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An integrated system for performing a biochemical reaction on a sample comprising: a reaction module comprising: a device comprising a first planar surface comprising a plurality of discrete reaction volumes, said reaction volumes comprising a reagent and a sample, wherein said reaction volume is accessible to perform more than one biochemical reaction on said sample; a dispensing module for dispensing said sample onto the device, wherein said dispensing module is operably coupled with said device; a thermal module comprising a heating element and a thermal control element, wherein said thermal module is operably coupled to said device; a detection module to detect a signal from the discrete reaction volumes; a recovery module comprising a second planar surface operable to individually recover at least a portion of reacted material from each of said plurality of discrete reaction volumes by bringing said second planar surface into contact with said plurality of discrete reaction volumes on the first planar surface such that, when the second planar surface is removed, said plurality of discrete reaction volumes is split into two pluralities of discrete reaction volumes disposed on the first and second planar surfaces respectively. a reaction module comprising: a device comprising a first planar surface comprising a plurality of discrete reaction volumes, said reaction volumes comprising a reagent and a sample, wherein said reaction volume is accessible to perform more than one biochemical reaction on said sample; a dispensing module for dispensing said sample onto the device, wherein said dispensing module is operably coupled with said device; a thermal module comprising a heating element and a thermal control element, wherein said thermal module is operably coupled to said device; a detection module to detect a signal from the discrete reaction volumes; a recovery module comprising a second planar surface operable to individually recover at least a portion of reacted material from each of said plurality of discrete reaction volumes by bringing said second planar surface into contact with said plurality of discrete reaction volumes on the first planar surface such that, when the second planar surface is removed, said plurality of discrete reaction volumes is split into two pluralities of discrete reaction volumes disposed on the first and second planar surfaces respectively.
A liquid jet head comprising: an actuator member having a pressure chamber (Ce1, Ce2); a low rigidity support part which is disposed at one side with respect to the actuator member, and is coupled to the actuator member; and a high rigidity support part which is disposed at the other side opposite to the one side with respect to the actuator member, and is coupled to the actuator member, wherein the high rigidity support part has a high rigidity part which includes a head constituent member (45, 46) of the liquid jet head higher in linear expansion coefficient and Young's modulus than the actuator member, and which reduces a thermal deformation of the high rigidity support part in a direction of extension or contraction of the actuator member with respect to input or output of heat to or from the liquid jet head to be smaller than a thermal deformation exhibited in the direction of the extension or the contraction by the head constituent member with respect to the input or the output of the heat, and the low rigidity support part is lower in rigidity in the direction of the extension or the contraction than the actuator member, the liquid jet head further comprising a flow channel member which is disposed at the one side of the actuator member, and which is provided with a flow channel (p1, p2) of liquid to be supplied to the pressure chamber, wherein the low rigidity support part includes the flow channel member, and characterized in that the flow channel member is formed of a material higher in linear expansion coefficient and lower in Young's modulus than the actuator member. an actuator member having a pressure chamber (Ce1, Ce2); a low rigidity support part which is disposed at one side with respect to the actuator member, and is coupled to the actuator member; and a high rigidity support part which is disposed at the other side opposite to the one side with respect to the actuator member, and is coupled to the actuator member, wherein the high rigidity support part has a high rigidity part which includes a head constituent member (45, 46) of the liquid jet head higher in linear expansion coefficient and Young's modulus than the actuator member, and which reduces a thermal deformation of the high rigidity support part in a direction of extension or contraction of the actuator member with respect to input or output of heat to or from the liquid jet head to be smaller than a thermal deformation exhibited in the direction of the extension or the contraction by the head constituent member with respect to the input or the output of the heat, and the low rigidity support part is lower in rigidity in the direction of the extension or the contraction than the actuator member, the liquid jet head further comprising a flow channel member which is disposed at the one side of the actuator member, and which is provided with a flow channel (p1, p2) of liquid to be supplied to the pressure chamber, wherein the low rigidity support part includes the flow channel member, and characterized in that the flow channel member is formed of a material higher in linear expansion coefficient and lower in Young's modulus than the actuator member.
