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A method of automatically managing system downtime in a computer network comprising a plurality of web servers supporting a distributed operating system for web-based applications, comprising: creating, in an application server, an event for scheduling downtime with respect to at least one web server in the computer network, wherein creating an event comprises receiving priority data specifying a priority level for the event, wherein the priority level determines how users of the at least one web server are notified of the scheduled downtime; automatically removing the at least one web server from a network load balancer associated with the plurality of servers at the scheduled downtime; automatically communicating, according to said priority level, a downtime notification message to users communicating with the at least one web server indicating that the at least one web server is down; wherein automatically communicating the downtime notification message comprises automatically updating web pages hosted by the at least one web server with a downtime notification message in advance of the scheduled downtime; and automatically redirecting requests to the at least one web server scheduled for downtime. creating, in an application server, an event for scheduling downtime with respect to at least one web server in the computer network, wherein creating an event comprises receiving priority data specifying a priority level for the event, wherein the priority level determines how users of the at least one web server are notified of the scheduled downtime; automatically removing the at least one web server from a network load balancer associated with the plurality of servers at the scheduled downtime; automatically communicating, according to said priority level, a downtime notification message to users communicating with the at least one web server indicating that the at least one web server is down; wherein automatically communicating the downtime notification message comprises automatically updating web pages hosted by the at least one web server with a downtime notification message in advance of the scheduled downtime; and automatically redirecting requests to the at least one web server scheduled for downtime.
Holder for detachably fastening of a flat, approximately rectangular device like a tablet computer or a smartphone to a component, in particular a component of a motor vehicle, wherein the holder comprises a holding mechanism for detachably holding the device and a fastening element that is connected to the holding mechanism to connect the holder with the component, wherein a rotary bearing is provided that is rotatable around an axis of rotation, wherein the rotary bearing is connected to the holding mechanism, and wherein a pivot bearing is provided which is connected to the rotary bearing and which is connected to the fastening element, wherein the rotary bearing comprises a first rotary bearing portion connected to the holding mechanism and a second rotary bearing portion connected to the fastening element, wherein locking elements are provided on the rotary bearing perpendicular to the axis of rotation of the rotary bearing, the locking elements being displaceable between a radial inner locking position and a radial outer release position, wherein in the release position the first rotary bearing portion is rotatable in relation to the second rotary bearing portion and wherein in the locking position the first rotary bearing portion is fixed in relation to the second rotary bearing portion, characterized in that an annular spring is provided which is designed and arranged such that the locking elements are pre-stressed in a radially inward direction into the locking position by the annular spring.
Isolated pluripotent adult stem cells obtained from exocrine glandular tissue which is exocrine glandular tissue from a lacrimal gland, sudoriferous gland or sebaceous gland or which is acinary tissue from a salivary gland or the pancreas, which cells are capable to be stable maintained and proliferated in a culture medium without a feeder cell layer and which are, after culturing under spatial conditions which ensure three-dimensional contact of the cells in a culture medium that does not contain any additional growth factors or differentiation factors, capable to form three-dimensional cell aggregates denoted as "organoid bodies", and wherein cell types of all three germ layers are obtainable from these three-dimensional cell aggregates.
An immunochromatographic method of detecting an analyte in a fecal sample of neonates, infants, and children under seven years old, comprising the step of: performing an immunoreaction in the presence of a compound having in the molecule two or three carboxy groups, or comprising the steps of: supplying a sample diluent containing (i) a compound having in the molecule two or three carboxy groups and (ii) a buffer solution as well as a fecal sample to a sample-supply portion of a test strip, the test strip having a membrane made up of a porous body including at least the sample-supply portion, a developing portion, and a detecting portion, a part of the developing portion retaining in an elutable manner a conjugate containing a first antibody labeled with a labeling substance, and the detecting portion having a second antibody immobilized in a part of the developing portion on the downstream side of the conjugate-retaining part; bringing the analyte in the sample into contact with the conjugate; and detecting a complex between the analyte in the sample and the conjugate in the detecting portion, wherein said compound having in the molecule two or three carboxy groups is a dicarboxylic acid or a tricarboxylic acid. comprising the step of: performing an immunoreaction in the presence of a compound having in the molecule two or three carboxy groups, or comprising the steps of: supplying a sample diluent containing (i) a compound having in the molecule two or three carboxy groups and (ii) a buffer solution as well as a fecal sample to a sample-supply portion of a test strip, the test strip having a membrane made up of a porous body including at least the sample-supply portion, a developing portion, and a detecting portion, a part of the developing portion retaining in an elutable manner a conjugate containing a first antibody labeled with a labeling substance, and the detecting portion having a second antibody immobilized in a part of the developing portion on the downstream side of the conjugate-retaining part; bringing the analyte in the sample into contact with the conjugate; and detecting a complex between the analyte in the sample and the conjugate in the detecting portion, supplying a sample diluent containing (i) a compound having in the molecule two or three carboxy groups and (ii) a buffer solution as well as a fecal sample to a sample-supply portion of a test strip, the test strip having a membrane made up of a porous body including at least the sample-supply portion, a developing portion, and a detecting portion, a part of the developing portion retaining in an elutable manner a conjugate containing a first antibody labeled with a labeling substance, and the detecting portion having a second antibody immobilized in a part of the developing portion on the downstream side of the conjugate-retaining part; bringing the analyte in the sample into contact with the conjugate; and detecting a complex between the analyte in the sample and the conjugate in the detecting portion,
