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A method for quantification of a titer of a neutralizing antibody to a neurotoxin comprising the following steps: (a) mixing a standard sample containing a fixed amount of a neurotoxin and a test sample containing a neutralizing antibody to said neurotoxin; (b) administering the mixture obtained in step (a) into the muscle of a non-human mammal; (c) several hours to several days after the administration, applying electric stimulus to the nerve which is dominant in the muscle that received the administration; (d) measuring a compound muscle action potential (CMAP) due to contraction of the muscle of said mammal by application of electric stimulus with an electromyograph; and (e) analyzing CMAP amplitude data obtained in step (d) for an extent of decrease in amplitude by the neurotoxin not neutralized, based on a dose dependent relationship between a titer of a neutralizing antibody and CMAP amplitude, to thereby quantify a titer of the neutralizing antibody contained in the test sample. (a) mixing a standard sample containing a fixed amount of a neurotoxin and a test sample containing a neutralizing antibody to said neurotoxin; (b) administering the mixture obtained in step (a) into the muscle of a non-human mammal; (c) several hours to several days after the administration, applying electric stimulus to the nerve which is dominant in the muscle that received the administration; (d) measuring a compound muscle action potential (CMAP) due to contraction of the muscle of said mammal by application of electric stimulus with an electromyograph; and (e) analyzing CMAP amplitude data obtained in step (d) for an extent of decrease in amplitude by the neurotoxin not neutralized, based on a dose dependent relationship between a titer of a neutralizing antibody and CMAP amplitude, to thereby quantify a titer of the neutralizing antibody contained in the test sample.
A resource determining method, wherein the method comprises: receiving, by a device, scheduling request SR resource indication information from a base station, wherein the SR resource indication information is used to indicate an SR resource; and determining, by the device, a PUCCH at a slot based on the SR resource and an OCC to transmit an SR, characterized by a quantity of symbols occupied by the PUCCH is 14; the length of the OCC is 7 when the PUCCH is transmitted without frequency hopping receiving, by a device, scheduling request SR resource indication information from a base station, wherein the SR resource indication information is used to indicate an SR resource; and determining, by the device, a PUCCH at a slot based on the SR resource and an OCC to transmit an SR, characterized by a quantity of symbols occupied by the PUCCH is 14; the length of the OCC is 7 when the PUCCH is transmitted without frequency hopping
An IV catheter and safety needle assembly comprising: a catheter assembly including a catheter hub defining a receptacle and a tubular catheter extending distally from and in fluid communication with the receptacle, the catheter hub including one or more protrusions extending from an inner wall of the catheter hub into the receptacle; a needle assembly including a needle hub defining a chamber and a needle (32, 132) in fluid communication with the chamber, the needle (32, 132) including a sharpened distal tip (34, 134) characterised in that the needle (32, 132) further includes an enlarged diameter portion (36, 136) disposed proximally of the distal tip (34, 134), the needle (32, 132) being dimensioned to extend through the catheter assembly such that the sharpened tip (34, 134) extends from a distal end of the tubular catheter, the IV catheter and safety needle assembly further comprising; a needle guard (16, 116) supported within the receptacle and having a proximal end positioned adjacent to the one or more protrusions and a distal end having an inner diameter which is smaller than the enlarged diameter portion (36, 136) of the needle (32, 132), wherein upon withdrawal of the needle (32, 132) from the catheter assembly, the enlarged diameter portion (36, 136) of the needle (32, 132) is positioned to engage the distal end of the needle guard (16, 116) to move the needle guard (16, 116) into the one or more protrusions and effect an inversion of the needle guard (16, 116) about the sharpened tip (34, 134) of the needle (32, 132). a catheter assembly including a catheter hub defining a receptacle and a tubular catheter extending distally from and in fluid communication with the receptacle, the catheter hub including one or more protrusions extending from an inner wall of the catheter hub into the receptacle; a needle assembly including a needle hub defining a chamber and a needle (32, 132) in fluid communication with the chamber, the needle (32, 132) including a sharpened distal tip (34, 134) characterised in that the needle (32, 132) further includes an enlarged diameter portion (36, 136) disposed proximally of the distal tip (34, 134), the needle (32, 132) being dimensioned to extend through the catheter assembly such that the sharpened tip (34, 134) extends from a distal end of the tubular catheter, the IV catheter and safety needle assembly further comprising; a needle guard (16, 116) supported within the receptacle and having a proximal end positioned adjacent to the one or more protrusions and a distal end having an inner diameter which is smaller than the enlarged diameter portion (36, 136) of the needle (32, 132), wherein upon withdrawal of the needle (32, 132) from the catheter assembly, the enlarged diameter portion (36, 136) of the needle (32, 132) is positioned to engage the distal end of the needle guard (16, 116) to move the needle guard (16, 116) into the one or more protrusions and effect an inversion of the needle guard (16, 116) about the sharpened tip (34, 134) of the needle (32, 132).
