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A method for the formation of a signal array from a receiver of signals from a satellite navigation system in order to improve the resistance to scrambling, the receiver being equipped with an antenna having several controlled reception pattern sensors, characterised in that it comprises a step consisting of determining the attitude of the antenna in a Local Geographic Trihedron - acronym LGT - reference frame centred on the receiver, by iterative determination of the attitude angles of the antenna yielding the maximum of the sum of the energies of the weighted sums of the signals received by the sensors at the output of the correlators of the processing channels respectively associated with the satellites, the weighting coefficients of the weighted sums being calculated from the attitude angles considered at each iteration and from the known positions of the satellites in the LGT reference frame.
Nanoparticles comprising at least one platinum compound comprising at least platinum and at least one rare earth, said rare earth being present in oxidised form on the surface of the platinum.
A rack for an automated processing system, the rack comprising: a plurality of wells, each of the plurality of wells being adapted to selectively hold at least a first sample container having a first size and a second sample container having a second size, the second size being substantially different from the first size; and a structure joining the plurality of wells to form a rack; wherein the rack is adapted to fit in an automated processing system adapted to remove both the first sample container and the second sample container from the rack, each of the plurality of wells is further adapted to hold a third sample container having a third size, the third size being substantially different from at least one of the first size and the second size, characterised in that each of the plurality of wells comprises: a first cylindrical wall; a first radial wall below the first cylindrical wall and extending inward from the first cylindrical wall; a second cylindrical wall extending below the first radial wall; a second radial wall below the second cylindrical wall and extending inward from the second cylindrical wall; a conical wall extending below the second radial wall. a plurality of wells, each of the plurality of wells being adapted to selectively hold at least a first sample container having a first size and a second sample container having a second size, the second size being substantially different from the first size; and a structure joining the plurality of wells to form a rack; a first cylindrical wall; a first radial wall below the first cylindrical wall and extending inward from the first cylindrical wall; a second cylindrical wall extending below the first radial wall; a second radial wall below the second cylindrical wall and extending inward from the second cylindrical wall; a conical wall extending below the second radial wall.
Chlorotoxin derivative comprising the amino acid sequence of the general sequence X 0 X 1 CMPCX S1 X S2 X S3 DHX S4 X S5 ARRCX 2 X 3 CCGGYGX 4 CFGYQCLCX 5 X 6 X 7 X 8 (SEQ ID NO: 43) wherein (i) the N-terminal X 0 X 1 cluster is selected from the group consisting of AM, 0M, or 00; (ii) the solubilityX S1 X S2 X S3 X S4 X S5 cluster is selected from the group consisting of FTTQT, FTTES, SSSQT, SSSES, FSSQT, FSSES, or FSSQS; (iii) the internal X 2 X 3 X 4 cluster is selected from the group consisting of DKR, RDK, KDR, IKY, HKW, DRK, LKQ, KKK; and (iv) the C-terminal X 5 X 6 X 7 X 8 cluster is selected from the group consisting of N000, R000, NR00, NRG0, NRGY, NRRR, or RRRR; where 0 denotes a position where no amino acid is present; wherein said chlorotoxin derivative has a relative human MMP-2 binding that is at least 1.62 times higher than the wild-type chlorotoxin of SEQ ID NO: 1. (i) the N-terminal X 0 X 1 cluster is selected from the group consisting of AM, 0M, or 00; (ii) the solubilityX S1 X S2 X S3 X S4 X S5 cluster is selected from the group consisting of FTTQT, FTTES, SSSQT, SSSES, FSSQT, FSSES, or FSSQS; (iii) the internal X 2 X 3 X 4 cluster is selected from the group consisting of DKR, RDK, KDR, IKY, HKW, DRK, LKQ, KKK; and (iv) the C-terminal X 5 X 6 X 7 X 8 cluster is selected from the group consisting of N000, R000, NR00, NRG0, NRGY, NRRR, or RRRR;
A method of promoting the activation and proliferation of a natural killer cell or a T cell, the method comprising: contacting a natural killer cell or a T cell in a liquid culture medium comprising an effective amount of (i) a single-chain chimeric polypeptide comprising a first target-binding domain, a linker domain, and a second target-binding domain, and (ii) an IgG1 antibody construct that comprises at least one antigen-binding domain that binds specifically to the linker domain, under conditions that allow for the activation and proliferation of the natural killer cell or the T cell, wherein the first target-binding domain and the second target-binding domain are each independently selected from the group consisting of: a soluble interleukin, soluble cytokine protein, or soluble cell surface protein, an antigen-binding domain, a soluble interleukin receptor, soluble cytokine receptor, or soluble cell surface receptor, and ligands of co-stimulatory molecules. contacting a natural killer cell or a T cell in a liquid culture medium comprising an effective amount of (i) a single-chain chimeric polypeptide comprising a first target-binding domain, a linker domain, and a second target-binding domain, and (ii) an IgG1 antibody construct that comprises at least one antigen-binding domain that binds specifically to the linker domain, under conditions that allow for the activation and proliferation of the natural killer cell or the T cell, wherein the first target-binding domain and the second target-binding domain are each independently selected from the group consisting of: a soluble interleukin, soluble cytokine protein, or soluble cell surface protein, an antigen-binding domain, a soluble interleukin receptor, soluble cytokine receptor, or soluble cell surface receptor, and ligands of co-stimulatory molecules.
