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A method of determining a macromolecular analyte in a sample suspected of containing the macromolecular analyte, the method comprising: (a) combining in a medium the sample and a conjugate reagent comprising a small molecule and a binding partner for the macromolecular analyte, (b) combining the conjugate reagent and a labeled binding partner for the small molecule, and (c) examining the conjugate reagent or the medium for an amount of labeled binding partner for the small molecule that is bound to the small molecule and relating the amount thereof to the amount of the macromolecular analyte in the sample, wherein said macromolecular analyte, when present, binds to the binding partner for the macromolecular analyte and has a size or a shape or a combination of both size and shape that hinders the ability of the binding partner for the small molecule to bind to the small molecule when the small molecule is part of the reagent that also comprises the binding partner that is specific for the macromolecular substance, wherein the macromolecular analyte has a molecular weight of at least 5000 and is selected from the group consisting of antibodies, enzymes, hormones, polynucleotides, and carbohydrates, and wherein the small molecule is an organic molecule that has a molecular weight in the range of from 100 to 2000, comprises functional groups that are reactive with the binding partner for the macromolecular analyte and is bound to the binding partner for the macromolecular analyte. (a) combining in a medium the sample and a conjugate reagent comprising a small molecule and a binding partner for the macromolecular analyte, (b) combining the conjugate reagent and a labeled binding partner for the small molecule, and (c) examining the conjugate reagent or the medium for an amount of labeled binding partner for the small molecule that is bound to the small molecule and relating the amount thereof to the amount of the macromolecular analyte in the sample,
Apparatus for defining a plasma, the apparatus comprising: a support arranged to transport a moving substrate; a plasma generator arranged to generate plasma; an electrode; a delivery device arranged to deliver radiation curable material to the substrate, the apparatus being arranged such that in use the radiation curable material condenses on the substrate, characterised by a driving voltage electrically connected to said electrode arranged to bias, in use, positive ions within the plasma towards the moving substrate to form a positive ion flux in which the positively charged ions are the primary curing initiators, wherein the ion flux has an energy level between 3.6eV and 250eV. a support arranged to transport a moving substrate; a plasma generator arranged to generate plasma; an electrode; a delivery device arranged to deliver radiation curable material to the substrate, the apparatus being arranged such that in use the radiation curable material condenses on the substrate, characterised by a driving voltage electrically connected to said electrode arranged to bias, in use, positive ions within the plasma towards the moving substrate to form a positive ion flux in which the positively charged ions are the primary curing initiators, wherein the ion flux has an energy level between 3.6eV and 250eV.
Monitoring unit (10A; 10B) for monitoring an elevator system, which system comprises a drive unit by means of which an elevator cab arranged in an elevator shaft can be moved, comprising a circuit assembly which has a power supply unit that is provided for delivering a grid-dependent first operating voltage and at least one processor-controlled first monitoring module that is used to actively and/or passively determine state data of the elevator system, an energy storage unit, which is used to deliver a grid-independent second operating voltage, and a first switching device being provided, by means of which the first operating voltage can be supplied to the at least one first monitoring module during normal operation and the second operating voltage can be supplied to the at least one first monitoring module in the event of a power outage, characterized in that a non-volatile data storage unit, which is used to store a variable operating parameter, and a second switching device are provided, by means of which parts of the circuit assembly can be deactivated, and in that the at least one first monitoring module is designed to actuate the second switching device on the basis of the stored operating parameter, which has a first value before the monitoring unit (10A; 10B) is started up and which has a second value after the monitoring unit (10A; 10B) has been started up.
A method for operating a geodetic instrument (100A, 100B) comprising an optical source for assisting a user in aiming at a target in a scene by emitting optical pulses forming a spot at the target, and an imaging device, wherein the imaging device and the optical source share a common optical channel within the geodetic instrument, the method comprising: capturing a first image of a scene with the optical source turned on obtaining a reference image from at least the first image, wherein contribution from the scene is suppressed, the reference image representing crosstalk occurring in the common optical channel; capturing a second image with the optical source turned on; and processing the second image with the reference image for removing crosstalk from the second image. capturing a first image of a scene with the optical source turned on obtaining a reference image from at least the first image, wherein contribution from the scene is suppressed, the reference image representing crosstalk occurring in the common optical channel; capturing a second image with the optical source turned on; and processing the second image with the reference image for removing crosstalk from the second image.
