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A method for processing a database session maintained in a database system comprising one or more clients, a database session server and a source database, the database session server maintaining the database session with one of the clients, the database session comprising a plurality of data pieces loaded from the source database to the database session server, the method comprising, at the database session server during the database session: receiving, from the client, a first request to update at least a first data piece of the database session; responding, to the client, with a first response to indicate an update of the first data piece in accordance with the first request; publishing the update of the first data piece to enable further processing of the updated first data piece and/or any second data piece of the database session related to the updated first data piece using the source database; processing a first indication indicating that the updated first data piece is to be further updated and/or a second data piece of the database session is to be updated; receiving, from the client, a second request to update at least a third data piece of the database session; and responding, to the client, with a second response to indicate an update of the third data piece in accordance with the second request and an update of the updated first data piece and/or an update of the second data piece in accordance with the processed first indication. receiving, from the client, a first request to update at least a first data piece of the database session; responding, to the client, with a first response to indicate an update of the first data piece in accordance with the first request; publishing the update of the first data piece to enable further processing of the updated first data piece and/or any second data piece of the database session related to the updated first data piece using the source database; processing a first indication indicating that the updated first data piece is to be further updated and/or a second data piece of the database session is to be updated; receiving, from the client, a second request to update at least a third data piece of the database session; and responding, to the client, with a second response to indicate an update of the third data piece in accordance with the second request and an update of the updated first data piece and/or an update of the second data piece in accordance with the processed first indication.
A digital slide scanning apparatus carousel for holding a plurality of glass slide racks, comprising: a base having a lower surface, an upper surface and an exterior edge, the exterior edge of the base being generally circular from a top view perspective; a plurality of rack spacers extending upward from the base, wherein adjacent pairs of rack spacers define a rack slot bordered on three sides by the base, a first side of a first rack spacer and a second side of a second rack spacer, and wherein each rack spacer comprises: a first rack stopper on a first side of the rack spacer, a second rack stopper on a second side of the rack spacer, wherein at least a portion of the upper surface of the base angles downward from a more external position on the base toward a more central position on the base and the angle is at least 1 degree; and wherein the base is configured to rotate 360 degrees in either direction. a base having a lower surface, an upper surface and an exterior edge, the exterior edge of the base being generally circular from a top view perspective; a plurality of rack spacers extending upward from the base, wherein adjacent pairs of rack spacers define a rack slot bordered on three sides by the base, a first side of a first rack spacer and a second side of a second rack spacer, and wherein each rack spacer comprises: a first rack stopper on a first side of the rack spacer, a second rack stopper on a second side of the rack spacer, wherein at least a portion of the upper surface of the base angles downward from a more external position on the base toward a more central position on the base and the angle is at least 1 degree; and wherein the base is configured to rotate 360 degrees in either direction. a first rack stopper on a first side of the rack spacer, a second rack stopper on a second side of the rack spacer, wherein at least a portion of the upper surface of the base angles downward from a more external position on the base toward a more central position on the base and the angle is at least 1 degree; and wherein the base is configured to rotate 360 degrees in either direction.
A wearable device, comprising: a body comprising one or more embedded electronic components, the body comprising a thermoset material having a polymeric backbone comprising at least one urethane linkage, the thermoset material having a glass transition temperature, wherein at a first temperature that is lower than the glass transition temperature, the body has an original shape; wherein when the body is heated to a second temperature that is higher than the glass transition temperature, the body is deformable from the original shape to a first shape and when the body is cooled to a third temperature that is lower than the glass transition temperature, the first shape is maintained; and wherein the body is configured to transition from the first shape to the original shape when the body is heated from the third temperature to a fourth temperature that is higher than the glass transition temperature. a body comprising one or more embedded electronic components, the body comprising a thermoset material having a polymeric backbone comprising at least one urethane linkage, the thermoset material having a glass transition temperature, wherein at a first temperature that is lower than the glass transition temperature, the body has an original shape; wherein when the body is heated to a second temperature that is higher than the glass transition temperature, the body is deformable from the original shape to a first shape and when the body is cooled to a third temperature that is lower than the glass transition temperature, the first shape is maintained; and wherein the body is configured to transition from the first shape to the original shape when the body is heated from the third temperature to a fourth temperature that is higher than the glass transition temperature.
