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A light-directing apparatus for off-axial preferential-side distribution of light from a light emitter having an emitter axis and being an LED package including at least one LED and a primary lens over the LED, comprising: a lens member which is a secondary lens positionable over the primary lens of the light emitter and having: an inner surface; an outer surface configured for refracting emitter light; and a shield member; wherein the lens member has a proximal end proximal said light emitter, said proximal end being transverse the emitter axis and defining a shield opening; wherein the inner surface defines an off-axis shield void which extends from the shield opening; and wherein the shield member is disposed in the shield void in a position in the path of light emitted toward the non-preferential side; wherein the shield member is snugly received in the shield void and includes a reflective front surface being entirely within the lens member in the position in the path of light emitted toward the non-preferential side to redirect such light toward the preferential side, characterised in that said reflective front surface is positioned to generally face said primary lens. a lens member which is a secondary lens positionable over the primary lens of the light emitter and having: an inner surface; an outer surface configured for refracting emitter light; and a shield member; wherein the lens member has a proximal end proximal said light emitter, said proximal end being transverse the emitter axis and defining a shield opening; wherein the inner surface defines an off-axis shield void which extends from the shield opening; and wherein the shield member is disposed in the shield void in a position in the path of light emitted toward the non-preferential side; wherein the shield member is snugly received in the shield void and includes a reflective front surface being entirely within the lens member in the position in the path of light emitted toward the non-preferential side to redirect such light toward the preferential side, characterised in that said reflective front surface is positioned to generally face said primary lens. an inner surface; an outer surface configured for refracting emitter light; and a shield member; wherein the lens member has a proximal end proximal said light emitter, said proximal end being transverse the emitter axis and defining a shield opening; wherein the inner surface defines an off-axis shield void which extends from the shield opening; and wherein the shield member is disposed in the shield void in a position in the path of light emitted toward the non-preferential side; wherein the shield member is snugly received in the shield void and includes a reflective front surface being entirely within the lens member in the position in the path of light emitted toward the non-preferential side to redirect such light toward the preferential side, characterised in that said reflective front surface is positioned to generally face said primary lens.
A method of providing information relating to a path being travelled using a navigation apparatus, the method comprising: displaying, simultaneously with a 2D or 3D navigation map, a linear representation of at least a portion of a path (108, 609) being travelled in a display window of the navigation apparatus; determining that a current position of the navigation apparatus is a predetermined distance or estimated time from a given location on the path, wherein the given location is indicative of the presence of a speed limit enforcement device; automatically increasing a scale of the displayed representation of the path in response to the determination, so as to display a shorter portion of the path being travelled in the display window; and, automatically decreasing the scale of the displayed representation of the path once the given location has been passed, wherein said automatically decreasing the scale of the displayed representation of the path once the given location has been passed comprises implementing, once the given location has been passed, a delay, in order to allow a user to interact with the navigation apparatus to indicate that the speed limit enforcement device was not present, before automatically decreasing the scale of the displayed representation of the path to the scale of the displayed representation prior to the increase in scale; the method further comprising: receiving, once the given location has been passed, a user interaction with the navigation apparatus to indicate that the speed limit enforcement device was not present. displaying, simultaneously with a 2D or 3D navigation map, a linear representation of at least a portion of a path (108, 609) being travelled in a display window of the navigation apparatus; determining that a current position of the navigation apparatus is a predetermined distance or estimated time from a given location on the path, wherein the given location is indicative of the presence of a speed limit enforcement device; automatically increasing a scale of the displayed representation of the path in response to the determination, so as to display a shorter portion of the path being travelled in the display window; and, automatically decreasing the scale of the displayed representation of the path once the given location has been passed, wherein said automatically decreasing the scale of the displayed representation of the path once the given location has been passed comprises implementing, once the given location has been passed, a delay, in order to allow a user to interact with the navigation apparatus to indicate that the speed limit enforcement device was not present, before automatically decreasing the scale of the displayed representation of the path to the scale of the displayed representation prior to the increase in scale; the method further comprising: receiving, once the given location has been passed, a user interaction with the navigation apparatus to indicate that the speed limit enforcement device was not present.
A multilayer plastic card comprising at least one polyester resin layer including a polyester resin which comprises a residue of a diol component comprising 0.1 mol% to 85 mol% of isosorbide and a residue of a dicarboxylic acid component, wherein the at least one polyester resin layer includes a laminate including two or more polyester resin layers that are sequentially bonded, wherein peel strength of the bonding between the polyester resin layers in the laminate according to the ISO 10373-1 standard is 50 N/mm or more.
