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A method for synthesising polyquaternium-1 by: a) mixing 1,4-bis-dimethylamino-2-butene, water, a first portion of triethanolamine and a first portion of acid; b) adding a 1,4-dihalo-2-butene and heating the reaction mixture; c) adding a second portion of triethanolamine and a second portion of acid, and d) isolating polyquaternium-1 having a number average molecular weight as determined by proton NMR of 28,000 or more, at a yield of at least about 50%. a) mixing 1,4-bis-dimethylamino-2-butene, water, a first portion of triethanolamine and a first portion of acid; b) adding a 1,4-dihalo-2-butene and heating the reaction mixture; c) adding a second portion of triethanolamine and a second portion of acid, and d) isolating polyquaternium-1 having a number average molecular weight as determined by proton NMR of 28,000 or more, at a yield of at least about 50%.
A magnetic robot system for treatment of tubular tissues and organs comprising: a mobile robot comprising a mobile robot body part; a driving magnet fixedly coupled to the mobile robot body part and generating a rotating magnetic torque upon application of an external rotating magnetic force; and a plurality of blades formed of a flexible material, and provided along a circumference of the mobile robot body part and coupled to the mobile robot body part in a direction that is arranged in an oblique direction with respect to a rotational axis of the driving magnet; and a catheter provided at a distal end thereof with a first magnet coupling part; wherein the mobile robot further comprises a second magnet coupling part coupled to a rear end of the mobile robot body part, wherein the mobile robot is coupled to the catheter by a magnetic force between the first magnet coupling part and the second magnet coupling part, and a magnetic coupling between the first magnet coupling part and the second magnet coupling part is released by the rotating magnetic torque. a mobile robot comprising a mobile robot body part; a driving magnet fixedly coupled to the mobile robot body part and generating a rotating magnetic torque upon application of an external rotating magnetic force; and a plurality of blades formed of a flexible material, and provided along a circumference of the mobile robot body part and coupled to the mobile robot body part in a direction that is arranged in an oblique direction with respect to a rotational axis of the driving magnet; and a catheter provided at a distal end thereof with a first magnet coupling part; wherein the mobile robot further comprises a second magnet coupling part coupled to a rear end of the mobile robot body part, wherein the mobile robot is coupled to the catheter by a magnetic force between the first magnet coupling part and the second magnet coupling part, and a magnetic coupling between the first magnet coupling part and the second magnet coupling part is released by the rotating magnetic torque.
A method for detecting prostate or colorectal carcinoma, in a subject comprising detecting the presence of methylation of TFAP2E in a biological sample isolated from said subject; wherein (i) in the case of prostate cancer the biological sample is selected from the group consisting of prostate tissue, blood plasma, blood serum, whole blood, cells obtained from the blood obtained from the subject and urine; and (ii) in the case of colon carcinoma, the biological sample is selected from the group consisting of colon tissue, blood plasma, blood serum, whole blood and cells obtained from the blood obtained from the subject; wherein the presence of CpG methylation is indicative of the presence of said disorder and the absence thereof is indicative of the presence of a benign cell proliferative disorder. (i) in the case of prostate cancer the biological sample is selected from the group consisting of prostate tissue, blood plasma, blood serum, whole blood, cells obtained from the blood obtained from the subject and urine; and (ii) in the case of colon carcinoma, the biological sample is selected from the group consisting of colon tissue, blood plasma, blood serum, whole blood and cells obtained from the blood obtained from the subject;
Apparatus for sensing a characteristic of a borehole, comprising: a conductive pipe; an inlet coupled to the conductive pipe, for applying an electric pulse to the conductive pipe; a resonant network device connected with the conductive pipe; and a transducer which is in operative communication with the resonant network device to measure a borehole characteristic, the transducer being configured to affect a modulation of a resonator vibration frequency induced in the resonant network device when a pulse is applied to the inlet; and wherein the inlet further includes: a probe coupled with the conductive pipe; and an inductor for electrically isolating the inlet from a common ground potential at a location in a vicinity of the inlet, wherein the resonant network device comprises a magnetically coupled resonating network. a conductive pipe; an inlet coupled to the conductive pipe, for applying an electric pulse to the conductive pipe; a resonant network device connected with the conductive pipe; and a transducer which is in operative communication with the resonant network device to measure a borehole characteristic, the transducer being configured to affect a modulation of a resonator vibration frequency induced in the resonant network device when a pulse is applied to the inlet; and wherein the inlet further includes: a probe coupled with the conductive pipe; and an inductor for electrically isolating the inlet from a common ground potential at a location in a vicinity of the inlet, wherein the resonant network device comprises a magnetically coupled resonating network.
