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A cooking appliance for cooking whole grains, the cooking appliance comprising: a cooking chamber for cooking the grains in water; a heating element arrangement (18, 20, 22) thermally coupled to the cooking chamber; a temperature sensor arrangement (28, 30) thermally coupled to the cooking chamber; a memory which stores cooking profiles for different types of grain, characterised in that said memory stores cooking profiles for pre-soaked and non-pre-soaked conditions of those different types of grain; and in that said appliance further comprises a first input for receiving an indication of whether grains to be cooked have been pre-soaked or not; a second input for receiving an indication of the type of grains to be cooked; and a controller adapted to control the heating element arrangement, responsive to the temperature sensor arrangement, to implement a selected cooking profile from the memory which depends on the indications received at the first and second inputs. a cooking chamber for cooking the grains in water; a heating element arrangement (18, 20, 22) thermally coupled to the cooking chamber; a temperature sensor arrangement (28, 30) thermally coupled to the cooking chamber; a memory which stores cooking profiles for different types of grain, characterised in that said memory stores cooking profiles for pre-soaked and non-pre-soaked conditions of those different types of grain; and in that said appliance further comprises a first input for receiving an indication of whether grains to be cooked have been pre-soaked or not; a second input for receiving an indication of the type of grains to be cooked; and a controller adapted to control the heating element arrangement, responsive to the temperature sensor arrangement, to implement a selected cooking profile from the memory which depends on the indications received at the first and second inputs.
A method for diagnosing an inflammatory bowel disease, the method comprising: determining the concentration of at least one IBD-specific biomarker, or a fragment or variant thereof, in a sample of the colonic mucocellular layer obtained from a subject, wherein the sample is obtained from the surface of the anal area following defaecation by taking a swab of said area; comparing said concentration to a threshold value; and determining that the subject has IBD when the concentration of at least one IBD-specific biomarker is said sample is equal to or greater than the threshold value; wherein the at least one IBD-specific biomarker is eosinophil-derived neurotoxin; and wherein the threshold value is between 15ng/ml and 35 ng/ml when the collected sample is lysed in 3ml of lysis buffer. determining the concentration of at least one IBD-specific biomarker, or a fragment or variant thereof, in a sample of the colonic mucocellular layer obtained from a subject, wherein the sample is obtained from the surface of the anal area following defaecation by taking a swab of said area; comparing said concentration to a threshold value; and determining that the subject has IBD when the concentration of at least one IBD-specific biomarker is said sample is equal to or greater than the threshold value; wherein the at least one IBD-specific biomarker is eosinophil-derived neurotoxin; and wherein the threshold value is between 15ng/ml and 35 ng/ml when the collected sample is lysed in 3ml of lysis buffer.
An in vitro method for producing a population of expanded potential stem cells (EPSCs) which comprises: (i) culturing a population of pluripotent cells in an expanded potential stem cell medium (EPSCM), wherein the EPSCM comprises an Src Kinase family inhibitor, a GSK3 inhibitor and a Tankyrase inhibitor, thereby producing a population of EPSCs; but excluding an EPSCM comprising an ERK1/2 inhibitor, a p38 inhibitor, a GSK3β inhibitor, a STAT3 activator, an SRC inhibitor and an AXIN complex stabilizer (AXINs). (i) culturing a population of pluripotent cells in an expanded potential stem cell medium (EPSCM), wherein the EPSCM comprises an Src Kinase family inhibitor, a GSK3 inhibitor and a Tankyrase inhibitor, thereby producing a population of EPSCs; but excluding an EPSCM comprising an ERK1/2 inhibitor, a p38 inhibitor, a GSK3β inhibitor, a STAT3 activator, an SRC inhibitor and an AXIN complex stabilizer (AXINs).
