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A method for Isolating a chemotherapeutic agent resistant cancer cell with stem cell properties, comprising: (i) encapsulating a sample of cancer cells in an agarose coated, agarose containing bead; (ii) contacting said bead with at least one anti-cancer chemotherapeutic agent for a time sufficient to kill at least a portion of said cancer cells; (iii) removing any surviving cells from said bead; (iv) assaying said surviving cell for at least one stem cell property, and (v) isolating any cells which exhibit said stem cell property from any cells which do not. (i) encapsulating a sample of cancer cells in an agarose coated, agarose containing bead; (ii) contacting said bead with at least one anti-cancer chemotherapeutic agent for a time sufficient to kill at least a portion of said cancer cells; (iii) removing any surviving cells from said bead; (iv) assaying said surviving cell for at least one stem cell property, and (v) isolating any cells which exhibit said stem cell property from any cells which do not.
A stoma extender comprising: a first end for insertion into a stoma for diverting stomal effluent into the stoma extender before the effluent exits the stoma; a second end for remaining external of the stoma, for providing a discharge exit for stomal effluent; a conduit portion coupled between the first and second ends for communicating stomal effluent through the stoma extender; a first inflatable seal at the first end for sealing against the intestinal wall behind a stoma; an inflation fluid reservoir for storing inflation fluid prior to delivery to the inflatable seal; and an inflation conduit for delivering inflation fluid from the reservoir to the inflatable seal; wherein: the inflation fluid reservoir is provided at the second end, or nearer the second end than the first end; the inflation fluid reservoir is responsive to manual pressure applied at the second end, while rolling, folding or pressing the second end towards stoma level during fitting of the stoma extender, to urge inflation fluid out of the reservoir; and, the stoma extender further comprises a device for retaining the first end in a non-inflated state until the first end has been received within the stoma characterised in that the inflation fluid reservoir has a storage capacity sufficient to inflate the inflatable seal to an operative inflated state in use. a first end for insertion into a stoma for diverting stomal effluent into the stoma extender before the effluent exits the stoma; a second end for remaining external of the stoma, for providing a discharge exit for stomal effluent; a conduit portion coupled between the first and second ends for communicating stomal effluent through the stoma extender; a first inflatable seal at the first end for sealing against the intestinal wall behind a stoma; an inflation fluid reservoir for storing inflation fluid prior to delivery to the inflatable seal; and an inflation conduit for delivering inflation fluid from the reservoir to the inflatable seal; wherein: the inflation fluid reservoir is provided at the second end, or nearer the second end than the first end; the inflation fluid reservoir is responsive to manual pressure applied at the second end, while rolling, folding or pressing the second end towards stoma level during fitting of the stoma extender, to urge inflation fluid out of the reservoir; and, the stoma extender further comprises a device for retaining the first end in a non-inflated state until the first end has been received within the stoma characterised in that the inflation fluid reservoir has a storage capacity sufficient to inflate the inflatable seal to an operative inflated state in use.
A method of detecting particles comprising: emitting a first beam of radiation into a monitored region; detecting a variation in images of the region with a first image capturing device wherein the variation in images indicates the presence of the particles and wherein the variation in images corresponds to backscattered radiation; determining a path loss measurement by recording, in an image captured by the first image capturing device, the intensity of a target incident beam spot of the emitted first beam; and comparing the recorded intensity with a recorded intensity at a previous time. emitting a first beam of radiation into a monitored region; detecting a variation in images of the region with a first image capturing device wherein the variation in images indicates the presence of the particles and wherein the variation in images corresponds to backscattered radiation; determining a path loss measurement by recording, in an image captured by the first image capturing device, the intensity of a target incident beam spot of the emitted first beam; and comparing the recorded intensity with a recorded intensity at a previous time.
A device for improving the production of heat by cogeneration comprising a heat source producing steam which is expanded in a turbine, the exhaust of which is linked to an air condenser which evacuates the heat, and comprising at least one second auxiliary condenser in the form of a hydrocondenser, the coolant of this hydrocondenser being directed toward an installation or equipment in which its heat is extracted and used, then the liquid is returned to the hydrocondenser, characterized in that the hydrocondenser is incorporated in the air condenser.
