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A method of isolating DNA from cells in a sample comprising the steps of: (a) selectively lysing the cellular membranes of the cells in the sample without lysing the nuclear membranes of the cells to produce intact nuclei from the cells; (b) delivering the sample into a nuclei separation region of a microfluidic device and separating the intact nuclei from the sample by a nuclei size exclusion barrier in the nuclei separation region by flowing the sample through the nuclei size exclusion barrier in a first direction towards a waste chamber, wherein the barrier is prefabricated into the bottom of the nuclei separation region to separate the nuclei separation region from the waste chamber and to block passage of intact nuclei to the waste chamber and wherein the first direction is substantially orthogonal to the barrier; (c) resuspending the separated nuclei in an elution buffer in the nuclei separation region of the microfluidic device by flowing the elution buffer with the intact nuclei through the nuclei separation region in a second direction; wherein the second direction is substantially orthogonal to said first direction; (d) delivering the resuspended nuclei to a nuclei lysis region of a microfluidic device; and (e) lysing the resuspended nuclei in the nuclei lysis region of the microfluidic device to release the DNA. (a) selectively lysing the cellular membranes of the cells in the sample without lysing the nuclear membranes of the cells to produce intact nuclei from the cells; (b) delivering the sample into a nuclei separation region of a microfluidic device and separating the intact nuclei from the sample by a nuclei size exclusion barrier in the nuclei separation region by flowing the sample through the nuclei size exclusion barrier in a first direction towards a waste chamber, wherein the barrier is prefabricated into the bottom of the nuclei separation region to separate the nuclei separation region from the waste chamber and to block passage of intact nuclei to the waste chamber and wherein the first direction is substantially orthogonal to the barrier; (c) resuspending the separated nuclei in an elution buffer in the nuclei separation region of the microfluidic device by flowing the elution buffer with the intact nuclei through the nuclei separation region in a second direction; wherein the second direction is substantially orthogonal to said first direction; (d) delivering the resuspended nuclei to a nuclei lysis region of a microfluidic device; and (e) lysing the resuspended nuclei in the nuclei lysis region of the microfluidic device to release the DNA.
A method for managing transmission control protocol, TCP, functionality implemented by a network traffic management system comprising one or more network traffic management apparatuses, server devices, or client devices, the method comprising: monitoring a message generated by an application or characteristic data of a TCP connection with a destination device or a source device; determining when a receive window is less than a threshold, wherein the receive window is extracted from a header of an acknowledgement received from the destination device or the source device; and setting a first TCP push flag for a first packet prior to the first packet being sent to the destination device via the TCP connection if a network protocol layer above a TCP layer in a network stack has communicated an end of a current application data transmission, when the determination indicates that the receive window is less than the threshold to reduce network traffic associated with acknowledgement traffic. monitoring a message generated by an application or characteristic data of a TCP connection with a destination device or a source device; determining when a receive window is less than a threshold, wherein the receive window is extracted from a header of an acknowledgement received from the destination device or the source device; and setting a first TCP push flag for a first packet prior to the first packet being sent to the destination device via the TCP connection if a network protocol layer above a TCP layer in a network stack has communicated an end of a current application data transmission, when the determination indicates that the receive window is less than the threshold to reduce network traffic associated with acknowledgement traffic.