An orthopaedic surgical instrument comprising a joint distractor (12, 12') including a tibial platform (20, 20'), a medial paddle (22, 22'), and a lateral paddle (24, 24'), each paddle configured to be raised and lowered relative to the tibial platform independent of the other paddle, and a driver, in which the tibial platform of the joint distractor includes a tibial plate (30, 30'), a medial input (32, 32') configured to engage the medial output shaft of the driver when the driver is coupled to the joint distractor, a medial interface block (26, 26') which is configured to move between an anterior position when the medial paddle is in the lowered position and a posterior position when the medial paddle is in the raised position, a lateral input (34, 34') configured to engage the lateral output shaft of the driver when the driver is coupled to the joint distractor, and a lateral interface block (28,28') which is configured to move between an anterior position when the lateral paddle is in the lowered position and a posterior position when the lateral paddle is in the raised position, characterised in that the driver includes an elongated body, a user control coupled to the elongated body, a medial output shaft extending out from the elongated body and operatively coupleable to the medial paddle, and a lateral output shaft extending out from the elongated body and operatively coupleable to the lateral paddle, and in which the medial output shaft acting through the medial input is configured to move the medial interface block between its anterior and posterior positions, thereby moving the medial paddle between a raised position and a lowered position relative to the tibial platform in response to operation of the user control, and the lateral output shaft acting through the lateral input is configured to move the lateral interface block between its anterior and posterior positions, thereby moving the lateral paddle between a raised position and a lowered position relative to the tibial platform in response to operation of the user control.
A vortex tube, comprising: a main body including: i. a cylindrical vortex chamber for generating a main vortex; ii. a cylindrical air circulation chamber fluidly coupled with the vortex chamber and coaxial with the vortex chamber; and iii. a compressed air inlet coupled in fluid communication to the vortex chamber for generating a pre-vortex in an inflow flow of compressed air in a direction of flow of the main vortex; a vortex generator disposed in the vortex chamber of the main body; a hot air outlet coupled to a first end of the main body; and a cold air outlet coupled to a second end of the main body; wherein the compressed air inlet includes a fluid passageway having an inlet port disposed outside the vortex chamber, a tangential outlet port disposed in fluid communication with the vortex chamber, and an arcuate portion extending between the inlet port and the tangential outlet port, wherein the inlet port and the tangential outlet port being longitudinally spaced along the longitudinal axis of the vortex chamber and the arcuate portion tracks circumferentially around a portion of the main body outside the vortex chamber and toward the air circulation chamber. a main body including: i. a cylindrical vortex chamber for generating a main vortex; ii. a cylindrical air circulation chamber fluidly coupled with the vortex chamber and coaxial with the vortex chamber; and iii. a compressed air inlet coupled in fluid communication to the vortex chamber for generating a pre-vortex in an inflow flow of compressed air in a direction of flow of the main vortex; i. a cylindrical vortex chamber for generating a main vortex; ii. a cylindrical air circulation chamber fluidly coupled with the vortex chamber and coaxial with the vortex chamber; and iii. a compressed air inlet coupled in fluid communication to the vortex chamber for generating a pre-vortex in an inflow flow of compressed air in a direction of flow of the main vortex; a vortex generator disposed in the vortex chamber of the main body; a hot air outlet coupled to a first end of the main body; and a cold air outlet coupled to a second end of the main body; wherein the compressed air inlet includes a fluid passageway having an inlet port disposed outside the vortex chamber, a tangential outlet port disposed in fluid communication with the vortex chamber, and an arcuate portion extending between the inlet port and the tangential outlet port, wherein the inlet port and the tangential outlet port being longitudinally spaced along the longitudinal axis of the vortex chamber and the arcuate portion tracks circumferentially around a portion of the main body outside the vortex chamber and toward the air circulation chamber.
A drinking vessel (200; 300; 400; 500), wherein the drinking vessel comprises a bowl which, in a horizontal cross-section, has a peripheral shape which is not circular, wherein the drinking vessel has an axis of symmetry and a device for rotating the bowl about the axis of symmetry, wherein the bowl has a bulgy area, wherein the bowl has an upper rim and optionally a waist area, wherein the bowl tapers from the bulgy area upwards to the upper rim or, if the bowl has a waist area, tapers to the waist area, characterized in that the axis of symmetry is a 180° axis of rotational symmetry and the peripheral shape is oval and/or elliptical.