A steering control device used in a vehicle, the vehicle including an engine for driving the vehicle and an idle reduction control unit configured to stop the engine when a predetermined condition is satisfied and to restart the engine when the vehicle starts moving, the steering control device comprising: a steering mechanism (St IN) which is operated by a driver to steer; a turning mechanism (St OUT) configured to turn a wheel; a clutch configured to enable the steering mechanism (St IN) and the turning mechanism (St OUT) to be coupled with and decoupled from each other; a turning actuator (M1, M2) capable of providing a turning torque to the turning mechanism (St OUT) depending on an amount of steering operated by the driver; and a steering control unit (71, 72, 73) configured to disengage the clutch when the engine is in a working state by turning an ignition to ON and to engage the clutch when the engine is in a stop state by turning the ignition to OFF, wherein the steering control unit (71, 72, 73) is configured to maintain a disengaged state of the clutch when the idle reduction control unit stops the engine. a steering mechanism (St IN) which is operated by a driver to steer; a turning mechanism (St OUT) configured to turn a wheel; a clutch configured to enable the steering mechanism (St IN) and the turning mechanism (St OUT) to be coupled with and decoupled from each other; a turning actuator (M1, M2) capable of providing a turning torque to the turning mechanism (St OUT) depending on an amount of steering operated by the driver; and a steering control unit (71, 72, 73) configured to disengage the clutch when the engine is in a working state by turning an ignition to ON and to engage the clutch when the engine is in a stop state by turning the ignition to OFF, wherein the steering control unit (71, 72, 73) is configured to maintain a disengaged state of the clutch when the idle reduction control unit stops the engine.
A method of fulfilling orders at a one-to-many put station, comprising: a) establishing a queue of orders that are available to be filled, each order in the queue containing at least one unique item type; b) selecting an order from the order queue and opening that order as a first order; c) delivering (56, 72) an inventory container having a first unique item type for the first order and picking at least one of the first unique item types from the inventory container and placing the at least one first unique item type with the first order; d) selecting a second order from the order queue as a function of the second order requiring the first unique item type and opening the second order; and e) picking at least one of the first unique item types from the inventory container and placing the at least one first unique item type with the second order; characterized in, designating the first order as a primary order and each of the second and subsequent orders as a secondary order while said first order is open and designating another order as the primary order when said first order has been closed; filling the primary order in a location more convenient to a picker inventory container location and the secondary order in another location that is less convenient to the picker inventory container location than the more convenient location; wherein the location more convenient is a location closer to the picker inventory container location; and moving the second order to the location more convenient to the picker inventory container location when the second order is designated the primary order. a) establishing a queue of orders that are available to be filled, each order in the queue containing at least one unique item type; b) selecting an order from the order queue and opening that order as a first order; c) delivering (56, 72) an inventory container having a first unique item type for the first order and picking at least one of the first unique item types from the inventory container and placing the at least one first unique item type with the first order; d) selecting a second order from the order queue as a function of the second order requiring the first unique item type and opening the second order; and e) picking at least one of the first unique item types from the inventory container and placing the at least one first unique item type with the second order;
Valve for controlling a pressure differential by regulating the fluid flow between a fuel tank and a canister, comprising - a valve opening, - a first moving element (306, 404) carrying a first sealing means (309, 408) for making a leak tight seal, the first moving element (306, 404) being movable relative to the valve opening between a closed position and an opened position allowing a first flow between the fuel tank and the canister, through a first passageway (20, 21) with a first size, - a second moving element (304, 405), distinct from the first moving element (306,404), carrying a second sealing means (305, 409) for making a leak tight seal, the second moving element (304, 405) being movable relative to the valve opening between a closed position and an opened position allowing a second flow between the fuel tank and the canister, through a second passageway (21, 31) with a second size, different from the first size, the first (306, 404) and second (304, 405) moving elements being configured to be actuated by a common actuator (303, 403), characterized in that - the second moving element comprises a central hole having a frustoconical surface partly defining the first passageway (20, 21), and - the first sealing means has a complementary frustoconical surface configured to cooperate with the frustoconical surface of the central hole of the second moving element to make a leak tight seal. - a valve opening, - a first moving element (306, 404) carrying a first sealing means (309, 408) for making a leak tight seal, the first moving element (306, 404) being movable relative to the valve opening between a closed position and an opened position allowing a first flow between the fuel tank and the canister, through a first passageway (20, 21) with a first size, - a second moving element (304, 405), distinct from the first moving element (306,404), carrying a second sealing means (305, 409) for making a leak tight seal, the second moving element (304, 405) being movable relative to the valve opening between a closed position and an opened position allowing a second flow between the fuel tank and the canister, through a second passageway (21, 31) with a second size, different from the first size, - the second moving element comprises a central hole having a frustoconical surface partly defining the first passageway (20, 21), and - the first sealing means has a complementary frustoconical surface configured to cooperate with the frustoconical surface of the central hole of the second moving element to make a leak tight seal.
