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Apparatus for rapid diagnosis of cell viability, the apparatus comprising: - an emitter for providing an electromagnetic wave for interacting with at least one cell of a sample, - a measurement device configured to measure at least one optical property of said cell, said at least one optical property being probed with said electromagnetic wave and said at least one optical property being the phase of the electromagnetic wave interacting with the at least one cell, wherein said measurement device comprises at least one of a digital holographic microscope, an interferometer, a wavefront sensor or a phase contrast microscope to make temporally resolved measurements of said optical property to monitor a cell regulation behaviour of the at least one cell, the cell regulation behaviour being a cell mechanism activated to restore a homeostatic equilibrium of the cell after a perturbation of the cell environment, and characterised by: - a processor adapted or configured to determine cell viability when a change in the measured optical property, due to a cell environment perturbation, is reversed indicating a restoration of cell homeostatic equilibrium by cell regulation. - an emitter for providing an electromagnetic wave for interacting with at least one cell of a sample, - a measurement device configured to measure at least one optical property of said cell, said at least one optical property being probed with said electromagnetic wave and said at least one optical property being the phase of the electromagnetic wave interacting with the at least one cell, wherein said measurement device comprises at least one of a digital holographic microscope, an interferometer, a wavefront sensor or a phase contrast microscope to make temporally resolved measurements of said optical property to monitor a cell regulation behaviour of the at least one cell, the cell regulation behaviour being a cell mechanism activated to restore a homeostatic equilibrium of the cell after a perturbation of the cell environment, and characterised by: - a processor adapted or configured to determine cell viability when a change in the measured optical property, due to a cell environment perturbation, is reversed indicating a restoration of cell homeostatic equilibrium by cell regulation. - a processor adapted or configured to determine cell viability when a change in the measured optical property, due to a cell environment perturbation, is reversed indicating a restoration of cell homeostatic equilibrium by cell regulation.
A method of diagnosis of Moissiacense virus infection in a sample from an individual, comprising determining the presence of at least one viral nucleic acid selected from the group consisting of: - a first nucleic acid (S segment) comprising a sequence having at least 80% identity with SEQ ID NO: 1 and further including a coding sequence for a Nucleocapsid protein having at least 90% identity with SEQ ID NO: 2, or its complement; - a second nucleic acid (M segment) comprising a sequence having at least 80% identity with SEQ ID NO: 3 and further including a coding sequence for a polyprotein M having at least 90% identity with SEQ ID NO: 4; or its complement; and - a third nucleic acid (L segment) comprising a sequence having at least 80% identity with SEQ ID NO: 5 and further including a coding sequence for a polymerase protein having at least 90% identity with SEQ ID NO: 6 including at least 90% identity on the core polymerase domain, or its complement. - a first nucleic acid (S segment) comprising a sequence having at least 80% identity with SEQ ID NO: 1 and further including a coding sequence for a Nucleocapsid protein having at least 90% identity with SEQ ID NO: 2, or its complement; - a second nucleic acid (M segment) comprising a sequence having at least 80% identity with SEQ ID NO: 3 and further including a coding sequence for a polyprotein M having at least 90% identity with SEQ ID NO: 4; or its complement; and - a third nucleic acid (L segment) comprising a sequence having at least 80% identity with SEQ ID NO: 5 and further including a coding sequence for a polymerase protein having at least 90% identity with SEQ ID NO: 6 including at least 90% identity on the core polymerase domain, or its complement.
A method for the epoxidation of an olefin, comprising continuously reacting the olefin with hydrogen peroxide in the presence of a water soluble epoxidation catalyst, comprising a manganese complex, the reaction being carried out in a reaction mixture comprising an aqueous liquid phase and an organic liquid phase using a loop reactor with mixing of the liquid phases, characterized in that during the reaction the concentration of hydrogen peroxide in the aqueous liquid phase is maintained at less than 1.0 % by weight_and the pH of the aqueous phase is maintained in the range of from 2 to 6.
An image-capturing device comprising: an image-capturing element including a plurality of light-sensing cells arranged on an image-capturing surface; an optical system configured to form a first image which is in focus on the image-capturing surface in a first state and to form a second image which is out of focus on the image-capturing surface in a second state; and an image processing section configured to process a signal obtained from the image-capturing element, and a memory configured to store a point spread function which defines out-of-focus blur in the second state, wherein the image processing section is configured to obtain the second image having the out-of-focus blur from the image capturing element, to perfom a deconvolution of the second image employing the sum of the point spread function stored in the memory and an estimated point spread function for camera shake blur. an image-capturing element including a plurality of light-sensing cells arranged on an image-capturing surface; an optical system configured to form a first image which is in focus on the image-capturing surface in a first state and to form a second image which is out of focus on the image-capturing surface in a second state; and an image processing section configured to process a signal obtained from the image-capturing element, and a memory configured to store a point spread function which defines out-of-focus blur in the second state, wherein the image processing section is configured to obtain the second image having the out-of-focus blur from the image capturing element, to perfom a deconvolution of the second image employing the sum of the point spread function stored in the memory and an estimated point spread function for camera shake blur.
