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An automated stainer comprising: a plurality of slide rack assemblies with locations for multiple microscope slides; a heating chamber with a locking heated chamber lid configured to create a pressurized internal chamber and to hold the plurality of slide rack assemblies, the heating chamber comprising a plurality of processing fluid baths, each comprising a processing fluid, wherein the plurality of processing fluids includes an antigen retrieval agent; a robotic arm with a robotic head configured to releasably grasp the at least one slide rack assembly, wherein the robotic arm is configured to dispense the antigen retrieval agent to a slide rack assembly in the heating chamber and water to the heating chamber; and a processor configured to determine timing and movement of the robotic arm to move the plurality of slide rack assembly between the processing fluid baths. a plurality of slide rack assemblies with locations for multiple microscope slides; a heating chamber with a locking heated chamber lid configured to create a pressurized internal chamber and to hold the plurality of slide rack assemblies, the heating chamber comprising a plurality of processing fluid baths, each comprising a processing fluid, wherein the plurality of processing fluids includes an antigen retrieval agent; a robotic arm with a robotic head configured to releasably grasp the at least one slide rack assembly, wherein the robotic arm is configured to dispense the antigen retrieval agent to a slide rack assembly in the heating chamber and water to the heating chamber; and a processor configured to determine timing and movement of the robotic arm to move the plurality of slide rack assembly between the processing fluid baths.
An in vitro method to quantify the level of chronic stress in a fish comprising: - obtaining at least one scale from said fish, - extracting glucocorticoids from said scale, - purifying the glucocorticoids extracted from said scale, - quantifying said purified glucocorticoids, and - correlating said quantified glucocorticoids with a level of chronic stress. - obtaining at least one scale from said fish, - extracting glucocorticoids from said scale, - purifying the glucocorticoids extracted from said scale, - quantifying said purified glucocorticoids, and - correlating said quantified glucocorticoids with a level of chronic stress.
Method of producing a reagent tape, that comprises a base tape layer (18; 18'; 18") and a series of consecutive and separate reagent pads of a reagent, for use in a milk sampling device, the milk sampling device being arranged to supply a droplet of a milk sample onto one of the reagent pads on the tape in order to produce a response in the reagent to detect a presence or concentration of a substance in the milk sample, the method comprising - providing the base tape layer (18; 18'; 18") of the reagent tape, - applying onto the base tape layer a continuous layer (29; 35; 35-1, 35-2) of the reagent, - dividing the supplied continuous reagent layer into separate reagent pads by providing a hydrophobic barrier line (41, 42; 43) between said pads, wherein said step of providing a hydrophobic barrier line comprises removing between two neighbouring reagent pads two mutually parallel, and preferably throughgoing, strips of the reagent in a direction transverse to a longitudinal direction of the tape by means of laser ablating. the milk sampling device being arranged to supply a droplet of a milk sample onto one of the reagent pads on the tape in order to produce a response in the reagent to detect a presence or concentration of a substance in the milk sample, the method comprising - providing the base tape layer (18; 18'; 18") of the reagent tape, - applying onto the base tape layer a continuous layer (29; 35; 35-1, 35-2) of the reagent, - dividing the supplied continuous reagent layer into separate reagent pads by providing a hydrophobic barrier line (41, 42; 43) between said pads, - providing the base tape layer (18; 18'; 18") of the reagent tape, - applying onto the base tape layer a continuous layer (29; 35; 35-1, 35-2) of the reagent, - dividing the supplied continuous reagent layer into separate reagent pads by providing a hydrophobic barrier line (41, 42; 43) between said pads, wherein said step of providing a hydrophobic barrier line comprises removing between two neighbouring reagent pads two mutually parallel, and preferably throughgoing, strips of the reagent in a direction transverse to a longitudinal direction of the tape by means of laser ablating.
