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A method for preparation of a separation matrix comprising covalently coupled alkali-stable ligands derived from a bacterial immunoglobulin-binding protein and being substantially free from non-covalently coupled ligands derived from said bacterial immunoglobulin-binding protein, comprising the steps of: a) providing a solid support and an alkali-stable ligand derived from a bacterial immunoglobulin-binding protein, wherein the said-alkali-stable ligand derived from a bacterial immunoglobulin-binding protein is an alkali-stable Protein A ligand, an alkali-stable Protein L ligand, or an alkali-stable Protein G ligand; b) reacting said alkali-stable ligand with said solid support to form a separation matrix having covalently coupled alkali-stable ligands; and c) washing said separation matrix having covalently coupled alkali-stable ligands, wherein any washing following the reaction in step b), to remove unbound ligand, consists of a step of washing with a wash solution comprising at least 50 mM of an alkali metal hydroxide, such as NaOH or KOH or any mixture thereof, wherein said alkali-stable ligand derived from a bacterial immunoglobulin-binding protein is capable of withstanding incubation with 0.1 M NaOH for 100x10 min at 22 +/-2°C with less than 45% reduction in binding capacity towards IgG. a) providing a solid support and an alkali-stable ligand derived from a bacterial immunoglobulin-binding protein, wherein the said-alkali-stable ligand derived from a bacterial immunoglobulin-binding protein is an alkali-stable Protein A ligand, an alkali-stable Protein L ligand, or an alkali-stable Protein G ligand; b) reacting said alkali-stable ligand with said solid support to form a separation matrix having covalently coupled alkali-stable ligands; and c) washing said separation matrix having covalently coupled alkali-stable ligands, wherein any washing following the reaction in step b), to remove unbound ligand, consists of a step of washing with a wash solution comprising at least 50 mM of an alkali metal hydroxide, such as NaOH or KOH or any mixture thereof,
A method for ascertaining pregnancy in an animal comprising: determining whether interferon tau (IFNT) is present in a sample from an animal suspected of being pregnant, wherein said sample is peripheral blood, serum, or plasma; and diagnosing the animal as pregnant if IFNT was determined to be present in said sample. determining whether interferon tau (IFNT) is present in a sample from an animal suspected of being pregnant, wherein said sample is peripheral blood, serum, or plasma; and diagnosing the animal as pregnant if IFNT was determined to be present in said sample.
A system comprising: error measurement and control circuitry configured to receive a first signal comprising a beat tone and a carrier envelope offset corresponding to an optical frequency comb and a second signal comprising the carrier envelope offset and provide a fast repetition rate control, a slow repetition rate control, a fast carrier envelope control, and a slow carrier envelope control for locking an optical frequency comb, wherein the error measurement and control circuit includes: comb error measurement circuitry configured to receive the first and second signal, and to provide a beat tone error and a carrier envelope offset error; repetition rate control circuitry configured to receive the beat tone error signal and to provide a fast repetition rate control and a slow repetition rate control for locking the beat tone of the optical frequency comb; and carrier envelope offset control circuitry configured to receive a carrier envelope offset error and to provide a fast envelope offset control and a slow envelope offset control for locking the carrier envelope offset of the optical frequency comb. comb error measurement circuitry configured to receive the first and second signal, and to provide a beat tone error and a carrier envelope offset error; repetition rate control circuitry configured to receive the beat tone error signal and to provide a fast repetition rate control and a slow repetition rate control for locking the beat tone of the optical frequency comb; and carrier envelope offset control circuitry configured to receive a carrier envelope offset error and to provide a fast envelope offset control and a slow envelope offset control for locking the carrier envelope offset of the optical frequency comb.
A packing for a gas processing device to cause an absorbing liquid to absorb a target gas component contained in a gas to be processed, the packing being used in such a way as to allow the absorbing liquid to flow down on a surface of the packing in order to bring the absorbing liquid and the gas to be processed into sufficient contact, comprising: at least one packing unit including a plurality of expanded metal plates which are configured so that they can be disposed vertically in a processing tank of a gas processing device and are arranged in parallel, wherein each expanded metal plate includes strands forming openings, wherein opening planes of the openings and the strands are arranged like stairs, and when the metal plates are disposed vertically, each strand is inclined to a vertical direction at an angle (θ) in a range from 48° to 73° in the opening planes, characterized in that a thickness of each expanded metal plate is in a range from 0.5 mm to 0.7 mm, and the thickness of each expanded metal plate is a height of the expanded metal plate from a plane when the plate is laid on the plane, and a thickness of the material plate of the expanded metal plate is in a range from 0.2 to 0.3 mm. at least one packing unit including a plurality of expanded metal plates which are configured so that they can be disposed vertically in a processing tank of a gas processing device and are arranged in parallel, wherein each expanded metal plate includes strands forming openings, wherein opening planes of the openings and the strands are arranged like stairs, and when the metal plates are disposed vertically, each strand is inclined to a vertical direction at an angle (θ) in a range from 48° to 73° in the opening planes, characterized in that a thickness of each expanded metal plate is in a range from 0.5 mm to 0.7 mm, and the thickness of each expanded metal plate is a height of the expanded metal plate from a plane when the plate is laid on the plane, and a thickness of the material plate of the expanded metal plate is in a range from 0.2 to 0.3 mm.
