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A method for identifying a Gram-positive bacterial infection in a peritoneal sample, which method comprises: (a) examining said peritoneal sample from an individual in order to determine the amount of CXCL10 and the amount of total CD4 + T cell numbers; and (b) where the amount of CXCL10 is increased relative to the amount of CXCL10 in a control sample from an individual not having a Gram-positive bacterial infection and the amount of total CD4 + T cell numbers is increased relative to the amount of CD4 + T cell numbers in a control sample from an individual not having a Gram-positive bacterial infection; (c) concluding that the individual from whom the peritoneal sample has been taken has a Gram-positive bacterial infection. (a) examining said peritoneal sample from an individual in order to determine the amount of CXCL10 and the amount of total CD4 + T cell numbers; and (b) where the amount of CXCL10 is increased relative to the amount of CXCL10 in a control sample from an individual not having a Gram-positive bacterial infection and the amount of total CD4 + T cell numbers is increased relative to the amount of CD4 + T cell numbers in a control sample from an individual not having a Gram-positive bacterial infection; (c) concluding that the individual from whom the peritoneal sample has been taken has a Gram-positive bacterial infection.
A device for the manufacture of a bonded component from fibre-reinforced plastics, with at least one base moulding tool; at least one moulding tool (46, 48, 50), comprising: at least two outer moulding tools (46, 50) and at least one central moulding tool, wherein the bonded component is arrangeable between the base moulding tool and the moulding tool (46, 48, 50), and the moulding tool (46, 48, 50) is covered with an aeration material and with a vacuum envelope, wherein the vacuum envelope is sealed with respect to the base moulding tool by means of a seal, characterised in that, each of the at least two outer moulding tools (46, 50) has a slump limiter (56, 58) along its outer-lying longitudinal edge (52, 54) for supporting the moulding tool on the base moulding tool; and the at least one moulding tool (46, 48, 50) is designed free of projections at opposing end sections (64, 66) of the moulding tool (46, 48, 50) such that opposing end faces (60, 62) of the bonded component end flush with the opposing end sections (64, 66) of the at least one moulding tool (46, 48, 50), or projects underneath the latter. at least one base moulding tool; at least one moulding tool (46, 48, 50), comprising: at least two outer moulding tools (46, 50) and at least one central moulding tool, at least two outer moulding tools (46, 50) and at least one central moulding tool, wherein the bonded component is arrangeable between the base moulding tool and the moulding tool (46, 48, 50), and the moulding tool (46, 48, 50) is covered with an aeration material and with a vacuum envelope, wherein the vacuum envelope is sealed with respect to the base moulding tool by means of a seal, characterised in that, each of the at least two outer moulding tools (46, 50) has a slump limiter (56, 58) along its outer-lying longitudinal edge (52, 54) for supporting the moulding tool on the base moulding tool; and the at least one moulding tool (46, 48, 50) is designed free of projections at opposing end sections (64, 66) of the moulding tool (46, 48, 50) such that opposing end faces (60, 62) of the bonded component end flush with the opposing end sections (64, 66) of the at least one moulding tool (46, 48, 50), or projects underneath the latter.
A silicon carbide device comprising: a silicon carbide layer; and a metal layer provided on the silicon carbide layer, wherein the metal layer has a single crystal layer in an interface region at an interface with the silicon carbide layer, when it is assumed that a lattice constant, in an equilibrium state, of a metal constituting the metal layer is L, the single crystal layer in the interface region includes a first region in which a lattice constant L1 is smaller than L by 1.5% to 8%. a silicon carbide layer; and a metal layer provided on the silicon carbide layer, wherein the metal layer has a single crystal layer in an interface region at an interface with the silicon carbide layer, when it is assumed that a lattice constant, in an equilibrium state, of a metal constituting the metal layer is L, the single crystal layer in the interface region includes a first region in which a lattice constant L1 is smaller than L by 1.5% to 8%.