An occlusive device comprising: an elongate polymer body including a cover; a shape memory wire coupled with the polymer body, wherein the shape memory wire is secured to the elongate polymer body; and an engagement structure formed at a proximal end of the elongate polymer body, the engagement structure comprising a tube, characterised in that the tube is coupled to the cover with a girth hitch knot. an elongate polymer body including a cover; a shape memory wire coupled with the polymer body, wherein the shape memory wire is secured to the elongate polymer body; and an engagement structure formed at a proximal end of the elongate polymer body, the engagement structure comprising a tube, characterised in that the tube is coupled to the cover with a girth hitch knot.
A method of forming a laminated photoresist which comprises the steps of: forming a photoresist layer on a substrate, and forming an antireflection layer on the photoresist layer by applying a coating composition comprising a fluorine-containing polymer which has (i) in a structural unit derived from a fluorine-containing ethylenic monomer having a -COOH group, ≥ 0.14 moles of -COOH groups per 100 g of the polymer, which -COOH group has a pKa value of ≥ 11; (ii) a fluorine content of ≥ 50 mass-%, and (iii) a number average molecular weight of 31,000-750,000. forming a photoresist layer on a substrate, and forming an antireflection layer on the photoresist layer by applying a coating composition comprising a fluorine-containing polymer which has (i) in a structural unit derived from a fluorine-containing ethylenic monomer having a -COOH group, ≥ 0.14 moles of -COOH groups per 100 g of the polymer, which -COOH group has a pKa value of ≥ 11; (ii) a fluorine content of ≥ 50 mass-%, and (iii) a number average molecular weight of 31,000-750,000. (i) in a structural unit derived from a fluorine-containing ethylenic monomer having a -COOH group, ≥ 0.14 moles of -COOH groups per 100 g of the polymer, which -COOH group has a pKa value of ≥ 11; (ii) a fluorine content of ≥ 50 mass-%, and (iii) a number average molecular weight of 31,000-750,000.
Method for prioritizing an electrical supply of an on-board network with respect to the recharging of a vehicle electrical energy store, said method being characterized in that it includes: - A step of activation, by a computer, of a prioritization of electrical supply of the on-board network when the following conditions are verified: o An estimated percentage of the load rate of an electrical energy producer (RCOpe) is greater than or equal to a predetermined maximum load rate (RCO_m), o An estimated current of an electrical energy store Ise is greater than or equal to a predetermined activation current, and o No request for voluntary saturation of said electrical energy producer with a view to recovering kinetic energy from the vehicle is requested, - A step of determining a voltage (Upe) to be applied to the terminals of said electrical energy store by the electrical energy producer, - A step of transmitting, by said calculator, a maximum voltage setpoint (Upe_m), said maximum voltage setpoint (Upe_m) being equal to said voltage (Upe) determined to be applied to the terminals of said storage d electrical energy. - A step of activation, by a computer, of a prioritization of electrical supply of the on-board network when the following conditions are verified: o An estimated percentage of the load rate of an electrical energy producer (RCOpe) is greater than or equal to a predetermined maximum load rate (RCO_m), o An estimated current of an electrical energy store Ise is greater than or equal to a predetermined activation current, and o No request for voluntary saturation of said electrical energy producer with a view to recovering kinetic energy from the vehicle is requested, o An estimated percentage of the load rate of an electrical energy producer (RCOpe) is greater than or equal to a predetermined maximum load rate (RCO_m), o An estimated current of an electrical energy store Ise is greater than or equal to a predetermined activation current, and o No request for voluntary saturation of said electrical energy producer with a view to recovering kinetic energy from the vehicle is requested, - A step of determining a voltage (Upe) to be applied to the terminals of said electrical energy store by the electrical energy producer, - A step of transmitting, by said calculator, a maximum voltage setpoint (Upe_m), said maximum voltage setpoint (Upe_m) being equal to said voltage (Upe) determined to be applied to the terminals of said storage d electrical energy.
