Abstract: A patient interface includes a cushion having a body with a front portion and a rear portion. The front portion has a lower opening structured to receive a flow of a treatment gas and a coupling mechanism. The rear portion is structured to engage a user's face and provide a generally continuous seal therewith. The patient interface further includes a frame having a torus shaped portion defining an opening. The opening has at least a portion of the coupling mechanism disposed therein.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a modulation of X-ray radiation for the purposes of imaging an object of interest. For the modulation, the X-ray radiation provided by an X-ray source (12) is in part totally reflected by a mirror (20). Thus, an X-ray radiation at an object receiving space (16) is formed by an unreflected X-ray radiation (24) and a reflected X-ray radiation (26). The mirror (20) is displaceable by an actuator (28), such that the intensity of the reflected X-ray radiation (26) can be adjusted, in particular to a density of the object to be imaged.

Abstract: A cab enclosure for a railroad spike driving machine to protect the operators from the environment includes a pair of pivoting railroad spike trays which can pivot up/down and left/right.

Abstract: The invention provides a surface analysis device for application to a receiving surface to enable analysis of at least one measure of an elasticity of said surface across multiple different linear stretches or sections of the surface. The device includes a two-dimensional arrangement of actuators and sensors, comprising at least one actuating element, at least one sensing element, and at least one further sensing or actuating element. Selected sets of two or more of these elements are activated together by a controller, each set including at least one actuator and one sensor, to thereby obtain a measure of elasticity between each actuator and sensor pair in the set. Elasticity measures are obtained based on stimulating a deformation in the receiving surface at the actuator site, and measuring a resultant pressure and/or force exerted by the receiving surface at a further displaced point. Sensors may monitor a change in the exerted pressure and/or force for example.

Abstract: A method to be carried out by an interface element (IE, 510) between a VNF pool (508) and a control entity (520) is disclosed. The VNF pool (508) comprises a plurality of VNF instances (502) including at least a first and second instances. The control entity (520) is configured to control the VNF instances (502) of the pool (508). The method enables the IE (510) to assist in replicating a state of the first VNF instance on the second VNF instance. The method includes steps of obtaining a control message provided from the control entity (520) to the first VNF instance (502), providing the obtained control message at least to the first and to the second VNF instances (502), and providing an acknowledgement of the control message to the control entity (520) when the interface element (510) has an acknowledgement, either explicit or implicit, of both the control message provided to the first VNF instance (502) and the control message provided to the second VNF instance (502).

Abstract: A method of applying a measurement correction includes calculating a first correction value based on a first coefficient and the measurement; calculating a second correction value based on a second coefficient, greater than the first coefficient, and the measurement; and calculating a third correction value based on a third coefficient, greater than the second coefficient, and the measurement. The method also includes applying the third correction value to the measurement if a difference between the first correction value and the third correction value is above a first threshold value; applying the second correction value to the measurement if a difference between the first correction value and the second correction value is above a second threshold value; and applying the first correction value to the measurement if the difference between the first correction value and the second correction value is below or equal to the second threshold value.

Abstract: Ultrasonic sonothrombolysis systems to produce two acoustic pressure levels of insonation during stroke therapy, mid/high acoustic pressure insonation directed to the site of a blood clot where microbubbles are present to induce microbubble-mediated blood clot lysis, and low acoustic insonation directed to the region surrounding the site of the blood clot where microbubbles are present to stimulate microvascular reperfusion of the surrounding tissue. The systems simultaneously produce blood clot lysis at the site of an occlusion and stimulate reperfusion of tissue affected by the occlusion.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a device (10, 10a, 10b), system (1, 2, 3) and method for detection of an asthma attack or asthma of a subject. For this purpose, the device comprises a light sensor input (11), e.g. a 2D camera, for obtaining light sensor data of the scene and a thermal sensor input (12), e.g. a thermal camera, for obtaining thermal sensor data of a scene including a subject while breathing. An analysis unit (13) obtains these data and derives respiratory effort information indicating respiratory efforts of the subject from the obtained light sensor data and/or the obtained thermal sensor data and derives airflow information indicating airflow during respiration of the subject from the obtained thermal sensor data. Further, the analysis unit (13) predicts or detects an asthma attack or asthma based on analysis of the respiratory effort information and the airflow information, said analysis evaluating deviations from predetermined or healthy correlations between respiratory efforts and airflow.

Abstract: A hierarchical sandwich core and a method of making it where a macroscopic honeycomb with a first macroscopic cell with first sandwich cell walls is connected to neighbouring macroscopic cells with neighbouring sandwich cell walls. The first and neighbouring sandwich cell walls are made of a sandwich material having a width, a mesoscopic core, and a first skin layer on a first major surface and a second skin layer on a second major surface of the sandwich material, both skin layers being attached to the mesoscopic core forming each sandwich cell wall of the macroscopic honeycomb. The first and the neighbouring cell walls have a height determined by the width of the sandwich material, both skin layers of the first sandwich cell wall being connected to both skin layers of at least one neighbouring cell wall along the height of the first cell wall.

Abstract: A method for printing a plurality of scan lines with one or more inkjet heads includes receiving at least one scanline; creating, from pixels of said at least one scanline, a plurality of bundles of a predetermined size comprising first bundles and consecutive bundles, said first and consecutive bundles comprising pixels for which nozzles of the one or more inkjet heads have to be fired within a first time period and within a consecutive time period, respectively; and storing said plurality of bundles in a first memory. The method includes transferring said plurality of bundles from first memory to second memory; and repeating until all said pixels are available in the second memory as the first bundles. Nozzles of the one or more inkjet heads are fired in accordance with the first bundles within the first time period and steps repeated for consecutive bundles and associated respective consecutive time periods.

