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A method of making a doped graphene thin film, the method comprising: hetero-epitaxially growing an intermediate graphene thin film on a catalyst thin film, the catalyst thin film having a single-orientation large-grain crystal structure; doping the intermediate graphene thin film with n-type or p-type dopants in making the doped graphene thin film, and wherein the doped graphene thin film has a sheet resistance less than 150 ohms/square, wherein the doping of the intermediate graphene thin film comprises: exposing the intermediate graphene thin film to a doping gas comprising a material to be used as the dopant; exciting a plasma within a chamber containing the intermediate graphene thin film and the doping gas; and ion beam implanting the dopant in the intermediate graphene thin film using the material in the doping gas, wherein the ion beam power is 10 to 200 eV, and wherein the doped graphene thin film is doped with any one or more of: nitrogen, boron, phosphorous, fluorine, lithium, potassium, and sulfur. hetero-epitaxially growing an intermediate graphene thin film on a catalyst thin film, the catalyst thin film having a single-orientation large-grain crystal structure; doping the intermediate graphene thin film with n-type or p-type dopants in making the doped graphene thin film, and wherein the doped graphene thin film has a sheet resistance less than 150 ohms/square, wherein the doping of the intermediate graphene thin film comprises: exposing the intermediate graphene thin film to a doping gas comprising a material to be used as the dopant; exciting a plasma within a chamber containing the intermediate graphene thin film and the doping gas; and ion beam implanting the dopant in the intermediate graphene thin film using the material in the doping gas, wherein the ion beam power is 10 to 200 eV, and wherein exposing the intermediate graphene thin film to a doping gas comprising a material to be used as the dopant; exciting a plasma within a chamber containing the intermediate graphene thin film and the doping gas; and ion beam implanting the dopant in the intermediate graphene thin film using the material in the doping gas, wherein the ion beam power is 10 to 200 eV, and wherein the doped graphene thin film is doped with any one or more of: nitrogen, boron, phosphorous, fluorine, lithium, potassium, and sulfur.
Burner, substantially comprising a swirl generator for a combustion air flow, with a conical swirl chamber and means for introducing fuel into the combustion air flow, wherein the swirl generator has combustion air inlet openings for the combustion air flow entering the conical swirl chamber tangentially, and the means for introducing fuel into the combustion air flow comprise a first fuel supply with a first group of fuel outlet openings arranged substantially in the direction of the burner axis for a first premix fuel quantity, characterized in that the burner has at least one second fuel supply with at least one second group of fuel outlet openings arranged substantially in the direction of the burner axis for a second premix fuel quantity, which openings can be supplied with fuel independently of the first fuel supply, that a burner lance protrudes into the swirl chamber along a burner axis from sides of the swirl chamber with the smallest swirl chamber cross-section, that it extends along the burner axis to at least 50% of the length of the swirl chamber surrounded by the swirl generator, and that the means for introducing fuel into the combustion air flow furthermore comprise at least one fuel outlet opening inside the burner lance, through which fuel can be delivered along the burner axis.
An ultrasound transducer (105; 205; 305) comprising: an active acoustic element; and a passive layer (130; 230; 330) attached to the active acoustic element, characterized in that the passive layer (130; 230; 330) comprises: a layer of photoresist material (237; 337); and a plurality of conductive posts (233; 333) embedded within the layer of photoresist material (237; 337). an active acoustic element; and a passive layer (130; 230; 330) attached to the active acoustic element, characterized in that the passive layer (130; 230; 330) comprises: a layer of photoresist material (237; 337); and a plurality of conductive posts (233; 333) embedded within the layer of photoresist material (237; 337). a layer of photoresist material (237; 337); and a plurality of conductive posts (233; 333) embedded within the layer of photoresist material (237; 337).
Processing module for printing and further processing a web-shaped printing material for use on a carrier unit and for creating a narrow-web label printing press of modular construction, wherein the processing module includes a supporting structure, a transport cylinder and two deflection rollers, the deflection rollers arranged to be mirror-symmetrical relative to a vertical axis of symmetry that extends through the axis of rotation of the transport cylinder, characterized in that the supporting structure includes at least one longitudinal guide element arranged on the underside of the supporting structure for positioning the processing module on a carrier unit having at least one longitudinal guide.
A scaffold composition for use in reducing the severity of an autoimmune disorder, the scaffold composition comprising an antigen, a recruitment composition, and a tolerogen, wherein said antigen is derived from a cell to which a pathologic autoimmune response associated with said disorder is directed, wherein said tolerogen induces immune tolerance or a reduction in an immune response, wherein said scaffold composition comprises an alginate gel, granulocyte macrophage colony-stimulating factor (GM-CSF), and thymic stromal lymphopoietin, and wherein the scaffold composition is for administration to a subject identified as suffering from the autoimmune disorder.
