A surgical device includes a body having a first side with a first surface that is complementary to a surface of a foreign object disposed within a patient based on preoperative imaging of the patient. The body defines at least one hole positioned relative to the body to facilitate insertion of an elongate device at a predetermined location relative to the foreign object.

The present disclosure describes a case for portable electronic devices. According to various embodiments, a case may be capable of extending to accommodate different portable electronic devices. A discrete series of grooves within the case may provide the case with additional elasticity. A pattern of tessellations within the case may provide the case with additional elasticity. The increased elasticity may allow the case to be configured to frictionally engage and retain various portable electronic devices with slightly different physical dimensions.

A chassis end plate assembly of a railway vehicle, comprising: an end plate (1), the appearance thereof being consistent with a cross section of an under-vehicle movement equipment compartment; a bottom beam (2), provided on the inner side of a lower edge of the end plate (1); bent beams (3), provided on the inner sides of two edges of the end plate (1); buffering beams (4), located above the end plate (1), outer surfaces of the buffering beams (4) being located on the same plane, a U-shaped groove (6) configured to receive a draw gear being provided between the buffering beams (4), vehicle end shock absorber installation grooves (7) being provided on two sides, and installation holes (8) allowing penetration of pipelines and lines being provided; and reinforcement beams (5), longitudinally disposed between the buffering beams (4) and the bottom beam (2). The end plate assembly can increase the end rigidity of a vehicle and can improve the vibration mode, a closed space can be formed when the end plate assembly is combined with an under-vehicle movement equipment compartment, pipelines and devices under the vehicle are protected, and the end plate assembly is particularly suitable for a high-speed railway vehicle. The present invention also relates to a railway vehicle having the chassis end plate assembly.

A steel wire rope interlayer friction detection apparatus and method for a winding-type hoist. The apparatus comprises a support, and a loading steel wire rope positioning system, a connector-free steel wire rope positioning system, a brake system, a power loading system and a state monitoring system, which are provided on the support. By means of a fixed pulley positioning apparatus and a loading manner of an electric pull rod (19) controlled by a computer, a stable steel wire rope contact load can be continuously applied, and a friction force, a temperature field and a friction coefficient between steel wire ropes and an expanding law of internal cracks inside the steel wire ropes are monitored in real time, such that an interlayer friction situation of the steel wire ropes on a roller of a winding-type hoist can be simulated, a frictional wear experiment between a loading steel wire rope (12) and a connector-free steel wire rope (27) on a rotary hub (01) is implemented, a steel wire rope frictional wear fracture mechanism is revealed, and the friction damage evolution of the steel wire ropes and the fatigue life of the steel wire ropes are evaluated.

This electrical muscle stimulation device (1) is constituted in such a manner as to apply an electrical stimulus to a muscle. The electrical stimulus comprises a burst wave in which a pulse group output period (P) and pulse group output interruption periods (R1 to R5) are repeated alternately. During the pulse group output period (P), a plurality of square wave pulse signals (S1 to S5) are transmitted with output stop times(N1 to N5)provided therebetween. During the pulse group output interruption periods (R1 to R5), the output of the pulse signals are stopped for a longer time than the output stop times (N1 to N5). The plurality of burst waves that are repeated include positive polarity square wave pulse signals (S1, S3, S5) and negative polarity square wave pulse signals (S2, S4).

The present disclosure relates generally to toll like receptor modulator compounds, such as diamino pyrido[3,2 D] pyrimidine compounds and pharmaceutical compositions which, among other things, modulate toll-like receptors (e.g. TLR-8), and methods of making and using them.

According to an aspect of the invention, there is provided a soilless system for high density plant growth, said system including a greenhouse type structure, at least one elongate support member arranged substantially vertically in the greenhouse type, structure, the support member having a body having a flow channel defined therein, and a plurality of vertically spaced apart receptacles angularly disposed to the vertical axis of the body for receiving a plant therein, the. receptacles being in flow communication with the flow channel, a fluid supply system in fluid communication with the flow channel for supplying a fluid stream to the said flow channel and a fluid collection system for collecting residual fluid which has flowed through the flow channel.

According to an aspect of the invention there is provided a soilless plant -cultivating container which Includes an elongate body of generally wave shaped form having a flow channel defined therethrough, and at least one receptacle defined in a sidewall of the body In fluid communication with the floe channel for receiving and supporting a plant therein, wherein the receptacle Is angularly disposed to the vertical axis of the body.

Detachable payment devices capable of performing payment transactions associated with a mobile wallet of a mobile device are described. The payment device may be implemented in a variety of shapes and sizes such as, the shape of a typical payment card or a stylus/electronic pen. In order to communicate with the mobile device, the mobile wallet of the mobile device, and a POS terminal, the detachable payment device may use short range contactless transmissions. While in a docked mode, the payment device may receive payment card data from a mobile wallet of the mobile device. Additionally, while docked, the payment device may transmit payment card data to a POS terminal's receiver, thereby acting as an integrated mobile payment unit with the mobile device. When in an undocked mode, the payment device may complete contactless payment transactions without assistance from the mobile device.

The present invention discloses an intelligent cloud server for cloud storage information management and encryption. In some embodiments, the intelligent cloud server can save and store documents without the need of first saving them in a local drive for upload. Upon storage, the document can be scanned and classified in a security level according to pre-determined settings and parameters. In some embodiments, depending on the classification, the system can encrypt portions of the document in order to facilitate the sharing and access of information in a secure way. Encryption keys and access to the encrypted portions are only provided upon authentication of the user, network, and/or need, according to corresponding protocols for the information.