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A built-in self-test, BIST, radar unit comprising: a frequency generation circuit configured to generate a chirp, millimetre wave, mmW transmit signal; a transmitter circuit comprising: at least one phase shifter (130, 132) configured to apply at least one phase shift to the chirp mmW transmit signal; and at least one phase rotator coupled to the at least one phase shifter (130, 132) and configured to rotate a phase of the phase shifted chirp mmW transmit signal to apply a secondary modulation to the phase shifted chirp mmW transmit signal; and a receiver configured to receive and process a received version of the phase shifted chirp mmW transmit signal to determine an operational state of the BIST radar unit based on a determined phase shift performance of the secondary modulation of the received version of the phase shifted chirp mmW transmit signal; wherein the at least one phase rotator is at least one phase inverter (140, 142), and wherein the at least one phase inverter (140, 142) is configured to toggle the phase of the phase shifted chirp mmW transmit signal on successive chirps to generate the secondary modulation frequency. a frequency generation circuit configured to generate a chirp, millimetre wave, mmW transmit signal; a transmitter circuit comprising: at least one phase shifter (130, 132) configured to apply at least one phase shift to the chirp mmW transmit signal; and at least one phase rotator coupled to the at least one phase shifter (130, 132) and configured to rotate a phase of the phase shifted chirp mmW transmit signal to apply a secondary modulation to the phase shifted chirp mmW transmit signal; and a receiver configured to receive and process a received version of the phase shifted chirp mmW transmit signal to determine an operational state of the BIST radar unit based on a determined phase shift performance of the secondary modulation of the received version of the phase shifted chirp mmW transmit signal; at least one phase shifter (130, 132) configured to apply at least one phase shift to the chirp mmW transmit signal; and at least one phase rotator coupled to the at least one phase shifter (130, 132) and configured to rotate a phase of the phase shifted chirp mmW transmit signal to apply a secondary modulation to the phase shifted chirp mmW transmit signal; and a receiver configured to receive and process a received version of the phase shifted chirp mmW transmit signal to determine an operational state of the BIST radar unit based on a determined phase shift performance of the secondary modulation of the received version of the phase shifted chirp mmW transmit signal; wherein the at least one phase rotator is at least one phase inverter (140, 142), and wherein the at least one phase inverter (140, 142) is configured to toggle the phase of the phase shifted chirp mmW transmit signal on successive chirps to generate the secondary modulation frequency.
A drive device comprising a drive cable (3,4) configured to be coupled to an object to be driven and a motor, and which is configured so that said cable (3,4) is moved in the direction of its axial center line by a rotational force of the motor, the drive device further comprising: a gear mechanism for decelerating the rotational speed of the motor; an output shaft to which an output of the gear mechanism is transferred; a case in which said gear mechanism and output shaft are housed, wherein the output shaft is rotatably supported on the case and is housed in the case in a state in which one end side of the output shaft protrudes therefrom; a drive-side meshing portion provided in one end side of said output shaft; and a driven-side meshing portion provided along a predetermined length of said cable (3,4), wherein the driven-side meshing portion of said cable (3,4) is disposed along one side surface of said case in such a way as to mesh with said drive-side meshing portion, characterized in that, a cable guide surface (30,31) of a shape for guiding a region of the driven-side meshing portion of said cable (3,4) on the case side is provided in one side surface of said case, and a supporting member formed in such a way as to abut the driven-side meshing portion of the cable (3,4) from a side opposing the cable guide surface (30,31) is fixed to the case. a gear mechanism for decelerating the rotational speed of the motor; an output shaft to which an output of the gear mechanism is transferred; a case in which said gear mechanism and output shaft are housed, wherein the output shaft is rotatably supported on the case and is housed in the case in a state in which one end side of the output shaft protrudes therefrom; a drive-side meshing portion provided in one end side of said output shaft; and a driven-side meshing portion provided along a predetermined length of said cable (3,4), wherein the driven-side meshing portion of said cable (3,4) is disposed along one side surface of said case in such a way as to mesh with said drive-side meshing portion, characterized in that, a cable guide surface (30,31) of a shape for guiding a region of the driven-side meshing portion of said cable (3,4) on the case side is provided in one side surface of said case, and a supporting member formed in such a way as to abut the driven-side meshing portion of the cable (3,4) from a side opposing the cable guide surface (30,31) is fixed to the case.
