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A method for producing an amide compound, comprising: reacting a nitrile compound with water in the presence of a microbial catalyst to obtain an amide compound; and transferring the obtained solution containing the microbial catalyst and the amide compound by a positive-displacement pump from the reaction container to a tank or filter, wherein the positive-displacement pump is selected from a group comprising a reciprocating pump, a rotary pump and a tube pump. reacting a nitrile compound with water in the presence of a microbial catalyst to obtain an amide compound; and transferring the obtained solution containing the microbial catalyst and the amide compound by a positive-displacement pump from the reaction container to a tank or filter, wherein the positive-displacement pump is selected from a group comprising a reciprocating pump, a rotary pump and a tube pump.
A tissue bulking composition comprising: (a) solid particles comprising a pH-sensitive polymer that has a pH-dependent solubility such that the solid particles dissolve upon an increase or decrease in pH, (b) a crosslinking agent for the pH-sensitive polymer and (c) a pH modifying agent that generates acid or base in vivo, wherein when the tissue bulking composition comprises solid particles that dissolve upon a decrease in pH, the pH modifying agent generates acid in vivo and wherein when the tissue bulking composition comprises solid particles that dissolve upon an increase in pH, the pH modifying agent generates base in vivo.
An apparatus, comprising: a first cell-lifting mechanism (704, 708) operable to lift a first strip (726, 728) from a first platform to a first elevation; a second cell-lifting mechanism (706, 704) operable to lift, from the first platform, a second strip (726, 724) that follows the first strip on the first platform to a second elevation higher than the first elevation; and a control mechanism operable to control the first cell-lifting mechanism and the second cell-lifting mechanism to move a leading edge of the second strip to overlap a trailing edge of the first strip while the first and second strips are lifted. a first cell-lifting mechanism (704, 708) operable to lift a first strip (726, 728) from a first platform to a first elevation; a second cell-lifting mechanism (706, 704) operable to lift, from the first platform, a second strip (726, 724) that follows the first strip on the first platform to a second elevation higher than the first elevation; and a control mechanism operable to control the first cell-lifting mechanism and the second cell-lifting mechanism to move a leading edge of the second strip to overlap a trailing edge of the first strip while the first and second strips are lifted.
Aircraft air conditioning system comprising: - an ambient air supply line having a first end connected to an ambient air inlet and a second end connected to a mixer of the aircraft air conditioning system so as to supply ambient air to the mixer, - a first compressor arranged in the ambient air supply line and being adapted to compress the ambient air flowing through the ambient air supply line, - a bleed air supply line allowing a flow of bleed air bled off from an engine or an auxiliary power unit therethrough, - a bleed air turbine driven by the bleed air flowing through the bleed air supply line and being coupled to the first compressor so as to drive the first compressor, - an ambient air branch line branching off from the ambient air supply line upstream of the first compressor and opening into the ambient air supply line downstream of the first compressor, - a second compressor arranged in the ambient air branch line and being adapted to compress the ambient air flowing through the ambient air branch line, - a cabin exhaust air line allowing a flow of cabin exhaust air therethrough, - a cabin exhaust air turbine driven by the cabin exhaust air flowing through the cabin exhaust air line and being coupled to the second compressor so as to drive the second compressor, and - a connecting line connecting the ambient air supply line downstream of the first compressor to the ambient air branch line upstream of the second compressor. - an ambient air supply line having a first end connected to an ambient air inlet and a second end connected to a mixer of the aircraft air conditioning system so as to supply ambient air to the mixer, - a first compressor arranged in the ambient air supply line and being adapted to compress the ambient air flowing through the ambient air supply line, - a bleed air supply line allowing a flow of bleed air bled off from an engine or an auxiliary power unit therethrough, - a bleed air turbine driven by the bleed air flowing through the bleed air supply line and being coupled to the first compressor so as to drive the first compressor, - an ambient air branch line branching off from the ambient air supply line upstream of the first compressor and opening into the ambient air supply line downstream of the first compressor, - a second compressor arranged in the ambient air branch line and being adapted to compress the ambient air flowing through the ambient air branch line, - a cabin exhaust air line allowing a flow of cabin exhaust air therethrough, - a cabin exhaust air turbine driven by the cabin exhaust air flowing through the cabin exhaust air line and being coupled to the second compressor so as to drive the second compressor, and - a connecting line connecting the ambient air supply line downstream of the first compressor to the ambient air branch line upstream of the second compressor.