A sensor, in particular for domestic appliances such as washing machines or dishwashers, comprising a transmitter as well as a receiver for optical radiation, for measuring the turbidity of a liquid, having a measuring section for the liquid located between the transmitter and the receiver, and having a housing, wherein a temperature sensor for measuring the temperature of the liquid is arranged in and/or on the housing, wherein the housing is made up of a base part as well as in each case a separate attachment (4, 4') in the manner of a bulge for the accommodation of the transmitter and the receiver, wherein the measuring section is located between the attachments (4, 4') and wherein the temperature sensor is arranged in a further housing attachment in the manner of a bulge, characterized in that the housing attachment for the temperature sensor is located between the attachments (4, 4') for the transmitter as well as the receiver, and that the height of the housing attachment is less than that of the attachment (4, 4), such that the optical radiation between transmitter and receiver is substantially unhindered.
Accessory of vacuum cleaner suction head, where said suction head comprises a suction duct and a base plate having an outer face and a cavity that communicates with the suction duct, where the accessory comprises: - a plate having an inner face, an outer face and an elongated hole that opens onto said inner and outer faces, - means (7, 8, 9, 10, 11) of assembling the plate beneath the base plate of the suction head, where said assembly means are configured so that the elongated hole corresponds with the cavity during said assembly, - and air channelling means (14, 17) opening downstream onto the elongated hole, characterised in that said air channelling means (14, 17) open upstream onto the contour (2a, 2b, 2c, 2d) of the plate. - a plate having an inner face, an outer face and an elongated hole that opens onto said inner and outer faces, - means (7, 8, 9, 10, 11) of assembling the plate beneath the base plate of the suction head, where said assembly means are configured so that the elongated hole corresponds with the cavity during said assembly, - and air channelling means (14, 17) opening downstream onto the elongated hole, characterised in that said air channelling means (14, 17) open upstream onto the contour (2a, 2b, 2c, 2d) of the plate.
Method of hot rinsing in a washing cycle of a dishwasher, including at least one tank connected to a water circuit including at least one pump, said tank being fitted with tableware baskets, in which the front face of said tank is closed by a door, and surrounded by a housing including a top wall, side walls, a back wall and a bottom wall, as well as at least one means of spraying washing water on the tableware arranged in the washing tank, said tank being divided into at least two washing areas (10, 11) one above the other and separated by at least one separation wall, said tank also containing means of heating the tank, characterised in that said method of hot rinsing comprises the following phases: - heating of the washing tank up to a temperature threshold T1, - stopping the circulation of rinsing water in at least one first area of the tank (10, 11) where the initial drying temperature is T1, and - maintenance of the circulation of the rinsing water and heating it in at least said second area (10, 11) of the washing tank in order to reach the initial drying temperature T2 of said area (10, 11). - heating of the washing tank up to a temperature threshold T1, - stopping the circulation of rinsing water in at least one first area of the tank (10, 11) where the initial drying temperature is T1, and - maintenance of the circulation of the rinsing water and heating it in at least said second area (10, 11) of the washing tank in order to reach the initial drying temperature T2 of said area (10, 11).
Stator or rotor for an electrical machine, comprising - a main body which extends concentrically about an axis and in which slots are arranged in a manner distributed uniformly in a tangential direction to the axis, and comprising - conductor loops (3 1, 3 2... 3 i) which are inserted into the slots and which each have a first conductor end and a second conductor end which each protrude out of the main body at one end (21, 22) of the said main body, wherein the first conductor ends of one conductor loop (3 1, 3 2... 3 i) are each interleaved in relation to the second conductor ends of the same conductor loop (3 1, 3 2... 3 i) in opposite tangential directions with respect to the axis, and wherein in each case the first conductor end of one of the conductor loops (3 1) is electrically conductively connected to a second conductor end of another conductor loop (3 1+a), which is offset from it by a number of slots, at a connection point and in each case the first conductor end is additionally interleaved into an inner winding space portion which is arranged in front of the slots in a radial direction with respect to the axis, and/or in each case the second conductor end is interleaved into an outer winding space portion which is arranged behind the slots in the radial direction with respect to the axis, characterized in that the conductor elements (311, 321) which are additionally interleaved into the inner winding space portion or outer winding space portion are at least partially rotated, so that they are arranged so as to intersect at least in sections in the radial and axial direction, and the adjacent conductor ends (311, 321) which are interleaved into the inner winding space portion or outer winding space portion are arranged in a manner bearing against one another, so that the conductor ends (311, 321) which are interleaved into the inner winding space portion or outer winding space portion are arranged in a manner offset in relation to one another in the form of stairs at least partially in a radial plane. - a main body which extends concentrically about an axis and in which slots are arranged in a manner distributed uniformly in a tangential direction to the axis, and comprising - conductor loops (3 1, 3 2... 3 i) which are inserted into the slots and which each have a first conductor end and a second conductor end which each protrude out of the main body at one end (21, 22) of the said main body,
Method for peeling potatoes with a food processor which comprises for food preparation a removable food preparation vessel, a heating element for heating a food in the food preparation vessel, and a rotatable tool for mixing or chopping the food in the food preparation vessel, with the following steps: - attaching a potato peeling disc having an abrasive structure on its surface from above to the tool which is located centrally at a bottom of the food preparation vessel to establish a manually releasable, rotationally coupled connection such that in operation the potato peeling disc rotates at the same rotational speed as the tool; - adding potatoes into the food preparation vessel from above onto the potato peeling disc; - rotating the tool in a motorized manner in a first direction of rotation and peeling of the potatoes with the potato peeling disc inside the food preparation vessel. - attaching a potato peeling disc having an abrasive structure on its surface from above to the tool which is located centrally at a bottom of the food preparation vessel to establish a manually releasable, rotationally coupled connection such that in operation the potato peeling disc rotates at the same rotational speed as the tool; - adding potatoes into the food preparation vessel from above onto the potato peeling disc; - rotating the tool in a motorized manner in a first direction of rotation and peeling of the potatoes with the potato peeling disc inside the food preparation vessel.