Method for detecting contact with a capacitive sensor element, a capacitance value of the sensor element being measured by means of a continuously applied integration method, in which in each case a voltage applied to an integration capacitor with a known capacitance value is measured by means of an A/D converter and processed to form a sensor amplitude, the temporal behaviour of the sensor amplitude being evaluated by determining a rate of change, (ΔA/Δt), of the sensor amplitude, characterized in that contact with the sensor element is detected when the rate of change, (ΔA/Δt), lies between a change minimum value, (ΔA/Δt) min, and a change maximum value, (ΔA/Δt) max, and the sensor amplitude after a predetermined period of time (t w) then lies at a waiting time (Tw) between an amplitude minimum value (Amin) and an amplitude maximum value (Amax).
An immunogenic composition comprising (i) a recombinant poxvirus comprising an isolated DNA molecule consisting of ORF 1 and ORF2 as the ORFs of porcine circovirus type 2, wherein the poxvirus is: ALVAC, or an attenuated canarypox wherein said canarypox virus is attenuated through more than 200 serial passages on chick embryo fibroblasts, a master seed therefrom was subjected to four successive plaque purifications under agar, from which a plaque clone was amplified through five additional passages; and (ii) a carrier. ALVAC,
A coffee roasting apparatus comprising: a compartment for holding coffee beans; a roasting element for roasting the coffee beans in said compartment; and a controller for controlling the roasting element, characterized in that the controller is adapted to control the roasting element as a function of a rate of change in the total concentration of volatile organic compounds residing in the compartment.
Nozzle arrangement for the process connection of a fitting or a sensor, comprising a first, stationary nozzle element and a second, replaceable nozzle element configured to be at least partly received by a receiving opening of the first, stationary nozzle element, wherein the second, replaceable nozzle element has an external thread for applying a union nut of the fitting or the sensor, and at least one holding device configured to hold together the first, stationary nozzle element and the second, replaceable nozzle element.
A method (400, 600, 700) for analyzing components of whole blood, the method comprising: obtaining a whole blood sample; obtaining a first light absorbance profile of the whole blood sample; hemolyzing the whole blood sample to generate a hemolyzed sample of blood; obtaining a second light absorbance profile of the hemolyzed sample of blood; and determining a level of hemolysis in the whole blood sample by comparing the first light absorbance profile and the second light absorbance profile; characterized by identifying, via a computer processor, a first contribution of constituents of the whole blood sample to the first light absorbance profile; identifying, via a computer processor, a second contribution of constituents of the hemolyzed blood sample to the second light absorbance profile; and determining, via a computer processor, the level of hemolysis based on the difference between 1) the first contribution of constituents of the whole blood sample to the first light absorbance profile, and 2) the second contribution of constituents of the hemolyzed blood sample to the second light absorbance profile; wherein the constituents are components of the blood sample including hemoglobin and its variants, and wherein the contribution of constituents refers to a relative measure, said relative measure being the absorbance measurement of one component of the blood sample to the overall absorbance spectrum. obtaining a whole blood sample; obtaining a first light absorbance profile of the whole blood sample; hemolyzing the whole blood sample to generate a hemolyzed sample of blood; obtaining a second light absorbance profile of the hemolyzed sample of blood; and determining a level of hemolysis in the whole blood sample by comparing the first light absorbance profile and the second light absorbance profile; characterized by identifying, via a computer processor, a first contribution of constituents of the whole blood sample to the first light absorbance profile; identifying, via a computer processor, a second contribution of constituents of the hemolyzed blood sample to the second light absorbance profile; and determining, via a computer processor, the level of hemolysis based on the difference between 1) the first contribution of constituents of the whole blood sample to the first light absorbance profile, and 2) the second contribution of constituents of the hemolyzed blood sample to the second light absorbance profile; wherein the constituents are components of the blood sample including hemoglobin and its variants, and wherein the contribution of constituents refers to a relative measure, said relative measure being the absorbance measurement of one component of the blood sample to the overall absorbance spectrum.