An artificial asynchronous neural network system comprising a plurality of neurons each of which is operable to receive input signals representing respective input stimuli for the network, and to generate respective output signals in response to receipt of such input stimuli, the network system having a fixed predetermined physical configuration and being operable to supply output signals in the form of spatio-temporal sequences of rhythmic electric pulses to an external system in response to receipt of such input stimuli, each combination of such input stimuli generating a respective output signal, wherein said neurons are composed of respective pairs of differential CMOS transistors representing channel conductance components for the neurons, wherein respective pairs of the multiple neurons are interconnected using mutually inhibitory links with asymmetric conductances, each link providing a synapse and formed using a differential current amplifier, the neurons and mutually inhibitory links forming the fixed predetermined physical configuration of the network system, which configuration is independent of received input signals.
A method for manufacturing a gas turbine engine compressor blade comprising: a platform; a root depending from the platform; a tip; an airfoil having: a leading edge and a trailing edge; and a pressure side and a suction side; and a Ti-based metallic substrate having a surface, the method comprising: burnishing the substrate of said blade to provide a residual compressive stress distribution below a first region of the surface, the first region extending over a majority of a streamwise perimeter of the airfoil at a location at a spanwise distance from the tip of more than 50% of a local tip-to-platform span; and applying an erosion coating to at least a portion of said first region. a platform; a root depending from the platform; a tip; an airfoil having: a leading edge and a trailing edge; and a pressure side and a suction side; and a leading edge and a trailing edge; and a pressure side and a suction side; and a Ti-based metallic substrate having a surface, the method comprising: burnishing the substrate of said blade to provide a residual compressive stress distribution below a first region of the surface, the first region extending over a majority of a streamwise perimeter of the airfoil at a location at a spanwise distance from the tip of more than 50% of a local tip-to-platform span; and applying an erosion coating to at least a portion of said first region. burnishing the substrate of said blade to provide a residual compressive stress distribution below a first region of the surface, the first region extending over a majority of a streamwise perimeter of the airfoil at a location at a spanwise distance from the tip of more than 50% of a local tip-to-platform span; and applying an erosion coating to at least a portion of said first region.
A method of manufacturing a microbially produced plastic, comprising the following steps (a) and (b): (a): a step of applying heat treatment to fat containing hydrogen peroxide, and (b): a step of culturing microbes in a culturing liquid containing the fat that has been subjected to the heat treatment in the step (a). (a): a step of applying heat treatment to fat containing hydrogen peroxide, and (b): a step of culturing microbes in a culturing liquid containing the fat that has been subjected to the heat treatment in the step (a).
A peptide mimotope of claudin 18.2 (CLDN18.2) comprising the amino acid sequence Cys Xaa1 Xaa2 Xaa3 Tyr Pro Gly Xaa4 Cys wherein Xaa1 is an amino acid selected from the group consisting of Lys, Met, His and Tyr, Xaa2 is an amino acid selected from the group consisting of Leu, Lys, Tyr, Arg and Phe, more preferably an amino acid selected from the group consisting of Leu, Lys and Tyr, Xaa3 is an amino acid selected from the group consisting of Gly, Asn, Arg, Ser, Trp and Lys and Xaa4 is an amino acid selected from the group consisting of Trp, Tyr, Glu, Arg, Val, Lys, Ile, Met and Phe, more preferably an amino acid selected from the group consisting of Trp, Tyr, Glu, Arg and Val, wherein the thiol groups of said cysteine residues form intramolecular disulfide bridges.
