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A method for colouring hair comprising the steps of: i) mixing a developer component with a dye component at a mixing ratio of 1:1, to obtain a non-diluted hair colouring composition, wherein the developer component comprises an oxidizing agent and the dye component comprises at least one oxidative dye precursor and/or an alkalising agent; ii) applying a first portion corresponding from 75% to 60% by weight of the non-diluted hair colouring composition obtained in step i) to the hair roots and retaining a second portion of the non-diluted hair colouring composition obtained in step i); iii) mixing the second portion with a dilutant component comprising water and optionally at least one active component at a mixing ratio 2:1 to obtain a diluted hair colouring composition; iv) applying the diluted hair colouring composition to the hair, preferably the hair lengths and tips; v) rinsing the hair; wherein the developer component comprises from 6 to 12% by weight of the oxidizing agent; the dye component comprises from 0.01% to 10% by weight of the oxidative dye precursor(s) and/or from 0.5 to 2% by weight of the alkalising agent; and, the dilutant component comprises up to 99% by weight of water and up to 25% by weight of at least one active component selected from surfactants, conditioning agents, polymers, and mixtures thereof; wherein the dilutant component comprises less than 10% by weight of surfactant; and wherein each of the non-diluted hair colouring composition and the diluted hair colouring composition has a viscosity which induces a shear stress of from 20 to 200 Pa at 10 s -1 as measured according to the viscosity test method. i) mixing a developer component with a dye component at a mixing ratio of 1:1, to obtain a non-diluted hair colouring composition, wherein the developer component comprises an oxidizing agent and the dye component comprises at least one oxidative dye precursor and/or an alkalising agent; ii) applying a first portion corresponding from 75% to 60% by weight of the non-diluted hair colouring composition obtained in step i) to the hair roots and retaining a second portion of the non-diluted hair colouring composition obtained in step i); iii) mixing the second portion with a dilutant component comprising water and optionally at least one active component at a mixing ratio 2:1 to obtain a diluted hair colouring composition; iv) applying the diluted hair colouring composition to the hair, preferably the hair lengths and tips; v) rinsing the hair;
A support for a lashing or securing means comprising a first contact region for contact with a load and a second contact region for contact with the lashing or securing means, wherein the second contact region is in the form of a sheet, a film or a coated band and the second contact region has an improved sliding property in comparison with the first contact region, characterised in that the second contact region for length adjustment is in the form of individual, partially overlapping segments (41, 42) adjustable relative to each other.
A system for real time attendance of one or more users from a remote game site at a game going on at relocated game site where a game surface exists, comprising: - one or more cameras arranged at said relocated game site for producing audio/video recordings of the relocated game site; - means for the audio and video reproduction of said recordings of the relocated game site at said remote game site; - means for virtually repeating in said remote game site a game surface existing at said relocated game site, said means for virtually repeating comprising a game table located at the remote game site, said game table being configured to virtually reproduce the game surface from the relocated game site and the game table including a monitor whereon the real-time updated image of the game surface existing in said relocated game site is reproduced; and - one or more interface devices provided and configured to allow an interaction between the user and said game surface existing in said relocated game site; wherein said one or more interface devices comprises at least a programmable electronic device of wireless type; and a proximity mechanism for detecting one of said interface devices at said remote game site and for associating the interface device to the game surface; and wherein each of said programmable electronic devices is programmed so as to allow the respective user to attend the game at said relocated game site while bets performed by the respective user will be reproduced onto the game table at said remote game site. - one or more cameras arranged at said relocated game site for producing audio/video recordings of the relocated game site; - means for the audio and video reproduction of said recordings of the relocated game site at said remote game site; - means for virtually repeating in said remote game site a game surface existing at said relocated game site, said means for virtually repeating comprising a game table located at the remote game site, said game table being configured to virtually reproduce the game surface from the relocated game site and the game table including a monitor whereon the real-time updated image of the game surface existing in said relocated game site is reproduced; and - one or more interface devices provided and configured to allow an interaction between the user and said game surface existing in said relocated game site;
