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A method for producing a lyophilized composition comprising a Listeria strain, comprising: (a) providing a composition comprising a Listeria strain in a formulation comprising a buffer and sucrose, wherein the Listeria strain is a recombinant Listeria monocytogenes strain, and wherein the formulation comprises about 1% to about 5% w/v sucrose; (b) cooling the composition provided in step (a) at a holding temperature between about -32°C and about -80°C in a freezing step; (c) exposing the composition produced by step (b) to a vacuum at a holding temperature between about -10°C and about -30°C in a primary drying step; and (d) exposing the composition produced by step (c) to a vacuum at a holding temperature between about -5°C and about 25°C in a secondary drying step, whereby the lyophilized composition is produced, and wherein the residual moisture in the lyophilized composition is between about 1% and about 5%. (a) providing a composition comprising a Listeria strain in a formulation comprising a buffer and sucrose, wherein the Listeria strain is a recombinant Listeria monocytogenes strain, and wherein the formulation comprises about 1% to about 5% w/v sucrose; (b) cooling the composition provided in step (a) at a holding temperature between about -32°C and about -80°C in a freezing step; (c) exposing the composition produced by step (b) to a vacuum at a holding temperature between about -10°C and about -30°C in a primary drying step; and (d) exposing the composition produced by step (c) to a vacuum at a holding temperature between about -5°C and about 25°C in a secondary drying step,
Pharmaceutical compositions containing as the active ingredient sulphated hyaluronic acid of molecular weight between 50.000 and 800.000 D having a degree of sulphation between 0.5 and 1.5 for use in the prevention and/or treatment of cartilage damage caused by chronic forms of degenerative osteoarthritis without inflammatory sequelae, wherein the composition is administered by intra-articular injection.
A method of fabricating a touch screen panel comprising: forming touch screen panels on a first surface of a mother glass substrate, the touch screen panels being at respective cell unit areas on the mother glass substrate; forming a protecting layer on the first surface of the mother glass substrate and the touch screen panels; spraying an etchant onto a second surface of the mother glass substrate to etch the mother glass substrate into a thinned mother glass substrate; attaching a supporting film on the second surface of the thinned mother glass substrate; removing a part of the protecting layer corresponding to boundary regions of the respective cell unit areas; spraying an etchant onto a part of the thinned mother glass substrate exposed by removing the part of the protecting layer to cut the thinned mother glass substrate; and cutting the supporting film that is exposed by cutting the thinned mother glass substrate and removing the protecting layer. forming touch screen panels on a first surface of a mother glass substrate, the touch screen panels being at respective cell unit areas on the mother glass substrate; forming a protecting layer on the first surface of the mother glass substrate and the touch screen panels; spraying an etchant onto a second surface of the mother glass substrate to etch the mother glass substrate into a thinned mother glass substrate; attaching a supporting film on the second surface of the thinned mother glass substrate; removing a part of the protecting layer corresponding to boundary regions of the respective cell unit areas; spraying an etchant onto a part of the thinned mother glass substrate exposed by removing the part of the protecting layer to cut the thinned mother glass substrate; and cutting the supporting film that is exposed by cutting the thinned mother glass substrate and removing the protecting layer.
A seat device for a vehicle, comprising: a baby back supporting portion being a divided part of a seat cushion of a seat, the divided part being configured to be raised to form a backrest portion (BPb) of a baby seat at a position facing a seatback of said seat; and characterized in that a baby back airbag (40, 40bb) is provided at the baby back supporting portion; wherein the backrest portion (BPb) of the baby seat is formed with a baby seat support shape (SSb) in a seat width direction by an expansion of the baby back airbag (40, 40bb), and the baby back supporting portion includes a paddle (57, 57a, 57b, 57c, 57d) which is configured to be pressed to be rotated by the expanded baby back airbag (40, 40bb) to form the baby seat support shape (SSb). a baby back supporting portion being a divided part of a seat cushion of a seat, the divided part being configured to be raised to form a backrest portion (BPb) of a baby seat at a position facing a seatback of said seat; and characterized in that a baby back airbag (40, 40bb) is provided at the baby back supporting portion; wherein the backrest portion (BPb) of the baby seat is formed with a baby seat support shape (SSb) in a seat width direction by an expansion of the baby back airbag (40, 40bb), and the baby back supporting portion includes a paddle (57, 57a, 57b, 57c, 57d) which is configured to be pressed to be rotated by the expanded baby back airbag (40, 40bb) to form the baby seat support shape (SSb).
A method for making a solid self-supporting foam, comprising frustules and/or frustule powder, the method comprising: a. forming a polyacrylamide gel comprising frustules and/or frustule powder, b. sintering said frustules and/or frustule powder into a monolithic structure and c. calcining said gel, wherein said sintering and said calcining are performed as part of a single heating step. a. forming a polyacrylamide gel comprising frustules and/or frustule powder, b. sintering said frustules and/or frustule powder into a monolithic structure and c. calcining said gel, wherein said sintering and said calcining are performed as part of a single heating step.
