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A multipurpose hemofiltration system (10) and method are disclosed for the removal of fluid and / or soluble waste from the blood of a patient. The system (10) continuously monitors the flow rates of drained fluid, blood, and infusate. When necessary, the pumping rates of the infusate, drained fluid and blood are adjusted to remove a preselected amount of fluid from the blood in a preselected time period. A supervisory controller (160) can monitor patient parameters, such as heart rate (120) and blood pressure (130), and adjust the pumping rates accordingly. The supervisory controller (160) uses fuzzy logic to make expert decisions, based upon a set of supervisory rules, to control each pumping rate to achieve a desired flow rate and to respond to fault conditions. An adaptive controller (162) corrects temporal variations in the flow rate based upon an adaptive law and a control law.

The present invention relates to a system and method for automatic measurements and calibration of computerized magnifying instruments. More particularly, the method includes an automatic calibration aspect, which includes obtaining an optimized digital image of a reference object including at least one standardized landmark feature, and establishing calibration parameters based on one or more measured attributes of the landmark feature. The method further desribes a calibration aspect, which includes providing calibration parameters, obtaining a digital image including at least one known attribute, measuring the at least one known attribute and comparing the measured value with the known value. The method further includes an aspect of automatic measurement of an attribute of one or more object, which includes retrieving calibration parameters, acquiring a digital image and measuring the attribute. The system includes an object support, a reference object including one or more standardized landmark features, and an automatically readable identification means.

Disclosed are methods for diagnosing and prognosing Inflammatory Bowel disease or Crohn's disease (CD) by measuring levels of antibodies to glycans in a biological sample.

In the motion estimation and compensation process for video frames, blocks O of pixels are considered. A number k of bit planes in a block O in a video frame F are compared with blocks OR in reference frames (FR). The best matching block (ORM) is determined in the reference frames (FR). Subsequently, a weight value (Wxij) is calculated for the best matching block (ORM) based on the ratio of valid pixels therein. The residual pixel values (Vxij) extracted from the best matching block (ORM) and corresponding weight values (Wxij) are stored in a pixel prediction array (120). The pixel array is used for motion compensation of at least the luminance component of valid pixels. Invalid pixels are reconstructed from surrounding pixel values.

In a timekeeping device, a method for displaying a time in each of a plurality of locations, wherein the timekeeping device has stored therein for each of the plurality of locations a respective seasonal offset relative to a standard time, wherein the timekeeping device comprises (i) a display indicator for indicating a location selected from the plurality of locations and (ii) seasonal adjustment means for adjusting the time in the selected location by the seasonal offset; wherein the method comprises the steps of selecting a location from the plurality of locations; actuating a seasonal adjuster to account for a change of seasons; and displaying the time, adjusted for the seasonal offset. A timekeeping device that comprises a display for displaying time information; a display indicator for indicating a location selected from the plurality of locations; adjustment means for adjusting the time in the selected location by the time offset; actuation means for actuating the adjustment means; and a time indicator for displaying on the display, a time in the location, which reflects the time offset, is also provided.

A method of achieving automatic learning of an input vector presented to an artificial neural network (ANN) formed by a plurality of neurons, using the K nearest neighbor (KNN) mode. Upon providing an input vector to be learned to the ANN, a Write component operation is performed to store the input vector components in the first available free neuron of the ANN. Then, a Write category operation is performed by assigning a category defined by the user to the input vector. Next, a test is performed to determine whether this category matches the categories of the nearest prototypes, i.e. which are located at the minimum distance. If it matches, this first free neuron is not engaged. Otherwise, it is engaged by assigning the matching category to it. As a result, the input vector becomes the new prototype with the matching category associated thereto. Further described is a circuit which automatically retains the first free neuron of the ANN for learning.

The present invention relates to a large-range-first cross-camera visual target re-identification method. The method comprises: step S1, obtaining initial single-camera tracks of targets; step S2, calculating a piecewise major color spectrum histogram feature of each track, and obtaining a track feature representation; step S3, obtaining a calculation formula of the similarity between any two tracks by using a minimum uncertainty method, so as to obtain the similarity between any two tracks; and step S4, performing global data association on all the tracks by using a maximum posterior probability method, so as to obtain a cross-camera tracking result. The target re-identification method of the present invention achieves high correct identification accuracy.