A recombinant DNA molecule comprising a DNA sequence selected from the group consisting of: a) a sequence with at least 95 percent sequence identity to SEQ ID NO:5; b) a sequence with at least 97 percent sequence identity to SEQ ID NO:4, wherein the sequence has promoter activity; and c) a sequence comprising SEQ ID NO:4 or 5; wherein said sequence is operably linked to a heterologous transcribable DNA molecule. a) a sequence with at least 95 percent sequence identity to SEQ ID NO:5; b) a sequence with at least 97 percent sequence identity to SEQ ID NO:4, wherein the sequence has promoter activity; and c) a sequence comprising SEQ ID NO:4 or 5;
A method for generating an image of microvasculature in a subject from ultrasound data, the method comprising: (a) accessing ultrasound data acquired from a subject with a computer system; (b) generating microbubble signal data by extracting microbubble signals from the ultrasound data using the computer system; (c) generating a plurality of subsets of microbubble signal data from the microbubble signal data using the computer system, wherein the plurality of subsets of microbubble signal data are generated by separating the microbubble signal data into subsets of microbubble signals based on acoustic properties of individual microbubbles; (d) generating a microvessel image for each subset of microbubble signal data using the computer system, wherein each microvessel image represents a sparse subset of microbubble signals; and (e) generating a combined microvessel image based on a combination of the microvessel image for each of the plurality of subsets of microbubble signal data. (a) accessing ultrasound data acquired from a subject with a computer system; (b) generating microbubble signal data by extracting microbubble signals from the ultrasound data using the computer system; (c) generating a plurality of subsets of microbubble signal data from the microbubble signal data using the computer system, wherein the plurality of subsets of microbubble signal data are generated by separating the microbubble signal data into subsets of microbubble signals based on acoustic properties of individual microbubbles; (d) generating a microvessel image for each subset of microbubble signal data using the computer system, wherein each microvessel image represents a sparse subset of microbubble signals; and (e) generating a combined microvessel image based on a combination of the microvessel image for each of the plurality of subsets of microbubble signal data.
A refrigerator comprising a freezing compartment closed by a door, and a member adapted to reduce the moisture content of air, said member being a flat element placed adjacent to the top of the freezing compartment and configured to be removed by the user for eliminating frost, wherein the flat element is positioned horizontally or inclined within the freezing compartment characterized in that the flat element presents a plurality of fins arranged transversally to the opening of the compartment.
A radio communication method comprising: transmitting, from a base station, BS, multiple first Channel State Information Reference Signals, CSI-RSs, using multiple APs on a first CSI-RS resource, and multiple second CSI-RSs using multiple APs on a second CSI-RS resource; receiving, with a user equipment, UE, the multiple first CSI-RSs and the multiple second CSI-RSs; calculating, with the UE, a first Reference Signal Received Power, RSRP value on the first CSI-RS resource and a second RSRP value on the second CSI-RS resource; determining, with the UE, a CSI-RS resource from the first CSI-RS resource and the second CSI-RS resource, based on the first RSRP value and the second RSRP value; and reporting, with the UE, at least one of a CSI Resource Indicator, CRI, indicating the determined CSI-RS resource, and a RSRP value of the determined CSI-RS resource. transmitting, from a base station, BS, multiple first Channel State Information Reference Signals, CSI-RSs, using multiple APs on a first CSI-RS resource, and multiple second CSI-RSs using multiple APs on a second CSI-RS resource; receiving, with a user equipment, UE, the multiple first CSI-RSs and the multiple second CSI-RSs; calculating, with the UE, a first Reference Signal Received Power, RSRP value on the first CSI-RS resource and a second RSRP value on the second CSI-RS resource; determining, with the UE, a CSI-RS resource from the first CSI-RS resource and the second CSI-RS resource, based on the first RSRP value and the second RSRP value; and reporting, with the UE, at least one of a CSI Resource Indicator, CRI, indicating the determined CSI-RS resource, and a RSRP value of the determined CSI-RS resource.
A wiper blade for use on a windshield of an aircraft, the wiper blade comprising: a support member coupled to a blade element; a clip coupled to and surrounding at least a portion of the support member and at least a portion of the blade element; a wash tube integral with the support member, wherein the wash tube is fluidly coupled to a plurality of nozzles spaced along a length of the wiper blade; and a coupler coupled to and surrounding at least a portion of the support member and at least a portion of the blade element; wherein the wash tube receives a fluid from a fluid line fluidly coupled to the wash tube, and wherein the wash tube dispenses the fluid through the plurality of nozzles onto the windshield of the aircraft; characterized in that: the support member is constructed from a composite material, and a center support is positioned at a center location of the support member with respect to a length of the support member, and wherein the center support is coupled to the coupler, and wherein the center support is coupled to the wash tube through a weld or brazed joint. a support member coupled to a blade element; a clip coupled to and surrounding at least a portion of the support member and at least a portion of the blade element; a wash tube integral with the support member, wherein the wash tube is fluidly coupled to a plurality of nozzles spaced along a length of the wiper blade; and a coupler coupled to and surrounding at least a portion of the support member and at least a portion of the blade element; wherein the wash tube receives a fluid from a fluid line fluidly coupled to the wash tube, and wherein the wash tube dispenses the fluid through the plurality of nozzles onto the windshield of the aircraft; characterized in that: the support member is constructed from a composite material, and a center support is positioned at a center location of the support member with respect to a length of the support member, and wherein the center support is coupled to the coupler, and wherein the center support is coupled to the wash tube through a weld or brazed joint. the support member is constructed from a composite material, and a center support is positioned at a center location of the support member with respect to a length of the support member, and wherein the center support is coupled to the coupler, and wherein the center support is coupled to the wash tube through a weld or brazed joint.
