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A method for removing α-amylase from an oral fluid sample, in order to minimize or prevent the screening effects caused by said α-amylase in the laboratory assay of said oral fluid sample, said method comprising: contacting said oral fluid with starch thereby binding the amylase to the starch; separating the starch-amylase complexes from the free components, thereby removing the bound amylase; wherein said contacting and said separation are achieved by means of passing said oral fluid through a filtering device loaded with said starch, wherein said starch is in a free state, unbound to any substrate, with the starch-amylase complex being separated from the remaining fluid sample by means of a filter with a predefined size cutoff; collecting the non-bound components in a filtrate having a decreased amount of amylase, thereby obtaining a fluid with reduced amylase concentrations, which can be used for testing of additional agents, bio-markers or hormones present in the fluid. contacting said oral fluid with starch thereby binding the amylase to the starch; separating the starch-amylase complexes from the free components, thereby removing the bound amylase; wherein said contacting and said separation are achieved by means of passing said oral fluid through a filtering device loaded with said starch, wherein said starch is in a free state, unbound to any substrate, with the starch-amylase complex being separated from the remaining fluid sample by means of a filter with a predefined size cutoff; collecting the non-bound components in a filtrate having a decreased amount of amylase, thereby obtaining a fluid with reduced amylase concentrations, which can be used for testing of additional agents, bio-markers or hormones present in the fluid.
A server to provide chronological re-ordering of transmitted conversation components, the server comprising: a communication interface configured to facilitate exchange of messages with other computing devices; a memory configured to store instructions; and one or more processors coupled to the memory and the communication interface, the one or more processors configured to execute, in conjunction with the instructions stored in the memory, a communication service and a conversation module integrated with the communication service, wherein the conversation module is configured to: detect a conversation that includes a sequence of messages within a most recent message; analyze the conversation to determine individual messages of the sequence of messages within the conversation included in the most recent message; parse properties associated with the individual messages, wherein the properties include non-content information associated with the individual messages; re-order the sequence of messages by preserving a placement of the most recent message at a top of the sequence of messages and reversing, based on the parsed properties, a chronological order of the individual messages from old to new; present the conversation with the re-ordered sequence of messages. a communication interface configured to facilitate exchange of messages with other computing devices; a memory configured to store instructions; and one or more processors coupled to the memory and the communication interface, the one or more processors configured to execute, in conjunction with the instructions stored in the memory, a communication service and a conversation module integrated with the communication service, wherein the conversation module is configured to: detect a conversation that includes a sequence of messages within a most recent message; analyze the conversation to determine individual messages of the sequence of messages within the conversation included in the most recent message; parse properties associated with the individual messages, wherein the properties include non-content information associated with the individual messages; re-order the sequence of messages by preserving a placement of the most recent message at a top of the sequence of messages and reversing, based on the parsed properties, a chronological order of the individual messages from old to new; present the conversation with the re-ordered sequence of messages. detect a conversation that includes a sequence of messages within a most recent message; analyze the conversation to determine individual messages of the sequence of messages within the conversation included in the most recent message; parse properties associated with the individual messages, wherein the properties include non-content information associated with the individual messages; re-order the sequence of messages by preserving a placement of the most recent message at a top of the sequence of messages and reversing, based on the parsed properties, a chronological order of the individual messages from old to new; present the conversation with the re-ordered sequence of messages.
A method for manufacturing a bladed Gas Turbine Engine rotor, the method comprising: providing an outer blade ring having an inner circumferential surface defining a central opening; characterized in that the method further comprises the steps of: depositing a transition ring on the inner circumferential surface of the outer blade ring by fusing in a layerwise manner material supplied from at least one superalloy powder feed source or at least one superalloy wire feed source to gradually build-up the transition ring to a predetermined thickness; machining an inner circumferential surface of the transition ring to impart the transition ring with a final thickness; after machining the inner circumferential surface of the transition ring, inserting a hub disk into the central opening such that the transition ring extends around an outer circumferential surface of the hub disk; and bonding the transition ring to the outer circumferential surface of the hub disk to join the transition ring and the outer blade ring thereto. providing an outer blade ring having an inner circumferential surface defining a central opening; characterized in that the method further comprises the steps of: depositing a transition ring on the inner circumferential surface of the outer blade ring by fusing in a layerwise manner material supplied from at least one superalloy powder feed source or at least one superalloy wire feed source to gradually build-up the transition ring to a predetermined thickness; machining an inner circumferential surface of the transition ring to impart the transition ring with a final thickness; after machining the inner circumferential surface of the transition ring, inserting a hub disk into the central opening such that the transition ring extends around an outer circumferential surface of the hub disk; and bonding the transition ring to the outer circumferential surface of the hub disk to join the transition ring and the outer blade ring thereto. depositing a transition ring on the inner circumferential surface of the outer blade ring by fusing in a layerwise manner material supplied from at least one superalloy powder feed source or at least one superalloy wire feed source to gradually build-up the transition ring to a predetermined thickness; machining an inner circumferential surface of the transition ring to impart the transition ring with a final thickness; after machining the inner circumferential surface of the transition ring, inserting a hub disk into the central opening such that the transition ring extends around an outer circumferential surface of the hub disk; and bonding the transition ring to the outer circumferential surface of the hub disk to join the transition ring and the outer blade ring thereto.
