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A method of detecting HAV (Hepatitis A Virus) in a biological sample, comprising a) amplifying a target nucleic acid comprising the nucleic acid sequence of HAV in a reaction mixture, said reaction mixture comprising a biological sample which may contain the target nucleic acid and a pair of primers, wherein the nucleic acid sequence of the first primer is Seq ID No. 7 and the nucleic acid sequence of the second primer is Seq ID No. 11, and b) detecting the amplified nucleic acid. a) amplifying a target nucleic acid comprising the nucleic acid sequence of HAV in a reaction mixture, said reaction mixture comprising a biological sample which may contain the target nucleic acid and a pair of primers, wherein the nucleic acid sequence of the first primer is Seq ID No. 7 and the nucleic acid sequence of the second primer is Seq ID No. 11, and b) detecting the amplified nucleic acid.
A system comprising a plurality of devices formed as a passive matrix array, each device being connected between a row line and a column line at a crosspoint thereof for providing an actuation output, wherein each device comprises an actuation arrangement for providing a mechanical actuation, the actuation arrangement comprising an active material (20, 120, 180) that can deform upon applying a drive signal to the actuation arrangement to therewith cause the mechanical actuation, the actuation output being dependent on the mechanical actuation, characterised in that each device further comprises a delay arrangement (22-24, 70, 80, 110, 122, 182) having a delay interaction with the actuation arrangement such that the delay arrangement: - prevents the actuation output for a drive signal chosen from a first range or first type of drive signals; and - allows the actuation output for a drive signal chosen from a second range or second type of drive signals different from the first range or first type of drive signals. - prevents the actuation output for a drive signal chosen from a first range or first type of drive signals; and - allows the actuation output for a drive signal chosen from a second range or second type of drive signals different from the first range or first type of drive signals.
A method for improving discontinuous reception for a user equipment of a wireless communication system, the method comprising: separately managing retransmission detecting timings of a plurality of downlink hybrid automatic repeat request, hereinafter called DL HARQ, processes when the discontinuous reception is used in the plurality of DL HARQ processes, by assigning an HARQ round trip time timer, hereinafter called HARQ RTT Timer, to each DL HARQ process of the plurality of DL HARQ processes; wherein the HARQ RTT Timer is started when receiving packets of the corresponding DL HARQ process and wherein the user equipment may start to detect the retransmission of the corresponding DL HARQ process when the HARQ RTT Timer expires. separately managing retransmission detecting timings of a plurality of downlink hybrid automatic repeat request, hereinafter called DL HARQ, processes when the discontinuous reception is used in the plurality of DL HARQ processes, by assigning an HARQ round trip time timer, hereinafter called HARQ RTT Timer, to each DL HARQ process of the plurality of DL HARQ processes; wherein the HARQ RTT Timer is started when receiving packets of the corresponding DL HARQ process and wherein the user equipment may start to detect the retransmission of the corresponding DL HARQ process when the HARQ RTT Timer expires.
A method of providing access to IoT resources, the method being performed by a Bluetooth low energy, BLE, tag, characterized in that the method comprising: - broadcasting a resource directory reference, wherein the resource directory comprises reachability information to one or more Internet of Things, IoT, resources and wherein the reachability information comprises a Constrained Application Protocol Uniform Resource Locator, CoAP URL. - broadcasting a resource directory reference, wherein the resource directory comprises reachability information to one or more Internet of Things, IoT, resources and wherein the reachability information comprises a Constrained Application Protocol Uniform Resource Locator, CoAP URL.
A cationic compatible metal oxide which comprises a metal oxide particle having a negative surface charge, wherein the metal oxide particle is a silica particle, and a vitamin molecule immobilized on the surface of the metal oxide particle in an amount sufficient to provide a positive charge on the surface of the metal oxide particle, wherein the amount of vitamin molecule immobilized on the surface of the metal oxide particle ranges from 0.01 to 10.0 wt% of the metal oxide, wherein the vitamin molecule is immobilized directly onto the surface of the metal oxide particle by way of being adsorbed directly onto the surface of the metal oxide particle or by way of being chemically reacted directly with the surface of the metal oxide particle.
A powder for a magnet used for a rare earth magnet, wherein each of magnetic particles constituting the powder for a magnet is composed of less than 40% by volume of a hydrogen compound of a rare earth element, and the balance composed of an iron-containing material; the iron-containing material contains iron and an iron-boron alloy containing iron and boron; a phase of the hydrogen compound of a rare earth element and a phase of the iron-containing material are present adjacent to each other; and the distance between the phases of the rare earth element hydrogen compound adjacent to each other with the phase of the iron-containing material interposed therebetween is 3 μm or less.
