Abstract: A base slat pry stopper, such as a base slat locking bracket, for locking a rolling shutter curtain covering an opening of a structure is disclosed. The base slat pry stopper may include a bracket base plate mounted to an opening bottom wall on an interior side of the shutter curtain, and a base slat engagement portion extending upward from the bracket base plate and above a top surface of the opening bottom wall. When the shutter curtain is unrolled to cover the opening, the base slat engagement portion engages the base slat to prevent the base slat from deflecting upward away from the opening bottom wall when a force applied from an exterior side of the shutter curtain causes the base slat to deflect toward the interior side of the structure and the shutter curtain. The base slat pry stopper may be permanently or removably installed.

Abstract: The technique relates to a system and method for mining frequent and in-frequent items from a large transaction database to provide the dynamic recommendation of items. The method involves determining user interest for an item by monitoring short item behavior of at least one user then selecting a local category, a neighborhood category and a disjoint category with respect to the item clicked by the at least one user based on long term preferences data of a plurality of users of the ecommerce environment thereafter selecting one or more frequent and infrequent items from each of the selected local, neighborhood and disjoint category items and finally generating one or more dynamic recommendations based on the one or more items selected from the local category, the neighborhood category and the disjoint category and the one or more selected frequent and infrequent items.

Abstract: A method of determining a confidence level in a heart rate obtained from an ECG signal of a patent comprises determining a heart rate from a segment of an ECG signal, the segment having a pre-determined length, and determining a first confidence level in the determined heart rate. If the first confidence level exceeds a predetermined value, the heart rate is output. Otherwise, the method further comprises determining a set of features from the segment of the ECG signal; and classifying the segment of the ECG signal, based on one or more features selected from the determined set of features and the heart rate, into one of at least three classes: noise, an abnormal sinus rhythm and a normal sinus rhythm.

Abstract: A wind powered apparatus (or wind turbine) comprising a stator blade assembly and a rotor blade assembly wherein said stator blades assembly and said rotor blade assembly have counter rotating blades. Both sets of blades assemblies are connected to a generator and are operable to rotate the stator and rotor thereof in opposite directions relative to one another due to the blade arrangement between assemblies. The blades assemblies comprise a hub connected to an outer ring, wherein said outer ring comprises inward blades. The win turbine, more particularly the blade arrangement co-operates to improve performance of the apparatus by affecting its orientation and the rotational speed of the blades.

Abstract: A method of determining a confidence level in a heart rate obtained from an ECG signal of a patent comprises determining a heart rate from a segment of an ECG signal, the segment having a pre-determined length, and determining a first confidence level in the determined heart rate. If the first confidence level exceeds a predetermined value, the heart rate is output. Otherwise, the method further comprises determining a set of features from the segment of the ECG signal; and classifying the segment of the ECG signal, based on one or more features selected from the determined set of features and the heart rate, into one of at least three classes: noise, an abnormal sinus rhythm and a normal sinus rhythm.

Abstract: The technique relates to a system and method for mining frequent and in-frequent items from a large transaction database to provide the dynamic recommendation of items. The method involves determining user interest for an item by monitoring short item behavior of at least one user then selecting a local category, a neighborhood category and a disjoint category with respect to the item clicked by the at least one user based on long term preferences data of a plurality of users of the ecommerce environment thereafter selecting one or more frequent and infrequent items from each of the selected local, neighborhood and disjoint category items and finally generating one or more dynamic recommendations based on the one or more items selected from the local category, the neighborhood category and the disjoint category and the one or more selected frequent and infrequent items.

Abstract: The invention relates to a combined radiation therapy and magnetic resonance unit. For this purpose, in accordance with the invention a combined radiation therapy and magnetic resonance unit is provided comprising a magnetic resonance diagnosis part with an interior, which is limited in radial direction by a main magnet, and a radiation therapy part for the irradiation of an irradiation area within the interior, wherein at least parts of the radiation therapy part, which comprise a beam deflection arrangement, are arranged within the interior.