A caster (30, 31) comprising: a fixed block fixed to a leg of a stroller; a turning block connected to the fixed block such that the turning block is turnable about a caster axis line with respect to the fixed block; a wheel supported by the turning block through an axle such that the wheel is rotatable with respect to the turning block; a locking member supported by the turning block such that the locking member is relatively movable with respect to the turning block; and a switching member (60, 61) located on the caster axis line, and relatively movable along the caster axis line with respect to the fixed block and the turning block; wherein the locking member is movable in accordance with the movement of the switching member (60, 61) along the caster axis line, between a locked position where the locking member is engaged with the wheel so as to restrict a rotation of the wheel, and an unlocked position where the locking member is disengaged from the wheel, characterized in that the switching member (60, 61) includes a shaft part extending along the caster axis line, and an engagement planar part fixed to the shaft part and extending in a direction not parallel with the caster axis line, and in accordance with the movement of the switching member (60, 61) along the caster axis line, the locking member is pressed by the engagement planar part of the switching member (60, 61) so as to be relatively moved with respect to the turning block. a fixed block fixed to a leg of a stroller; a turning block connected to the fixed block such that the turning block is turnable about a caster axis line with respect to the fixed block; a wheel supported by the turning block through an axle such that the wheel is rotatable with respect to the turning block; a locking member supported by the turning block such that the locking member is relatively movable with respect to the turning block; and a switching member (60, 61) located on the caster axis line, and relatively movable along the caster axis line with respect to the fixed block and the turning block; wherein the locking member is movable in accordance with the movement of the switching member (60, 61) along the caster axis line, between a locked position where the locking member is engaged with the wheel so as to restrict a rotation of the wheel, and an unlocked position where the locking member is disengaged from the wheel, characterized in that the switching member (60, 61) includes a shaft part extending along the caster axis line, and an engagement planar part fixed to the shaft part and extending in a direction not parallel with the caster axis line, and in accordance with the movement of the switching member (60, 61) along the caster axis line, the locking member is pressed by the engagement planar part of the switching member (60, 61) so as to be relatively moved with respect to the turning block.
A controller for an unmanned vehicle, the controller comprising: a receiver for receiving a desired route for the unmanned vehicle; a first communications interface for enabling electrical communication between the controller and a corresponding communications interface on an unmanned vehicle; and a processor configured to: receive the current position of the unmanned vehicle and receive position information relating to at least one obstacle; perform route deconfliction on the desired route by determining if a conflict exists whereby the at least one obstacle intercepts the desired route, and generating a deconflicted route not intercepted by the at least one obstacle, wherein the deconflicted route comprises desired arrival times corresponding to each waypoint in a set of waypoints; generate a vehicle control signal comprising an instruction to perform a manoeuvre which moves the unmanned vehicle from its current position to each of the waypoints at the corresponding arrival times; and transmit the vehicle control signal to the unmanned vehicle through the first communications interface. a receiver for receiving a desired route for the unmanned vehicle; a first communications interface for enabling electrical communication between the controller and a corresponding communications interface on an unmanned vehicle; and a processor configured to: receive the current position of the unmanned vehicle and receive position information relating to at least one obstacle; perform route deconfliction on the desired route by determining if a conflict exists whereby the at least one obstacle intercepts the desired route, and generating a deconflicted route not intercepted by the at least one obstacle, wherein the deconflicted route comprises desired arrival times corresponding to each waypoint in a set of waypoints; generate a vehicle control signal comprising an instruction to perform a manoeuvre which moves the unmanned vehicle from its current position to each of the waypoints at the corresponding arrival times; and transmit the vehicle control signal to the unmanned vehicle through the first communications interface. receive the current position of the unmanned vehicle and receive position information relating to at least one obstacle; perform route deconfliction on the desired route by determining if a conflict exists whereby the at least one obstacle intercepts the desired route, and generating a deconflicted route not intercepted by the at least one obstacle, wherein the deconflicted route comprises desired arrival times corresponding to each waypoint in a set of waypoints; generate a vehicle control signal comprising an instruction to perform a manoeuvre which moves the unmanned vehicle from its current position to each of the waypoints at the corresponding arrival times; and transmit the vehicle control signal to the unmanned vehicle through the first communications interface.
A method of blackening an optical component comprising: exposing a surface of an optical component that defines an optical pathway to an optical blackening composition that comprises selenous acid for a period of time effective to optically blacken the surface and yield an optically blackened optical pathway that is non-fluorescing; removing residual optical blackening composition from the surface of the optical component; and drying the optical component. exposing a surface of an optical component that defines an optical pathway to an optical blackening composition that comprises selenous acid for a period of time effective to optically blacken the surface and yield an optically blackened optical pathway that is non-fluorescing; removing residual optical blackening composition from the surface of the optical component; and drying the optical component.
