-selective membrane and at least one microscreen structure including a non-porous planar sheet having a plurality of apertures forming a plurality of fluid passages. The planar sheet may include generally opposed planar surfaces configured to provide support to the permeate side. The plurality of fluid passages may extend between the opposed surfaces. The at least one hydrogen-selective membrane may be metallurgically bonded to the at least one microscreen structure. In some embodiments, the devices may include a permeate frame having at least one membrane support structure that spans at least a substantial portion of an open region and that is configured to support at least one foil-microscreen assembly.

Abstract: Polyethylene composition comprising at least 50 wt. % of polyethylene based on the total weight of the polyethylene composition, and having a density of at least 0.910 g/cm3; a melt index MI2 ranging from 3.0 to 60.0 g/10 min; an unsaturation index higher than 2,000 wherein the unsaturation index is the product of the Mn in Dalton and the vinyl unsaturation units per 1,000 carbon atoms as determined by ASTM D6248-98:2004; a complex viscosity at 0.1 rad/sec at 190° C. ranging from 200 to 20,000 Pa·s; and a ratio of complex viscosity at a frequency of 0.01 rad/sec to the complex viscosity at a frequency of 100 rad/sec of at most 8.0, said ratio being measured at 190° C.

Abstract: A large-scale tool hoisting device for offshore electric power construction is provided. A steel cable retracted to winches is dried using the heat in the operating cabin, thereby preventing the steel cable from being in a wet state for a long time and being corroded by seawater. For different loads at the terminal of the steel cable, a transmission ratio between a drive wheel and a control wheel is changed through the sliding of the drive wheel. Without changing the rotational speed of the drive motor, the moving speed of the steel cable is effectively and correspondingly improved by reducing the pulling force of the steel cable, or a large pulling force can be provided for the steel cable by reducing the moving speed of the steel cable. The transmission ratio can be changed in the hoisting process.

Abstract: An assistive system according to an embodiment of the present disclosure includes a cradle module including a holder body on which a user terminal is to be placed and a drive unit configured to drive the holder body, the cradle module configured to output a terminal connection signal when the user terminal is placed on the holder body, and an assistant server configured to receive the terminal connection signal from the cradle module and execute an assistive service, the assistant server configured to control the drive unit by a preset drive pattern through a drive control signal when executing the assistive service. It is possible to easily and conveniently identify a plurality of assistive services outputted according to each situation by controlling a cradle module through a drive pattern corresponding to an assistive service while outputting a voice corresponding to the assistive service when executing the assistive service.

Abstract: A classification method and system for medical conditions based on the concept of subtypes, which are classes of patients whose medical fact patterns as analyzed in an N-dimensional space places them closer to other patients belonging to the same subtype than to patients who belong to different subtypes and, who share similar likelihood of certain specified outcomes. A computer system processes patient data for a plurality of patients from a set of patients called a cohort. The computer system processes the patient data for the cohort to group patients into sub-cohorts of similar patients, i.e., each sub-cohort includes patients who have similar medical fact patterns in their patient data. Patients in different sub-cohorts generally, but not necessarily, have significant differences in their patient data. The computer system generates quantitative definitions, describing the patients in the sub-cohorts.

Abstract: The invention relates to a label (30) for identifying an object, the label comprising a plurality of layers (L1, L2, L3), wherein each layer comprises a matrix material (15), and each layer comprises a plurality of identifier elements (10, 11); the plurality of identifier elements (10, 11) are dispersed in the matrix material (15), and the plurality of layers (L) are arranged so that at least two layers at least partially overlap each other. Further, the invention relates to a precursor of a label (30) for identifying an object and a method of manufacturing a label (30) for identifying an object.

Abstract: The invention relates to a nanoparticle comprising at least one cationic lipid, at least one neutral lipid, and at least one pH sensitive lipid which differs from said cationic lipid, which can be used as a vector for the transport and release of nucleic acids within cells.

Abstract: A valve body for a valve of a coolant system; includes at least one tubular through channel for a coolant and a base body which is designed to be rotatable about an axis of rotation by a drive and has a contact surface for abutting against a sealing arrangement of a valve housing of the valve with at least two sealing portions and at least two sliding portions which lie on a spherical enveloping surface, The base body is divided by an equatorial plane arranged orthogonally to the axis of rotation. The base body includes an opening which is arranged parallel to the equatorial plane and is closed by a cover. The through channel is formed by the base body and the cover.

Abstract: Various aspects disclosed a catalyst particle for catalyzing the production of syngas from carbon dioxide and methane. The catalyst particle includes a metal oxide substrate. The substrate includes a particulate nickel phase. An exposed surface of the catalyst particle includes at least some of the particulate nickel phase. Additionally, the exposed surface is substantially nonporous.