A Ni-Ti alloy containing: between 55.75 and 57.0 wt% nickel, between 0.003 and 0.0220 wt% carbon, between 0.0001 and 0.0050 wt% nitrogen, between 0.0001 and 0.01 wt% aluminum, between 0.0001 and 0.01 wt% silicon, and between 0.0005 and 0.0220 wt% oxygen, the balance being titanium, wherein the maximum size of inclusions of the Ni-Ti alloy is 20 microns and the maximum area fraction of the inclusions is 1%.
A shovel comprising: a traveling undercarriage; an upper turning structure turnably mounted on the traveling undercarriage; an attachment attached to the upper turning structure; an end attachment position detecting part (S1, S2, S3, 16) configured to detect a position of an end attachment; an object detecting device configured to detect a position of an object; characterized by a control part configured to control a movement of at least one of the attachment and the upper turning structure, based on a relative positional relationship between an excavation completion position of the end attachment and the position of the object. a traveling undercarriage; an upper turning structure turnably mounted on the traveling undercarriage; an attachment attached to the upper turning structure; an end attachment position detecting part (S1, S2, S3, 16) configured to detect a position of an end attachment; an object detecting device configured to detect a position of an object; characterized by a control part configured to control a movement of at least one of the attachment and the upper turning structure, based on a relative positional relationship between an excavation completion position of the end attachment and the position of the object.
A method of operation of a device (30 in a cellular communications network, such that the device acts as a relay in a backhaul link between a first base station and the network, the method comprising: causing the first base station to interrupt its transmissions; detecting signals transmitted by other base stations (14, 16, 18, 20) in the network during the interruption of transmissions from the first base station; selecting one of the other base stations based on the properties of the detected signals; and establishing a connection with the selected base station. causing the first base station to interrupt its transmissions; detecting signals transmitted by other base stations (14, 16, 18, 20) in the network during the interruption of transmissions from the first base station; selecting one of the other base stations based on the properties of the detected signals; and establishing a connection with the selected base station.
A node capacity expansion method in a storage system, wherein the storage system comprises a first node, and the method comprises: configuring a data partition group and a metadata partition group of the first node, wherein the data partition group comprises a plurality of data partitions, the metadata partition group comprises a plurality of metadata partitions, wherein metadata of data corresponding to the data partition group is a subset of metadata corresponding to the metadata partition group, wherein the method further comprises: when a second node is added to the storage system, splitting the metadata partition group into at least two metadata partition subgroups; and migrating a first metadata partition subgroup in the at least two metadata partition subgroups and metadata corresponding to the first metadata partition subgroup to the second node, wherein the metadata of the data corresponding to the data partition group is a subset of metadata corresponding to any one of the at least two metadata partition subgroups. configuring a data partition group and a metadata partition group of the first node, wherein the data partition group comprises a plurality of data partitions, the metadata partition group comprises a plurality of metadata partitions, wherein metadata of data corresponding to the data partition group is a subset of metadata corresponding to the metadata partition group, wherein the method further comprises: when a second node is added to the storage system, splitting the metadata partition group into at least two metadata partition subgroups; and migrating a first metadata partition subgroup in the at least two metadata partition subgroups and metadata corresponding to the first metadata partition subgroup to the second node, wherein the metadata of the data corresponding to the data partition group is a subset of metadata corresponding to any one of the at least two metadata partition subgroups. when a second node is added to the storage system, splitting the metadata partition group into at least two metadata partition subgroups; and migrating a first metadata partition subgroup in the at least two metadata partition subgroups and metadata corresponding to the first metadata partition subgroup to the second node, wherein the metadata of the data corresponding to the data partition group is a subset of metadata corresponding to any one of the at least two metadata partition subgroups.