A method assesses a state of charge of a battery including a plurality of electrochemical cells connected in series that each have a state of charge held between a minimum allowable state of charge value and a maximum allowable state of charge value. The method includes determining, at a given moment, the minimum cell voltage and the maximum cell voltage from the voltages at terminals of the cells, calculating a minimum state of charge of the cell having the minimum cell voltage and a maximum state of charge of the cell having the maximum cell voltage, and adjusting the minimum allowable state of charge value and the maximum allowable state of charge value of each cell depending on at least one physical quantity representative of a state of health of the cell and / or depending on a temperature of the battery.

The present invention describes A computer implemented method for generating a validated geological model from three-dimensional (3D) seismic data and legacy data, the method comprising the steps of (a) receiving said legacy data from a first data source; (b) receiving said 3D seismic data from a second data source; (c) based on receiving said legacy data and said 3D seismic data, generating an adaptive geological model from said 3D seismic data, said adaptive geological model comprising at least one characteristic geological property; (d) generating at least one synthetic seismic data from at least a first region of interest of said adaptive geological model, the synthetic seismic data being adapted to determine a qualitative similarity value between at least said first region of interest of said adaptive geological model and a corresponding region of interest of said received 3D seismic data; (e) comparing said qualitative similarity value to a corresponding value within said legacy data; (f) adjusting said at least one characteristic geological property until said qualitative similarity value is within a predetermined threshold region of said corresponding value from said legacy data, and (g) automatically generating said validated geologic model including said at least one characteristic geological property that has been modified to be within said predetermined threshold region of said corresponding value from said legacy data.

An antenna system comprising a first multi-layer Printed Circuit Board having multiple antenna elements disposed thereon, at least a second multi-layer PCB, which is mounted below the first multi-layer PCB, and which comprises electronic components for processing Radio Frequency signals received by the antenna elements; and multiple RF transitions, which are mounted between the first and second multi-layer PCBs and are operative to transfer the RF signals from the first multi-layer PCB for processing by the electronic components in the second multi-layer PCB.

Mobile antenna system comprising rotary part by azimuth, which is an electronically steered in elevation phase array antenna, comprising: plurality of (multi)layered structures, placed at certain levels, said structures include microstrip antenna elements (12), feeding lines (20), which properly combined and guide the electromagnetic energy, forming the necessary phase and amplitude distribution over the antenna elements, a plurality of electronic modules (28) providing amplification, phase change, frequency conversion and steering of the received signal, power supply and control circuits for the same electronic modules; a plurality of vertical transitions (13), providing the passing of the electromagnetic energy between the layered structures from different levels; frequency converting device and rotary joint (18), passing the received signal, the power supply and control circuits to the static part; sensors detecting the spatial movement of the system, and power supply and control units; static part, comprising bottom (10), cover (2) with radiotransparent part (1), mechanical supports, motor (11), gear, plurality of electronic modules (19, 6, 7).

Disclosed are methods for diagnosing and prognosing Inflammatory Bowel disease or Crohn's disease (CD) by measuring levels of antibodies to glycans in a biological sample.

A method for data mining on compressed data vectors by a certain metric being expressible as a function of the Euclidean distance is suggested. In a first step, for each compressed data vector, positions and values of such coefficients having the largest energy in the compressed data vector are stored. In a second step, for each compressed data vector, the coefficients having not the largest energy in the compressed data vector are discarded. In a third step, for each compressed data vector, a compression error is determined in dependence on the discarded coefficients in the compressed data vector. In a fourth step, at least one of an upper and a lower bound for the certain metric is retrieved in dependence on the stored positions and the stored values of the coefficients having the largest energy and the determined compression errors.

The present invention relates to a valve assembly for insertion in a liquid flow path between a catheter or drain and a liquid bag or container. The valve assembly comprises a first valve member detachably coupled to a second valve member or coupling member by mating locking members. A first controllable valve is adapted to selectively block or enable liquid flow through the first valve member in accordance with a valve control mechanism which is responsive to a coupling state of the first and second locking members.

Assessing performance impact of a power upgrade of one or more wind turbines of a wind farm that includes a group of target wind turbines and a group of reference wind turbines. For each of the target wind turbines, a transfer function is generated, establishing a relationship between the locally measured wind speed at the target wind turbine and locally measured wind speeds at each of the reference wind turbines. A power upgrade is performed on each of the target wind turbines, and subsequently power performance data is obtained for the reference wind turbines and the target wind turbines, within one or more wind speed intervals. For the target wind turbines, the wind speed intervals are based on estimated wind speeds, based on locally measured wind speeds at the reference wind turbines and the transfer functions.