A water absorbent resin powder comprising a polyacrylic acid (salt)-based water absorbent resin as a main component, wherein the water absorbent resin powder satisfies the following conditions and: the water absorbent resin powder contains particles smaller than 150 μm in a ratio of 0 mass% to 4.5 mass% before an impact resistance test, and the water absorbent resin powder contains particles smaller than 150 μm, in a ratio of 0 mass% to 4.5 mass%, after the impact resistance test, as measured in accordance with the method described in the description; and the water absorbent resin powder has an absorption capacity under load of not less than 17, as measured in accordance with the method described in the description; characterized in that the water absorbent resin powder satisfies the following conditions and: the water absorbent resin powder has a thermal conductivity of not more than 125 [mW/(m·K)], as measured in accordance with the method described in the description; and the water absorbent resin powder has an internal gas bubbles ratio of 1.0 % to 3.7 %, the internal gas bubbles ratio being specified by the following equation: (internal gas bubbles ratio) [%] = {(true density) - (apparent density)} / (true density) x 100, wherein the true density and apparent density are as measured in accordance with the methods described in the description. the water absorbent resin powder contains particles smaller than 150 μm in a ratio of 0 mass% to 4.5 mass% before an impact resistance test, and the water absorbent resin powder contains particles smaller than 150 μm, in a ratio of 0 mass% to 4.5 mass%, after the impact resistance test, as measured in accordance with the method described in the description; and the water absorbent resin powder has an absorption capacity under load of not less than 17, as measured in accordance with the method described in the description; the water absorbent resin powder has a thermal conductivity of not more than 125 [mW/(m·K)], as measured in accordance with the method described in the description; and the water absorbent resin powder has an internal gas bubbles ratio of 1.0 % to 3.7 %, the internal gas bubbles ratio being specified by the following equation: (internal gas bubbles ratio) [%] = {(true density) - (apparent density)} / (true density) x 100, wherein the true density and apparent density are as measured in accordance with the methods described in the description.
A capacitance-to-voltage interface circuit comprising: a capacitance-to-voltage converter configured to convert a capacitive signal from a capacitive device that operates at a mechanical frequency into a raw voltage signal; a clock generator configured to electrically couple to the capacitive device and convert the mechanical frequency into one or more clock signals; and a filter component electrically coupled to the capacitance-to-voltage converter and the clock generator and configured to apply a band-pass filter response to the raw voltage signal to convert the raw voltage signal into a band-limited voltage signal, wherein the clock generator is configured to apply the one or more clock signals to the filter component to drive a first pole and a second pole of the band-pass filter response to track the mechanical frequency of the capacitive device such that the geometric mean of the first pole and the second pole is substantially equal to the mechanical frequency, wherein the filter component includes a high-pass filter that operates at a high-pass cut-off frequency to form the first pole of the band-pass filter response and a low-pass filter that operates at a low-pass cut-off frequency to form the second pole of the band-pass filter response, wherein the one or more clock signals includes a high-pass clock signal configured to set a high-pass discrete-time sampling rate for the high-pass filter to be a function of the mechanical frequency, and wherein the one or more clock signals include a low-pass clock signal configured to set a low-pass discrete-time sampling rate for the low-pass filter to be a function of the mechanical frequency. a capacitance-to-voltage converter configured to convert a capacitive signal from a capacitive device that operates at a mechanical frequency into a raw voltage signal; a clock generator configured to electrically couple to the capacitive device and convert the mechanical frequency into one or more clock signals; and a filter component electrically coupled to the capacitance-to-voltage converter and the clock generator and configured to apply a band-pass filter response to the raw voltage signal to convert the raw voltage signal into a band-limited voltage signal, wherein the clock generator is configured to apply the one or more clock signals to the filter component to drive a first pole and a second pole of the band-pass filter response to track the mechanical frequency of the capacitive device such that the geometric mean of the first pole and the second pole is substantially equal to the mechanical frequency, wherein the one or more clock signals includes a high-pass clock signal configured to set a high-pass discrete-time sampling rate for the high-pass filter to be a function of the mechanical frequency, and wherein the one or more clock signals include a low-pass clock signal configured to set a low-pass discrete-time sampling rate for the low-pass filter to be a function of the mechanical frequency.
A sonotrode for an ultrasonic surgical instrument having a head and a distal end piece, the distal end piece being equipped as a mainly rectangular blade for cutting bones using mechanical vibration, wherein the sonotrode comprises at least one structural element wherein said element is an increased width of the blade together with a slit at the distal end of the blade and wherein the width of the slit increases towards the distal end of the slit and also the blade.
