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An oil-based ink composition for writing instruments, comprising a colorant, a resin, an organic solvent, and a polydimethylsiloxane as a friction reducing agent, wherein the polydimethylsiloxane has polyether-modifying groups on both ends the total sum of hydroxy groups of the polyether-modifying groups is 3 or more, and wherein a coated film formed by applying 3 μm of the oil-based ink composition for writing instruments on a polypropylene film followed by drying has a coefficient of friction of 0.13 or less as measured according to ASTM D1894.
Metering device for granular material, in particular seed, comprising: a storage container for the granular material; a central metering means connected to the storage container; a first pneumatic conveying channel connected to the central metering means for pneumatically conveying granular material to a distribution head; at least one sowing mechanism; and a second pneumatic conveying channel for pneumatically conveying granular material from the distribution head to at least one sowing mechanism; wherein the sowing mechanism has at least one air outlet opening, which can be at least partly blocked by a buffer of granular material or by a blocking element; and a sensor unit (14; 15; 16; 17) is provided for determining the pressure prevailing in the first pneumatic conveying channel, in the second pneumatic conveying channel and/or in the distribution head; wherein the central metering means is controllable in a closed-loop or open-loop manner based on one or more measured values of the sensor unit (14; 15; 16; 17), wherein the central metering means is controlled in a closed-loop or open-loop manner so that a desired pressure is obtained. a storage container for the granular material; a central metering means connected to the storage container; a first pneumatic conveying channel connected to the central metering means for pneumatically conveying granular material to a distribution head; at least one sowing mechanism; and a second pneumatic conveying channel for pneumatically conveying granular material from the distribution head to at least one sowing mechanism; wherein the sowing mechanism has at least one air outlet opening, which can be at least partly blocked by a buffer of granular material or by a blocking element; and a sensor unit (14; 15; 16; 17) is provided for determining the pressure prevailing in the first pneumatic conveying channel, in the second pneumatic conveying channel and/or in the distribution head; wherein the central metering means is controllable in a closed-loop or open-loop manner based on one or more measured values of the sensor unit (14; 15; 16; 17), wherein the central metering means is controlled in a closed-loop or open-loop manner so that a desired pressure is obtained.
Bioassay process for the determination of alterations in neuronal connectivity and/or morphology, characterized in that it comprises the operations of: - identifying the critical distance corresponding to which a pair of spaced single neuronal cells subjected to the assay is still able to form reciprocally interconnecting neuritic extensions, after a predetermined incubation period under conditions which favour the formation of such neuritic extensions, wherein each of said single neuronal cells is adhered to a respective spot of a substance promoting the adhesion of said neuronal cells, said spots being deposited, spaced relative to one another, onto a substrate inhibiting the adhesion of neuronal cells, each of said spots being surrounded by said adhesion inhibiting substrate, and wherein the spots form at least one pattern or a plurality of patterns, each formed by a plurality of separate spots such that said at least one pattern is formed by spots spaced by a progressively increasing step, or each of said plurality of patterns is formed by spots equidistant to each other wherein each pattern exhibits a step between the spots different from the step of the other patterns, and - comparing the critical distance identified with the critical distance determined, under the same conditions, for reference cells, wherein a decrease in said critical distance for the neuronal cells subjected to the assay, compared to the critical distance for the reference cells, is indicative of an alteration in the neuronal connectivity and/or morphology. - identifying the critical distance corresponding to which a pair of spaced single neuronal cells subjected to the assay is still able to form reciprocally interconnecting neuritic extensions, after a predetermined incubation period under conditions which favour the formation of such neuritic extensions, wherein each of said single neuronal cells is adhered to a respective spot of a substance promoting the adhesion of said neuronal cells, said spots being deposited, spaced relative to one another, onto a substrate inhibiting the adhesion of neuronal cells, each of said spots being surrounded by said adhesion inhibiting substrate, and wherein the spots form at least one pattern or a plurality of patterns, each formed by a plurality of separate spots such that said at least one pattern is formed by spots spaced by a progressively increasing step, or each of said plurality of patterns is formed by spots equidistant to each other wherein each pattern exhibits a step between the spots different from the step of the other patterns, and - comparing the critical distance identified with the critical distance determined, under the same conditions, for reference cells, wherein a decrease in said critical distance for the neuronal cells subjected to the assay, compared to the critical distance for the reference cells, is indicative of an alteration in the neuronal connectivity and/or morphology.
