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An image recording method comprising: adhering a reaction liquid containing a flocculant to a recording surface; and recording an image on the recording surface using an ink composition for ink jet recording containing a color material and water after the adhering of the reaction liquid, characterized by further comprising: before adhering the reaction liquid, modifying a surface of an ink low-absorbing or non-absorbing recording medium in which the amount of water absorption from the start of contact to 30 msec is 10 mL/m 2 or less in the Bristow method to set a wetting tension index measured in accordance with the method of "JIS K6768: 1999 Plastics-Film and Sheeting-Test Method of Wetting Tension" of the recording surface to 40 mN/m or more by carrying out a surface modification of the recording surface. adhering a reaction liquid containing a flocculant to a recording surface; and recording an image on the recording surface using an ink composition for ink jet recording containing a color material and water after the adhering of the reaction liquid, characterized by further comprising: before adhering the reaction liquid, modifying a surface of an ink low-absorbing or non-absorbing recording medium in which the amount of water absorption from the start of contact to 30 msec is 10 mL/m 2 or less in the Bristow method to set a wetting tension index measured in accordance with the method of "JIS K6768: 1999 Plastics-Film and Sheeting-Test Method of Wetting Tension" of the recording surface to 40 mN/m or more by carrying out a surface modification of the recording surface. before adhering the reaction liquid, modifying a surface of an ink low-absorbing or non-absorbing recording medium in which the amount of water absorption from the start of contact to 30 msec is 10 mL/m 2 or less in the Bristow method to set a wetting tension index measured in accordance with the method of "JIS K6768: 1999 Plastics-Film and Sheeting-Test Method of Wetting Tension" of the recording surface to 40 mN/m or more by carrying out a surface modification of the recording surface.
An image processing system, comprising: - an input interface configured for receiving an n [≥2]-dimensional input image with a set of anchor points defined in said input image, said set of anchor points forming an input constellation; - a constellation modifier configured to modify said input constellation into a modified constellation by varying at least one coordinate of at least one of the anchor points after projecting at least one of the coordinates of the at least one anchor point of the input constellation onto a hyperplane through the anchor points, where the hyperplane is previously fitted to the anchor points in said input constellation, and wherein said at least one coordinate is a plane coordinate in the hyperplane resulting from said projecting and where the varying is confined to within said hyperplane; - a constellation evaluator configured to evaluate said modified constellation to produce a score; - a comparator (COMP) configured to compare said score against a quality criterion, said criterion evaluating a suitability of the modified constellation to define a segmentation for said input image; and - an output interface for outputting said modified constellation if the score meets said criterion. - an input interface configured for receiving an n [≥2]-dimensional input image with a set of anchor points defined in said input image, said set of anchor points forming an input constellation; - a constellation modifier configured to modify said input constellation into a modified constellation by varying at least one coordinate of at least one of the anchor points after projecting at least one of the coordinates of the at least one anchor point of the input constellation onto a hyperplane through the anchor points, where the hyperplane is previously fitted to the anchor points in said input constellation, and wherein said at least one coordinate is a plane coordinate in the hyperplane resulting from said projecting and where the varying is confined to within said hyperplane; - a constellation evaluator configured to evaluate said modified constellation to produce a score; - a comparator (COMP) configured to compare said score against a quality criterion, said criterion evaluating a suitability of the modified constellation to define a segmentation for said input image; and - an output interface for outputting said modified constellation if the score meets said criterion.
Fluid delivery device having a booster pump and a main pump fluidically connected to the booster pump, wherein the booster pump can be driven via a booster pump input shaft and the main pump can be driven via a main pump input shaft, and wherein the booster pump has a booster pump fluid inlet and a booster pump fluid outlet and the main pump has a main pump fluid inlet and a main pump fluid outlet, wherein a delivery device fluid inlet of the fluid delivery device is fluidically connected to the booster pump fluid inlet, the booster pump fluid outlet is fluidically connected to the main pump fluid inlet, and the main pump fluid outlet is fluidically connected to the delivery device fluid outlet of the fluid delivery device, characterized in that the booster pump has a booster pump drive gear coupled to the booster pump input shaft and a booster pump delivery gear interacting with the booster pump drive gear to deliver the fluid, wherein the booster pump and the main pump are drivingly coupled to a common drive shaft, and wherein the booster pump delivery gear and the main pump input shaft are connected to one another via a connecting shaft such that the booster pump input shaft is coupled directly to the drive shaft and the main pump input shaft is coupled to the drive shaft via the connecting shaft, wherein the booster pump fluid outlet is fluidically connected to the booster pump fluid inlet via a bypass line having a check valve, and the booster pump has a larger delivery volume than the main pump.