A folded camera comprising: a lens holder for holding a lens having a first optical axis, the lens being configured to receive light folded from an optical path along a second optical axis that is perpendicular to the first optical axis; the folded camera being characterized by further comprising: an actuator for carrying and actuating the lens holder, the actuator comprising: a) a first voice coil motor (106, 146) coupled to the lens holder; b) a second VCM (104, 142) coupled to the lens holder; c) a first linear ball-guided rail (102a-d) operative to create a first movement of the lens holder upon actuation by the first VCM (106, 146), wherein the first movement is in a first direction parallel to the first optical axis; and d) a second linear ball-guided rail (122a-d) operative to create a second movement of the lens holder upon actuation by the second VCM (104, 142), wherein the second movement is in a second direction that is perpendicular to the first optical axis and to the second optical axis, wherein the first VCM includes a first VCM coil, wherein the second VCM includes a second VCM coil, and wherein the first and second VCM coils are coplanar in a plane extending in the first direction and the second direction. a lens holder for holding a lens having a first optical axis, the lens being configured to receive light folded from an optical path along a second optical axis that is perpendicular to the first optical axis; the folded camera being characterized by further comprising: an actuator for carrying and actuating the lens holder, the actuator comprising: a) a first voice coil motor (106, 146) coupled to the lens holder; b) a second VCM (104, 142) coupled to the lens holder; c) a first linear ball-guided rail (102a-d) operative to create a first movement of the lens holder upon actuation by the first VCM (106, 146), wherein the first movement is in a first direction parallel to the first optical axis; and d) a second linear ball-guided rail (122a-d) operative to create a second movement of the lens holder upon actuation by the second VCM (104, 142), wherein the second movement is in a second direction that is perpendicular to the first optical axis and to the second optical axis, a) a first voice coil motor (106, 146) coupled to the lens holder; b) a second VCM (104, 142) coupled to the lens holder; c) a first linear ball-guided rail (102a-d) operative to create a first movement of the lens holder upon actuation by the first VCM (106, 146), wherein the first movement is in a first direction parallel to the first optical axis; and d) a second linear ball-guided rail (122a-d) operative to create a second movement of the lens holder upon actuation by the second VCM (104, 142), wherein the second movement is in a second direction that is perpendicular to the first optical axis and to the second optical axis, wherein the first VCM includes a first VCM coil, wherein the second VCM includes a second VCM coil, and wherein the first and second VCM coils are coplanar in a plane extending in the first direction and the second direction.
An apparatus, wherein the apparatus is a LNA module, comprising: a plurality of amplifiers, each amplifier having an input terminal; a plurality of output terminals (610, 611), each output terminal coupled to two or more amplifier outputs; and a coupler configured to selectively couple together at least two of the plurality of output terminals, wherein, in a normal operating mode of the apparatus (Normal 1-5), the coupler is configured to be disabled, and at least one amplifier of the plurality of amplifiers is enabled to provide an amplifier output signal to at least one or two of the plurality of output terminals, wherein when the at least two of the plurality of output terminals are coupled together by the coupler in an output-coupling operating mode of the apparatus (Output couple 1), the coupler is further configured to amplify a signal received at a first of the plurality of output terminals and to provide the amplified signal to a second of the plurality of output terminals, wherein the plurality of amplifiers are configured to be inactive in the output-coupling operating mode of the apparatus (Output couple 1) or wherein the plurality of amplifiers are configured in a minimum gain configuration in the output-coupling operating mode of the apparatus (Output couple 1), wherein the coupler includes a bidirectional amplifier configured to be controlled by a coupler control signal to determine a signal flow direction of the coupler in the output-coupling operating mode of the apparatus (Output couple 1). a plurality of amplifiers, each amplifier having an input terminal; a plurality of output terminals (610, 611), each output terminal coupled to two or more amplifier outputs; and a coupler configured to selectively couple together at least two of the plurality of output terminals, wherein, in a normal operating mode of the apparatus (Normal 1-5), the coupler is configured to be disabled, and at least one amplifier of the plurality of amplifiers is enabled to provide an amplifier output signal to at least one or two of the plurality of output terminals, wherein when the at least two of the plurality of output terminals are coupled together by the coupler in an output-coupling operating mode of the apparatus (Output couple 1), the coupler is further configured to amplify a signal received at a first of the plurality of output terminals and to provide the amplified signal to a second of the plurality of output terminals, wherein the plurality of amplifiers are configured to be inactive in the output-coupling operating mode of the apparatus (Output couple 1) or wherein the plurality of amplifiers are configured in a minimum gain configuration in the output-coupling operating mode of the apparatus (Output couple 1), wherein the coupler includes a bidirectional amplifier configured to be controlled by a coupler control signal to determine a signal flow direction of the coupler in the output-coupling operating mode of the apparatus (Output couple 1).
