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A method for diagnosing Friedreich's ataxia in a subject comprising the steps of: a) isolating DNA, which is genomic DNA, from a biological sample, b) optionally cleaving the DNA isolated in step a) with one or more DNA restriction enzyme(s), c) adding an oligonucleotide, said oligonucleotide consisting a sequence selected from the group consisting of n, n, n, or a mixed (JTT/CTT) n sequence, wherein n is about 2-10, and wherein oligonucleotide is based on a peptide nucleic acid oligonucleotide or an equivalent oligonucleotide analogue, such as morpholino oligonucleotide or a locked nucleic acid oligonucleotide, to the isolated DNA of step a), or the cleaved DNA of step b), d) dissociating and/or abolishing the formation of higher order DNA structures, such as H-DNA and triplex formation, at GAA repeats, e) determining the length, sequence and/or number of GAA repeats in the frataxin gene. a) isolating DNA, which is genomic DNA, from a biological sample, b) optionally cleaving the DNA isolated in step a) with one or more DNA restriction enzyme(s), c) adding an oligonucleotide, said oligonucleotide consisting a sequence selected from the group consisting of n, n, n, or a mixed (JTT/CTT) n sequence, wherein n is about 2-10, and wherein oligonucleotide is based on a peptide nucleic acid oligonucleotide or an equivalent oligonucleotide analogue, such as morpholino oligonucleotide or a locked nucleic acid oligonucleotide, to the isolated DNA of step a), or the cleaved DNA of step b), d) dissociating and/or abolishing the formation of higher order DNA structures, such as H-DNA and triplex formation, at GAA repeats, e) determining the length, sequence and/or number of GAA repeats in the frataxin gene.
Detection device to determine if a mobile element installed in an severe electro-magnetic field is located whether at or before a first position, or at or after a second position, the first and second positions being at a distance from each other relative to a fixed element (14; 28), this device comprising a first emitter (18; 31) of a first light beam (21; 33) and a second emitter (19; 32) of a second light beam (22; 34), a pad (12; 26) to be fixed to the mobile element to reflect each light beam (21, 22; 33, 34) depending on the position of the mobile element, a first receiver (23; 31) to receive the first light beam (21; 33) and a second receiver (24; 32) to receive the second light beam (22; 34) to determine if the first light beam (21; 33) is reflected by the pad (12; 26) and if the second light beam (22; 34) is reflected by the pad (12; 26) depending on whether or not these beams are received by the receivers (23, 24; 31, 32), each receiver (24, 32) and corresponding emitter (18; 31) being contiguous and oriented parallel to each other and designed to be fixed to the fixed element (14; 28), the pad (12; 26) and the emitters (18, 19; 31, 32) being positioned such that: - when the mobile element is at or before the first position, the pad (12; 26) reflects the first beam (21; 33) without reflecting the second beam (22; 34); - when the mobile element is at or after the second position, the pad (12; 26) reflects the second beam (22; 34) without reflecting the first beam (21; 33). - when the mobile element is at or before the first position, the pad (12; 26) reflects the first beam (21; 33) without reflecting the second beam (22; 34); - when the mobile element is at or after the second position, the pad (12; 26) reflects the second beam (22; 34) without reflecting the first beam (21; 33).
A method of food preservation comprising providing a frozen food product in modified atmosphere packaging by the steps of: - cryogenic freezing of the food product; and - modified atmosphere packaging of the food product, wherein the steps can be conducted in either order. - cryogenic freezing of the food product; and - modified atmosphere packaging of the food product,
A production method of a water-absorbent resin, including the steps of: obtaining a hydrogel by supplying an aqueous solution containing monomers to a reaction device, which is capable of continuous conveyance, so that the aqueous solution containing monomers is polymerized; and detaching the hydrogel from the reaction device, with respect to an amount of all monomer components, an amount of the acrylic acid and/or the salt thereof that are used in the monomers being in a range from 70 to 100 mol%, a solid concentration of the hydrogel being 30 wt% or more, the supplying being carried out by continuously supplying (i) the aqueous solution containing monomers and (ii) a polymerization initiator to a surface of the reaction device at a position where polymerization occurs, the surface being in contact with the aqueous solution containing monomers, the polymerization being aqueous solution polymerization, the polymerization and the detachment being continuously carried out, said method being characterized by comprising the step of using, as the reaction device, i) a continuous polymerization device which has an endless belt conveyor and whose surface in contact with the aqueous solution containing monomers at a position where polymerization occurs is made of a fluororesin having a melt viscosity in a range of 1 × 10 2 to 1 × 10 5 poise at 380°C, and wherein a roughness of the surface in contact with the aqueous solution containing monomers is Rz 1.0 μm or less, or ii) a continuous polymerization device which has an endless chain conveyor and whose surface in contact with the aqueous solution containing monomers at a position where polymerization occurs is a film or a sheet made of a resin having a melt viscosity in a range of 1 × 10 2 to 1 × 10 5 poise at 380°C, wherein a roughness of the surface in contact with the aqueous solution containing monomers is Rz 1.0 μm or less; the melt viscosity corresponding to a shearing speed of 1 × 10 2 sec -1 in a curve indicative of how a melt viscosity varies depending on each shearing speed measured under such condition that: a test temperature is 380°C, a barrel diameter is 9.55 mm, a diameter (d) of a capillary is 1 mm and a length of the capillary is 10 mm, and an inlet of the capillary is flat, in a flowing property test using a capillary rheometer which is in compliance with JIS-K-7199- 1999, the water-absorbent resin being a water swelling and water insoluble crosslinked polymer, the water swelling meaning to absorb an amount of water not smaller than 2 times, in ion exchanged water, based on a solid content of the water-absorbent resin, and the water insoluble meaning that an extractable content of un-crosslinked portion of the water-absorbent resin toward water is not higher than 50 wt%..