Clamping device having a longitudinal axis, a first side, a second side and a work piece reception region, comprising: - an elastic clamping body with at least one clamping element, - a first clamping unit and at least one second clamping unit, - wherein the clamping body is arranged on the side facing the work piece reception region and the first clamping unit is arranged between the clamping body and the at least one second clamping unit, and - wherein, between each of the clamping body and the first clamping unit, and the first clamping unit and the at least one second clamping unit, at least one wedge surface (31, 41, 42, 51) is arranged which, in the clamped position, exerts, by means of an operative contact, a clamping force onto the at least one clamping element, characterized in that the clamping device is a clamping device for the at least two-stage clamping of a work piece, in which the first clamping unit and the at least one second clamping unit are adjustable along the longitudinal axis between a clamped position and an initial position, wherein a first clamping stage is realized when the first clamping unit and the at least one second clamping unit are in the clamped position and wherein, in the second clamping stage, the first clamping unit is in the clamped position and the at least one second clamping unit is in the initial position, whereby a softer clamping of the work piece in the clamping device is achieved in the second clamping stage. - an elastic clamping body with at least one clamping element, - a first clamping unit and at least one second clamping unit, - wherein the clamping body is arranged on the side facing the work piece reception region and the first clamping unit is arranged between the clamping body and the at least one second clamping unit, and - wherein, between each of the clamping body and the first clamping unit, and the first clamping unit and the at least one second clamping unit, at least one wedge surface (31, 41, 42, 51) is arranged which, in the clamped position, exerts, by means of an operative contact, a clamping force onto the at least one clamping element,
Cable with at least one insulated conductor which is surrounded by a sheath consisting of an inner layer and an outer layer, there being formed between the outer layer and the inner layer an interface, of which the radius parallel to the longitudinal axis of the cable alternates between a radial minimum and a radial maximum, characterized in that a sheath joint line running along the cable is oriented at an angle of at least 1° to the cable longitudinal mid-plane extending from the longitudinal axis of the cable.
A non-combustion suction type tobacco product comprising tobacco particles obtained by shredding or pulverizing tobacco material, the tobacco product mixing nicotine specific to tobacco, which is generated from the tobacco particles, into suction air, and delivering the nicotine with the suction air into a user's mouth, characterized in that the tobacco particles further contains at least one kind of stabilizer (C-E, G, H) for stabilizing the nicotine delivery to the user; and said stabilizer (C-E, G, H) has a characteristic where solubility parameter distance (Ra) with respect to the nicotine is 12 or less, and vapor pressure at a temperature of 25 degrees centigrade is 0.1 mmHg or less.
A steering control device that outputs an operation signal to a steering device in which a steering angle ratio is variable, the steering angle ratio being a ratio of a steered angle (θp) of a steered wheel of a vehicle to a steering angle (θh) that is a rotation angle of a steering, the steering control device comprising: a steering angle obtaining circuit (60, S10) that obtains the steering angle (θh); and a steered angle obtaining circuit (60, S12) that obtains the steered angle (θp); characterized in that a steering limiting circuit performs limiting control to urge a user to stop operating the steering to a side where the steering angle further increases when a disjunction of a condition that the obtained steered angle reaches a steered angle threshold and a condition that the obtained steering angle reaches a steering angle threshold is true. a steering angle obtaining circuit (60, S10) that obtains the steering angle (θh); and a steered angle obtaining circuit (60, S12) that obtains the steered angle (θp);
A pneumatic tire comprising a tread formed with a circumferential direction groove extending along a tire circumferential direction, wherein the circumferential direction groove comprises: a first groove portion formed at a tread road surface side so as to extend along the tire circumferential direction with a zigzag shape with an amplitude in a tire width direction; and a second groove portion formed at the groove bottom side of the first groove portion so as to extend in a straight line along the tire circumferential direction, wherein a first groove portion groove depth A and a second groove portion groove depth B are set such that A ≤ B, wherein step portions are formed at groove depth intermediate portions of the circumferential direction grooves, at the boundary portions of the second groove portion and the first groove portion, characterized in that three of the circumferential direction grooves are provided in the tread and the amplitude of the zigzag of the circumferential direction groove at the center side is greater than the amplitude of the zigzag of the circumferential direction grooves at the two sides. a first groove portion formed at a tread road surface side so as to extend along the tire circumferential direction with a zigzag shape with an amplitude in a tire width direction; and a second groove portion formed at the groove bottom side of the first groove portion so as to extend in a straight line along the tire circumferential direction, wherein a first groove portion groove depth A and a second groove portion groove depth B are set such that A ≤ B, wherein step portions are formed at groove depth intermediate portions of the circumferential direction grooves, at the boundary portions of the second groove portion and the first groove portion, characterized in that three of the circumferential direction grooves are provided in the tread and the amplitude of the zigzag of the circumferential direction groove at the center side is greater than the amplitude of the zigzag of the circumferential direction grooves at the two sides.
