Abstract: A network entity (9) for managing data traffic routed via the network entity (9) in a communications system, the network entity (9) comprising a circuitry (10) configured to: monitor at least the data traffic transmitted over a communications link (7a, 7b); and manage the monitored data traffic based on an output of a machine learning algorithm (13), the machine learning algorithm (13) being trained to predict at least one of a data capacity requirement and a quality of service depending on at least one of a user behavior, a data traffic pattern, a cost and a time occurrence.

Abstract: A method for inspecting a soft contact lens for an orange peel defect comprises the steps of: illuminating the whole lens through the transparent bottom with incoherent white illumination light; capturing an image of the lens at an image capturing location arranged in an image capturing direction different from a transmission direction; detecting in the image the intensity of white light scattered by the lens in the image capturing direction; comparing the detected intensity of the scattered white light with a threshold intensity; determining whether the image comprises at least one coherent area in which the detected intensity of the scattered white light is higher than the threshold intensity, and which is larger than a predetermined threshold size; and rejecting the lens as comprising an unacceptable orange peel defect in case the at least one coherent area is larger than the predetermined threshold size.

Abstract: The invention is generally related to soft contact lenses which comprise a polyvinylalcohol-based hydrogel lens body and a durable lubricious coating thereon which are covalently attached to the polyvinylalcohol-based hydrogel lens body through 6-membered acetal rings and to a method for producing the same.

Abstract: The invention is generally related to soft contact lenses which comprise a polyvinylalcohol-based hydrogel lens body and a durable lubricious coating thereon which are covalently attached to the polyvinylalcohol-based hydrogel lens body through 6-membered acetal rings and to a method for producing the same.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for convective cooling of a brain in which cooled air is passed over a patient's head resulting in convective cooling of the patient's brain. The convective brain cooling apparatus comprises an air diffusing coverlet adapted to interface with an air cooling device and a coverlet capable of surrounding the patient's head and/or neck region. The method may also include the additional step of selectively controlling cerebral blood flow and/or cerebral metabolism to further cool the brain or to maintain the brain in a hypothermic state relative to the patent's core temperature. In alternative embodiments the apparatus and method may also include a cooling head cushion, an oral pharyngeal cooling device, a cool water misting device or the use of a network of elastic capillaries placed around the head or neck to maintain or increase the magnitude of the temperature gradient between the brain and the patient's body core.