A system comprising: a wellsite apparatus deployable at a well testing site, the wellsite apparatus including: a separator configured to receive a multiphase fluid; a burner coupled downstream from the separator for burning oil or gas of the multiphase fluid; a camera positioned to acquire image data indicative of operation of the burner during burning of oil or gas; an analysis system configured to analyse operation of the burner based on the image data acquired with the camera; and wherein the analysis system is configured to control operation of the burner based on the analysis of the operation of the burner by the analysis system; a water screen deployed between the separator and the burner; wherein the analysis system is configured to control the water screen based on the analysis of the operation of the burner. a separator configured to receive a multiphase fluid; a burner coupled downstream from the separator for burning oil or gas of the multiphase fluid; a camera positioned to acquire image data indicative of operation of the burner during burning of oil or gas; an analysis system configured to analyse operation of the burner based on the image data acquired with the camera; and wherein the analysis system is configured to control operation of the burner based on the analysis of the operation of the burner by the analysis system; a water screen deployed between the separator and the burner; wherein the analysis system is configured to control the water screen based on the analysis of the operation of the burner.
A control method for steam and gas turbines and/or power plants with operation control elements, the method comprising providing a sensor system which monitors predefined operating parameters and has a group of redundant sensors (1 to 3), the measurement data from the sensor system being supplied to an input side of a central processor arrangement of the control system, which in turn communicates, on the output side, with the operation control elements of the turbines or power plants, the group of redundant sensors (1 to 3) detecting a predefined parameter is assigned a sensor-side processor circuit, composed of an input-side processor unit which receives the signals from the redundant sensors (1 to 3) and continuously checks the redundant sensors (1 to 3) for error-free operation, characterized in that the sensor-side processor circuit is further composed of a further processor unit (4") which acts as a switch, selecting only one of the redundant sensors (1 to 3) operating in an error-free manner and of a downstream processor unit (4"') which transforms the respective error-free sensor signal according to a predefined requirement profile of the central processor arrangement and forwards the signal to the input side of the central processor arrangement, and in that the sensor-side processor circuit controls also a display for reporting defective sensors.
(amended) An aqueous resin dispersion, comprising ethylene-vinylalcohol copolymer, and a radical polymer obtained by performing a (co)polymerization reaction in a solution containing the ethylene-vinylalcohol copolymer, and having a structural unit derived from a radically polymerizable carboxylic acid monomer (B1-1), the content of an ethylene structural unit in the ethylene-vinylalcohol copolymer being 24 to 44 mol%, the content of the radical polymer being 10 to 80 mass% relative to the total amount of the ethylene-vinylalcohol copolymer and the radical polymer.
A method for using a host-side cache to accelerate input/output 'I/O' of a virtual machine 'VM', the method comprising: intercepting, by a hypervisor, an I/O request from a VM running on a host system, the I/O request being directed to a virtual disk of the VM residing on a shared storage device; and processing, by the hypervisor, the I/O request from the VM by accessing a host-side cache that resides one or more cache devices distinct from the shared storage device, the accessing of the host-side cache being transparent to the VM; wherein the VM or the virtual disk is allocated a portion of the host-side cache when the VM is powered on, and wherein the allocated portion is freed when the VM is powered off or migrated to another host system. intercepting, by a hypervisor, an I/O request from a VM running on a host system, the I/O request being directed to a virtual disk of the VM residing on a shared storage device; and processing, by the hypervisor, the I/O request from the VM by accessing a host-side cache that resides one or more cache devices distinct from the shared storage device, the accessing of the host-side cache being transparent to the VM; wherein the VM or the virtual disk is allocated a portion of the host-side cache when the VM is powered on, and wherein the allocated portion is freed when the VM is powered off or migrated to another host system.
A ceramic copper circuit board, comprising: a ceramic substrate; and a copper circuit board provided at one surface of the ceramic substrate, a ratio of a thickness of the copper circuit board to a thickness of the ceramic substrate being 1.25 or more, and a number of grain boundaries being not less than 5 and not more than 250 along every 10-mm straight line drawn in a front surface of the copper circuit board, characterized in that an arithmetic average roughness Ra of the front surface of the copper circuit board is 0.4 μm or less, a ten-point average roughness Rzjis of the front surface is 4 μm or less, and a maximum height Rz of the front surface is 5 μm or less. a ceramic substrate; and a copper circuit board provided at one surface of the ceramic substrate, a ratio of a thickness of the copper circuit board to a thickness of the ceramic substrate being 1.25 or more, and a number of grain boundaries being not less than 5 and not more than 250 along every 10-mm straight line drawn in a front surface of the copper circuit board, characterized in that an arithmetic average roughness Ra of the front surface of the copper circuit board is 0.4 μm or less, a ten-point average roughness Rzjis of the front surface is 4 μm or less, and a maximum height Rz of the front surface is 5 μm or less.
