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A method of operating a scanning probe microscope comprising: generating relative substantially periodic motion between a probe and a sample; detecting the motion of the probe; recovering, from the detected probe motion, a substantially instantaneous interaction force between the probe and the sample as the probe and sample interact; determining a time zone of interest (p1-p5) associated with the recovered substantially instantaneous force; wherein peak force control is employed which uses said instantaneous interaction force directly as the feedback control parameter; characterized in that the time zone of interest (p1-p5) is gated; characterized by generating a constant or synchronously gated physical excitation signal between the probe and the sample within a period of the interaction between the probe and the sample, wherein the constant or synchronously gated excitation signal is heat applied to the sample or the probe, an electromagnetic wave, an optical excitation, a voltage signal, or a magnetic force; and synchronously measuring the gated physical response of the probe to the generating step, in the gated time zone of interest (p1-p5) within said period of the interaction between the probe and the sample so as to provide simultaneous measurement of a physical property of the sample, as defined by the generating step, and a mechanical property of the sample, wherein signals other than those in the gated time zone of interest are considered parasitic noise. generating relative substantially periodic motion between a probe and a sample; detecting the motion of the probe; recovering, from the detected probe motion, a substantially instantaneous interaction force between the probe and the sample as the probe and sample interact; determining a time zone of interest (p1-p5) associated with the recovered substantially instantaneous force; wherein peak force control is employed which uses said instantaneous interaction force directly as the feedback control parameter; characterized in that the time zone of interest (p1-p5) is gated; characterized by generating a constant or synchronously gated physical excitation signal between the probe and the sample within a period of the interaction between the probe and the sample, wherein the constant or synchronously gated excitation signal is heat applied to the sample or the probe, an electromagnetic wave, an optical excitation, a voltage signal, or a magnetic force; and synchronously measuring the gated physical response of the probe to the generating step, in the gated time zone of interest (p1-p5) within said period of the interaction between the probe and the sample so as to provide simultaneous measurement of a physical property of the sample, as defined by the generating step, and a mechanical property of the sample, wherein signals other than those in the gated time zone of interest are considered parasitic noise.
A blood purification apparatus that performs blood purification treatment by purifying blood of a patient which is extracorporeally circulated, comprising: a display device which performs a display relating to the blood purification treatment, characterized in that the display device can switch a normal mode where an input operation relating to the blood purification treatment can be performed and a display relating to the blood purification treatment is performed and a display mode where the display relating to the blood purification treatment is exclusively performed, and in the display during the display mode, a layout and a form of the display during the normal mode are maintained and enlargedly displayed, and when it is detected that the health care worker is close to the dialysis apparatus by using a detection sensor, when there is the detection by the detection sensor, the mode is switched over to normal mode, and when there is no detection by the detection sensor for a certain period of time, the mode is switched over to display mode. a display device which performs a display relating to the blood purification treatment, characterized in that the display device can switch a normal mode where an input operation relating to the blood purification treatment can be performed and a display relating to the blood purification treatment is performed and a display mode where the display relating to the blood purification treatment is exclusively performed, and in the display during the display mode, a layout and a form of the display during the normal mode are maintained and enlargedly displayed, and when it is detected that the health care worker is close to the dialysis apparatus by using a detection sensor, when there is the detection by the detection sensor, the mode is switched over to normal mode, and when there is no detection by the detection sensor for a certain period of time, the mode is switched over to display mode.
Robot gripper, comprising a first gripper finger (16.1) and at least one second gripper finger (16.2), a gripper base body, a base member, which is mounted by means of a first pivot joint (15.1) so as to be rotatable about a first axis of rotation relative to the gripper base body, and an intermediate member which is rotatably mounted relative to the base member by means of a second pivot (15.2) about a second axis of rotation which is aligned parallel to the first axis of rotation and arranged at a constant first distance from the first axis of rotation, further comprising a finger carrier which supports the first gripper finger (16.1) and which is pivoted with respect to the intermediate member by means of a third pivot (15.3) about a third axis of rotation which is parallel to both the first axis of rotation and the second axis of rotation and is located at a constant second distance from the second axis of rotation, and comprising a drive device separate from the first pivot joint (15.1), the second pivot joint (15.2) and the third pivot joint (15.3), which is supported against the gripper base body and which is designed to adjust the finger carrier relative to the second gripper finger (16.2) with a driving force which is introduced into the finger carrier exclusively via the drive device.
