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A method for detecting the presence of a live BVDV1b (Bovine Viral Diarrhea Virus Type 1b) virus, wherein the method comprises detecting a BVDV1b specific polynucleotide in a population of polynucleotides obtained from a plurality of virus particles contained within a sample by the following steps: Diluting the sample in (i) an assay plate containing cultured bovine cells in which the virus particles are capable of replicating and (ii) a reference plate without cells; Performing at least one quantitative real-time polymerase chain reaction cycling step on the assay plate and the reference plate using a composition comprisinga first viral-specific oligonucleotide amplification primer of less than 50 nucleotides in length comprising a nucleotide sequence of SEQ ID NO:1, a second viral-specific oligonucleotide amplification primer of less than 50 nucleotides in length comprising a nucleotide sequence of SEQ ID NO:2 and at least a first labeled, viral-specific detection probe of less than 50 nucleotides in length comprising a labeled nucleotide sequence of SEQ ID NO:3, wherein the first amplification primer and second amplification primer produce a viral-specific amplification product, wherein the amplification product so produced with is contacted with at least the first labeled detection probe under conditions effective to specifically detect the resulting hybridization product, and wherein detection of the resulting hybridization product in the assay plate at a higher level than the reference plate indicates the presence of the BVDV1b-specific polynucleotide from a live BVDV1b virus. Diluting the sample in (i) an assay plate containing cultured bovine cells in which the virus particles are capable of replicating and (ii) a reference plate without cells; Performing at least one quantitative real-time polymerase chain reaction cycling step on the assay plate and the reference plate using a composition comprisinga first viral-specific oligonucleotide amplification primer of less than 50 nucleotides in length comprising a nucleotide sequence of SEQ ID NO:1, a second viral-specific oligonucleotide amplification primer of less than 50 nucleotides in length comprising a nucleotide sequence of SEQ ID NO:2 and at least a first labeled, viral-specific detection probe of less than 50 nucleotides in length comprising a labeled nucleotide sequence of SEQ ID NO:3,
Windscreen wiper comprising a wiper blade and a wiper arm on which the wiper blade is mounted, wherein the wiper arm has a cap-like design and has at least one fastening point for the wiper blade within its cap-like structure, wherein there is arranged within the wiper arm a nozzle element which sprays liquid next to the wiper blade, in the direction of the wiper blade, and which at least partially surrounds the fastening point, wherein at least a portion of the nozzle element is U-shaped or O-shaped, characterized in that a channel portion of the nozzle element is arranged on both sides next to the wiper blade, wherein the channel portions are connected to a common feed, and at least one channel portion is formed by two parts (22, 24) joined together.
The process for recovering from poultry containing fat, bone and protein (a) a protein composition having a reduced calcium content, (b) a fat composition stabilized against oxidation and (c) a protein composition having a lower sodium content which comprises: a) comminuting said poultry in water, b) adding a food grade acid to said comminuted poultry to effect a pH of 3.6 to 4.4 thereby to solubilize said protein, c) separating solid fat from soluble protein and d) adding a food grade alkali to said fat to neutralize acid in said fat and to said soluble protein to neutralize acid in said protein and to precipitate said protein. a) comminuting said poultry in water, b) adding a food grade acid to said comminuted poultry to effect a pH of 3.6 to 4.4 thereby to solubilize said protein, c) separating solid fat from soluble protein and d) adding a food grade alkali to said fat to neutralize acid in said fat and to said soluble protein to neutralize acid in said protein and to precipitate said protein.
Method for automatically positioning ramps in a station for heating preforms of a facility for manufacturing containers from preforms made from a thermoplastic material, each preform having a neck and, directly below the neck, an under-neck section with an outer diameter referred to as the "under-neck diameter ", the heating station comprising: - at least one pair of longitudinal ramps that define a slot for the preforms to travel through, at least one of the ramps being transversely movable in order to vary the width of the slot; - at least one motorized device for transversely moving the at least one movable ramp in order to adapt the width of the slot, said motorized device being automatically controlled by an electronic control unit; the positioning method during a change of format of preforms being characterized in that it comprises: - a step of acquiring an image of at least part of the preform taken by means of an image capturing device; - a step of automatically determining the under-neck diameter of the preform by computer processing of said image; - a step of automatically adjusting the width of the slot by moving the at least one movable ramp as a function of the under-neck diameter determined during the step of determining the under-neck diameter in order to adapt the width of the slot to a passage width equal to the under-neck diameter plus a determined transverse clearance (j). - at least one pair of longitudinal ramps that define a slot for the preforms to travel through, at least one of the ramps being transversely movable in order to vary the width of the slot; - at least one motorized device for transversely moving the at least one movable ramp in order to adapt the width of the slot, said motorized device being automatically controlled by an electronic control unit; - a step of acquiring an image of at least part of the preform taken by means of an image capturing device; - a step of automatically determining the under-neck diameter of the preform by computer processing of said image; - a step of automatically adjusting the width of the slot by moving the at least one movable ramp as a function of the under-neck diameter determined during the step of determining the under-neck diameter in order to adapt the width of the slot to a passage width equal to the under-neck diameter plus a determined transverse clearance (j).
