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An apparatus for performing selective photocoagulation of cells, the apparatus comprising: an electromagnetic radiation source arranged to deliver radiation having an increasing intensity to the cells; a detector arranged to receive scattered electromagnetic radiation from the cells when the cells are irradiated by the radiation from the source, and to generate a signal based on the received electromagnetic radiation; and a discriminator arranged to: receive the signal generated by the detector; determine whether microcavitation has occurred in the cells by analyzing the signal to determine whether a portion thereof is indicative of microcavitation in the cells by assessing whether a portion of the signal corresponds to a sustained change in reflectivity of the cells compared to a baseline reference signal; identify as an ED 50 value an intensity of the electromagnetic radiation delivered by the source at which microcavitation was determined to occur; and signal the source to halt an increase in the intensity of the electromagnetic radiation delivered to the cells when the intensity of the electromagnetic radiation reaches a value of ED 50 + xED 50, wherein x is greater than zero and less than two. an electromagnetic radiation source arranged to deliver radiation having an increasing intensity to the cells; a detector arranged to receive scattered electromagnetic radiation from the cells when the cells are irradiated by the radiation from the source, and to generate a signal based on the received electromagnetic radiation; and a discriminator arranged to: receive the signal generated by the detector; determine whether microcavitation has occurred in the cells by analyzing the signal to determine whether a portion thereof is indicative of microcavitation in the cells by assessing whether a portion of the signal corresponds to a sustained change in reflectivity of the cells compared to a baseline reference signal; identify as an ED 50 value an intensity of the electromagnetic radiation delivered by the source at which microcavitation was determined to occur; and signal the source to halt an increase in the intensity of the electromagnetic radiation delivered to the cells when the intensity of the electromagnetic radiation reaches a value of ED 50 + xED 50, wherein x is greater than zero and less than two. receive the signal generated by the detector; determine whether microcavitation has occurred in the cells by analyzing the signal to determine whether a portion thereof is indicative of microcavitation in the cells by assessing whether a portion of the signal corresponds to a sustained change in reflectivity of the cells compared to a baseline reference signal; identify as an ED 50 value an intensity of the electromagnetic radiation delivered by the source at which microcavitation was determined to occur; and signal the source to halt an increase in the intensity of the electromagnetic radiation delivered to the cells when the intensity of the electromagnetic radiation reaches a value of ED 50 + xED 50, wherein x is greater than zero and less than two.
A system for determining flow characteristics of an object, the system comprising a processing unit adapted for receiving a plurality of sequential secondary speckle patterns originated from at least a portion of the object by diffusive electromagnetic beam reflected from the object after being illuminated by an illumination source being placed at a certain distance from a surface of the object, processing the speckle data, wherein the processing of the speckle data comprises calculating a decorrelation decay time between each spatial point of said speckle data as a function of a distance from an illumination point defined by the illumination source, generating dynamic speckle data and dividing the dynamic speckle data into a plurality of time slices and calculating an autocorrelation function of each time slice; determining a correlation coefficient for each radius along the speckle pattern corresponding to a speckle formed from light with different sample penetration depths; performing a statistical analysis of the spatial speckle data in a time-domain and generating statistical decorrelation data thereof being indicative of the flow characteristics of the object at different layers, wherein said performing of a statistical analysis comprises performing a statistical distribution matching of the decorrelation decay time as a function of a distance from the illumination point.
A replacement heart valve prosthesis comprising a stent component and a valve component wherein the stent component comprises at least one alignment means, (31,41,43,51) preferably two, three, four, five or six alignment means, wherein the alignment means is a commissure alignment means to engage with the native valve commissure(s) and which is part of or fixed to the proximal end of the prosthesis, and wherein the distance of the proximal end of the commissure alignment means to the distal end of the inflow end section is 4 to 12 mm, preferably 7.5 to 9 mm.