A bitumen composition comprising at least one wax mixture consisting of - 20 to 80 wt.-% of a petroleum slack wax, and - 20 to 80 wt.-% of a Fischer-Tropsch wax, each relative to the total mass of the at least one wax mixture. - 20 to 80 wt.-% of a petroleum slack wax, and - 20 to 80 wt.-% of a Fischer-Tropsch wax,
A composition of matter comprising eotaxin and RANTES for use in improving pregnancy rates and/or for reducing maternal alloreactivity against seminal fluid/sperm or embryos and/or for providing an immunopermissive uterine environment in females prior to implantation of an embryo or prior to insemination.
A non-therapeutic method for delivering consumer skin anti-aging and skin anti-stress benefits by protecting mitochondria and/or lowering mitochondrial fragmentation in skin cells of an individual in need thereof by topically applying to the skin a topical personal care composition for improving energy efficiency of skin cells, comprising: (a) from 0.001 to 10% preferably, from 0.01 to 6%, and most preferably, from 0.05 to 3.5%, by weight, of niacinamide; and (b) from 0.001 to 10%, preferably from 0.01 to 6%, by weight, of S-adenosyl-L-methionine compound of Structural Formula 1: (c) an optional additional skin benefit agent; and (d) a cosmetically acceptable carrier. (a) from 0.001 to 10% preferably, from 0.01 to 6%, and most preferably, from 0.05 to 3.5%, by weight, of niacinamide; and (b) from 0.001 to 10%, preferably from 0.01 to 6%, by weight, of S-adenosyl-L-methionine compound of Structural Formula 1: (c) an optional additional skin benefit agent; and (d) a cosmetically acceptable carrier.
A carbon nanotube which satisfies the following and: a peak appears at a diffraction angle 2θ = 25° ± 2° in powder X-ray diffraction analysis, and a half value width of the peak is 2° or more and less than 3°, and a G/D ratio is 1.5 to 5.0, where G represents a maximum peak intensity in a range from 1560 to 1600 cm -1, and D represents a maximum peak intensity in a range from 1310 to 1350 cm -1 in a Raman spectrum measured using a laser wavelength of 532 nm. a peak appears at a diffraction angle 2θ = 25° ± 2° in powder X-ray diffraction analysis, and a half value width of the peak is 2° or more and less than 3°, and a G/D ratio is 1.5 to 5.0, where G represents a maximum peak intensity in a range from 1560 to 1600 cm -1, and D represents a maximum peak intensity in a range from 1310 to 1350 cm -1 in a Raman spectrum measured using a laser wavelength of 532 nm.
A method for obtaining a beam hardening map used in beam hardening correction in X-ray Dark-Field imaging of a subject including at least a first material and a second material, the first and second material having different beam hardening properties, the method comprising: - an acquisition step (16, 36, 38) of acquiring X-ray imaging data of the subject, - an obtainment step (20, 42) of obtaining information as to a contribution of the first material to the acquired X-ray imaging data, and - a map provision step (24, 44) of providing a beam hardening map as an input for the beam hardening correction in the X-ray Dark-Field imaging using the acquired X-ray imaging data, wherein the beam hardening map is based on the obtained information. - an acquisition step (16, 36, 38) of acquiring X-ray imaging data of the subject, - an obtainment step (20, 42) of obtaining information as to a contribution of the first material to the acquired X-ray imaging data, and - a map provision step (24, 44) of providing a beam hardening map as an input for the beam hardening correction in the X-ray Dark-Field imaging using the acquired X-ray imaging data, wherein the beam hardening map is based on the obtained information.
A scroll-type fluid machine, comprising: a main body unit configured to compress a fluid; and a motor unit configured to drive the main body unit, wherein the main body unit includes a fixed scroll, a revolving scroll, a main body casing, and an autorotation preventing mechanism configured to be held by the revolving scroll and the main body casing and prevent autorotation of the revolving scroll, the motor unit includes a rotor, a stator configured to rotate the rotor, a shaft configured to rotate integrally with the rotor, and a motor cover configured to house the rotor and the stator, an eccentric portion is included at a distal end of the shaft, the main body unit and the motor unit are connected via the eccentric portion, and the main body casing and the motor cover are fastened with a fastening member, characterized in that the motor unit further includes a main bearing fixed to the inside of the motor cover by a flange, wherein the main bearing is supporting the shaft and located between the flange and an end bracket on an opposite side of the main body unit with respect to the flange. a main body unit configured to compress a fluid; and a motor unit configured to drive the main body unit, wherein the main body unit includes a fixed scroll, a revolving scroll, a main body casing, and an autorotation preventing mechanism configured to be held by the revolving scroll and the main body casing and prevent autorotation of the revolving scroll, the motor unit includes a rotor, a stator configured to rotate the rotor, a shaft configured to rotate integrally with the rotor, and a motor cover configured to house the rotor and the stator, an eccentric portion is included at a distal end of the shaft, the main body unit and the motor unit are connected via the eccentric portion, and the main body casing and the motor cover are fastened with a fastening member, characterized in that the motor unit further includes a main bearing fixed to the inside of the motor cover by a flange, wherein the main bearing is supporting the shaft and located between the flange and an end bracket on an opposite side of the main body unit with respect to the flange.