Abstract: A method for automatically updating an access control with respect to a network is provided. The method includes obtaining, from within the network, employment status data for a first user, and comparing the employment status data with a most recent version of an employee record for the first user. When there is a change in the employment status to indicate that the employment of the first user has been terminated, an access of the first user to the network is automatically disabled. When the access of the first user is disabled, a notification message is generated and transmitted to one or more recipients.

Abstract: A livestock shed for keeping livestock animals includes a shed building for keeping the livestock animals, having a floor which is at least partially permeable to excretory products from the livestock animals, a liquid-tight manure cellar for collecting excretory products which is situated at least partly under the floor, and an air scrubber connected to the manure cellar and configured to at least partly clean polluted manure cellar air. The air scrubber is provided directly above the manure cellar.

Abstract: A charge pump includes an intermediate node capacitively coupled to receive a first clock signal oscillating between a ground and positive supply voltage, the intermediate node generating a first signal oscillating between a first and second voltage. A level shifting circuit shifts the first signal in response to a second clock signal to generate a second signal oscillating between first and third voltages. A CMOS switching circuit includes a first transistor having a source coupled to an input, a second transistor having a source coupled to an output and a gate coupled to receive the second signal. A common drain of the CMOS switching circuit is capacitively coupled to receive the first clock signal. When positively pumping, the first voltage is twice the second voltage and the third voltage is ground. When negatively pumping, the first and third voltages are of opposite polarity and the second voltage is ground.

Abstract: Methods are provided for the manufacture of polypeptides comprising at least one immunoglobulin variable domain that result in an increased yield. The methods are based on simultaneous enhancement of one or more auxiliary proteins in the host.

Abstract: Various methods, apparatuses/systems, and media for implementing a functional documentation module are disclosed. A repository stores a list of URLs corresponding to one or more applications and a list independently executable programming languages for running an application. A receiver receives a request for creating a new URL. A processor causes a GUI to display selectable URLs from the list of URLs, selectable components from the list of independently executable programing languages, and a functional documentation; creates the new URL by selecting one or more desired URLs from the selectable URLs based on analyzing the functional documentation; independently tests only the created new URL for running the application without testing the selectable URLs and their underlying components; and updates the repository with the new URL based on a positive test result.

Abstract: A respiratory component measurement system that includes an airway adapter adapted to be placed in fluid communication with an airway of a patient and a sensor element in physical communication with the airway adapter. The sensor element is adapted to detect an orientation related characteristic of the airway adapter, a motion related characteristic of the airway adapter, or both. A respiratory component sensor is also adapted to be disposed on the airway adapter so as to measure a characteristic associated with a flow of gas through the airway adapter.

Abstract: Exemplary embodiments provide methods and systems for configuring spending or credit limits for individual mobile devices for the same account, such as a credit card account. The spending limits may be configured by the primary account holder through a website or mobile application. A token id is set on the mobile device that corresponds to the account. The token id is unique for the individual mobile device During a mobile payment transaction, the token id is mapped back to the corresponding account and the available spending limit is evaluated with respect to the transaction. Based on this evaluation, an approval or denial for the transaction is generated.

Abstract: Provided is a system for air-conditioning and hot-water supply configured to selectively perform cooling and heating operations, comprising: an outdoor unit having a compressor and an outdoor heat exchanger; at least one or more indoor units each of which is connected to the outdoor unit and includes an indoor heat exchanger; a hot-water supply unit connected to the outdoor unit so as to be arranged in parallel to the indoor unit and including a refrigerant-water heat exchanger; a controller configured to monitor for a request for hot-water supply from the hot-water supply unit while a cooling operation is being performed in at least one of the indoor units, and then to start the heating operation in accordance with the request; wherein the controller transmits to all of the indoor units, which are turned on for said cooling operation, a fan-stop command to stop a fan arranged at each indoor unit.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method and an apparatus for correcting dynamic models (4) of moving structures (2), said dynamic models being obtained by tracking methods. The method comprises the following steps: (a) providing a time series of images (B) of the moving structure (2) recorded successively in time; (b) providing a dynamic model (4) of the structure (2), said dynamic model being obtained by a tracking method; (c) determining a position time section (h) in the images (B); (d) providing a position-time representation (6) over time of the optionally interpolated image values of the position time section (h) in the images, combined with a representation of the dynamic model (4) as at least one computer graphical object (10); (e) comparing the computer graphical object (10) with the surrounding image content (8), in particular by a user, and (f) correcting the dynamic model (4) by editing the at least one computer graphical object (10), in particular by a user.

Abstract: The innovation disclosed and claimed herein, in one aspect thereof, comprises systems and methods of user interface competence adaptation and fraud detection. The innovation includes a user device that provides a user interface to receive user interactions. A monitoring component monitors user interactions by the user on the user device. The user interactions can be controlling, navigating, or inputting to the user interface. A determination component determines a user proficiency based on the monitored user interactions. A configurator determines and implements a device configuration for the user device based on the determined user proficiency. A security component determines a different user is accessing the user device based on a change in user proficiency exceeding a threshold change. The security component implements security measures upon determine a different user has access.