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A method of maintaining automated optical focus on a target sample, comprising: specifying a programmed position and angular relationship between an optical plane within a magnifier and a target sample; illuminating at least a portion of the target sample with at least one beam of radiation inclined at an incidence angle of at least about 5 degrees; collecting, on a radiation detector, at least a portion of any radiation reflected from the target sample; wherein the illuminating and collecting steps are performed through the optical plane of the magnifier; correlating the location of the reflected radiation collected on the radiation detector with the position and angular orientation of the target sample relative to the optical plane of the magnifier; and varying the position and angular orientation of the optical plane of the magnifier, the target sample, or both, so as to maintain the programmed position and angular relationship between the optical plane of the magnifier and the target sample. specifying a programmed position and angular relationship between an optical plane within a magnifier and a target sample; illuminating at least a portion of the target sample with at least one beam of radiation inclined at an incidence angle of at least about 5 degrees; collecting, on a radiation detector, at least a portion of any radiation reflected from the target sample; wherein the illuminating and collecting steps are performed through the optical plane of the magnifier; correlating the location of the reflected radiation collected on the radiation detector with the position and angular orientation of the target sample relative to the optical plane of the magnifier; and varying the position and angular orientation of the optical plane of the magnifier, the target sample, or both, so as to maintain the programmed position and angular relationship between the optical plane of the magnifier and the target sample.
A method for determining a dwell volume of a liquid chromatography system, comprising: mixing a flow of a first solvent and a flow of a second solvent at a mixing location to generate a solvent mixture in a system flow of a liquid chromatography system; decreasing the flow of the first solvent and increasing the flow of the second solvent over a gradient duration to generate a gradient composition for the solvent mixture; measuring a system pressure of the liquid chromatography system to determine a pressure trace defined as the measured system pressure as a function of time; and determining a dwell volume of the liquid chromatography system from a time delay determined between the gradient composition at the mixing location and the pressure trace. mixing a flow of a first solvent and a flow of a second solvent at a mixing location to generate a solvent mixture in a system flow of a liquid chromatography system; decreasing the flow of the first solvent and increasing the flow of the second solvent over a gradient duration to generate a gradient composition for the solvent mixture; measuring a system pressure of the liquid chromatography system to determine a pressure trace defined as the measured system pressure as a function of time; and determining a dwell volume of the liquid chromatography system from a time delay determined between the gradient composition at the mixing location and the pressure trace.
A baler comprising: a frame; a set of wheels mounted on the frame; a feed system coupled to the frame; wherein the feed system is configured to pick up crop material from a support surface and convey it to a compression system; a baling chamber for receiving crop from the feed system, the baling chamber defining an extrusion axis therethrough; a plunger assembly reciprocally compressing the crop, the plunger assembly being at least partially positioned within and movable with respect to the baling chamber, the plunger assembly having at least a first plunger motion aligned with the extrusion axis; and a feed system cap having at least a first cap motion aligned with the extrusion axis; wherein the first cap motion is synchronized with the first plunger motion, and at least one of the plunger assembly and the feed system cap has a second motion that is not aligned with the extrusion axis; wherein the feed system cap is disposed between the feed system and the plunger to inhibit flow of the crop from the feed system to the baling chamber during a compression stroke; and the plunger includes a face for engaging and compressing the crop, and the face is encircled by an outer periphery; wherein the outer periphery includes a lower edge and an upper edge, characterized in that the feed system cap is pivotally coupled to the plunger proximate the lower edge of the face. a frame; a set of wheels mounted on the frame; a feed system coupled to the frame; wherein the feed system is configured to pick up crop material from a support surface and convey it to a compression system; a baling chamber for receiving crop from the feed system, the baling chamber defining an extrusion axis therethrough; a plunger assembly reciprocally compressing the crop, the plunger assembly being at least partially positioned within and movable with respect to the baling chamber, the plunger assembly having at least a first plunger motion aligned with the extrusion axis; and a feed system cap having at least a first cap motion aligned with the extrusion axis; wherein the first cap motion is synchronized with the first plunger motion, and at least one of the plunger assembly and the feed system cap has a second motion that is not aligned with the extrusion axis; wherein the feed system cap is disposed between the feed system and the plunger to inhibit flow of the crop from the feed system to the baling chamber during a compression stroke; and the plunger includes a face for engaging and compressing the crop, and the face is encircled by an outer periphery; wherein the outer periphery includes a lower edge and an upper edge, characterized in that the feed system cap is pivotally coupled to the plunger proximate the lower edge of the face.