MEMS switch comprising: a signal conductor (12; 22), which is arranged on a substrate (11; 21), an elongate switching element (13; 23), which has a bent, elastic bending region (131, 132) and is fastened on the substrate (11; 21), and an electrode arrangement (14a, 14b) for generating an electrostatic force acting on the switching element (13; 23) in order to bend the switching element (13; 23) towards the signal conductor (12; 22), which is formed on the substrate (11; 21), wherein the switching element (13; 23) is arranged parallel to the signal conductor (12; 22) in the longitudinal direction of said switching element and has a contact region (15; 25), which extends transversely to the switching element at least partially over the signal conductor (12; 22), wherein the elastic bending region (131, 132) of the switching element (13; 23) progressively, in a direction parallel to the signal conductor (12; 22), moves closer to the electrode arrangement (14a, 14b) in the case of the effect of the electrostatic force in order to move the contact region (15; 25) closer to the signal conductor (12; 22), characterized in that the switching element (13; 23) is fastened in self-supporting fashion on the substrate (11; 21), forms a switching arm (13a, 13b; 23a), which is fastened with one end flat on the substrate surface and parallel thereto, and is bent in its elastic bending region (131, 132), and the remaining part of the switching arm (13a, 13b; 23a) formed by the switching element (13; 23) is bent upwards and removed from the substrate surface, and in that the electrode arrangement (14a, 14b) is formed by an electrode arranged beneath the substrate.
A device for manipulating and/or determining one or more characteristics of cells contained within a biological sample, the device comprising: a sorting component configured to separate cell-containing microdroplets from empty ones into a population of cell-containing first microdroplets; a microdroplet manipulation component configured to manipulate the first microdroplets using real or virtual electrowetting electrodes, the microdroplet manipulation component including: a first zone configured to arrange the first microdroplets into an array for optical inspection and to introduce a reporter system into each first microdroplet by means of microdroplet merging; a second zone located within or adjacent the first zone and configured to detect microdroplets in one or more detection windows; and optionally a third zone in which microdroplets can be sub-divided and isolated for later recovery from the device; and an optical detection system configured to detect an optical signal from the microdroplets via the one or more detection windows, wherein, for merged microdroplets, the signal arises from an interaction between the reporter system and the cells or an expressed product thereof. a sorting component configured to separate cell-containing microdroplets from empty ones into a population of cell-containing first microdroplets; a microdroplet manipulation component configured to manipulate the first microdroplets using real or virtual electrowetting electrodes, the microdroplet manipulation component including: a first zone configured to arrange the first microdroplets into an array for optical inspection and to introduce a reporter system into each first microdroplet by means of microdroplet merging; a second zone located within or adjacent the first zone and configured to detect microdroplets in one or more detection windows; and optionally a third zone in which microdroplets can be sub-divided and isolated for later recovery from the device; and a first zone configured to arrange the first microdroplets into an array for optical inspection and to introduce a reporter system into each first microdroplet by means of microdroplet merging; a second zone located within or adjacent the first zone and configured to detect microdroplets in one or more detection windows; and optionally a third zone in which microdroplets can be sub-divided and isolated for later recovery from the device; and an optical detection system configured to detect an optical signal from the microdroplets via the one or more detection windows, wherein, for merged microdroplets, the signal arises from an interaction between the reporter system and the cells or an expressed product thereof.
A media binder system (12,126), comprising: a cover comprising an outwardly facing side and an inwardly facing side; a binding system attached to the inwardly facing side of the cover and operable to bind a spine end of a collection of physical media sheets to the cover; and a datum stop (30,156) protruding away from the inwardly facing side of the cover and comprising a datum stop surface against which a head end or a tail end of the collection is registerable prior to binding the collection to the cover, wherein the binding system comprises an elongated body (52,154) defining a trough for receiving the spine end of the collection of physical media sheets, wherein the cover comprises a front part, a spine part, and a back part, the inwardly facing side of the front part comprises a front adhesive area adjacent a front hinge between the front part and the spine part, the inwardly facing side of the back part comprises a back adhesive area adjacent a back hinge between the back part and the spine part, and the binding system comprises on the front adhesive area and the back adhesive area pressure sensitive adhesive (140, 142) capable of binding the collection of physical media sheets to the front and back parts (36, 40) of the cover. a cover comprising an outwardly facing side and an inwardly facing side; a binding system attached to the inwardly facing side of the cover and operable to bind a spine end of a collection of physical media sheets to the cover; and a datum stop (30,156) protruding away from the inwardly facing side of the cover and comprising a datum stop surface against which a head end or a tail end of the collection is registerable prior to binding the collection to the cover, wherein the binding system comprises an elongated body (52,154) defining a trough for receiving the spine end of the collection of physical media sheets, wherein the cover comprises a front part, a spine part, and a back part, the inwardly facing side of the front part comprises a front adhesive area adjacent a front hinge between the front part and the spine part, the inwardly facing side of the back part comprises a back adhesive area adjacent a back hinge between the back part and the spine part, and the binding system comprises on the front adhesive area and the back adhesive area pressure sensitive adhesive (140, 142) capable of binding the collection of physical media sheets to the front and back parts (36, 40) of the cover.