An optical apparatus comprising: a lens element disposed to face an object to be measured; a light source configured to generate an incident beam that passes through the lens element to be incident on the object; a photodetector configured to receive scattered light that is scattered by the object; and a guide member provided between the object and the lens element, wherein the incident beam is obliquely incident on the object off the optical center axis of the lens element, without passing through the optical center axis, and wherein the scattered light is transmitted to the photodetector by passing through the optical center axis of the lens element and a region around the optical center axis, wherein the lens element comprises: at least one lens unit provided at a periphery of the lens element in a direction perpendicular to the optical center axis of the lens element, wherein the at least one lens unit has a ball shape and is configured to focus the incident beam on the object, and wherein the guide member has a barrel shape, preferably wherein the guide member comprises an aperture configured to expose a partial region of the object. a lens element disposed to face an object to be measured; a light source configured to generate an incident beam that passes through the lens element to be incident on the object; a photodetector configured to receive scattered light that is scattered by the object; and a guide member provided between the object and the lens element, wherein the incident beam is obliquely incident on the object off the optical center axis of the lens element, without passing through the optical center axis, and wherein the scattered light is transmitted to the photodetector by passing through the optical center axis of the lens element and a region around the optical center axis, wherein the lens element comprises: at least one lens unit provided at a periphery of the lens element in a direction perpendicular to the optical center axis of the lens element, wherein the at least one lens unit has a ball shape and is configured to focus the incident beam on the object, and wherein the guide member has a barrel shape, preferably wherein the guide member comprises an aperture configured to expose a partial region of the object. at least one lens unit provided at a periphery of the lens element in a direction perpendicular to the optical center axis of the lens element, wherein the at least one lens unit has a ball shape and is configured to focus the incident beam on the object, and wherein the guide member has a barrel shape, preferably wherein the guide member comprises an aperture configured to expose a partial region of the object.
A resin composition comprising: a saponified ethylene-vinyl ester-based copolymer, a layered inorganic compound, and a carbonic acid salt, wherein the carbonic acid salt excludes the layered inorganic compound; and wherein the content of the carbonic acid salt is, in terms of metal of the carbonic acid salt, from 10 to 1,000 ppm relative to the total amount of the saponified ethylene-vinyl ester-based copolymer and the layered inorganic compound. wherein the carbonic acid salt excludes the layered inorganic compound; and wherein the content of the carbonic acid salt is, in terms of metal of the carbonic acid salt, from 10 to 1,000 ppm relative to the total amount of the saponified ethylene-vinyl ester-based copolymer and the layered inorganic compound.
A copper alloy for electronic materials, comprising 1.0-4.5% by mass Ni, 0.50-1.2% by mass Si, 0.003-0.3% by mass Cr wherein the weight ratio of Ni to Si satisfies the expression: 3≤Ni/Si≤5.5, optionally comprising 0.05-2.0% by mass of at least one element selected from Sn and Zn, and optionally further comprising 0.001-2.0% by mass of at least one element selected from Mg, Mn, Ag, P, As, Sb, Be, B, Ti, Zr, Al, Co and Fe and the balance being Cu and incidental impurities, characterised in that particles of Cr-Si compounds having a size of 0.1 μm to 5 μm are dispersed in the alloy, the dispersed particles having an atomic concentration ratio of Cr to Si in the range of 1 to 5 and a dispersion density of higher than 1×10 4 /mm 2 and no more than 1×10 6 /mm 2.
Method for recording and evaluating a microscope image containing intensity distributions of fluorescence events of a sample marked with transformable fluorophores, wherein the intensity distributions have a respective extent due to diffraction that corresponds to an extent of a point spread function of the microscope and said intensity distributions are arranged without overlap, comprising the following steps carried out by a control unit: a) initializing at least one counter per predetermined region (R, R1, R2) to be evaluated of the microscope image, with the regions to be evaluated being defined with an accuracy of at most a single pixel, b) identifying fluorescence events in a region (R, R1, R2) to be evaluated of the microscope image, with a compensation calculation for localization with sub-pixel accuracy being dispensed with, c) incrementing the counter corresponding to the relevant region (R, R1, R2) for each fluorescence event identified in the region (R, R1, R2), and d) outputting the at least one counter as a number or concentration of the fluorophores in the relevant region (R, R1, R2), wherein the microscope image is recorded by means of a microscope prior to step b) or prior to step a) by virtue of a subset of the transformable fluorophores being initially transformed into an excitable state in such a way that the transformed excitable fluorophores have a lower density than what is specified by the reciprocal of the unresolvable volume due to refraction and by virtue of the sample subsequently being at least partly irradiated by excitation light by means of a light source (11, 23), wherein fluorescence radiation emitted by the sample is imaged in diffraction-broadened fashion by means of a microscope objective and by means of a light receiver (12, 28). a) initializing at least one counter per predetermined region (R, R1, R2) to be evaluated of the microscope image, with the regions to be evaluated being defined with an accuracy of at most a single pixel, b) identifying fluorescence events in a region (R, R1, R2) to be evaluated of the microscope image, with a compensation calculation for localization with sub-pixel accuracy being dispensed with, c) incrementing the counter corresponding to the relevant region (R, R1, R2) for each fluorescence event identified in the region (R, R1, R2), and d) outputting the at least one counter as a number or concentration of the fluorophores in the relevant region (R, R1, R2),
Damper valve, in particular for shock absorbers of vehicles, having adjustable damping force, in which at least one output opening (31, 32) lying between an inlet and an outlet and formed in a valve seat part or a sleeve is able to be locked to a greater or lesser extent by a valve slide via an electromagnet, characterised in that at least two output openings (31, 32), formed to be different in size and formed as bores respectively, are provided, and these output openings (31, 32) are able to be sealed radially to a greater or lesser extent by the valve slide depending on the desired nozzle action, wherein the differently sized outlet openings (31, 32) are arranged with regard to the valve slide such that the large output opening is only then completely opened by the valve side if the small output openings have already been completely opened by the valve slide.