Electromagnetic shielding assembly for electromagnetically shielding an electrical power transmitting arrangement (307, 500), comprising at least one shielding sleeve (210; 210') having at least one shield contact tongue, integrally formed with and connected to the shielding sleeve (210; 210') on one end, and being provided with a free end, wherein the free end of the shield contact tongue comprises at least one connection portion, the connection portion being electrically coupled to the shielding sleeve (210; 210'), wherein the shield contact tongue is bent inwardly into the shielding sleeve (210; 210'), characterized in that the connection portion of the shield contact tongue is mechanically coupled to the shielding sleeve and comprises at least one wing provided within the connection portion which interacts with a corresponding recess within the shielding sleeve (210;210'), and in that the at least one wing is inserted at least partially into the locking recess from inside the shielding sleeve, a curved portion of the wings extending through the locking recess towards the outside of the shielding sleeve (210; 210').
A robot, comprising: a robot arm comprising: a first frame; and a second frame coupled to the first frame so as to be turnable about a joint axis; a cable arranged along a side surface of the first frame and a side surface of the second frame; a first fixing member for fixing the cable to the side surface of the first frame; a second fixing member for fixing the cable to the side surface of the second frame; a holding member (117; 217) for holding a part of the cable between the first fixing member and the second fixing member; and a support mechanism (118; 218) for regulating movement of the holding member (117; 217) in an axis direction of the joint axis, the support mechanism (118; 218) supporting the holding member (117; 217) so that the holding member (117; 217) is movable to follow a bending movement of the cable; characterized in that the robot further comprises a panel removable from the side surface; the support mechanism (118; 218) is provided on the panel so that the holding member (117; 217) is rockable about a first axis (C1; C21) different from the joint axis and parallel to the joint axis; and the support mechanism (118; 218) is provided on the panel and is removably mounted onto the first frame. a robot arm comprising: a first frame; and a second frame coupled to the first frame so as to be turnable about a joint axis; a first frame; and a second frame coupled to the first frame so as to be turnable about a joint axis; a cable arranged along a side surface of the first frame and a side surface of the second frame; a first fixing member for fixing the cable to the side surface of the first frame; a second fixing member for fixing the cable to the side surface of the second frame; a holding member (117; 217) for holding a part of the cable between the first fixing member and the second fixing member; and a support mechanism (118; 218) for regulating movement of the holding member (117; 217) in an axis direction of the joint axis, the support mechanism (118; 218) supporting the holding member (117; 217) so that the holding member (117; 217) is movable to follow a bending movement of the cable; characterized in that the robot further comprises a panel removable from the side surface; the support mechanism (118; 218) is provided on the panel so that the holding member (117; 217) is rockable about a first axis (C1; C21) different from the joint axis and parallel to the joint axis; and the support mechanism (118; 218) is provided on the panel and is removably mounted onto the first frame.
A method for vector quantizing speech and audio coding parameters performed by an apparatus, said method comprising: - determining, for each set of basis code vectors of a plurality of sets of basis code vectors, a potential basis code vector for encoding an input vector, wherein each set of basis code vectors is associated with at least two scale representatives of a plurality of scale representatives, wherein said sets of basis code vectors are leader classes, and wherein each leader class comprises a different leader vector and permutations of said leader vector; - selecting each of the at least two scale representatives in turn, wherein for each turn a respective scale representative of the at least two scale representatives is processed by selecting, for each set of basis code vectors associated with the respective scale representative, a respective potential basis code vector, and determining, for each set of basis code vectors associated with the respective scale representative, a distortion metric based on the selected respective potential basis code vector scaled by the associated respective scale representative and the input vector; and determining a code vector for encoding the input vector based on the distortion metric. - determining, for each set of basis code vectors of a plurality of sets of basis code vectors, a potential basis code vector for encoding an input vector, wherein each set of basis code vectors is associated with at least two scale representatives of a plurality of scale representatives, wherein said sets of basis code vectors are leader classes, and wherein each leader class comprises a different leader vector and permutations of said leader vector; - selecting each of the at least two scale representatives in turn, wherein for each turn a respective scale representative of the at least two scale representatives is processed by selecting, for each set of basis code vectors associated with the respective scale representative, a respective potential basis code vector, and
A method of transmitting a scheduling request, SR, to a base station, BS, by a user equipment, LTE, in a wireless communication system, the method comprising: receiving, from the BS, (i) first information related to first physical uplink control channel, PUCCH, resources for a plurality of SRs, and (ii) second information related to a second PUCCH resource for hybrid automatic repeat request acknowledgement, HARQ-ACK, information, wherein at least one of the first PUCCH resources overlaps in time with the second PUCCH resource; and transmitting uplink control information comprising the HARQ-ACK information and SR-related bit information in the second PUCCH resource, the method being characterised in that, based on the HARQ-ACK information larger than 2 bits, the SR-related bit information represents a single SR process index corresponding to one SR from among the plurality of SRs. receiving, from the BS, (i) first information related to first physical uplink control channel, PUCCH, resources for a plurality of SRs, and (ii) second information related to a second PUCCH resource for hybrid automatic repeat request acknowledgement, HARQ-ACK, information, wherein at least one of the first PUCCH resources overlaps in time with the second PUCCH resource; and transmitting uplink control information comprising the HARQ-ACK information and SR-related bit information in the second PUCCH resource, the method being characterised in that, based on the HARQ-ACK information larger than 2 bits, the SR-related bit information represents a single SR process index corresponding to one SR from among the plurality of SRs.