An electrically conductive pipette tip having an elongated tubular body that has a bottom opening at the bottom end for the passage of liquid, and a top opening at the top end for the passage of air, and a passageway between the bottom opening and the top opening, wherein the body has a continuous, electrically conductive region (9 to 11) extending in the longitudinal direction of the tubular body consisting of an electrically conductive first plastic component and the electrically conductive region (9 to 11) is at least partially strip-shaped, characterized in that the electrically conductive region (9 to 11) additionally comprises at least one ring (10, 11) and/or a ring segment that extends in the peripheral direction around the top end and/or around the bottom end of the body, and has at least one transparent or translucent region consisting of another plastic component that extends from the passageway to the outside of the body, and the body is manufactured in a multi-component injection molding process.
A method of forming a molded base element of a medicament delivery device: in a first molding shot, forming a rigid base portion (102, 602) of the molded base with a first material to have at least one cutout or hole; characterized in that the method further comprises: in a second molding shot, forming a disc portion (104, 604) around the base portion with a second material, the second material filling the at least one cutout or hole, thereby facilitating bonding between the base portion and the disc portion; wherein forming the base portion comprises forming a horizontal distal portion of the base portion with an outer portion that has a reduced thickness in comparison to the rest of the horizontal distal portion. in a first molding shot, forming a rigid base portion (102, 602) of the molded base with a first material to have at least one cutout or hole; characterized in that the method further comprises: in a second molding shot, forming a disc portion (104, 604) around the base portion with a second material, the second material filling the at least one cutout or hole, thereby facilitating bonding between the base portion and the disc portion; wherein forming the base portion comprises forming a horizontal distal portion of the base portion with an outer portion that has a reduced thickness in comparison to the rest of the horizontal distal portion. in a second molding shot, forming a disc portion (104, 604) around the base portion with a second material, the second material filling the at least one cutout or hole, thereby facilitating bonding between the base portion and the disc portion; wherein forming the base portion comprises forming a horizontal distal portion of the base portion with an outer portion that has a reduced thickness in comparison to the rest of the horizontal distal portion.
Activation or deactivation method for a terminal of a virtual subset of a telecommunication network, called "network slice", dedicated to a service, the telecommunication network comprising a plurality of network slices (TR1, TR2, TR3), said terminal being connected to said telecommunication network, and at least one first slice is previously activated for the terminal, the method comprising at least the following steps: a) a step of acquisition of at least one context data of a user, and b) a step of activation or of deactivation of at least one network slice out of the plurality of network slices (TR1, TR2, TR3) based on the context data previously acquired, and wherein the first network slice is deactivated in the step b) of the method. a) a step of acquisition of at least one context data of a user, and b) a step of activation or of deactivation of at least one network slice out of the plurality of network slices (TR1, TR2, TR3) based on the context data previously acquired, and
A method of bonding a conductor of an electric wire including a conductor formed of a plurality of strands and a sheath covering the conductor such that the conductor is exposed to a predetermined length, the bonding method ultrasonically bonding the plurality of strands of the electric wire to each other using an anvil and a horn, wherein when the strands are ultrasonically bonded to each other by clamping a part of the conductor exposed from the sheath between the anvil and the horn throughout a predetermined length and ultrasonically vibrating the horn, characterising in that: a distance (x) from the anvil or the horn to the sheath of the electric wire is shorter than a length of the strands when the strand vibrates in a primary mode by ultrasonic vibration, wherein the length is determined by with m being a constant of 4.730, f being an ultrasonic frequency of the horn in Hz, ρ being the density of the strands in kg / m 3, A being the cross-sectional area of a single strand in m 2, E being the Young's modulus of the strand in N / m 2, I being the cross-sectional secondary moment of a single strand in m 4. a distance (x) from the anvil or the horn to the sheath of the electric wire is shorter than a length of the strands when the strand vibrates in a primary mode by ultrasonic vibration, wherein the length is determined by with m being a constant of 4.730, f being an ultrasonic frequency of the horn in Hz, ρ being the density of the strands in kg / m 3, A being the cross-sectional area of a single strand in m 2, E being the Young's modulus of the strand in N / m 2, I being the cross-sectional secondary moment of a single strand in m 4.