A method for calibrating an ultrasound imaging device to a reference coordinate system, the method comprising: locating a plurality of elongated cylindrical rods at fixed positions inside a housing, the rods having known positions with respect to a reference coordinate system, the rods having a size, shape, composition and/or surface features that cause diffuse reflection of an ultrasound signal regardless of incidence angle of the signal with respect to the rods; obtaining a plurality of cross-sectional images taken from different directions with respect to the rods, the cross-sectional images comprising cross-sectional representations of the rods; and calibrating the ultrasound imaging device to the reference coordinate system by (i) determining the centers of the cross-sectional representations of the rods within the cross-sectional images and (ii) relating the coordinates of the rods to the reference coordinate system based on the determined centers of the rods. locating a plurality of elongated cylindrical rods at fixed positions inside a housing, the rods having known positions with respect to a reference coordinate system, the rods having a size, shape, composition and/or surface features that cause diffuse reflection of an ultrasound signal regardless of incidence angle of the signal with respect to the rods; obtaining a plurality of cross-sectional images taken from different directions with respect to the rods, the cross-sectional images comprising cross-sectional representations of the rods; and calibrating the ultrasound imaging device to the reference coordinate system by (i) determining the centers of the cross-sectional representations of the rods within the cross-sectional images and (ii) relating the coordinates of the rods to the reference coordinate system based on the determined centers of the rods.
An optical element comprising a plurality of concavities (h1 - hn) arranged at a modal pitch not greater than a wavelength of light under a usage environment on one side of the optical element, wherein the optical element comprises two or more domains (C1-Cn) in a planar view, each of the domains (C1-Cn) comprising a predetermined arrangement of the plurality of concavities (h1-hn), and the lattice orientations of the concavities (h1-hn) are ordered within each domain (C1-Cn) but are not ordered macroscopically, a plurality of prominent convex protrusions (d1-dn) are formed in at least one region selected from the group consisting of a region surrounded by a plurality of the domains (C1-Cn) and a region surrounded by the plurality of concavities (h1-hn) in one of the domains, and a prominent convex protrusion (d1-dn) has a height not less than the standard deviation 1σ of the depths of the concavities (h1-hn) from a reference plane N, which is a plane at the position of modal surface height of the concavities (h1-hn), characterized in that an area ratio of the plurality of prominent convex protrusions (d1-dn) in a planar view, determined by dividing an area of prominent convex protrusions (d1-dn) at the reference plane N in a region of the optical element by a whole area of said region, is from 1% to 15%.
A communication control apparatus (100, 102, 104) comprising: a calculation unit configured to calculate a transmit power to be allocated, including a nominal transmit power and a margin for interference avoidance, for one or more secondary systems that secondarily use frequency channels protected for a primary system; a determination unit configured to determine a variation in a number of secondary systems, and cause the calculation unit to adjust the margin for interference avoidance on a basis of the determined variation; a communication unit configured to communicate with a wireless communication apparatus of the one or more secondary systems; and a control unit configured to signal, on a basis of the calculated transmit power, parameters for specifying the allocated transmit power to the wireless communication apparatus via the communication unit, wherein the determination unit is configured to determine, according to a condition dependent on the number of secondary systems, whether to cause the calculation unit to recalculate the transmit power or adjust a previously calculated transmit power by adjusting the margin for interference avoidance on the basis of the variation; and the determination unit is configured to cause the calculation unit to recalculate the transmit power in a case of the varied number of secondary systems falling below a threshold value, and to cause the calculation unit to adjust the previously calculated transmit power in a case of the varied number of secondary systems exceeding the threshold value. a calculation unit configured to calculate a transmit power to be allocated, including a nominal transmit power and a margin for interference avoidance, for one or more secondary systems that secondarily use frequency channels protected for a primary system; a determination unit configured to determine a variation in a number of secondary systems, and cause the calculation unit to adjust the margin for interference avoidance on a basis of the determined variation; a communication unit configured to communicate with a wireless communication apparatus of the one or more secondary systems; and a control unit configured to signal, on a basis of the calculated transmit power, parameters for specifying the allocated transmit power to the wireless communication apparatus via the communication unit, the determination unit is configured to determine, according to a condition dependent on the number of secondary systems, whether to cause the calculation unit to recalculate the transmit power or adjust a previously calculated transmit power by adjusting the margin for interference avoidance on the basis of the variation; and the determination unit is configured to cause the calculation unit to recalculate the transmit power in a case of the varied number of secondary systems falling below a threshold value, and to cause the calculation unit to adjust the previously calculated transmit power in a case of the varied number of secondary systems exceeding the threshold value.
