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A computer-implemented method for detecting an object, and determining a characteristic of the object, comprising: using an imager with a global shutter to capture a plurality of frames, each frame of the plurality of frames comprising an image of a two-dimensional field of view; analyzing the captured plurality of frames (530, 540, 542, 546, 548) and selecting a plurality of active frames (540, 1210, 1212) there from, wherein the selected plurality of active frames comprise frames of the object from multiple perspectives in the field of view, wherein said frames from multiple perspectives are of the object at multiple positions in the field of view, said selecting on the basis of the analysis indicating sufficient evidence that the object is located in the field of view for each active frame; obtaining a plurality of capture values (3220, 3325) corresponding to the plurality of active frames, each capture value indicating a time at which the active frame was captured; analyzing the selected plurality of active frames and computing a plurality of location values, each said location value indicating the position of the object in the field of view for the corresponding active frame; and determining the characteristic of the object using the plurality of location values and the plurality of capture values. using an imager with a global shutter to capture a plurality of frames, each frame of the plurality of frames comprising an image of a two-dimensional field of view; analyzing the captured plurality of frames (530, 540, 542, 546, 548) and selecting a plurality of active frames (540, 1210, 1212) there from, wherein the selected plurality of active frames comprise frames of the object from multiple perspectives in the field of view, wherein said frames from multiple perspectives are of the object at multiple positions in the field of view, said selecting on the basis of the analysis indicating sufficient evidence that the object is located in the field of view for each active frame; obtaining a plurality of capture values (3220, 3325) corresponding to the plurality of active frames, each capture value indicating a time at which the active frame was captured; analyzing the selected plurality of active frames and computing a plurality of location values, each said location value indicating the position of the object in the field of view for the corresponding active frame; and determining the characteristic of the object using the plurality of location values and the plurality of capture values.
Method for the diagnosis and/or therapy control of systemic sclerosis, characterized in that soluble CD90 is detected in serum or plasma or a bronchoalveolar lavage fluid of patients and the concentration thereof is determined, further characterized in that systemic sclerosis patients with pulmonary fibrosis can be distinguished from patients without pulmonary fibrosis by determining the amount of soluble CD90 in body fluids, whereby sCD90 levels are elevated in systemic sclerosis patients with pulmonary involvement.
A method for producing a foam-molded article comprising molding a resin material in molten state by clamping with split mold blocks (31, 32), wherein: the resin material is prepared by adding a foaming agent to a mixture resin of a recovered resin material obtained by pulverizing a resin material that has solidified after melting and a virgin resin without thermal history of melting; and provided as a mixture of a polypropylene-based resin and a polyethylene-based elastomer; and wherein the polyethylene-based elastomer has a compounding ratio of 3% to 15% by weight of the mixture resin. the resin material is prepared by adding a foaming agent to a mixture resin of a recovered resin material obtained by pulverizing a resin material that has solidified after melting and a virgin resin without thermal history of melting; and provided as a mixture of a polypropylene-based resin and a polyethylene-based elastomer; and wherein the polyethylene-based elastomer has a compounding ratio of 3% to 15% by weight of the mixture resin.
Control system for controlling a lubricating circuit of a vehicle engine, comprising a computer, an inlet solenoid valve and an outlet solenoid valve, said circuit comprising a crankcase and a buffer tank, the oil inlets of which are controlled by said inlet solenoid valve and the oil outlets of which are controlled by said outlet solenoid valve, characterized in that the inlet solenoid valve and the outlet solenoid valve are controlled by the computer at one and the same control output, which is able to ensure a differential control of said two solenoid valves.
Method for performing an RT-PCR for amplifying a target RNA comprising the steps of a) cultivation of a population of adherent cells in a cell culture vessel b) lysis of said population of adherent cells which is supposed to contain said target RNA in said vessel with a lysis buffer comprising between 0.05 M and 1 M of a chaotropic agent c) adding reagents to said vessel which are necessary to perform a reverse transcription reaction such that the said chaotropic agent is present in a concentration of about 10 to 60 mM in said sample vessel, and reverse transcribing said target RNA into first strand cDNA d) amplifying said first strand cDNA by means of performing multiple cycles of a thermocycling protocol. a) cultivation of a population of adherent cells in a cell culture vessel b) lysis of said population of adherent cells which is supposed to contain said target RNA in said vessel with a lysis buffer comprising between 0.05 M and 1 M of a chaotropic agent c) adding reagents to said vessel which are necessary to perform a reverse transcription reaction such that the said chaotropic agent is present in a concentration of about 10 to 60 mM in said sample vessel, and reverse transcribing said target RNA into first strand cDNA d) amplifying said first strand cDNA by means of performing multiple cycles of a thermocycling protocol.