A safety device for use in an elevator system comprising at least one elevator car, comprising: a triggering member that is adapted to engage a safety brake associated with the at least one elevator car as the elevator car approaches a selected vertical position when the triggering member is in a stopping position; an actuator that selectively controls a position of the triggering member; and a base adapted to be supported in a fixed location in an elevator hoistway; wherein the triggering member is supported for movement relative to the base in a first direction for movement into or out of the stopping position; characterized in that the triggering member is supported for movement in a second, different direction relative to the base allowing the triggering member to move with the elevator car. a triggering member that is adapted to engage a safety brake associated with the at least one elevator car as the elevator car approaches a selected vertical position when the triggering member is in a stopping position; an actuator that selectively controls a position of the triggering member; and a base adapted to be supported in a fixed location in an elevator hoistway; wherein the triggering member is supported for movement relative to the base in a first direction for movement into or out of the stopping position; characterized in that the triggering member is supported for movement in a second, different direction relative to the base allowing the triggering member to move with the elevator car.
A method of operating a user equipment, UE, in a discontinuous reception, DRX, mode and in a CONNECTED state with a base station of a wireless network, the method comprising: the UE determining (510, 520) whether a DRX parameter of the UE is at or below a DRX threshold; the UE applying a network controlled mobility mode when the DRX parameter is at or below the DRX threshold; and the UE applying a UE controlled mobility mode when the DRX parameter is above the DRX threshold, wherein when the network controlled mobility mode is applied, the network controls a handover of the UE from one cell to another, and when the UE controlled mobility mode is applied, the UE is allowed to autonomously perform a cell reselection, further comprising the UE adjusting the DRX parameter based on an activity level of the UE. the UE determining (510, 520) whether a DRX parameter of the UE is at or below a DRX threshold; the UE applying a network controlled mobility mode when the DRX parameter is at or below the DRX threshold; and the UE applying a UE controlled mobility mode when the DRX parameter is above the DRX threshold, wherein when the network controlled mobility mode is applied, the network controls a handover of the UE from one cell to another, and when the UE controlled mobility mode is applied, the UE is allowed to autonomously perform a cell reselection, further comprising the UE adjusting the DRX parameter based on an activity level of the UE.
A modular case assembly for a selected range of tablet computers, the modular assembly comprising: a tablet carrier configured to encase a selected tablet computer selected from the range of tablet computers; an exterior housing configured to enclose the tablet carrier, the exterior housing comprising at least one battery and a controller for communication with the selected tablet computer; and an end cap (44, 46) configured to be removably attached to the exterior housing and including a functional device configured to be in communication with the controller by a connector; wherein the tablet carrier has internal surfaces for retaining the selected tablet computer while still providing access to one or more ports and an external button configuration of the selected tablet computer when encased by the tablet carrier; wherein the at least one battery and the controller of the exterior housing are configured to be operatively connected to one or more ports of the tablet computer so as to allow transfer of power and communication of data between the controller, the tablet computer, and the functional device of the end cap (44, 46); characterized in that the tablet carrier and/or exterior housing comprises at least one programmable button configured to communicate with the controller such that, when the modular case assembly is connected for communication with the selected tablet computer, a specified function associated with the selected tablet computer is implemented via communication between the controller and the selected tablet computer. a tablet carrier configured to encase a selected tablet computer selected from the range of tablet computers; an exterior housing configured to enclose the tablet carrier, the exterior housing comprising at least one battery and a controller for communication with the selected tablet computer; and an end cap (44, 46) configured to be removably attached to the exterior housing and including a functional device configured to be in communication with the controller by a connector; wherein the tablet carrier has internal surfaces for retaining the selected tablet computer while still providing access to one or more ports and an external button configuration of the selected tablet computer when encased by the tablet carrier; wherein the at least one battery and the controller of the exterior housing are configured to be operatively connected to one or more ports of the tablet computer so as to allow transfer of power and communication of data between the controller, the tablet computer, and the functional device of the end cap (44, 46); characterized in that the tablet carrier and/or exterior housing comprises at least one programmable button configured to communicate with the controller such that, when the modular case assembly is connected for communication with the selected tablet computer, a specified function associated with the selected tablet computer is implemented via communication between the controller and the selected tablet computer.