Abstract: An aspect of the disclosed embodiments is a method for printed circuit board (PCB) component placement comprising: graphically displaying, on a display device, PCB design features of a PCB design; and providing a user interface control for designating one or more of the PCB design features as electrical contacts for a first selected electrical component. Other aspects are disclosed.

Abstract: A method for synchronizing operation of a heart assist pump device to a patient's cardiac cycle includes obtaining a signal from a motor of a heart assist pump device and filtering the signal to remove noise. The method also includes determining a speed synchronization start point at which time the motor of the heart assist pump device will begin a change in speed of operation based on the filtered signal. The method further includes modulating a speed of the motor of the heart assist pump device to a target speed at the speed synchronization start point, thereby synchronizing the change in speed of operation with a patient's cardiac cycle.

Abstract: The present invention relates to novel peptides having the same motif LRIRX1TYX2, where X1 is selected from amino acids A or F; and X2 is selected from amino acids G or K. The present invention also relates to their use in the treatment of skin changes of various origins, to pharmaceutical and cosmetic compositions comprising them, and to a cosmetic method. More particularly, the treatment of said changes consists in reinforcing the dermal-epidermal junction, cell-matrix and/or cell-cell adhesion and cell migration in the epidermis, and in promoting the repair of the skin surface.

Abstract: The use of at least one muramyl peptide, such as muramyl dipeptide or an analogue thereof, in the treatment of a skeletal growth retardation in juvenile humans or animals. Also, a probiotic treatment method for promoting skeletal growth in a human or animal, which includes the administration of at least one muramyl peptide and at least one bacterium having intestinal tropism as an adjuvant.

Abstract: Systems and related methods for supplying power to an implantable blood pump are provided. A system includes a base module and a plurality of energy storage devices. A first energy storage device is operatively coupled to the base module. A second energy storage device is operatively coupled to the first modular energy storage device. The energy storage devices are mechanically coupled in series, electrically coupled in parallel, and configured to provide redundant sources of power to drive an implantable blood pump.

Abstract: In order to provide low-load, efficient coding technology, a moving-picture decoding device includes a spatial motion information candidate derivation unit configured to derive a spatial motion information candidate from motion information of a block neighboring a decoding target block in a space domain and a history-based motion information candidate derivation unit configured to derive a history-based motion information candidate from a memory where motion information of a decoded block is retained, wherein the history-based motion information candidate derivation unit preferentially derives old motion information without making a comparison of the motion information with the spatial motion information candidate.

Abstract: A method for modeling a wireless power transfer system including stacked plate resonators is provided. The method includes generating, using a computing device, a plurality of different sets of design parameters for a wireless power transfer system including a transmit resonator and a receive resonator, each of the transmit resonator and the receive resonator including a magnetic core having a post, and a plurality of alternating dielectric layers and conductive layers stacked around the post. The method further includes selecting, using the computing device, one set of the plurality of generated sets of design parameters, generating, using the computing device, an initial population of wireless power transfer systems based on the selected set, evaluating, using the computing device, each wireless power transfer system in the initial population, and generating, using the computing device, a subsequent population of wireless power transfer systems based on the evaluating.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method for analysing a sample (20), the sample being capable of comprising an analyte, the sample extending on a resonant support (15 (, the resonant support having a surface on which a plurality of photonic crystals extend (16k, 16k+1), separated from one another, such that the sample extends between a light source (10) and the photonic crystals, the photonic crystals being such that: —a resonance wavelength (?k) is associated with each photonic crystal (16k) addressing the analyte, wherein the wavelengths of the photonic crystals define a resonance spectral band (??r), extending between 2 ?m and 20 ?m; —the transmission or the reflection of light by each photonic crystal addressing the analyte is maximum at the associated resonance wavelength; the method comprises the following steps: a) illuminating the support by the light source, the light source emitting an illumination lightwave (11), defining an illumination spectral band (??) which at least partially covers the resonance sp

Abstract: A location designation RFID tag for use in a storage facility includes an inlay, a first layer disposed on a first side of the inlay and having a first thickness, and a second layer disposed on a second side of the inlay. The first layer has a first thickness and the second layer has a second thickness. The inlay includes substrate, an antenna disposed on the substrate, and an integrated circuit disposed on the substrate. The location designation RFID tag may be easily and non-invasively placed and relocated on a floor of a storage facility in a manner that mitigates, and likely resolves, the issues experienced by known RFID tags when placed on a floor. Utilizing an inlay having a long, thin antenna, reduces the overall thickness of the location designation RFID tag, which allows layers to be disposed on the inlay that include a sufficient thickness to improve durability, mitigate detuning, and allow movable devices to readily pass over the location designation RFID tag.