A walking assistance device to be put on a leg (U1, U2) of a user to assist walking of the user, the walking assistance device comprising: a waist wearing belt including a pad member (21a, 21b) to be put on a waist side portion of the user, the waist wearing belt to be put around a waist of the user; a thigh link portion having an elongated shape and to be arranged on a side of a thigh of the user; and a waist joint portion configured to hold an upper end portion of the thigh link portion so that the thigh link portion swings in a front-rear direction of the user, the waist joint portion being mounted on the pad member (21a, 21b) of the waist wearing belt, wherein the thigh link portion has rigidity that is greater in the front-rear direction and an up-down direction than in a right-left direction, characterized in that the thigh link portion is configured to be elastically twisted around an axis along the elongated direction of the thigh link portion within an angle range of from +70° to -70°. a waist wearing belt including a pad member (21a, 21b) to be put on a waist side portion of the user, the waist wearing belt to be put around a waist of the user; a thigh link portion having an elongated shape and to be arranged on a side of a thigh of the user; and a waist joint portion configured to hold an upper end portion of the thigh link portion so that the thigh link portion swings in a front-rear direction of the user, the waist joint portion being mounted on the pad member (21a, 21b) of the waist wearing belt, wherein the thigh link portion has rigidity that is greater in the front-rear direction and an up-down direction than in a right-left direction, characterized in that the thigh link portion is configured to be elastically twisted around an axis along the elongated direction of the thigh link portion within an angle range of from +70° to -70°.
Timepiece comprising a timepiece movement, a calendar mechanism and means (109, 115) for indicating the sunrise and sunset that take account of seasonal variations, the timepiece movement comprising a minute wheel set, a motion work, an hour indicator member, and an hour wheel set integral in rotation with the hour indicator member and arranged to be driven by the minute wheel set via the motion-work, either at a speed of one revolution in 12 hours, or at a speed of one revolution in 24 hours, the calendar mechanism comprising means for displaying the date arranged to be driven via the hour wheel set, and a month display arranged to be driven by the means for displaying the date, the sunrise and sunset indicating means comprising a sphere replicating the terrestrial globe, a support, and a ring mounted on the support concentrically to the sphere and arranged to indicate the position of the earth's terminator, the sphere being arranged to be driven to rotate at a rate of one revolution in 24 hours about a first axis corresponding to the polar axis of the terrestrial globe, and the ring being mounted on the support in order also to be able to pivot relative to the sphere about a second axis intersecting the first axis perpendicularly at the centre of the sphere, the sunset and sunrise indicating means further comprising an annual cam having a profile representative of the tilt of the sun with respect to the equatorial plane, and arranged to be driven in rotation at a rate of one revolution per year, a cam follower arranged to cooperate with the cam, and a first kinematic chain arranged to connect the cam follower to the ring, such that the plane subtended by the ring forms with the first axis an angle equal to the angle of tilt of the sun with respect to the equatorial plane; the timepiece movement comprising a second kinematic chain connecting the hour wheel set to the sphere, so as to drive the sphere at a rate of one revolution in 24 hours, characterized in that the timepiece movement comprises, on the one hand, a manually actuatable time change mechanism arranged to pivot the hour wheel set (107; 2, 30, 32) step-by-step independently of the motion work (106; 8), and on the other hand, a disengagement mechanism arranged to disengage the second kinematic chain when the time change mechanism pivots the hour wheel set to change from summer time to winter time, or vice versa, so that the sphere can be driven at a rate of one revolution in 24 hours, without being affected by the summer time/winter time correction, and in that the annual cam is arranged to be driven by the means for displaying the date via a third kinematic chain.
An abrasive particulate material having a body including a first phase having at least about 70 wt% alumina for a total weight of the first phase, and a second phase comprising phosphorus, wherein the second phase has an average grain size of not greater than about 1 micron, wherein the body comprises at least 70 wt% of the first phase for the total weight of the body, and wherein the body comprises at least 0.1 wt% of the second phase for the total weight of the body.
