Abstract: Described is a pallet box assembly for receiving and transporting heavy and/or high temperature objects. The pallet box assembly includes a tub and frame configured for receiving the tub. The tub has a bottom plate comprising two lateral side portions and at least one upwardly arc-shaped portion therebetween. Each of the two side portions further has a bent section, the bent section forming a longitudinally extending corner portion of the tub, and a substantially vertical section connecting to the bent section, the substantially vertical section reaching upwards from the bent section to align and connect to the respective side plate, wherein the substantially vertical section and the respective side plates further includes a longitudinally extending connection area.

Abstract: A sandwich element (10) including a first restriction layer (21) and a second restriction layer (22) and a distance core (23) of a light weight material, preferably of a foam material, between said restriction layers, whereby the second restriction layer (22) includes stiffening elements (11) arranged in parallel with each other and individually or together with a corresponding abutting stiffening element (11) form a closed hollow profile (24). Furthermore the invention refers to a load floor shaped as such a sandwich element and also that such a load floor is a part of a cargo vehicle.

Abstract: Chassis (21) comprising at least one wheel (26), and a plurality of side members (22, 23) each comprising an upper flange (32) and a lower flange (33) that extend in a longitudinal direction of the chassis (21). The chassis (21) comprises a centre flange (34) that is located between the upper flange (32) and the lower flange (33) and extends in the longitudinal direction of the chassis (21), and at least one cross member (24) that extends in a lateral direction of the chassis (21) which is connected between a centre flange (34) of a first side member (22) of the plurality of side members (22, 23) and a centre flange (34) of a second side member (23) of the plurality of side members (22, 23).

Abstract: Side member (23) for a chassis (27) provided with a wheel (26) which side member (23) comprises an upper flange (32) and a lower flange (33). Both of the flanges (32, 33) of the side member (23) have a continuous extension along the whole of the side member's (23) entire length. The upper or lower flange (32, 33) exhibits two oppositely directed curved portions (38, 39) that are both located in front of or behind said wheel (26) so that the curved flange's (32, 33) perpendicular distance to the non-curved flange (32) at one end of the chassis (27) is greater than the corresponding perpendicular distance to the non-curved flange (32) at the other end of the chassis (27). The non-curved flange (32) and the curved flange (33) are connected to one another via at least one connecting member (40, 51, 52).

Abstract: A frame configuration (I; II; III) for a vehicle (1) includes a forward part (10; 210) and a rear part (30; 130, 160; 230), the forward and rear parts are united by a first connection part (50; 150; 250) arranged between the forward and rear parts (10; 210, 30; 130, 160; 230) including a forward interface (G1) for connection with the forward part and a rear interface (G2) for connection with the rear part. Also a vehicle with the frame configuration is disclosed.

Abstract: A method based on digital holography for determining parameters of at least one erythrocyte is provided, said method comprising the steps of: constructing an interference pattern comprising a wave front representative of said at least one erythrocyte arised from the interaction of said at least one erythrocyte and electromagnetic radiation, reconstructing amplitude-and phase information representative of said at least one erythrocyte wave front from said interference pattern and determining the mean corpuscular volume and/or mean corpuscular hemoglobin concentration and/or oxygen saturation and/or mean corpuscular hemoglobin of at least one erythrocyte by combining phase information and amplitude information representative of said at least one erythrocyte.

Abstract: Side member (23) for a chassis (27) provided with a wheel (26) which side member (23) comprises an upper flange (32) and a lower flange (33). Both of the flanges (32, 33) of the side member (23) have a continuous extension along the whole of the side member's (23) entire length. The upper or lower flange (32, 33) exhibits two oppositely directed curved portions (38, 39) that are both located in front of or behind said wheel (26) so that the curved flange's (32, 33) perpendicular distance to the non-curved flange (32) at one end of the chassis (27) is greater than the corresponding perpendicular distance to the non-curved flange (32) at the other end of the chassis (27). The non-curved flange (32) and the curved flange (33) are connected to one another via at least one connecting member (40, 51, 52).

Abstract: A sandwich element (10) including a first restriction layer (21) and a second restriction layer (22) and a distance core (23) of a light weight material, preferably of a foam material, between said restriction layers, whereby the second restriction layer (22) includes stiffening elements (11) arranged in parallel with each other and individually or together with a corresponding abutting stiffening element (11) form a closed hollow profile (24). Furthermore the invention refers to a load floor shaped as such a sandwich element and also that such a load floor is a part of a cargo vehicle.

Abstract: A frame configuration (I; II; III) for a vehicle (1) includes a forward part (10; 210) and a rear part (30; 130, 160; 230), the forward and rear parts are united by a first connection part (50; 150; 250) arranged between the forward and rear parts (10; 210, 30; 130, 160; 230) including a forward interface (G1) for connection with the forward part and a rear interface (G2) for connection with the rear part. Also a vehicle with the frame configuration is disclosed.

Abstract: An improved method for assessing previous ethanol exposure comprises the steps of obtaining a sample from the body of a subject; quantitatively determining the level of one or several bio-precursors of phosphatidylethanol (PEth) (Formula I) or ethyl-sphingomyelin and the level of the corresponding one or several PEth (Formula II) or ethyl-sphingomyelin homologues in the sample; and obtaining a ratio between the level of one or several bio-precursors of PEth or ethyl-sphingomylein and the level of the corresponding one or several PEth- or ethyl-sphingomylein homologues. The ratio is indicative of previous ethanol consumption of the subject. Furthermore, a method for assessing previous absolute ethanol consumption can be accomplished by correlating the ratios of PEth precursor and PEth homologue levels in subjects to ratios obtained from reference subjects with known previous ethanol consumption.