Component coupling for targeted and controllable heat transfer from or to a component, characterised in that - the component coupling comprises a carrier plate and - at least a first means of distancing is arranged on the carrier plate in such a way that a component arranged on the means of distancing and the carrier plate together with the means of distancing may form a first defined cavity, in which the carrier plate and the means of distancing comprise a ceramic or metallic material and the carrier plate has at least one inlet or outlet for a fluid medium for the first cavity in the inner area of the first means of distancing. - the component coupling comprises a carrier plate and - at least a first means of distancing is arranged on the carrier plate in such a way that a component arranged on the means of distancing and the carrier plate together with the means of distancing may form a first defined cavity, in which the carrier plate and the means of distancing comprise a ceramic or metallic material and the carrier plate has at least one inlet or outlet for a fluid medium for the first cavity in the inner area of the first means of distancing.
A time manager for a circuit, the time manager comprising: a data storage device to store a first indication of a performance characteristic of a memory cell at a first time and a second indication of the performance characteristic of the memory cell at a second time; and a time calculator coupled to the data storage device, the time calculator being configured to calculate a time duration between the first time and the second time based on a change in the performance characteristic of the memory cell from the first indication to the second indication, characterized in that: the performance characteristic comprises electrical resistance of a phase change memory cell; the first indication comprises a first resistance level of the phase change memory cell, and the second indication comprises a second resistance level of the phase change memory cell; and the time calculator is further configured to calculate the time duration based on at least one temperature input indicative of a temperature of the memory cell. a data storage device to store a first indication of a performance characteristic of a memory cell at a first time and a second indication of the performance characteristic of the memory cell at a second time; and a time calculator coupled to the data storage device, the time calculator being configured to calculate a time duration between the first time and the second time based on a change in the performance characteristic of the memory cell from the first indication to the second indication, characterized in that: the performance characteristic comprises electrical resistance of a phase change memory cell; the first indication comprises a first resistance level of the phase change memory cell, and the second indication comprises a second resistance level of the phase change memory cell; and the time calculator is further configured to calculate the time duration based on at least one temperature input indicative of a temperature of the memory cell. the performance characteristic comprises electrical resistance of a phase change memory cell; the first indication comprises a first resistance level of the phase change memory cell, and the second indication comprises a second resistance level of the phase change memory cell; and the time calculator is further configured to calculate the time duration based on at least one temperature input indicative of a temperature of the memory cell.
A dishwasher comprising: - a washing chamber wherein the dishes are placed to be cleaned, - a door which gives access into this washing chamber, - a cleaning agent dispenser comprising at least one reservoir, wherein cleaning agents are placed, and a lid covering this reservoir; - wherein the cleaning agent dispenser is produced by shape memory plastic changing shape with temperature rise at least partially so as to change shape during the washing process when wash water attains the temperature required for releasing the cleaning agents into the washing chamber, wherein the cleaning agent dispenser comprises a locking mechanism that enables the lid to lock, and characterized by a trigger produced by shape memory plastic, which is in its first shape at room temperature and does not touch the locking mechanism, but which, in the second shape that it takes when heated, triggers the locking mechanism and causes the lid to open.
A racket for ball games comprising a frame forming a head portion and a handle portion, wherein the head portion accommodates a string bed comprising strings and defining a string plane, wherein the strings of the string bed are passed through several holes in the head portion, wherein at least three strings are passed through three of said holes on the same side of the racket head in such a way that the longitudinal axis of said hole extends in a first direction and the string passed through the hole extends within the string bed in a second direction, wherein the first and the second direction include an angle (α) having an absolute value between 0.5° and 15° and wherein the absolute values of the angles (α) of these three strings differ by at most 3°.