A booklet making machine comprising: - a stapling arrangement adapted for stapling a set of sheets following a paper path, - a folding arrangement adapted for folding the set of sheets following the paper path, wherein at least one of the stapling arrangement and the folding arrangement comprises at least one adjustment device (12; 32) for adjusting the stapling position (22a, 22b), when the adjustment device is arranged in the stapling arrangement, and the folding position, when the adjustment device is arranged in the folding arrangement, respectively, of the set of sheets during operation of the booklet making machine, the booklet making machine further comprising a control unit connected to the at least one adjustment device and the operating terminal, allowing the adjustment of the stapling position and the folding position, respectively, and an operating terminal adapted to send instructions to the control unit to adjust the stapling position and the folding position, respectively, online during operation of the booklet making machine upon input from an operator online during operation of the booklet making machine, characterized by further comprising at least one actuator (12f; 32f) adapted to tilt at least one of the adjustment device of the stapling arrangement and the adjustment device of the folding arrangement. - a stapling arrangement adapted for stapling a set of sheets following a paper path, - a folding arrangement adapted for folding the set of sheets following the paper path,
Device for measuring the flow velocity of a fluid with - a sensor comprising a conduit for the fluid with a conduit wall, - at least two ultrasonic transducer units (20 and 22), each consisting of an array of individual ultrasonic transducers (30-x and 32-x respectively) and defining a measurement path in the conduit between them, - a control and evaluation unit for controlling the ultrasonic transducer units (20, 22) for transmitting ultrasonic signals and for evaluating received ultrasonic signals and determining the flow velocity (v), - and the control and evaluation unit is designed to drive the individual ultrasonic transducers (30-x, 32-x) with different phase, so that the ultrasonic transducer units (20, 22) are each designed as a phased array, wherein the ultrasonic transducer units (20, 22) contact the conduit wall extemally, characterized in that - the measuring path is formed as a secant path and does not lie diametrically, - and in that the conduit wall is formed in the region of the contacting with a wall thickness (w) which is smaller than half the wavelength of the transverse wave (λ conduit) of the ultrasound in the conduit wall. - a sensor comprising a conduit for the fluid with a conduit wall, - at least two ultrasonic transducer units (20 and 22), each consisting of an array of individual ultrasonic transducers (30-x and 32-x respectively) and defining a measurement path in the conduit between them, - a control and evaluation unit for controlling the ultrasonic transducer units (20, 22) for transmitting ultrasonic signals and for evaluating received ultrasonic signals and determining the flow velocity (v), - and the control and evaluation unit is designed to drive the individual ultrasonic transducers (30-x, 32-x) with different phase, so that the ultrasonic transducer units (20, 22) are each designed as a phased array, wherein the ultrasonic transducer units (20, 22) contact the conduit wall extemally, characterized in that - the measuring path is formed as a secant path and does not lie diametrically, - and in that the conduit wall is formed in the region of the contacting with a wall thickness (w) which is smaller than half the wavelength of the transverse wave (λ conduit) of the ultrasound in the conduit wall.
A cleansing composition comprising: from 3 wt.% to 35 wt.% of an anionic surfactant; from 3 wt.% to 15 wt.% of an amphoteric surfactant; from 0.01 wt.% to 2 wt.% of a cationic polymer; from 0 wt.% to 1.0 wt.% of inorganic salts; an aqueous carrier; wherein the composition is substantially free of sulfate based surfactant. from 3 wt.% to 35 wt.% of an anionic surfactant; from 3 wt.% to 15 wt.% of an amphoteric surfactant; from 0.01 wt.% to 2 wt.% of a cationic polymer; from 0 wt.% to 1.0 wt.% of inorganic salts; an aqueous carrier; wherein the composition is substantially free of sulfate based surfactant.
