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An ion transfer tube assembly for delivering an ion stream comprising ions formed from a sample to an ion detection device, comprising: an ion transfer tube for delivering the ion stream; a first conduit configured to receive an ion stream from an ion source, where the ion transfer tube is arranged and configured to receive the ion stream from said first conduit; and a pump fluidly coupled to the ion transfer tube, where the pump is configured to cause a sheath gas to flow through the ion transfer tube so that the sheath gas flow encompasses the ion stream introduced from an outlet of the first conduit into the sheath gas flow and the ion stream is separated from the ion transfer tube walls by a coaxial sheath gas flow; a second conduit arranged and configured to receive the ion stream from the ion transfer tube and configured to be coupled to an ion detection device, where an outlet of the first conduit and an inlet of the second conduit is disposed in the cross-sectional center of the ion transfer tube. an ion transfer tube for delivering the ion stream; a first conduit configured to receive an ion stream from an ion source, where the ion transfer tube is arranged and configured to receive the ion stream from said first conduit; and a pump fluidly coupled to the ion transfer tube, where the pump is configured to cause a sheath gas to flow through the ion transfer tube so that the sheath gas flow encompasses the ion stream introduced from an outlet of the first conduit into the sheath gas flow and the ion stream is separated from the ion transfer tube walls by a coaxial sheath gas flow; a second conduit arranged and configured to receive the ion stream from the ion transfer tube and configured to be coupled to an ion detection device, where an outlet of the first conduit and an inlet of the second conduit is disposed in the cross-sectional center of the ion transfer tube.
A computer-implemented method comprising: obtaining harvest data indicative of a prior harvesting operation on a field; identifying a region of the field having already-harvested crop plants based on the harvest data; detecting a characteristic of crop plants in a field in a path of an agricultural harvesting machine in a direction of travel; generating, based on the detected characteristic, a height metric representing a height of the crop plants on a particular area of the field; the method being characterised in that it further comprises the steps of identifying the crop plants on the particular area of the field as downed crop based on a determination that the height metric indicates a crop height below a threshold and that the harvest data indicate that the particular area is not in an already harvested region; and generating a control signal to control the agricultural harvesting machine based on the identification of downed crop on the particular area of the field. obtaining harvest data indicative of a prior harvesting operation on a field; identifying a region of the field having already-harvested crop plants based on the harvest data; detecting a characteristic of crop plants in a field in a path of an agricultural harvesting machine in a direction of travel; generating, based on the detected characteristic, a height metric representing a height of the crop plants on a particular area of the field; the method being characterised in that it further comprises the steps of identifying the crop plants on the particular area of the field as downed crop based on a determination that the height metric indicates a crop height below a threshold and that the harvest data indicate that the particular area is not in an already harvested region; and generating a control signal to control the agricultural harvesting machine based on the identification of downed crop on the particular area of the field.
A computer-implemented method for identifying a first object-of-interest, wherein the first object-of-interest includes two identifiers (104, 106) and a sample portion, the method comprising: imaging the first object-of-interest including the two identifiers (104, 106), wherein the imaging generates a first set of image data; determining a position of the first object-of-interest in the field-of-view of an optical sensor; determining the two identifiers (104, 106) from the first set of image data; and identifying the first object-of-interest based on the two identifiers (104, 106), wherein one of the two identifiers is an alpha-numeric code, and wherein one of the two identifiers is a barcode. imaging the first object-of-interest including the two identifiers (104, 106), wherein the imaging generates a first set of image data; determining a position of the first object-of-interest in the field-of-view of an optical sensor; determining the two identifiers (104, 106) from the first set of image data; and identifying the first object-of-interest based on the two identifiers (104, 106), wherein one of the two identifiers is an alpha-numeric code, and wherein one of the two identifiers is a barcode.
A wireless slide fence system (200,400) configured to detect an object capable of obstructing train passage along a track, comprising: a plurality of wireless obstacle detection units, wherein each unit is configured to scan a corresponding zone by wirelessly transmitting a signal proximate a railroad track and receiving a reflection of the signal from an object proximate the railroad track, wherein one or more of the plurality of obstacle detection units are further configured to detect an object in the zone and generate a detection alert, when the reflected signal is received; and a vital logic controller operably coupled to the obstacle detection units and configured to control the obstacle detection units, receive the detection alert, and transmit an indication of an obstacle to a train control system to reduce the speed of or stop a train; wherein the obstacle detection units include shutters configured to open and close to protect the obstacle detection unit from damage, wherein the shutters are configured to close after an object has been detected for a protective shutter activation period, and to reopen for a predetermined scan period to rescan the zone for the object; wherein the vital logic controller is configured to clear the detection alert and the indication of the obstacle to the train control system via an encrypted network if during the rescan, all detection units of the plurality of detection units continuously report that the object is removed from the zone over a clear time period during the predetermined scan period. a plurality of wireless obstacle detection units, wherein each unit is configured to scan a corresponding zone by wirelessly transmitting a signal proximate a railroad track and receiving a reflection of the signal from an object proximate the railroad track, wherein one or more of the plurality of obstacle detection units are further configured to detect an object in the zone and generate a detection alert, when the reflected signal is received; and a vital logic controller operably coupled to the obstacle detection units and configured to control the obstacle detection units, receive the detection alert, and transmit an indication of an obstacle to a train control system to reduce the speed of or stop a train; wherein the obstacle detection units include shutters configured to open and close to protect the obstacle detection unit from damage, wherein the shutters are configured to close after an object has been detected for a protective shutter activation period, and to reopen for a predetermined scan period to rescan the zone for the object; wherein the vital logic controller is configured to clear the detection alert and the indication of the obstacle to the train control system via an encrypted network if during the rescan, all detection units of the plurality of detection units continuously report that the object is removed from the zone over a clear time period during the predetermined scan period.