Vulcanized rubber mixture, characterized in that it contains - at least one polar or nonpolar rubber selected from the group consisting of polynorbornenes and/or isoprene-isobutylene copolymer and/or ethylene-propylene-diene rubber and/or nitrile rubber and/or chloroprene rubber and/or acrylate rubber and/or fluororubber and - at least one carbon black having a pH according to ISO 787-9 between 2.8 and 6. - at least one polar or nonpolar rubber selected from the group consisting of polynorbornenes and/or isoprene-isobutylene copolymer and/or ethylene-propylene-diene rubber and/or nitrile rubber and/or chloroprene rubber and/or acrylate rubber and/or fluororubber and - at least one carbon black having a pH according to ISO 787-9 between 2.8 and 6.
A method of enhancing efficiency of molecular inversion probe ligation, the method comprising: a) providing a MIP comprising: a first homology region comprising a first sequence complementary to a target nucleic acid of interest, and a second homology region comprising in order: a second sequence complementary to the target nucleic acid of interest, a cleavage substrate base, and a removable nucleic acid region comprising a one or more nucleotide base sequence of the first sequence; b) contacting the MIP to the target nucleic acid of interest, thereby hybridizing the HR2 to the target nucleic acid and blocking HR1 hybridization due to interference from the removable nucleic acid region; c) contacting the hybridized MIP with an enzyme having an activity of cutting the MIP at the cleavage substrate base if the HR2 is hybridized to the target, thus releasing the removable nucleic acid region and allowing the HR1 to hybridize to the target nucleic acid; and, d) ligating HR1 to that part of HR2 that remains. a) providing a MIP comprising: a first homology region comprising a first sequence complementary to a target nucleic acid of interest, and a second homology region comprising in order: a second sequence complementary to the target nucleic acid of interest, a cleavage substrate base, and a removable nucleic acid region comprising a one or more nucleotide base sequence of the first sequence; a first homology region comprising a first sequence complementary to a target nucleic acid of interest, and a second homology region comprising in order: a second sequence complementary to the target nucleic acid of interest, a cleavage substrate base, and a removable nucleic acid region comprising a one or more nucleotide base sequence of the first sequence; b) contacting the MIP to the target nucleic acid of interest, thereby hybridizing the HR2 to the target nucleic acid and blocking HR1 hybridization due to interference from the removable nucleic acid region; c) contacting the hybridized MIP with an enzyme having an activity of cutting the MIP at the cleavage substrate base if the HR2 is hybridized to the target, thus releasing the removable nucleic acid region and allowing the HR1 to hybridize to the target nucleic acid; and, d) ligating HR1 to that part of HR2 that remains.
