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In vitro method for evaluating a physiological function, efficacy or toxicity of a compound, a medicament or poison on cells, said method comprising i) producing iPS cells by contacting somatic cells with a nuclear reprogramming factor comprising an Oct family gene or gene product, a Klf family gene or gene product, a Sox family gene or gene product and any one of a) and/or b) a) a Myc family gene or gene product, or b) a cytokine, and ii) inducing differentiation of said iPS cells and iii) using said cells in the method. i) producing iPS cells by contacting somatic cells with a nuclear reprogramming factor comprising an Oct family gene or gene product, a Klf family gene or gene product, a Sox family gene or gene product and any one of a) and/or b) a) a Myc family gene or gene product, or b) a cytokine, and a) a Myc family gene or gene product, or b) a cytokine, and ii) inducing differentiation of said iPS cells and iii) using said cells in the method.
A surgical system, comprising a surgical implant (310; 402); and a surgical instrument (10; 60), which instrument comprising: either a tack or an ultraviolet light source (18; 92) for performing tacking of the implant; a handle portion and a body portion extending distally from the handle portion and defining a longitudinal axis; and an end effector assembly (100; 90) disposed at a distal end of the body portion, and including an electromagnetic manipulator which is configured to be energised in order to act as a source of electromagnetism for attracting the implant, wherein the implant is a mesh (310; 402); a) having magnetic properties configured to respond to the electromagnetic manipulator when the electromagnetic manipulator is in the energised state, or b) comprising a ferromagnetic coating configured to respond to the electromagnetic manipulator when the electromagnetic manipulator is in the energised state, and wherein, in use, the surgical instrument is configured to activate the electromagnetic manipulator in order to achieve proper placement of the mesh on the tissue, and to activate the ultraviolet light source or to eject the tack from the distal end of the body portion for performing tacking of the mesh to the tissue. either a tack or an ultraviolet light source (18; 92) for performing tacking of the implant; a handle portion and a body portion extending distally from the handle portion and defining a longitudinal axis; and an end effector assembly (100; 90) disposed at a distal end of the body portion, and including an electromagnetic manipulator which is configured to be energised in order to act as a source of electromagnetism for attracting the implant, a) having magnetic properties configured to respond to the electromagnetic manipulator when the electromagnetic manipulator is in the energised state, or b) comprising a ferromagnetic coating configured to respond to the electromagnetic manipulator when the electromagnetic manipulator is in the energised state, and
Tubular casing for sausage products, having a tubular inner side and having a tubular outer side, and having a tubular casing material which is shrinkable or stretchable by exposure to heat, characterised in that with tubular casings consisting of oriented polyamide the tubular outer side is shrunk in the circumferential direction of the casing material, whilst the tubular inner side is shrunk in the longitudinal direction of the casing material, so that an essentially uniform wall thickness of the tubular casing results, and in that with tubular casings consisting of unstretched polyamide the tubular inner side is stretched in the circumferential direction and the tubular outer side is stretched in the longitudinal direction of the casing material, so that an essentially uniform wall thickness of the tubular casing results.
A method for analyzing a sample containing an analyte using a sample analysis tool, the sample analysis tool comprising: a development member which is a member having a porous structure exhibiting a capillary action, the development member comprising a developing solution supply portion, a sample supply portion, and a detection portion provided in this order from upstream to downstream along a flow of a developing solution, wherein a substance that specifically binds to the analyte in a sample is immobilized in the detection portion, the analysis method comprising the steps of: supplying a sample solution containing the sample to the sample supply portion; supplying a developing solution to the developing solution supply portion prior to the supply of the sample solution, wherein the developing solution is a buffer; and analyzing the analyte by detecting a label in a complex, wherein the sample solution is introduced to the detection portion by development of the developing solution in the development member in the presence of a labeled substance that specifically binds to the analyte, and wherein the complex comprising the immobilized substance that specifically binds to the analyte, the analyte, and the labeled substance is formed in the detection portion. supplying a sample solution containing the sample to the sample supply portion; supplying a developing solution to the developing solution supply portion prior to the supply of the sample solution, wherein the developing solution is a buffer; and analyzing the analyte by detecting a label in a complex, wherein the sample solution is introduced to the detection portion by development of the developing solution in the development member in the presence of a labeled substance that specifically binds to the analyte, and wherein the complex comprising the immobilized substance that specifically binds to the analyte, the analyte, and the labeled substance is formed in the detection portion.
