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A method of measuring a focus offset of an exposure apparatus, the method comprising: - printing a pattern on a substrate surface using i) the exposure apparatus to be measured and ii) a patterning device including a pattern for creating the printed pattern; - projecting a radiation beam onto the printed pattern on the substrate surface; - detecting radiation reflected from the printed pattern on the substrate surface; - measuring, using the detected radiation, a side wall angle measurement of a structure within the printed pattern; - determining, from the side wall angle measurement, the focus offset of the exposure apparatus, characterized in that: - the patterning device pattern is designed to give rise to an asymmetry in side wall angles of two sides of the structure within the printed pattern that varies with a variation in the focus offset of the exposure apparatus; - measuring, using the detected radiation, a difference in side wall angle measurement of the two sides of the structure; and - determining, from the difference, the focus offset of the exposure apparatus. - printing a pattern on a substrate surface using i) the exposure apparatus to be measured and ii) a patterning device including a pattern for creating the printed pattern; - projecting a radiation beam onto the printed pattern on the substrate surface; - detecting radiation reflected from the printed pattern on the substrate surface; - measuring, using the detected radiation, a side wall angle measurement of a structure within the printed pattern; - determining, from the side wall angle measurement, the focus offset of the exposure apparatus, - the patterning device pattern is designed to give rise to an asymmetry in side wall angles of two sides of the structure within the printed pattern that varies with a variation in the focus offset of the exposure apparatus; - measuring, using the detected radiation, a difference in side wall angle measurement of the two sides of the structure; and - determining, from the difference, the focus offset of the exposure apparatus.
System - with at least one securing means (5; 7) and - with an apparatus (1; 3), comprising: - detecting means for detecting whether a transport unit to be transported by a vehicle is secured by the at least one securing means (5; 7) against a movement in at least one direction relative to the vehicle, and - means (10; 30) for changing an operating mode of an electronic device associated with the transport unit depending on a result of the detecting or for outputting a signal for changing the operating mode depending on the result of the detecting, wherein at least a part of the detecting means is configured to be arranged between the securing means (5; 7) and at least a part of the transport unit, via which the securing means (5; 7) secures the transport unit against the movement in the at least one direction relative to the vehicle, characterized in that the securing means (5; 7) is a securement clip or securement catch, which is activated when the transport unit has reached its transport position in the vehicle. - with at least one securing means (5; 7) and - with an apparatus (1; 3), comprising: - detecting means for detecting whether a transport unit to be transported by a vehicle is secured by the at least one securing means (5; 7) against a movement in at least one direction relative to the vehicle, and - means (10; 30) for changing an operating mode of an electronic device associated with the transport unit depending on a result of the detecting or for outputting a signal for changing the operating mode depending on the result of the detecting, wherein at least a part of the detecting means is configured to be arranged between the securing means (5; 7) and at least a part of the transport unit, via which the securing means (5; 7) secures the transport unit against the movement in the at least one direction relative to the vehicle, characterized in that the securing means (5; 7) is a securement clip or securement catch, which is activated when the transport unit has reached its transport position in the vehicle. - detecting means for detecting whether a transport unit to be transported by a vehicle is secured by the at least one securing means (5; 7) against a movement in at least one direction relative to the vehicle, and - means (10; 30) for changing an operating mode of an electronic device associated with the transport unit depending on a result of the detecting or for outputting a signal for changing the operating mode depending on the result of the detecting,
A vacuum brake booster having a chamber arrangement for generating a servo force supporting a brake actuating force, wherein the chamber arrangement comprises a housing in which a working chamber is separated from a vacuum chamber by a movable wall, wherein the housing has a first housing shell and a second housing shell which are sealingly connectable or connected to one another in a connecting region, wherein a flexible portion of the movable wall is sealingly arranged in the connecting region, wherein the housing shells (16, 18) of the housing are penetrated by at least two fastening bolts for fastening the vacuum brake booster to a vehicle chassis, and wherein at least one of the fastening bolts is provided with an engagement formation (46, 50) with which one of the housing shells can be brought into engagement during the assembly and is thus permanently lockable in a predetermined position relative to the other housing shell, characterized in that corresponding receiving openings (40, 43) are provided in each of the housing shells (16, 18) for receiving the fastening bolts, wherein at least one of the receiving openings has a geometry deviating from a circular shape and having at least one retention portion which can be brought into locking engagement with the engagement formation (46, 50).