A method of selecting a composition of an alloy having a target property, comprising: receiving an input comprising thermodynamic phase data for a plurality of alloys, wherein each alloy is a multi-phase system having at least four elements, and wherein the thermodynamic phase data for each of the plurality of alloys is calculated by varying an amount of each of three or more alloying elements simultaneously over a specified composition range; extracting from the thermodynamic phase data a plurality of thermodynamic quantities corresponding to each of the alloys programmatically by a computing device, wherein the extracted thermodynamic quantities are experimentally predetermined to be correlated to microstructures associated with physical properties of the alloy; storing the extracted thermodynamic quantities in a computer-readable medium; outputting information associated with a ranked subset of the alloys, wherein the outputted information comprises a plurality of data points plotted in a two or three dimensional graphical image having at least two of the thermodynamic quantities represented as at least two of the axes, wherein each of the data points represents an alloy composition; electronically mining the stored thermodynamic quantities programmatically by the computing device using a microprocessor to rank at least a subset of the alloys based on a simultaneous comparison of two or more thermodynamic quantities that are correlated to the target property; and selecting the composition from a ranked subset of the alloys. receiving an input comprising thermodynamic phase data for a plurality of alloys, wherein each alloy is a multi-phase system having at least four elements, and wherein the thermodynamic phase data for each of the plurality of alloys is calculated by varying an amount of each of three or more alloying elements simultaneously over a specified composition range; extracting from the thermodynamic phase data a plurality of thermodynamic quantities corresponding to each of the alloys programmatically by a computing device, wherein the extracted thermodynamic quantities are experimentally predetermined to be correlated to microstructures associated with physical properties of the alloy; storing the extracted thermodynamic quantities in a computer-readable medium; outputting information associated with a ranked subset of the alloys, wherein the outputted information comprises a plurality of data points plotted in a two or three dimensional graphical image having at least two of the thermodynamic quantities represented as at least two of the axes, wherein each of the data points represents an alloy composition; electronically mining the stored thermodynamic quantities programmatically by the computing device using a microprocessor to rank at least a subset of the alloys based on a simultaneous comparison of two or more thermodynamic quantities that are correlated to the target property; and selecting the composition from a ranked subset of the alloys.
A method for transmitting information, comprising: receiving, by a user equipment, UE, resource configuration indication information and first subframe configuration indication information that are sent from a base station, wherein the resource configuration indication information is used to indicate at least one flexible subframe, the flexible subframe comprises a subframe whose subframe direction can be changed when the base station configures at least one time division duplex, TDD, uplink-downlink subframe ratio configuration for the UE, and the first subframe configuration indication information is used to indicate a subframe direction to which the flexible subframe currently needs to be applied; wherein the resource configuration indication information and the first subframe configuration indication information are received separately by the UE; and determining, by the UE, according to the first subframe configuration indication information, whether to transmit uplink information in the flexible subframe; and when the first subframe configuration indication information periodically sent from the base station by using a first sending period as a time interval is not received at a first period time, determining, by the UE, not to transmit the uplink information in the flexible subframe before a second period time, wherein a time interval between the first period time and the second period time is the first sending period. receiving, by a user equipment, UE, resource configuration indication information and first subframe configuration indication information that are sent from a base station, wherein the resource configuration indication information is used to indicate at least one flexible subframe, the flexible subframe comprises a subframe whose subframe direction can be changed when the base station configures at least one time division duplex, TDD, uplink-downlink subframe ratio configuration for the UE, and the first subframe configuration indication information is used to indicate a subframe direction to which the flexible subframe currently needs to be applied; wherein the resource configuration indication information and the first subframe configuration indication information are received separately by the UE; and determining, by the UE, according to the first subframe configuration indication information, whether to transmit uplink information in the flexible subframe; and when the first subframe configuration indication information periodically sent from the base station by using a first sending period as a time interval is not received at a first period time, determining, by the UE, not to transmit the uplink information in the flexible subframe before a second period time, wherein a time interval between the first period time and the second period time is the first sending period.
A method performed by a user equipment, UE, in a communication system, the method comprising: receiving, from a base station, resource configuration information associated with at least one validation rule and information associated with random access based on a second-type configuration and associated with a UE capability; identifying one or more valid transmission occasions from transmission occasions based on the resource configuration information; and performing random access at one or more valid transmission occasions, wherein the one or more transmission occasions correspond to at least one of random access transmission occasions, ROs, and physical uplink shared channel transmission occasions, POs, wherein the second-type configuration different from a first-type configuration allows different frequency domain resources in one symbol for different transmission directions, and wherein the different transmission directions include uplink transmission direction and downlink transmission direction. receiving, from a base station, resource configuration information associated with at least one validation rule and information associated with random access based on a second-type configuration and associated with a UE capability; identifying one or more valid transmission occasions from transmission occasions based on the resource configuration information; and performing random access at one or more valid transmission occasions, wherein the one or more transmission occasions correspond to at least one of random access transmission occasions, ROs, and physical uplink shared channel transmission occasions, POs, wherein the second-type configuration different from a first-type configuration allows different frequency domain resources in one symbol for different transmission directions, and wherein the different transmission directions include uplink transmission direction and downlink transmission direction.