A cooling tower having a longitudinal axis, comprising: an evaporative media located at a first position along the longitudinal axis; a liquid distribution system that distributes hot liquid over said evaporative media; a first heat exchanger module having a first set of passageways in fluid communication with a first flow duct and a second set of passageways in fluid communication with a second flow duct, wherein said first module transfers heat from a first air stream into a second air stream; a second heat exchanger module having a third set of passageways in fluid communication with a third flow duct and a fourth set of passageways in fluid communication with a fourth flow duct, wherein said second module transfers heat from a third air stream into a fourth air stream; a first bypass flow path that extends between said first heat exchanger module and said second heat exchanger module; an air current generator that directs said first, second, third, fourth and bypass airflow streams through the cooling tower; and the cooling tower being characterised by a first vent door positioned in said second flow duct wherein said first door regulates the flow of the second airflow stream through said second flow duct. an evaporative media located at a first position along the longitudinal axis; a liquid distribution system that distributes hot liquid over said evaporative media; a first heat exchanger module having a first set of passageways in fluid communication with a first flow duct and a second set of passageways in fluid communication with a second flow duct, wherein said first module transfers heat from a first air stream into a second air stream; a second heat exchanger module having a third set of passageways in fluid communication with a third flow duct and a fourth set of passageways in fluid communication with a fourth flow duct, wherein said second module transfers heat from a third air stream into a fourth air stream; a first bypass flow path that extends between said first heat exchanger module and said second heat exchanger module; an air current generator that directs said first, second, third, fourth and bypass airflow streams through the cooling tower; and the cooling tower being characterised by a first vent door positioned in said second flow duct wherein said first door regulates the flow of the second airflow stream through said second flow duct.
A system for inserting reagent or macrobeads into one or more bores of a sample plate comprising: an insertion device comprising one or more push or insertion rods; a cartridge comprising, in use, a plurality of reagent or macrobeads; and a sample plate; wherein said insertion device is arranged and adapted: (i) to cause said one or more push or insertion rods to enter said cartridge so that each push or insertion rod collects and retains a reagent or macrobead by means of a vacuum, suction or a reduced pressure region; characterised in that the sample plate has an upper surface and a lower surface and one or more bores extending from said upper surface through to said lower surface, wherein said cartridge is located, in use, adjacent and/or below said sample plate; and in that said insertion device is further arranged and adapted: (ii) to cause each of said one or more push or insertion rods to exit said cartridge and insert each said reagent or macrobead into a bore of said sample plate via the lower surface of said sample plate, so that each said reagent or macrobead forms a fluid tight circumferential seal with said bore. an insertion device comprising one or more push or insertion rods; a cartridge comprising, in use, a plurality of reagent or macrobeads; and a sample plate; wherein said insertion device is arranged and adapted: (i) to cause said one or more push or insertion rods to enter said cartridge so that each push or insertion rod collects and retains a reagent or macrobead by means of a vacuum, suction or a reduced pressure region; (i) to cause said one or more push or insertion rods to enter said cartridge so that each push or insertion rod collects and retains a reagent or macrobead by means of a vacuum, suction or a reduced pressure region; characterised in that the sample plate has an upper surface and a lower surface and one or more bores extending from said upper surface through to said lower surface, wherein said cartridge is located, in use, adjacent and/or below said sample plate; and in that said insertion device is further arranged and adapted: (ii) to cause each of said one or more push or insertion rods to exit said cartridge and insert each said reagent or macrobead into a bore of said sample plate via the lower surface of said sample plate, so that each said reagent or macrobead forms a fluid tight circumferential seal with said bore. (ii) to cause each of said one or more push or insertion rods to exit said cartridge and insert each said reagent or macrobead into a bore of said sample plate via the lower surface of said sample plate, so that each said reagent or macrobead forms a fluid tight circumferential seal with said bore.
A test setup for the carrying out of a crash sled test using an apparatus for introducing additional forces on the carrying out of so-called crash tests, in particular of so-called inverse crash tests, in which the deceleration forces of a real impact which act on a test object are simulated in that a crash sled is accelerated in accordance with a real deceleration curve simulating a real crash test, characterized in that the apparatus is mounted on a crash sled together with a test object (56, 58), in particular on a crash sled for so-called inverse crash tests, or in that the apparatus is mounted in a fixed position separately from a crash sled; in that a footwell unit is fastened to the connecting rod of the apparatus for the carrying out of a simulation of a footwell intrusion; or in that a side trim element is fastened to the connecting rod of the apparatus for the carrying out of a simulation of a side strike; or in that a safety belt is fastened to the connecting rod of the apparatus for the carrying out of a simulation of a tightening process of a safety belt on an impact; or in that a steering column is fastened to the connecting rod of the apparatus for the carrying out of a simulation of the movement of the steering column on an impact; and in that the apparatus is equipped with a cylinder which has a pressure chamber whose volume is limited by a piston which acts on the test object (56, 58) via a connecting rod in order to introduce the named additional forces into the test object (56, 58) in addition to the forces exerted by a crash sled and said apparatus is equipped with a braking device acting on the connecting rod, with the apparatus comprising a regulation device which is configured to regulate the braking force acting on the connecting rod via the braking device during the carrying out of a test such that the additional forces are introduced into the test object (56, 58) in accordance with a desired acceleration curve or deceleration curve.