A cutter guard for a rotatable blade of a robotic rotary lawn mower, the guard forming a cutting bowl in which said blade is mounted for rotation about a generally vertical axis; characterized in that said guard comprises, a generally planar guard section surrounded by an arcuate section, transverse edges of which define an opening in said cutter guard, which in operation is pointed to the front of said lawn mower, to allow uncut grass to be accessed by the cutting blades, said arcuate section comprising a plurality of apertures.
An information processing apparatus for a microwave irradiation apparatus for irradiating microwaves on a content, the information processing apparatus comprising: a supplied electric power value accepting unit that accepts a supplied electric power value to the microwave irradiation apparatus, which is a difference between an electric power value of incident waves that are microwaves incident on an irradiation region of the microwave irradiation apparatus and an electric power value of reflected waves that are microwaves reflected by the irradiation region of the microwave irradiation apparatus; and a temperature accepting unit that accepts a temperature of the content; the information processing apparatus being characterised in that the information processing apparatus is for performing judgment regarding an abnormality in the microwave irradiation apparatus, the information processing apparatus comprising: an electric energy calculating unit that calculates an electric energy supplied during a microwave irradiation time, using the supplied electric power value accepted by the supplied electric power value accepting unit; a temperature change calculating unit that calculates a temperature change during the microwave irradiation time, using the temperature accepted by the temperature accepting unit; a judging unit that, using the electric energy calculated by the electric energy calculating unit, the temperature change calculated by the temperature change calculating unit, and a relational expression for associating the electric energy and the temperature change, judges whether or not the relational expression is satisfied within a tolerable range by the electric energy and the temperature change; and an output unit that performs output regarding occurrence of an abnormality, in a case where it is judged by the judging unit that the relational expression is not satisfied within the tolerable range by the electric energy and the temperature change.
Method for closing a core bearing opening of a cast part having a cavity, in which first a plug is arranged in the core bearing opening of the cast part in such a way that at least a portion of the plug engages in the core bearing opening and that, after a positioning in the core bearing opening, the plug is subjected to a force by which the plug is driven into the core bearing opening and is pressed in a frictionally engaging manner in this opening, wherein the plug is driven into the core bearing opening in such a way that a surface of the plug that is subjected to the force has a projection with respect to a surface of the peripheral region surrounding the core bearing opening and that subsequently the plug arranged in the core bearing opening and a peripheral region of the cast part surrounding the core bearing opening are welded to one another in a fluid-tight manner, wherein the plug and the peripheral region of the cast part surrounding the core bearing opening are welded to one another by means of friction stir welding.
A method performed by a secondary node (111, 112) for enabling positioning of a device in a wireless communications network, the method comprising receiving a positioning data packet transmitted from a primary node to the device; determining the transmitting time of the positioning data packet based on the reception time of the positioning data packet in the secondary node (111, 112) and the position of the primary node and the secondary node (111, 112); receiving a request response transmitted from the device to the primary node; and determining the position of the device based on the determined transmitting time of the positioning data packet, the reception time of the received request response and the known position of the secondary node (111, 112) and the primary node. receiving a positioning data packet transmitted from a primary node to the device; determining the transmitting time of the positioning data packet based on the reception time of the positioning data packet in the secondary node (111, 112) and the position of the primary node and the secondary node (111, 112); receiving a request response transmitted from the device to the primary node; and determining the position of the device based on the determined transmitting time of the positioning data packet, the reception time of the received request response and the known position of the secondary node (111, 112) and the primary node.
A method of gene expression profiling to identify genomic signatures linked to a prognosis of survival in a subject with symptomatic multiple myeloma or multiple myeloma, comprising: determining the expression levels of genes consisting of KIF14, SLC19A1, CKS1B, YWHAZ, MPHOSPH1, TMPO, NADK, LARS2, TBRG4, AIM2, ASPM, AHCYL1, CTBS, MCLC, LTBP1 and genes detectable with nucleic acids having the Affymetrix reference numbers 242488_at and 1557277_a_at on a U133Plus2.0 Affymetrix microarray, in a nucleic acid sample from plasma cells isolated from the subject; and determining the presence of abnormal expression levels, thereby prognosing the subject. determining the expression levels of genes consisting of KIF14, SLC19A1, CKS1B, YWHAZ, MPHOSPH1, TMPO, NADK, LARS2, TBRG4, AIM2, ASPM, AHCYL1, CTBS, MCLC, LTBP1 and genes detectable with nucleic acids having the Affymetrix reference numbers 242488_at and 1557277_a_at on a U133Plus2.0 Affymetrix microarray, in a nucleic acid sample from plasma cells isolated from the subject; and determining the presence of abnormal expression levels, thereby prognosing the subject.