An apparatus comprising: a wavefront sensor configured to receive coherent flood illumination that is reflected from a remote object and to estimate wavefront errors associated with the coherent flood illumination; and a beam director optically coupled to the wavefront sensor and comprising a telescope and an auto-alignment system, the auto-alignment system configured to adjust at least one first optical device in order to alter a line-of-sight of the wavefront sensor; wherein the wavefront errors estimated by the wavefront sensor include a wavefront error resulting from the adjustment of the at least one first optical device; and wherein the auto-alignment system is further configured to generate auto-alignment illumination that passes through the telescope, is reflected off a mirror, and returns through the telescope to the auto-alignment system so that the auto-alignment system is able to use the auto-alignment illumination to provide an indication of internal line-of-sight errors within the apparatus and to adjust one or more components of the auto-alignment system to compensate for the internal line-of-sight errors within the apparatus, the mirror outside an optical path of the coherent flood illumination. a wavefront sensor configured to receive coherent flood illumination that is reflected from a remote object and to estimate wavefront errors associated with the coherent flood illumination; and a beam director optically coupled to the wavefront sensor and comprising a telescope and an auto-alignment system, the auto-alignment system configured to adjust at least one first optical device in order to alter a line-of-sight of the wavefront sensor; wherein the wavefront errors estimated by the wavefront sensor include a wavefront error resulting from the adjustment of the at least one first optical device; and wherein the auto-alignment system is further configured to generate auto-alignment illumination that passes through the telescope, is reflected off a mirror, and returns through the telescope to the auto-alignment system so that the auto-alignment system is able to use the auto-alignment illumination to provide an indication of internal line-of-sight errors within the apparatus and to adjust one or more components of the auto-alignment system to compensate for the internal line-of-sight errors within the apparatus, the mirror outside an optical path of the coherent flood illumination.
Tyre comprising a monitoring device fixed on an inner surface of said tyre at a crown portion of said tyre, wherein the monitoring device comprises an electronic unit and an electric power supplier for supplying said electronic unit, wherein the electronic unit comprises: at least one sensor for detecting at least one of the following physical quantities: temperature, pressure, acceleration, deformation; a processing unit; a transceiver, wherein the monitoring device further comprises a flexible support in a single body having a plan with elongated shape along a main development direction, said electronic unit and said electric energy supplier being fixed to said flexible support, characterized in that an acute angle formed between said main development direction and a direction of intersection of an equatorial plane of the tyre with the inner surface of the tyre is greater than or equal to 20° and lower than or equal to 70°. wherein the monitoring device comprises an electronic unit and an electric power supplier for supplying said electronic unit, wherein the electronic unit comprises: at least one sensor for detecting at least one of the following physical quantities: temperature, pressure, acceleration, deformation; a processing unit; a transceiver, wherein the monitoring device further comprises a flexible support in a single body having a plan with elongated shape along a main development direction, said electronic unit and said electric energy supplier being fixed to said flexible support, characterized in that an acute angle formed between said main development direction and a direction of intersection of an equatorial plane of the tyre with the inner surface of the tyre is greater than or equal to 20° and lower than or equal to 70°.
Method for receiving a CPM signal, Continuous Phase Modulation signal, with space-time coding, said signal being a SOQPSK-TG signal, Shaped Offset Quadrature Phase Shift Keying - Telemetry Group based on the IRIG-106 recommendation transmitted from two transmitting antennas noted A1, A2 the received signal modulating a plurality of bits b i j j=0 or 1 and corresponds to the bits transmitted on antenna A1 and A2 respectively, said received signal comprising a time offsetΔτ taking into account the time offset between the signals transmitted from each antenna A1, A2, said signal being received on one or more receiving antennas A3; the method comprises the following steps: - obtaining over an antenna a sampled digital signal y(k) and its offset version y Δτ (k) taking into account the time offset between the two transmitting antennas, each comprising the contributions of the signals output from the two transmitting antennas, said digital signals being expressed according to the following decomposition: s p t ≈ ∑ i ρ 0,2 i p w 0 t − 2 iT b − ρ 1,2 i + 1 p w 1 t − 2 iT b − T b + ∑ i ρ 0,2 i + 1 p w 0 t − 2 iT b − T b − ρ 1,2 i p w 1 t − 2 iT b where: - T b is the duration of one bit; p ∈ 0,1 - ρ 0, i 0, ρ 1, i 0 are pseudo-symbols corresponding