Pneumatic vehicle tyre having a tread with at least one profile rib (1, 11, 13) encircling in the circumferential direction and having a rib outer surface (1a, 11a, 13a) situated on the tread periphery, wherein, in the profile rib (1, 11, 13), starting from the rib outer surface (1a, 11a, 13a), there are formed closed depressions (3, 3') which are spaced apart from one another in the circumferential direction and which, in plan view, each have the shape of an oblong hole or of an elongated rectangle, wherein, as seen in plan view, each depression (3, 3') extends in the circumferential direction or relative thereto at an angle of up to ± 30°, and has a maximum depth (t 1) of 80% to 100% of the profile depth as determined in the radial direction and, in each case on the rib outer surface (1a, 11a, 13a), a constant width (b 1) and a length (l 1) of at least 200% of the width (b 1) and of most 50.0 mm, characterized in that the width (b 1) of the depression (3, 3') is from 2.0 mm to 4.0 mm, wherein the depression (3, 3') has formed therein a step-shaped projection which runs round a groove-shaped, radially inner depression portion of the depression (3, 3').
Refrigeration appliance, in particular domestic refrigeration appliance, having a carcass and a door which delimit a storage chamber, having a door tray and a carrier for refrigerated goods which can be pivoted upwards on the door, about a fixed axis in relation to the carrier for refrigerated goods and the door, from a horizontal position of use into a position of non-use, wherein an axially-distant rim of the carrier for refrigerated goods is supported in the position of use by the door tray, characterised in that in the position of non-use the carrier for refrigerated goods rests on the door and extends upwards essentially as an extension of the one wall of the door tray which faces the door.
A method for the preparation of single crystals with large diameters of up to 500 mm, with garnet structure (aluminates of lutetium and yttrium) doped with some transition metal and rare earth oxides, with the general composition of Y 3 Al 5 O 12, Lu 3 Al 5 O 12, Y (3-x) (RE,TM) x Al 5 O 12 or Lu (3-x) (RE,TM) x Al 5 O 12), wherein are the rare earth elements Ce, Pr, Nd, Sm, Eu, Tb, Dy, Ho, Er, Tm, Yb, are the transition elements V, Cr, Ti, Mn, Co and x is 0 to 3; in a crucible placed in a furnace wherein a rotating single crystal seed is contacted with the melt while the axial temperature gradient within the space containing the crucible with the melt ranges from 0.1 to 10 °C/cm, and preferably is within the range of 1 to 6 °C/cm; wherein at the place of contact of the single crystal seed with the melt crystal growth onto the seed crystal occurs; characterised in that the powdered oxides are pressed into blocks and pre-sintered up to the ceramic transition temperature whereat further shrinkage and partial through-reaction in the solid phase occurs, and which are thereafter used to prepare the melt, and the said melt is stirred and homogenized by melt flow or mechanical stirring of the metal oxides with concurrent removal of micro-bubbles from the melt, for a period of at least 1 hour; thereafter a single crystal seed with the minimum dimensions of 8 x 8mm and length of 100 mm and secured in a holder, is put in contact with the surface of the homogenised melt contained within the crucible placed inside the growing furnace; at the location of contact of the single crystal seed with the melt crystal growth onto the seed occurs under the surface of the melt while during the process, the seed is rotated at a speed of 1 to 20 rpm and pulled at the speed of 0.1 to 2 mm/hr, while the crystal growing rate and broadening of the crystal cone are maintained uniform at an angle of at least 60° from the crystal axis up to diameter of at least 80% of the crucible diameter with the minimum diameter thereof of at least 100 mm; uniform growth and broadening of the crystal cone are maintained uniformly at an angle of at least 60° from the crystal axis by adjusting the crystal pulling speed, and by temperature regulation at the crystal/melt interface on the basis of optical, weight or visual monitoring; upon reaching the desired diameter in the crystal, the diameter thereof is further maintained with minium deviation from the achieved diameter by temperature regulation at the crystal/melt interface, and regulation of the crystal pulling and rotation speed, on the basis of optical, weight or visual monitoring; towards the completion of the process the revolution and pulling speed are reduced to zero, the completion of the process takes place by separating the crystal from the melt while, however, the crystal always stays inside the crucible in the zone wherein it was grown; the growth zone is identical with the tempering zone, final tempering of the crystal is carried out in the tempering zone just below the melting point of the crystal for at least 2 hours, and the rate of temperature reduction is at the very most 100 °C/hr.