A method of detecting a circulating tumor cell in a subject comprising: a) providing a sample of blood from said subject; b) enriching cellular adhesion matrix -avid cells from said sample by selecting cells from said sample that adhere to a collagen-based cellular adhesion matrix, to provide CAM-enriched circulating cells; and c) detecting increased expression, in said CAM-enriched circulating cells relative to control levels, for at least two genes, wherein at least one gene is selected from KRT16, KRT8 and KRT19, and another gene is selected from CD44, DPP4 and FAP; and wherein increased expression of said at least two genes in said CAM-enriched circulating cells, relative to control levels, indicates the presence of a circulating tumor cell in said subject. a) providing a sample of blood from said subject; b) enriching cellular adhesion matrix -avid cells from said sample by selecting cells from said sample that adhere to a collagen-based cellular adhesion matrix, to provide CAM-enriched circulating cells; and c) detecting increased expression, in said CAM-enriched circulating cells relative to control levels, for at least two genes, wherein at least one gene is selected from KRT16, KRT8 and KRT19, and another gene is selected from CD44, DPP4 and FAP; and wherein increased expression of said at least two genes in said CAM-enriched circulating cells, relative to control levels, indicates the presence of a circulating tumor cell in said subject.
A coated fabric for an airbag comprising a coated silicone resin on one surface of a textile made of synthetic fiber filaments, wherein the silicone resin is present at a joint between warp and weft of a non-coated surface of the textile characterized in that an average resin thickness of warp and weft at a head top in the coated fabric surface is not less than 4 μm.
A method for preparing a sample for microstructure diagnostics, in particular for transmission electron microscopy TEM, scanning electron microscopy or X-ray absorption spectroscopy, wherein a flat, plane-parallel slice is irradiated along each of its two opposing surfaces (2a, 2b) with a laser beam such that as a result of erosion of material due to the laser beam one depression (5a, 5b) running parallel to a central slice plane in each case is introduced into these two surfaces (2a, 2b), this central slice plane being a plane which runs parallel to the two opposing surfaces (2a, 2b) of the slice and between them, wherein these two depressions (5a, 5b) are introduced running on both sides of this central slice plane such that their longitudinal axes (6a, 6b), viewed if these - longitudinal axes (6a, 6b) are projected onto this central slice plane, intersect at a predefined angle α ≥ 10°, preferably α ≥ 20°, preferably α ≥ 30°, and that in the region of intersection of the two depressions (5a, 5b) a portion of material of predefined minimum thickness d 3, viewed perpendicular to this central slice plane, remains as a sample between said depressions (5a, 5b).