Abstract: A wind powered apparatus (or wind turbine) comprising a stator blade assembly and a rotor blade assembly wherein said stator blades assembly and said rotor blade assembly have counter rotating blades. Both sets of blades assemblies are connected to a generator and are operable to rotate the stator and rotor thereof in opposite directions relative to one another due to the blade arrangement between assemblies. The blades assemblies comprise a hub connected to an outer ring, wherein said outer ring comprises inward blades. The win turbine, more particularly the blade arrangement co-operates to improve performance of the apparatus by affecting its orientation and the rotational speed of the blades.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a device and method for estimating energy expenditure during exercise. The device includes a module for estimating whether a person is exceeding their anaerobic threshold and, if they are exceeding their anaerobic threshold calculating the additional energy expenditure due to the anaerobic metabolism of ATP. The additional energy expenditure can then be added to an estimate of the energy expenditure due to aerobic metabolism and output to the user in order to provide an estimate of the energy expenditure occurring during anaerobic exercise.

Abstract: A method of determining a respiration rate from a signal representative of a recorded respiration episode comprises identifying two or more uncorrupted segments within the signal, the uncorrupted segments being separated by corrupted segments, identifying the longest of the uncorrupted segments or the segment with a lowest average absolute deviation (AAD) between respiration peaks or troughs, and determining a respiration rate from the longest uncorrupted segment or the segment with the lowest AAD.

Abstract: The invention relates to a combined radiation therapy and magnetic resonance unit. For this purpose, in accordance with the invention a combined radiation therapy and magnetic resonance unit is provided comprising a magnetic resonance diagnosis part with an interior, which is limited in radial direction by a main magnet, and a radiation therapy part for the irradiation of an irradiation area within the interior, wherein at least parts of the radiation therapy part, which comprise a beam deflection arrangement, are arranged within the interior.

Abstract: A system includes determination of a model of a trajectory of a target volume, determination of a treatment plan identifying a portion of the trajectory of the target volume and an irradiation field corresponding to the portion of the trajectory, the portion of the trajectory commencing at a control point of the trajectory, control of a collimator to restrict a treatment beam to the irradiation field, monitoring of the trajectory of the target volume until it is determined that the trajectory is at the control point, and delivery of the treatment beam to the irradiation field in response to determining that the trajectory of the target volume is at the control point.

Abstract: A maintenance system of an installation of a vehicle, such as a vision installation of a tanker aircraft, including maintenance equipment having a performing device performing maintenance activities by way of an interactive communication between the maintenance equipment and the installation, in which the installation uses a first communication interface and is provided with an I/O connector; the maintenance equipment is provided with a wireless connector using a second communication interface; and the system also includes a converter device for the first and second communication interfaces connected to the I/O connector. The invention also refers to a method for performing the maintenance of the installation.

Abstract: Some aspects include a system, apparatus, means and method for configuring a radiotherapy beam shaping device to define a treatment field of view, acquiring images of a patient area within the treatment field of view based on an imaging radiation beam, determining a treatment motion model that predicts, based on the acquired images, a prediction treatment period during which the patient area will be within the treatment field of view of the radiotherapy beam shaping device, and delivering a treatment radiation beam to the patient area for a time period equal to the prediction treatment period.

Abstract: A system includes emission of a first treatment beam associated with a first energy toward a neutron dose detector, determination of a first number of soft errors experienced by a semiconductor-based device exposed to neutrons generated by the first treatment beam, determination of a first neutron dose based on the first treatment beam using the neutron dose detector, and association of the first energy of the first treatment beam with the first number of soft errors and the first neutron dose. Some aspects include emission of a second treatment beam associated with the first energy toward a target, determination of a second number of soft errors experienced by the semiconductor-based device exposed to neutrons generated by the second treatment beam, and determination of a second neutron dose at the target based on the association between the first energy, the first number of soft errors and the first neutron dose.

Abstract: A system includes determination of a model of a trajectory of a target volume, determination of a treatment plan identifying a portion of the trajectory of the target volume and an irradiation field corresponding to the portion of the trajectory, the portion of the trajectory commencing at a control point of the trajectory, control of a collimator to restrict a treatment beam to the irradiation field, monitoring of the trajectory of the target volume until it is determined that the trajectory is at the control point, and delivery of the treatment beam to the irradiation field in response to determining that the trajectory of the target volume is at the control point.

Abstract: Some aspects include a system, apparatus, means and method for configuring a radiotherapy beam shaping device to define a treatment field of view, acquiring images of a patient area within the treatment field of view based on an imaging radiation beam, determining a treatment motion model that predicts, based on the acquired images, a prediction treatment period during which the patient area will be within the treatment field of view of the radiotherapy beam shaping device, and delivering a treatment radiation beam to the patient area for a time period equal to the prediction treatment period.