A process for treating dregs obtained from a process of clarification of the green liquor in a cellulose production process, comprising the steps of: (a) drying the dregs; and (b) micronizing the dregs to an average particle size from 2 to 45 micrometers to produce treated dregs having a surface area of from 2 m 2 /g to 18 m 2 /g, wherein the treated dregs comprise, in % by mass based of the treated dregs: SiO 2: 0.5 to 2.0; Al 2 O 3: 0.5 to 1.5; Fe 2 O 3: 0.5 to 1.5; TiO 2: 0.0 to 1.0; CaO: 35 to 50; MgO: 2 to 20; K 2 O: 0.0 to 1.0; Na 2 O: 0.5 to 5.0; P 2 O 5: 0.2 to 1.5; BaO: 0.0 to 0.2; SrO: 0.0 to 0.5; MnO: 0.1 to 2.0; and SO 3: 0.5 to 5.0; and exhibit a loss on ignition of from 35 to 45. (a) drying the dregs; and (b) micronizing the dregs to an average particle size from 2 to 45 micrometers to produce treated dregs having a surface area of from 2 m 2 /g to 18 m 2 /g, SiO 2: 0.5 to 2.0; Al 2 O 3: 0.5 to 1.5; Fe 2 O 3: 0.5 to 1.5; TiO 2: 0.0 to 1.0; CaO: 35 to 50; MgO: 2 to 20; K 2 O: 0.0 to 1.0; Na 2 O: 0.5 to 5.0; P 2 O 5: 0.2 to 1.5; BaO: 0.0 to 0.2; SrO: 0.0 to 0.5; MnO: 0.1 to 2.0; and SO 3: 0.5 to 5.0; and exhibit a loss on ignition of from 35 to 45.
A nozzle plate having a nozzle hole that penetrates through the nozzle plate in a thickness direction, the nozzle plate comprising: a discharge outlet formed at the nozzle hole, wherein curvatures of four corner portions of an opening shape of the discharge outlet are provided, the radius of curvatures are denoted as R1, R2, R3, and R4, the opening shape of the discharge outlet is configured to be R1=R2^R3=R4 wherein R3 and R4 are approximately 0 μm, provided an opening area of the discharge outlet is denoted as S and a length of a nozzle flow path portion of the nozzle hole that is in communication with the discharge outlet is denoted as L, characterised in that S≦100 μm 2 and ratio L/S12 μm -1.
An apparatus for wireless communications, comprising: means configured for receiving a plurality of protocol data units, PDUs, means configured for determining whether each of the PDUs was successfully received and whether each of the PDUs carries a non-fragmented service data unit, SDU, or a fragmented SDU, wherein at least one of the PDUs comprises at least one fragmented SDU; and means configured for outputting for transmission a multi-fragment block acknowledgment, BlockAck, frame, wherein the multi-fragment BlockAck frame is shorter than a basic BlockACK frame of 152 octets, the multi-fragment BlockAck frame comprising a starting sequence control, SSC, field and a bitmap field indicating a receive status for any non-fragmented SDUs and the at least one fragmented SDU based on the determination, wherein the bitmap field in the multi-fragment BlockAck frame has a variable length, and wherein the variable length is indicated by a value of one or more most significant bits of a fragment number, FN, in the multi-fragment BlockAck frame, wherein the value of the FN is indicated in the SSC field by one or more least significant bits of the FN. means configured for receiving a plurality of protocol data units, PDUs, means configured for determining whether each of the PDUs was successfully received and whether each of the PDUs carries a non-fragmented service data unit, SDU, or a fragmented SDU, wherein at least one of the PDUs comprises at least one fragmented SDU; and means configured for outputting for transmission a multi-fragment block acknowledgment, BlockAck, frame, wherein the multi-fragment BlockAck frame is shorter than a basic BlockACK frame of 152 octets, the multi-fragment BlockAck frame comprising a starting sequence control, SSC, field and a bitmap field indicating a receive status for any non-fragmented SDUs and the at least one fragmented SDU based on the determination, wherein the bitmap field in the multi-fragment BlockAck frame has a variable length, and wherein the variable length is indicated by a value of one or more most significant bits of a fragment number, FN, in the multi-fragment BlockAck frame, wherein the value of the FN is indicated in the SSC field by one or more least significant bits of the FN.