Spreadable composition for an external surface intended to regulate the presence of water on said surface by the adsorption or desorption of water, characterised in that said composition comprises a mixture of a granules of a microporous mineral formed by a zeolite and a salt formed by one or more inorganic cations derived from the group of alkali metals or alkaline earth metals and/or by one or more inorganic anions derived from a group comprising hydroxides, chlorides and sulphates and/or formed by one or more organic groups comprising dicarboxylic acids, formic acids and acetic acids to enable an adsorption effect and/or desorption effect, said composition comprising coating at least partially with a permeable film of zeolite, said permeable film being formed by starch, dextrin or rosin, and in that the zeolite has a grain size between 0.5 and 1.5 mm and in that the permeable coating film has a thickness of at most 500 microns.
An elevator data communication system configured to communicate between a plurality of elevator systems and a datacenter remotely located from the plurality of elevator systems, the elevator data communication system comprising: a software-based cloud communication platform configured to receive and send communications to the plurality of elevator systems; and a server remotely located from the plurality of elevator systems and configured to send and receive the communications between the datacenter and the software-based cloud communication platform, characterized in that the server includes a plurality of software-based simulated modems each assigned to a respective one of the plurality of elevator systems. a software-based cloud communication platform configured to receive and send communications to the plurality of elevator systems; and a server remotely located from the plurality of elevator systems and configured to send and receive the communications between the datacenter and the software-based cloud communication platform, characterized in that the server includes a plurality of software-based simulated modems each assigned to a respective one of the plurality of elevator systems.
A down-hole chemical heater comprising a chemical reaction heat source, said heat source having a solid fuel composition; and wherein the fuel composition comprises thermite and one or more binding agents; and characterised in that said one or more binding agents maintain the solid form of the solid fuel composition during burning.
A path computation method for use by a control entity of a tenant in a communications network having a plurality of tenants, wherein each tenant has a control entity and a path computation engine, and a control entity and path computation engine of one tenant is independent of control entities and path computation engines of other tenants, the communications network having a topology of path resources usable for implementing paths, the method comprising: receiving a request for computation of a path in the communications network in respect of a future time interval; based on a determination that a virtual topology of the communication network stored locally at the control entity of the tenant is not current, obtaining a current virtual topology of the communications network from a shared topology store which is shared by the plurality of tenants and which is separate from local storage at the control entity of the tenant, wherein the current virtual topology is obtained for the future time interval; and using the virtual topology to service the request; wherein the virtual topology is a topology of the communications network which is available for use by the tenant. receiving a request for computation of a path in the communications network in respect of a future time interval; based on a determination that a virtual topology of the communication network stored locally at the control entity of the tenant is not current, obtaining a current virtual topology of the communications network from a shared topology store which is shared by the plurality of tenants and which is separate from local storage at the control entity of the tenant, wherein the current virtual topology is obtained for the future time interval; and using the virtual topology to service the request;
Method for operating a domestic appliance comprising a housing, a rotationally movable drum that is arranged in the housing and is intended for receiving laundry, a motor for driving the drum, a control device for controlling the motor, and an evaluation unit, characterised by the following steps, which are carried out once a program of the domestic appliance has started: - controlling the motor by means of the control device such that the drum is driven by the motor in order to perform a rocking motion and is moved by an angle of <90° and, upon attaining the angle, the motor is de-energised, - detecting a rotational-speed signal of the drum, from the time at which the motor is de-energised, over a predetermined first period, and evaluating the detected rotational-speed signals by means of the evaluation unit by forming a value, and - interrupting the program if the value is greater than a predetermined first threshold value. - controlling the motor by means of the control device such that the drum is driven by the motor in order to perform a rocking motion and is moved by an angle of <90° and, upon attaining the angle, the motor is de-energised, - detecting a rotational-speed signal of the drum, from the time at which the motor is de-energised, over a predetermined first period, and evaluating the detected rotational-speed signals by means of the evaluation unit by forming a value, and - interrupting the program if the value is greater than a predetermined first threshold value.