Transport padding, comprising a foam padding body which has corners (1.3) and, when in a use position, has an upper and a lower side (1.1, 1.2), the upper side (1.1) being designed to receive an object to be transported, and the lower side (1.2) being designed as a standing surface, characterised in that each corner (1.3) is connected to the padding body via an easily breakable connecting region (1.4), and, after the connecting regions (1.4) have been broken off, the standing surface has an annular shape for the rolling transport of the object.
A plasmid that reports expression or concentration of a component of a biofilm or planktonic cell population, wherein said component is selected from the group of arginine and autoinducer-2(AI-2), where said plasmid comprises a first fluorescent marker under the control of a constitutive first promoter active in Streptococcus gordonii (S. gordonii) and a second fluorescent marker under the control of a second promoter active in S. gordonii induced by said component.
A compound represented by: or wherein: E is S or NR 10; R 2 -R 9 are individually H, F, Cl, Br, I, CN, OR 11, SR 11, NO 2, alkyl, alkoxy, aryl, amino, or any two adjacent groups of R 2 -R 9 may join to form a monocyclic, polycyclic, or heterocyclic group; each R 11 is individually H or alkyl; R 12 is an alkylene group; R 1 and R 10 are individually represented by: or R 15 -R 18 are individually H or alkyl; n is 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, or 12; n' is 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, or 12; and x is 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, or 12. E is S or NR 10; R 2 -R 9 are individually H, F, Cl, Br, I, CN, OR 11, SR 11, NO 2, alkyl, alkoxy, aryl, amino, or any two adjacent groups of R 2 -R 9 may join to form a monocyclic, polycyclic, or heterocyclic group; each R 11 is individually H or alkyl; R 12 is an alkylene group; R 1 and R 10 are individually represented by: or R 15 -R 18 are individually H or alkyl; n is 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, or 12; n' is 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, or 12; and x is 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, or 12.
A polymer composition comprising a polyethylene and a crosslinking agent, characterized in that the polymer composition contains a total amount of vinyl groups which is B vinyl groups per 1000 carbon atoms, and B 1 ≤ B, wherein B 1 is 0.88, when measured prior to crosslinking according to method ASTM D6248-98; and in that the crosslinking agent is present in an amount which is Z wt%, based on the total amount (100 wt%) of the polymer composition, and Z ≤ Z 2, wherein Z 2 is 0.60.
A method for evaluating or searching for an amount of biophotons-reducing agent, comprising: a step of administering a test substance comprising said agent to a subject or bringing the test substance comprising said agent into contact with the subject; a step of irradiating the skin or skin cells of the subject with ultraviolet light, detecting an amount of biophotons within a specific period after the irradiation, and then a step of evaluating the test substance using the amount of biophotons detected within the specific period after the irradiation, characterized in that 90% or more of the specific period overlaps a period from 1 to 3 minutes after the irradiation.
A viscous torsional vibration damper having the following features: a) an annular damper housing having an internal wall that delimits a damper chamber; b) an inertia ring arranged in the damper chamber; c) a bearing device that supports the inertia ring in the damper housing, is arranged loose - i.e. not pre-tensioned - between the inertia ring and the internal wall of the damper housing, and has at least one bearing element (5, 6; 5', 6') comprising an axial bearing portion and/or a radial bearing portion; d) a shear gap that is located between the inertia ring and the internal wall of the damper housing and filled with a viscous fluid, e) a plurality of the axial bearing portions and/or a plurality of the radial bearing portions that are distributed around the circumference of the at least one bearing element (5, 6; 5', 6'), f) the at least one bearing element (5, 6; 5', 6') further having a plurality of material webs that connect together either two of the axial bearing portions or two of the radial bearing portions, characterised in that g) a plurality of the axial bearing portions are connected to one another by the material webs and the material webs are designed as axial webs and/or a plurality of the radial bearing portions are connected to one another by the material webs and the material webs are designed as radial webs, the strip thickness of the bearing elements (5, 6; 5' 6') in the region of the material webs (10, 9) being less than the strip thickness (X2, Y2) in the axial bearing portions and/or in the radial bearing portions. a) an annular damper housing having an internal wall that delimits a damper chamber; b) an inertia ring arranged in the damper chamber; c) a bearing device that supports the inertia ring in the damper housing, is arranged loose - i.e. not pre-tensioned - between the inertia ring and the internal wall of the damper housing, and has at least one bearing element (5, 6; 5', 6') comprising an axial bearing portion and/or a radial bearing portion; d) a shear gap that is located between the inertia ring and the internal wall of the damper housing and filled with a viscous fluid, e) a plurality of the axial bearing portions and/or a plurality of the radial bearing portions that are distributed around the circumference of the at least one bearing element (5, 6; 5', 6'), f) the at least one bearing element (5, 6; 5', 6') further having a plurality of material webs that connect together either two of the axial bearing portions or two of the radial bearing portions, characterised in that g) a plurality of the axial bearing portions are connected to one another by the material webs and the material webs are designed as axial webs and/or a plurality of the radial bearing portions are connected to one another by the material webs and the material webs are designed as radial webs, the strip thickness of the bearing elements (5, 6; 5' 6') in the region of the material webs (10, 9) being less than the strip thickness (X2, Y2) in the axial bearing portions and/or in the radial bearing portions.