A milking installation comprising at least one milking cluster with at least one, in particular four teat cups, wherein each teat cup comprises a cup housing and, accommodated in the cup housing, a teat cup liner with a top region and a suction region, wherein a connection for a milk tube is arranged at the cup bottom or at the end of the suction region of the teat cup liner, and a connection for a pulsator line is preferably arranged on a wall or bottom portion of the cup housing, and a mouth portion of a sterile air pressure line is arranged in the top region of the teat cup liner, through which pressure line sterile air can be introduced at a volumetric flow rate (Vs) greater than a fluid aspiration volumetric flow rate (Vm) at the milk tube, such that a sterile air blanket can be established in the top region of the teat cup liner, wobei at least one central sterile air pressure line with at least one sterile air filter installation is included, by which each sterile air pressure line of the milking cluster is centrally supplied with sterile air, such that a sterile air volumetric flow rate (Vs) can be established in each sterile air pressure line which is higher than a fluid aspiration volumetric flow rate (Vm) in each milk tube, whereby a sterile air blanket can be established in each teat cup.
A welding contact tip comprising: an electrically-conductive body extending from a proximal end of the body to a distal end of the body, the body forming: a first bore through the body that extends from a first entrance orifice at the proximal end of the body to a first exit orifice at the distal end of the body; and a second bore through the body extending from a second entrance orifice at the proximal end of the body to a second exit orifice at the distal end of the body; wherein the first and second exit orifices are separated from each other by a distance, wherein said distance provides a spacing between the first wire electrode (E1, E2) and the second wire electrode (E1, E2) that is within a range of 0.25 to 2.25 times a diameter of the first and second wire electrodes (E1, E2), as measured between closest edges of the first and second wire electrodes (E1, E2) and being configured to facilitate formation of a bridge droplet between a first wire electrode (E1, E2) delivered through the first bore and a second wire electrode (E1, E2) delivered through the second bore during a deposition operation, wherein the wire electrode current is passing through each of the electrodes (E1, E2), and wherein the bridge droplet couples the first wire electrode (E1, E2) to the second wire electrode (E1, E2) prior to contacting a molten puddle created by the deposition operation, wherein the body includes a mounting shank, and one or more entrance orifices, preferably the first entrance orifice, and/or the second entrance orifice are located on the mounting shank, and the mounting shank includes a radially-projecting tab, further comprising a bias spring located between the radially-projecting tab and the distal end face of the body, or located between the radially-projecting tab and the distal end of the body, wherein the mounting shank extends from a shoulder portion of the contact tip, and the bias spring is arranged annularly around the mounting shank between the shoulder portion and the radially-projecting tab. a first bore through the body that extends from a first entrance orifice at the proximal end of the body to a first exit orifice at the distal end of the body; and a second bore through the body extending from a second entrance orifice at the proximal end of the body to a second exit orifice at the distal end of the body;
A method for inspecting a defect on a photomask blank to identify a pinhole defect, comprising the steps of: providing a photomask blank having at least one thin film on an optically transparent substrate, and which bears a defect on its surface, moving the photomask blank to move the defect on the photomask blank surface to a position observable by an optical inspection system, irradiating inspection light onto the defect-bearing surface region, and collecting reflected light from the irradiated region as a magnified image of the region via the optical inspection system, extracting a feature parameter from the magnified image, characterized in that the method further comprises the step of identifying whether the defect is a pinhole defect, on the basis of data including both said feature parameter of the magnified image and the structure type of the photomask blank thin film, and with reference to a stored table that is one previously formed based on optical simulation or empirical data to enable a choice between pinhole defects and bump defects. providing a photomask blank having at least one thin film on an optically transparent substrate, and which bears a defect on its surface, moving the photomask blank to move the defect on the photomask blank surface to a position observable by an optical inspection system, irradiating inspection light onto the defect-bearing surface region, and collecting reflected light from the irradiated region as a magnified image of the region via the optical inspection system, extracting a feature parameter from the magnified image, characterized in that the method further comprises the step of identifying whether the defect is a pinhole defect, on the basis of data including both said feature parameter of the magnified image and the structure type of the photomask blank thin film, and with reference to a stored table that is one previously formed based on optical simulation or empirical data to enable a choice between pinhole defects and bump defects.
