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An in vitro method for detecting an enzyme of a microorganism from a biological sample, said enzyme to be detected being chosen from the group formed by extended spectrum β-lactamases, cephalosporinases and carbapenemases, said method comprising the steps consisting of: a1) concentrating the microorganisms present in the biological sample, optionally after a a0) culture step of the microorganisms; b1) suspending the microorganisms concentrated at step a1) in a solution comprising at least one chromogenic or fluorogenic substrate likely to release a chromophore or a fluorophore after hydrolysis by the enzyme to be detected, said chromogenic or fluorogenic substrate being a substrate or derivative of substrate of an enzyme selected from the group consisting of β-lactamases, cephalosporinases and carbapenemases; c1) detecting potential release of the chromophore or fluorophore obtained at step b1); the release of the chromophore or the fluorophore detected at step c1) indicating the presence of the enzyme to be detected; said process further comprising, when the biological sample is a sample containing blood or red blood cells: - a step of lysing red blood cells present in the biological sample before the suspending step b1) or before the concentration step a1), and/or - a step a') of preparing the biological sample before step a1), said step a') comprising:: (i) agglutinating the red blood cells, and (ii) separating the agglutinated red blood cells from the microorganisms present in the sample. a1) concentrating the microorganisms present in the biological sample, optionally after a a0) culture step of the microorganisms; b1) suspending the microorganisms concentrated at step a1) in a solution comprising at least one chromogenic or fluorogenic substrate likely to release a chromophore or a fluorophore after hydrolysis by the enzyme to be detected, said chromogenic or fluorogenic substrate being a substrate or derivative of substrate of an enzyme selected from the group consisting of β-lactamases, cephalosporinases and carbapenemases; c1) detecting potential release of the chromophore or fluorophore obtained at step b1); - a step of lysing red blood cells present in the biological sample before the suspending step b1) or before the concentration step a1), and/or - a step a') of preparing the biological sample before step a1), said step a') comprising:: (i) agglutinating the red blood cells, and (ii) separating the agglutinated red blood cells from the microorganisms present in the sample. (i) agglutinating the red blood cells, and (ii) separating the agglutinated red blood cells from the microorganisms present in the sample.
A method of transmitting bits in a wireless point-to multipoint communication system, the method comprising: encoding, at an encoder that accepts a block of bits of length S, a bit stream of information to be transmitted, resulting in an encoded block of length N = S + R, where R denotes the number of redundant bits, splitting the original block of N encoded bits into a first subset and a second subset so as to increase the reliability of message delivery by combining the transmitted first and second subsets after demodulation and before decoding, wherein the first subset equals the first K bits of the original block of N encoded bits, wherein the second subset of bits equals the last L bits of the original block of N encoded bits, wherein K, L < N, and wherein the first subset and the second subset overlap; modulating and transmitting the first subset of bits from a first base station; and modulating and transmitting the second subset of bits from a second base station. encoding, at an encoder that accepts a block of bits of length S, a bit stream of information to be transmitted, resulting in an encoded block of length N = S + R, where R denotes the number of redundant bits, splitting the original block of N encoded bits into a first subset and a second subset so as to increase the reliability of message delivery by combining the transmitted first and second subsets after demodulation and before decoding, wherein the first subset equals the first K bits of the original block of N encoded bits, wherein the second subset of bits equals the last L bits of the original block of N encoded bits, wherein K, L < N, and wherein the first subset and the second subset overlap; modulating and transmitting the first subset of bits from a first base station; and modulating and transmitting the second subset of bits from a second base station.
A composition for use in applying an enhanced cross-linking therapy to a cornea of an eye, comprising: a cross-linking agent which is riboflavin, the cross-linking agent generating cross-linking activity in the cornea in response to exposure to a photo-activating light; and an additive different from the cross-linking agent and including iron to enhance the cross-linking activity generated by the cross-linking agent. a cross-linking agent which is riboflavin, the cross-linking agent generating cross-linking activity in the cornea in response to exposure to a photo-activating light; and an additive different from the cross-linking agent and including iron to enhance the cross-linking activity generated by the cross-linking agent.