Fibrous substrate obtained by a wet-laid process, resistant to crumpling and soiling, characterized in that it comprises, by mass, at least: - from 40% to 96% by dry weight of fibres, in particular cellulosic fibres, relative to the dry weight of said substrate, - from 1% to 20% by dry weight, relative to the dry weight of fibres, of at least one anionic polymer having a glass transition temperature of greater than -40°C, which is in particular carboxylated, - from 0.5% to 5% by dry weight of at least one cationic precipitation agent, relative to the dry weight of fibres, and - from 0.001% to 1% by dry weight of at least one biocidal agent, said anionic polymer being present in a form precipitated on the surface of said fibres, and said fibrous substrate being impregnated at the surface and in depth with at least one biocide. - from 40% to 96% by dry weight of fibres, in particular cellulosic fibres, relative to the dry weight of said substrate, - from 1% to 20% by dry weight, relative to the dry weight of fibres, of at least one anionic polymer having a glass transition temperature of greater than -40°C, which is in particular carboxylated, - from 0.5% to 5% by dry weight of at least one cationic precipitation agent, relative to the dry weight of fibres, and - from 0.001% to 1% by dry weight of at least one biocidal agent,
Method of separating the liquid part from the materials in suspension of a sludge fed in a continuous stream at a flow rate Q EB = V/hour, V being a volume, in which air is injected at a flow rate d, characterised in that the flow rate d > 1.5 Q EB, in that the stream is introduced and passed under pressure into a closed enclosure of volume v < V/20, without recirculation of the effluents inside the enclosure in a loop, the air being injected into the enclosure maintained at a pressure greater than the value of 0.3 bar relative, said enclosure being fed and evacuated continuously at the same flow rate or substantially at the same continuous effluent inlet and outlet flow rate, then the substances in suspension of the stream so treated are filtered or decanted into a recovery container.
Ghrelin for use in the treatment of concussion in a subject, wherein the ghrelin is to be administered to the subject in an amount sufficient to treat the concussion, wherein when administered a selective androgen receptor modulator is not administered.
A base station for a wireless communication system configured to transmit user data to a wireless device upon a first carrier, the base station comprising one or more interfaces configured to communicatively couple the base station to the wireless communication system, and characterized by one or more processing circuits configured to: identify, from a set of transmission resources that is nominally allocated for transmission of user data by the base station upon the first carrier, a subset of transmission resources that is also nominally allocated for transmission of a reference or control signal upon a second carrier, the second carrier being deployed for use by wireless devices having legacy capabilities and the first carrier being deployed for use by wireless devices having non-legacy capabilities in addition to or instead of the legacy capabilities; and selectively transmit user data to the wireless device upon the first carrier exclusive of the identified subset of transmission resources; wherein the first carrier is of a type configured to contain no, or a reduced amount of, control and/or reference signals, as compared to the carrier type of the second carrier. identify, from a set of transmission resources that is nominally allocated for transmission of user data by the base station upon the first carrier, a subset of transmission resources that is also nominally allocated for transmission of a reference or control signal upon a second carrier, the second carrier being deployed for use by wireless devices having legacy capabilities and the first carrier being deployed for use by wireless devices having non-legacy capabilities in addition to or instead of the legacy capabilities; and selectively transmit user data to the wireless device upon the first carrier exclusive of the identified subset of transmission resources;
A control apparatus comprising: a posture specifying unit that specifies a posture of a head-mounted display including a light-emitting unit that emits light at luminance according to drive current, the posture specified based on a posture specifying image taken by a camera, the posture specifying image including an image of the light-emitting unit; a luminance information specifying unit that specifies information indicating the luminance of the light-emitting unit based on a luminance specifying image taken by the camera that takes the posture specifying image, the luminance specifying image including an image of the light-emitting unit; and a drive current control unit that controls the drive current of the light-emitting unit based on the specified information indicating the luminance of the light-emitting unit, wherein the luminance information specifying unit specifies the information indicating the luminance of the light-emitting unit based on an area occupied by the light-emitting unit in the luminance specifying image including the image of the light-emitting unit. a posture specifying unit that specifies a posture of a head-mounted display including a light-emitting unit that emits light at luminance according to drive current, the posture specified based on a posture specifying image taken by a camera, the posture specifying image including an image of the light-emitting unit; a luminance information specifying unit that specifies information indicating the luminance of the light-emitting unit based on a luminance specifying image taken by the camera that takes the posture specifying image, the luminance specifying image including an image of the light-emitting unit; and a drive current control unit that controls the drive current of the light-emitting unit based on the specified information indicating the luminance of the light-emitting unit, wherein the luminance information specifying unit specifies the information indicating the luminance of the light-emitting unit based on an area occupied by the light-emitting unit in the luminance specifying image including the image of the light-emitting unit.