GnRH or GnRH analog including pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof for use in a method of treating viral disease wherein the method comprises the concomitant administration of GnRH or GnRH analog including pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof in an amount sufficient to maintain in the patient an elevated unphysiological plasma level of GnRH or GnRH analog, and of one or several natural, semi-synthetic or synthetic sexual hormones in an amount sufficient to compensate for the castration effect of GnRH or GnRH analog.
Local coil for a magnetic resonance tomography system, having a plate-shaped local coil body with a main extension plane, and an electronic apparatus within the local coil body, characterised by - an electrically non-conducting heat sink body, which is linked for conduction of heat to the electronic apparatus and is embodied as a type of plate within the local coil body, in order to distribute heat of the electronic apparatus in the main extension plane of the local coil body. a plate-shaped local coil body with a main extension plane, and an electronic apparatus within the local coil body, characterised by - an electrically non-conducting heat sink body, which is linked for conduction of heat to the electronic apparatus and is embodied as a type of plate within the local coil body, in order to distribute heat of the electronic apparatus in the main extension plane of the local coil body. - an electrically non-conducting heat sink body, which is linked for conduction of heat to the electronic apparatus and is embodied as a type of plate within the local coil body, in order to distribute heat of the electronic apparatus in the main extension plane of the local coil body.
A method of bonding, comprising: applying a compressible interlayer, consisting essentially of a metal or a metal alloy that exhibits solid solubility with tantalum and with cobalt or cobalt-chromium, to a surface portion of a porous tantalum structure by coating the interlayer onto the surface portion of the porous tantalum structure while the structure is in a substantially flat configuration; bending the porous tantalum structure after said surface portion has been coated with the compressible interlayer and prior to placing the exposed surface of the compressible interlayer in contact with the surface of a substrate; positioning the compressible interlayer, between a porous tantalum structure and a substrate comprising cobalt or cobalt-chromium to form an assembly by placing an exposed surface of the compressible interlayer in contact with a surface of the substrate; and applying heat and pressure to the assembly for a time sufficient to achieve solid-state diffusion between the substrate and the compressible interlayer and between the compressible interlayer and the porous tantalum structure. applying a compressible interlayer, consisting essentially of a metal or a metal alloy that exhibits solid solubility with tantalum and with cobalt or cobalt-chromium, to a surface portion of a porous tantalum structure by coating the interlayer onto the surface portion of the porous tantalum structure while the structure is in a substantially flat configuration; bending the porous tantalum structure after said surface portion has been coated with the compressible interlayer and prior to placing the exposed surface of the compressible interlayer in contact with the surface of a substrate; positioning the compressible interlayer, between a porous tantalum structure and a substrate comprising cobalt or cobalt-chromium to form an assembly by placing an exposed surface of the compressible interlayer in contact with a surface of the substrate; and applying heat and pressure to the assembly for a time sufficient to achieve solid-state diffusion between the substrate and the compressible interlayer and between the compressible interlayer and the porous tantalum structure.