A method of extracting cardiac frequency phenomena from a series of optical images obtained by an optical system at faster than cardiac frequency comprising: acquiring a time sequenced series of optical images of a patient obtained at a rate faster than cardiac frequency, wherein cardiac frequency is 20 - 200 beats per minute, and wherein the time sequenced series of optical images capture one or more physical properties of intrinsic contrast; acquiring a cross-correland signal from the patient; applying a cross-correlated wavelet transform analysis to the time sequenced series of optical images to yield a spatiotemporal representation of cardiac frequency phenomena, wherein the cross-correlated wavelet transform analysis comprises: performing a wavelet transform on the time sequenced series of optical images to obtain a wavelet transformed signal; cross-correlating the wavelet transformed signal with the cross-correland signal to obtain a cross-correlated signal; filtering the cross-correlated signal at cardiac frequency to obtain a filtered signal; and performing an inverse wavelet transform on the filtered signal to obtain a spatiotemporal representation of the time sequenced series of optical images; and generating images of the cardiac frequency phenomena from the spatiotemporal representation. acquiring a time sequenced series of optical images of a patient obtained at a rate faster than cardiac frequency, wherein cardiac frequency is 20 - 200 beats per minute, and wherein the time sequenced series of optical images capture one or more physical properties of intrinsic contrast; acquiring a cross-correland signal from the patient; applying a cross-correlated wavelet transform analysis to the time sequenced series of optical images to yield a spatiotemporal representation of cardiac frequency phenomena, wherein the cross-correlated wavelet transform analysis comprises: performing a wavelet transform on the time sequenced series of optical images to obtain a wavelet transformed signal; cross-correlating the wavelet transformed signal with the cross-correland signal to obtain a cross-correlated signal; filtering the cross-correlated signal at cardiac frequency to obtain a filtered signal; and performing an inverse wavelet transform on the filtered signal to obtain a spatiotemporal representation of the time sequenced series of optical images; and performing a wavelet transform on the time sequenced series of optical images to obtain a wavelet transformed signal; cross-correlating the wavelet transformed signal with the cross-correland signal to obtain a cross-correlated signal; filtering the cross-correlated signal at cardiac frequency to obtain a filtered signal; and performing an inverse wavelet transform on the filtered signal to obtain a spatiotemporal representation of the time sequenced series of optical images; and generating images of the cardiac frequency phenomena from the spatiotemporal representation.
A cooking device comprising: a main body having a cooking space in which food is cooked; and a hood (20; 20; 30) provided at a lower side of the main body to suction contaminated air, wherein the hood (20; 20; 30) comprises a hood casing (210; 210; 300), a movable part (220; 220; 320) that is able to be withdrawn from the hood casing (210; 210; 300), and a suction part (230; 250, 260; 312, 313) having a front suction port (241; 251, 261; 313), wherein the front suction port (241; 251, 261; 313) is exposed to an outside when the movable part (220; 220; 320) is withdrawn from the hood casing (210; 210; 300), and prevented from being exposed to the outside when the movable part (220; 220; 320) is inserted in the hood casing (210; 210; 300) characterized in that the suction part is tiltably connected to the movable part and is tilted downward while being withdrawn from the hood casing together with the movable part. a main body having a cooking space in which food is cooked; and a hood (20; 20; 30) provided at a lower side of the main body to suction contaminated air, wherein the hood (20; 20; 30) comprises a hood casing (210; 210; 300), a movable part (220; 220; 320) that is able to be withdrawn from the hood casing (210; 210; 300), and a suction part (230; 250, 260; 312, 313) having a front suction port (241; 251, 261; 313), wherein the front suction port (241; 251, 261; 313) is exposed to an outside when the movable part (220; 220; 320) is withdrawn from the hood casing (210; 210; 300), and prevented from being exposed to the outside when the movable part (220; 220; 320) is inserted in the hood casing (210; 210; 300) characterized in that the suction part is tiltably connected to the movable part and is tilted downward while being withdrawn from the hood casing together with the movable part.