An adhesive composition, comprising: 20 to 50 weight percent (wt.%) of a moisture curable polymer system; 30 to 60 wt.% of a calcium carbonate filler system, the calcium carbonate system having: 5 to 50 wt.% of a first spheroidal particle of calcium carbonate having an equivalent spherical mean diameter of 70 nanometer (nm) to 15 micrometer (μm); and 50 to 95 wt.% of a second spheroidal particle of calcium carbonate having an equivalent spherical mean diameter of greater than 15 μm to 200 μm, wherein the wt.% of the first spheroidal particle and the second spheroidal particle are based on the total weight of the calcium carbonate filler system; 5 to 15 wt.% of a seed oil based fatty acid ester; and 0.1 to 10 wt.% of a silane based adhesion promoter, wherein the wt.% of the moisture curable polymer system, the calcium carbonate filler system, the seed oil based fatty acid ester and the silane based adhesion promoter are based on the total weight of the adhesive composition. 20 to 50 weight percent (wt.%) of a moisture curable polymer system; 30 to 60 wt.% of a calcium carbonate filler system, the calcium carbonate system having: 5 to 50 wt.% of a first spheroidal particle of calcium carbonate having an equivalent spherical mean diameter of 70 nanometer (nm) to 15 micrometer (μm); and 50 to 95 wt.% of a second spheroidal particle of calcium carbonate having an equivalent spherical mean diameter of greater than 15 μm to 200 μm, wherein the wt.% of the first spheroidal particle and the second spheroidal particle are based on the total weight of the calcium carbonate filler system; 5 to 50 wt.% of a first spheroidal particle of calcium carbonate having an equivalent spherical mean diameter of 70 nanometer (nm) to 15 micrometer (μm); and 50 to 95 wt.% of a second spheroidal particle of calcium carbonate having an equivalent spherical mean diameter of greater than 15 μm to 200 μm, wherein the wt.% of the first spheroidal particle and the second spheroidal particle are based on the total weight of the calcium carbonate filler system; 5 to 15 wt.% of a seed oil based fatty acid ester; and 0.1 to 10 wt.% of a silane based adhesion promoter, wherein the wt.% of the moisture curable polymer system, the calcium carbonate filler system, the seed oil based fatty acid ester and the silane based adhesion promoter are based on the total weight of the adhesive composition.
A printer comprising: a platen unit having a platen surface configured to support sheet media; a printhead configured to print on the sheet media; a head unit configured to carry the printhead, and to move between a print position in which the printhead is opposite the platen surface, and a retracted position in which the printhead is retracted from the print position; a platen top unit superimposed with the platen surface and separated from the platen unit; and star wheels (25A, 25B) disposed to the platen top unit; wherein the platen top unit has a plurality of support frame members (22a-22e) configured to support the star wheels (25A, 25B); characterized in that: when the head unit is at the print position, an ink nozzle face of the printhead is positioned so as to face the platen surface through a space enclosed by the plural support frame members (22a-22e) and the star wheels (25A, 25B). a platen unit having a platen surface configured to support sheet media; a printhead configured to print on the sheet media; a head unit configured to carry the printhead, and to move between a print position in which the printhead is opposite the platen surface, and a retracted position in which the printhead is retracted from the print position; a platen top unit superimposed with the platen surface and separated from the platen unit; and star wheels (25A, 25B) disposed to the platen top unit; wherein the platen top unit has a plurality of support frame members (22a-22e) configured to support the star wheels (25A, 25B); characterized in that: when the head unit is at the print position, an ink nozzle face of the printhead is positioned so as to face the platen surface through a space enclosed by the plural support frame members (22a-22e) and the star wheels (25A, 25B).
A system for monitoring performance of a resuscitation activity on a patient by an acute care provider, the system comprising: a first wearable sensor configured to sense movement of a first portion of an acute care provider's hand; a second wearable sensor configured to sense movement of a second portion of the acute care provider's hand; and a controller configured to: receive and process signals representative of performance of a resuscitation activity from the first sensor and the second sensor; identify based on a comparison of the signals from the first wearable sensor and the signals from the second wearable sensor information indicative of at least one of a relative distance, a relative orientation, a change in relative distance and a change in relative orientation between the first sensor and the second sensor during performance of the resuscitation activity; and determine at least one resuscitation activity parameter based, at least in part, on the identified information. a first wearable sensor configured to sense movement of a first portion of an acute care provider's hand; a second wearable sensor configured to sense movement of a second portion of the acute care provider's hand; and a controller configured to: receive and process signals representative of performance of a resuscitation activity from the first sensor and the second sensor; identify based on a comparison of the signals from the first wearable sensor and the signals from the second wearable sensor information indicative of at least one of a relative distance, a relative orientation, a change in relative distance and a change in relative orientation between the first sensor and the second sensor during performance of the resuscitation activity; and determine at least one resuscitation activity parameter based, at least in part, on the identified information. receive and process signals representative of performance of a resuscitation activity from the first sensor and the second sensor; identify based on a comparison of the signals from the first wearable sensor and the signals from the second wearable sensor information indicative of at least one of a relative distance, a relative orientation, a change in relative distance and a change in relative orientation between the first sensor and the second sensor during performance of the resuscitation activity; and determine at least one resuscitation activity parameter based, at least in part, on the identified information.