A method for use with at least one portable device capable of being associated with each of a plurality of computers (220, 230, 240), the plurality of computers comprising at least a first computer and a second computer, the method comprising acts of: creating authentication information; and storing the authentication information in a store that is accessible by the plurality of computers (220, 230, 240), characterized in that the act comprises creating the authentication information, at least in part, by manually pairing the at least one portable device with at least one of the plurality of computers and the authentication information is associated with a use of the at least one portable device and authenticates the at least one portable device. creating authentication information; and storing the authentication information in a store that is accessible by the plurality of computers (220, 230, 240),
A system including an RFID device and a reader device, the RFID device comprising: a microchip; a combined structure operatively coupled to the microchip and including an antenna section and a conductor loop wherein the conductor loop functions as an impedance transforming section; characterized in that an environmentally sensitive material (4, 6, 17, 19, 21, 27, 29) added to the structure causes a change in an electrical characteristic of the combined structure in response to a signal from the RFID reader resulting in a complex reflected signal received at the reader representing a sensed state of the material (4, 6, 17, 19, 21, 27, 29); wherein the electrical characteristic is a function of an environmental factor being sensed; and wherein, to determine the complex backscatter characteristics related to the environmental factor, the RFID reader is configured to vary the incident radio frequency power transmitted to control the change in electrical characteristic of the combined structure and measure the amplitude and phase modulation of the reflected signal. a microchip; a combined structure operatively coupled to the microchip and including an antenna section and a conductor loop wherein the conductor loop functions as an impedance transforming section; characterized in that an environmentally sensitive material (4, 6, 17, 19, 21, 27, 29) added to the structure causes a change in an electrical characteristic of the combined structure in response to a signal from the RFID reader resulting in a complex reflected signal received at the reader representing a sensed state of the material (4, 6, 17, 19, 21, 27, 29); wherein the electrical characteristic is a function of an environmental factor being sensed; and wherein, to determine the complex backscatter characteristics related to the environmental factor, the RFID reader is configured to vary the incident radio frequency power transmitted to control the change in electrical characteristic of the combined structure and measure the amplitude and phase modulation of the reflected signal.
A method, comprising: determining a quality of one or more links of a particular node in a communication network, wherein the communication with the particular node is from the particular node to a particular destination; determining the quality of the one or more links as uplinks toward the particular destination; determining whether the quality of the one or more links is below a threshold; in response to determining that the quality of at least one of the one or more links is above the threshold, utilizing a select one of the at least one of the one or more links with quality above the threshold for communication with the particular node; and in response to determining that the quality of each of the one or more links is below the threshold, utilizing multi-path forwarding over a plurality of links of the particular node for communication with the particular node by single-hop multicasting the communication from the particular node over the plurality of uplinks to a plurality of respective receivers, wherein a packet of the communication is marked in a header thereof that the communication utilizes multi-path forwarding indicating that the packet should traverse the next hop as a multicast message after which the packet is then forwarded towards the destination as a unicast message, wherein intermediate nodes receiving the communication are configured to prevent duplicates of the communication in response to the indication that the communication utilizes multi-path forwarding. determining a quality of one or more links of a particular node in a communication network, wherein the communication with the particular node is from the particular node to a particular destination; determining the quality of the one or more links as uplinks toward the particular destination; determining whether the quality of the one or more links is below a threshold; in response to determining that the quality of at least one of the one or more links is above the threshold, utilizing a select one of the at least one of the one or more links with quality above the threshold for communication with the particular node; and in response to determining that the quality of each of the one or more links is below the threshold, utilizing multi-path forwarding over a plurality of links of the particular node for communication with the particular node by single-hop multicasting the communication from the particular node over the plurality of uplinks to a plurality of respective receivers, wherein a packet of the communication is marked in a header thereof that the communication utilizes multi-path forwarding indicating that the packet should traverse the next hop as a multicast message after which the packet is then forwarded towards the destination as a unicast message, wherein intermediate nodes receiving the communication are configured to prevent duplicates of the communication in response to the indication that the communication utilizes multi-path forwarding.
A chain and slat conveyor comprising first and second continuous chains (31,32) and a plurality of slats, characterised in that each slat is connected to the first chain by a keyhole connection and to the second chain by a bolt or rivet which passes through a hole in the slat.