Method for inspection of a drinking straw (101; 201), wherein the method comprises: - illuminating, by means of one or more light sources, a first portion of the drinking straw (101; 201) so that at least some of the light on the first portion is transmitted through a sidewall (102; 202) of the drinking straw (101; 201) into the drinking straw, and is guided therein by internal reflections; - providing, by means of a camera with an image sensor configured to sense light provided by said light sources, one or more digital images imaging another, second, portion of the drinking straw (101; 201) during said illumination; and - analyzing a light pattern captured by said one or more digital images, said light pattern corresponding to light escape of the internally reflected light out from the second portion of the drinking straw (101; 201) via a sidewall (102; 202) of the drinking straw (101; 201). - illuminating, by means of one or more light sources, a first portion of the drinking straw (101; 201) so that at least some of the light on the first portion is transmitted through a sidewall (102; 202) of the drinking straw (101; 201) into the drinking straw, and is guided therein by internal reflections; - providing, by means of a camera with an image sensor configured to sense light provided by said light sources, one or more digital images imaging another, second, portion of the drinking straw (101; 201) during said illumination; and - analyzing a light pattern captured by said one or more digital images, said light pattern corresponding to light escape of the internally reflected light out from the second portion of the drinking straw (101; 201) via a sidewall (102; 202) of the drinking straw (101; 201).
A rotor assembly for a gas turbine engine comprising: a rotor disk having at least one radially outward blade retention feature; a rotor blade at least partially received in said blade retention feature;; a heat barrier radially inward of the blade and radially outward of a rotor disk feature, wherein the heat barrier is a heat shield at least partially received in said blade retention feature; wherein a cooling flowpath is defined between a radially inward facing surface of the rotor blade and an outer periphery of the rotor disk; and wherein the heat shield is configured such that a cooling fluid passing through said cooling flowpath is prevented from contacting the outer periphery of said rotor disk; and said heat shield includes a lip extending axially beyond an axial facing surface of the rotor disk and extending radially inward creating a radial overlap between the axial facing surface and the lip; wherein said axially extending lip further includes a flange extending radially inward, wherein the flange is configured to maintain a position of the heat shield relative to the rotor disk, characterised in that the flange contacts a radially outward facing surface of the rotor disk. a rotor disk having at least one radially outward blade retention feature; a rotor blade at least partially received in said blade retention feature;; a heat barrier radially inward of the blade and radially outward of a rotor disk feature, wherein the heat barrier is a heat shield at least partially received in said blade retention feature; wherein a cooling flowpath is defined between a radially inward facing surface of the rotor blade and an outer periphery of the rotor disk; and wherein the heat shield is configured such that a cooling fluid passing through said cooling flowpath is prevented from contacting the outer periphery of said rotor disk; and said heat shield includes a lip extending axially beyond an axial facing surface of the rotor disk and extending radially inward creating a radial overlap between the axial facing surface and the lip; wherein said axially extending lip further includes a flange extending radially inward, wherein the flange is configured to maintain a position of the heat shield relative to the rotor disk, characterised in that the flange contacts a radially outward facing surface of the rotor disk.
A flooring system comprising: at least two discrete layers, wherein the at least two discrete layers include at least one first discrete layer and at least one second discrete layer, wherein at least a portion of said first discrete layer includes a first material, and wherein said first discrete layer includes a plurality of sublayers including at least one upper layer (300; 400) and one lower layer (304; 404), wherein either the upper layer has a plurality of sections of the first material and a plurality of sections of at least a second material, and the lower layer is made of the first material, or the upper layer is made of the first material and the lower layer has a plurality of sections of the first material and a plurality of sections of at least a second material, characterized in that the first material includes a dilatant, non-Newtonian material. at least two discrete layers, wherein the at least two discrete layers include at least one first discrete layer and at least one second discrete layer, wherein at least a portion of said first discrete layer includes a first material, and wherein said first discrete layer includes a plurality of sublayers including at least one upper layer (300; 400) and one lower layer (304; 404), wherein either the upper layer has a plurality of sections of the first material and a plurality of sections of at least a second material, and the lower layer is made of the first material, or the upper layer is made of the first material and the lower layer has a plurality of sections of the first material and a plurality of sections of at least a second material, characterized in that the first material includes a dilatant, non-Newtonian material.
An isolated fetal placental stem cell, wherein said fetal placental stem cell has been modified to express a mimic of miR-16 or a mimic of miR-424, and wherein said fetal placental stem cell demonstrates increased survival relative to corresponding unmodified fetal placental stem cells when cultured under one or more conditions that cause cell death.