An image processing method, comprising: identifying a first object in a first video frame image and a second object located in the first object; in accordance with a position of the first object in the first video frame image, overlaying a third object as a foreground image on the first video frame image to obtain a second video frame image; wherein the third object overlays the first object in the second video frame image; in accordance with a position of the second object in the first video frame image, overlapping the second object as a foreground image on the third object of the second video frame image to obtain a third video frame image; characterized by converting color spaces of the second object and the third object in the third video frame image from a RGB color space to a HSV color space; replacing a value of the second object in H channel in the HSV color space with a value of the third object in the H channel; and converting the color spaces of the second object and the third object from the HSV space to the RGB color space to obtain a fourth video frame image. identifying a first object in a first video frame image and a second object located in the first object; in accordance with a position of the first object in the first video frame image, overlaying a third object as a foreground image on the first video frame image to obtain a second video frame image; wherein the third object overlays the first object in the second video frame image; in accordance with a position of the second object in the first video frame image, overlapping the second object as a foreground image on the third object of the second video frame image to obtain a third video frame image; characterized by converting color spaces of the second object and the third object in the third video frame image from a RGB color space to a HSV color space; replacing a value of the second object in H channel in the HSV color space with a value of the third object in the H channel; and converting the color spaces of the second object and the third object from the HSV space to the RGB color space to obtain a fourth video frame image.
A system (300; 500) comprising: an electric battery comprising at least four series-connected elementary cells (c i); and at least two power transfer units (m j) each having first and second nodes connected, through at least three cells (c i) of the battery, and a third node connected to an intermediate point of the series association of said at least three cells (c i), each unit (m j) having at least one of its first and second nodes non-common with a first or second node of another unit, and each unit (m j) having its third node non-common with a third node of another unit. an electric battery comprising at least four series-connected elementary cells (c i); and at least two power transfer units (m j) each having first and second nodes connected, through at least three cells (c i) of the battery, and a third node connected to an intermediate point of the series association of said at least three cells (c i), each unit (m j) having at least one of its first and second nodes non-common with a first or second node of another unit, and each unit (m j) having its third node non-common with a third node of another unit. and second nodes connected, through at least three cells (c i) of the battery, and a third node connected to an intermediate point of the series association of said at least three cells (c i), each unit (m j) having at least one of its first and second nodes non-common with a first or second node of another unit, and each unit (m j) having its third node non-common with a third node of another unit.
A method for detecting abnormality in a reducing agent replenished into a reducing agent tank in an exhaust emission control device for reduction and removal of NO x through addition of the reducing agent from said tank to a selective reduction catalyst incorporated in an exhaust pipe, which comprises the steps of: detecting replenishment of the reducing agent to said tank; waiting elapse of a removal-rate stabilization period from the detected replenishment to stabilization of the NO x removal rate; and determining that a dilute reducing agent or/and a different material are replenished into the tank if an abnormal lowering of a measured NO x removal rate is detected during a determination period after the removal-rate stabilization period by comparison of an actually measured NO x removal rate with a reference NO x removal rate, and when the abnormal lowering of the measured NO x removal rate cannot be detected, recording the actually measured NO x removal rate as a normal NO x removal rate to the reference NO x removal rate during a normal operation period after the determination period bringing about the updating of the reference NO x removal rate. detecting replenishment of the reducing agent to said tank; waiting elapse of a removal-rate stabilization period from the detected replenishment to stabilization of the NO x removal rate; and determining that a dilute reducing agent or/and a different material are replenished into the tank if an abnormal lowering of a measured NO x removal rate is detected during a determination period after the removal-rate stabilization period by comparison of an actually measured NO x removal rate with a reference NO x removal rate, and when the abnormal lowering of the measured NO x removal rate cannot be detected, recording the actually measured NO x removal rate as a normal NO x removal rate to the reference NO x removal rate during a normal operation period after the determination period bringing about the updating of the reference NO x removal rate.