A process for producing a protein isolate from a canola or rapeseed meal, comprising: - providing a cold-pressed oil seed meal in which the meal is cold-pressed at a temperature of 85°C or less; - mixing the cold-pressed oilseed meal obtained with water to form a slurry; - optionally treating the slurry with phytase at a temperature and a pH suitable for phytase activity; - separating the slurry with a solid/liquid separation to form: a liquid phase, comprising the aqueous solvent, soluble protein and oil; and a solid phase; - separating the liquid phase to form: an oil phase; and an aqueous protein phase; - subjecting the aqueous protein phase to membrane filtration to obtain a protein solution; and - drying the protein solution to obtain the protein isolate - providing a cold-pressed oil seed meal in which the meal is cold-pressed at a temperature of 85°C or less; - mixing the cold-pressed oilseed meal obtained with water to form a slurry; - optionally treating the slurry with phytase at a temperature and a pH suitable for phytase activity; - separating the slurry with a solid/liquid separation to form: a liquid phase, comprising the aqueous solvent, soluble protein and oil; and a solid phase; a liquid phase, comprising the aqueous solvent, soluble protein and oil; and a solid phase; - separating the liquid phase to form: an oil phase; and an aqueous protein phase; an oil phase; and an aqueous protein phase; - subjecting the aqueous protein phase to membrane filtration to obtain a protein solution; and - drying the protein solution to obtain the protein isolate
A busbar for electrically connecting a plurality of cells (211, 212) of a battery module, comprising: - a core and - a shell at least partially made of a first material, said first material being an electrically conducting material, wherein the core is embedded in the shell, characterized in that, the core is at least partially made of a second material and a third material, said second material having a coefficient of thermal expansion which is higher than the coefficient of thermal expansion of the first material, and in that the shell is configured to break by expanding the second material when the busbar reaches a predetermined temperature. - a core and - a shell at least partially made of a first material, said first material being an electrically conducting material,
A rotation/revolution type vapor phase growth apparatus comprising a disk-shaped susceptor rotatably provided in a chamber, a plurality of substrate retaining members rotatably provided at an equal interval in the circumferential direction of the outer peripheral portion of the susceptor, a circular substrate retaining concave portion provided on the surface of the substrate retaining member, a gas introducing portion which radially introduces a raw material gas to the front surface side of a susceptor from a center portion of the chamber, an exhaust portion provided on the outer peripheral portion of the chamber and a heating means which heats a substrate retained in the substrate retaining concave portion, and in which the raw material gas is introduced to the front surface side of the susceptor from the gas introducing portion while rotating/revolving the substrate retaining member along with the rotation of the susceptor to perform vapor phase growth of a thin film on the surface of the substrate heated by the heating means, wherein a measuring means for measuring warpage or inclination comprising a laser source which continuously emits a laser light in a direction perpendicular to the surface of the substrate which is retained in the substrate retaining concave portion and is rotating/revolving by the rotation of the susceptor and a light receiving portion which receives a laser light reflected on the surface of the substrate is fixed on the outer surface of a laser transparent portion provided on the chamber, and wherein a judging means which judges that the substrate is in an abnormal state when the variation of the reflected light received by the light receiving portion is larger than a preset variation is provided, characterized in that the number of revolutions of the substrate retaining member is set to a non-integral multiple of the number of revolutions of the susceptor.
An arrangement of devices for underground storage of water and for its recovery, comprising an underground retention pond, constituting the volume of a natural water-permeable layer, lying on an impermeable substratum, the pond being separated from water-permeable layer by means of an impermeable anti-filtration barrier, made from the ground surface to a depth below the bottom of the water-permeable layer, with a substantially vertical inclination of walls, forming a closed shape in a horizontal cross-section, the arrangement of devices further comprising a supply installation and a water recovery installation, the water supply installation is constituted by at least one slot trench, formed inside the underground retention pond and filled with a water-permeable material, characterised in that on the slot trench there is a water distribution collector, made of modular boxes with perforated bottoms, the modular boxes filled in the near-bottom part with a filtration material, lying on a deposit of the water-permeable material, so that their perforated bottoms abut the deposit of the water-permeable material, and the modular boxes having perforations in walls abutting the neighbouring boxes, and moreover the water distribution collector is connected to a water supply collector via a controllable water inflow adjustment element, while the water recovery installation comprises at least one recovery well, situated in the slot trench, in which recovery well there is a recovery pump, connected to a recovery pipeline and having a signal connection in a wired manner to a control and measurement apparatus, which also has a signal connection in a wired or wireless manner to the controllable water inflow adjustment element and a maximum water level probe, located in the water distribution collector, and moreover, in the area of the underground retention pond, there is at least one piezometer well, provided with a submersible pressure gage and a permitted water level probe, which also have a signal connection in a wired or wireless manner to the control and measurement apparatus, which control and measurement apparatus also has a signal connection in a wired or wireless manner to probes (18a, 18b) monitoring the water level in the recovery well.