A pin fin heat sink comprising: a plurality of pin fins extending from a base plate, at least one of the plurality of pin fins defining a hollow portion therein with at least one inner wall; a phase change material sealed within the at least one pin fin to absorb transient thermal loads that the pin fin is subjected to; characterised by further comprising: a metal foam material disposed within the hollow portion, wherein the metal foam material is positioned along a central portion of the hollow portion to form an annular space between the metal foam material and the at least one inner wall, to increase thermal conductivity of the phase change material. a plurality of pin fins extending from a base plate, at least one of the plurality of pin fins defining a hollow portion therein with at least one inner wall; a phase change material sealed within the at least one pin fin to absorb transient thermal loads that the pin fin is subjected to; characterised by further comprising: a metal foam material disposed within the hollow portion, wherein the metal foam material is positioned along a central portion of the hollow portion to form an annular space between the metal foam material and the at least one inner wall, to increase thermal conductivity of the phase change material.
A medicament delivery system, comprising: a medicament container; and a plunger displaceably disposed relative to the medicament container for ejecting medicament from the medicament container; a delay mechanism; wherein the delay mechanism is adapted to, subsequent to completion of medicament delivery, automatically activate a subsystem or initiate an operation, characterized in that a predetermined displacement of the plunger activates the delay mechanism prior to completion of medicament delivery from the medicament container, wherein the delay mechanism comprises: a delay activator and a rotatable spool; spool; wherein the plunger includes a tail portion wrapped around the rotatable spool; wherein as the plunger advances in the medicament container, the tail portion unwinds from the spool; and wherein a predetermined rotation of the spool activates the delay activator, which in turn activates the delay mechanism. a medicament container; and a plunger displaceably disposed relative to the medicament container for ejecting medicament from the medicament container; a delay mechanism; wherein the delay mechanism is adapted to, subsequent to completion of medicament delivery, automatically activate a subsystem or initiate an operation, characterized in that a predetermined displacement of the plunger activates the delay mechanism prior to completion of medicament delivery from the medicament container, wherein the delay mechanism comprises: a delay activator and a rotatable spool; spool; wherein the plunger includes a tail portion wrapped around the rotatable spool; wherein as the plunger advances in the medicament container, the tail portion unwinds from the spool; and wherein a predetermined rotation of the spool activates the delay activator, which in turn activates the delay mechanism. a delay activator and a rotatable spool; spool; wherein the plunger includes a tail portion wrapped around the rotatable spool; wherein as the plunger advances in the medicament container, the tail portion unwinds from the spool; and wherein a predetermined rotation of the spool activates the delay activator, which in turn activates the delay mechanism.
An implantable device adapted to sense ambient intraocular pressure, the device comprising: first and second membranes (439a, 439b) separated by an intermembrane gap (g), the first and second membranes (439a, 439b) being configured to move with respect to each other in response to changes in pressure to change the size of the intermembrane gap (g), wherein the first and second membranes (439a, 439b) are deformable in response to a change in intraocular pressure; characterised by a plurality of nanophotonic components embedded in the first and second membranes (439a, 439b), the nanophotonic components being configured to reflect light; further characterised in that a change in the intermembrane gap size causes a shift (Δ s) of a resonance of the nanophotonic components embedded in the first and second membranes (439a, 439b), thereby shifting a resonance dip in the optical spectrum of the reflected light. first and second membranes (439a, 439b) separated by an intermembrane gap (g), the first and second membranes (439a, 439b) being configured to move with respect to each other in response to changes in pressure to change the size of the intermembrane gap (g), wherein the first and second membranes (439a, 439b) are deformable in response to a change in intraocular pressure; characterised by a plurality of nanophotonic components embedded in the first and second membranes (439a, 439b), the nanophotonic components being configured to reflect light; further characterised in that a change in the intermembrane gap size causes a shift (Δ s) of a resonance of the nanophotonic components embedded in the first and second membranes (439a, 439b), thereby shifting a resonance dip in the optical spectrum of the reflected light.
An oligoester comprising at least two structural units, each structural unit having a diol fragment containing a quaternary nitrogen atom and a diacid fragment attached to one another by an ester linkage, said structural units defining a backbone extending through said ester linkages and said quaternary nitrogen atoms, wherein at least one of said diol fragment comprises an alkoxy group which is bound between said diol fragment and at least one of said diacid fragments, wherein the oligoester is of formula II wherein s is a whole number of 2 or greater, -OB-D-EO- is a diol fragment, OB and EO are -CH 2 -0, D is an alkylene group, saturated or unsaturated, straight chain or branched, substituted or unsubstituted, having 1 to 50 carbon atoms, OK and JO comprise propoxy groups, F is part of the diacid fragment, and is at least one atom, preferably an alkyl group or radical or alkylene group, saturated or unsaturated, straight chain or branched, substituted or unsubstituted, having 1 to 60 carbon atoms, and A and G are end groups. s is a whole number of 2 or greater, -OB-D-EO- is a diol fragment, OB and EO are -CH 2 -0, D is an alkylene group, saturated or unsaturated, straight chain or branched, substituted or unsubstituted, having 1 to 50 carbon atoms, OK and JO comprise propoxy groups, F is part of the diacid fragment, and is at least one atom, preferably an alkyl group or radical or alkylene group, saturated or unsaturated, straight chain or branched, substituted or unsubstituted, having 1 to 60 carbon atoms, and A and G are end groups.