Flywheel-driven setting device for driving fastening elements into a substrate, comprising at least one flywheel which is directly driven by an electric motor, characterized in that the flywheel drive (40; 80) comprises two internal rotor motors (71, 72; 111, 112), wherein the flywheel drive (40; 80) comprises two internal rotors (41, 42; 81, 82) which are each arranged in a rotatable manner in a stator device (61, 62; 101, 102) and connected in a rotationally fixed manner to a rotor shaft (54, 94) which extends through the stator devices (61, 62; 101, 102), and wherein the stator devices (61, 62; 101, 102) are arranged symmetrically with respect to a centre axis of the flywheel which is connected in a rotationally fixed manner to the rotor shaft (54; 94) in the axial direction between the stator devices (61, 62; 101, 102).
A photoacoustic image generation apparatus (10, 100) for generating a photoacoustic image of a subject including an interventional instrumentinsert for each scanning plane (Ps), the apparatus comprising: means for generating a reflected acoustic wave image of the subject for each scanning plane (Ps); means for detecting a change in a photoacoustic image on an observation scanning plane (Ps), which is generated as an image, from a plurality of photoacoustic images regarding the observation scanning plane (Ps); and means for detecting a change in a reflected acoustic wave image on the observation scanning plane (Ps) from a plurality of reflected acoustic wave images regarding the observation scanning plane (Ps); characterized by determination means for determining whether or not a distal end of the interventional instrumentinsert is present on the observation scanning plane (Ps) based on the change in the photoacoustic image and the change in the reflected acoustic wave image; and notification means (14, 52) for sending notification of a result of the determination. means for generating a reflected acoustic wave image of the subject for each scanning plane (Ps); means for detecting a change in a photoacoustic image on an observation scanning plane (Ps), which is generated as an image, from a plurality of photoacoustic images regarding the observation scanning plane (Ps); and means for detecting a change in a reflected acoustic wave image on the observation scanning plane (Ps) from a plurality of reflected acoustic wave images regarding the observation scanning plane (Ps); characterized by determination means for determining whether or not a distal end of the interventional instrumentinsert is present on the observation scanning plane (Ps) based on the change in the photoacoustic image and the change in the reflected acoustic wave image; and notification means (14, 52) for sending notification of a result of the determination.
A device for converting electrical energy, in particular for high-power applications, comprising a multi-phase transformer having or receiving a primary side for connection to an m-phase AC voltage source and a secondary side magnetically coupled to the primary side and outputting a secondary AC voltage (U sec1...n) with n phases (P1-Pn), wherein the number m of the phases of the AC voltage source is 3 or more (m >= 3) and the number n of the phases (P1-Pn) of the secondary AC voltage (U sec1...n) is greater than m (n > m); a matrix converter for connecting the secondary side of the multi-phase transformer to a p-phase load, the matrix converter comprising a plurality of controllable bidirectional switches which are arranged in a matrix which is set up to alternately connect the n phases (P1-Pn) of the secondary AC voltage (U sec1...n) of the multi-phase transformer with the p phases (L1-Lp) of the load, wherein the number p of the phases (L1-Lp) of the load is smaller than the number n of the phases (P1-Pn) of the secondary AC voltage (U sec1...n) (p < n); and a control device for controlling the operation of the device and configured to control the controllable bidirectional switches individually in order to convert the n phases (P1-Pn) of the secondary AC voltage (U sec1...n) into an AC output voltage (U L1...Lp) having the p phases (L1-Lp) of the load; characterized in that the multi-phase transformer comprises primary windings (31a-31f) formed by star-connected and/or delta-connected primary coils and adapted for connection to an m-phase AC voltage source, in particular an m-phase high-voltage network, and a polygonal secondary winding which has a plurality of secondary coils connected in series, which are each distributed to the primary coils (31a-31f) and are configured to provide the n phases (P1-Pn) of the secondary AC voltage (U sec1...n); wherein each phase (P1-Pn) of the secondary AC voltage (U sec1...n) is derived from a series connection of at least two secondary coils which are arranged over different primary coils (31a-31f).