A method of producing a purified chlorogenic acid-containing composition, comprising: a first step of dispersing or dissolving a raw material chlorogenic acid-containing composition in an aqueous solution of organic solvent; a second step of removing a precipitate from the dispersion or the solution obtained in the first step; and a third step of bringing the solution obtained in the second step into contact with activated carbon comprising activated carbon having a pore volume of from 0.3 mL/g to 1.0 mL/g and activated carbon having a pore volume larger than that of the activated carbon, wherein a difference [ -] in pore volume between the activated carbon and the activated carbon is from 0.1 mL/g to 1.5 mL/g. a first step of dispersing or dissolving a raw material chlorogenic acid-containing composition in an aqueous solution of organic solvent; a second step of removing a precipitate from the dispersion or the solution obtained in the first step; and a third step of bringing the solution obtained in the second step into contact with activated carbon comprising activated carbon having a pore volume of from 0.3 mL/g to 1.0 mL/g and activated carbon having a pore volume larger than that of the activated carbon, wherein a difference [ -] in pore volume between the activated carbon and the activated carbon is from 0.1 mL/g to 1.5 mL/g.
A lining element for a wear-resistant haul truck body lining, said lining element comprising a reinforcement plate being at least partly embedded in elastic material, wherein said reinforcement plate comprises a plurality of mounting holes which are arranged for mounting the lining element to a haul truck body and which are not covered by the elastic material, and one or more weight-reducing cut-out openings which are larger than the mounting holes and which are covered by the elastic material, characterized in that said reinforcement plate comprises one or more bent edges.
An improved process of controlling a hydroformylation process for producing normal and iso aldehydes at a N:I ratio, the process comprising contacting an olefinically unsaturated compound with synthesis gas and a catalyst comprising a transition metal and an organopolyphosphite and an organomonophosphite ligand, the contacting conducted in a reaction zone operated at hydroformylation conditions, the improvement comprising feeding the synthesis gas to the reaction zone at a constant rate after having established a new syngas partial pressure target.
Apparatus for testing a piezo injector of a common rail system, which comprises an electrical equivalent load for the piezo injector, wherein the electrical equivalent load has a capacitor, the capacitance of which is adjusted to the piezo injector to be tested, wherein a current-direction-dependent signal device is connected in parallel with the capacitor, characterized in that the signal device comprises a light-emitting diode, which is connected in parallel with the capacitor, wherein the light-emitting diode serves as an indicator of whether the equivalent load is connected with correct polarity.
An in vitro method for detection of pyrethroid resistance in a sea lice, comprising the steps of determining that the sea lice is a member of a species that exhibits inheritance of pyrethroid resistance from female members of the species, identifying a polymorphic site corresponding to a single nucleotide polymorphism associated with pyrethroid resistance in the mitochondrial DNA of the species, and detecting the nucleotide at the polymorphic site in the organism to be analyzed.
A reduced-pressure wound treatment system (100, 200, 300, 400, 500) for treating a tissue site on a patient, the system comprising: a wound drape (116, 216, 316, 416, 516); a manifold for disposing between the wound drape and the tissue site; and a reduced-pressure subsystem for delivering a reduced pressure to the manifold; characterized in that the wound drape comprises: a flexible sheet (123, 423, 523) comprising: a first isotropic zone (124,224, 324), a second isotropic zone (126, 226, 326), and wherein the first isotropic zone and the second isotropic zone are configured to provide the flexible sheet with anisotropic stretching properties. a wound drape (116, 216, 316, 416, 516); a manifold for disposing between the wound drape and the tissue site; and a reduced-pressure subsystem for delivering a reduced pressure to the manifold; characterized in that the wound drape comprises: a flexible sheet (123, 423, 523) comprising: a first isotropic zone (124,224, 324), a second isotropic zone (126, 226, 326), and wherein the first isotropic zone and the second isotropic zone are configured to provide the flexible sheet with anisotropic stretching properties. a flexible sheet (123, 423, 523) comprising: a first isotropic zone (124,224, 324), a second isotropic zone (126, 226, 326), and wherein the first isotropic zone and the second isotropic zone are configured to provide the flexible sheet with anisotropic stretching properties. a first isotropic zone (124,224, 324), a second isotropic zone (126, 226, 326), and wherein the first isotropic zone and the second isotropic zone are configured to provide the flexible sheet with anisotropic stretching properties.