A method of preparing a peptide comprising the amino acid sequence His-Gly-Asp-Gly-Ser-Phe-Ser-Asp-Glu-Met-Asn-Thr-Ile-Leu-Asp-Asn-Leu-Ala-Ala-Arg-Asp-Phe-Ile-Asn-Trp-Leu-Ile-Gln-Thr-Lys-Ile-Thr-Asp (SEQ ID NO:1), the method comprising the steps of: (a) providing by solid phase peptide synthesis a first peptide fragment comprising the amino acid sequence X-Ser-Phe-Ser-Asp-Glu-Met-Asn-Thr-Ile-Leu-Asp-Asn-Leu-Ala-Ala-Arg-Asp-Phe-Ile-Asn-Trp-Leu-Ile-Gln-Thr-Lys-Ile-Thr-Asp (SEQ ID NO:2), wherein X is a first protection group and wherein the C-terminal residue of the first peptide fragment is conjugated to a support; (b) providing by solid phase peptide synthesis a second peptide fragment comprising the amino acid sequence Y-His-Gly-Asp-Gly (SEQ ID NO:3), wherein Y is a second protection group; (c) removing the first protection group from the first peptide fragment; and (d) coupling the second peptide fragment to the N-terminally deprotected, support-conjugated first peptide fragment. (a) providing by solid phase peptide synthesis a first peptide fragment comprising the amino acid sequence X-Ser-Phe-Ser-Asp-Glu-Met-Asn-Thr-Ile-Leu-Asp-Asn-Leu-Ala-Ala-Arg-Asp-Phe-Ile-Asn-Trp-Leu-Ile-Gln-Thr-Lys-Ile-Thr-Asp (SEQ ID NO:2), wherein X is a first protection group and wherein the C-terminal residue of the first peptide fragment is conjugated to a support; (b) providing by solid phase peptide synthesis a second peptide fragment comprising the amino acid sequence Y-His-Gly-Asp-Gly (SEQ ID NO:3), wherein Y is a second protection group; (c) removing the first protection group from the first peptide fragment; and (d) coupling the second peptide fragment to the N-terminally deprotected, support-conjugated first peptide fragment.
A fiber optic adapter, comprising: a housing having a longitudinal passage extending between a first opening at a first end of the housing and a second opening at a second end of the housing, the housing sized to fit within a fiber optic receptacle; and a locking member interfaced with the housing and sized to fit within a retaining notch in the fiber optic receptacle to prevent separation of the housing from the receptacle, characterized in that the fiber optic adapter comprises a deflectable member in the longitudinal passage of the housing configured to retain a fiber optic terminus in the housing, the deflectable member functioning as a rearward direction stop for the fiber optic terminus to bring a leading end of a fiber optic filament retained by the fiber optic terminus into optical contact with an optical component retained by the fiber optic receptacle. a housing having a longitudinal passage extending between a first opening at a first end of the housing and a second opening at a second end of the housing, the housing sized to fit within a fiber optic receptacle; and a locking member interfaced with the housing and sized to fit within a retaining notch in the fiber optic receptacle to prevent separation of the housing from the receptacle, characterized in that the fiber optic adapter comprises a deflectable member in the longitudinal passage of the housing configured to retain a fiber optic terminus in the housing, the deflectable member functioning as a rearward direction stop for the fiber optic terminus to bring a leading end of a fiber optic filament retained by the fiber optic terminus into optical contact with an optical component retained by the fiber optic receptacle.
A method for reducing allergenicity of a composition, the method comprising treating the composition by cation exchange and/or affinity chromatography to remove cationic proteins, wherein the removed cationic proteins comprise proteins comprising a C-terminal transcription infidelity peptide sequence enriched in basic amino acids resulting from a TI deletion and comprising a sequence selected from any one of SEQ ID NOs: 1-5, 6-10; or any one of SEQ ID NOs: 74-109, 16-51; or any one of SEQ ID NOs: 110- 120, 121-131, and wherein the method comprises removing at least 50% by weight of the cationic proteins having an isoelectric point above 7.4.