A method for obtaining smectites from clay having low contents of smectites, comprising the following steps: (i) mixing of clay having low contents of smectites in activator aqueous solution or mixing of clay having low contents of smectites and activator in water, wherein the activator is a phosphate and weight ratio of clay, water and activator is 1:10-20:0.01-0.1, (ii) sedimentation of the resultant suspension, preferably so long to precipitate silica particles which arc larger than one micron and the rest of the ballast, (iii) addition to the resultant suspension of a saturated solution of hydrazine dihydrogen chloride and acetone in weight ratio from 1:2 to 1:3 being a coagulant in acidic medium, (iv) separation of smectites from the solution, containing the potential activator and coagulant residues. (i) mixing of clay having low contents of smectites in activator aqueous solution or mixing of clay having low contents of smectites and activator in water, wherein the activator is a phosphate and weight ratio of clay, water and activator is 1:10-20:0.01-0.1, (ii) sedimentation of the resultant suspension, preferably so long to precipitate silica particles which arc larger than one micron and the rest of the ballast, (iii) addition to the resultant suspension of a saturated solution of hydrazine dihydrogen chloride and acetone in weight ratio from 1:2 to 1:3 being a coagulant in acidic medium, (iv) separation of smectites from the solution, containing the potential activator and coagulant residues.
Contact element arrangement composed of a deformed sheet-metal part, wherein at least two mutually spaced apart contact elements (20, 30) are formed from the sheet-metal part, said elements (20, 30) extending away from a flat base plate of the sheet-metal part, and wherein the one contact element configures a substantially cylindrical contacting portion for assembling a pin-shaped counterpart contact by plugging-in the latter in a plug-in direction, and wherein the second contact element is configured as a contact spring which in an S-shaped manner is bent across two bending portions (31, 32) and which configures a contact dome that points away from the base plate, characterized in that the second bending portion is situated so as to be laterally offset within the circumferential contour of the base plate, and in that a spring arm portion of the contact spring adjoins the second bending portion, said spring arm portion in the region where the contact spring is connected to the base plate being longer than the width of the base plate such that the second contact element in the plug-in direction protrudes so far that the contact dome is disposed outside the circumferential contour of the base plate.
Brillouin optical distributed sensing device, comprising: - means (2, 3, 4, 9, 50, 51) configured for generating an optical pulsed signal and an optical probe signal, - circulation means (10, 7) configured for directing said optical pulsed signal to a sensing optical fiber, and for directing an optical measurement signal with Brillouin scattering information arising from said sensing optical fiber toward detection means (18, 19), characterized in that it further comprises optical routing means configured for configuring the device so as to allow generating: - according to a first configuration, an optical measurement signal with stimulated Brillouin scattering information resulting from the interaction of the optical pulsed signal and an optical probe signal propagating in said sensing optical fiber in a direction opposite to the optical pulsed signal, - according to a second configuration, an optical measurement signal with spontaneous Brillouin scattering information resulting from the propagation of the optical pulsed signal in the sensing optical fiber the device comprising optical routing means configured for directing the optical probe signal: - according to the first configuration, to the sensing optical fiber so that said optical probe signal propagates in said sensing optical fiber in a direction opposite to the optical pulsed signal, - according to the second configuration, to coupling means inserted between the circulating means and the detection means (18, 19, 20) so as to combine said optical probe signal and said measurement signal on the detection means (18, 19). - means (2, 3, 4, 9, 50, 51) configured for generating an optical pulsed signal and an optical probe signal, - circulation means (10, 7) configured for directing said optical pulsed signal to a sensing optical fiber, and for directing an optical measurement signal with Brillouin scattering information arising from said sensing optical fiber toward detection means (18, 19), - according to a first configuration, an optical measurement signal with stimulated Brillouin scattering information resulting from the interaction of the optical pulsed signal and an optical probe signal propagating in said sensing optical fiber in a direction opposite to the optical pulsed signal, - according to a second configuration, an optical measurement signal with spontaneous Brillouin scattering information resulting from the propagation of the optical pulsed signal in the sensing optical fiber the device comprising optical routing means configured for directing the optical probe signal: - according to the first configuration, to the sensing optical fiber so that said optical probe signal propagates in said sensing optical fiber in a direction opposite to the optical pulsed signal, - according to the second configuration, to coupling means inserted between the circulating means and the detection means (18, 19, 20) so as to combine said optical probe signal and said measurement signal on the detection means (18, 19).