A substantially homogeneous crystalline form of 4-(6-chloro-2,3-methylenedioxyanilino)-7-[2-(4-methylpiperazin-1-yl)ethoxy]-5-tetrahydropyran-4-yloxyquinazoline substantially in the form of the difumaric acid salt (AZD0530 difumarate).
Apparatus for producing light pulses, having a pulsed light source that emits a sequence of light pulses, an enhancement cavity into which the light pulses emitted by the pulsed light source are coupled and a modulator that output couples at least one light pulse circulating in the enhancement cavity from the enhancement cavity, characterized in that the pulsed light source operates in a burst mode in such a way that the pulsed light source emits a sequence of pulse packets, which each comprise two or more temporally successive light pulses, wherein the pulsed light source emits the pulse packets periodically at a burst frequency, wherein the modulator periodically output couples the light pulses from the enhancement cavity at the burst frequency, wherein the burst duration, i.e. the time duration of a pulse packet, is shorter than the inverse of the burst frequency.
A method for creating/issuing a distribution certificate including a reception certificate, a transmission certificate and a reading certificate in a system for distributing an electronic document including transmitting and receiving entities / and a distribution hub, the method comprising: (a) transmitting, by a transmitting entity, a distribution message including a transmitter's electronic document to a receiving entity; (b) creating, by a receiving entity, the reception certificate by acquiring essential information after receiving the distribution message; (c) transmitting, by the receiving entity, the created reception certificate to the transmitting entity; (d) completing, by the transmitting entity, verification for the received reception certificate and then, attaching verification information on an electronic signature certificate of the reception certificate to the received reception certificate; and (e) transmitting, by the transmitting entity, the reception certificate attached to the verification information to a third party storage authority and requesting the storage thereto, wherein the verification information includes information related to the validity verification of the distribution certificate and information related to the content verification of the distribution certificate. (a) transmitting, by a transmitting entity, a distribution message including a transmitter's electronic document to a receiving entity; (b) creating, by a receiving entity, the reception certificate by acquiring essential information after receiving the distribution message; (c) transmitting, by the receiving entity, the created reception certificate to the transmitting entity; (d) completing, by the transmitting entity, verification for the received reception certificate and then, attaching verification information on an electronic signature certificate of the reception certificate to the received reception certificate; and (e) transmitting, by the transmitting entity, the reception certificate attached to the verification information to a third party storage authority and requesting the storage thereto,
A method for producing an Eu-activated CaAlSiN 3 powder having an average particle diameter of 10 μm or less as measured in the non-pulverized state by the laser scattering particle size distribution analysis, the method comprising firing a raw material powder comprising Ca 3 N 2, AIN, Si 3 N 4 and EuN at 1,400 to 2,000 °C in a nitrogen-containing atmosphere, the Ca 3 N 2, AIN and Si 3 N 4 giving a composition represented by xCa 3 N 2 •yAlN•zSi 3 N 4, wherein x+y+z=100, 10≤x≤70 and y:z=(72:28) to (78:22), and the EuN being contained in an amount of 0.01 to 10 parts by weight as Eu per 100 parts by weight in total of the Ca 3 N 2, AIN and Si 3 N 4, wherein an amorphous Si 3 N 4 or a nitrogen-containing silane compound which is a precursor of the amorphous Si 3 N 4 is used as the raw material Si 3 N 4.
A sample carrier for storing a dried sample of a received fluid, comprising: a first carrier portion to receive a fluid sample and comprising a material that adsorbs the fluid sample and that is indissolvable in a solvent; a second carrier portion affixed to the first carrier portion and comprising a material that dissolves upon application of the solvent; and a third carrier portion affixed to the second carrier portion and being separated from the first carrier portion by the second carrier portion, the third carrier portion comprising a material that is indissolvable in the solvent, wherein the first carrier portion and a dried sample contained therein are separable from the third carrier portion upon application of the solvent to the second carrier portion. a first carrier portion to receive a fluid sample and comprising a material that adsorbs the fluid sample and that is indissolvable in a solvent; a second carrier portion affixed to the first carrier portion and comprising a material that dissolves upon application of the solvent; and a third carrier portion affixed to the second carrier portion and being separated from the first carrier portion by the second carrier portion, the third carrier portion comprising a material that is indissolvable in the solvent, wherein the first carrier portion and a dried sample contained therein are separable from the third carrier portion upon application of the solvent to the second carrier portion.