Structure (1, 1', 11) for radio frequency applications, comprising: • a semiconductive support substrate; • a trapping layer arranged on the support substrate and comprising a defect density greater than a predetermined defect density; the trapping layer being characterized in that: • it has an electrical resistivity greater than 10 kohm.cm at 20°C; • the predetermined defect density is the defect density for which the conductivity mechanism in the trapping layer is dominated by a hopping conductivity regime; • it comprises polycrystalline silicon comprising 1 to 20% carbon. • a semiconductive support substrate; • a trapping layer arranged on the support substrate and comprising a defect density greater than a predetermined defect density; • it has an electrical resistivity greater than 10 kohm.cm at 20°C; • the predetermined defect density is the defect density for which the conductivity mechanism in the trapping layer is dominated by a hopping conductivity regime; • it comprises polycrystalline silicon comprising 1 to 20% carbon.
A transmitter for transmitting a block of Q bits, said transmitter comprising a turbocoder receiving said block and providing K code words having m bits, the turbocoder comprising K branches, each branch receiving said block and comprising a first interleaver for interleaving the bits of the block, followed by an elementary coder coding each word having r bits at the output of the first interleaver into a code word having m = r + c bits where c is a non-null integer, the code words provided by the elementary coder being interleaved by a second interleaver for interleaving the code words together the second interleaver providing the interleaved code words to a puncturer, all the puncturers of the different branches performing a word puncturing of the code words with a predetermined puncturing rate R punc > 1 the turbocoder being followed by a modulator mapping each code word having m bits at the output of the turbocoder into a symbol of a modulation alphabet having a size M = 2 m, the symbols of the modulation alphabet provided by the modulator modulating the signal to be transmitted, the symbols of the modulation alphabet being distributed on a plurality N of orthogonal dimensions, the symbols carried by a dimension belonging to a linear sub-alphabet A n, having a size P > 1, with M = NP.
Air-driven interproximal cleansing appliance, comprising: an appliance body having a handle member and an extended neck member, with a nozzle member (15, 27) at the distal end of the neck member, the nozzle member (15, 27) having a nozzle tip (16, 33), with an exit opening, shaped to fit into interproximal teeth spaces; a source of air providing bursts of air or an air/liquid mixture when the appliance is activated successively by the user; and a solid helix member having at least one full turn, supported within a channel (19, 28) in the nozzle member (15, 27), so that the helix member is free to rotate as air or the air/liquid mixture is moved through the channel (19, 28), the helix member having a set of bristles attached to a forward end thereof, such that the set of bristles rotate with rotation of the helix member when air or the air/liquid mixture moves through the channel (19, 28) and out the exit opening of the nozzle tip (16, 33), rotating the bristles for cleansing of the interproximal teeth surfaces, characterized in that the helix member includes a flow channel extending longitudinally through the middle of the helix member and exiting in the middle of the set of bristles, wherein the set of bristles surrounds the exit opening. an appliance body having a handle member and an extended neck member, with a nozzle member (15, 27) at the distal end of the neck member, the nozzle member (15, 27) having a nozzle tip (16, 33), with an exit opening, shaped to fit into interproximal teeth spaces; a source of air providing bursts of air or an air/liquid mixture when the appliance is activated successively by the user; and a solid helix member having at least one full turn, supported within a channel (19, 28) in the nozzle member (15, 27), so that the helix member is free to rotate as air or the air/liquid mixture is moved through the channel (19, 28), the helix member having a set of bristles attached to a forward end thereof, such that the set of bristles rotate with rotation of the helix member when air or the air/liquid mixture moves through the channel (19, 28) and out the exit opening of the nozzle tip (16, 33), rotating the bristles for cleansing of the interproximal teeth surfaces, characterized in that the helix member includes a flow channel extending longitudinally through the middle of the helix member and exiting in the middle of the set of bristles, wherein the set of bristles surrounds the exit opening.