A method for synchronising a local clock signal with a reference clock signal in a first network node of a wireless mesh communications network which includes a plurality of such network nodes interconnected by another plurality of wireless communications links, the method comprising, at the first network node: receiving from other network nodes of the wireless mesh communications network, a plurality of radio frequency signals at a beamforming steerable antenna having reception parameters that define a reception direction for the antenna, each received radio frequency signal having a direction; selecting one of the received radio frequency signals as a synchronisation signal by adjusting the reception parameters of the steerable antenna; producing a digital data stream from the synchronisation signal using a local clock signal; extracting the reference clock signal from the digital data stream; producing a reference comparison value by comparing the reference clock signal with the local clock signal; and adjusting the local clock signal in dependence upon the reference comparison value. receiving from other network nodes of the wireless mesh communications network, a plurality of radio frequency signals at a beamforming steerable antenna having reception parameters that define a reception direction for the antenna, each received radio frequency signal having a direction; selecting one of the received radio frequency signals as a synchronisation signal by adjusting the reception parameters of the steerable antenna; producing a digital data stream from the synchronisation signal using a local clock signal; extracting the reference clock signal from the digital data stream; producing a reference comparison value by comparing the reference clock signal with the local clock signal; and adjusting the local clock signal in dependence upon the reference comparison value.
A compound that corresponds in structure to that shown in Formula I or its pharmaceutically acceptable salt, wherein X = S or NH; and R is selected from the group consisting of H, (C 1 -C 16)hydrocarbyl, aryl(C 1 -C 6)-hydrocarbyldiyl, heteroaryl(C 1 -C 6)hydrocarbyldiyl, (C 1 -C 6)hydrocarbyldiylheteroaryl, halo(C 1 -C 12)-hydrocarbyldiyl and (C 1 -C 16)amido, wherein an aryl or heteroaryl group is itself optionally substituted with up to three substituents independently selected from the group consisting of: (i) hydroxy, (ii) halo, (iii) nitro, (iv) (C 1 -C 6)hydrocarbyl, (v) halo(C 1 -C 16)hydrocarbyl, (vi) (C 1 -C 6)hydrocarbyloxy, (vii) halo(C 1 -C 6)hydrocarbyloxy, (viii) aryl, and (ix) aryloxy, wherein an aryl or aryloxy substituent can itself be substituted with up to three substituents independently selected from the group consisting of: (i) hydroxy, (ii) halo, (iii) nitro, (iv) (C 1 -C 6)hydrocarbyl, (v) halo(C 1 -C 16)hydrocarbyl, (vi) (C 1 -C 6)hydrocarbyloxy, and (vii) halo(C 1 -C 6)hydrocarbyloxy; and R 1 is CH 2 OH or C OH [carboxyl]. X = S or NH; and R is selected from the group consisting of H, (C 1 -C 16)hydrocarbyl, aryl(C 1 -C 6)-hydrocarbyldiyl, heteroaryl(C 1 -C 6)hydrocarbyldiyl, (C 1 -C 6)hydrocarbyldiylheteroaryl, halo(C 1 -C 12)-hydrocarbyldiyl and (C 1 -C 16)amido, wherein an aryl or heteroaryl group is itself optionally substituted with up to three substituents independently selected from the group consisting of: (i) hydroxy, (ii) halo, (iii) nitro, (iv) (C 1 -C 6)hydrocarbyl, (v) halo(C 1 -C 16)hydrocarbyl, (vi) (C 1 -C 6)hydrocarbyloxy, (vii) halo(C 1 -C 6)hydrocarbyloxy, (viii) aryl, and (ix) aryloxy, wherein an aryl or aryloxy substituent can itself be substituted with up to three substituents independently selected from the group consisting of: (i) hydroxy, (ii) halo, (iii) nitro, (iv) (C 1 -C 6)hydrocarbyl, (v) halo(C 1 -C 