A composition for use in the treatment of infertility, the composition comprising > 12 to 24 μg follicle stimulating hormone, wherein the composition is for administration to a patient identified as having variant Ser/Ser at position 680 of the FSH receptor prior to treatment and identified as having a serum AMH level < 15 pmol/L prior to treatment.
A temperature-dependent switch, which comprises a first and a second stationary contact (48, 50) and a temperature-dependent switching mechanism having a movable contact member, wherein the switching mechanism, in its first switching position, presses the contact member against the first contact and thereby produces an electrically conductive connection between the two contacts (48, 50) via the contact member and, in its second switching position, keeps the contact member spaced apart from the first contact and thereby disconnects the electrically conductive connection between the two contacts (48, 50), wherein the temperature-dependent switching mechanism comprises a temperature-dependent snap-action part, which switches from its geometric low-temperature configuration to its geometric high-temperature configuration when exceeding a switching temperature, and switches back from its geometric high-temperature configuration to its geometric low-temperature configuration when subsequently falling below a reset temperature, wherein switching the temperature-dependent snap-action part from its geometric low-temperature configuration to its geometric high-temperature configuration moves the switching mechanism from its first switching position to its second switching position and thereby opens the switch, and wherein a closing lock is provided that, as soon as it is activated, prevents the switch once having opened from closing again by keeping the switching mechanism in its second switching position, wherein the closing lock comprises a locking element which is at least partly made of a shape-memory alloy and has an opening through which the movable contact member protrudes and which is configured to change its shape upon exceeding a locking element switching temperature from a first shape, in which the locking element does not activate the closing lock, into a second shape, in which the locking element activates the closing lock by exerting a force on a part of the switching mechanism, which force holds the switching mechanism in its second switching position, characterized in that the shape-memory alloy is a shape-memory alloy with two-way memory effect, and in that the locking element is configured to change its shape from the second shape to the first shape when falling below a locking element reset temperature, wherein the locking element reset temperature is lower than the locking element switching temperature and/or lower than the reset temperature of the temperature-dependent snap-action part.
A powder slush molded body of a polyvinyl chloride composition, the polyvinyl chloride composition comprising a polyvinyl chloride, a plasticizer, and an acrylic polymer, wherein the polyvinyl chloride composition comprises the plasticizer in an amount of 110 parts by mass or more and 150 parts by mass or less with respect to 100 parts by mass of the polyvinyl chloride, when a cross section of the powder slush molded body extending in parallel with a thickness direction is observed under an optical microscope using reflected light, irregular scale-like polyvinyl chloride particles having a long diameter, which is determined in accordance with the description, of 30 μm or more and 500 μm or less are continuous with one another via interfacial portions, and the number of aggregated particles of the acrylic polymer having a long diameter, which is determined in accordance with the description, of 30 μm or more and 100 μm or less is 10 particles/mm 2 or less, wherein the acrylic polymer contains a constitutional unit derived from a (meth)acrylic ester in an amount of 50 mass% or more, and the (meth)acrylic ester includes at least one (meth)acrylic ester selected from the group consisting of a (meth)acrylic ester of an aliphatic alcohol having two or more carbon atoms and a (meth)acrylic ester of an aromatic alcohol, and wherein the average particle diameter of the polyvinyl chloride determined in accordance with JIS K 7369:2009 is 50 μm or more and 500 μm or less, and the average degree of polymerization of the polyvinyl chloride determined in accordance with JIS K 6720-2:1999 is 1,350 or more. wherein the polyvinyl chloride composition comprises the plasticizer in an amount of 110 parts by mass or more and 150 parts by mass or less with respect to 100 parts by mass of the polyvinyl chloride, when a cross section of the powder slush molded body extending in parallel with a thickness direction is observed under an optical microscope using reflected light, irregular scale-like polyvinyl chloride particles having a long diameter, which is determined in accordance with the description, of 30 μm or more and 500 μm or less are continuous with one another via interfacial portions, and the number of aggregated particles of the acrylic polymer having a long diameter, which is determined in accordance with the description, of 30 μm or more and 100 μm or less is 10 particles/mm 2 or less, wherein the acrylic polymer contains a constitutional unit derived from a (meth)acrylic ester in an amount of 50 mass% or more, and the (meth)acrylic ester includes at least one (meth)acrylic ester selected from the group consisting of a (meth)acrylic ester of an aliphatic alcohol having two or more carbon atoms and a (meth)acrylic ester of an aromatic alcohol, and wherein the average particle diameter of the polyvinyl chloride determined in accordance with JIS K 7369:2009 is 50 μm or more and 500 μm or less, and the average degree of polymerization of the polyvinyl chloride determined in accordance with JIS K 6720-2:1999 is 1,350 or more.