A tool driver for multiple styles of surgical reamers, said driver comprising: a central shaft rotatable about a longitudinal axis and having a proximal driver end and a distal end; a reamer receiver carried by the distal end of said shaft, said reamer receiver having axially facing sets of recesses configured to receive at least two different styles of surgical reamers (28, 30); a L-shaped gripping device for releasably holding said surgical reamer assemblies in place, said gripping device being pivotally mounted on said shaft and pivotal between a retention position and an open position permitting direct axial removal and installation of the different styles of surgical reamers (28, 30); said tool driver being characterized in that the distal end of said shaft has an axial bore and a plunger is received in said axial bore end, said plunger interacting with said gripping device to urge said gripping device from said retention position to said open position upon axial movement of said plunger in said bore; and in that it further comprises a first spring for yieldably urging said plunger in an axial direction relative to said shaft and urging said gripping device to said open position so that when said gripping device releases said at least two different styles of reamers (28, 30), they are automatically released from said in an axial direction; a sleeve telescoped over said central shaft central shaft and displaceable to hold said gripping device in said retention position; and a second spring urging said sleeve in the direction in which it holds said gripping device in said retention position. a central shaft rotatable about a longitudinal axis and having a proximal driver end and a distal end; a reamer receiver carried by the distal end of said shaft, said reamer receiver having axially facing sets of recesses configured to receive at least two different styles of surgical reamers (28, 30); a L-shaped gripping device for releasably holding said surgical reamer assemblies in place, said gripping device being pivotally mounted on said shaft and pivotal between a retention position and an open position permitting direct axial removal and installation of the different styles of surgical reamers (28, 30); said tool driver being characterized in that the distal end of said shaft has an axial bore and a plunger is received in said axial bore end, said plunger interacting with said gripping device to urge said gripping device from said retention position to said open position upon axial movement of said plunger in said bore; and in that it further comprises a first spring for yieldably urging said plunger in an axial direction relative to said shaft and urging said gripping device to said open position so that when said gripping device releases said at least two different styles of reamers (28, 30), they are automatically released from said in an axial direction; a sleeve telescoped over said central shaft central shaft and displaceable to hold said gripping device in said retention position; and a second spring urging said sleeve in the direction in which it holds said gripping device in said retention position.
A polypeptide consisting of from 30-45 amino acids, which polypeptide comprises SEQ ID NO: 1 or a sequence having at least 85% homology with SEQ ID NO: 1: SEQ ID NO: 1 GDTWAGVEAIIRILQQLLFIHFRIGCQHSR wherein, the polypeptide is immunogenic to an HIV strain in a vertebrate expressing a major histocompatibility complex allele. SEQ ID NO: 1 GDTWAGVEAIIRILQQLLFIHFRIGCQHSR
A sensor comprising: a sample chamber configured to receive therein a liquid sample; at least one pair of electrodes (31, 32) disposed in the sample chamber; and a reagent layer formed of a reagent composition, the reagent layer being disposed in the sample chamber so as to be in contact with both electrodes (31, 32) of the at least one pair of electrodes, wherein the reagent composition comprises: an oxidoreductase; a quinone compound or an iron cyanocomplex as electron acceptor; and a heterocyclic compound represented by general formula where R 1 to R 5 independently represent a hydrogen atom, amino group, hydroxyl group, or C 1-12 hydrocarbon group; the hydrocarbon group may have a single substituent being an amino group or a hydroxyl group; two or three of A 1 to A 5 represent a nitrogen atom, and the others of A 1 to A 5 represent a carbon atom; when two of A 1 to A 5 represent a nitrogen atom, A 1 represents a nitrogen atom and A 2 and A 5 represent a carbon atom; and at least one of R 1 to R 5 represents a substituent including a nitrogen atom. a sample chamber configured to receive therein a liquid sample; at least one pair of electrodes (31, 32) disposed in the sample chamber; and a reagent layer formed of a reagent composition, the reagent layer being disposed in the sample chamber so as to be in contact with both electrodes (31, 32) of the at least one pair of electrodes, wherein the reagent composition comprises: an oxidoreductase; a quinone compound or an iron cyanocomplex as electron acceptor; and a heterocyclic compound represented by general formula where R 1 to R 5 independently represent a hydrogen atom, amino group, hydroxyl group, or C 1-12 hydrocarbon group; the hydrocarbon group may have a single substituent being an amino group or a hydroxyl group; two or three of A 1 to A 5 represent a nitrogen atom, and the others of A 1 to A 5 represent a carbon atom; an oxidoreductase; a quinone compound or an iron cyanocomplex as electron acceptor; and a heterocyclic compound represented by general formula where R 1 to R 5 independently represent a hydrogen atom, amino group, hydroxyl group, or C 1-12 hydrocarbon group; the hydrocarbon group may have a single substituent being an amino group or a hydroxyl group; two or three of A 1 to A 5 represent a nitrogen atom, and the others of A 1 to A 5 represent a carbon atom;