to the information bits b i 0 transmitted over the antenna A1, ρ 0, i 1, ρ 1, i 1 are pseudo-symbols corresponding to the information bits b i 1 transmitted over the antenna A2; - w 0 ( t) et w 1 ( t) are shaping pulses, respectively a main pulse and a secondary pulse - defining a Viterbi algorithm (Treillis 1, Treillis 2) having a lattice with a fixed number of states and metrics also depending on at least said main impulse; - obtaining, by means of said Viterbi algorithm, LLRs, Log Likelihood Ratio, on the transmitted information bits. - obtaining over an antenna a sampled digital signal y(k) and its offset version y Δτ (k) taking into account the time offset between the two transmitting antennas, each comprising the contributions of the signals output from the two transmitting antennas, said digital signals being expressed according to the following decomposition: s p t ≈ ∑ i ρ 0,2 i p w 0 t − 2 iT b − ρ 1,2 i + 1 p w 1 t − 2 iT b − T b + ∑ i ρ 0,2 i + 1 p w 0 t − 2 iT b − T b − ρ 1,2 i p w 1 t − 2 iT b where: - T b is the duration of one bit; p ∈ 0,1 - ρ 0, i 0, ρ 1, i 0 are pseudo-symbols corresponding to the information bits b i 0 transmitted over the antenna A1, ρ 0, i 1, ρ 1, i 1 are pseudo-symbols corresponding to the information bits b i 1 transmitted over the antenna A2; - w 0 ( t) et w 1 ( t) are shaping pulses, respectively a main pulse and a secondary pulse - defining a Viterbi algorithm (Treillis 1, Treillis 2) having a lattice with a fixed number of states and metrics also depending on at least said main impulse; - obtaining, by means of said Viterbi algorithm, LLRs, Log Likelihood Ratio, on the transmitted information bits.
Motor arrangement with an SIL level of 3, comprising an electric motor connected to a switching device, in particular a contactor, upstream of which is connected a soft starter which is coupled to a power supply, wherein the soft starter comprises a plurality of live phases (12, 14, 16), wherein, in each phase (12, 14, 16), a semiconductor switching element (21, 23, 25) and an electromechanical switch (22, 24, 26) connected in parallel therewith, as well as a voltage measuring means for detecting a voltage drop occurring across the semiconductor switching element (21, 23, 25) and the associated electromechanical switch (22, 24, 26), are arranged, wherein, in the soft starter on the side of the semiconductor switching elements (21, 23, 25) and the electromechanical switches (22, 24, 26) facing the electric motor, the plurality of phases (12, 14, 16) are connected in a circuit forming a star point, the circuit forming a star point comprises at least one passive component and is configured to detect a voltage drop in a defective state of the semiconductor switching element (21, 23, 25) and/or the electromechanical switch (22, 24, 26) occurring across a semiconductor switching element (21, 23, 25) and an electromechanical switch (22, 24, 26) connected in parallel therewith.
A melt-processed product comprising cellulose fibers wherein the cellulose fibers are at least partly modified to contain dialcohol cellulose and wherein the amount of the modified cellulose fibers in the melt-processed product is more than 60wt%; and wherein the degree of conversion of the at least partly modified cellulose to dialcohol cellulose, based on the total number of oxidizable C2-C3 bonds in the cellulose material, is at least 10% but less than 70%.
A topical cutaneous preparation containing from 10 to 1000 μg/ml of nerve growth factor for use in the therapy and/or the prophylaxis of dyschromic skin disorders selected from the group consisting of: vitiligo, bilateral vitiligo, acrofacial vitiligo, generalized vitiligo, focal vitiligo, segmental vitiligo, universal vitiligo, perinevic vitiligo or Sutton nevus, leucoderma, cutaneous dyschromia, piebaldism, pityriasis alba, pityriasis versicolor, idiopathic and post-inflammatory guttate hypomelanosis, achromic or depigmented nevi, progressive macular hypomelanosis, hypomelanoses caused by metabolic or nutritional or endocrine disorders, hypomelanoses caused by chemical, physical or pharmacologic agents, infective and post-infective hypomelanoses and inflammatory hypomelanoses.
A pharmaceutical composition comprising isolated exosomes obtained from immune cells, neural cells or adipose cells, that have been stimulated by incubation with IFN-γ, for use in a method for treating a patient at risk for or having a demyelinating disorder, in particular wherein the demyelinating disorder is cognitive decline, Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's disease, stroke, epilepsy, migraine, multiple sclerosis, traumatic brain injury or neuropathy, preferably wherein the demyelinating disorder is migraine, multiple sclerosis or traumatic brain injury.
An isolated polypeptide, characterized in that it has porphyranase activity, comprising a sequence selected from: i) a sequence at least 90% identical to the residues 19 to 274 of the sequence SEQ ID NO: 2; or ii) a sequence at least 90% identical to the residues 22 to 293 of the sequence SEQ ID NO: 5; iii) a fragment of at least 200 consecutive amino acids of the sequence i) or ii). i) a sequence at least 90% identical to the residues 19 to 274 of the sequence SEQ ID NO: 2; or ii) a sequence at least 90% identical to the residues 22 to 293 of the sequence SEQ ID NO: 5; iii) a fragment of at least 200 consecutive amino acids of the sequence i) or ii).