Automatic welding machine for welding overlapping plastic material webs along their edges, with a heating device arranged at a chassis for melting the plastic material webs at the edges, the chassis having a support frame on which at least two running rollers disposed offset from each other, at least two pressing and feed rollers (6, 6') disposed opposite to each other, wherein a respective lower one is disposed stationary and a respective other upper one is disposed pivotably supported, and at least one drive unit with a transmission is arranged, wherein the running rollers are configured for supporting on a base, the pressing and feed rollers (6, 6') for passing an edge of the overlapping plastic material webs through and the drive unit with the transmission for driving the pressing and feed rollers (6, 6'), with a longitudinal bending arm of the support frame which protrudes in a welding direction from the support frame and which is elastically deformable at least in a direction that is vertical in an operating position of the automatic welding machine, wherein the longitudinal bending arm is rigidly fixed at the support frame with an end of the bending arm that is oriented backward in the welding direction, wherein the heating device is fixated with an installation section that is oriented backward in the welding direction at an end of the longitudinal bending arm that is oriented forward in the welding direction and wherein an actuation device for the longitudinal bending arm with the heating device is arranged at the support frame, with which the forward arm end can be bend downward, wherein the actuation device impacts the longitudinal bending arm directly through an actuation lever or indirectly through the heating device and thereby bends the longitudinal bending arm vertically downward in the operating position of the automatic welding machine.
Bimesogenic compounds of formula I wherein R 11 and R 12 are each independently H, F, Cl, CN, NCS or a straight-chain or branched alkyl group with 1 to 25 C atoms, which may be unsubstituted, mono- or polysubstituted by halogen or CN, it being also possible for one or more non-adjacent CH 2 groups to be replaced, in each occurrence independently from one another, by -O-, -S-, -NH-, -N(CH 3)-, -CO-, -COO-, -OCO-, -O-CO-O-, -S-CO-, -CO-S-, -CH=CH-, -CH=CF-, -CF=CF- or -C≡C- in such a manner that oxygen atoms are not linked directly to one another, a straight-chain or branched alkyl group with 1 to 25 C atoms which may be unsubstituted, mono- or polysubstituted by halogen or CN, MG 11 and MG 12 are each independently a mesogenic group, at least one of MG 11 and MG 12 comprises one, two or more 5-atomic and/or 6-atomic rings, in case of comprising two or more 5-and/or 6-atomic rings at least two of these may be linked by a 2-atomic linking group, and CG 1 is a central group, having a total length of three atoms, however under the condition that the following compounds are excluded from formula I and and compounds comprising the a moiety selected from the following group of moieties and are excluded from the compounds of formula I. R 11 and R 12 are each independently H, F, Cl, CN, NCS or a straight-chain or branched alkyl group with 1 to 25 C atoms, which may be unsubstituted, mono- or polysubstituted by halogen or CN, it being also possible for one or more non-adjacent CH 2 groups to be replaced, in each occurrence independently from one another, by -O-, -S-, -NH-, -N(CH 3)-, -CO-, -COO-, -OCO-, -O-CO-O-, -S-CO-, -CO-S-, -CH=CH-, -CH=CF-, -CF=CF- or -C≡C- in such a manner that oxygen atoms are not linked directly to one another, a straight-chain or branched alkyl group with 1 to 25 C atoms which may be unsubstituted, mono- or polysubstituted by halogen or CN, MG 11 and MG 12 are each independently a mesogenic group, MG 11 and MG 12 comprises one, two or more 5-atomic and/or 6-atomic rings, in case of comprising two or more 5-and/or 6-atomic rings at least two of these may be linked by a 2-atomic linking group, and CG 1 is a central group, having a total length of three atoms,
A process for preparing an unsaturated polyester resin comprising itaconate ester units as reactive unsaturations by reacting at least itaconic acid and/or itaconic anhydride and at least one diol, wherein the process is effected in the presence of a methyl substituted hydroquinone.