A vacuum cleaner nozzle comprising a suction plate having an inlet side and an outlet side, said vacuum cleaner nozzle comprising: - an air duct having a duct wall, wherein said air duct extends through the suction plate from a suction opening on the inlet side to the outlet side; - a front brush adapted to engage with a surface to be cleaned and for at least partly sealing said suction opening against said surface being cleaned, said front brush extending at least partly along said inlet side and said front brush being arranged in a front brush holder; - a rear brush adapted to engage with a surface to be cleaned and for at least partly sealing said suction opening against said surface being cleaned, said rear brush extending at least partly along said outlet side; wherein said rear brush is arranged in a rear brush holder, and wherein said front brush holder and said rear brush holder are separate pieces - a brush movement mechanism, adapted to move at least said rear brush holder up and down with respect to said suction plate, wherein said rear brush holder comprises at least one attachment portion (20, 21), wherein said at least one attachment portion (20, 21) is attached to said brush movement mechanism, characterised by that said rear brush holder is adapted to be mounted to the nozzle from a lower side of said nozzle. - an air duct having a duct wall, wherein said air duct extends through the suction plate from a suction opening on the inlet side to the outlet side; - a front brush adapted to engage with a surface to be cleaned and for at least partly sealing said suction opening against said surface being cleaned, said front brush extending at least partly along said inlet side and said front brush being arranged in a front brush holder; - a rear brush adapted to engage with a surface to be cleaned and for at least partly sealing said suction opening against said surface being cleaned, said rear brush extending at least partly along said outlet side; wherein said rear brush is arranged in a rear brush holder, and wherein said front brush holder and said rear brush holder are separate pieces - a brush movement mechanism, adapted to move at least said rear brush holder up and down with respect to said suction plate, wherein said rear brush holder comprises at least one attachment portion (20, 21), wherein said at least one attachment portion (20, 21) is attached to said brush movement mechanism, characterised by that said rear brush holder is adapted to be mounted to the nozzle from a lower side of said nozzle.
A by-pass module for electric power lines comprising: - a container having a housing space; - at least one reel rotatable around a rotation axis and mounted into the housing space of the container; a single phase link wound on the reel and comprising a cable length, a first end termination and a second end termination, a driving unit for the reel designed for rotating the reel in a unwinding direction, and in a winding direction, characterised in that three reels are mounted into the housing space, each reel bearing a single phase link and being rotatable around a relevant rotation axis by a relevant driving unit, and each driving unit is designed for operating on the respective reel independently from the remaining driving units. - a container having a housing space; - at least one reel rotatable around a rotation axis and mounted into the housing space of the container;
A cannula comprising: a) a rigid proximal portion connected to a malleable distal portion; b) a first lumen and at least a second lumen (24, 26, 28) within and extending between the rigid proximal portion and the malleable distal portion; c) the first lumen having a reinforcement member within and extending along the length of the first lumen; and d) the at least second lumen being in fluid communication with a fluid supply; wherein the connected malleable distal portion and rigid proximal portion are configured to be inserted and maneuvered into a human nasal cavity, the cannula has a durometer such that the malleable distal portion does not kink when bent greater than 45 degrees, and the cannula is sufficiently stiff so that the cannula will retain its shape until bent into a new shape. a) a rigid proximal portion connected to a malleable distal portion; b) a first lumen and at least a second lumen (24, 26, 28) within and extending between the rigid proximal portion and the malleable distal portion; c) the first lumen having a reinforcement member within and extending along the length of the first lumen; and d) the at least second lumen being in fluid communication with a fluid supply;