Switching valve for a water-conducting household appliance with a valve chamber, at least one valve closure body disposed in the valve chamber, an actuation device for the valve closure body, at least one inlet, a first outlet and a least one second outlet, wherein the inlet, the first outlet and the second outlet are assigned to the valve chamber and wherein, in an operating position, the inlet is disposed at the bottom on the valve chamber, the first outlet is disposed at the top on the valve chamber and the second outlet is disposed next to the first outlet at the top of the valve chamber, wherein the valve closure body is a floating valve closure body, and wherein the valve chamber is embodied so that the valve closure body, when it floats upwards, closes off the first outlet, characterised in that the first outlet, in the operating position, is disposed vertically above the inlet, that the valve chamber, in a first direction from the first outlet to the second outlet has a first expansion and that the valve chamber has a second expansion, of which the volume is at least that of the first expansion, and that the valve chamber has a volume distribution such that the valve closure body follows a vertical path as it floats upwards.
A method comprising: receiving first data representing an image captured in the presence of illumination provided by a flash light; using least squares-based fitting, determining coefficients of a polynomial model representing illumination by the flash light based on the first data; receiving second data representing an image captured of an object disposed on a surface in the presence of illumination by the flash light; processing the second data in a processor-based computing system to identify an object type associated with the object and further processing the second data based at least in part on the identified object type; and processing the second data to compensate the image for non-uniform illumination of the surface by the flash light, wherein the processing the second data to compensate for the non-uniform illumination comprises compensating intensity values of the image based at least in part on the polynomial model representing illumination of the surface by the flash light; characterised in that the image represented by the first data is an image of the surface when no object is present on the surface. receiving first data representing an image captured in the presence of illumination provided by a flash light; using least squares-based fitting, determining coefficients of a polynomial model representing illumination by the flash light based on the first data; receiving second data representing an image captured of an object disposed on a surface in the presence of illumination by the flash light; processing the second data in a processor-based computing system to identify an object type associated with the object and further processing the second data based at least in part on the identified object type; and processing the second data to compensate the image for non-uniform illumination of the surface by the flash light, wherein the processing the second data to compensate for the non-uniform illumination comprises compensating intensity values of the image based at least in part on the polynomial model representing illumination of the surface by the flash light; characterised in that the image represented by the first data is an image of the surface when no object is present on the surface.
A three-dimensional printing system (2, 102) comprising: a resin vessel (4, 104) containing resin (6, 106); an imaging bar including an arrangement of light emitting devices that selectively emit radiation from an exit surface of the imaging bar to define a build plane (24, 122) in the resin (6, 106), the exit surface of the imaging bar is less than 10 millimeters from the build plane (24, 122); a movement mechanism coupled to the imaging bar; and a controller (28, 128) configured to: scan the imaging bar along a scan axis; and concurrent with scanning, operate the imaging bar to selectively image and harden a layer of resin (6, 106) at the build plane (24, 122); wherein the imaging bar includes a substrate supporting the arrangement of light emitting devices which are arranged along an axis that is oblique or perpendicular to the scan axis; wherein the light emitting devices are light emitting diodes LEDs, wherein the imaging bar includes an arrangement of light collimators overlaying the substrate that individually receive light from the light emitting devices; wherein the system (2, 102) further comprises an arrangement of lenslets that overlays the arrangement of light collimators and that individually focuses light from a light collimator onto the image plane; and characterized in that the light collimators individually include a reflective parabolic inside surface having a cross-section extending from the LEDs towards the lenslets. a resin vessel (4, 104) containing resin (6, 106); an imaging bar including an arrangement of light emitting devices that selectively emit radiation from an exit surface of the imaging bar to define a build plane (24, 122) in the resin (6, 106), the exit surface of the imaging bar is less than 10 millimeters from the build plane (24, 122); a movement mechanism coupled to the imaging bar; and a controller (28, 128) configured to: scan the imaging bar along a scan axis; and concurrent with scanning, operate the imaging bar to selectively image and harden a layer of resin (6, 106) at the build plane (24, 122); scan the imaging bar along a scan axis; and concurrent with scanning, operate the imaging bar to selectively image and harden a layer of resin (6, 106) at the build plane (24, 122); wherein the imaging bar includes a substrate supporting the arrangement of light emitting devices which are arranged along an axis that is oblique or perpendicular to the scan axis; wherein the light emitting devices are light emitting diodes LEDs, wherein the imaging bar includes an arrangement of light collimators overlaying the substrate that individually receive light from the light emitting devices; wherein the system (2, 102) further comprises an arrangement of lenslets that overlays the arrangement of light collimators and that individually focuses light from a light collimator onto the image plane; and characterized in that the light collimators individually include a reflective parabolic inside surface having a cross-section extending from the LEDs towards the lenslets.