A separator conveying device comprising: a columnar rotor (310, 320) that holds a separator material on an outer circumferential surface thereof, the separator material being continuously supplied thereto; and a cutting unit that cuts the separator material in a state where the separator material is held on the outer circumferential surface of the columnar rotor (310, 320), and cuts out a separator with a predetermined shape, wherein the separator cut out by the cutting unit is conveyed by rotating the columnar rotor (310, 320) while maintaining a state where the separator is held on the outer circumferential surface of the columnar rotor (310, 320), characterized in that the outer circumferential surface of the columnar rotor (310, 320) is partitioned into a suction region where the separator material or the separator is sucked, and into a slip region where the separator material is slipped in such a manner that suction force is set lower than in the suction region, the slip region being located more on a supply position side at which the separator material is supplied onto the outer circumferential surface than the suction region, the outer circumferential surface rotates relatively to the suction region and the slip region, and the separator material is cut by the cutting unit between the suction region and the supply position, the cut out separator is sucked and conveyed on the suction region on the outer circumferential surface, and the cut separator material is slipped on the slip region with respect to the outer circumferential surface. a columnar rotor (310, 320) that holds a separator material on an outer circumferential surface thereof, the separator material being continuously supplied thereto; and a cutting unit that cuts the separator material in a state where the separator material is held on the outer circumferential surface of the columnar rotor (310, 320), and cuts out a separator with a predetermined shape, wherein the separator cut out by the cutting unit is conveyed by rotating the columnar rotor (310, 320) while maintaining a state where the separator is held on the outer circumferential surface of the columnar rotor (310, 320), characterized in that the outer circumferential surface of the columnar rotor (310, 320) is partitioned into a suction region where the separator material or the separator is sucked, and into a slip region where the separator material is slipped in such a manner that suction force is set lower than in the suction region, the slip region being located more on a supply position side at which the separator material is supplied onto the outer circumferential surface than the suction region, the outer circumferential surface rotates relatively to the suction region and the slip region, and the separator material is cut by the cutting unit between the suction region and the supply position, the cut out separator is sucked and conveyed on the suction region on the outer circumferential surface, and the cut separator material is slipped on the slip region with respect to the outer circumferential surface.
A double-surface manufacturing method in the exposure process, comprising: S1: performing alignment treatment on two masks in an exposure apparatus; S2: conveying a substrate to a position between the two masks of the exposure apparatus; and S3: performing exposure operation for patterns of two surfaces of the substrate; wherein, in the step S3, when either of the surfaces of the substrate is subjected to the exposure operation, the substrate is subjected to an alignment operation in advance using substrate alignment marks disposed on two sides of the substrate and on the masks. S1: performing alignment treatment on two masks in an exposure apparatus; S2: conveying a substrate to a position between the two masks of the exposure apparatus; and S3: performing exposure operation for patterns of two surfaces of the substrate;
A method of identifying an object comprising the steps of: (i) providing one or more sheets of thermally reflective material having a surface texture comprising a plurality of reflecting elements, wherein each element has a first facet which is substantially reflective at Thermal infrared wavelengths and wherein the respective first facets form an angle 5° < θ < 40° with the plane of the sheet; (ii) orienting said one or more sheets of material on an object such that the first facets reflect thermal radiation from a thermally cold region of the sky; and (iii) monitoring the thermal radiation reflected from the one or more sheets of material. (i) providing one or more sheets of thermally reflective material having a surface texture comprising a plurality of reflecting elements, wherein each element has a first facet which is substantially reflective at Thermal infrared wavelengths and wherein the respective first facets form an angle 5° < θ < 40° with the plane of the sheet; (ii) orienting said one or more sheets of material on an object such that the first facets reflect thermal radiation from a thermally cold region of the sky; and (iii) monitoring the thermal radiation reflected from the one or more sheets of material.
A coating (13,15) used in a vapor-oxidative atmosphere and covering a ceramic matrix composite material, comprising: a first layer including SiAlON and other phases as a balance being less than 50 vol% relative to SiAlON; and a second layer covering the first layer and being exposed to the atmosphere, the second layer including mullite and Re 2 Si 2 O 7 as a balance being less than 50 vol% relative to mullite, where Re is one or more of Y, Yb, Er and Dy, wherein the first layer and the second layer get in contact with each other. a first layer including SiAlON and other phases as a balance being less than 50 vol% relative to SiAlON; and a second layer covering the first layer and being exposed to the atmosphere, the second layer including mullite and Re 2 Si 2 O 7 as a balance being less than 50 vol% relative to mullite, where Re is one or more of Y, Yb, Er and Dy, wherein the first layer and the second layer get in contact with each other.