A coated optical fiber comprising: a primary coating; a secondary coating adhered to and surrounding said primary coating; and a water-swellable exterior coating adhered to and surrounding said secondary coating; wherein the water-swellable exterior coating is configured such that, when it is applied to at least 2, or at least 3, or at least 4, or 5 out of 5 optical fibers having an outer diameter of 240 microns, and said 5 optical fibers are inserted into a horizontally-disposed water-impermeable tube possessing an inner diameter of 1 mm and a length of 75cm, and said inserted fibers are exposed at a first end to deionized water that is gravity-fed by a 0.5m vertical water column for 1 hour in accordance with a longitudinal water blocking tube test as described herein, a travel of said deionized water does not extend beyond 60 centimeters (cm), or beyond 30 cm, or beyond 10 cm, or extends from 10cm to 30cm, or from 30cm to 60cm along the length of the water-impermeable tube as measured from the first end. a primary coating; a secondary coating adhered to and surrounding said primary coating; and a water-swellable exterior coating adhered to and surrounding said secondary coating;
A grain-oriented electrical steel sheet to which plastic strain regions are applied in a dot-sequence manner in widthwise direction of the steel sheet by magnetic domain refining treatment, wherein a length d of each of the plastic strain regions in the widthwise direction of the steel sheet is 0.05 mm or more and 0.4 mm or less, a ratio (∑d/∑w) of a total ∑d of the length d to a total ∑w of an application interval w of each of the plastic strain regions is 0.2 or more and 0.6 or less, wherein a ratio (d/w) of the length d of each of the plastic strain regions to the application interval w corresponding to the length d of each of the plastic strain regions is 0.2 or more and 0.6 or less, wherein the length d is obtained by measuring the half value width of the diffraction peak of the α-fe plane by X-ray diffraction using a Cr-Kα X-ray, and wherein the plastic strain region is a region where the half value width is increased by 20% or more compared to the position located 2 mm away in rolling direction from the beam irradiation position.
A method, performed by a server of a communication network, of handling a moving picture experts group, MPEG, transport stream, comprising: - periodically embedding customized control packets into the MPEG transport stream, wherein each control packet of said embedded control packets is provided with package identification data arranged such that after transmission of the MPEG transport stream to a client, the package identification data comprised in a respective embedded control packet enables the client to identify each of n packets inserted subsequently to the respective embedded control packet into the MPEG transport stream and received by the client, characterized in that the package identification data comprises an array index representative of an order of the n packets in the MPEG transport stream and an identity associated with each of the n packets, which is representative of at least a part of the content of the respective packet. - periodically embedding customized control packets into the MPEG transport stream, wherein each control packet of said embedded control packets is provided with package identification data arranged such that after transmission of the MPEG transport stream to a client, the package identification data comprised in a respective embedded control packet enables the client to identify each of n packets inserted subsequently to the respective embedded control packet into the MPEG transport stream and received by the client, characterized in that the package identification data comprises an array index representative of an order of the n packets in the MPEG transport stream and an identity associated with each of the n packets, which is representative of at least a part of the content of the respective packet.
A monopile foundation guiding device, comprising a first guide unit, wherein the first guide unit comprises a single first drive unit, a first transmission unit and a first clamping unit, wherein the first clamping unit comprises at least two clamping arms, and a clamping space for clamping a monopile foundation is formed between the at least two clamping arms, wherein the first drive unit transmits power to the first transmission unit, and the first transmission unit drives the at least two clamping arms to operate synchronously to open or close the first clamping unit, characterized in that, the first transmission unit comprises a push block, wherein the first drive unit pushes the push block to move, so that the first clamping unit is driven to be closed to hold the monopile foundation tightly.