A method for designing a drilling template, wherein a dental situation is measured using a 3D surface measurement device and a 3D surface model of the dental situation is generated and/or the dental situation is measured using an X-ray device or an MRI device and a volume model of the dental situation is generated, characterised in that an artificial neural network for machine learning (convolutional neural network; CNN) is applied to the 3D surface model the dental situation and/or the volume model of the dental situation and/or to an initial 3D model of the drilling template and a fully designed 3D model of the drilling template is automatically generated.
A method of poisoning a rat comprising making available to the rat an orally available formulation of Tretazicar (5-(aziridin-1-yl)-2,4-dinitrobenzamide) and allowing the rat to ingest the formulation of Tretazicar, wherein the formulation of Tretazicar comprises bait.
A light therapy system, comprising: a lighting assembly operable to create a light output having a controllable illuminance; a visual display means for presenting a visual output to a user; and a controller, operatively coupled to the lighting assembly and visual display means, and adapted to: receive a data input indicating a target melanopic luminous exposure for administration by the lighting assembly; characterised in that the controller is further adapted to: receive a further data input indicative of one or more luminous characteristics of a visual output intended for presentation by the visual display means; determine based on the further data input an estimated additional melanopic luminous exposure associated with the intended visual output; determine an adjusted target melanopic luminous exposure for administration by the lighting assembly, based on reducing the target melanopic luminous exposure so as to compensate for the additional melanopic luminous exposure; create, based on the adjusted target melanopic luminous exposure, a control schedule for controlling the illuminance of the lighting assembly over time such as to deliver in total over a defined treatment period the adjusted target melanopic luminous exposure; and control the lighting assembly in accordance with the control schedule. a lighting assembly operable to create a light output having a controllable illuminance; a visual display means for presenting a visual output to a user; and a controller, operatively coupled to the lighting assembly and visual display means, and adapted to: receive a data input indicating a target melanopic luminous exposure for administration by the lighting assembly; determine based on the further data input an estimated additional melanopic luminous exposure associated with the intended visual output; determine an adjusted target melanopic luminous exposure for administration by the lighting assembly, based on reducing the target melanopic luminous exposure so as to compensate for the additional melanopic luminous exposure; create, based on the adjusted target melanopic luminous exposure, a control schedule for controlling the illuminance of the lighting assembly over time such as to deliver in total over a defined treatment period the adjusted target melanopic luminous exposure; and control the lighting assembly in accordance with the control schedule.
A method of preparing discrete calcium carbonate particles on a substrate surface, said method comprising: providing a carbonatable calcium precursor component selected from calcium chloride, calcium oxide and calcium acetate and applying said precursor component to a bone void filler substrate, wherein said precursor component is treated with an alkali metal hydroxide to provide calcium hydroxide; and contacting said substrate with a carbon dioxide source, optionally in the presence of water, to convert at least a portion of said applied carbonatable calcium precursor component to calcium carbonate and provide discrete calcium carbonate particles on said substrate. providing a carbonatable calcium precursor component selected from calcium chloride, calcium oxide and calcium acetate and applying said precursor component to a bone void filler substrate, wherein said precursor component is treated with an alkali metal hydroxide to provide calcium hydroxide; and contacting said substrate with a carbon dioxide source, optionally in the presence of water, to convert at least a portion of said applied carbonatable calcium precursor component to calcium carbonate and provide discrete calcium carbonate particles on said substrate.