An apparatus and a method, the apparatus comprising: a temperature compensated oscillator; satellite positioning circuitry; and a temperature sensor configured to provide a first control output to the temperature compensated oscillator and to provide a second control output to the satellite positioning circuitry.

Disclosed are methods for diagnosing Crohn's disease (CD) or anti-phospholipid syndrome by measuring levels of antibodies to glycans in a biological sample.

The invention discloses an adaptive bandwidth control method. The method comprises the following steps that: network access equipment adopts distributed deployment, a plurality of terminal devices areaccessed to different network access devices, wherein the plurality of terminal devices belonging to the same enterprise account are limited by the total signing bandwidth of the enterprise account;different network access devices carry out bandwidth automatic adaptive distribution on different terminal devices of the enterprise, and different network access devices independently calculate bandwidth control values of all accessed terminal devices of the enterprise under the network access device in one period; and according to the calculated bandwidth control value, carrying out bandwidth speed limiting operation on the terminal equipment accessed by the enterprise under the network access equipment in the next period. According to the method disclosed by the invention, the enterprise-oriented network access system can provide a bandwidth of a shared resource for different users belonging to the same enterprise, and dynamically adjust the bandwidth control value distributed by each terminal access device in real time according to the bandwidth use condition.

This disclosure provides systems, methods, and apparatus related to imaging elements. In one aspect, a system includes an electromagnetic radiation source, a detector, and an imaging element. The electromagnetic radiation source is configured to generate electromagnetic radiation. The imaging element is configured to simultaneously project a plurality of images of an object onto the detector after the electromagnetic radiation interacts with the object. Each of the plurality of images of the object has different properties from others of the plurality of images.

A method for automation and integration inside a same setting of the characterization of a beam accelerator and the verification of a radiotherapy treatment based on the use of a detection medium and its control in a remote way. The reading of the detector subsystem placed on the flat mannequin is calibrated and dosimetric response of the detector subsystem is obtained in automated matter. 3D reconstruction of the radiotherapy treatment is applied on the detector subsystem based on measurements taken with the detector subsystem in the axial plane. Verification and automated visualization of a dose map reconstructed from the measurements taken with the detector subsystem with the dose map is obtained with a planning system.

The invention disclosed a high precision decade capacitor standard box. It comprises 6 sets of physical capacitors, 6 changeover switches, and output ports. Each set of physical capacitors include 4 physical capacitors, at least one capacitor has single-unit capacitance. The changeover switch implements the decade encoding of all the combinations of 4 physical capacitors. The changeover switch has input terminals that connect to two electrodes of physical capacitors, and output terminals that connect to the output ports of capacitor standard box to provide the selected capacitance. The capacitance values can be selected any integer from 0 to 10 times of single-unit capacitance. The decade encoding of all the combinations of 4 capacitors can reduce the number of required capacitors and wires for connecting capacitors. The open and short compensation are adopted in this decade capacitor standard, which minimizes error, improve accuracy, and is convenient for measurement, transport, and field application.

This invention is a means to definitively establish the occurrence of various clock edges used in a design, balancing clock edges at various locations within an integrated circuit. Clocks entering from outside sources can be a source of on-chip-variations (OCV) resulting in unacceptable clock edge skewing. The present invention arranges placement of the various clock dividers on the chip at remote locations where these clocks are used. This minimizes the uncertainty of the edge occurrence.

A method for manufacturing a turbine assembly, which includes at least two aerofoils arranged adjacent towards each other and embodied as a twin vane segment, is provided. The method includes: processing the turbine assembly with a first protection technique providing a first protection for the at least two adjacent aerofoils, wherein at least one region of one aerofoil remains unprocessed; pre-processing of the at least one region that will remain unprocessed or post-processing of the at least one region that remained unprocessed with a second protection technique to provide a second protection for the at least one region of the one aerofoil, wherein the first and the second protection techniques differ from one another.

The present invention relates to a method and a first node for performing the method of determining a distance between the first and a second node. The method comprises time stamping a data packet to be transmitted from the first node to the second node with a first time stamp, transmitting said data packet to the second node, receiving the transmitted data packet back from the second node, repeating the transmitting and receiving step at least one more time, time stamping the last received data packet from the second node with a second time stamp, and calculating the distance between the first and second node based on the first and second time stamp, the number of repetitions of the repeating step and the internal delays in the first and second node.

An apparatus and a method, the apparatus comprising: a temperature compensated oscillator; satellite positioning circuitry; and a temperature sensor configured to provide a first control output to the temperature compensated oscillator and to provide a second control output to the satellite positioning circuitry.