Method for generating a default lighting instruction for a lighting module for a motor vehicle, the lighting module comprising a matrix light source grouping together a plurality of elementary light sources, a data reception and transmission unit for receiving/sending data from/to a control module of the motor vehicle, the control module comprising first data relating to the motor vehicle, the lighting module further comprising a control unit intended to control said matrix light source, and a memory element comprising second calibration data relating to said matrix light source, characterized in that the default instruction is intended to serve as a command for the matrix light source in case of communication failure between the control module of the motor vehicle and the lighting module, and in that the method comprises the steps of a) calculating, by means of a calculation unit, a default lighting instruction, using at least a part of said first data and at least a part of said second data; b) recording the default lighting instruction in a memory element of the lighting module. a) calculating, by means of a calculation unit, a default lighting instruction, using at least a part of said first data and at least a part of said second data; b) recording the default lighting instruction in a memory element of the lighting module.
An electrophotographic image forming apparatus comprising: a photoreceptor for forming an electrostatic latent image on a surface thereof; a charging roller arranged in contact with the photoreceptor to uniformly charge the surface thereof; a developing device for forming a toner image on the photoreceptor; and a cleaning device for cleaning contaminants on a surface of the charging roller, wherein the charging roller has a conductive elastic layer formed around an axis and a direction of polishing marks on the surface of the charging roller is a circumferential direction, and wherein the cleaning device comprises a cleaning roller being in contact with the charging roller and having a porous elastic layer around an axis, and an average cell diameter (Dx) in an axial direction of foamed cells in the porous elastic layer and an average length (RSm) of curved elements in surface roughness of the charging roller satisfy a relationship of Dx > RSm. a photoreceptor for forming an electrostatic latent image on a surface thereof; a charging roller arranged in contact with the photoreceptor to uniformly charge the surface thereof; a developing device for forming a toner image on the photoreceptor; and a cleaning device for cleaning contaminants on a surface of the charging roller, wherein the charging roller has a conductive elastic layer formed around an axis and a direction of polishing marks on the surface of the charging roller is a circumferential direction, and wherein the cleaning device comprises a cleaning roller being in contact with the charging roller and having a porous elastic layer around an axis, and an average cell diameter (Dx) in an axial direction of foamed cells in the porous elastic layer and an average length (RSm) of curved elements in surface roughness of the charging roller satisfy a relationship of Dx > RSm.
A compression stepped piston ring, comprising a ring outer side, an upper ring flank, a lower ring flank, wherein the ring outer side has a notch on the upper edge, so that only a lower portion of the ring outer side forms a contact surface, wherein the notch forms a step on the ring outer side in the axial direction that forms a re-entrant edge and a projecting edge, and wherein the notch has a conicity with an angle (β) of between 0.5° and 5°, preferably 2° and 4°, characterized in that the notch or the step ends short of the respective gap ends in the circumferential direction.
A method for functionalizing a carbon nanotube, comprising: preparing a functionalized product by treating a carbon nanotube solution, which is prepared by mixing the carbon nano tube, a nitro compound according to the following chemical formula 1, a solvent, and a carbon nanotube mixture, which includes an oxidizer for forming a nitric acid selected from oxygen, air, ozone, hydrogen peroxide, and a mixture thereof, under subcritical water conditions of 60 to 260 atm and a temperature of 200 to 380°C: [Chemical Formula 1] R-(NO x) y wherein in Chemical Formula 1, R is an alkyl group of C1 to C7 or an aryl group of C6 to C20 and x and y are integers of 1 to 3 independently; wherein the nitro compound is included in the carbon nanotube solution as 0.0001 to 1 molar ratio with respect to the carbon nanotube.
Manual robot control apparatus comprising a housing, which has a handgrip-like gripping section, a safety basic control device arranged in the housing and at least one holder connected to the housing, which holder is designed for coupling the housing in a manually detachable mechanical manner to a device which is different from the manual robot control apparatus and communicates electronically with the safety basic control device, wherein the holder has a plug connector which is designed for manually plugging into a counter plug connector of the device, characterised in that the manual robot control apparatus has at least two holders which are arranged pointing in at least two different orientations on the manual robot control apparatus, specifically on the housing.
