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An apparatus for measuring deformation of a cantilever, comprising: a cantilever; a projection system for projecting a radiation beam onto the cantilever; and a measurement system for detecting radiation transmitted through or reflected from said cantilever, wherein said projection system is arranged such that the transmission of radiation through or the reflection of radiation from said cantilever forms an interference pattern; said measurement system is configured to measure the spatial variation in intensity within at least a portion of said interference pattern without the need of an additional reference radiation beam; and said apparatus further comprises a deformation calculating system for calculating a deformation of said cantilever from the spatial variation in intensity measured by said measurement system; characterised in that the deformation calculating system is operative to calculate from the spatial variation in intensity a change in shape of the portion of the cantilever through or from which the radiation forming said interference pattern is transmitted or reflected. a cantilever; a projection system for projecting a radiation beam onto the cantilever; and a measurement system for detecting radiation transmitted through or reflected from said cantilever, wherein said projection system is arranged such that the transmission of radiation through or the reflection of radiation from said cantilever forms an interference pattern; said measurement system is configured to measure the spatial variation in intensity within at least a portion of said interference pattern without the need of an additional reference radiation beam; and said apparatus further comprises a deformation calculating system for calculating a deformation of said cantilever from the spatial variation in intensity measured by said measurement system; characterised in that the deformation calculating system is operative to calculate from the spatial variation in intensity a change in shape of the portion of the cantilever through or from which the radiation forming said interference pattern is transmitted or reflected.
A method for processing instructions in a microcontroller, the method comprising: upon receipt of an interrupt while an interruptible instruction is being executed by a microcontroller core: interrupting execution of the interruptible instruction by the microcontroller core; and completing execution of the interruptible instruction by a shadow functional unit while the interrupt is being serviced by the microcontroller core; upon servicing the interrupt, terminating re-execution of the interruptible instruction by the microcontroller core and updating a main register file with the result of the execution of the interruptible instruction by the shadow functional unit. upon receipt of an interrupt while an interruptible instruction is being executed by a microcontroller core: interrupting execution of the interruptible instruction by the microcontroller core; and completing execution of the interruptible instruction by a shadow functional unit while the interrupt is being serviced by the microcontroller core; interrupting execution of the interruptible instruction by the microcontroller core; and completing execution of the interruptible instruction by a shadow functional unit while the interrupt is being serviced by the microcontroller core; upon servicing the interrupt, terminating re-execution of the interruptible instruction by the microcontroller core and updating a main register file with the result of the execution of the interruptible instruction by the shadow functional unit.
A data transmission method, comprising: determining, by means of a frequency hopping according to a Transmission Time Interval Bundling, TTI Bundling, parameter, a frequency domain position of a physical resource block in a slot for sending a TTI Bundling, wherein a frequency hopping variable i of the frequency hopping is determined according to the TTI Bundling parameter by means of one of or a combination of the following approaches, where mod is a modulus operation, floor is a rounded down operation, and n s is a slot sequence number: i = floor n s / 2 * TTI Bundling parameter + mod floor n s / 2, 2, i = floor n s / TTI Bundling parameter + mod floor n s / 2, 2; and transmitting data on a time frequency resource corresponding to the determined frequency domain position of the physical resource block in the slot of the TTI bundling. determining, by means of a frequency hopping according to a Transmission Time Interval Bundling, TTI Bundling, parameter, a frequency domain position of a physical resource block in a slot for sending a TTI Bundling, wherein a frequency hopping variable i of the frequency hopping is determined according to the TTI Bundling parameter by means of one of or a combination of the following approaches, where mod is a modulus operation, floor is a rounded down operation, and n s is a slot sequence number: i = floor n s / 2 * TTI Bundling parameter + mod floor n s / 2, 2, i = floor n s / TTI Bundling parameter + mod floor n s / 2, 2; and transmitting data on a time frequency resource corresponding to the determined frequency domain position of the physical resource block in the slot of the TTI bundling.
A recombinant AAV (rAAV) vector comprising a transgene flanked by transposon-derived inverted terminal repeat sequences, which sequences are in turn flanked by AAV-derived inverted terminal repeat regions, wherein the transgene is operably linked to a liver-specific promoter wherein the transgene flanked by transposon-derived inverted terminal repeat sequences is to be used in combination with a source of a transposase that recognises said transposon-derived inverted terminal repeat sequences and directs the genomic integration of the transgene into the genome of a proliferating cell, wherein the transposase is the piggyBac transposase, and the transposon-derived inverted terminal repeat sequences are derived from the piggyBac transposon, for use in a method of treatment or prevention of a disease of, affecting, or associated with a proliferating cell, wherein said method results in the stable integration and expression of the transgene to thereby treat the disease.