A multiparameter assay to assess both the physical status of a HPV virus, more in particular HPV16 and/or HPV18, and the genomic instability of the host in a sample; said assay being characterized in that the multiparameter assay is performed in a single reaction; wherein the physical status of the virus is determined by typing the virus, analysis of the amount of virus present, and of the genomic integration of said virus.
A method for forming a MEMS, comprising: bonding a first surface of a layer of piezoelectric material to a transfer substrate; wherein the transfer substrate has a surface roughness less than about 5 nm; polishing an exposed surface of the piezoelectric material, on an opposite side of the layer from the first surface to form a polished surface; and bonding the polished surface to a MEMS body. bonding a first surface of a layer of piezoelectric material to a transfer substrate; wherein the transfer substrate has a surface roughness less than about 5 nm; polishing an exposed surface of the piezoelectric material, on an opposite side of the layer from the first surface to form a polished surface; and bonding the polished surface to a MEMS body.
A printing unit of a reel-fed printing press, having at least two printing couples (11, 12), wherein each printing couple (11, 12) comprises a transfer cylinder (13, 14), a form cylinder (15, 16), an inking unit and preferentially a dampening unit, wherein the transfer cylinder of a first printing couple and the transfer cylinder of a second printing couple roll on one another subject to forming a nip for a substrate to be printed, wherein the transfer cylinder and the form cylinder of the first printing couple and the transfer cylinder and the form cylinder of the second printing couple are drive connected via drive gear wheels (21, 23, 25, 27) in such a manner that a drive gear wheel positioned on a shaft of the transfer cylinder of the first printing couple and a drive gear wheel positioned on a shaft of the transfer cylinder of the second printing couple in each case mesh with a drive gear wheel (23, 27) positioned on a shaft (22, 26) of the form cylinder (15, 16) of the respective printing couple (11, 12) and with the drive gear wheel (21, 25) positioned on the shaft (20, 24) of the transfer cylinder (13, 14) of the respective other printing couple, and wherein the transfer cylinders (13, 14) of the first printing couple and second printing couple can be transferred from a print-on position, in which the same define the nip, into a print-off position, characterized in that the form cylinder (15, 16) of the first printing couple or the second printing couple is assigned a drive motor in such a manner that in the drive gear wheel (23, 27), which is positioned on the shaft of the respective form cylinder (15, 16) a gear wheel meshes which is positioned on a shaft driven by the drive motor, and wherein the cylinders (13, 14, 15, 17) of the first printing couple and of the second printing couple can be driven from the drive motor; on the shaft of the transfer cylinder of the first printing couple and on the shaft of the transfer cylinder of the second printing couple in addition to the respective drive gear wheel (21, 25) an auxiliary gear wheel (30, 31) each is positioned, wherein in the print-on position of the transfer cylinders (13, 14) the drive gear wheels (21, 25) of the same and not the auxiliary gear wheels (30, 31) of the same provide the drive connection between the printing couples (11, 12), whereas in the print-off position the transfer cylinders (13, 14) of the auxiliary gear wheels (30, 31) of the same and not the drive gear wheels (21, 25) of the same provide the drive connection between the printing couples (11, 12).
A heat exchanger, comprising a first collecting pipe, a second collecting pipe, a plurality of heat exchange tubes and at least one fin; the plurality of heat exchange tubes respectively connecting with the first collecting pipe and the second collecting pipe, the heat exchange tube comprising a pipe wall and a refrigerant flow channel for a refrigerant to circulate, the heat exchange tube comprising a first end and a second end along an extension direction of the heat exchange tube, the refrigerant flow channel extending from the first end to the second end along the extension direction of the heat exchange tube and extending through the heat exchange tube, and the refrigerant flow channel of the heat exchange tube communicating with an inner cavity of the first collecting pipe and an inner cavity of the second collecting pipe; the fin being at least partially arranged between two adjacent heat exchange tubes; wherein the heat exchanger further comprises a hygroscopic colloid adhered to at least part of an outer surface of the fin and optionally at least part of an outer surface of the heat exchange tube; characterized in that the fin extends along a length direction of the heat exchange tube, the outer surface of the fin comprises a covered area and a non-covered area, the covered area is covered with the hygroscopic colloid, and the non-covered area is not in contact with the hygroscopic colloid. the plurality of heat exchange tubes respectively connecting with the first collecting pipe and the second collecting pipe, the heat exchange tube comprising a pipe wall and a refrigerant flow channel for a refrigerant to circulate, the heat exchange tube comprising a first end and a second end along an extension direction of the heat exchange tube, the refrigerant flow channel extending from the first end to the second end along the extension direction of the heat exchange tube and extending through the heat exchange tube, and the refrigerant flow channel of the heat exchange tube communicating with an inner cavity of the first collecting pipe and an inner cavity of the second collecting pipe; the fin being at least partially arranged between two adjacent heat exchange tubes; wherein the heat exchanger further comprises a hygroscopic colloid adhered to at least part of an outer surface of the fin and optionally at least part of an outer surface of the heat exchange tube; characterized in that the fin extends along a length direction of the heat exchange tube, the outer surface of the fin comprises a covered area and a non-covered area, the covered area is covered with the hygroscopic colloid, and the non-covered area is not in contact with the hygroscopic colloid.