A device for characterising a sample, comprising: - a source configured to form electromagnetic waves; - an optical sensor configured to detect interfering electromagnetic waves; and - an optical interferometer comprising, during the characterisation of a sample: - a looped portion, in which two electromagnetic waves propagate in a counter-rotating manner, comprising a splitter means configured to form, on the one hand, said two counter-rotating electromagnetic waves from electromagnetic waves originating from the source and, on the other hand, the interfering electromagnetic waves detected by the sensor from said two counter-rotating electromagnetic waves; - a means for phase-shifting between the two counter-rotating waves, said means being configured to create a phase-shift of Pi/2 between the two counter-rotating waves; and - a pump beam configured to create an acoustic wave in the sample; in which device the sample is intended to be placed in the optical interferometer so that the optical path between the splitter means and the sample is different between the two counter-rotating waves, the sample introducing a phase-shift in the absence of an acoustic wave, characterised in that the phase-shift means is an adjustable phase-shift means (14, 16), mounted in the looped portion of the optical interferometer, in order to obtain, after placing the sample in the optical interferometer, counter-rotating waves in phase quadrature through compensation of the phase-shift introduced by the sample in the absence of an acoustic wave. - a source configured to form electromagnetic waves; - an optical sensor configured to detect interfering electromagnetic waves; and - an optical interferometer comprising, during the characterisation of a sample: - a looped portion, in which two electromagnetic waves propagate in a counter-rotating manner, comprising a splitter means configured to form, on the one hand, said two counter-rotating electromagnetic waves from electromagnetic waves originating from the source and, on the other hand, the interfering electromagnetic waves detected by the sensor from said two counter-rotating electromagnetic waves; - a means for phase-shifting between the two counter-rotating waves, said means being configured to create a phase-shift of Pi/2 between the two counter-rotating waves; and - a pump beam configured to create an acoustic wave in the sample;
System for securely inputting a security identifier, having - a first, fixed terminal for performing a monetary transaction, - a second terminal in the form of a mobile terminal and - a server communicatively connected to the first terminal and to the second terminal via a communication network, wherein - one from the first terminal and the second terminal has a tactile or acoustic output device (20, 32) that is designed to output an identification sequence having a predetermined number of digits in tactile or acoustic fashion, - the other from the first terminal and the second terminal has an input device that has a key arrangement having a predetermined number of keys and is designed to transmit an input sequence input by a user by means of the key arrangement of the input device on the basis of the digits of the identification sequence to the server, and - the server is designed to translate the input sequence into an input security identifier on the basis of the identification sequence and to verify the input security identifier against a previously known security identifier. - a first, fixed terminal for performing a monetary transaction, - a second terminal in the form of a mobile terminal and - a server communicatively connected to the first terminal and to the second terminal via a communication network, wherein - one from the first terminal and the second terminal has a tactile or acoustic output device (20, 32) that is designed to output an identification sequence having a predetermined number of digits in tactile or acoustic fashion, - the other from the first terminal and the second terminal has an input device that has a key arrangement having a predetermined number of keys and is designed to transmit an input sequence input by a user by means of the key arrangement of the input device on the basis of the digits of the identification sequence to the server, and - the server is designed to translate the input sequence into an input security identifier on the basis of the identification sequence and to verify the input security identifier against a previously known security identifier.
An apparatus comprising: a transformation unit adapted to transform quadrature phase shift keying (QPSK) sequences of first and second input signals into first and second signals of complex binary sequences that include real and imaginary components, wherein the transformation of the QPSK sequences is performed by a ± ( π /4) phase rotation of the QPSK sequences; and a cross-correlator to cross-correlate the first and second signals of complex binary sequences based on a sign bit (325, 335) and a type bit (335, 337) provided by the transformation unit, wherein the sign bit (325, 335) represents the sign of the complex binary sequences by indicating whether the rotated symbols are plus or minus, and wherein the type bit (335, 337) represents whether a transformed bit of the complex binary sequence is real or imaginary. a transformation unit adapted to transform quadrature phase shift keying (QPSK) sequences of first and second input signals into first and second signals of complex binary sequences that include real and imaginary components, wherein the transformation of the QPSK sequences is performed by a ± ( π /4) phase rotation of the QPSK sequences; and a cross-correlator to cross-correlate the first and second signals of complex binary sequences based on a sign bit (325, 335) and a type bit (335, 337) provided by the transformation unit, wherein the sign bit (325, 335) represents the sign of the complex binary sequences by indicating whether the rotated symbols are plus or minus, and wherein the type bit (335, 337) represents whether a transformed bit of the complex binary sequence is real or imaginary.
Use of an apparatus to measure the flux of at least one gaseous species emanating from a subsurface source thereof, the apparatus comprising: a hollow container having a first opening exposed to ambient air and an opposing second opening exposed to said at least one gaseous species emanating from said subsurface source, a first chamber, and a second chamber in gaseous communication with the first chamber, the first chamber being in gaseous communication with the first opening of said hollow container, and the second chamber being in gaseous communication with the second opening of said hollow container; a first absorbing material effective for absorbing said at least one gaseous species and disposed in the first chamber and adapted to permit ambient air to flow therethrough; and a second absorbing material effective for absorbing said at least one gaseous species and disposed in the second chamber and adapted to permit the at least one gaseous species emanating from said subsurface source to flow therethrough; whereby said first absorbing material prevents said at least one gaseous species present in the ambient air from reaching said second absorbing material. a hollow container having a first opening exposed to ambient air and an opposing second opening exposed to said at least one gaseous species emanating from said subsurface source, a first chamber, and a second chamber in gaseous communication with the first chamber, the first chamber being in gaseous communication with the first opening of said hollow container, and the second chamber being in gaseous communication with the second opening of said hollow container; a first absorbing material effective for absorbing said at least one gaseous species and disposed in the first chamber and adapted to permit ambient air to flow therethrough; and a second absorbing material effective for absorbing said at least one gaseous species and disposed in the second chamber and adapted to permit the at least one gaseous species emanating from said subsurface source to flow therethrough; whereby said first absorbing material prevents said at least one gaseous species present in the ambient air from reaching said second absorbing material.