Method for determining the position of a robot, in particular of an autonomous robot, comprising at least - a method step in which expected position data p p t regarding an expected position of the robot are provided, - a method step in which actual position data p u t regarding an actual position of the robot are provided, and a method step in which position data that are free from outliers and that are used to determine the position of the robot are determined using the expected position data p p t and the actual position data p u t, wherein mutually consistent expected position data p p t and actual position data p u t are determined by creating a similarity matrix, characterized in that the similarity matrix is created in the form of an ( n × n) matrix based on in each case n expected position data p p t and n actual position data p u t that are provided in each case at n times [t s, t s+1,..., t s+n-1], preferably n equidistant times. - a method step in which expected position data p p t regarding an expected position of the robot are provided, - a method step in which actual position data p u t regarding an actual position of the robot are provided,
A composition for topical delivery of at least one active agent, said composition comprising the active agent in a phospholipid micelle, collagen, elastin and an acceptable carrier, wherein the elastin is cross-linked low molecular weight elastin.
Immersion device consisting of a) unit generating nitric oxide with a UV radiation source and a volume chamber for the reception of an NOD-containing aqueous solution, wherein the SGE is configured in such a manner that by means of UV radiation the aqueous solution can be enriched with NO, and b) a volume unit VE for the immersion of objects, wherein the VE can receive the NO- enriched aqueous solution transferred by the SGE, wherein the volume unit is a container, which is open towards the top, and the SGE can be tightly sealed, characterised in that the transfer of the aqueous solution occurs via two openings connecting the SGE and VE in a common wall, or via two conduits and the aqueous solution can be guided with the aid of a circulating or pump device through the volume chamber of the SGE and can be diverted into the VE, so that the volume chamber of the SGE and the volume unit form a closed circuit for the aqueous solution, and wherein the immersion device is provided with a temperature control device, which allows a setting of a selected temperature through heating or cooling, and wherein the UV radiation source is selected from a group containing a glow or gas discharge lamp (low-pressure or high-pressure discharge) coated with corresponding fluorochromes, a light-emitting diode, an organic light-emitting diode (OLED), and a laser. a) unit generating nitric oxide with a UV radiation source and a volume chamber for the reception of an NOD-containing aqueous solution, wherein the SGE is configured in such a manner that by means of UV radiation the aqueous solution can be enriched with NO, and b) a volume unit VE for the immersion of objects, wherein the VE can receive the NO- enriched aqueous solution transferred by the SGE,
A twin-screw extruder comprising: two screw shafts that are rotatably provided in a casing including a hopper unit and a compression unit, the hopper unit being provided with a material inlet, the compression unit being subsequent to the hopper unit and being provided with a material outlet at a tip thereof, and each of the screw shafts being provided with a tapered screw blade, wherein the size of a lead angle (β2) of the screw blade at the position of the compression unit is set to be smaller than the size of a lead angle (β1) of the screw blade at the position of the hopper unit, wherein the screw blade is disposed at the position of the compression unit so as to be wound two or more times, and wherein a mesh screen is detachably provided in the material outlet, characterized in that the thickness of the screw blade at the position of the compression unit is larger than the thickness of the screw blade at the position of the hopper unit. two screw shafts that are rotatably provided in a casing including a hopper unit and a compression unit, the hopper unit being provided with a material inlet, the compression unit being subsequent to the hopper unit and being provided with a material outlet at a tip thereof, and each of the screw shafts being provided with a tapered screw blade, wherein the size of a lead angle (β2) of the screw blade at the position of the compression unit is set to be smaller than the size of a lead angle (β1) of the screw blade at the position of the hopper unit, wherein the screw blade is disposed at the position of the compression unit so as to be wound two or more times, and wherein a mesh screen is detachably provided in the material outlet, characterized in that the thickness of the screw blade at the position of the compression unit is larger than the thickness of the screw blade at the position of the hopper unit.