A method of identifying a patient suffering from cancer who may benefit from anti-cancer therapy other than or in addition to anti-angiogenic therapy, comprising determining expression level of placental growth factor (PlGF) in a sample obtained from the patient, wherein increased expression level of PlGF in the sample obtained from the patient as compared to a reference sample indicates that the patient may benefit from anti-cancer therapy other than or in addition to anti-angiogenic therapy.
Box body for a utility vehicle, wherein the box body delimits a loading space with at least one surface element (2, 3a, 3b, 4a, 4b, 5), which a) an outer cover layer assigned to the environment of the utility vehicle, b) an inner cover layer assigned to the loading space and c) a core layer arranged between the outer and inner cover layers, which is formed from a foamed plastic, wherein the at least one surface element (2, 3a, 3b, 4a, 4b, 5) is equipped with an anti-theft means which comprises at least one signal line which is coupled to a monitoring device which triggers an alarm in the event of damage to the signal line, characterized in that the at least one signal line is carried by a grid and that the grid carrying the signal line is arranged with the core layer between the outer and the inner cover layer of the surface element (2, 3a, 3b, 4a, 4b, 5). a) an outer cover layer assigned to the environment of the utility vehicle, b) an inner cover layer assigned to the loading space and c) a core layer arranged between the outer and inner cover layers, which is formed from a foamed plastic,
A drink filling method in which a drink supply pipe line for supplying the drink from a heat-sterilizing unit into a filling machine is sterilized, then filling a container that has been sterilized with the drink supplied from the drink supply pipe line, and thereafter, the container is sealed, wherein an upstream side circulation path is formed by forming an upstream side return path to an upstream side pipe line section passing through the sterilizing unit of the drink supply pipe line, a downstream side circulation path is formed by forming a downstream side return path to a downstream side pipe line section of the drink supply pipe line extending from a downstream side portion of the upstream side pipe line section to the filling machine, an alkaline cleaning liquid is circulated within the upstream side circulation path and the downstream side circulation path to thereby clean and sterilize an interior of the drink supply pipe line, and a drink filling process is started after performing a rinsing treatment with water.
A thermochromic window comprising: a substrate; and a thermochromic thin film formed on the substrate, wherein the thermochromic thin film comprises a thermochromic material doped with a dopant, a concentration of the dopant gradually decreasing in a depth direction from one surface of an upper surface and an undersurface of the thermochromic thin film. a substrate; and a thermochromic thin film formed on the substrate, wherein the thermochromic thin film comprises a thermochromic material doped with a dopant, a concentration of the dopant gradually decreasing in a depth direction from one surface of an upper surface and an undersurface of the thermochromic thin film.
Isolated peptide comprising, or consisting of, a sequence of amino acids selected from the group consisting of - the sequence of dermaseptin B2, the sequence of the precursor of dermaseptin B2; - a sequence of amino acids having at least 80% identity with the sequences of dermaseptin B2 or the precursor of dermaseptin B2; and - a fragment of these sequences; provided that the isolated peptide inhibits cell growth and/or proliferation, for use for inhibiting cell growth and/or proliferation in the treatment or prevention of a tumour. - the sequence of dermaseptin B2, the sequence of the precursor of dermaseptin B2; - a sequence of amino acids having at least 80% identity with the sequences of dermaseptin B2 or the precursor of dermaseptin B2; and - a fragment of these sequences;