Sealing device for a motor vehicle heat exchanger consisting of a plate comprising a central recess configured to allow a heat exchanger pipe to pass through characterized in that at least two opposite end edges of said plate are each equipped with a snap-fastening means, each able to interact with complementary snap-fastening elements integrated in a housing located in a support frame of the heat exchanger, and characterized in that the sealing device comprises an elastically deformable sealing means (6, 14), arranged around the central recess formed in the plate.
An organic photovoltaic cell, comprising: a substrate; a lower electrode; an electron transfer layer; a photoactive layer; a first hole transfer layer; a second hole transfer layer; and an upper electrode are sequentially laminated on the substrate, wherein the first hole transfer layer has higher sheet resistance than the second hole transfer layer, characterized in that the first hole transfer layer has a thickness of 100 nm to 500 nm and, the second hole transfer layer has a thickness of 1,000 nm to 5,000 nm.
Sensor apparatus for a sail, the apparatus comprising:- a unique apparatus identifier; a transceiver; and an in-use sensor for determining whether the sail is in an in-use or a dormant condition, the in-use sensor comprising a light sensor for measuring light falling on the apparatus, and one or more accelerometers for measuring orientation and vibration of the apparatus, an in-use condition being determined from reviewing measurements from both the light sensor and the one or more accelerometers; an in use condition being established when:- a) the light sensor measures a value above a predetermined threshold value; or b) in the case that the measured value from the light sensor is below the predetermined threshold value, the one or more accelerometers measure values for both orientation and vibration above predetermined threshold values for orientation and vibration. a unique apparatus identifier; a transceiver; and an in-use sensor for determining whether the sail is in an in-use or a dormant condition, the in-use sensor comprising a light sensor for measuring light falling on the apparatus, and one or more accelerometers for measuring orientation and vibration of the apparatus, an in-use condition being determined from reviewing measurements from both the light sensor and the one or more accelerometers; an in use condition being established when:- a) the light sensor measures a value above a predetermined threshold value; or b) in the case that the measured value from the light sensor is below the predetermined threshold value, the one or more accelerometers measure values for both orientation and vibration above predetermined threshold values for orientation and vibration. a) the light sensor measures a value above a predetermined threshold value; or b) in the case that the measured value from the light sensor is below the predetermined threshold value, the one or more accelerometers measure values for both orientation and vibration above predetermined threshold values for orientation and vibration.
Method for the production of plastic profiles using an extruder, a pipehead arranged downstream of the extruder in the direction of production, and a calibrating station in which the plastic profile is adjustable to the inner surface of a calibration device, the plastic profile, while being driven through the calibration device comprising at least one calibration sleeve and a flexible and coolable bellow, being set under overpressure in the area of the calibration device, the overpressure being created by means of the flexible and coolable bellow inside the plastic profile, for which the flexible bellow inside the plastic profile is filled with a fluid to such extent that the necessary overpressure can be created in a section of the plastic profile, characterized in that an additional inner cooling is provided at least throughout the section, in which the overpressure is created inside the plastic profile, that is between the pipehead and the flexible and coolable bellow, the cross section of the calibration device, especially the diameter, being modifiable, the calibration device being adjusted in dependence of the measuring gap of the pipehead or vice versa by means of a control system.
A composition for use in therapeutically improving, promoting, restoring or maintaining white matter integrity in a subject suffering from PKU and/or in a subject suffering from or at increased risk of white matter abnormalities or impaired white matter integrity associated with PKU, said composition comprising therapeutic amounts of ω-3 polyunsaturated fatty acid (LCPUFA) selected from the group consisting of docosahexaenoic acid, eicosapentaenoic acid and docosapentaenoic acid; and one of more of uridine, deoxyuridine, uridine phosphates, uracil, and acylated uridine, said composition comprising at least DHA, said composition further comprising therapeutic amounts of vitamin D and vitamin K, and wherein the composition further comprises proteinaceous matter which is essentially free from phenylalanine.