A method of determining whether a patient suffering from a lung cancer is eligible to a treatment with a HER2 inhibitor comprising the steps of i) determining the expression level of FHIT in a tumor tissue sample obtained from the patient, ii) comparing the expression level determined at step i) with a predetermined reference value and iii) concluding that the patient is eligible to a treatment with a HER2 inhibitor when the expression level determined at step i) is lower than the predetermined reference level.
A system for scanning documents, the system comprising: an input tray for holding one or more documents to be scanned; a transport drive system configured to move a document of the one or more documents along a document transport path; at least one gate element configured to: engage with lead edges of the documents held by the input tray; oscillate forward and backward in respect to the document transport path according to one or more oscillation parameters to align the lead edges of the documents; and disengage with the lead edges of the documents held by the input tray to allow the documents to be transported along the document transport path. an input tray for holding one or more documents to be scanned; a transport drive system configured to move a document of the one or more documents along a document transport path; at least one gate element configured to: engage with lead edges of the documents held by the input tray; oscillate forward and backward in respect to the document transport path according to one or more oscillation parameters to align the lead edges of the documents; and disengage with the lead edges of the documents held by the input tray to allow the documents to be transported along the document transport path. engage with lead edges of the documents held by the input tray; oscillate forward and backward in respect to the document transport path according to one or more oscillation parameters to align the lead edges of the documents; and disengage with the lead edges of the documents held by the input tray to allow the documents to be transported along the document transport path.
Control method for controlling an electric-power-supply device for supplying electric power to a multi-phase electrical system, said device comprising at least one separate electric-power-supply assembly (E_1, E_2, E_3) per phase of said electrical system, each electric-power-supply assembly comprising at least one battery pack defined by a state parameter ( ST i) and equipped with at least one battery intended to deliver a control voltage to the phase to which it is connected, while taking into account at least one setpoint value ( X set), which consists in: - executing at least one correction block (B_CORR) that receives, as input, each setpoint value and the state parameter ( ST i) of each battery pack of the electric-power-supply assemblies of the system, and which is characterized in that: - for each electric-power-supply assembly (E_1, E_2, E_3), said correction block (B_CORR) is configured to determine a correction value ( X corr_ i) to be applied directly or indirectly to its setpoint value, while taking into account the difference between the value of the state parameter ( ST i) of its battery pack and the value of an optimal state parameter ( ST OPT) determined from the values of the state parameters of the battery packs of all the electric-power-supply assemblies. - executing at least one correction block (B_CORR) that receives, as input, each setpoint value and the state parameter ( ST i) of each battery pack of the electric-power-supply assemblies of the system, - for each electric-power-supply assembly (E_1, E_2, E_3), said correction block (B_CORR) is configured to determine a correction value ( X corr_ i) to be applied directly or indirectly to its setpoint value, while taking into account the difference between the value of the state parameter ( ST i) of its battery pack and the value of an optimal state parameter ( ST OPT) determined from the values of the state parameters of the battery packs of all the electric-power-supply assemblies.
A femoral prosthesis system comprising: (a) a femoral prosthesis including: a femoral stem with a proximal end portion defining a proximal stem axis, a neck portion located proximally of the proximal end portion, and an insertion/extraction cavity extending distally from a proximal surface of the neck portion, the cavity defining an insertion/extraction cavity axis which, when projected on to a coronal plane including the proximal stem axis, is not parallel with the proximal stem axis, and (b) an insertion/extraction instrument which has a distal end portion configured to couple with the insertion/extraction cavity, the insertion/extraction instrument having an impact surface through which an impact force can be applied to the instrument, the impact force being transferred through the shaft to the distal end portion of the instrument, characterised in that the proximal surface of the neck portion in which the insertion/extraction cavity is provided extends parallel to a transverse plane which is perpendicular to the proximal stem axis, and the insertion/extraction instrument includes a shaft defining an axis which extends through the centre of the shaft and through its opposite ends (344, 348) and configured such that the axis of the shaft is parallel to and aligned with the insertion/extraction cavity axis when the insertion/ extraction instrument is coupled with the femoral prosthesis. (a) a femoral prosthesis including: a femoral stem with a proximal end portion defining a proximal stem axis, a neck portion located proximally of the proximal end portion, and an insertion/extraction cavity extending distally from a proximal surface of the neck portion, the cavity defining an insertion/extraction cavity axis which, when projected on to a coronal plane including the proximal stem axis, is not parallel with the proximal stem axis, and a femoral stem with a proximal end portion defining a proximal stem axis, a neck portion located proximally of the proximal end portion, and an insertion/extraction cavity extending distally from a proximal surface of the neck portion, the cavity defining an insertion/extraction cavity axis which, when projected on to a coronal plane including the proximal stem axis, is not parallel with the proximal stem axis, and (b) an insertion/extraction instrument which has a distal end portion configured to couple with the insertion/extraction cavity, the insertion/extraction instrument having an impact surface through which an impact force can be applied to the instrument, the impact force being transferred through the shaft to the distal end portion of the instrument,
A surface treating method for resin substrate, comprising: (a) providing the resin substrate; (b) providing a conditioner comprising a cationic polymer; nonionic surfactant; a chelating agent selected from the group consisting of monomethanolamine, monoethanolamine, monopropanolamine, isopropanolamine, dialkylamines, triethanolamine and tributanolamine; between 5 and 200 g/L of ammonium hydrogen difluoride; and water; (c) treating the resin substrate with the conditioner; (d) applying a catalyst to the conditioner treated resin substrate; and (e) electroless metal plating on the conditioner treated resin substrate with the catalyst. (a) providing the resin substrate; (b) providing a conditioner comprising a cationic polymer; nonionic surfactant; a chelating agent selected from the group consisting of monomethanolamine, monoethanolamine, monopropanolamine, isopropanolamine, dialkylamines, triethanolamine and tributanolamine; between 5 and 200 g/L of ammonium hydrogen difluoride; and water; (c) treating the resin substrate with the conditioner; (d) applying a catalyst to the conditioner treated resin substrate; and (e) electroless metal plating on the conditioner treated resin substrate with the catalyst.