A processing system, comprising: a stack pointer configured to reference a first return address stored on a stack; a return address buffer pointer configured to reference a second return address stored in a return address buffer; and a return address verification logic configured to: responsive to detecting a dynamically computed address being pushed on the stack by an instruction other than a call instruction, store the dynamically computed address in the return address buffer; responsive to receiving a return instruction, compare the first return address to the second return address; and responsive to determining that the first return address is equal to the second return address, execute the return instruction. a stack pointer configured to reference a first return address stored on a stack; a return address buffer pointer configured to reference a second return address stored in a return address buffer; and a return address verification logic configured to: responsive to detecting a dynamically computed address being pushed on the stack by an instruction other than a call instruction, store the dynamically computed address in the return address buffer; responsive to receiving a return instruction, compare the first return address to the second return address; and responsive to determining that the first return address is equal to the second return address, execute the return instruction. responsive to detecting a dynamically computed address being pushed on the stack by an instruction other than a call instruction, store the dynamically computed address in the return address buffer; responsive to receiving a return instruction, compare the first return address to the second return address; and responsive to determining that the first return address is equal to the second return address, execute the return instruction.
A thermodynamic engine comprising: (a) a thermodynamic expander for expanding a working fluid combined with a second fluid; (b) a separator connected to an exhaust of the expander for separating second fluid from the working fluid; (c) means for passing the second fluid to (i) a heater therefor and thence to (ii) a vaporising region; and (d) a condenser for condensing the working fluid from gaseous form to a volatile liquid form; characterised in that the thermodynamic engine also comprises: (e) means for passing the condensed working fluid in liquid form to the vaporising region for contact with the reheated second fluid for volatising the working fluid for its work producing expansion in the expander. (a) a thermodynamic expander for expanding a working fluid combined with a second fluid; (b) a separator connected to an exhaust of the expander for separating second fluid from the working fluid; (c) means for passing the second fluid to (i) a heater therefor and thence to (ii) a vaporising region; and (i) a heater therefor and thence to (ii) a vaporising region; and (d) a condenser for condensing the working fluid from gaseous form to a volatile liquid form; characterised in that the thermodynamic engine also comprises: (e) means for passing the condensed working fluid in liquid form to the vaporising region for contact with the reheated second fluid for volatising the working fluid for its work producing expansion in the expander.
Use of a therapeutically active amount of a serum-free and mitogen-free cytokine mixture for the manufacture of a medicament for pre-sensitizing oral squamous cell carcinoma tumors prior to a therapeutic treatment, wherein said cytokine mixture is comprised of specific ratios of IL-1β, TNF-α, IFN-γ and GM-CSF to Interleukin 2 (IL-2) as follows: (a) IL-1β to IL-2 at a ratio range of 0.4 - 1.5; (b) TNF-α to IL-2 at a ratio range of 3.2 - 11.3; (c) IFN-γ to IL2 at a ratio range of 1.5 - 10.9; and, (d) GM-CSF to IL-2 at a ratio range of 2.2 - 4.8, wherein half of said serum-free and mitogen-free cytokine mixture is to be administered peritumorally at a circumferential margin of the tumor mass and the other half of said mixture is to be administered at the submandibular lymphatic chain ipsylateral to the tumor mass three times a week over a two week period in a range from abut 20 IU to 1600 IU wherein IU represent International Units for Interleukin-2 give in World Health Organization 1 st International Standard for Human IL-2, 86/504. (a) IL-1β to IL-2 at a ratio range of 0.4 - 1.5; (b) TNF-α to IL-2 at a ratio range of 3.2 - 11.3; (c) IFN-γ to IL2 at a ratio range of 1.5 - 10.9; and, (d) GM-CSF to IL-2 at a ratio range of 2.2 - 4.8,