A phased array communication system comprising: an array of transmission units comprising: an array of power amplifiers (202a-202-f) comprising a first power amplifier and a second power amplifier having different output powers and different saturation power levels corresponding to one another; and an array of antenna ports, coupled to the array of power amplifiers (202a-202-f), configured to receive or transmit a plurality of input signals comprising different phases and gains in relation to one another, wherein the array of transmission units is configured to generate, in an air medium, a combined signal by transmitting at least two signal outputs at a predetermined angle in the air medium to reconstruct an amplitude and phase modulated signal of at least one signal of the plurality of input signals; and an adaptation component configured to selectively activate the array of power amplifiers (202a-202-f) to process the at least one signal of the plurality of input signals via the array of antenna ports based on a set of predetermined criteria. an array of transmission units comprising: an array of power amplifiers (202a-202-f) comprising a first power amplifier and a second power amplifier having different output powers and different saturation power levels corresponding to one another; and an array of antenna ports, coupled to the array of power amplifiers (202a-202-f), configured to receive or transmit a plurality of input signals comprising different phases and gains in relation to one another, an array of power amplifiers (202a-202-f) comprising a first power amplifier and a second power amplifier having different output powers and different saturation power levels corresponding to one another; and an array of antenna ports, coupled to the array of power amplifiers (202a-202-f), configured to receive or transmit a plurality of input signals comprising different phases and gains in relation to one another, wherein the array of transmission units is configured to generate, in an air medium, a combined signal by transmitting at least two signal outputs at a predetermined angle in the air medium to reconstruct an amplitude and phase modulated signal of at least one signal of the plurality of input signals; and an adaptation component configured to selectively activate the array of power amplifiers (202a-202-f) to process the at least one signal of the plurality of input signals via the array of antenna ports based on a set of predetermined criteria.
An apparatus for monitoring of a body function and/or a body property of a patient comprising a sensor which determines measurement values with regard to the body function and/or the body property, a unit for detecting a critical condition of the respective body function and/or body property based on the measurement values, a unit for providing alert information to the patient (7,8) in case a critical condition is detected, preferably optically and/or acoustically, an acknowledgement unit for acknowledging the critical condition and a transmitter for transmitting information with regard to the corresponding body function and/or body property, for example an emergency signal and/or a position information, wherein the transmitter is only activatable in the case, in which after a predefined time period from the detection of the critical condition the acknowledgement unit has not been operated by the patient, wherein the acknowledgement unit comprises a microphone, and a voice recognition unit, arranged such that the voice recognition unit analyzes the sound signal received by the microphone, wherein the acknowledgement unit is adapted to conduct a speech analysis of the received sound signal and to compare it to a predefined word or sentence, and wherein the acknowledgement unit is configured such that acknowledgement can only be made by the patient repeating the predefined word or sentence such that it is ensured that the acknowledgement comes from the patient.
A method for manufacturing a ring-shaped frame made from composite material, comprising at least the following steps: - slipping at least one tubular casing of dry fibers over an assembly comprising at least two coaxial subassemblies (81, 82) that are axially movable relative to one another and between which a peripheral groove is defined, disposed in the general plane of said frame, the plane of symmetry of said groove being perpendicular to said tubular casing; - forcing a portion of the tubular casing into said groove provided between the two subassemblies (81, 82) and tightening said two subassemblies (81, 82) so as to hold said portion of the tubular casing in said groove; - coupling the two parts (91, 92) of the casing that are outside the groove, and folding the obtained coupling onto one of the two subassemblies (81, 82) to obtain a preform of dry fibers; - solidifying said preform by spraying resin or injecting resin, then applying special temperature and pressure conditions allowing polymerization of said resin. - slipping at least one tubular casing of dry fibers over an assembly comprising at least two coaxial subassemblies (81, 82) that are axially movable relative to one another and between which a peripheral groove is defined, disposed in the general plane of said frame, the plane of symmetry of said groove being perpendicular to said tubular casing; - forcing a portion of the tubular casing into said groove provided between the two subassemblies (81, 82) and tightening said two subassemblies (81, 82) so as to hold said portion of the tubular casing in said groove; - coupling the two parts (91, 92) of the casing that are outside the groove, and folding the obtained coupling onto one of the two subassemblies (81, 82) to obtain a preform of dry fibers; - solidifying said preform by spraying resin or injecting resin, then applying special temperature and pressure conditions allowing polymerization of said resin.
A biocompatible, biodegradable, non-hydrolyzed PLG low-burst copolymer material for a controlled release formulation having a weight average molecular weight of about 10 kilodaltons to about 50 kilodaltons and a polydispersity index of about 1.4-2.0 and from which a removed copolymer fraction characterized by a weight average molecular weight of about 4 kDa to about 10 kDa and a polydispersity index of about 1.4 to 2.5 has been separated, and comprising copolymer molecular chains, wherein a predominant proportion of the molecular chains comprise predominantly lactate or lactide residues in at least one end domain of each molecular chain and predominantly glycolate or glycolide resides in an internal domain of each molecular chain.