An autonomous propulsion device comprising; a first part and a second part, the first part being coupled to the second part by articulating means; a hydraulic system (A, B) comprising at least one hydraulic piston and means for operating the piston, the hydraulic system being operable to returnable separate the first and second part of the device; the hydraulic system having a plurality of pipeline engaging means positioned along an exterior surface of the device, the pipeline engaging means being operable by the hydraulic system to be engageable with the interior surface of the pipeline; a control unit, the control unit being in communication with the hydraulic system to control the movement of the pipeline engaging means and the first and second parts such that the propulsion device is moveable within a pipeline; and indexing means coupled to the articulating means.
A washing or drying machine having a steam generator for selectively supplying steam into a drum, comprising: a course select part to allow a user to select a course from several courses; characterized by further comprising: a steam select part to allow a user to select operation of the steam generator; and a controller for controlling the steam generator based on the selected course and a signal selected from the steam select part, the plurality of courses including courses, for which operation of the steam generator is selectable, courses, in which the operation of the steam generator is not selectable, a refresh course for removing wrinkles from laundry by using steam and a tub/drum clean course for sterilizing and washing a tub or the drum by supplying steam without water within the drum. a course select part to allow a user to select a course from several courses; characterized by further comprising: a steam select part to allow a user to select operation of the steam generator; and a controller for controlling the steam generator based on the selected course and a signal selected from the steam select part, the plurality of courses including courses, for which operation of the steam generator is selectable, courses, in which the operation of the steam generator is not selectable, a refresh course for removing wrinkles from laundry by using steam and a tub/drum clean course for sterilizing and washing a tub or the drum by supplying steam without water within the drum. a steam select part to allow a user to select operation of the steam generator; and a controller for controlling the steam generator based on the selected course and a signal selected from the steam select part, the plurality of courses including courses, for which operation of the steam generator is selectable, courses, in which the operation of the steam generator is not selectable, a refresh course for removing wrinkles from laundry by using steam and a tub/drum clean course for sterilizing and washing a tub or the drum by supplying steam without water within the drum.
A method for manufacturing a tube for a hearing aid, the method comprising: - providing a tube of a predetermined length, the tube defining a first tube end and an opposite second tube end; - providing a fiber having a length which exceeds the predetermined length of the tube, the fiber defining a first fiber end and an opposite second fiber end; - inserting the fiber into the tube such that the fiber ends extend out through at least one of the tube ends; and - anchoring at least one of the fiber ends at the respective tube end through which it extends prior to positioning the filaments against the tube end, said anchoring comprising - fraying the fiber end into filaments prior to placing the respective fiber end around the respective tube end; and - fixating the respective fiber end to the respective tube end; wherein 'placing the respective fiber end around the respective tube end' comprises positioning the filaments against the tube end. - providing a tube of a predetermined length, the tube defining a first tube end and an opposite second tube end; - providing a fiber having a length which exceeds the predetermined length of the tube, the fiber defining a first fiber end and an opposite second fiber end; - inserting the fiber into the tube such that the fiber ends extend out through at least one of the tube ends; and - anchoring at least one of the fiber ends at the respective tube end through which it extends prior to positioning the filaments against the tube end, said anchoring comprising - fraying the fiber end into filaments prior to placing the respective fiber end around the respective tube end; and - fixating the respective fiber end to the respective tube end; wherein 'placing the respective fiber end around the respective tube end' comprises positioning the filaments against the tube end. - fraying the fiber end into filaments prior to placing the respective fiber end around the respective tube end; and - fixating the respective fiber end to the respective tube end;
An injector comprising: a container including a wall with an interior surface and a seal assembly with an interior surface, the interior surfaces of the wall and the seal assembly defining a closed sterile reservoir filled with a drug product; a fluid delivery system comprising a clean, unsheathed, rigid container needle having a point disposed only partially through the seal assembly in a storage state, and disposed through the interior surface of the seal assembly into the sterile reservoir in a delivery state; and an actuator that is adapted to move the container needle from the storage state to the delivery state; wherein the seal assembly comprises a flexible wall having an interior surface that defines the interior surface of the seal assembly; wherein the wall of the container defines a bore, and the flexible wall defines a stopper that is moveable along the bore; characterized in that the seal assembly comprises a clean barrier disposed exterior of the flexible wall to define an enclosed clean space between the flexible wall and the clean barrier, the point of the container needle being disposed through the clean barrier into the clean space in the storage state. a container including a wall with an interior surface and a seal assembly with an interior surface, the interior surfaces of the wall and the seal assembly defining a closed sterile reservoir filled with a drug product; a fluid delivery system comprising a clean, unsheathed, rigid container needle having a point disposed only partially through the seal assembly in a storage state, and disposed through the interior surface of the seal assembly into the sterile reservoir in a delivery state; and an actuator that is adapted to move the container needle from the storage state to the delivery state; wherein the seal assembly comprises a flexible wall having an interior surface that defines the interior surface of the seal assembly; wherein the wall of the container defines a bore, and the flexible wall defines a stopper that is moveable along the bore; characterized in that the seal assembly comprises a clean barrier disposed exterior of the flexible wall to define an enclosed clean space between the flexible wall and the clean barrier, the point of the container needle being disposed through the clean barrier into the clean space in the storage state.