A system for identifying a capacitor error of an accelerometer (12, 200, 300), comprising: a first proof mass suspended to move along a sense axis in response to a linear acceleration along the sense axis; a second proof mass suspended to move along the sense axis in response to a linear acceleration along the sense axis; a first sense electrode (218a; 220a) located adjacent to the first proof mass, wherein the first sense electrode and the first proof mass comprise a first capacitor (340, 342); a second sense electrode (218b; 220b) located adjacent to the second proof mass, wherein the second sense electrode and the second proof mass comprise a second capacitor (344, 346); processing circuitry coupled to the first proof mass, the second proof mass, the first sense electrode, and the second sense electrode to apply a first sense drive signal having a sense drive frequency to the first capacitor (340, 342) and a second sense drive signal having the sense drive frequency to the second capacitor (344, 346), to receive a capacitance signal from each of the first and second capacitors (340, 342, 344, 346), to identify a common mode signal for the capacitance signals, and to identify the capacitor error based on the common mode signal, wherein the first sense drive signal and the second sense drive signal are differential signals. a first proof mass suspended to move along a sense axis in response to a linear acceleration along the sense axis; a second proof mass suspended to move along the sense axis in response to a linear acceleration along the sense axis; a first sense electrode (218a; 220a) located adjacent to the first proof mass, wherein the first sense electrode and the first proof mass comprise a first capacitor (340, 342); a second sense electrode (218b; 220b) located adjacent to the second proof mass, wherein the second sense electrode and the second proof mass comprise a second capacitor (344, 346); processing circuitry coupled to the first proof mass, the second proof mass, the first sense electrode, and the second sense electrode to apply a first sense drive signal having a sense drive frequency to the first capacitor (340, 342) and a second sense drive signal having the sense drive frequency to the second capacitor (344, 346), to receive a capacitance signal from each of the first and second capacitors (340, 342, 344, 346), to identify a common mode signal for the capacitance signals, and to identify the capacitor error based on the common mode signal, wherein the first sense drive signal and the second sense drive signal are differential signals.
A light emitting device having at least a first and a second light emitting element, with the first light emitting element emitting a first light and the second light emitting element emitting a second light, each light emitting element (10,20) being an OLED (10,20), the OLED (10,20) comprising a sandwich structure with a substrate (14,24), a first (11,21) and a second electrode (12,22) and an organic layer (13,23) being provided between the first (11,21) and the second electrode (12,22) and a light leaving the light emitting device, wherein at least a part of said light is provided by a superposition of the first and the second light, characterized in that the second electrode (12,22) is positioned between the organic layer (13,23) and the substrate (14,24), wherein the substrate of the first light emitting element is faced to the substrate of the second light emitting element, wherein both substrates (14,24) are optically coupled with a transparent medium, and at least one scattering element (34,35) being in contact with the transparent medium is positioned between both substrates (14,24) increasing the light output.
Apparatus for removing a flexible film seal from a tubular specimen container, comprising a seal removing mechanism which includes: a head assembly having a cavity, a bracket for holding said head assembly, a vertical mounting shaft upon which is mounted said bracket, and a vertical drive mechanism associated with said vertical mounting shaft and able to lower said head assembly onto said specimen container, such that the seal is received into said cavity, characterized by an articulated pair of gripping arms able to engage and hold a specimen container and in that the head assembly is provided with pinch means (14, 15) for pinching a portion of the overhanging flexible film seal, and is pivotally mounted to said vertical drive mechanism through a rotating linkage connected to a pneumatic cylinder attached to the bracket. a head assembly having a cavity, a bracket for holding said head assembly, a vertical mounting shaft upon which is mounted said bracket, and a vertical drive mechanism associated with said vertical mounting shaft and able to lower said head assembly onto said specimen container, such that the seal is received into said cavity, characterized by an articulated pair of gripping arms able to engage and hold a specimen container and in that the head assembly is provided with pinch means (14, 15) for pinching a portion of the overhanging flexible film seal, and is pivotally mounted to said vertical drive mechanism through a rotating linkage connected to a pneumatic cylinder attached to the bracket.