A compound for use in the treatment or prevention of a coronavirus infection in a subject in need thereof, wherein the compound is probenecid or a metabolite or analog thereof or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, wherein the metabolite or analog thereof is an acyl glucuronide of probenecid, a β-ether glucuronide of probenecid, dl-p- ( N -propyl- N -2-hydroxypropylsulfamoyl)benzoic acid, p- ( N -Propyl- N -3-hydroxypropylsulfamoyl)benzoic acid, p- ( N -propyl- N -3-propionitrilosulfamoyl)benzoic acid, p- ( N -propyl- N -2-carboxyethylsulfamoyl)benzoic acid, p- ( N -propylsulfamoyl)benzoic acid, p- ( N,N -pentamethylenesulfamoyl)benzoic acid (piperidyl analog), p- ( N -propyl- N -2-propenylsulfamoyl)benzoic acid, p- ( N -propyl- N -2-oxopropylsulfamoyl)benzoic acid, p-sulfamoylbenzoic acid, p- ( N -methylsulfamoyl)benzoic acid, p- ( N -ethylsulfamoyl)benzoic acid, p- ( N- hexylsulfamoyl)benzoic acid, p- ( N- cyclohexylsulfamoyl)benzoic acid, p- ( N- dimethylsulfamoyl)benzoic acid, p- ( N -methyl, N -ethylsulfamoyl)benzoic acid, p- ( N,N -diethylsulfamoyl)benzoic acid, p-(N-ethyl,N-propylsulfamoyl)benzoic acid, p-(N,N-diisopropylsulfamoyl)benzoic acid, p- ( N,N -dibutylsulfamoyl)benzoic acid, o -hydroxy- p- ( N -dipropylsulfamoyl)benzoic acid, o -methoxy- p- ( N -dipropylsulfamoyl)benzoic acid, o -nitro- p- ( N,N -dipropylsulfamoyl)benzoic acid, m -nitro- p- ( N,N -dipropylsulfamoyl)benzoic acid or m -methyl- p- ( N,N -dipropylsulfamoyl)benzoic acid. an acyl glucuronide of probenecid, a β-ether glucuronide of probenecid, dl-p- ( N -propyl- N -2-hydroxypropylsulfamoyl)benzoic acid, p- ( N -Propyl- N -3-hydroxypropylsulfamoyl)benzoic acid, p- ( N -propyl- N -3-propionitrilosulfamoyl)benzoic acid, p- ( N -propyl- N -2-carboxyethylsulfamoyl)benzoic acid, p- ( N -propylsulfamoyl)benzoic acid, p- ( N,N -pentamethylenesulfamoyl)benzoic acid (piperidyl analog), p- ( N -propyl- N -2-propenylsulfamoyl)benzoic acid, p- ( N -propyl- N -2-oxopropylsulfamoyl)benzoic acid, p-sulfamoylbenzoic acid, p- ( N -methylsulfamoyl)benzoic acid, p- ( N -ethylsulfamoyl)benzoic acid, p- ( N- hexylsulfamoyl)benzoic acid, p- ( N- cyclohexylsulfamoyl)benzoic acid, p- ( N- dimethylsulfamoyl)benzoic acid, p- ( N -methyl, N -ethylsulfamoyl)benzoic acid, p- ( N,N -diethylsulfamoyl)benzoic acid, p-(N-ethyl,N-propylsulfamoyl)benzoic acid, p-(N,N-diisopropylsulfamoyl)benzoic acid, p- ( N,N -dibutylsulfamoyl)benzoic acid, o -hydroxy- p- ( N -dipropylsulfamoyl)benzoic acid, o -methoxy- p- ( N -dipropylsulfamoyl)benzoic acid, o -nitro- p- ( N,N -dipropylsulfamoyl)benzoic acid, m -nitro- p- ( N,N -dipropylsulfamoyl)benzoic acid or m -methyl- p- ( N,N -dipropylsulfamoyl)benzoic acid.
A driving assistance system comprising: a driving information acquisition unit configured to acquire any of an amount of operations by a driver, a vehicle behavior, a state of the driver, and information regarding the environment surrounding a vehicle as driving information; a vehicle location information acquisition unit configured to acquire vehicle location information; a statistical information generation unit configured to generate statistical information by statistically processing the driving information as a time-series pattern; a map information generation unit configured to generate map information by associating the statistical information with the vehicle location information at the time of the acquisition of the driving information; a map update unit configured to update existing map information to the map information generated by the map information generation unit; a map information reference unit configured to reference and read the map information based on the location information acquired by the vehicle location information acquisition unit; a driving assistance unit configured to perform driving assistance based on the map information read by the map information reference unit; and a communication unit configured to transmit and receive information to and from a communication device outside the vehicle, wherein the driving information acquisition unit provides the information acquired by the communication unit to the statistical information generation unit as the driving information for using the information acquired by the communication unit as the driving information. a driving information acquisition unit configured to acquire any of an amount of operations by a driver, a vehicle behavior, a state of the driver, and information regarding the environment surrounding a vehicle as driving information; a vehicle location information acquisition unit configured to acquire vehicle location information; a statistical information generation unit configured to generate statistical information by statistically processing the driving information as a time-series pattern; a map information generation unit configured to generate map information by associating the statistical information with the vehicle location information at the time of the acquisition of the driving information; a map update unit configured to update existing map information to the map information generated by the map information generation unit; a map information reference unit configured to reference and read the map information based on the location information acquired by the vehicle location information acquisition unit; a driving assistance unit configured to perform driving assistance based on the map information read by the map information reference unit; and a communication unit configured to transmit and receive information to and from a communication device outside the vehicle, wherein the driving information acquisition unit provides the information acquired by the communication unit to the statistical information generation unit as the driving information for using the information acquired by the communication unit as the driving information.