A three-dimensional structure applicable to heart, comprising a mesenchymal stem cell derived from a part other than myocardium of an adult, wherein the three-dimensional structure is obtainable by a method comprising the steps of: a) culturing the mesenchymal stem cell derived from the part other than myocardium of an adult on a cell culture support grafted with a temperature responsive macromolecule having an upper limit critical solution temperature or lower limit critical solution temperature to water of from 0 °C to 80 °C; b) setting a culture medium temperature to the upper limit critical solution temperature or more or the lower limit critical solution temperature or less; and c) detaching the cultured cell as a three-dimensional structure. a) culturing the mesenchymal stem cell derived from the part other than myocardium of an adult on a cell culture support grafted with a temperature responsive macromolecule having an upper limit critical solution temperature or lower limit critical solution temperature to water of from 0 °C to 80 °C; b) setting a culture medium temperature to the upper limit critical solution temperature or more or the lower limit critical solution temperature or less; and c) detaching the cultured cell as a three-dimensional structure.
A method of making a part with a cavity by additive manufacturing, the method comprising the steps of: - defining contiguous portions (7; 9) over a ceiling of the cavity, including at least one central portion defined entirely by edges, and peripheral portions defined by edges and by a portion of a frontier of the ceiling; - for the central portion, defining a capital by means of facets that bear against the edges defining the central portion and that converge towards an apex, and also defining a slender support that extends from the capital to a floor of the cavity while being centered on the apex; - for each peripheral portion, defining a capital by means of facets that bear against the edges defining the peripheral portion and that converge towards a terminal edge extending in a plane (P') that is normal to a wall of the cavity, and also defining a support in the form of a rib that extends in the normal plane between the terminal edge of the capital and a wall of the cavity; and - manufacturing the part including the cavity while making the above-defined supports and capitals. - defining contiguous portions (7; 9) over a ceiling of the cavity, including at least one central portion defined entirely by edges, and peripheral portions defined by edges and by a portion of a frontier of the ceiling; - for the central portion, defining a capital by means of facets that bear against the edges defining the central portion and that converge towards an apex, and also defining a slender support that extends from the capital to a floor of the cavity while being centered on the apex; - for each peripheral portion, defining a capital by means of facets that bear against the edges defining the peripheral portion and that converge towards a terminal edge extending in a plane (P') that is normal to a wall of the cavity, and also defining a support in the form of a rib that extends in the normal plane between the terminal edge of the capital and a wall of the cavity; and - manufacturing the part including the cavity while making the above-defined supports and capitals.
A video coding device, comprising: - a sequence of filters (110; 300; 700; 1000; 1200) that are configurable by one or more primary parameters and one or more secondary parameters, and - a filter controller configured to adjust the one or more secondary parameters based on the one or more primary parameters and based on a strength criterion of the sequence of filters; wherein the sequence of filters (110; 300; 700; 1000; 1200) comprises: - a deblocking filter configured to process vertical edges based on a vertical filter strength parameter and horizontal edges based on a horizontal filter strength parameter, - a sample adaptive offset, SAO, filter configured to classify pixels and add offset values to the pixels in accordance with a SAO class parameter, and - an adaptive loop filter configured to use two or more codebooks to indicate one or more filter coefficients in a bitstream, wherein the one or more primary parameters comprise the SAO class parameter and a SAO type parameter of the SAO filter and the one or more secondary parameters comprise the horizontal filter strength parameter and the vertical strength parameter wherein the filter controller is configured to derive the secondary parameters based on the SAO class parameter or the SAO type parameter of the SAO filter, or wherein the filter controller is configured to select the two or more codebooks based on the SAO type parameter. - a sequence of filters (110; 300; 700; 1000; 1200) that are configurable by one or more primary parameters and one or more secondary parameters, and - a filter controller configured to adjust the one or more secondary parameters based on the one or more primary parameters and based on a strength criterion of the sequence of filters; wherein the sequence of filters (110; 300; 700; 1000; 1200) comprises: - a deblocking filter configured to process vertical edges based on a vertical filter strength parameter and horizontal edges based on a horizontal filter strength parameter, - a sample adaptive offset, SAO, filter configured to classify pixels and add offset values to the pixels in accordance with a SAO class parameter, and - an adaptive loop filter configured to use two or more codebooks to indicate one or more filter coefficients in a bitstream, wherein the one or more primary parameters comprise the SAO class parameter and a SAO type parameter of the SAO filter and the one or more secondary parameters comprise the horizontal filter strength parameter and the vertical strength parameter wherein the filter controller is configured to derive the secondary parameters based on the SAO class parameter or the SAO type parameter of the SAO filter, or wherein the filter controller is configured to select the two or more codebooks based on the SAO type parameter.