A system for selectively providing an indication of an end of life condition comprising: an electrochemical device comprising a positive terminal, a negative terminal, and a cell comprising a cathode, the cathode comprising an amorphous or semi-crystalline copper manganese oxide in combination with fluorinated carbon, and wherein the combination of copper manganese oxide and fluorinated carbon has a greater discharge voltage at higher specific discharge capacities than fluorinated carbon; a sense component comprising a voltage sensor for sensing a voltage of the electrochemical device, said sense component having a positive input, a negative input, and an output, wherein the positive input is connected to the positive terminal of the electrochemical device and the negative input is connected to the negative terminal of the electrochemical device; and a controller connected to the output of the sense component, the controller receiving a signal from the sense component indicative of the voltage of the electrochemical device, determining whether to provide an indication of an end of life condition as a function of the received signal, and selectively providing an indication of the end of life condition as a function of said determining.
A method for cleaning a region of a pool, the method comprising: moving a pool cleaning robot along a cleaning path that covers the region while acquiring, at first different points of time and by a sensing unit of the pool cleaning robot, first images of first scenes, at least one first scene at each first point of time; wherein the acquiring of the first images is executed while illuminating the first scenes by the pool cleaning robot; wherein the method further comprises the following steps: detecting, in at least one first image, illumination reflected or scattered as a result of the illuminating of the first scenes; determining, based at least in part on the first images, first locations of the pool cleaning robot; and wherein the moving is responsive to the first locations of the pool cleaning robot, characterized in that the method comprises a step of removing from the at least one first image information about the illumination reflected or scattered. moving a pool cleaning robot along a cleaning path that covers the region while acquiring, at first different points of time and by a sensing unit of the pool cleaning robot, first images of first scenes, at least one first scene at each first point of time; wherein the acquiring of the first images is executed while illuminating the first scenes by the pool cleaning robot; wherein the method further comprises the following steps: detecting, in at least one first image, illumination reflected or scattered as a result of the illuminating of the first scenes; determining, based at least in part on the first images, first locations of the pool cleaning robot; and wherein the moving is responsive to the first locations of the pool cleaning robot, characterized in that the method comprises a step of removing from the at least one first image information about the illumination reflected or scattered. detecting, in at least one first image, illumination reflected or scattered as a result of the illuminating of the first scenes; determining, based at least in part on the first images, first locations of the pool cleaning robot; and wherein the moving is responsive to the first locations of the pool cleaning robot, characterized in that the method comprises a step of removing from the at least one first image information about the illumination reflected or scattered.
An apparatus for applying electromagnetic energy to an object, via a plurality of radiating elements (14, 1408) for transmitting electromagnetic energy into an energy application zone, the apparatus comprising: a source arranged to supply electromagnetic energy to the plurality of radiating elements; a detector arranged to receive a feedback signal indicative of dissipated energy within an object placed in the energy application zone; and a processor arranged to control the source; wherein the processor is arranged to: control the source to sweep over a plurality of sets of respective values of one or more parameters which affect a field pattern in the energy application zone, the one or more parameters including at least one of phase or amplitude; receive from the detector a feedback signal indicative of dissipated energy within the object for each of the plurality of sets of values; group a number of the sets of values into at least two subsets based on the feedback signal; associate a respective power application protocol with each of the at least two subsets; and regulate energy applied to the object in accordance with each power application protocol. a source arranged to supply electromagnetic energy to the plurality of radiating elements; a detector arranged to receive a feedback signal indicative of dissipated energy within an object placed in the energy application zone; and a processor arranged to control the source; wherein the processor is arranged to: control the source to sweep over a plurality of sets of respective values of one or more parameters which affect a field pattern in the energy application zone, the one or more parameters including at least one of phase or amplitude; receive from the detector a feedback signal indicative of dissipated energy within the object for each of the plurality of sets of values; group a number of the sets of values into at least two subsets based on the feedback signal; associate a respective power application protocol with each of the at least two subsets; and regulate energy applied to the object in accordance with each power application protocol. control the source to sweep over a plurality of sets of respective values of one or more parameters which affect a field pattern in the energy application zone, the one or more parameters including at least one of phase or amplitude; receive from the detector a feedback signal indicative of dissipated energy within the object for each of the plurality of sets of values; group a number of the sets of values into at least two subsets based on the feedback signal; associate a respective power application protocol with each of the at least two subsets; and regulate energy applied to the object in accordance with each power application protocol.