Acrylate-free and silicone-free cosmetic O/W emulsion comprising a) at least one substance selected from the group of alkali metal alkyl sulfates, wherein the alkyl group each comprises 15 to 19 carbon atoms, b) hydroxypropyl starch phosphate, and c) glyceryl stearate SE, characterized in that the following formulations are excluded: B1 D1 E1 B2 D2 E2 F2 INCI m [%] m [%] m [%] m [%] m [%] m [%] m [%] Hydroxypropyl starch phosphate 0.5 1.5 0.75 0.5 0.7 1 2.5 Coco-caprylate/caprate 3 3 Coco-caprylate 4 Decyl cocoate 3 Simmondsia chinensis seed oil 3 Vegetable oil 4 Shea butter ethyl esters 3 Caprylic/capric triglycerides 3 Dicaprylyl ether 4 2 1.5 1.5 Prunus amygdalus dulcis oil 2 Brassica campestris seed oil 4 Cocos nucifera oil 0.5 Coco-glycerides 6 3 Theobroma cacao seed butter 1 1 Sodium cetearyl sulfate 0.15 0.1 0.15 0.15 0.15 0.15 0.2 Sodium stearoyl glutamate Glyceryl stearate SE 1.5 1.7 2.5 1.5 2 2 2.5 Glyceryl stearate 1 0.5 1 1 0.5 Cetearyl alcohol 4 1.2 4 4 2 Stearyl alcohol 3 Butyrospermum parkii butter 1 1 1 1 Cetyl palmitate 0.5 1 Glycerol 7 7 7 7 7 7 5 Phenoxyethanol 0.9 0.9 0.9 0.5 Ethylhexylglycerin 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.5 0.3 Benzyl alcohol 0.2 0.2 Polyglyceryl-2 caprate Alcohol 4 4 3 4 Perfume 0.2 0.4 0.3 Aqua to 100 to 100 to 100 to 100 to 100 to 100 to 100 a) at least one substance selected from the group of alkali metal alkyl sulfates, wherein the alkyl group each comprises 15 to 19 carbon atoms, b) hydroxypropyl starch phosphate, and c) glyceryl stearate SE,
A droplet forming apparatus comprising: a membrane member, provided with a nozzle, that discharges the cell suspension retained in the liquid retaining portion from the nozzle as a droplet by oscillation; and an open portion that opens the liquid retaining portion to atmosphere, characterized in that the apparatus comprises a liquid retaining portion that retains cell suspension containing cells; the material of the membrane member is a ceramic material, a high polymer material or a fluororesin materal or the surface of the material of the membrane member is coated by a metal oxide material, or a synthesized phospholipid polymer material. a membrane member, provided with a nozzle, that discharges the cell suspension retained in the liquid retaining portion from the nozzle as a droplet by oscillation; and an open portion that opens the liquid retaining portion to atmosphere, characterized in that the apparatus comprises a liquid retaining portion that retains cell suspension containing cells; the material of the membrane member is a ceramic material, a high polymer material or a fluororesin materal or the surface of the material of the membrane member is coated by a metal oxide material, or a synthesized phospholipid polymer material.
A heat exchanger (100, 200, 300, 400) comprising: a plurality of heat transfer tubes arranged in parallel with each other; a fin connected to at least one of the plurality of heat transfer tubes; a header having a header end surface being a surface along a direction in which the plurality of heat transfer tubes are arranged in parallel with each other, the header being connected to one end portion of the plurality of heat transfer tubes; characterized in that the fin having a first portion including an edge facing the header and a second portion other than the first portion, the fin extending in a first direction (x) crossing the direction in which the plurality of heat transfer tubes are arranged in parallel with each other, the first direction (x) being perpendicular to a tube axis of each of the plurality of heat transfer tubes, wherein an end portion in the first direction (x) of the first portion projects in the first direction (x) relative to the header end surface, and an end portion in the first direction (x) of the second portion is positioned closer in the first direction (x) to the plurality of heat transfer tubes than the header end surface is to the plurality of heat transfer tubes. a plurality of heat transfer tubes arranged in parallel with each other; a fin connected to at least one of the plurality of heat transfer tubes; a header having a header end surface being a surface along a direction in which the plurality of heat transfer tubes are arranged in parallel with each other, the header being connected to one end portion of the plurality of heat transfer tubes; characterized in that the fin having a first portion including an edge facing the header and a second portion other than the first portion, the fin extending in a first direction (x) crossing the direction in which the plurality of heat transfer tubes are arranged in parallel with each other, the first direction (x) being perpendicular to a tube axis of each of the plurality of heat transfer tubes, wherein an end portion in the first direction (x) of the first portion projects in the first direction (x) relative to the header end surface, and an end portion in the first direction (x) of the second portion is positioned closer in the first direction (x) to the plurality of heat transfer tubes than the header end surface is to the plurality of heat transfer tubes.
