The invention relates to analytical information systems intended for monitoring, analysis and prognosis in the spheres of vital functions. The monitoring system comprises parameter recording means in the form of sensors, mobile devices or personal computers equipped with functions for measuring individual parameters of the environment or parameters of vital functions and sending the results of single or current measurements to a server in the form of a real or virtual computerized machine or cluster of computerized machines and having the possibility of performing the functions of waiting for input connections from the parameter recording means, receiving and storing these results in a database for ensuring access by third parties to the measurement results at the request of said third parties. The system comprises a message dispatch unit, which is in the form of an application or an external service for the reception and storage of requests from third parties for subscription to the given measurements, for the reception of data within the request and transmission of data from the database of the server to third parties in accordance with the protocol WebSocket or with the aid of the technology of long polling. The server is also capable of implementing an additional function in respect of the aggregation of measurement results and transmission to the message dispatch unit in the form of aggregated measurement results for subsequent relaying thereof within requests to web applications operating on the web browser of third parties for viewing the measurement results in real time.

Systems, methods, and software for operating a content node are provided herein. In one example, a method of operating a content node is presented. The method includes receiving a characteristic of an end user device, and configuring one or more transmission control protocol (TCP) parameter for communications with the end user device based on at least the characteristic of the end user device. The method also includes transferring the communications using the one or more TCP parameters for delivery to the end user device.

A self-wrung flat plate mop comprises a plate body (10), a mop rod (20), a cleaning component (30), a rotary piece (40), an outer ratchet (50) and a sleeve (60). The cleaning component (30) is disposed below the plate body (10), the plate body (10) comprises a middle plate body (101) and two side plate bodies (102), two ends of the middle plate body (101) are connected to the side plate bodies (102) in a hinged manner by using torsion springs (103) respectively, two ends of the cleaning component (30) are connected to outer side ends of the two side plate bodies (102) respectively, the lower end of the rotary piece (40) is connected to the middle of the cleaning component (30), and the upper end of the rotary piece (40) is connected to the mop rod (20) in a non-rotatable manner after penetrating through a through hole formed in the middle of the plate body (10). The outer ratchet (50) is fixed to the mop rod (20) in a sleeving manner, the mop rod (20) is sleeved with the sleeve (60) in a clearance fit manner, an inner ratchet matched with the outer ratchet (50) is disposed on the inner side wall of the sleeve (60), and the sleeve (60) is connected to the position above the middle plate body (101) in a non-rotatable manner. After the cleaning component (30) of the mop is cleaned, the cleaning component (30) does not need to be taken down or touched in the wringing process of the cleaning component (30), and therefore the self-wrung flat plate mop is not only convenient to use but also sanitary.

The present invention relates to an improved non-invasive sphygmomanometer which is able to calculate the quality of a blood pressure reading and display quality information to the user. More specifically the invention relates to a sphygmomanometer and the use of oscillometric readings to calculate the quality of the readings, and a quality indicator device for use with the same. The invention uses the identified relationship between the waveform quality from recorded oscillometric pulses and blood pressure (BP) measurement error.

Disclosed herein are methods, systems, and software for bypassing a domain name system. In one example, a method of operating a user communication device includes receiving a user instruction requesting content within a user application of the user communication device. The method further provides, in response to the user instruction, processing at least a domain name system bypass data structure on the user communication device to identify a network address for retrieving the content. The method further includes, requesting the content from a content node using the network address.

A method carried out by a network node for sending update messages to a server when a predefined event occurs or periodically. The network node comprises a plurality of network interfaces. The update message is embedded with a unique identifier corresponding to the network node, and a network interface identifier corresponding to at least one of the plurality of network interfaces. In particular, the network interface identifier is corresponding to network interface(s) at which a predefined event has occurred. The present invention further comprises a method carried out by a server for resolving a DNS request by retrieving DNS resource records of a network node and/or network interface specified in the DNS request, and replying to the DNS request with the DNS resource records. The DNS resource records are created based on in part at least one update message received from the network node.

A transportation system for people as well as goods that preserves energy by utilising the zero energy travel principle where energy is recycled instead of being wasted as heat or noise. An air tight and self-contained carriage (400) travels in a low pressure tube (100) that is completely sealed in order to maintain the low pressure. Electrical vacuum pumps (200), each equipped with a release valve, are used to remove air or discharge air that is above the desired low pressure, inside the tube (100), and are operated in such a way that the vacuum pumps help the propulsion of the vehicle. The carriages (400) or vehicles (450) themselves help in creating the vacuum by being fitted with seals (300)(350) that can vary in shape and size so as to allow the vehicles (400)(450) to behave as a vacuum pump or to allow the vehicles (400)(450) to be propelled by excess air pressure at the back due to the switching off of vacuum pumps (200) or leaked air. The transportation system can also be used for a vertical movement as shown by air tight elevators (600) equipped with seals (700) moving inside an elevator shaft (800) where vacuum pumps (200) are installed and operated in such a way as to assist the movement of the elevators (600) or alternatively the elevators (700) operating as vacuum pumps.

A catalysed filter for filtering particulate matter from exhaust gas emitted from a positive ignition internal combustion engine comprises a ceramic porous wall-flow filter substrate having a total substrate length and having inlet channels defined in part by ceramic inlet wall surfaces and outlet channels defined in part byceramic outlet wall surfaces, wherein the inlet surfaces are separated from the outlet surfaces by a first porous structure containing pores of a first mean pore size, wherein the porous substrate is coated in part with a catalyst washcoat composition, wherein a second porous structure of a washcoated part of the porous substrate contains pores of a second mean pore size, wherein the second mean pore size is less than the first mean pore size, which catalyst washcoat composition being disposed in a first zone comprising the inlet surfaces of a first substrate length less than the total substrate length, wherein a second zone comprising the outlet surfaces of a second substrate length contains no washcoat and wherein the sum of the substrate length in the first zone and the substrate length in the second zone is >100%.

An X-ray optical component device comprises X-ray optical component units (18, 36), motor control units (67, 68), and a connector (25). The connector (25) comprises: motor pins (P13, 24, 34, 43, 42, 33) and motor terminals (T13, 24, 34, 43, 42, 33) which are electrically connected to a motor (57) while being engaged with each other; and a signal pin (P23) and a signal terminal (T23) which are engageable with each other and detect the removal of the connector (25). A pin-side connector (25a) and a terminal-side connector (25b) are removable. When the pin-side connector (25a) is removed from the terminal-side connector (25b), a point in time when the signal pin (P23) is removed from the signal terminal (T23) is earlier than a point in time when the motor pins are removed from the motor terminals. The position of an X-ray optical component provided in an X-ray optical component unit having a built-in motor for adjusting the position of the X-ray optical component is prevented from moving unintentionally when the X-ray optical component unit is exchanged.

A method for the distribution of audio and visual media includes: receiving at least one visual content item to be displayed, and an audio content item and at least one trigger condition for each of the at least one visual content item; storing, in a database, the received at least one visual content item and corresponding audio content item and at least one trigger condition; identifying at least one display condition of a plurality of display conditions; identifying, in the database, a specific visual content item, wherein the at least one trigger condition corresponding to the specific visual content item is met based on the identified at least one display condition; displaying, by a light projection display device, the identified specific visual content item; and wirelessly transmitting the audio content item corresponding to the specific visual content item for audible emission by a mobile communication device.