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A shortening composition comprising from 40% to 90% sucrose polyester, by weight, wherein said shortening composition comprises: a. a hard stock fraction; b. an intermediate melting fraction comprising a blend of sucrose polyesters, wherein each sucrose polyester comprises a sucrose moiety and a plurality of fatty acid ester moieties; and c. a liquid fraction; wherein from 25% to 50%, by weight, of the combined fatty acid ester moieties of the sucrose polyesters in the blend comprise a carbon chain that contains trans content; or wherein from 50% to 75%, by weight, of the combined fatty acid ester moieties of the sucrose polyesters in the blend are palmitic fatty acid ester moieties. a. a hard stock fraction; b. an intermediate melting fraction comprising a blend of sucrose polyesters, wherein each sucrose polyester comprises a sucrose moiety and a plurality of fatty acid ester moieties; and c. a liquid fraction;
A method for diagnosing preeclampsia or a preeclampsia-related condition in a subject, said method comprising the steps of (a) measuring the amount of IGFBP-7 (Insulin-like Growth Factor Binding Protein 7) in a sample from the subject, and (b) comparing the measured amount of the biomarker to a reference. (a) measuring the amount of IGFBP-7 (Insulin-like Growth Factor Binding Protein 7) in a sample from the subject, and (b) comparing the measured amount of the biomarker to a reference.
A conveying device for conveying liquids, comprising a pallet, at least two containers, in each of which a liquid is located and which are located on the pallet, and at least two pumps for conveying the liquids, characterized in that the conveying device and the pallet form a form-fit association which can only be formed in one orientation of the pallet and the at least two pumps are connected to a follower plate and the height of said follower plate can be adjusted, the follower plate lying on the liquid surface and closing sealingly with the container.
A sheet metal base panel for use in elevators, the said sheet metal base panel comprising of a single main body having top side, bottom side, left side, and right side, wherein edges of both the top side and bottom side of the said main body are given a first 90° bending followed by a second 90° bending and a subsequent third 90° bending which forms an open edge, wherein the sheet metal base panel contains at least a pair of stiffeners attached to rear side of the said main body, characterised in that said open edge is subsequently hemmed in by 180°, and in that the stiffeners are arranged in the shape of a cross on the rear side of the main body, thereby strengthening the mid-section of the base panel.
An image sensor, comprising: at least one pixel, the at least one pixel including a transistor to couple an overflow capacitor (Cof) to a floating diffusion node, wherein, under a low light condition, photocharge is to be collected in a floating diffusion, but substantially not into an overflow node; and wherein, under a high light condition, photocharge is to overflow into the overflow node; characterized in that the at least one pixel is coupled to a column readout circuit comprising a comparator configured to inspect a signal on the floating diffusion, wherein an output of the comparator is to charge a capacitor to a level of the floating diffusion under the low light condition or of the floating diffusion and the overflow node under the high light condition. at least one pixel, the at least one pixel including a transistor to couple an overflow capacitor (Cof) to a floating diffusion node, wherein, under a low light condition, photocharge is to be collected in a floating diffusion, but substantially not into an overflow node; and wherein, under a high light condition, photocharge is to overflow into the overflow node; characterized in that the at least one pixel is coupled to a column readout circuit comprising a comparator configured to inspect a signal on the floating diffusion, wherein an output of the comparator is to charge a capacitor to a level of the floating diffusion under the low light condition or of the floating diffusion and the overflow node under the high light condition.