A method for in vitro simultaneous determination in real time of the course of proteolytic enzyme activity and of the strength of the formed fibrin clot in a biological sample, while simulating in vivo blood flow conditions, which comprises the following steps: a. triggering proteolytic enzyme activity generation in the biological sample so as to enable clotting in said biological sample and contacting said biological sample with a signal substrate causing a detectable signal related to the conversion product released upon reaction of said signal substrate with the proteolytic enzyme generated, b. displaying the sample mixture obtained in a) as a thin layer and setting a measuring gap, in particular a zero gap between the measuring system and the mixture obtained in a) hold in a vessel suitable for measurement of the detectable signal obtained after reaction of the signal substrate with the proteolytic enzyme, c. Applying a rotational force to the sample mixture obtained in b), thereby simulating in vivo venous or arterial blood flow of a determined in vivo physiological or clinical condition, d. Determining the time course of detectable signal development in the biological sample to provide results of proteolytic enzyme activity over time, especially as a curve, e. on said triggered biological sample, monitoring simultaneously the increase in viscosity over time with a rotary rheometer, as a measure of the formation of fibrin in the biological sample. a. triggering proteolytic enzyme activity generation in the biological sample so as to enable clotting in said biological sample and contacting said biological sample with a signal substrate causing a detectable signal related to the conversion product released upon reaction of said signal substrate with the proteolytic enzyme generated, b. displaying the sample mixture obtained in a) as a thin layer and setting a measuring gap, in particular a zero gap between the measuring system and the mixture obtained in a) hold in a vessel suitable for measurement of the detectable signal obtained after reaction of the signal substrate with the proteolytic enzyme, c. Applying a rotational force to the sample mixture obtained in b), thereby simulating in vivo venous or arterial blood flow of a determined in vivo physiological or clinical condition, d. Determining the time course of detectable signal development in the biological sample to provide results of proteolytic enzyme activity over time, especially as a curve, e. on said triggered biological sample, monitoring simultaneously the increase in viscosity over time with a rotary rheometer, as a measure of the formation of fibrin in the biological sample.
A medical device comprising: a flexible substrate defining a major surface; and a compliant hydrophilic coating at least partially covering the major surface, wherein the compliant hydrophilic coating comprises a base coat and a lubricious top coat, wherein the base coat comprises a copolymer of a thermoplastic elastomer and ethyl acrylate, and wherein the compliant hydrophilic coating exhibits substantially no cracking or flaking in response to an expansion of the flexible substrate to 500% of an original size of the flexible substrate. a flexible substrate defining a major surface; and a compliant hydrophilic coating at least partially covering the major surface, wherein the compliant hydrophilic coating comprises a base coat and a lubricious top coat, wherein the base coat comprises a copolymer of a thermoplastic elastomer and ethyl acrylate, and wherein the compliant hydrophilic coating exhibits substantially no cracking or flaking in response to an expansion of the flexible substrate to 500% of an original size of the flexible substrate.
Friction material comprising a base material impregnated with a composition comprising a resin, the resin comprising a phenolic resin, and at least one surface-active functional group chemically modifying the resin, wherein the phenolic resin is modified with aldehyde groups, acid groups, ester groups or ketone groups or wherein the phenolic resin further comprises a high number of surface hydroxyl groups that are bonded directly to phenolic rings via a hydrocarbon chain.
Timepiece movement including a module, fitted with a first wheel set meshing with a second wheel set pivoting on a base, on which said module is mounted, and means for positioning the module on said base, characterized in that said first and second wheel sets are separated by an adjustable distance of centres, and in that said positioning means is formed by a cam, at least most of the periphery of which defines an Archimedes' spiral or an optimized Archimedes' spiral, said cam being arranged to allow said distance of centres between the first and second wheel sets to be adjusted when the cam is rotated about the centre of said Archimedes' spiral or of said optimized Archimedes' spiral, the latter being optimised such that said distance of centres varies linearly as a function of the angle of rotation of the cam.
A dispensing apparatus for dispensing a reagent from a reagent bottle, the reagent bottle having a valve comprising a resilient membrane configured to extend across an opening in the reagent bottle, the resilient membrane having at least one slit extending therethrough, the dispensing apparatus comprising: a probe assembly having a probe adapted for insertion into the reagent bottle through the valve and an extraction mechanism for drawing reagent out of the reagent bottle through the probe, and characterised by a valve opening assembly adapted to open the valve of the reagent bottle such that the probe can pass through the valve without contacting the valve. a probe assembly having a probe adapted for insertion into the reagent bottle through the valve and an extraction mechanism for drawing reagent out of the reagent bottle through the probe, and characterised by a valve opening assembly adapted to open the valve of the reagent bottle such that the probe can pass through the valve without contacting the valve.