An integrated circuit for a fluidic die comprising: an address bus to communicate a set of addresses; a first group of die configuration functions including a first address driver to drive a first portion of an address of the set of addresses on the address bus; a second group of die configuration functions including a second address driver to drive a second portion of the address of the set of addresses on the address bus; and an array of fluid actuating devices (FA -(n)) addressable by the set of addresses communicated via the address bus. an address bus to communicate a set of addresses; a first group of die configuration functions including a first address driver to drive a first portion of an address of the set of addresses on the address bus; a second group of die configuration functions including a second address driver to drive a second portion of the address of the set of addresses on the address bus; and an array of fluid actuating devices (FA -(n)) addressable by the set of addresses communicated via the address bus.
A printer for use while being carried on a user's person, arranged such that when oriented for use while being carried on a user's person the printer defines a top surface, a front surface and a bottom surface relative to the user, the printer comprising: a housing defining a ribbon receiving area configured to receive a ribbon supply;a ribbon cover configured to move between an opened ribbon position for providing access to the ribbon supply and a closed ribbon position, wherein the ribbon cover forms at least part of the front surface; and a media cover configured to move between an opened media position for providing access to a media supply and a closed media position, wherein the media cover forms at least part of the front surface, wherein the media cover comprises a clamshell opening mechanism, and wherein the media cover is biased to the media open position by gravity when the printer is oriented for use while being carried on a user's person; wherein the ribbon cover comprises a slidable opening mechanism, wherein the slidable opening mechanism comprises a cam surface along which the ribbon cover slides in response to moving between the closed ribbon position and the open ribbon position, and wherein the slidable opening mechanism is biased upwardly along a slide direction generally away from the bottom surface. a housing defining a ribbon receiving area configured to receive a ribbon supply;a ribbon cover configured to move between an opened ribbon position for providing access to the ribbon supply and a closed ribbon position, wherein the ribbon cover forms at least part of the front surface; and a media cover configured to move between an opened media position for providing access to a media supply and a closed media position, wherein the media cover forms at least part of the front surface, wherein the media cover comprises a clamshell opening mechanism, and wherein the media cover is biased to the media open position by gravity when the printer is oriented for use while being carried on a user's person; wherein the ribbon cover comprises a slidable opening mechanism, wherein the slidable opening mechanism comprises a cam surface along which the ribbon cover slides in response to moving between the closed ribbon position and the open ribbon position, and wherein the slidable opening mechanism is biased upwardly along a slide direction generally away from the bottom surface.
A foldable container, comprising a base and four side walls (3, 4) movably connected to the base, which can be stacked and transported in a flat, outwardly unfolded state, in that the side walls can be pivoted inwards from the outside, wherein the side walls (3, 4) each have an outer and inner surface (6, 6a) as well as two lateral edges and an upper edge and a bottom edge, wherein hinges are respectively arranged at the bottom edge of the side walls (3, 4), by means of which the side walls (3, 4) can be folded up from a planar alignment with the base and from a horizontal position, and the lateral edges of the side walls (3, 4) comprise locking elements (7, 7') for the fastening of the side walls (3, 4) when folded up and disposed at right angles to one another, characterized in that the container, on the lateral edges of at least two opposing side walls (3, 4), comprises a step-shaped end edge which consists of a cantilever arm which overhangs from the inner surface of the side wall and an edge standing perpendicularly in relation to the inner surface of the side wall and protrudes perpendicularly from the free end of the cantilever arm, wherein the protruding edge of the step-shaped end edge is directed towards the interior of the container, and one or more protruding locking elements (7, 7') are arranged on said protruding edge, which elements face the inner surface of the side wall, and the container has a plurality of first ribs (9, 9', 10, 10') extending vertically from the overhanging cantilever arm of the side wall and projecting perpendicularly from the lateral edges of the side wall, wherein some of the first ribs (10, 10') are arranged in the region adjacent to or between the locking elements (7, 7'), and engage between or adjacent to the locking elements (7, 7') when the containers are stacked in the folded-up state, and the container comprises one or more second ribs (8, 8') which extend perpendicularly away from the overhanging cantilever arm and towards the interior of the container, wherein further of the first ribs (9, 9') are arranged on the lateral edges of the side wall close to and offset to the second ribs (8, 8'), and, when the containers are stacked, engage into the second ribs (8, 8') in the folded-up state, and the first ribs (9, 10) taper towards the end of the edge of the side wall.