An ultraviolet flame detector, characterized in that the ultraviolet flame detector comprises: - a cylindrical housing having an opening at a top end of the housing, - a window structure arranged to cover the opening of the housing, - a photocathode arranged to a bottom end of the housing so that the photocathode is facing inside the housing, and - an anode wire arranged between the window structure and the photocathode, wherein the anode wire is configured to travel transversally across the housing, wherein the ultraviolet flame detector is filled with a gas. - a cylindrical housing having an opening at a top end of the housing, - a window structure arranged to cover the opening of the housing, - a photocathode arranged to a bottom end of the housing so that the photocathode is facing inside the housing, and - an anode wire arranged between the window structure and the photocathode, wherein the anode wire is configured to travel transversally across the housing,
A fastener tab (10; 310; 410; 500) defining a first end (12; 312; 412; 512) and a second end (14; 314; 414; 514), and a first face and a second face (18; 318; 418; 518) oppositely directed from the first face (16; 316; 416; 516), the fastener tab (10; 310; 410; 500) comprising: a plurality of hook members disposed on at least one region on the first face (16; 316; 416; 516) of the fastener tab (10; 310; 410; 500); at least one region on at least one of the first face (16; 316; 416; 516) and the second face (18; 318; 418; 518) of a plurality of loop members, wherein the loop members are in the form of a spunlace material, characterized in that the spunlace material is free of melt bonded intersections. a plurality of hook members disposed on at least one region on the first face (16; 316; 416; 516) of the fastener tab (10; 310; 410; 500); at least one region on at least one of the first face (16; 316; 416; 516) and the second face (18; 318; 418; 518) of a plurality of loop members, wherein the loop members are in the form of a spunlace material, characterized in that the spunlace material is free of melt bonded intersections.
A system comprising a host operably connected to an eye tracking device capable of recording eye movement traces from eye movements of a subject, the host having at least one processor configured to: receive the eye movement traces from the eye tracking device; identify a plurality of microsaccades from the eye movement traces, the plurality of microsaccades being rapid involuntary eye movements occurring several times each second during gaze fixation by the subject; measure one or more dynamics of each microsaccade, the dynamics including a distribution of microsaccade directions, wherein the distribution of microsaccade directions includes a direction for each identified microsaccade, the direction being measured as an angular deviation from horizontal; compare each of the one or more dynamics to a corresponding control microsaccade dynamic of a healthy subject; assess one or more statistical differences between the one or more determined dynamics and the corresponding control microsaccade dynamics, the statistical differences being indicative of the presence of Alzheimer's disease, the statistical differences comprising an average microsaccade direction that is significantly less horizontal than a corresponding average healthy microsaccade direction; and generate a report including information relating to Alzheimer's disease based on the assessment. receive the eye movement traces from the eye tracking device; identify a plurality of microsaccades from the eye movement traces, the plurality of microsaccades being rapid involuntary eye movements occurring several times each second during gaze fixation by the subject; measure one or more dynamics of each microsaccade, the dynamics including a distribution of microsaccade directions, wherein the distribution of microsaccade directions includes a direction for each identified microsaccade, the direction being measured as an angular deviation from horizontal; compare each of the one or more dynamics to a corresponding control microsaccade dynamic of a healthy subject; assess one or more statistical differences between the one or more determined dynamics and the corresponding control microsaccade dynamics, the statistical differences being indicative of the presence of Alzheimer's disease, the statistical differences comprising an average microsaccade direction that is significantly less horizontal than a corresponding average healthy microsaccade direction; and generate a report including information relating to Alzheimer's disease based on the assessment.