16)hydrocarbyl, (vi) (C 1 -C 6)hydrocarbyloxy, and (vii) halo(C 1 -C 6)hydrocarbyloxy; and R 1 is CH 2 OH or C OH [carboxyl]. (i) hydroxy, (ii) halo, (iii) nitro, (iv) (C 1 -C 6)hydrocarbyl, (v) halo(C 1 -C 16)hydrocarbyl, (vi) (C 1 -C 6)hydrocarbyloxy, (vii) halo(C 1 -C 6)hydrocarbyloxy, (viii) aryl, and (ix) aryloxy, wherein an aryl or aryloxy substituent can itself be substituted with up to three substituents independently selected from the group consisting of: (i) hydroxy, (ii) halo, (iii) nitro, (iv) (C 1 -C 6)hydrocarbyl, (v) halo(C 1 -C 16)hydrocarbyl, (vi) (C 1 -C 6)hydrocarbyloxy, and (vii) halo(C 1 -C 6)hydrocarbyloxy; and R 1 is CH 2 OH or C OH [carboxyl]. (i) hydroxy, (ii) halo, (iii) nitro, (iv) (C 1 -C 6)hydrocarbyl, (v) halo(C 1 -C 16)hydrocarbyl, (vi) (C 1 -C 6)hydrocarbyloxy, and (vii) halo(C 1 -C 6)hydrocarbyloxy; and R 1 is CH 2 OH or C OH [carboxyl].
An animal lift comprising: a lift mechanism; a vertical mast housing at least a portion of the lift mechanism; a horizontal shaft rotatably coupled to the lift mechanism about a longitudinal axis of rotation of the shaft; a cradle coupled to the shaft, the cradle comprising i) a horizontal support member having a surface for engaging the sternum or underbelly of an animal along the animal's longitudinal axis from head to tail, and ii) a vertical side wall; and a self-locking worm drive for rotating the shaft about the longitudinal axis of rotation and thereby rotating the animal along its longitudinal axis up to 180 degrees. a lift mechanism; a vertical mast housing at least a portion of the lift mechanism; a horizontal shaft rotatably coupled to the lift mechanism about a longitudinal axis of rotation of the shaft; a cradle coupled to the shaft, the cradle comprising i) a horizontal support member having a surface for engaging the sternum or underbelly of an animal along the animal's longitudinal axis from head to tail, and ii) a vertical side wall; and a self-locking worm drive for rotating the shaft about the longitudinal axis of rotation and thereby rotating the animal along its longitudinal axis up to 180 degrees.
A method of determining state information in a vacuum device having a gas flow unit, namely a valve, for controlling and/or providing a gas flow, wherein the method comprises the steps: measuring a first temperature measurement value in the region of the gas flow by means of a temperature sensor in a first activity state of the gas flow unit; setting the gas flow unit into a second activity state that is associated with a lower or a higher gas flow than the first activity state; measuring a second temperature measurement value in the region of the gas flow; determining a measured deviation of the second temperature measurement value from the first temperature measurement value; comparing the measured deviation with an expected deviation; and determining the state information based on the comparison, wherein the state information comprises information on an operability of the gas flow unit and/or of the temperature sensor. measuring a first temperature measurement value in the region of the gas flow by means of a temperature sensor in a first activity state of the gas flow unit; setting the gas flow unit into a second activity state that is associated with a lower or a higher gas flow than the first activity state; measuring a second temperature measurement value in the region of the gas flow; determining a measured deviation of the second temperature measurement value from the first temperature measurement value; comparing the measured deviation with an expected deviation; and determining the state information based on the comparison, wherein the state information comprises information on an operability of the gas flow unit and/or of the temperature sensor.