Three-dimensional tread for a tire, the tread comprising: a kerf (100, 200, 300, 400, 500) opening formed in a block of a tire tread, and formed into a zigzag wave (W1, W2) shape along a tire circumferential direction in the tread block, and the zigzag wave (W1, W2) is formed such that an amplitude decreases downward along the depth direction of the block; a tubular-shaped flow channel formed in the lower part of the kerf (100, 200, 300, 400, 500) and having a width larger than the width of the kerf opening; and a connecting gap connecting the kerf opening and the flow channel; and, in some parts of the zigzag wave, a water-discharging columnar cavity capable of discharging water from the vicinity of the kerf (100, 200, 300, 400, 500) at the tire surface is formed, and the water-discharging columnar cavity has a width or diameter larger than the width of the connecting gap, and in that the water-discharging columnar cavity is formed in the depth direction of the tread block, characterised in that an apex of the zigzag wave at which the water-discharging columnar cavity is formed is located at a position on a center line of the zigzag wave (W1, W2). a kerf (100, 200, 300, 400, 500) opening formed in a block of a tire tread, and formed into a zigzag wave (W1, W2) shape along a tire circumferential direction in the tread block, and the zigzag wave (W1, W2) is formed such that an amplitude decreases downward along the depth direction of the block; a tubular-shaped flow channel formed in the lower part of the kerf (100, 200, 300, 400, 500) and having a width larger than the width of the kerf opening; and a connecting gap connecting the kerf opening and the flow channel; and, in some parts of the zigzag wave, a water-discharging columnar cavity capable of discharging water from the vicinity of the kerf (100, 200, 300, 400, 500) at the tire surface is formed, and the water-discharging columnar cavity has a width or diameter larger than the width of the connecting gap, and in that the water-discharging columnar cavity is formed in the depth direction of the tread block, characterised in that an apex of the zigzag wave at which the water-discharging columnar cavity is formed is located at a position on a center line of the zigzag wave (W1, W2).
Method for the thermal joining of non-circular functional components on a shaft, especially for the thermal joining of cams on a camshaft, elastically compressing the functional component during introduction of a round through-opening and creating a through-opening, which is not round, when the functional component is unstressed and at least minimises an asymmetrical deformation of the shaft after the thermal joining of the functional component on the shaft.
An outdoor unit of an air conditioner connectable to an indoor unit (20, 20a, 20b), the outdoor unit comprising: a compressor; a heat exchanger configured to exchange heat between air introduced from outside and refrigerant compressed by the compressor; an expansion valve unit configured to decompress the refrigerant discharged from the heat exchanger, the expansion valve unit comprising an expansion valve, a first connection portion configured to connect the expansion valve to the heat exchanger and a second connection portion configured to connect the expansion valve to a refrigerant pipe, the refrigerant pipe configured to deliver the refrigerant, which is decompressed and expanded by the expansion valve unit, to the indoor unit (20, 20a, 20b) when the indoor unit (20, 20a, 20b) is connected to the outdoor unit; and a bracket (200, 300) configured to support the expansion valve unit by fixing the expansion valve and one of the first connection portion or the second connection portion to the bracket (200, 300), characterized in that the one of the first connection portion or the second connection portion comprises a capillary tube connected to the expansion valve and a connection tube configured to connect the capillary tube to the heat exchanger or the refrigerant pipe, and the connection tube is fixed to the bracket (200, 300), and in that the expansion valve is fixed to one surface of the bracket (200, 300) and the connection tube is fixed to the other surface of the bracket (200, 300). a compressor; a heat exchanger configured to exchange heat between air introduced from outside and refrigerant compressed by the compressor; an expansion valve unit configured to decompress the refrigerant discharged from the heat exchanger, the expansion valve unit comprising an expansion valve, a first connection portion configured to connect the expansion valve to the heat exchanger and a second connection portion configured to connect the expansion valve to a refrigerant pipe, the refrigerant pipe configured to deliver the refrigerant, which is decompressed and expanded by the expansion valve unit, to the indoor unit (20, 20a, 20b) when the indoor unit (20, 20a, 20b) is connected to the outdoor unit; and a bracket (200, 300) configured to support the expansion valve unit by fixing the expansion valve and one of the first connection portion or the second connection portion to the bracket (200, 300), characterized in that the one of the first connection portion or the second connection portion comprises a capillary tube connected to the expansion valve and a connection tube configured to connect the capillary tube to the heat exchanger or the refrigerant pipe, and the connection tube is fixed to the bracket (200, 300), and in that the expansion valve is fixed to one surface of the bracket (200, 300) and the connection tube is fixed to the other surface of the bracket (200, 300).