An integrated circuit system comprising: a radio frequency tuner in communication with at least one antenna; a baseband processor configured to demodulate at least one signal received by the radio frequency tuner originating from at least one global navigation satellite system satellite, the baseband processor further configured to output signal measurements from at least one signal to a host processor external to the integrated circuit; and a decision processor configured to receive a request from the host processor to determine a position, the request comprising at least one mode parameter comprising a position update rate; characterized by a low power consuming central processing unit, CPU, having less capability and less power consumption relative to the host processor and configured to generate a position data point from the at least one signal; wherein the decision processor determines whether the CPU determines the position data point based at least upon the signal measurements or the baseband processor transmits the signal measurements to the host processor, the determination based at least upon the at least one mode parameter; wherein the decision processor is configured to cause the baseband processor to transmit the signal measurements to the host processor and to cause the CPU to enter a sleep mode, when the position update rate corresponds to a higher frequency update rate relative to a predefined threshold update rate. a radio frequency tuner in communication with at least one antenna; a baseband processor configured to demodulate at least one signal received by the radio frequency tuner originating from at least one global navigation satellite system satellite, the baseband processor further configured to output signal measurements from at least one signal to a host processor external to the integrated circuit; and a decision processor configured to receive a request from the host processor to determine a position, the request comprising at least one mode parameter comprising a position update rate; characterized by a low power consuming central processing unit, CPU, having less capability and less power consumption relative to the host processor and configured to generate a position data point from the at least one signal; wherein the decision processor determines whether the CPU determines the position data point based at least upon the signal measurements or the baseband processor transmits the signal measurements to the host processor, the determination based at least upon the at least one mode parameter; wherein the decision processor is configured to cause the baseband processor to transmit the signal measurements to the host processor and to cause the CPU to enter a sleep mode, when the position update rate corresponds to a higher frequency update rate relative to a predefined threshold update rate.
A method for separating biological cells from microcarriers in a suspension comprising: a) introducing a suspension of biological cells and microcarriers into a separation device comprising a relatively rotatable about a central vertical axis cylindrical housing and an internal member, wherein said cylindrical housing has an interior surface and said internal member has an exterior surface, said surfaces defining a gap therebetween, wherein one of said surfaces includes a porous membrane comprising pores sized to retain said microcarriers while allowing said biological cells to pass through said membrane; b) introducing said suspension from an inlet at one end of said gap; c) removing said microcarriers through an outlet at the opposite end of said gap; d) withdrawing said biological cells that have passed through said porous membrane from said separation device through a different outlet. a) introducing a suspension of biological cells and microcarriers into a separation device comprising a relatively rotatable about a central vertical axis cylindrical housing and an internal member, wherein said cylindrical housing has an interior surface and said internal member has an exterior surface, said surfaces defining a gap therebetween, wherein one of said surfaces includes a porous membrane comprising pores sized to retain said microcarriers while allowing said biological cells to pass through said membrane; b) introducing said suspension from an inlet at one end of said gap; c) removing said microcarriers through an outlet at the opposite end of said gap; d) withdrawing said biological cells that have passed through said porous membrane from said separation device through a different outlet.
A light-emitting diode chip comprising: - a semiconductor layer sequence comprising an active zone for generating electromagnetic radiation; - a current expansion layer adjacent to the semiconductor layer sequence; - contacts which electrically contact the current expansion layer, wherein the contacts cover between at least 1 % and at most 8 % of the area of the current expansion layer; and - a free region which is formed in a central region of the semiconductor layer sequence with respect to the active zone, wherein the free region is free of the contacts, characterized in that - in the free region, a dielectric layer passes throughout the current expansion layer and directly adjoins a p-doped semiconductor layer of the semiconductor layer sequence. - a semiconductor layer sequence comprising an active zone for generating electromagnetic radiation; - a current expansion layer adjacent to the semiconductor layer sequence; - contacts which electrically contact the current expansion layer, wherein the contacts cover between at least 1 % and at most 8 % of the area of the current expansion layer; and - a free region which is formed in a central region of the semiconductor layer sequence with respect to the active zone, wherein the free region is free of the contacts, characterized in that - in the free region, a dielectric layer passes throughout the current expansion layer and directly adjoins a p-doped semiconductor layer of the semiconductor layer sequence.