Abstract: A portable apparatus for monitoring on site near an emergency field at least one vital sign of a patient reclined thereon includes a fluid bladder transformable between a stowable arrangement and a deployed arrangement. The fluid bladder in the deployed arrangement has a comfortable top surface of sufficient size to fully support at least a torso of the patient in a reclined position, and the fluid bladder has a ruggedized puncture resistant bottom layer. A sensor is configured to detect a pressure within the fluid bladder. A controller is configured to determine the at least one vital sign based on the pressure within the fluid bladder. A triage condition indicator is configured to indicate a care urgency level based on the at least one vital sign.

Abstract: An arrangement for testing an elongated body 1 or a welded and bonded joint in the body for faults 60 has a device 4, 5 for production of an eddy current in the elongated body 1 or its welded and bonded joint. At least one magnetic field sensor 7 for sensing the magnetic field is provided on the elongated body 1 or the welded and bonded joint. The dimensions of the at least one magnetic field sensor 7 are equal to or less than the fault 60 to be investigated.

Abstract: A folding wagon has a folding frame with a stowed position and an open position. The folding frame comprises a pair of front and rear vertical support. The folding frame further comprises a pair of front supplemental links and a pair of rear supplemental links. A plurality of flatbed supports form a central flatbed support joint in the middle of the wagon. The central flatbed support joint folds upward when the folding frame is being configured into stowed position, and the plurality of flatbed supports are pivotally connected to the pair of front vertical supports and the pair of rear vertical supports. Wheels attach to the folding frame.

Abstract: A reinforcement element, comprises at least one sensor fiber adapted for strain measurements based on stimulated Brillouin scattering within said sensor fiber.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an X-ray amorphous-crystalline material with high solubility which can be used as a bioactive bone replacement material and as a substrate material in biotechnology. The new material comprising crystalline and X-ray amorphous phases is characterized in that according to 31P-NMR measurements, it contains Q0-groups of orthophosphate and Q1-groups of diphosphate, the orthophosphates or Q0-groups making up 70 to 99.9% by weight relative to the total phosphorus content of the finished material and the diphosphates or Q1-groups making up 0.1 to 30% by weight relative to the total phosphorus content of the finished material, and that according to X-ray diffractometric measurements and relative to the total weight of the finished material, 30 to 99.9% by weight of a main crystal phase consisting of Ca2K1?xNa1+x(PO4)2, where x=0.1 to 0.9, is contained in the bone replacement material and 0.

Abstract: A method for determining the plasto-elastic properties of a test sample, which can be affected by the action of pressure, includes pressing a test body against a surface of the test sample with a defined force. Plasto-elastic changes of the surface resulting therefrom are recorded during and/or after the pressure application. A centrifugal force generated by rotating the test body around an axis is utilized as a pressure force which is generated by radially movably guiding the test body, which is disposed between the test sample and the axis, relative to the radially fixed test sample.

Abstract: A method is disclosed for controlling the temperature of a building having at least one cooling/heating system, which is integrated in a ceiling of the building and through which a liquid flows, in which method an ambient air temperature of the building is measured and a target value for a feed temperature of the liquid is generated according to the measured ambient air temperature.

Abstract: Pressure sensing devices for use with an inflatable bladder and monitoring apparatus for an at rest subject are disclosed herein. The device can comprise a housing comprising a recess and configured to be welded in a seam of the inflatable bladder. A pressure sensor can be located within the recess with a sensing side configured to be exposed to the cavity of the inflatable bladder and a reference side configured to be exposed to ambient air. A printed circuit board can be located within the recess and coupled to the pressure sensor. The pressure sensor is operable to detect a pressure change within the cavity due to a force exerted by a subject on the inflatable bladder.

Abstract: A tribosystem for radial and axial foil bearings includes a first structural component part; and a second structural component part interacting with the first part. The first and second parts are in a dry frictional unidirectional sliding contact with one another until an air film is formed. A surface of at least one of the first and second parts being exposed to the dry frictional contact contains at least partly at least one of a metallic bound (Ti,Mo)(C,N), Tin-2Cr2O2n-1 with 6?n?9 and solid solution of TiO2—Cr2O3.

Abstract: A monitoring unit for a measuring instrument (100) with a pointer (120) and a face (110), pointer (120) and face (110) having mutually differing reflection behaviors for light, comprising at least one first detecting means (210) with a light source (220) and a sensor (230), and at least one fastening means (250) for fastening the detecting means (210) on the measuring instrument (100), it being possible to arrange the detecting means (210) with the aid of the fastening means (250) such that the first sensor (230) can pick up light (228) reflected by the measuring instrument (100) that was emitted by the first light source (220).