A method for detecting prostate specific membrane antigen (PSMA) on circulating tumor cells (CTCs) obtained from a patient afflicted with prostate cancer comprising: (a) performing a direct analysis comprising immunofluorescent staining and morphological characterization of nucleated cells in a blood sample obtained from the patient to detect circulating tumor cells, wherein the direct analysis means the detection of CTCs in the context of all surrounding nucleated cells present in the sample as opposed to after enrichment of the sample for CTCs prior to detection; and (b) determining the number of CTCs expressing PSMA, wherein the direct analysis in step (a) identifies more than one CTC subpopulation expressing PSMA, wherein a first CTC subpopulation expressing PSMA comprises traditional CTCs, wherein the traditional CTCs contain a diamidino-2-phenylindole (DAPI+) nucleus, are cytokeratin positive (CK+), and cluster of differentiation 45 negative (CD45-) and are morphologically distinct from surrounding white blood cells (WBCs), and wherein a second CTC subpopulation expressing PSMA comprises CK+CD45- apoptotic CTCs. (a) performing a direct analysis comprising immunofluorescent staining and morphological characterization of nucleated cells in a blood sample obtained from the patient to detect circulating tumor cells, wherein the direct analysis means the detection of CTCs in the context of all surrounding nucleated cells present in the sample as opposed to after enrichment of the sample for CTCs prior to detection; and (b) determining the number of CTCs expressing PSMA, wherein the direct analysis in step (a) identifies more than one CTC subpopulation expressing PSMA, wherein a first CTC subpopulation expressing PSMA comprises traditional CTCs, wherein the traditional CTCs contain a diamidino-2-phenylindole (DAPI+) nucleus, are cytokeratin positive (CK+), and cluster of differentiation 45 negative (CD45-) and are morphologically distinct from surrounding white blood cells (WBCs), and wherein a second CTC subpopulation expressing PSMA comprises CK+CD45- apoptotic CTCs. wherein the direct analysis in step (a) identifies more than one CTC subpopulation expressing PSMA, wherein a first CTC subpopulation expressing PSMA comprises traditional CTCs, wherein the traditional CTCs contain a diamidino-2-phenylindole (DAPI+) nucleus, are cytokeratin positive (CK+), and cluster of differentiation 45 negative (CD45-) and are morphologically distinct from surrounding white blood cells (WBCs), and wherein a second CTC subpopulation expressing PSMA comprises CK+CD45- apoptotic CTCs.
A method comprising: by one or more computing devices, compiling a C++ program having one or more input variables to obtain bytecode of the C++ program; compiling a C++ library to obtain bytecode of the C++ library; symbolically executing the bytecode of the C++ program and the bytecode of the C++ library, comprising: assigning a symbolic input to each input variable of the C++ program; determining one or more execution paths in the C++ program; and for each execution path, constructing a symbolic expression that if satisfied, causes the C++ program to proceed down the execution path; and generating one or more test cases for the C++ program by solving the symbolic expressions; the method further comprising serializing a plurality of C++ memory operations to guarantee a specific ordering of the C++ memory operations. assigning a symbolic input to each input variable of the C++ program; determining one or more execution paths in the C++ program; and for each execution path, constructing a symbolic expression that if satisfied, causes the C++ program to proceed down the execution path; and
Ball valve for regulating the flow of a fluid in a duct, comprising a housing with an inlet, an outlet and an obturator seat, a ball obturator positioned inside the housing by means of the interposition of sealing means (13, 13') which separate the inlet and the outlet from the obturator seat, actuation means (4,5) for rotating the obturator around an adjustment axis between a closed position and a fully open position, wherein the obturator forms an inner cavity with an inlet aperture, an outlet aperture opposite the inlet aperture, an auxiliary aperture between the inlet aperture and the outlet aperture, as well as a closed side opposite the auxiliary aperture, so that throughout the entire angular adjustment stroke the inlet is fluidically connected with the inner cavity of the obturator and with the obturator seat through said inlet aperture, outlet aperture and auxiliary aperture, characterized in that an outer channel is formed in an outer surface of the closed side which, when the obturator is rotated from the closed position towards the fully open position, forms a first outer flow passage between the obturator seat and the outlet before the outlet aperture forms a second inner flow passage between the inner cavity of the obturator and the outlet.