A method for producing a carbon fiber aggregate characterized in that an edge material of a carbon fiber base material composed of carbon fibers is cut to obtain a cut piece, and said cut piece is fed into an opening machine to decompose, whereby a mixture of carbon fiber bundles and refined carbon fibers is obtained, the mixture is again fed again into the opening machine to obtain cotton-like carbon fibers in which carbon fiber bundles almost do not exist, and the cotton-like carbon fibers are mixed with thermoplastic resin fibers or glass fibers and this mixture is fed again into the opening machine to obtain a mixture of raw cotton-like carbon fibers composed of carbon fibers and thermoplastic resin fibers or glass fibers, and this mixture of raw cotton-like carbon fibers composed of carbon fibers and thermoplastic resin fibers or glass fibers is fed into a carding machine to form a web and/or made into a nonwoven fabric to obtain a carbon fiber aggregate composed of carbon fibers and thermoplastic resin fibers or glass fibers, and wherein a binder or a tackifier has been applied for said carbon fiber base material.
A cannabinoid for use in the prophylactic treatment of pre-cachexia or cachexia in a patient suffering from cancer, wherein said cannabinoid is administered in an amount of 0.1 mg to 0.5 mg/day and administration is started prior to chemotherapy and is maintained for at least the duration of the chemotherapy.
A method of manufacturing an active material including particles of a composite oxide represented by a general formula Ti 1±x Nb 2±y M z O 7-δ; M is at least one element selected from the group consisting of Mg, Fe, Ni, Co, W, Ta, and Mo, and each subscript satisfies 0 ≤ x ≤ 0.15, 0 ≤ y ≤ 0.3, 0.01 < z ≤ 0.2, and 0 < δ < 0.3; and a carbon-including phase formed on the surface of the particles, the method comprising: preparing a mixture by mixing in a liquid, a compound including Ti, a compound including Nb, a carbon source, and a compound including the element M; obtaining a precursor including Ti, Nb, M, C, and O from the mixture; and calcining the precursor in a mixed atmosphere including nitrogen and oxygen, or argon and oxygen, where an oxygen concentration of the mixed atmosphere is 5% to 15%. preparing a mixture by mixing in a liquid, a compound including Ti, a compound including Nb, a carbon source, and a compound including the element M; obtaining a precursor including Ti, Nb, M, C, and O from the mixture; and calcining the precursor in a mixed atmosphere including nitrogen and oxygen, or argon and oxygen, where an oxygen concentration of the mixed atmosphere is 5% to 15%.
System for energy generation or storage on an electrochemical basis, comprising at least one flow cell, each flow cell consisting of two half-cells through which differently charged electrolyte liquids (21, 22) flow and which are separated by a membrane, at least one electrode being disposed in each of these half-cells, and a tank being provided for each of the electrolyte liquids, wherein each electrolyte liquid (21, 22) is circulated through a half-cell each and the tank corresponding to the half-cell, wherein a common gas volume connecting the tanks is provided, that at least one catalyst for reducing the positive reaction partner of the redox pair in contact with the positive electrolyte liquid and also with the common gas volume is disposed in the tank for the positive electrolyte liquid characterized in that the catalyst is applied to an arrangement floating on the positive electrolyte liquid, the arrangement being arranged in such a way that the positive electrolyte liquid flows periodically or continually over one of the surfaces of the catalyst due to the circulation of the positive electrolyte liquid through the corresponding half-cell.
A system for inner spinous distraction, the system comprising: an inner spinous distractor configured to be pulled into position through the inner spinous ligament between two spinous processes (103, 103') and to distract the two spinous processes (103, 103'); a pullwire having a tissue-penetrating distal end and a coupler at the proximal end, the coupler configured to releasably couple to the inner spinous distractor so that the pullwire may be used to pull the inner spinous distractor into position; and a cannulated probe configured to position the pull wire between two spinous processes. an inner spinous distractor configured to be pulled into position through the inner spinous ligament between two spinous processes (103, 103') and to distract the two spinous processes (103, 103'); a pullwire having a tissue-penetrating distal end and a coupler at the proximal end, the coupler configured to releasably couple to the inner spinous distractor so that the pullwire may be used to pull the inner spinous distractor into position; and a cannulated probe configured to position the pull wire between two spinous processes.
Charging apparatus for the dimensionally stable heat treatment of workpieces, in particular those of a disk or ring shape, having a charging rack for horizontally mounting the workpiece, characterized in that at least three screw-type mandrels or ball joint mandrels are arranged on the charging rack, wherein the ball joint mandrels having a base plate with a female thread, a screw element with a male thread matched to the female thread and a head that has a spherical segment surface, and a pressure piece matched precisely to the spherical segment surface of the head and arranged movably thereon.