Abstract: Disclosed herein are methods and devices for monitoring a subject at rest. One such device comprises a sensing unit having a fluid-filled bladder configured to be placed under a substrate on which the subject lays and a sensor in fluid communication with the bladder. The sensor is configured to sense pressure variations within the bladder generated by a heart beat, respiration and body weight of the subject and to generate signals indicative of the pressure variations. A processor is configured to receive the signals and to determine and generate output indicative of the subject's heart beat and respiration and presence on the substrate. An external device is configured to display one or more of the output.

Abstract: The invention is directed to a method and a kit for calibrating a photoluminescence measurement system, in particular a fluorescence measurement system. The kit includes a number of fluorescence standards i and their corrected and certified fluorescence spectra Ii(?), whereby the fluorescence standards i are selected, so that their spectrally corrected fluorescence spectra Ii(?) cover a broad spectral range with high intensity. The standards are characterized by large half-widths FWHMi of their bands of at least 1400 cm?1. According to the method of the invention, partial correction functions Fi(?) are generated by forming the quotient of the measured fluorescence spectra Ji(?) and the corresponding corrected fluorescence spectra Ii(?), which are then combined to form a total correction function F(?) for a broad spectral range.

Abstract: Provided is a method for detecting composite defects between a first material and a second material, comprising the steps of: (a) introducing horizontally polarized low-frequency transverse waves into an upper surface of the composite material; (b) detecting an ultrasound echo of the emitted low-frequency horizontally polarized transverse waves; (c) displaying the detected ultrasound echoes on a display device.

Abstract: The invention relates to an optical standard (10) for the calibration or characterization of optical measuring devices and as a reference system for intensities and intensity measurements. The standard (10) according to the invention, constructed sandwich-like, comprises a combination of at least two layer-like optical standard modules (12) having defined optical properties, joinable or joined together plane-parallel, wherein the standard modules (12) in each instance differ from each other by at least one optical property, namely, by their absorption, emission, scatter and/or reflection properties, and the standard modules (12) are made so that they enter into physical interaction with electromagnetic radiation striking one of their two principal surfaces (12.1).

Abstract: The invention relates to a test device for simultaneously exposing a disk-shaped test specimen to a flowing and pressurized test gas and mechanical load as well as an associated test method. The test device is comprised of the following components: a specimen seat, which is designed in such a way that an edge area of the test specimen rests on the specimen seat and an inner area of the test specimen is accessible from its upper side and lower side; a ram arranged above the specimen seat, with which a presettable mechanical load can be exerted on the upper side of the test specimen; and a gas feed plate arranged beneath the specimen seat, with which the test gas can be conveyed to the lower side of the test specimen.

Abstract: The invention relates to difluoroboradiazaindacene dyes of the formula (1) where R1=fluoro-substituted phenyl residue C6HmFn where n=1 to 5 and m+n=5; or fluoro-substituted naphthyl residue C10HmFn where n=1 to 9 and m+n=9; R2=CH3, C2H5, C3H7, or C4H9; R3=alkyl, aryl, or vinyl aryl; R4, R5=H, F, or an R4 and R5 bridging residue CH?CH—CH?CH; R6, R7=H, F, or an R6 and R7 bridging residue CH?CH—CH?CH; and R8=alkyl or aryl.

Abstract: A wave protection structure is intended for a slope, such as the slope of a breakwater or a bank, which slope merges into a bed at the location of a toe. The wave protection structure comprises wave protection elements and toe elements. The wave protection elements are each provided with a plurality of projections for engaging in one another and are provided on the slope in a substantially regular imaginary grid, with a horizontal grid spacing between the centers of gravity of the wave protection elements. The toe elements extend along the toe and their shape differs from the shape of the wave protection elements. The centers of gravity of the toe elements are provided at substantially the horizontal grid spacing from one another. As a result of the toe elements being provided at the grid spacing of the wave protection elements, it is easier to position the toe elements. This also allows the use of larger blocks and means that it is no longer necessary to stack the wave protection elements.

Abstract: This disclosure is drawn to a triacetone triperoxide derivative in accordance with the general formula (I) and a diacetone diperoxide derivative in accordance with the general formula (II) wherein R1 is a hydrogen residue or an optionally halogenated or perhalogenated C1 to C5 alkyl group, R2 represents a linker molecule, and X represents a reactive or activatable group. A method for the preparation of the TATP or DADP derivatives and the use thereof as antigen for the preparation of TATP- or DADP-specific antibodies or other binders is also disclosed. The antibodies are preferably used in a biosensor for the detection of TATP or DADP in air.

Abstract: The invention relates to an optical standard (10) for the calibration or characterization of optical measuring devices and as a reference system for intensities and intensity measurements. The standard (10) according to the invention, constructed sandwich-like, comprises a combination of at least two layer-like optical standard modules (12) having defined optical properties, joinable or joined together plane-parallel, wherein the standard modules (12) in each instance differ from each other by at least one optical property, namely, by their absorption, emission, scatter and/or reflection properties, and the standard modules (12) are made so that they enter into physical interaction with electromagnetic radiation striking one of their two principal surfaces (12.1).