A caster module, comprising: an omni wheel, provided with an shaft groove; and an effector, received in the shaft groove, a case of the effector being rotatable relative to an inner wall of the shaft groove, and an output end of the effector being connected to the omni wheel and configured to drive the omni wheel to rotate, characterized in that, the omni wheel comprises an inner-side hub, an omni wheel primary structure, an outer-side hub, an inner-side roller, and an outer-side roller; wherein the shaft groove is disposed on the omni wheel primary structure, the inner-side hub and the outer-side hub are both connected to the omni wheel primary structure, the inner-side hub and the outer-side hub are respectively disposed at two ends of the shaft groove, the inner-side hub and the omni wheel primary structure collaboratively define an inner rotation groove, the inner-side roller being rotatably connected to the inner rotation groove, and the outer-side hub and the omni wheel primary structure collaboratively define an outer rotation groove, the outer-side roller being rotatably being connected to the outer rotation groove; and the inner-side hub is provided with a connecting through hole in communication with the shaft groove, the effector is inserted into the shaft groove by the connecting through hole, and the output end of the effector is connected to a surface of the outer-side hub facing towards the shaft groove. an omni wheel, provided with an shaft groove; and an effector, received in the shaft groove, a case of the effector being rotatable relative to an inner wall of the shaft groove, and an output end of the effector being connected to the omni wheel and configured to drive the omni wheel to rotate, characterized in that, the omni wheel comprises an inner-side hub, an omni wheel primary structure, an outer-side hub, an inner-side roller, and an outer-side roller; wherein the shaft groove is disposed on the omni wheel primary structure, the inner-side hub and the outer-side hub are both connected to the omni wheel primary structure, the inner-side hub and the outer-side hub are respectively disposed at two ends of the shaft groove, the inner-side hub and the omni wheel primary structure collaboratively define an inner rotation groove, the inner-side roller being rotatably connected to the inner rotation groove, and the outer-side hub and the omni wheel primary structure collaboratively define an outer rotation groove, the outer-side roller being rotatably being connected to the outer rotation groove; and the inner-side hub is provided with a connecting through hole in communication with the shaft groove, the effector is inserted into the shaft groove by the connecting through hole, and the output end of the effector is connected to a surface of the outer-side hub facing towards the shaft groove.
A method of coating a substrate with a liquid comprising a catalyst component, which substrate comprises a plurality of channels, wherein the method comprises: (a) holding the substrate vertically; (b) continuously introducing the liquid into the substrate by pushing or injecting the liquid through the open ends of the channels at a lower end of the substrate with a piston; and (c) after the lower end of the substrate has been part-filled with the liquid, applying a vacuum to the open ends of the channels at an upper end of the substrate while introducing the liquid into the substrate in step (b). (a) holding the substrate vertically; (b) continuously introducing the liquid into the substrate by pushing or injecting the liquid through the open ends of the channels at a lower end of the substrate with a piston; and (c) after the lower end of the substrate has been part-filled with the liquid, applying a vacuum to the open ends of the channels at an upper end of the substrate while introducing the liquid into the substrate in step (b).
A mandrel for forming an expandable stent structure, comprising: a plurality of first grooves extending helically in a first direction around a circumference of the mandrel, the plurality of first grooves defining a first base; and a plurality of second grooves extending helically in a second direction around the circumference of the mandrel, the plurality of second grooves defining a second base; wherein the second direction is opposite the first direction; wherein the mandrel includes high spots having grooves defining a raised base that is disposed radially outward from the first base of adjacent first grooves; wherein the high spots are portions of the mandrel extending radially outward from a remainder of the mandrel between intersecting first grooves and second grooves. a plurality of first grooves extending helically in a first direction around a circumference of the mandrel, the plurality of first grooves defining a first base; and a plurality of second grooves extending helically in a second direction around the circumference of the mandrel, the plurality of second grooves defining a second base; wherein the second direction is opposite the first direction; wherein the mandrel includes high spots having grooves defining a raised base that is disposed radially outward from the first base of adjacent first grooves; wherein the high spots are portions of the mandrel extending radially outward from a remainder of the mandrel between intersecting first grooves and second grooves.
A diphenyl sulfide derivative, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt or hydrate thereof, represented by the general formula. (In the formula, R 1 represents an alkoxy group having 1 to 6 carbon atoms, R 2 represents a propyl group or an allyl group, X represents methylene or an oxygen atom, and Z represents a halogen atom.)