A preformed or hot applied thermoplastic marking comprising: at least 6 weight percent polypropylene/polyethylene (PP/PE) copolymer, wherein said marking includes a planar top surface portion and a bottom planar portion, wherein said bottom portion is configured to be directly applied to an alkaline substrate wherein alkalinity of said substrate has a pH greater than 8.0 and wherein said thermoplastic marking comprises an intermix comprising inorganic filler that exists throughout said thermoplastic marking.
Cutting-to-length tool for cutting off a section of an edge strip secured to an end face (85; 95) of a workpiece plate (80, 90), which section projects freely in front of the workpiece plate (80, 90), wherein the cutting-to-length tool comprises a secondary side stop surface (13, 14) for supporting a secondary side, in particular a top side (81, 91) extending adjacent to the end face (85; 95), of the workpiece plate (80, 90), wherein the cutting-to-length tool comprises a first cutting tool located on a base body and a second cutting tool movably mounted relative to the first cutting tool, which cutting tools can be brought into cutting engagement with one another for cutting the edge strip, wherein the cutting-to-length tool comprises at least one end face stop body for the end face support of the cutting-to-length tool on the workpiece plate (80, 90) at a distance from the cutting tools (21, 22), and wherein the cutting-to-length tool comprises, for cutting the edge strip to length, an edge-side stop holder at an edge between the end face (85; 95) supporting the edge strip and a free end face of the workpiece plate (80, 90), characterised in that it comprises, for cutting the edge strip to length, a butt-side stop holder for subsequent fastening to a still free end face section of the same end face (85; 95) in front of which the edge strip projects, and in that the end face stop body can optionally be mounted on the butt-side stop holder or the edge-side stop holder, and/or in that the end face stop body can, on the side stop holder (47, 52) on which it is mounted, be adjusted between an operating position, in which it projects in front of the secondary side stop surface (13, 14) towards the end face of the workpiece plate (80, 90), and an inoperative position, in which it does no project in front of the secondary side stop surface (13, 14) towards the end face of the workpiece plate (80, 90).
A non-volatile memory system (2200, 2300, 2400), comprising: an array of non-volatile memory cells (2203, 2206, 2303, 2306, 2403) arranged in rows and columns, one of the rows comprising pull down cells (2204, 2205, 2304, 2305, 2404, 2405, 2406), each non-volatile memory cell comprising a bit line terminal and a source line terminal; a plurality of bit lines (2201a, 2201b, 2201n, 2301a, 2301b, 2301n, 2401), each of the plurality of bit lines coupled to bit line terminals of a column of non-volatile memory cells in the array; and a plurality of pulldown bit lines (2202a, 2202b, 2202n, 2302a, 2302b, 2302n, 2402) coupled to the bit line terminals of the row of pull down cells; wherein the non-volatile memory system is configured such that during a read, verify, or erase operation of a selected non-volatile memory cell in the array, current flows: (i) through one of the plurality of bit lines into the bit line terminal of the selected non-volatile memory cell, (ii) out of the source line terminal of the selected non-volatile memory cell into a source line, (iii) into source line terminals of the pull down cells, and (iv) through bit line terminals of the pull down cells into the plurality of pulldown bit lines. an array of non-volatile memory cells (2203, 2206, 2303, 2306, 2403) arranged in rows and columns, one of the rows comprising pull down cells (2204, 2205, 2304, 2305, 2404, 2405, 2406), each non-volatile memory cell comprising a bit line terminal and a source line terminal; a plurality of bit lines (2201a, 2201b, 2201n, 2301a, 2301b, 2301n, 2401), each of the plurality of bit lines coupled to bit line terminals of a column of non-volatile memory cells in the array; and a plurality of pulldown bit lines (2202a, 2202b, 2202n, 2302a, 2302b, 2302n, 2402) coupled to the bit line terminals of the row of pull down cells; wherein the non-volatile memory system is configured such that during a read, verify, or erase operation of a selected non-volatile memory cell in the array, current flows: (i) through one of the plurality of bit lines into the bit line terminal of the selected non-volatile memory cell, (ii) out of the source line terminal of the selected non-volatile memory cell into a source line, (iii) into source line terminals of the pull down cells, and (iv) through bit line terminals of the pull down cells into the plurality of pulldown bit lines.