Sealing element for sealing butt joints between elements of a facade built using the element construction method, wherein the sealing element has a connecting flange for fastening the sealing element to the facade element and one or more sealing lips, wherein the connecting flange is configured as a web bearing on a side edge of the respective facade element, wherein the sealing element is in the form of a corner part or comprises a corner part, and wherein the sealing lip is arranged on a front edge or outer edge of the connecting flange, characterized in that an inwardly rising lip is provided, which extends inwardly from the front edge or outer edge of the sealing element, extends along a vertical section of the connecting flange along a depth of the connecting flange and is in the form of a channel, and in that the sealing lip is provided with a recess in the region of the lip, wherein the lip projects through this recess or terminates with the sealing lip.
A system for detecting optical particles, the system comprising a transparent slide, a composition arranged on the slide, a light source able to light the composition and the slide, and a device for acquiring at least one image (A, B) of the composition lit by the light source, the transparent slide being positioned between the light source and the acquisition device, characterized in that the composition comprises water, the particles, a surfactant and a hydrophilic polymer, the particles having a diameter preferably smaller than 10 μm, still more preferably smaller than 1 μm, the surfactant having a concentration preferably at least equal to the critical micellar concentration, the hydrophilic polymer having a boiling temperature higher than that of water, the polymer is a polyethylene glycol defined by the following formula: H(-OCH 2 CH 2 -) n OH where n represents the number of oxyethylene patterns of the polymer, the number n of oxyethylene patterns being an integer comprised between 2 and 180.
Device for moving a microscope stage, which device has a first and second rail system (16a, 16b), and has a microscope stage that is moveably fixed to a first base with the first and second rail systems (16a, 16b), furthermore, it contains: - a first drive unit adapted to move the stage along the first rail system, connected to the stage via a first drive connection, and - a second drive unit adapted to move the stage along a second rail system positioned at an angle to the first rail system, connected to the stage via a second drive connection, wherein the first drive unit is arranged on a second base, and the first drive connection is provided as a belt drive, characterised in that the second base is mechanically isolated from the first base. - a first drive unit adapted to move the stage along the first rail system, connected to the stage via a first drive connection, and - a second drive unit adapted to move the stage along a second rail system positioned at an angle to the first rail system, connected to the stage via a second drive connection, wherein the first drive unit is arranged on a second base, and the first drive connection is provided as a belt drive, characterised in that the second base is mechanically isolated from the first base.
A building system, comprising: a) a communication network; b) a plurality of wireless nodes within a building operably coupled to the communication network; c) a plurality of wireless devices (108a,... 108n), each wireless device (108a,... 108n) affixed to or within an object within the building, each wireless device (108a,... 108n) exclusively containing an antenna, an RF circuit, a power harvest circuit, and a data processing circuit with a memory, wherein the memory comprises first information regarding at least one thermal property of the object, each of the wireless devices (108a,...108n) configured to communicate wirelessly to at least one of the wireless nodes using power derived from communication signals detected in the wireless device (108a,...108n); d) a processing circuit operably coupled to receive the first information from the wireless devices, the processing circuit configured to generate a model of at least a portion of a building based at least in part on the at least one thermal property of the objects. a) a communication network; b) a plurality of wireless nodes within a building operably coupled to the communication network; c) a plurality of wireless devices (108a,... 108n), each wireless device (108a,... 108n) affixed to or within an object within the building, each wireless device (108a,... 108n) exclusively containing an antenna, an RF circuit, a power harvest circuit, and a data processing circuit with a memory, wherein the memory comprises first information regarding at least one thermal property of the object, each of the wireless devices (108a,...108n) configured to communicate wirelessly to at least one of the wireless nodes using power derived from communication signals detected in the wireless device (108a,...108n); d) a processing circuit operably coupled to receive the first information from the wireless devices, the processing circuit configured to generate a model of at least a portion of a building based at least in part on the at least one thermal property of the objects.