A circuit for biological liquid, comprising a plurality of connectors, a network for routing liquid between said connectors, a bag comprising two flexible films (45, 46) and said routing network connectors, and a press comprising a first shell and a second shell clamping said bag in a state in which pipes of said liquid routing network are formed between said films (45, 46), said first shell comprising for each said pipe a shaping channel, said second shell comprising for each said pipe a shaping channel facing said corresponding shaping channel of the first shell; said first shell comprising at least one pinch valve for a said pipe, which valve comprises an actuator comprising a movable pinching member and has an open position in which the moveable member is in a retracted position in which it does not pinch said pipe as well as a closed position in which the moveable member is in an extended position in which it pinches said pipe; said valve further comprising, in register with said moveable pinching member, an elastically compressible pad (31; 131), which pad (31; 131) has a first face adjacent the moveable member and a second face adjacent the pipe to pinch, and, when said valve is in an open position, has a resting configuration in which said second face is concave and locally delimits said first shell shaping channel of said pipe to pinch, and, when said valve is in a closed position, has a pinching configuration in which said second face is convex, with said pipe and said pad (31; 131) sandwiched between said second shell shaping channel of said pipe to pinch and said moveable pinching member; characterized in that said pipe to pinch has a routing passage for said biological liquid which is formed by said two flexible films (45, 46) of said bag at a place where said films are apart from each other and by edges formed in immediate proximity of said passage and on each side of said passage delimiting the latter, which edges are formed by said films (45, 46) of said bag where said films meet and are sealed by a weld bead; said movable pinching member and said elastically compressible pad (31; 131) being configured such that, when said pinch valve is in a closed position and said pad (31; 131) in a pinching configuration, said routing passage of said pipe to pinch is pinched by said movable pinching member against said second shell shaping channel and said edges of said pipe to pinch are pinched flat by said movable pinching member against said second shell.
Method for computing in a volume a physical or a radiobiological quantity representing an effect induced by an ion beam entering said volume, said method comprising the steps of: a) providing a reference ion beamlet representing an elementary ion beam; b) determining in a phantom a distribution of a linearly-superposable quantity representing a linearly-superposable effect induced by said reference ion beamlet entering said phantom; c) approximating said ion beam as a weighted superposition of ion beamlets, i) one of said ion beamlets being a roto-translated ion beamlet that is obtained by applying a roto-translation operation to said reference ion beamlet, a roto-translation operation comprising an operation of rotation and/or translation, ii) said weighted superposition comprising weight coefficients; d) applying the roto-translation operation of step c)i) to the distribution of a linearly-superposable quantity of step b) for obtaining a roto-translated distribution of the linearly-superposable quantity representing an effect induced by the roto-translated ion beamlet of step c)i); e) performing a weighted superposition comprising the roto-translated distribution of previous step, and weight coefficients of step c)ii), for obtaining said physical or radiobiological quantity. a) providing a reference ion beamlet representing an elementary ion beam; b) determining in a phantom a distribution of a linearly-superposable quantity representing a linearly-superposable effect induced by said reference ion beamlet entering said phantom; c) approximating said ion beam as a weighted superposition of ion beamlets, i) one of said ion beamlets being a roto-translated ion beamlet that is obtained by applying a roto-translation operation to said reference ion beamlet, a roto-translation operation comprising an operation of rotation and/or translation, ii) said weighted superposition comprising weight coefficients; i) one of said ion beamlets being a roto-translated ion beamlet that is obtained by applying a roto-translation operation to said reference ion beamlet, a roto-translation operation comprising an operation of rotation and/or translation, ii) said weighted superposition comprising weight coefficients; d) applying the roto-translation operation of step c)i) to the distribution of a linearly-superposable quantity of step b) for obtaining a roto-translated distribution of the linearly-superposable quantity representing an effect induced by the roto-translated ion beamlet of step c)i); e) performing a weighted superposition comprising the roto-translated distribution of previous step, and weight coefficients of step c)ii), for obtaining said physical or radiobiological quantity.