A bendable telescopic lance for spraying of a material, characterized in that it comprises: a flexible inner tube, a bendable telescopic element with an inlet side and an outlet side, and an outer pipe; wherein: the flexible inner tube is located inside, and connected in a longitudinally mutually slidable manner to, the outer pipe; the outer pipe is connected to the inlet side of the bendable telescopic element and the inner tube is connected to the outlet side of the bendable telescopic element; and where the relative position of the inner tube and the outer pipe determines the spatial position and length of the bendable telescopic element. a flexible inner tube, a bendable telescopic element with an inlet side and an outlet side, and an outer pipe; wherein: the flexible inner tube is located inside, and connected in a longitudinally mutually slidable manner to, the outer pipe; the outer pipe is connected to the inlet side of the bendable telescopic element and the inner tube is connected to the outlet side of the bendable telescopic element; and where the relative position of the inner tube and the outer pipe determines the spatial position and length of the bendable telescopic element. the flexible inner tube is located inside, and connected in a longitudinally mutually slidable manner to, the outer pipe; the outer pipe is connected to the inlet side of the bendable telescopic element and the inner tube is connected to the outlet side of the bendable telescopic element; and where the relative position of the inner tube and the outer pipe determines the spatial position and length of the bendable telescopic element.
A refrigeration cycle apparatus comprising: a refrigerant circuit configured by connecting a compressor, a flow path switching apparatus, a first heat exchanger, a decompressing apparatus, and a second heat exchanger; a refrigerant tank circuit connected to the first and second heat exchangers (4, 6) in parallel with the decompressing apparatus; and a degassing pipe having a first end and a second end, the flow path switching apparatus being configured to switch a flow of refrigerant discharged from the compressor to any of the first and second heat exchangers (4, 6), the refrigerant tank circuit comprising a refrigerant tank, and the degassing pipe having the first end connected to the refrigerant tank and having the second end connected to at least any of the refrigerant circuit and the refrigerant tank circuit wherein the degassing pipe has the second end connected to the refrigerant circuit between the second heat exchanger and the compressor, wherein the refrigerant tank comprises a main body portion and a tubular portion connected to the main body portion, the tubular portion is connected to the first heat exchanger through a connecting pipe, the main body portion is connected to the first heat exchanger with the tubular portion being interposed, and the degassing pipe has the first end connected to the tubular portion, wherein both the degassing pipe and the connecting pipe are connected to the tubular portion. a refrigerant circuit configured by connecting a compressor, a flow path switching apparatus, a first heat exchanger, a decompressing apparatus, and a second heat exchanger; a refrigerant tank circuit connected to the first and second heat exchangers (4, 6) in parallel with the decompressing apparatus; and a degassing pipe having a first end and a second end, the flow path switching apparatus being configured to switch a flow of refrigerant discharged from the compressor to any of the first and second heat exchangers (4, 6), the refrigerant tank circuit comprising a refrigerant tank, and the degassing pipe having the first end connected to the refrigerant tank and having the second end connected to at least any of the refrigerant circuit and the refrigerant tank circuit wherein the degassing pipe has the second end connected to the refrigerant circuit between the second heat exchanger and the compressor, wherein the refrigerant tank comprises a main body portion and a tubular portion connected to the main body portion, the tubular portion is connected to the first heat exchanger through a connecting pipe, the main body portion is connected to the first heat exchanger with the tubular portion being interposed, and the degassing pipe has the first end connected to the tubular portion, wherein both the degassing pipe and the connecting pipe are connected to the tubular portion. a connecting pipe, the main body portion is connected to the first heat exchanger with the tubular portion being interposed, and the degassing pipe has the first end connected to the tubular portion, wherein both the degassing pipe and the connecting pipe are connected to the tubular portion.
A fan module comprising variable-pitch blades, said fan module comprising: - a fan rotor carrying the blades of the fan (4, 400a) each mounted to pivot about a pitch axis, - a fan shaft extending along a longitudinal axis X inside the fan rotor and driving the fan rotor in rotation, - a power shaft driving the fan shaft in rotation by means of an epicyclic gear speed reducer, - at least a first and a second bearings (69, 69a, 69b, 71) for guiding the rotation of the fan rotor relative to a structure of the fan module and housed inside a lubrication enclosure, the first bearing (69, 69a, 69b) being disposed upstream of the speed reducer, and - a pitch-varying system for varying the pitch of the blades of the fan comprising a connecting mechanism connected to the blades of the fan and a control means acting on the connecting mechanism, characterised in that the second bearing is disposed downstream of the speed reducer, the fan rotor being connected to the fan shaft by means of an annular trunnion extending at least along an upstream part of the lubrication enclosure and the control means being located axially upstream of the trunnion. - a fan rotor carrying the blades of the fan (4, 400a) each mounted to pivot about a pitch axis, - a fan shaft extending along a longitudinal axis X inside the fan rotor and driving the fan rotor in rotation, - a power shaft driving the fan shaft in rotation by means of an epicyclic gear speed reducer, - at least a first and a second bearings (69, 69a, 69b, 71) for guiding the rotation of the fan rotor relative to a structure of the fan module and housed inside a lubrication enclosure, the first bearing (69, 69a, 69b) being disposed upstream of the speed reducer, and - a pitch-varying system for varying the pitch of the blades of the fan comprising a connecting mechanism connected to the blades of the fan and a control means acting on the connecting mechanism,
A surface layer comprising: an amorphous structure formed on a work piece surface by moving an electrode material to the work piece by repeatedly generating pulsed electrical discharge between an electrode for electrical discharge surface treatment, which contains Si as a main component, and the work piece surface, wherein the Si component is contained in a range of 3 to 11 wt% and has a thickness of 5 to 10 μm. an amorphous structure formed on a work piece surface by moving an electrode material to the work piece by repeatedly generating pulsed electrical discharge between an electrode for electrical discharge surface treatment, which contains Si as a main component, and the work piece surface, wherein the Si component is contained in a range of 3 to 11 wt% and has a thickness of 5 to 10 μm.
