Abstract: A valve (1, 11, 19) for an inhalation device comprising an interior volume that is delimited at least partially by a valve wall (4, 17, 21), a permanent opening (29) as well as a valve functional area (6), whereby the valve functional area (6) is configured to be at least almost closed below an opening pressure difference and to be open above an opening pressure difference such that above the opening pressure difference, a fluid can flow through the permanent opening (29) into the interior volume and out of the valve functional area (6), the valve comprising an inversion protector that is configured to impede or prevent inversion of the valve wall (4, 17, 21).

Abstract: A tracheal tube includes an inner cannula and an outer cannula that are connected with a threaded connection able to swivel, and wherein the inner cannula is also connected to an elbow adaptor through a Bayonet Neill-Concelman (BNC) connection. Both the threaded and the BNC connects provide more secure connections of the corresponding components and are able to withstand greater amounts of force exerted on them without becoming detached from each other. The elbow adapter may further be coupled to a pressure release valve that will alleviate pressure buildup within the tracheal tube.

Abstract: The invention relates to compounds according to general formula (I), which act as modulators of the glucocorticoid receptor and can be used in the treatment and/or prophylaxis of disorders which are at least partially mediated by the glucocorticoid receptor.

Abstract: The invention relates to compounds according to general formula (I), which act as modulators of the glucocorticoid receptor and can be used in the treatment and/or prophylaxis of disorders which are at least partially mediated by the glucocorticoid receptor.

Abstract: A plurality of detonators (22A-N) and a method of assigning a unique identifier to each of the detonators comprises connecting the detonators in parallel to one another at respective connection points on each of two signal-transmitting conductors of a harness which extends from a reference location to a plurality of boreholes in which the detonators are respectively positioned. The method includes measuring a parameter which varies with the lengths of the two conductors between the reference location and the respective two connection points, and generating a unique identifier for each respective detonator based on the measured parameter. The detonators include a memory unit (58), a voltage-controlled oscillator (60, 60P) which generates a signal at an output frequency determined by voltage applied to the two connection points, and a processor (50) which uses the output frequency to generate a unique identifier for the detonator, which identifier is transferred to the memory unit (58).

Abstract: The present invention relates to downhole repairing system for repairing a zone of a downhole well having a top and an axial axis, comprising: a downhole straddle assembly for straddling over the zone downhole in the well, the straddle assembly comprising a plurality of tubular sections mounted end to end in succession to form one tubular pipe having a first end tubular section nearest the top forming a first open end of the tubular pipe, and having a second end tubular section forming a second open end of the tubular pipe, the first end tubular section having a first end inner diameter and the second end tubular section having a second end inner diameter, wherein the tubular section mounted to the first end tubular section is a first expandable metal sleeve being more pliant than the first end tubular section, and the tubular section mounted to the second end tubular section is a second expandable metal sleeve being more pliant than the second end tubular section, and a downhole setting tool string comprisin

Abstract: A vehicle has a longitudinal centerline and comprises a plurality of ground-engaging members, a seat supported by the plurality of ground-engaging members, a fuel tank positioned adjacent the seat, a steering assembly operably coupled to at least one the ground-engaging members, and a display movable with the steering assembly and intersecting the longitudinal centerline of the vehicle. The display is positioned rearward of a front plane of the fuel tank.

Abstract: Apparatus, methods and systems are provided for thermal runaway and gas exhaust management for high power batteries. A battery module has a plurality of cell-containing carriers stacked on top of one another to form a cell stack having a front end and a rear end. A duct extends through the cell stack between the front end and the rear end for collecting escaped gases from the battery cells. A self-closing one-way pressure relief valve is located in the duct toward the rear end of the cell stack. The pressure relief valve connects to a piping system for carrying the gases to a remote location where the gases can be safely released and dispersed.

Abstract: A method for encoding multi-channel HOA audio signals for noise reduction comprises steps of decorrelating the channels using an inverse adaptive DSHT, the inverse adaptive DSHT comprising a rotation operation and an inverse DSHT, with the rotation operation rotating the spatial sampling grid of the iDSHT, perceptually encoding each of the decorrelated channels, encoding rotation information, the rotation information comprising parameters defining said rotation operation, and transmitting or storing the perceptually encoded audio channels and the encoded rotation information.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a fracturing method for providing fractures in a formation downhole for optimising hydro-carbon production, such as gas or shale gas production, in a well having a well tubular metal structure comprising several self-closing flow assemblies, each self-closing flow assembly comprising a sleeve which is movable along a longitudinal axis of the well tubular metal structure for opening or closing a port in the well tubular metal structure.

Abstract: A bone implant includes a shank for arrangement in a bone and a head arranged proximally on the shank and having a tool receiver for an implantation tool. The shank has a longitudinal axis. A continuous injection channel for injection of bone connection material is formed in the shank and has a proximal inlet opening for bone connection material on the side of the tool receiver. The wall of the shank surrounding the injection channel has a radial offset with respect to the longitudinal axis on the side of the proximal inlet opening. An implantation instrument for a bone implant includes an injection cannula having an inner channel having a longitudinal axis for injection of bone connection material. The inner channel has a distal outlet opening for bone connection material. A wall of the injection cannula surrounding the inner channel has a radial offset with respect to the longitudinal axis.