A method for measuring the wavelength quantities of a multiport test object by means of a multiport network analyzer when supplying a non-sinusoidal, in particular digitally modulated measurement signal, wherein error correction values are determined for the network analyzer in a preceding calibrating method, which error correction values are correspondingly considered in the subsequent calculation of the scattering parameters from the wavelength quantities measured on the multiport test object, characterized in that the time offsets between the measurement signals in the measurement channels, which correspond to the wavelength quantities measured at the ports of the test object, are first calculated and compensated, then the uncorrected scattering parameters of the test object are calculated from these time-compensated measurement signals and finally these scattering parameters are corrected using the error correction values.
An apparatus for treating one or more animal skin substrates with a multiplicity of solid particles and treatment liquor comprising: a rotatably mounted drum comprising an internal volume having a first portion defining a treatment volume for retaining said animal substrates and a second portion defining a collecting volume, wherein the side-walls of said drum are not perforate; one or more inlets for introducing solid particles and treatment liquor into said treatment volume; a partition separating said treatment volume from said collecting volume wherein said partition allows free passage of solid particles from the treatment volume to the collecting volume and prevents the passage of the substrate(s) therethrough; a circulation path for conveying said solid particles from the collecting volume to the treatment volume; and a pumping device arranged to pump solid particles and said treatment liquor along a portion of said circulation path. a rotatably mounted drum comprising an internal volume having a first portion defining a treatment volume for retaining said animal substrates and a second portion defining a collecting volume, wherein the side-walls of said drum are not perforate; one or more inlets for introducing solid particles and treatment liquor into said treatment volume; a partition separating said treatment volume from said collecting volume wherein said partition allows free passage of solid particles from the treatment volume to the collecting volume and prevents the passage of the substrate(s) therethrough; a circulation path for conveying said solid particles from the collecting volume to the treatment volume; and a pumping device arranged to pump solid particles and said treatment liquor along a portion of said circulation path.
Hearing apparatus comprising - at least two analysis devices (32 to 38), each of which is designed to take an audio signal that is received by the hearing apparatus as a basis for obtaining voice activity data (40 to 46) that are dependent on a speaker activity of a wearer of the hearing apparatus, and - a fusion device that is designed to receive the voice activity data (40 to 46) from the analysis devices (32 to 38) and to take the voice activity data (40 to 46) as a basis for identifying whether or not the wearer is currently speaking, characterized in that - at least one of the analysis devices (32 to 38) is designed to ascertain values (P1 to P4) for a soft decision or for a probability of the wearer currently speaking, the values (P1 to P4) being produced on the basis of the audio signal, and - the fusion device is designed to weight, on the input side, the voice activity data (40 to 46) from at least two analysis devices (32 to 38) on the basis of the analysis device (32 to 38) from which they come and to logically combine the weighted voice activity data (40 to 46) with one another, wherein suitable weights are ascertained by means of a training process on the basis of training data. - at least two analysis devices (32 to 38), each of which is designed to take an audio signal that is received by the hearing apparatus as a basis for obtaining voice activity data (40 to 46) that are dependent on a speaker activity of a wearer of the hearing apparatus, and - a fusion device that is designed to receive the voice activity data (40 to 46) from the analysis devices (32 to 38) and to take the voice activity data (40 to 46) as a basis for identifying whether or not the wearer is currently speaking, characterized in that - at least one of the analysis devices (32 to 38) is designed to ascertain values (P1 to P4) for a soft decision or for a probability of the wearer currently speaking, the values (P1 to P4) being produced on the basis of the audio signal, and - the fusion device is designed to weight, on the input side, the voice activity data (40 to 46) from at least two analysis devices (32 to 38) on the basis of the analysis device (32 to 38) from which they come and to logically combine the weighted voice activity data (40 to 46) with one another, wherein suitable weights are ascertained by means of a training process on the basis of training data.