An immunoglobulin G Fc region binding polypeptide, comprising the amino acid sequence: i) X 1 -([spacer1]-KFDKEQQN AFYEILX 17 LPX 20 LTEEQRNAFI QKLKDX 36 PSQS AELLAEAKQL X 51 EAQA-[spacer2]) n -C CTERM-1 X CTERM wherein, independently of each other, X 1 is P; [spacer1] is an amino acid sequence consisting of 1-3 amino acid residues; X 17 is any amino acid residue; X 20 is any amino acid residue; X 36 is E or A; X 51 is any amino acid residue; [spacer2] is an amino acid sequence consisting of 0-20 amino acid residues; X CTERM is D; and n is 1-4; i) X 1 -([spacer1]-KFDKEQQN AFYEILX 17 LPX 20 LTEEQRNAFI QKLKDX 36 PSQS AELLAEAKQL X 51 EAQA-[spacer2]) n -C CTERM-1 X CTERM wherein, independently of each other, X 1 is P; [spacer1] is an amino acid sequence consisting of 1-3 amino acid residues; X 17 is any amino acid residue; X 20 is any amino acid residue; X 36 is E or A; X 51 is any amino acid residue; [spacer2] is an amino acid sequence consisting of 0-20 amino acid residues; X CTERM is D; and n is 1-4; X 1 is P; [spacer1] is an amino acid sequence consisting of 1-3 amino acid residues; X 17 is any amino acid residue; X 20 is any amino acid residue; X 36 is E or A; X 51 is any amino acid residue; [spacer2] is an amino acid sequence consisting of 0-20 amino acid residues; X CTERM is D; and n is 1-4;
A method of contactless communication of an object with a reader by active load modulation, comprising a first communication mode comprising generating a main clock signal within said object including a calibration phase comprising locking the output signal of a controlled main oscillator (OSCP) onto the phase and frequency of a secondary clock signal received from the reader and estimating a frequency ratio between the frequency of the output signal of the main oscillator and a reference frequency of a reference signal originating from a reference oscillator (OSCR) and a transmission phase comprising only frequency-locking the output signal of the main oscillator onto the frequency of the reference signal corrected by said estimated ratio, the only frequency-locking not modifying the phase of the output signal of the main oscillator, said main clock signal originating from the output signal of the main oscillator.
A gene therapy delivery and expression system, comprising at least one helper-dependent adenoviral vector containing a nucleic acid sequence encoding proteoglycan 4, or a biologically active fragment thereof, which has chondoprotective activity, left and right adenoviral inverted terminal repeats (L ITR and R ITR), adenoviral packaging signal sequences and non-viral, non-coding stuffer nucleic acid sequences, wherein PRG4 expression in the at least one helper-dependent adenoviral vector is controlled by a ubiquitous, constitutive promoter.
An electrophysiology catheter comprising: an elongated body; a distal section distal of the elongated body, the distal section including an elongated spine comprising a longitudinal axis and a circumferential direction around the longitudinal axis, the spine having two electrodes (13a, 13b) and a spacer member made of nonconductive material; and a respective lead wire for each electrode of the two electrodes (13a, 13b); characterized in that the spacer member comprises a generally hollow cylindrical configuration, with an outer diameter, and an inner diameter that defines an axial through-hole configured to receive a distal end of the spine therethrough, the spacer member having at least a portion spanning between the two electrodes (13a, 13b), wherein the portion is configured to provide a separation gap between the two electrodes (13a, 13b), and wherein the separation gap spans in the circumferential direction. an elongated body; a distal section distal of the elongated body, the distal section including an elongated spine comprising a longitudinal axis and a circumferential direction around the longitudinal axis, the spine having two electrodes (13a, 13b) and a spacer member made of nonconductive material; and a respective lead wire for each electrode of the two electrodes (13a, 13b); characterized in that the spacer member comprises a generally hollow cylindrical configuration, with an outer diameter, and an inner diameter that defines an axial through-hole configured to receive a distal end of the spine therethrough, the spacer member having at least a portion spanning between the two electrodes (13a, 13b), wherein the portion is configured to provide a separation gap between the two electrodes (13a, 13b), and wherein the separation gap spans in the circumferential direction.
A method for determining whether an individual is a HNF1A-MODY carrier or a diabetes patient with a defect in HNF1A signalling, comprising a step of assaying a biological sample from the individual to: (a) detect increased abundance of a micro RNA molecule selected from miR103, miR551b, or miR224; and/or (b) detect decreased abundance of a micro RNA molecule selected from miR503, and miR539, wherein increased abundance of one or more of miR103, miR551b, or miR224 and/or decreased abundance of one or more of miR503 and miR539, indicates that the individual is a HNF1A-MODY carrier or in which increased abundance of one or more of miR103, miR551b or miR224 indicates that the individual is a diabetes patient with a defect in HNF1A signalling. (a) detect increased abundance of a micro RNA molecule selected from miR103, miR551b, or miR224; and/or (b) detect decreased abundance of a micro RNA molecule selected from miR503, and miR539,