A program comprising instructions which, when the program is executed by one or more computers, cause the one or more computers to carry out the steps of: a display step of displaying, on a display device, a print preview showing a print medium on which a sheet region corresponding to a predetermined paper size is provided; and a first changing step of changing, based on a setting in a first setting item being changed, an orientation of the sheet region with respect to a predetermined direction of the print medium in the print preview displayed by the display unit; a second changing step of changing, in a case where multiple pages are arranged in the sheet region, a layout direction representing a direction in which each of the multiple pages are arranged in page order in the sheet region on the print medium shown by the print preview based on a setting in a second setting item being changed by a user, wherein orientations of the multiple pages and the layout direction of the multiple pages on the print medium and the setting in the second setting item are changed based on the change, by the first changing unit, of the orientation of the sheet region having the multiple pages arranged therein with respect to the predetermined direction of the print medium. a display step of displaying, on a display device, a print preview showing a print medium on which a sheet region corresponding to a predetermined paper size is provided; and a first changing step of changing, based on a setting in a first setting item being changed, an orientation of the sheet region with respect to a predetermined direction of the print medium in the print preview displayed by the display unit; a second changing step of changing, in a case where multiple pages are arranged in the sheet region, a layout direction representing a direction in which each of the multiple pages are arranged in page order in the sheet region on the print medium shown by the print preview based on a setting in a second setting item being changed by a user, wherein orientations of the multiple pages and the layout direction of the multiple pages on the print medium and the setting in the second setting item are changed based on the change, by the first changing unit, of the orientation of the sheet region having the multiple pages arranged therein with respect to the predetermined direction of the print medium.
Mounting unit with an attachment part which has at least one bore for fastening to a substructure, comprising a sleeve-shaped spacer which is held in the bore of the attachment part, comprising a fastening element, in particular a screw, which has a head on its one end and a fastening section interacting with a bore of the substructure on its other end, wherein the fastening element penetrates the spacer with a shaft in an axially movable way, characterized by a spring element, which is curved toward the attachment part, is placed on the annular surface of an end face of the sleeve-shaped spacer facing the head of the fastening element, and is supported in the mounted state on the attachment part, wherein the spring element has outer spring tabs on its under side, which, in the installed state, contact the periphery of the sleeve-shaped spacer in a self-locking way.
An apparatus, configured to generate and maintain plasma for plasma processing using inductively coupled RF power, comprising: a. a resonant circuit comprising a resonant capacitance and a resonant inductance; b. an excitation circuit for exciting the resonant circuit, and c. a coupling element for coupling RF power from the inductance into a plasma chamber; wherein the resonant circuit has a symmetrical configuration comprising two identical resonant coils (12, 13), each forming one half of the resonant inductance and two identical resonant capacitors (14, 15), each forming one half of the resonant capacitance, wherein two ignition capacitances (20, 21) are provided, each being connected to a connection point between one of the resonant capacitors (14, 15) and one of the resonant coils (12, 13), and each being connected to a respective first and second plate (18, 19) in the plasma chamber. a. a resonant circuit comprising a resonant capacitance and a resonant inductance; b. an excitation circuit for exciting the resonant circuit, and c. a coupling element for coupling RF power from the inductance into a plasma chamber; wherein the resonant circuit has a symmetrical configuration comprising two identical resonant coils (12, 13), each forming one half of the resonant inductance and two identical resonant capacitors (14, 15), each forming one half of the resonant capacitance, wherein two ignition capacitances (20, 21) are provided, each being connected to a connection point between one of the resonant capacitors (14, 15) and one of the resonant coils (12, 13), and each being connected to a respective first and second plate (18, 19) in the plasma chamber.