A light projection device comprising: a plurality of light sources (11a, 11b, 11c) configured to output light of mutually different wavelengths; a transmission component configured to transmit the light at a transmissivity of the light for each wavelength; and a controller configured to control amount of light of the light sources based on transmissivity information indicating a change in the transmissivity for each wavelength, characterized in that the light projection device further comprises a memory configured to store the transmissivity information, an image formation component configured to form an image in each frame on a projection surface by projecting the light from the light sources onto the projection surface, the controller is further configured to acquire light output characteristics of the light sources in a period between frames of the image, and is configured to control the amount of light of the light sources for a rendering period for a frame based on the light output characteristics acquired at a first point in time prior to the rendering period for the frame, the transmissivity information indicates the change in the transmissivity for each wavelength according to elapsed time since a time point at which dimming of the light sources (11a, 11b, 11c) is commenced, and the transmissivity of the transmission component is reduced, and the controller is further configured to control the amount of light of the light sources for the elapsed time based on the transmissivity information. a plurality of light sources (11a, 11b, 11c) configured to output light of mutually different wavelengths; a transmission component configured to transmit the light at a transmissivity of the light for each wavelength; and a controller configured to control amount of light of the light sources based on transmissivity information indicating a change in the transmissivity for each wavelength, characterized in that the light projection device further comprises a memory configured to store the transmissivity information, an image formation component configured to form an image in each frame on a projection surface by projecting the light from the light sources onto the projection surface, the controller is further configured to acquire light output characteristics of the light sources in a period between frames of the image, and is configured to control the amount of light of the light sources for a rendering period for a frame based on the light output characteristics acquired at a first point in time prior to the rendering period for the frame, the transmissivity information indicates the change in the transmissivity for each wavelength according to elapsed time since a time point at which dimming of the light sources (11a, 11b, 11c) is commenced, and the transmissivity of the transmission component is reduced, and the controller is further configured to control the amount of light of the light sources for the elapsed time based on the transmissivity information.
A mini-disk of a gas turbine engine having an axis comprising: an axially extending portion extending axially with respect to the axis of the gas turbine engine, the axially extending portion configured to engage with a hub arm of a compressor of the gas turbine engine; a radially extending portion extending radially with respect to the axis of the gas turbine engine, the radially extending portion configured to engage with an attachment of a turbine disk of the gas turbine engine; an intermediate portion extending between the axially extending portion and the radially extending portion; at least one mini-disk connector (346, 348) configured to engage with a portion of the turbine disk of the gas turbine engine to prevent radial movement of the mini-disk during operation; and characterized by at least one balancing element (356, 358) configured to balance a torque transmission of the mini-disk during operation, wherein the at least one balancing element comprises a first balancing element located at a junction between the axially extending portion and the intermediate portion, wherein the balancing element comprises a flange and weight fixedly attached to the flange. an axially extending portion extending axially with respect to the axis of the gas turbine engine, the axially extending portion configured to engage with a hub arm of a compressor of the gas turbine engine; a radially extending portion extending radially with respect to the axis of the gas turbine engine, the radially extending portion configured to engage with an attachment of a turbine disk of the gas turbine engine; an intermediate portion extending between the axially extending portion and the radially extending portion; at least one mini-disk connector (346, 348) configured to engage with a portion of the turbine disk of the gas turbine engine to prevent radial movement of the mini-disk during operation; and characterized by at least one balancing element (356, 358) configured to balance a torque transmission of the mini-disk during operation, wherein the at least one balancing element comprises a first balancing element located at a junction between the axially extending portion and the intermediate portion, wherein the balancing element comprises a flange and weight fixedly attached to the flange.