A power tool comprising: a drop wheel moveable in a vertical direction about a pivot axis; a spring rotatably biasing the drop wheel about the pivot axis; a stop mechanism defining a plurality of stop positions each corresponding with a different relative position of the drop wheel; and a user interface configured to selectively disengage the stop mechanism to permit the drop wheel to rotate about the pivot axis until the drop wheel contacts an underlying surface below the power tool, wherein the user interface is disposed at a handle of the power tool; wherein the stop mechanism comprises: a rotatable element coupled to the drop wheel, the rotatable element defining the plurality of stop positions; and a linkage having an engagement feature configured to engage with at least one of the plurality of stop positions; characterized in that a cable extends between and operatively coupling the linkage to the user interface. a drop wheel moveable in a vertical direction about a pivot axis; a spring rotatably biasing the drop wheel about the pivot axis; a stop mechanism defining a plurality of stop positions each corresponding with a different relative position of the drop wheel; and a user interface configured to selectively disengage the stop mechanism to permit the drop wheel to rotate about the pivot axis until the drop wheel contacts an underlying surface below the power tool, wherein the user interface is disposed at a handle of the power tool; wherein the stop mechanism comprises: a rotatable element coupled to the drop wheel, the rotatable element defining the plurality of stop positions; and a linkage having an engagement feature configured to engage with at least one of the plurality of stop positions; characterized in that a cable extends between and operatively coupling the linkage to the user interface. a rotatable element coupled to the drop wheel, the rotatable element defining the plurality of stop positions; and a linkage having an engagement feature configured to engage with at least one of the plurality of stop positions; characterized in that a cable extends between and operatively coupling the linkage to the user interface.
An electrophotographic printer comprising a photoconductor drum, a transfer roller and a transfer roller cleaning device which are arranged in a manner that a toner image formed on the rotating photoconductor drum is transferred via the rotating transfer roller onto a recording medium and in which a surface of the rotating transfer roller, after the transfer, is cleaned by the transfer roller cleaning device, wherein the electrophotographic printer comprises: a carrier solution supply device disposed in an area after the transfer upstream of said transfer roller cleaning device in the rotation direction of said rotating transfer roller for supplying the surface of said rotating transfer roller with a carrier solution, said transfer roller cleaning device including a blade scraper and a wiping roll both being in contact with the surface of the transfer roller, characterized in that the carrier solution supply device comprises a carrier solution supply roll, a carrier solution source roll and a case to house them, said case being supported by a bracket which is disposed on a main frame of the electrophotographic printer and is driven by a cylinder unit mounted on the main frame so that the case is movable rotationally or slidably towards and away from the rotating transfer roller to adjust the contact pressure between the carrier solution supply roll and the rotating transfer roller. a carrier solution supply device disposed in an area after the transfer upstream of said transfer roller cleaning device in the rotation direction of said rotating transfer roller for supplying the surface of said rotating transfer roller with a carrier solution, said transfer roller cleaning device including a blade scraper and a wiping roll both being in contact with the surface of the transfer roller, characterized in that the carrier solution supply device comprises a carrier solution supply roll, a carrier solution source roll and a case to house them, said case being supported by a bracket which is disposed on a main frame of the electrophotographic printer and is driven by a cylinder unit mounted on the main frame so that the case is movable rotationally or slidably towards and away from the rotating transfer roller to adjust the contact pressure between the carrier solution supply roll and the rotating transfer roller.
An apparatus configured to control an IPMSM, the apparatus comprising: a current converter configured to generate a current (Idse; Iqse) of a synchronous reference frame from a 3-phase current (Iu, Iv, Iw) of the IPMSM; and a voltage controller configured to generate a d-axis reference voltage (VdseRef) compensating a voltage in response to a load change, characterized by a first generating unit configured to generate a q-axis reference voltage (VqseRef) of the synchronous reference frame from a reference frequency (fref); and characterized in that the voltage controller configured to generate the d-axis reference voltage (VdseRef) by observing a torque component current from the current of the synchronous reference frame obtained by the current converter, and comprises a comparator configured to generate an error between a present current (Iqse[n]) and a pre-present current (Iqse[n-1]) from the current of the synchronous reference frame received from the current converter; and a second generating unit configured to generate the d-axis reference voltage by applying a proportional gain to the error. a current converter configured to generate a current (Idse; Iqse) of a synchronous reference frame from a 3-phase current (Iu, Iv, Iw) of the IPMSM; and a voltage controller configured to generate a d-axis reference voltage (VdseRef) compensating a voltage in response to a load change, characterized by a first generating unit configured to generate a q-axis reference voltage (VqseRef) of the synchronous reference frame from a reference frequency (fref); and characterized in that the voltage controller configured to generate the d-axis reference voltage (VdseRef) by observing a torque component current from the current of the synchronous reference frame obtained by the current converter, and comprises a comparator configured to generate an error between a present current (Iqse[n]) and a pre-present current (Iqse[n-1]) from the current of the synchronous reference frame received from the current converter; and a second generating unit configured to generate the d-axis reference voltage by applying a proportional gain to the error.