A photographing apparatus comprising: a first timing signal generator configured to generate a first timing signal (SVsync); a second timing signal generator configured to generate a second timing signal (DVsync); a phase difference control unit configured to control a phase difference between the first timing signal and the second timing signal to be a predetermined phase difference; a sensor configured to be driven based on the first timing signal; an image processing unit configured to generate an image to be displayed by a unit of a line based on an output of the sensor; and a display unit configured to be driven based on the second timing signal and to display an image by the unit of a line after an image processing by the image processing unit, characterised by an error information acquisition unit configured to acquire information indicating presence or absence of an error, wherein an error is present if a line image to be displayed on the display unit is not generated in the image processing unit, and the error information acquisition unit identifies presence or absence of an error by comparison of information indicating the latest line of the image processed by the image processing unit with information indicating the latest line displayed by the display unit. a first timing signal generator configured to generate a first timing signal (SVsync); a second timing signal generator configured to generate a second timing signal (DVsync); a phase difference control unit configured to control a phase difference between the first timing signal and the second timing signal to be a predetermined phase difference; a sensor configured to be driven based on the first timing signal; an image processing unit configured to generate an image to be displayed by a unit of a line based on an output of the sensor; and a display unit configured to be driven based on the second timing signal and to display an image by the unit of a line after an image processing by the image processing unit, characterised by an error information acquisition unit configured to acquire information indicating presence or absence of an error, wherein an error is present if a line image to be displayed on the display unit is not generated in the image processing unit, and the error information acquisition unit identifies presence or absence of an error by comparison of information indicating the latest line of the image processed by the image processing unit with information indicating the latest line displayed by the display unit.
An apparatus comprising: a processor (1070,1080); and a cryptoprocessor coupled to secure non-volatile storage, wherein the cryptoprocessor is out-of-band with the processor; and at least one storage medium having firmware instructions stored thereon for causing, during runtime and after an operating system for the apparatus has booted, the cryptoprocessor to (a) store a key within the secure non-volatile storage, (b) sign an object with the key, while the key is within the cryptoprocessor, to produce a signature, and (c) verify the signature; wherein the at least one storage medium has firmware instructions stored thereon for initializing, based on the verified signed object with the key, a secure enclave comprising a trusted software execution environment that prevents software executing outside the secure enclave from having access to software and data inside the secure enclave; wherein the at least one storage medium has firmware instructions stored thereon for determining, during runtime, a measurement of at least one variable stored in memory not included within the cryptoprocessor. a processor (1070,1080); and a cryptoprocessor coupled to secure non-volatile storage, wherein the cryptoprocessor is out-of-band with the processor; and at least one storage medium having firmware instructions stored thereon for causing, during runtime and after an operating system for the apparatus has booted, the cryptoprocessor to (a) store a key within the secure non-volatile storage, (b) sign an object with the key, while the key is within the cryptoprocessor, to produce a signature, and (c) verify the signature; wherein the at least one storage medium has firmware instructions stored thereon for initializing, based on the verified signed object with the key, a secure enclave comprising a trusted software execution environment that prevents software executing outside the secure enclave from having access to software and data inside the secure enclave; wherein the at least one storage medium has firmware instructions stored thereon for determining, during runtime, a measurement of at least one variable stored in memory not included within the cryptoprocessor.
A medical implant, comprising: a frame configured to actuate between a collapsed configuration and an expanded configuration; an occlusive element covering at least a portion of the frame; wherein a proximal end of the frame forms a generally tubular portion, the tubular portion being configured to attach to a distal end of a core wire; wherein the tubular portion of the frame includes a threaded insert coupled thereto; characterized in that the frame includes an annular collar member that is at least partially disposed within the tubular portion and coupled thereto, the threaded insert being coupled to the annular collar member; and a pin element coupling the annular collar member to the frame. a frame configured to actuate between a collapsed configuration and an expanded configuration; an occlusive element covering at least a portion of the frame; wherein a proximal end of the frame forms a generally tubular portion, the tubular portion being configured to attach to a distal end of a core wire; wherein the tubular portion of the frame includes a threaded insert coupled thereto; characterized in that the frame includes an annular collar member that is at least partially disposed within the tubular portion and coupled thereto, the threaded insert being coupled to the annular collar member; and a pin element coupling the annular collar member to the frame.
A process for the production of an aldehyde from the corresponding alcohol comprises the steps of feeding to a reactor a feed stream comprising said alcohol and an oxygen-containing gas; reacting said alcohol in the gas phase with said oxygen-containing gas in said reactor in the presence of a catalyst comprising oxides of iron and molybdenum, characterised in that the process further comprises the step of adding water to said feed stream, wherein said catalyst comprises an alkali(ne earth) metal in addition to said oxides of iron and molybdenum.