A display device (100/100A) capable of displaying an aerial image (P1') with retroreflection, the display device (100/100A) comprising: a transparent light guiding layer, the light guiding layer having a bottom face or a bottom portion on which a light diffusing region is formed as a design; a retroreflective layer disposed on a side on which the light guiding layer has the bottom face; a polarizing beam splitter disposed on a side on which the light guiding layer has an upper face, the polarizing beam splitter allowing light having a first polarization direction to pass through the polarizing beam splitter; and an emission unit configured to emit, into the light guiding layer, the light having the first polarization direction or light having a second polarization direction different from the first polarization direction, wherein when the light having the first polarization direction is emitted, light reflected by the light diffusing region passes through the polarizing beam splitter such that the design is viewable, and when the light having the second polarization direction is emitted, light reflected by the retroreflective layer passes through the polarizing beam splitter such that the aerial image (P1') of the design is viewable. a transparent light guiding layer, the light guiding layer having a bottom face or a bottom portion on which a light diffusing region is formed as a design; a retroreflective layer disposed on a side on which the light guiding layer has the bottom face; a polarizing beam splitter disposed on a side on which the light guiding layer has an upper face, the polarizing beam splitter allowing light having a first polarization direction to pass through the polarizing beam splitter; and an emission unit configured to emit, into the light guiding layer, the light having the first polarization direction or light having a second polarization direction different from the first polarization direction, wherein when the light having the first polarization direction is emitted, light reflected by the light diffusing region passes through the polarizing beam splitter such that the design is viewable, and when the light having the second polarization direction is emitted, light reflected by the retroreflective layer passes through the polarizing beam splitter such that the aerial image (P1') of the design is viewable.
Launching device for submersible bodies in or on a submarine, having at least one storage container for storing a submersible body, wherein a hydraulically actuatable telescopic cylinder which is arranged in the clearance space profile of the storage container is provided to eject the submersible body from the storage container, characterized in that a hydraulic accumulator for supplying the telescopic cylinder with hydraulic energy is arranged in an annular space about an outer, fixed cylinder of the telescopic cylinder.
Driver assistance device for determining a target angle (α) of an object (10, 32) outside the device, wherein the target angle (α) is an angle between a reference line, which runs through a radar device of the driver assistance device, and a connecting line, which runs through the radar device and the object (10, 32), having - the radar device with at least two receiving antenna units (17, 18) each for receiving signals (S 1, S 2), - a control device which is designed to determine a value for the target angle (α) on the basis of a parameter (φ) based on the received signals (S 1, S 2) according to a stored target angle/parameter characteristic curve and to determine a value for a distance (R 1) between the object (10, 32) and the radar device, wherein the parameter (φ) is a phase difference (φ) between the phases of the received signals (S 1, S 2) and the target angle/parameter characteristic curve represents the dependence of the phase difference (φ) on the target angle (α), and - a sensor which is arranged at a distance from the radar device and is intended to measure a distance (R 2) between the object (10, 32) and said sensor, characterized in that the control device is designed to calculate the target angle (α) from measured values of the distance (R 2) between the object (10, 32) and the sensor and from the values for the distance (R 1) between the object (10, 32) and the radar device according to a calculation method and to correct the stored target angle/parameter characteristic curve on the basis of the result of this calculation, in that a multiplicity of values resulting from individual measurements at different objects and calculated according to the calculation method are assigned to a particular value of the target angle (α) in the target angle/parameter characteristic curve, in that the multiplicity of the values calculated according to the calculation method are averaged, and in that the value of the target angle (α) in the target angle/parameter characteristic curve is corrected on the basis of the calculated averaged value. - the radar device with at least two receiving antenna units (17, 18) each for receiving signals (S 1, S 2), - a control device which is designed to determine a value for the target angle (α) on the basis of a parameter (φ) based on the received signals (S 1, S 2) according to a stored target angle/parameter characteristic curve and to determine a value for a distance (R 1) between the object (10, 32) and the radar device, wherein the parameter (φ) is a phase difference (φ) between the phases of the received signals (S 1, S 2) and the target angle/parameter characteristic curve represents the dependence of the phase difference (φ) on the target angle (α), and - a sensor which is arranged at a distance from the radar device and is intended to measure a distance (R 2) between the object (10, 32) and said sensor,
A method for regenerating a nitrogen oxide storage catalytic converter which is arranged in the exhaust line of a lean-burn engine, wherein the engine is provided with a device for low-pressure exhaust-gas recirculation, and is arranged with a low-pressure EGR valve in the low-pressure EGR line and a valve for reducing exhaust-gas discharge and a valve for reducing the intake air, characterized in that the regeneration is carried out during overrun operation of the engine, in such a way that, with throttling of the intake air by means of the valve for reducing intake air and reduction of the discharge of the exhaust gases by means of the valve for reducing exhaust-gas discharge, the exhaust gas is conducted substantially in a circuit through the low-pressure EGR valve via the engine and the nitrogen oxide storage catalytic converter, and during this time an air-fuel mixture is set which corresponds to a lambda value of ≤ 1.
A composition containing an effective amount of S-oxo-clopidogrel or a compound of Formula IIA or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt, wherein R is hydrogen or alkyl substituted silyl group, for use in a method of alleviating inter individual platelet response variability and metabolic loading in humans in the treatment or prophylaxis of thrombosis or embolisms observed following administration of clopidogrel.