Abstract: A method and an apparatus for monitoring a temperature of a coil wire of a solenoid valve are provides. An actuation signal has actuation intervals which follow one another is used in this case, wherein a start pulse, which causes an increase in current in the coil wire of the magnet coil and has a prespecified pulse duration, and a pulse sequence, which follows the start pulse and has a duty cycle, are provided in each actuation interval. The current intensity of the current flowing through the coil wire of the solenoid valve is measured at two different times during the increase in current, and the current gradient is subsequently calculated from the measured current intensities. A prespecified threshold value for the current gradient is then compared with the calculated current gradient.

Abstract: The invention relates to a cartridge receiver (10) for producing a drink (70) using a cartridge (2) that comprises a reservoir (6) filled with a drink substance (7), it being possible to insert the cartridge receiver (10) into a drink preparation machine (3) and connect it to the cartridge (2), wherein the cartridge receiver (10) comprises a mixing chamber (8) that can be brought into fluidic connection with the reservoir (6), and a fluid supply (12) that opens into the mixing chamber (8). The invention is characterised in that the cartridge receiver (10) comprises a mandrel guide (80) and a puncturing mandrel (73) that is displaceably mounted within said mandrel guide (80), wherein the puncturing mandrel (73) can be displaced between a retracted position in which said puncturing mandrel (73) is positioned at a distance from a sealing element (18) of the cartridge (2), and an extended position in which said puncturing mandrel (73) pierces the sealing element (18) and projects into the reservoir (6).

Abstract: Braking and centering mechanisms for foot-deck-based vehicles are described. At least one of the at least one rear wheel of the foot-deck-based vehicle is a braking wheel that is pivotally connected to the foot-deck for swivel movement about a rear swivel axis through a range of angular positions. The braking mechanism comprises a brake member coupled to the rear end of the foot-deck. The brake member is configured to move between a braking position in which the brake member is depressed towards the braking wheel and drives a brake surface to a frictionally engaging position at which the brake surface frictionally engages the braking wheel to reduce a speed of the foot-deck-based vehicle regardless of the angular position of the braking wheel within the range, and a non-braking position in which the brake member permits movement of the brake surface away from the braking wheel.

Abstract: A wind turbine control system comprising a controller of a control mechanism of a wind turbine, wherein the controller implements a computerized real-time blade model to calculate operational parameters of the controller, and wherein the computerized real-time blade model receives as inputs a determined wind turbine operating point and a rotor-plane wind speed value that is estimated in real-time. In another aspect, the embodiments of the invention provide a method of controlling a control mechanism of a wind turbine. Advantageously, the invention provides a more flexible and responsive control system that is able to adapt to changing wind conditions even if those wind conditions are beyond what is usually predicted.

Abstract: The invention assists a person in acting in a dynamic environment. A method and a system for assisting a person operating an ego-vehicle a person supporting the operation of the ego-vehicle in a dynamic environment such as a traffic environment is proposed. The method encompasses determining a gaze direction of the person and identifying a target object based thereon, generating prediction information predicting a future behavior of the target object and the ego-vehicle, estimating a time-to-event or a distance or a distance variation for the ego-vehicle and the target object and generating a signal for driving an actuator and indicative of the estimated time-to-event, distance or distance variation. The actuator causes a stimulation being perceivable by the person by its perceptual capabilities based on the generated signal. The method determines whether assistance for assessing the dynamic situation is requested, for example by monitoring a gaze behavior of the person.

Abstract: A spool for use in a blasting system which carries a coiled signal-transmitting conductor which is connected at one end to a detonator and at an opposed end to a connector.

Abstract: Examples associated with contextual device unlocking are described. One example storing sets of contextual state information associated with unlock events associated with a device. A first contextual state of the device is detected. The first contextual state of the device is compared to sets of contextual state information. The device is unlocked based on the comparison of the first contextual state of device to the sets of contextual state information when the device is in a secure location with a nearby authorized user.

Abstract: A wind turbine control system comprising at least one control module configured to output a control signal for a control mechanism of a wind turbine, and a gain calculator for calculating a gain parameter associated with the control module, wherein the gain parameter is calculated based on a computerized real-time blade model using a determined wind turbine operating point as an input. The blade model may be a blade element momentum model. In another aspect, the invention may be expressed as a method of controlling a control mechanism of a wind turbine.

Abstract: Method for determining the UV transmittance of water in a UV disinfection plant, through which water flows, wherein the UV disinfection plant has a plurality of radiator arrangements, each with a UV radiation source, a sleeve tube which surrounds the UV radiation source and which has an end face at an open end, and with a UV-C sensor which detects the UV radiation emerging from the sleeve tube without the influence of the water, and with at least one further UV sensor which is arranged at a distance from the sleeve tubes of the radiator arrangements, wherein the method includes the following steps: measuring the UV radiant power emerging from the sleeve tube; measuring an amount of the transmitted radiant power by the further UV sensor; and determining the transmittance of the water by an amount of the emerged radiant power and of the transmitted radiant power.