A computer implemented image analysis method for determining the biomedical state of a tissue sample, the method being implemented by an image analysis system and comprising: - receiving a digital image of a tissue sample; - analyzing the received image for identifying the number and location of A-type cells and B-type cells observed in an area of the received image, wherein the A-type and the B-type are different cell types; - analyzing the location of the A-type and B-type cells in the area for obtaining an observed relative distribution (708, 706), the observed relative distribution being indicative of observed distances between the A-type cells and the B-type cells in the area; - obtaining a reference relative distribution (710, 714), the reference relative distribution being indicative of expected distances between reference A-type cells and reference B-type cells, wherein the expected distances are the distances that are expected assuming that the A-type cells and/or the B-type cells are distributed in the image area in accordance with a particular predefined mathematical distribution; - computing a proximity score (718, 720) as a difference of the reference relative distribution and the observed relative distribution; - computing a combined score, the combined score comprising the proximity score and comprising the density of the A-type cells and/or the density of the B-type cells; - using the combined score for determining the biomedical state of the tissue sample and/or outputting the combined score to a user for enabling the user to determine the biomedical state of the tissue sample. - receiving a digital image of a tissue sample; - analyzing the received image for identifying the number and location of A-type cells and B-type cells observed in an area of the received image, wherein the A-type and the B-type are different cell types; - analyzing the location of the A-type and B-type cells in the area for obtaining an observed relative distribution (708, 706), the observed relative distribution being indicative of observed distances between the A-type cells and the B-type cells in the area; - obtaining a reference relative distribution (710, 714), the reference relative distribution being indicative of expected distances between reference A-type cells and reference B-type cells, wherein the expected distances are the distances that are expected assuming that the A-type cells and/or the B-type cells are distributed in the image area in accordance with a particular predefined mathematical distribution; - computing a proximity score (718, 720) as a difference of the reference relative distribution and the observed relative distribution; - computing a combined score, the combined score comprising the proximity score and comprising the density of the A-type cells and/or the density of the B-type cells; - using the combined score for determining the biomedical state of the tissue sample and/or outputting the combined score to a user for enabling the user to determine the biomedical state of the tissue sample.
Household appliance containing an assembly (10; 10a; 10b; 10c) with: an air-permeable and noise-absorbing foam filter, on the upstream side of which an exhaust air current can flow substantially with a main direction of flow into the foam filter; and an air-impermeable baffle surface which is arranged on a downstream side of the foam filter and at least partially covers said foam filter and is embodied to deflect the exhaust air current in the foam filter away from its main direction of flow, wherein an air filter arranged in a retaining frame is arranged upstream of the foam filter, wherein the retaining frame has a lattice between the air filter and the form filter, against which the foam filter can brace itself, characterised in that the assembly (10; 10a; 10b; 10c) is configured to blow out the exhaust air current in a blowing-out region which is visible from the outside and to reduce a blowing-out noise of the exhaust air current. an air-permeable and noise-absorbing foam filter, on the upstream side of which an exhaust air current can flow substantially with a main direction of flow into the foam filter; and an air-impermeable baffle surface which is arranged on a downstream side of the foam filter and at least partially covers said foam filter and is embodied to deflect the exhaust air current in the foam filter away from its main direction of flow, wherein an air filter arranged in a retaining frame is arranged upstream of the foam filter, wherein the retaining frame has a lattice between the air filter and the form filter, against which the foam filter can brace itself, characterised in that the assembly (10; 10a; 10b; 10c) is configured to blow out the exhaust air current in a blowing-out region which is visible from the outside and to reduce a blowing-out noise of the exhaust air current.