A gas turbine (1;101) comprising: a turbine blade mounted to a rotatable turbine shaft; a turbine vane secured so as to be axially opposite with respect to the turbine blade; an inner casing provided with an outer shroud and with a ring segment, wherein the ring segment circumferentially surrounds the turbine blade, and the outer shroud circumferentially surrounds the turbine vane, the outer shroud being provided so as to be axially opposite with respect to the ring segment; and a combustion gas flow-path provided in the ring segment and the outer shroud, for passing combustion gas, wherein the outer shroud is positioned on an upstream side of the ring segment in a gas flow direction of the combustion gas, a cavity is located between the outer shroud and the ring segment, wherein seal gas having a temperature lower than a temperature of the combustion gas is adapted to be fed from the cavity into the combustion gas flow-path, the outer shroud has a guide surface (61;103) that is provided on an inner circumference thereof on a downstream side of the gas flow direction, the guide surface (61;103) arranged to guide the combustion gas passing therein toward an inner circumferential surface of the ring segment, and the guide surface (61;103) is formed such that a flow passage area of the combustion gas flow-path is gradually increased. a turbine blade mounted to a rotatable turbine shaft; a turbine vane secured so as to be axially opposite with respect to the turbine blade; an inner casing provided with an outer shroud and with a ring segment, wherein the ring segment circumferentially surrounds the turbine blade, and the outer shroud circumferentially surrounds the turbine vane, the outer shroud being provided so as to be axially opposite with respect to the ring segment; and a combustion gas flow-path provided in the ring segment and the outer shroud, for passing combustion gas, wherein the outer shroud is positioned on an upstream side of the ring segment in a gas flow direction of the combustion gas, a cavity is located between the outer shroud and the ring segment, wherein seal gas having a temperature lower than a temperature of the combustion gas is adapted to be fed from the cavity into the combustion gas flow-path, the outer shroud has a guide surface (61;103) that is provided on an inner circumference thereof on a downstream side of the gas flow direction, the guide surface (61;103) arranged to guide the combustion gas passing therein toward an inner circumferential surface of the ring segment, and the guide surface (61;103) is formed such that a flow passage area of the combustion gas flow-path is gradually increased.
An acceleration transducer comprising a main body having tangential side faces (12.1, 12.2, 12.3, 12.4) and normal side faces (12.6, 12.7), which tangential side faces (12.1, 12.2, 12.3, 12.4) are arranged tangentially to a vertical axis (z) and which normal side faces (12.6, 12.7) are arranged normally to the vertical axis (z); further comprising at least one piezoelectric element (10, 10', 10'') which is secured to a tangential side face (12.1, 12.2, 12.3); at least one seismic mass (11, 11', 11'') attached to the piezoelectric element (10, 10', 10"); and a housing (1.2) and a signal output (1.4), which signal output (1.4) is attached to the housing (1.2) and comprises signal conductors (14.1, 14.1', 14.1", 14.2); wherein a tangential side face (12.4) to which no piezoelectric element (10, 10', 10'') is attached is arranged spaced apart from the signal conductors (14.1, 14.1', 14.1", 14.2) by means of an assembly gap (1.24) extending perpendicularly to the vertical axis (z); characterized in that a first normal side face (12.7) comprises a converter unit (1.3) and main body output conductors (13.8, 13.8', 13.8", 13.9), which converter unit (1.3) is only and directly arranged on a first normal side face (12.7) or in that a support (13.7) secured to a first normal side face (12.7) comprises a converter unit (1.3) and main body output conductors (13.8, 13.8', 13.8", 13.9), which converter unit (1.3) is only arranged on the first normal side face (12.7); and in that the main body output conductors (13. 8, 13.8', 13.8", 13.9) spanning the assembly gap (1.24) perpendicularly to the vertical axis (z) are directly contacted with the signal conductors (14.1, 14.1', 14.1", 14.2).
A plug intended to be connected to a receptacle suitable for allowing the connection to an electronic equipment and intended to be mounted on at least one cable having at least one optical conductor, the plug comprising a body and being characterized by the fact that it comprises at least one optoelectronic converter provided with connection means, arranged inside the body in a manner that is removable and interchangeable, such it can be removed from or inserted into the body of the plug without modifying the structure of the body of the plug and/or the cabling of the remainder of the plug.
A device for rendering harmless or trapping individual nocturnal insects sitting on a substrate, comprising a portable luminaire and an attachment, which is disposed at the light outlet of the luminaire, allows light to pass and has means for catching the insect, characterized in that the attachment is movably connected to the luminaire by way of an elastic element in such a way that the attachment is able to tilt in all directions relative to the luminaire, and the means for catching the insect is a plate (4, 10), which is disposed transversely to the exiting light, made of clear material and provided with spacers (3, 12) on the side thereof facing away from the incident light.
A vaccine vector comprising a first polynucleotide sequence encoding an Apicomplexan Rhomboid polypeptide optionally expressed on the surface of the vaccine vector, wherein the Rhomboid polypeptide consists of SEQ ID NO: 38 and has at least 90% sequence identity to SEQ ID NO: 2, and further comprising a second polynucleotide sequence encoding an immunostimulatory polypeptide, wherein the immunostimulatory polypeptide is expressed on the surface of the vaccine vector, wherein the vaccine vector effects an immune response against an Apicomplexan parasite in a subject, and wherein the immune response results in reduced weight loss and reduced mortality after subsequent infection with an Apicomplexan parasite.