A sensor system for determining a condition of a piston rod of a reciprocating system, said sensor system comprising: an interrogator system comprising a first antenna configured to be coupled to an interior surface of a block through which the piston rod extends at least partially, wherein said block defines at least one chamber (108,110), said piston rod extending through said at least one chamber, wherein said first antenna is coupled to an interior surface of said at least one chamber; said piston rod is coupled via a crosshead assembly and a connecting rod to a crank shaft disposed in a crank case of the reciprocating system and, said block is coupled to the crank case; a second antenna separated from said first antenna by an air gap distance, said second antenna configured to be coupled to the piston rod, wherein said second antenna is a patch antenna configured to communicate with said first antenna through a range of translational movement relative to said first antenna; and a radio frequency sensor coupled to said second antenna and configured to be coupled to the piston rod, said radio frequency sensor further configured to measure a characteristic associated with the piston rod and transmit, through said second antenna, data associated with the characteristic to said first antenna of said interrogator system wherein the radio frequency sensor is powered by a signal transmitted wirelessly from the interrogator system. an interrogator system comprising a first antenna configured to be coupled to an interior surface of a block through which the piston rod extends at least partially, wherein said block defines at least one chamber (108,110), said piston rod extending through said at least one chamber, wherein said first antenna is coupled to an interior surface of said at least one chamber; said piston rod is coupled via a crosshead assembly and a connecting rod to a crank shaft disposed in a crank case of the reciprocating system and, said block is coupled to the crank case; a second antenna separated from said first antenna by an air gap distance, said second antenna configured to be coupled to the piston rod, wherein said second antenna is a patch antenna configured to communicate with said first antenna through a range of translational movement relative to said first antenna; and a radio frequency sensor coupled to said second antenna and configured to be coupled to the piston rod, said radio frequency sensor further configured to measure a characteristic associated with the piston rod and transmit, through said second antenna, data associated with the characteristic to said first antenna of said interrogator system wherein the radio frequency sensor is powered by a signal transmitted wirelessly from the interrogator system.
A polymer compound comprising a constitutional unit of the following formula and at least one selected from the group consisting of a constitutional unit of the following formula, a constitutional unit of the following formula and a constitutional unit of the following formula, wherein the total mole number of said constitutional unit of the formula, said constitutional unit of the formula, said constitutional unit of the formula and said constitutional unit of the formula with respect to the total mole number of all constitutional units is 90 to 100%, and wherein the polymer compound is capable of emitting green light: wherein P represents an integer of 1 to 4, Q represents 0; R X and R Y represent each independently an alkyl group having a carbon number of 1 to 20; when there exist a plurality of R X 's, these may be the same or different; and when there exist a plurality of R y 's, these may be the same or different; Ar 1 represents an unsubstituted or substituted arylene group or an unsubstituted or substituted di-valent heterocyclic group; and Ar 2 represents an unsubstituted or substituted aryl group or an unsubstituted or substituted mono-valent heterocyclic group; and each Ar 1 and Ar 2 may be the same or different; wherein Ar 3 and Ar 7 represent each independently an unsubstituted or substituted arylene group, an unsubstituted or substituted di-valent heterocyclic group or a di-valent group having a metal complex structure; Ar 4, Ar 5 and Ar 6 represent each independently an unsubstituted or substituted arylene group, an unsubstituted or substituted di-valent aromatic heterocyclic group or an unsubstituted or substituted di-valent group having two aromatic rings connected via a single bond; R 1 and R 2 represent each independently a hydrogen atom, alkyl group, aryl group, mono-valent heterocyclic group or arylalkyl group; X 1 represents -CR 3 =CR 4 - or -C=C-; R 3 and R 4 represent each independently a hydrogen atom, alkyl group, aryl group, mono-valent heterocyclic group, carboxyl group, substituted carboxyl group or cyano group; and a represents 0 or 1.
Anti-erosion layer to provide protection for aerodynamic components or structures against wear by airflow-borne particles, wherein the anti-erosion layer is exposed to the airflow, characterized in that a plurality of hard material particles are embedded in a binding layer, consisting of a material that adheres well to the aerodynamic components or structures; and that the binding layer accounts for less than 60% by volume of the anti-erosion layer.