A method for implementing multi-user virtual multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) comprising: allocating a subgroup of base station antennas to each of a plurality of wireless transmit/receive units (WTRUs) (120a, 120b), generating a MIMO channel matrix between antennas of the WTRUs and the base station antennas; and processing received signals from the WTRUs using the channel matrix. allocating a subgroup of base station antennas to each of a plurality of wireless transmit/receive units (WTRUs) (120a, 120b), generating a MIMO channel matrix between antennas of the WTRUs and the base station antennas; and processing received signals from the WTRUs using the channel matrix.
A method for making a paper product starting from aqueous furnish containing fibres and filler, where the method comprises: - adding cationic strength additive in an amount of 0.1...2.5 wt-% of dry weight of uncoated paper to the aqueous furnish, - adding anionically charged nanofibrillar cellulose in an amount of 0.1...5 wt-% of the dry weight of uncoated paper to the aqueous furnish to the approach flow where the furnish is flowing towards dewatering at a point where the residence time is less than 1 minute before the start of the dewatering of the furnish, wherein the cationic strength additive is also added to the approach flow where the furnish is flowing towards the dewatering, preferably prior to or simultaneously with the addition of the anionically charged nanofibrillar cellulose, - adding cationic retention aid to the approach flow after the addition of the anionically charged nanofibrillar cellulose and after the addition of the cationic strength additive, and - dewatering the furnish so as to make a paper product. - adding cationic strength additive in an amount of 0.1...2.5 wt-% of dry weight of uncoated paper to the aqueous furnish, - adding anionically charged nanofibrillar cellulose in an amount of 0.1...5 wt-% of the dry weight of uncoated paper to the aqueous furnish to the approach flow where the furnish is flowing towards dewatering at a point where the residence time is less than 1 minute before the start of the dewatering of the furnish, wherein the cationic strength additive is also added to the approach flow where the furnish is flowing towards the dewatering, preferably prior to or simultaneously with the addition of the anionically charged nanofibrillar cellulose, - adding cationic retention aid to the approach flow after the addition of the anionically charged nanofibrillar cellulose and after the addition of the cationic strength additive, and - dewatering the furnish so as to make a paper product.
Composition comprising at least one of the following combinations of a), b) and c) a) and b) b) and c) a) and c) and also c) alone, wherein a) denotes solidified lactam melts having 0.1 - 5% by weight of at least one polymeric carbodiimide, preferably at least one polymeric aromatic carbodiimide, and/or at least one uretdione, b) denotes solidified lactam melts having 0.2 - 5% by weight of catalyst, selected from the group comprising: lactam magnesium halide, alkali metal aluminodilactamate, alkali metal and/or alkaline earth metal lactamate and c) denotes solidified lactam melts having 0.2 - 5% by weight of catalyst selected from the group comprising: lactam magnesium halide, alkali metal aluminodilactamate, alkali metal and/or alkaline earth metal lactamate and 0.1 - 5% by weight of at least one polymeric carbodiimide, preferably at least one polymeric aromatic carbodiimide, and/or at least one uretdione optionally in combination with further solidified lactam melts b). a) and b) b) and c) a) and c) and also c) alone, wherein a) denotes solidified lactam melts having 0.1 - 5% by weight of at least one polymeric carbodiimide, preferably at least one polymeric aromatic carbodiimide, and/or at least one uretdione, b) denotes solidified lactam melts having 0.2 - 5% by weight of catalyst, selected from the group comprising: lactam magnesium halide, alkali metal aluminodilactamate, alkali metal and/or alkaline earth metal lactamate c) denotes solidified lactam melts having 0.2 - 5% by weight of catalyst selected from the group comprising: lactam magnesium halide, alkali metal aluminodilactamate, alkali metal and/or alkaline earth metal lactamate and 0.1 - 5% by weight of at least one polymeric carbodiimide, preferably at least one polymeric aromatic carbodiimide, and/or at least one uretdione