An augment (100, 200A) for supporting an acetabular shell at a bone configured for attaching an acetabular shell to an acetabulum of a patient, the augment (100, 200A) comprising: a body having a first surface and a second surface opposite the first surface, the body extending from a first end portion to a second end portion, wherein: the first end portion is adapted to be fixed to the acetabular shell, and the first end portion has a third surface that is shaped to conform to an exterior surface of the acetabular shell; the body comprises a porous material that promotes boney ingrowth and the first surface comprises a smooth surface and the second surface comprises the porous material that promotes boney ingrowth; a first hole and a second hole, each of the first and second holes extending through the body from the first surface to the second surface; and a trim marker (150, 152) located in between the first hole and the second hole, wherein the trim marker (150, 152) indicates a location on the body to separate a portion of the augment (100, 200A) in order to reduce the size of the augment (100, 200A). the first end portion is adapted to be fixed to the acetabular shell, and the first end portion has a third surface that is shaped to conform to an exterior surface of the acetabular shell; the body comprises a porous material that promotes boney ingrowth and the first surface comprises a smooth surface and the second surface comprises the porous material that promotes boney ingrowth; a first hole and a second hole, each of the first and second holes extending through the body from the first surface to the second surface; and a trim marker (150, 152) located in between the first hole and the second hole, wherein the trim marker (150, 152) indicates a location on the body to separate a portion of the augment (100, 200A) in order to reduce the size of the augment (100, 200A).
An optical measuring device comprising: a measuring unit that irradiates a detection portion with a test line of an immunochromatographic test piece with measurement light and measures light obtained from the detection portion due to the irradiation with the measurement light, wherein the measuring unit executes interval measurement in which measurement of light obtained from the test line due to irradiation with the measurement light is performed a plurality of times at predetermined time intervals; and a determination unit that performs a determination regarding the immunochromatographic test piece on the basis of a determination according to a comparison of a measurement value obtained by the measuring unit with a preset threshold value, wherein the determination unit uses a positive threshold value for determining a reactivity of an antigen and antibody reaction of a specimen at the test line, wherein it is determined that the antigen and antibody reaction in the specimen in the immunochromatographic test piece is positive when the determination unit determines that a measurement value in an nth interval measurement is equal to or greater than the positive threshold value and determines that a measurement value in an subsequent (n + 1)th interval measurement is equal to or greater than the positive threshold value, and wherein another interval measurement is executed when it is determined that the measurement value in the subsequent (n + 1)th interval measurement is not equal to or greater than the positive threshold value as long as an reaction completion time has not been reached.. a measuring unit that irradiates a detection portion with a test line of an immunochromatographic test piece with measurement light and measures light obtained from the detection portion due to the irradiation with the measurement light, wherein the measuring unit executes interval measurement in which measurement of light obtained from the test line due to irradiation with the measurement light is performed a plurality of times at predetermined time intervals; and a determination unit that performs a determination regarding the immunochromatographic test piece on the basis of a determination according to a comparison of a measurement value obtained by the measuring unit with a preset threshold value, wherein the determination unit uses a positive threshold value for determining a reactivity of an antigen and antibody reaction of a specimen at the test line, wherein it is determined that the antigen and antibody reaction in the specimen in the immunochromatographic test piece is positive when the determination unit determines that a measurement value in an nth interval measurement is equal to or greater than the positive threshold value and determines that a measurement value in an subsequent (n + 1)th interval measurement is equal to or greater than the positive threshold value, and wherein another interval measurement is executed when it is determined that the measurement value in the subsequent (n + 1)th interval measurement is not equal to or greater than the positive threshold value as long as an reaction completion time has not been reached..
An HMGB1 variant characterized in that it is a cell chemoattractant and it does not stimulate cytokine and/or chemokine production from a cell, derivatives and fragments thereof for use in a method to induce tissue regeneration, wherein said HMGB1 variant consists of SEQ ID No. 1 in which the cysteine residues located in positions 23, 45 or 106 are each replaced by an amino acid residue containing the same number of carbon atoms as cysteine, wherein the derivatives have a percentage of identity of at least 85 % to SEQ ID No. 1 and wherein the fragments have a length of at least 84 amino acids, said derivatives and fragments being cell chemoattractants and do not stimulate cytokine and/or chemokine production from a cell and comprise each of the cysteine residues located in positions 23, 45 or 106 of SEQ ID No. 1 replaced by an amino acid residue containing the same number of carbon atoms as cysteine.