Device for feeding capsules, comprising a receiving container for loose capsules, a lifting belt provided with supports, for circulation of the capsules upwards during which the incorrectly oriented capsules are returned to the receiving container, an outlet channel for bringing the capsules to the fed station, and an ejection means for bringing the capsules into said channel from a side of the belt at height, in which device the channel comprises, on the belt side, an end part in which the capsules circulate under the effect of their inertia and which has a guide curve, not facing anything, that delimits the trajectory of said capsules at the top, and in which device said channel has, downstream of said end part, a duct of a shape adapted to the capsules for maintaining the orientation thereof during their circulation, the curve extending from said duct, one edge of said duct being extended in the form of said curve towards the opening, while the facing edge terminates, said device having a discharge circulation means, extending from said end part of said channel, for receiving and releasing from said end part the capsules that are not facing said duct, the latter having, at its end in the region of the end part of the channel, a separator able to divert the capsules towards said discharge circulation means. in which device the channel comprises, on the belt side, an end part in which the capsules circulate under the effect of their inertia and which has a guide curve, not facing anything, that delimits the trajectory of said capsules at the top, and in which device said channel has, downstream of said end part, a duct of a shape adapted to the capsules for maintaining the orientation thereof during their circulation, the curve extending from said duct, one edge of said duct being extended in the form of said curve towards the opening, while the facing edge terminates, said device having a discharge circulation means, extending from said end part of said channel, for receiving and releasing from said end part the capsules that are not facing said duct, the latter having, at its end in the region of the end part of the channel, a separator able to divert the capsules towards said discharge circulation means.
Method for performing driving assistance for a controlled vehicle moving in a longitudinal direction on a road, comprising: - determining a longitudinal acceleration target value (G XT_PGVC) on the basis of a lateral acceleration (G Y) of the controlled vehicle and one or more setting parameters (C XY; T S; C XY_PV; T S_PV), and - controlling a longitudinal acceleration (G X) of the controlled vehicle on the basis of the calculated longitudinal acceleration target value (G XT_PGVC); the method further comprising: - estimating or determining a driving characteristics of a proceeding vehicle which moves in the longitudinal direction on the road ahead of the controlled vehicle, including determining a speed of the proceeding vehicle, and - setting the one or more setting parameters (C XY; T S; C XY_PV; T S_PV) for the calculation of the longitudinal acceleration target value (G XT_PGVC) based on the estimated or predicted driving characteristics of the proceeding vehicle, wherein the lateral acceleration (GyestPV) acting on the proceeding vehicle is estimated based on the determined speed of the proceeding vehicle and curvature information, wherein estimating or determining a driving characteristics of the proceeding vehicle comprises estimating or determining a lateral acceleration (GyestPV) acting, during cornering, on the proceeding vehicle and, wherein the one or more setting parameters (C XY; T S; C XY_PV; T S_PV) for the calculation of the longitudinal acceleration target value (G XT_PGVC) are set based on the estimated or determined lateral acceleration (GyestPV) acting on the proceeding vehicle during cornering. - determining a longitudinal acceleration target value (G XT_PGVC) on the basis of a lateral acceleration (G Y) of the controlled vehicle and one or more setting parameters (C XY; T S; C XY_PV; T S_PV), and - controlling a longitudinal acceleration (G X) of the controlled vehicle on the basis of the calculated longitudinal acceleration target value (G XT_PGVC); - estimating or determining a driving characteristics of a proceeding vehicle which moves in the longitudinal direction on the road ahead of the controlled vehicle, including determining a speed of the proceeding vehicle, and - setting the one or more setting parameters (C XY; T S; C XY_PV; T S_PV) for the calculation of the longitudinal acceleration target value (G XT_PGVC) based on the estimated or predicted driving characteristics of the proceeding vehicle,
Management unit for managing communication connections on a mobile terminal, wherein in the managing unit at least two applications are contained, wherein the at least two applications have a common user interface for display on a display unit of the mobile terminal, at least one additional interface for exchange of information between the at least two applications exists, characterized in that in the user interface a selection function is implemented, which gives the connection options in dependency of indications of at least one of the applications contained in the management unit and that the connection options are given in the form of a list, which is limited to the options, which are currently available for a selected contact.
A method for operating a handheld device (100,600,1100,1500), comprising: utilizing a first array of force sensors (106, 300, 516, 710) positioned along a first edge of the handheld device (100, 600, 1100, 1500), to detect a grip pattern; comparing the grip pattern with biometric data, wherein the biometric data comprise a user-specific grip pattern; associating the detected grip pattern with a user input to an application that the user is interacting with; and dynamically reconfiguring the association between the detected grip pattern and the user input based on an interaction between the user and the application, wherein dynamically reconfiguring the association comprises individually activating or inactivating one or more force sensors of the first array (106,300,516,710) depending on the interaction. utilizing a first array of force sensors (106, 300, 516, 710) positioned along a first edge of the handheld device (100, 600, 1100, 1500), to detect a grip pattern; comparing the grip pattern with biometric data, wherein the biometric data comprise a user-specific grip pattern; associating the detected grip pattern with a user input to an application that the user is interacting with; and dynamically reconfiguring the association between the detected grip pattern and the user input based on an interaction between the user and the application, wherein dynamically reconfiguring the association comprises individually activating or inactivating one or more force sensors of the first array (106,300,516,710) depending on the interaction.