An in vitro method for producing a mixed cell population of disease antigen specific CTLs and γδT cells, wherein the method comprises the steps of: adding a disease antigen and an aminobisphosphonate to a peripheral blood mononuclear cell population and culturing the resultant peripheral blood mononuclear cells comprising said disease antigen specific CTL and γδT cells.
A method of measuring the content of methylated DNA in an objective DNA region in a genomic DNA contained in a biological specimen, the objective DNA region having a recognition site of at least one kind of methylation sensitive restriction enzyme, comprising: First step of mixing a DNA sample comprising a single-stranded DNA (plus strand) containing the objective DNA region and a masking oligonucleotide comprising a nucleotide sequence complementary to a nucleotide sequence of a recognition site for the at least one kind of methylation-sensitive restriction enzyme, thereby obtaining a partially single-stranded DNA in which the recognition site for the methylation-sensitive restriction enzyme forms double strand by complementary base-pairing with the masking oligonucleotide, followed by digesting the DNA sample with the methylation-sensitive restriction enzyme wherein said enzyme digests a recognition site containing unmethylated cytosine and does not digest a recognition site containing methylated cytosine; Second step of obtaining methylated single-stranded DNA from the DNA sample that has been subjected to the digestion treatment in First step by separating methylated double-stranded DNA contained in the DNA sample into methylated single-stranded DNA, and binding the methylated single-stranded DNA to an immobilized methylated DNA antibody, thereby selecting the single-stranded DNA; and Third step of amplifying the methylated DNA in the objective DNA region from the selected single-stranded DNA to a detectable level by a polymerase chain reaction and quantifying the amount of the amplified DNA. First step of mixing a DNA sample comprising a single-stranded DNA (plus strand) containing the objective DNA region and a masking oligonucleotide comprising a nucleotide sequence complementary to a nucleotide sequence of a recognition site for the at least one kind of methylation-sensitive restriction enzyme, thereby obtaining a partially single-stranded DNA in which the recognition site for the methylation-sensitive restriction enzyme forms double strand by complementary base-pairing with the masking oligonucleotide, followed by digesting the DNA sample with the methylation-sensitive restriction enzyme wherein said enzyme digests a recognition site containing unmethylated cytosine and does not digest a recognition site containing methylated cytosine; Second step of obtaining methylated single-stranded DNA from the DNA sample that has been subjected to the digestion treatment in First step by separating methylated double-stranded DNA contained in the DNA sample into methylated single-stranded DNA, and binding the methylated single-stranded DNA to an immobilized methylated DNA antibody, thereby selecting the single-stranded DNA; and Third step of amplifying the methylated DNA in the objective DNA region from the selected single-stranded DNA to a detectable level by a polymerase chain reaction and quantifying the amount of the amplified DNA.
An injection molding machine comprising: a motion conversion mechanism that includes a screw shaft and a screw nut which is screwed to the screw shaft, and converts rotation motion of a rotary motor into linear motion of a movable member; characterized by an inspection unit that is configured to detect bending of the screw shaft, wherein the inspection unit is configured to detect relative inclination between a predetermined portion of the screw shaft, and the screw nut. a motion conversion mechanism that includes a screw shaft and a screw nut which is screwed to the screw shaft, and converts rotation motion of a rotary motor into linear motion of a movable member; characterized by an inspection unit that is configured to detect bending of the screw shaft, wherein the inspection unit is configured to detect relative inclination between a predetermined portion of the screw shaft, and the screw nut.