A computer-implemented method for analyzing UV-VIS spectrophotometer data of a sample comprising DNA and/or RNA, the method comprising - receiving UV-VIS spectrophotometer data of the sample, - fitting the UV-VIS spectrophotometer data taking into account at least one spectrum representative for a sample having a base pair content, the base pair being any of adenine-thymine or guanine-cytosine or adenine-uracil, and - deriving from the fitting a quantification of an amount of DNA and/or RNA. - receiving UV-VIS spectrophotometer data of the sample, - fitting the UV-VIS spectrophotometer data taking into account at least one spectrum representative for a sample having a base pair content, the base pair being any of adenine-thymine or guanine-cytosine or adenine-uracil, and - deriving from the fitting a quantification of an amount of DNA and/or RNA.
A cold press molded body, comprising: a material A containing a discontinuous carbon fiber having a weight average fiber length LwA of 1 mm or more and 100 mm or less, and a thermoplastic resin a; and a material B containing a discontinuous glass fiber and a thermoplastic resin b, the material A and the material B being laminated and satisfying Va/Vb > Va flow /Vb flow, wherein: Va is a volume of the material A contained in the molded body; Vb is a volume of the material B contained in the molded body; Va flow is a volume of a flowing region A occupied by the material A in a flowing region of the molded body in an in-plane direction; and Vb flow is a volume of a flowing region B occupied by the material B in the flowing region of the molded body in the in-plane direction; and wherein the flowing region is a region formed by the material A and the material B flowed in the in-plane direction of the molded body when the material A and the material B are cold pressed. a material A containing a discontinuous carbon fiber having a weight average fiber length LwA of 1 mm or more and 100 mm or less, and a thermoplastic resin a; and a discontinuous carbon fiber having a weight average fiber length LwA of 1 mm or more and 100 mm or less, and a thermoplastic resin a; and a material B containing a discontinuous glass fiber and a thermoplastic resin b, a discontinuous glass fiber and a thermoplastic resin b, the material A and the material B being laminated and satisfying Va/Vb > Va flow /Vb flow, wherein: Va is a volume of the material A contained in the molded body; Vb is a volume of the material B contained in the molded body; Va flow is a volume of a flowing region A occupied by the material A in a flowing region of the molded body in an in-plane direction; and Vb flow is a volume of a flowing region B occupied by the material B in the flowing region of the molded body in the in-plane direction; and wherein the flowing region is a region formed by the material A and the material B flowed in the in-plane direction of the molded body when the material A and the material B are cold pressed. Va is a volume of the material A contained in the molded body; Vb is a volume of the material B contained in the molded body; Va flow is a volume of a flowing region A occupied by the material A in a flowing region of the molded body in an in-plane direction; and Vb flow is a volume of a flowing region B occupied by the material B in the flowing region of the molded body in the in-plane direction; and wherein the flowing region is a region formed by the material A and the material B flowed in the in-plane direction of the molded body when the material A and the material B are cold pressed.
A driving device adapted for use in an electric nail gun, the electric nail gun including a supporting frame, a rotatable flywheel that is pivotally mounted to the supporting frame, and an impact member, said driving device including: a swing arm unit pivotally mounted to the supporting frame, including an abutment surface, adapted to permit the impact member to be movably mounted thereto, and swingable between a standby position and a shooting position such that, when said swing arm unit is at the standby position, the impact member is spaced apart from the flywheel, and when said swing arm unit is at the shooting position, the impact member is in contact with the flywheel; a control unit including a control member that has a driven end portion, and an abutting end portion opposite to said driven end portion and slidably abutting against said abutment surface of said swing arm unit; and a driving unit for driving said driven end portion of said control member to rotate between a driving position and a non-driving position such that, when said driven end portion of said control member is at the driving position, said swing arm unit is at the shooting position, and when said driven end portion of said control member is at the non-driving position, said swing arm unit is at the standby position, said driving unit including a main body, and a valve rod that is movable relative to said main body for rotating said driven end portion of said control member between the driving position and the non-driving position; characterized in that said driving unit further includes a control-member biasing resilient member disposed between said driven end portion of said control member and the supporting frame, for providing a resilient force to push said driven end portion of said control member to abut against said valve rod so as to maintain said driven end portion of said control member at the non-driving position. a swing arm unit pivotally mounted to the supporting frame, including an abutment surface, adapted to permit the impact member to be movably mounted thereto, and swingable between a standby position and a shooting position such that, when said swing arm unit is at the standby position, the impact member is spaced apart from the flywheel, and when said swing arm unit is at the shooting position, the impact member is in contact with the flywheel;