A method of producing a conjugated antibody, comprising: (a) performing at least one purification step of a purification scheme to obtain at least a partially purified preparation of an antibody from a culture of CHO cells expressing the antibody; (b) testing the preparation for presence of a CHO cell oxidizing enzyme; (c) if an unacceptable level of the enzyme is detected as present in the preparation of step (b), repeating steps (a) and (b) with a different purification step; (d) if an acceptable level or no CHO cell oxidizing enzyme is detected as present in the preparation of step (b), performing at least one purification step resulting in the acceptable level or no detected CHO cell oxidizing enzyme on the same culture or a second culture of CHO cells expressing the antibody to obtain at least a partially purified preparation of antibody; and (e) conjugating the at least partially purified antibody via one or more sulfhydryl groups to a drug to produce the conjugated antibody. (a) performing at least one purification step of a purification scheme to obtain at least a partially purified preparation of an antibody from a culture of CHO cells expressing the antibody; (b) testing the preparation for presence of a CHO cell oxidizing enzyme; (c) if an unacceptable level of the enzyme is detected as present in the preparation of step (b), repeating steps (a) and (b) with a different purification step; (d) if an acceptable level or no CHO cell oxidizing enzyme is detected as present in the preparation of step (b), performing at least one purification step resulting in the acceptable level or no detected CHO cell oxidizing enzyme on the same culture or a second culture of CHO cells expressing the antibody to obtain at least a partially purified preparation of antibody; and (e) conjugating the at least partially purified antibody via one or more sulfhydryl groups to a drug to produce the conjugated antibody.
A cooling system for a gas turbine engine, comprising: a heat exchanger configured to receive a cooling airflow, wherein the heat exchanger is configured to receive the cooling airflow at a cooling flow input of the heat exchanger, and wherein the heat exchanger is configured to output the cooling airflow at a first exhaust output of the heat exchanger; and an inlet conduit coupled to an inlet of the heat exchanger, characterised in that the cooling system further comprises: a first exhaust distribution manifold fluidly coupled to the first exhaust output of the heat exchanger, wherein the first exhaust distribution manifold defines a plurality of first openings; and a return conduit coupled to an outlet of the heat exchanger. a heat exchanger configured to receive a cooling airflow, wherein the heat exchanger is configured to receive the cooling airflow at a cooling flow input of the heat exchanger, and wherein the heat exchanger is configured to output the cooling airflow at a first exhaust output of the heat exchanger; and an inlet conduit coupled to an inlet of the heat exchanger, characterised in that the cooling system further comprises: a first exhaust distribution manifold fluidly coupled to the first exhaust output of the heat exchanger, wherein the first exhaust distribution manifold defines a plurality of first openings; and a return conduit coupled to an outlet of the heat exchanger. a first exhaust distribution manifold fluidly coupled to the first exhaust output of the heat exchanger, wherein the first exhaust distribution manifold defines a plurality of first openings; and a return conduit coupled to an outlet of the heat exchanger.
A method for updating at least one of a plurality of radio-frequency identification (RFID) readers, the method comprising: determining at a server that an RFID reader update is available; identifying a cellular telephone that is near an RFID reader to be updated, the cellular telephone including a memory, a cellular telephone interface, and near-field communication interface; sending the RFID update to the cellular telephone near the RFID reader to be updated; receiving an RFID reader update at the cellular telephone via the cellular telephone interface, the RFID reader update including a first set of instructions operable to uniquely identify the RFID reader to be updated; storing the RFID reader update in the cellular telephone memory; initiating a communication session with an RFID reader via the NFC interface; requesting identification information from the RFID reader; comparing the received identification information to the first set of instructions to determine if the RFID reader should receive the update; and providing the RFID reader update to the RFID reader when the comparison determines that the RFID reader should be updated, wherein the RFID reader update is provided by the cellular telephone to the RFID reader for authorization. determining at a server that an RFID reader update is available; identifying a cellular telephone that is near an RFID reader to be updated, the cellular telephone including a memory, a cellular telephone interface, and near-field communication interface; sending the RFID update to the cellular telephone near the RFID reader to be updated; receiving an RFID reader update at the cellular telephone via the cellular telephone interface, the RFID reader update including a first set of instructions operable to uniquely identify the RFID reader to be updated; storing the RFID reader update in the cellular telephone memory; initiating a communication session with an RFID reader via the NFC interface; requesting identification information from the RFID reader; comparing the received identification information to the first set of instructions to determine if the RFID reader should receive the update; and providing the RFID reader update to the RFID reader when the comparison determines that the RFID reader should be updated, wherein the RFID reader update is provided by the cellular telephone to the RFID reader for authorization.