A system for feeding diaphragm, characterized in that the system for feeding diaphragm comprises: a diaphragm separating device adapted to separate a diaphragm from at least one stack of diaphragms; a first visual device adapted to identify the separated diaphragm and a position of the separated diaphragm; a robot adapted to pick up the separated diaphragm under the vision guide of the first visual device, characterized by a second visual device adapted to check whether the diaphragm picked up by the robot is a single diaphragm. a diaphragm separating device adapted to separate a diaphragm from at least one stack of diaphragms; a first visual device adapted to identify the separated diaphragm and a position of the separated diaphragm; a robot adapted to pick up the separated diaphragm under the vision guide of the first visual device, characterized by a second visual device adapted to check whether the diaphragm picked up by the robot is a single diaphragm.
A data processing system supporting a network interface device for connection to a network, the data processing system comprising: a plurality of processors, the data processing system being characterized by an operating system arranged to support a listening socket, the listening socket providing a means to accept requests to establish new connections and is operable to maintain state relating to connection requests that are pending and those that are established and ready to be accepted, and an application thread scheduled to execute at a particular processing core of one of the plurality of processors; wherein the listening socket is configured to provide an instance of at least some of the state associated with the listening socket for each of the processors and the data processing system is configured to, when the application thread invokes an operation on the listening socket, use in the operation the instance of the at least some of the state associated with the listening socket provided for the processor at which the application thread is scheduled to execute. a plurality of processors, the data processing system being characterized by an operating system arranged to support a listening socket, the listening socket providing a means to accept requests to establish new connections and is operable to maintain state relating to connection requests that are pending and those that are established and ready to be accepted, and an application thread scheduled to execute at a particular processing core of one of the plurality of processors;
A hair removal device comprising a handle, which encases a drive unit, and a head, which is pivotably supported on the handle and comprises at least one hair removal unit (4, 5) coupled to the drive unit by means of a transmission converting a motion of the drive unit into a movement of a driven part of the at least one hair removal unit (4, 5), wherein pivoting of the head with respect to the handle is limited by abutment of at least one stop face (14, 16) of at least one stop element (7, 15) with at least one counter-stop element (8a, 8b, 12), characterized in that the at least one stop element (7, 15) is made by multi-component injection moulding from a first plastic material and a second plastic material which is softer than the first plastic material, and in that the handle encases an energy source, in that the at least one stop face (14, 16) is made from the second plastic material, in that the at least one stop element (7, 15) comprises at least one soft rib made from the second plastic material, wherein the soft rib exerts a biasing force on a component part abutting the soft rib and in that the at least one stop face (14, 16) and said soft rib are connected with each other by a web made from the second plastic material.
A jig used for manufacturing a composite material structure, the jig being inserted into a channel portion of a hat stringer and used, when the composite material structure is manufactured by attaching prepreg to a frame structure including the hat stringer as a frame member, the channel portion extending in a lengthwise direction of the hat stringer; the jig comprising: a body having a pipe shape and made of an elastic material, and a terminal metal member attached to one end portion of the body and having a pressurization hole for pressurizing an interior of the body; wherein the terminal metal member has an insertion portion inserted into a hollow space of the body; and the insertion portion has a columnar shape having a transverse cross-section conforming in shape to a contour shape of the hollow space of the body; characterized in that the body has a transverse cross-section of a trapezoidal shape which is a cross-section perpendicular to a lengthwise direction of the body, the insertion portion is provided on an outer peripheral surface thereof with a band-shaped groove portion wound around the outer peripheral surface; and the insertion portion is inserted into the hollow space of the body in a state where an adhesive is filled in the band-shaped groove portion. a body having a pipe shape and made of an elastic material, and a terminal metal member attached to one end portion of the body and having a pressurization hole for pressurizing an interior of the body; wherein the terminal metal member has an insertion portion inserted into a hollow space of the body; and the insertion portion has a columnar shape having a transverse cross-section conforming in shape to a contour shape of the hollow space of the body; characterized in that the body has a transverse cross-section of a trapezoidal shape which is a cross-section perpendicular to a lengthwise direction of the body, the insertion portion is provided on an outer peripheral surface thereof with a band-shaped groove portion wound around the outer peripheral surface; and the insertion portion is inserted into the hollow space of the body in a state where an adhesive is filled in the band-shaped groove portion.