An isolated antibody or a binding fragment thereof, which specifically binds to aripiprazole and dehydroaripiprazole, and which is generated in response to a compound of Formula II (compound 6) wherein the protein is an immunogenic carrier, and wherein the antibody or the binding fragment thereof generates the same dose response curves for aripiprazole and dehydroaripiprazole in a competitive enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA),
A method for providing feature services in a multimedia communication environment, the method comprising: receiving a signaling message, which can be a request or a response; running one or more scripts to compare the signaling message with control data to identify one or more service enablers that are responsive to the signaling message, the one or more service enablers comprising a registration service enabler configured to facilitate registration of an access terminal with a network; and invoking each identified service enabler, wherein each identified service enabler operates in accordance with an associated policy hook, wherein the policy hooks are externally configurable and control the operation of the service enablers, the registration service enabler invoked to register a binding between one or more user identities and the access terminal. receiving a signaling message, which can be a request or a response; running one or more scripts to compare the signaling message with control data to identify one or more service enablers that are responsive to the signaling message, the one or more service enablers comprising a registration service enabler configured to facilitate registration of an access terminal with a network; and invoking each identified service enabler, wherein each identified service enabler operates in accordance with an associated policy hook, wherein the policy hooks are externally configurable and control the operation of the service enablers, the registration service enabler invoked to register a binding between one or more user identities and the access terminal.
Method for controlling a pressurised water nuclear reactor, said reactor comprising: - a core producing thermal power; - means for acquiring quantities representative of the operating conditions of the core, such as the thermal power and/or the temperature of the primary coolant; said method comprising a step of adjusting the temperature of the primary coolant if the temperature of the primary coolant, for a given thermal power, is not within a temperature setpoint interval (ΔTREF) defined beforehand depending on the power of the reactor, said temperature setpoint interval (ΔTREF) being defined by: - a variable amplitude (ΔT) over a thermal power range between N% and 100% of the nominal power, N lying between [0; 100]; - a zero amplitude at 100% of the nominal power; - a zero amplitude at N% of the nominal power; and said adjustment not being carried out provided the temperature of the primary liquid is within said temperature interval (ΔTREF) for a given thermal power. - a core producing thermal power; - means for acquiring quantities representative of the operating conditions of the core, such as the thermal power and/or the temperature of the primary coolant; - a variable amplitude (ΔT) over a thermal power range between N% and 100% of the nominal power, N lying between [0; 100]; - a zero amplitude at 100% of the nominal power; - a zero amplitude at N% of the nominal power;
A center shift amount estimating apparatus for estimating a deviation between a rotation axis of a sample and a center of a detector with respect to an X-ray source in a CT device, the apparatus comprising: a region specifying unit for specifying a region avoiding an area with extremely low absorption coefficient or an area with extremely different pixel values from a surrounding area as a region of interest in a reconstructed uncorrected image, a temporary correction unit for assuming different center shift amounts and correcting each of the assumed center shift amounts to reconstruct a temporarily corrected image with respect to the region of interest, an index analyzing unit for calculating an index representing a total variation, performed by summing the differential values at each pixel in the region with respect to the region of interest of the image in each of the temporarily corrected images and searching a maximal value of the index when the scanning method is a 360° scan and searching a minimal value of the index when the scanning method is a 180° scan as an extreme value of the index, and a center shift amount specifying unit for specifying the center shift amount assumed in the temporarily corrected image in which the index has the extreme value as an actual center shift amount. a region specifying unit for specifying a region avoiding an area with extremely low absorption coefficient or an area with extremely different pixel values from a surrounding area as a region of interest in a reconstructed uncorrected image, a temporary correction unit for assuming different center shift amounts and correcting each of the assumed center shift amounts to reconstruct a temporarily corrected image with respect to the region of interest, an index analyzing unit for calculating an index representing a total variation, performed by summing the differential values at each pixel in the region with respect to the region of interest of the image in each of the temporarily corrected images and searching a maximal value of the index when the scanning method is a 360° scan and searching a minimal value of the index when the scanning method is a 180° scan as an extreme value of the index, and a center shift amount specifying unit for specifying the center shift amount assumed in the temporarily corrected image in which the index has the extreme value as an actual center shift amount.