A computer implemented method for analyzing a captured image of a maze pattern and document content and for determining associated bits of an m-array with a window property, the m-array being constructed by folding a one-dimensional m-sequence, from a document representation, the document representation being watermarked by the maze pattern, the maze pattern being obtained by encoding the m-array with contrastingly coloured bit representations, comprising pixels along rows and columns, forming a graphical pattern comprising corners, with a pre-defined grid orientation, the method comprising: detecting a plurality of grid lines for the maze pattern from a plurality of effective pixels and aligning the maze pattern, based on the detected grid lines, to the pre-defined grid orientation; determining a type of missing corner (5A - 5D) from the aligned maze pattern to correct the orientation of the maze pattern by rotating the maze pattern, determining a correct orientation of the maze pattern based on the determined type of missing corner (5A - 5D), and rotating the maze pattern according to the determined type of missing corner (5A - 5D); and extracting a plurality of bits from the maze pattern by processing the maze pattern along the detected grid lines, wherein the plurality of bits contains associated m-array information as encoded by the bit representations. detecting a plurality of grid lines for the maze pattern from a plurality of effective pixels and aligning the maze pattern, based on the detected grid lines, to the pre-defined grid orientation; determining a type of missing corner (5A - 5D) from the aligned maze pattern to correct the orientation of the maze pattern by rotating the maze pattern, determining a correct orientation of the maze pattern based on the determined type of missing corner (5A - 5D), and rotating the maze pattern according to the determined type of missing corner (5A - 5D); and extracting a plurality of bits from the maze pattern by processing the maze pattern along the detected grid lines, wherein the plurality of bits contains associated m-array information as encoded by the bit representations.
A saddle riding, electric vehicle comprising: a swing arm removably and vertically swingably supported on a vehicle body frame; an electric motor, disposed on the swing arm, for generating drive power for rotatably driving a rear wheel rotatably supported at a rear portion of the swing arm; a battery, disposed on the swing arm, for supplying the electric motor with electric power; and a control unit, disposed on the swing arm, for controlling the electric motor, characterized in that the swing arm integrally provides, forwardly of the rear wheel, a bulkhead for disposing the battery in isolation from the electric motor and the control unit; and the bulkhead has an opening portion facing terminals (59, 60) disposed in the battery. a swing arm removably and vertically swingably supported on a vehicle body frame; an electric motor, disposed on the swing arm, for generating drive power for rotatably driving a rear wheel rotatably supported at a rear portion of the swing arm; a battery, disposed on the swing arm, for supplying the electric motor with electric power; and a control unit, disposed on the swing arm, for controlling the electric motor, characterized in that the swing arm integrally provides, forwardly of the rear wheel, a bulkhead for disposing the battery in isolation from the electric motor and the control unit; and the bulkhead has an opening portion facing terminals (59, 60) disposed in the battery.
A method for manufacturing a tank of composite materials for transporting liquid or powdery products, said tank including a vessel having at least one storage compartment integrating at least one breakwater, said manufacturing method including: - a step of manufacturing a first cylindrical segment and a second cylindrical segment of composite materials; - a step of integrating at least one breakwater of composite materials between said first cylindrical segment and said second cylindrical segment so as to form a shell; said breakwater forming a junction between said first cylindrical segment and said second cylindrical segment; - a step of integrating bottoms (220, 230) into the ends of said shell so as to form an intermediate structure; - a step of reinforcing the external surface of the intermediate structure, made during the previous step, by applying an external reinforcement layer of composite materials; said tank includes a vessel having at least one storage compartment integrating at least one breakwater having a semi-circular shaped peripheral base plate including an outer surface and inner surface, and the step of integrating at least one breakwater of composite materials is performed so that one of both inner or outer surfaces is directly in contact with said first cylindrical segment and said second cylindrical segment. - a step of manufacturing a first cylindrical segment and a second cylindrical segment of composite materials; - a step of integrating at least one breakwater of composite materials between said first cylindrical segment and said second cylindrical segment so as to form a shell; said breakwater forming a junction between said first cylindrical segment and said second cylindrical segment; - a step of integrating bottoms (220, 230) into the ends of said shell so as to form an intermediate structure; - a step of reinforcing the external surface of the intermediate structure, made during the previous step, by applying an external reinforcement layer of composite materials; said tank includes a vessel having at least one storage compartment integrating at least one breakwater having a semi-circular shaped peripheral base plate including an outer surface and inner surface, and the step of integrating at least one breakwater of composite materials is performed so that one of both inner or outer surfaces is directly in contact with said first cylindrical segment and said second cylindrical segment.