Abstract: A method based on digital holography for determining parameters of at least one erythrocyte is provided, said method comprising the steps of: constructing an interference pattern comprising a wave front representative of said at least one erythrocyte arised from the interaction of said at least one erythrocyte and electromagnetic radiation, reconstructing amplitude- and phase information representative of said at least one erythrocyte wave front from said interference pattern and determining the mean corpuscular volume and/or mean corpuscular hemoglobin concentration and/or oxygen saturation and/or mean corpuscular hemoglobin of at least one erythrocyte by combining phase information and amplitude information representative of said at least one erythrocyte.

Abstract: A method including measuring a physical quantity having a magnitude that changes in time as a result of a fire shot event so as to obtain a measurement signal, and comparing the measurement signal with a predetermined time-domain fingerprint for said quantity, which fingerprint is characteristic of the way the quantity varies in time upon a fire shot event, in order to confirm the occurrence of a fire shot event in case the measurement signal and the fingerprint match.

Abstract: The present invention discloses a method for assessment of previous ethanol exposure comprising the steps of: (i) obtaining a sample from the body of a subject; (ii) quantitatively determining the level of one or several bio-precursors of PEth (Formula I) and the level of the corresponding one or several PEth-homologues (Formula II) in the sample; and (iii) obtaining a ratio between the level of one or several bio-precursors of PEth and the level of the corresponding one or several PEth-homologues; wherein the subject is a human or animal. Additional related methods are also disclosed.

Abstract: A method including measuring a physical quantity having a magnitude that changes in time as a result of a fire shot event so as to obtain a measurement signal, and comparing the measurement signal with a predetermined time-domain fingerprint for said quantity, which fingerprint is characteristic of the way the quantity varies in time upon a fire shot event, in order to confirm the occurrence of a fire shot event in case the measurement signal and the fingerprint match.

Abstract: When delivering a broadband service, such as xDSL, without inband POTS, it is necessary to separate the analogue POTS signal and the xDSL signal from each other at both the CO (Central Office) and the CP (Customer's Premises). This can be achieved by using an active POTS splitter. The present invention incorporates test functionality for the line between the CP and the CO, or ONU (Optical Network Unit), in the POTS splitter. This enables two-sided measurements on the line, both during installation and during operation. The measurements are performed at the CO and upon request, or when the test device automatically sends a test message/signal. In this way there is no need for field technicians at the CP side. The POTS splitter can have a unique identity code that is transmitted to the CO each time a test is started, or on receipt of a request from the CO.

Abstract: The hybrid circuit can be used to substantially reduce near echo signals. The circuit includes a balanced 2-wire to 4-wire hybrid for interconnecting a two wire receive path and a two wire transmit path to a two wire transmission line. The two wire receive path connects the balanced hybrid to an A/D converter and the two wire transmit path connects a D/A converter to the balanced hybrid. The two wire receive path contains a filter, dimensioned to remove signals transmitted from the D/A converter. The invention is particularly adapted for use with FDD and OFDD.

Abstract: A VDSL-modem which is divided into an analog part which is placed in an optical node and a digital part which is placed in a local station. The analog part of the VDSL-modem includes an A/D-converter and D/A-converter, a filter, an amplifier, a hybrid/balun, an adaptive noise attenuator, an optical interface, and possibly an echo canceller. The digital part of the modem includes an FFT/IFFT-processor, a synchronizer, an equalizer, an interleaving unit, an error correction unit, a protocol manager, and an optical interface. The VDSL-modem simplifies synchronization of the modem and reduces power consumption in the optical node. A multiplexor function in the optical node in addition is simpler because it need not manage a protocol.

Abstract: A multi-carrier transmission system has a plurality of transceivers, each having a receiver and a transmitter. Data is transmitted between the transceivers by modulating the data onto a multiplicity of carrier waves in the form of multi-bit symbols, wherein each carrier wave constitutes a channel, and wherein the number of bits per symbol (the bit loading), varies between channels and, within a channel, with time, so that each channel has associated therewith a bit loading parameter.

Abstract: With OFDM systems the frequency domain data is the Fourier transform of the received time domain OFDM frames. The time domain frames must be sampled, at the receiver, in synchronism with the transmitter, so that each received frame contains data from only a single transmitted frame. It is vital for this synchronism to be maintained in order to maintain the orthogonality of the frames. A typical multi-carrier system, of the OFDM type, which uses a cyclic prefix permits orthogonality to be maintained when there is a small deviation from exact frame synchronisation. Because the signalling interval includes both an entire frame and the cyclic prefix, which is a repetition of part of the frame, a frame sampled within the signalling interval will contain data from only one frame. Since the signalling interval is greater than the frame period, this gives some leeway in frame alignment. In a multi-carrier system of the OFDM type, an adaptive channel equalizer, operating in the frequency domain, is often used.

Abstract: A RFI canceller, for use in a subscriber line system using multi-carrier modulation, measures a RFI disturbance in carriers falling within a band of frequencies causing the RFI. The RFI ingress into carriers outside the band of frequencies is estimated, and an error correcting signal derived from the estimation of the RFI ingress is subtracted from a received signal. The subscriber line system may be a VDSL system and the multi-carrier modulation may be DMT. The RFI canceller includes a demodulator for demodulating an incoming data stream to provide a first parallel data stream. A parallel to serial convertor converts the first parallel data stream to a first serial data stream. A digital to analogue convertor converts the first serial data stream to a first analogue signal. An analogue RFI canceller circuit combines the analogue signal with an analogue error correcting signal, to produce a second analogue signal.