A terminal block comprising: a housing provided with an accommodating part; and a movable member, a leaf spring, and a locking member disposed in the accommodating part, wherein the housing is provided with a window part and an insertion part for inserting an electric wire, wherein the leaf spring is provided with a fixed part and a plate-shaped movable part that is movable with respect to the housing, wherein the locking member is provided with a claw part for locking the movable part and a contact part moving in conjunction with the claw part, wherein the movable member is provided with a display part, a block part moving in conjunction with the display part, and an urging part, wherein the urging part applies an urging force to the block part in a direction opposite to an insertion direction of the electric wire, and wherein when the electric wire is inserted into the housing through the insertion part, an end of the electric wire pushes the block part, and the contact part is further pushed via the block part, whereby locking by the claw part is released, and an end of the movable part is pressed against a side surface of the electric wire, and the electric wire is fixed, and a visible state of the display part through the window part changes due to a change in a position of the display part moving in conjunction with the block part. a housing provided with an accommodating part; and a movable member, a leaf spring, and a locking member disposed in the accommodating part, wherein the housing is provided with a window part and an insertion part for inserting an electric wire, wherein the leaf spring is provided with a fixed part and a plate-shaped movable part that is movable with respect to the housing, wherein the locking member is provided with a claw part for locking the movable part and a contact part moving in conjunction with the claw part, wherein the movable member is provided with a display part, a block part moving in conjunction with the display part, and an urging part, wherein the urging part applies an urging force to the block part in a direction opposite to an insertion direction of the electric wire, and wherein when the electric wire is inserted into the housing through the insertion part, an end of the electric wire pushes the block part, and the contact part is further pushed via the block part, whereby locking by the claw part is released, and an end of the movable part is pressed against a side surface of the electric wire, and the electric wire is fixed, and a visible state of the display part through the window part changes due to a change in a position of the display part moving in conjunction with the block part.
A ramp assembly to accommodate a wheel-chaired passenger to enter or exit a motorized vehicle having a conventional floor, the ramp assembly comprising: a frame including a top edge, a bottom edge, a front end, a rear end spaced longitudinally apart from the front end, and a track system extending longitudinally between the front end and the rear end of the frame; a ramp slidably coupled to the frame and including a front end and a rear end; a drive block configured to move longitudinally along the track system; and characterized in that the ramp assembly further comprises a toothed wheel coupled to the ramp by a hinge; wherein the toothed wheel has a longitudinal axis and is rotatably coupled to the drive block for rotation about the longitudinal axis, wherein longitudinal movement of the drive block along the track system causes the toothed wheel to raise and lower the ramp through the hinge. a frame including a top edge, a bottom edge, a front end, a rear end spaced longitudinally apart from the front end, and a track system extending longitudinally between the front end and the rear end of the frame; a ramp slidably coupled to the frame and including a front end and a rear end; a drive block configured to move longitudinally along the track system; and characterized in that the ramp assembly further comprises a toothed wheel coupled to the ramp by a hinge; wherein the toothed wheel has a longitudinal axis and is rotatably coupled to the drive block for rotation about the longitudinal axis, wherein longitudinal movement of the drive block along the track system causes the toothed wheel to raise and lower the ramp through the hinge.
Tip plate for a bushing for receiving a high-temperature melt, comprising - in its operational position - an upper surface, which extends in an x-y-direction of the coordinate system, a lower surface at a distance (d) to the upper surface and a body in between, as well as a multiplicity of nozzle like through-openings, extending at least between the upper surface and the lower surface, through which the melt may leave the bushing in a z-direction of the coordinate system, wherein at least two sections (A-B, B-C, C-D, D-E, F-G, G-H, H-J) of the tip plate, adjoining each other in the x-y-direction of the coordinate system, have different physical properties, different chemical composition or both so that a temperature distribution within the tip plate is homogenized over the complete surface area.