A method of making a comfort pad (1000, 1100) for use with headgear in holding a respiratory mask in position on a patient's face, comprising: ultrasonically welding a padded member (1002, 1102) to a first substantially flat member (1012, 1112) thereby forming a first ultrasonic welding joint (1018, 1118) that connects the padded member (1002, 1102) to the first substantially flat member (1012, 1112), wherein the first ultrasonic welding joint (1018, 1118) is a flush joint that provides a smooth surface for contacting the patient's skin, wherein the padded member (1002, 1102) is arranged to provide a cushion between the patient and the headgear, and the first flat member (1012, 1112) is arranged to overwrap a strap of the headgear to position the padded member (1002, 1102). ultrasonically welding a padded member (1002, 1102) to a first substantially flat member (1012, 1112) thereby forming a first ultrasonic welding joint (1018, 1118) that connects the padded member (1002, 1102) to the first substantially flat member (1012, 1112), wherein the first ultrasonic welding joint (1018, 1118) is a flush joint that provides a smooth surface for contacting the patient's skin, wherein the padded member (1002, 1102) is arranged to provide a cushion between the patient and the headgear, and the first flat member (1012, 1112) is arranged to overwrap a strap of the headgear to position the padded member (1002, 1102).
Component for producing a ceiling, the component comprising a plurality of beam-shaped wooden elements (3a, 3b) which are arranged parallel to one another and, viewed transversely to a longitudinal direction of the wooden elements (3a, 3b), are arranged directly one behind the other and connected to one another and form a first layer, wherein an upper side of the first layer is formed by upper sides of the wooden elements (3a, 3b), wherein further a second layer of concrete is arranged on the upper side of the first layer, wherein on the upper sides of the wooden elements (3a, 3b) recesses (10, 11) are provided which are filled by the concrete of the second layer, wherein the recesses (10, 11) each have a bottom which is spaced at a depth from the upper side of the respective wooden element (3a, 3b), wherein the recesses (10, 11), viewed in the longitudinal direction, are each delimited by a first boundary surface and a second boundary surface arranged behind it, characterized in that the recesses comprise recesses of a first type, wherein in the recesses of the first type, the first boundary surface and/or the second boundary surface in each case encloses an angle with the longitudinal direction which is greater than 90°, preferably in the range from 95° to 120°, particularly preferably in the range from 95° to 105°, in that furthermore the recesses comprise recesses of a second type, wherein, in the case of the recesses of the second type, in each case the first boundary surface and/or the second boundary surface encloses an angle with the longitudinal direction which is less than 90°, preferably in the range from 60° to 85°, particularly preferably in the range of 70° to 80°, in that furthermore the wooden elements comprise wooden elements of a first type, wherein the wooden elements of the first type have both recesses of the first type as well as recesses of the second type, in that furthermore the wooden elements comprise wooden elements of a second type, wherein the wooden elements of the second type exclusively comprise recesses of the first type, and in that, viewed transversely to the longitudinal direction, at least one wooden element of the second type is followed by at least one wooden element of the first type and vice versa.
A dispensing system adapted to dispense a contrast media used in a medical imaging procedure, the dispensing system comprising: a dispensing device configured to dispense the contrast media to a patient; an analyzing device adapted to receive and analyze a biological fluid sample from the patient so as to determine a level of at least one substance in the biological fluid sample, the analyzing device being adapted to advise an operator of the system of the level of the at least one substance, the analyzing device being further adapted to advise the operator if the level of the at least one substance is within a selected range, and the analyzing device being further adapted to be in communication with the dispensing device regarding whether to dispense the contrast media; wherein the at least one substance is selected from the group consisting of: blood urea nitrogen; creatinine; or combinations thereof. a dispensing device configured to dispense the contrast media to a patient; an analyzing device adapted to receive and analyze a biological fluid sample from the patient so as to determine a level of at least one substance in the biological fluid sample, the analyzing device being adapted to advise an operator of the system of the level of the at least one substance, the analyzing device being further adapted to advise the operator if the level of the at least one substance is within a selected range, and the analyzing device being further adapted to be in communication with the dispensing device regarding whether to dispense the contrast media; wherein the at least one substance is selected from the group consisting of: blood urea nitrogen; creatinine; or combinations thereof. blood urea nitrogen; creatinine; or combinations thereof.
A method of making an antimicrobial superabsorbent polymer, comprising the steps: (a) treating a cross-linked fully or partially-neutralized salt of an acrylic acid-based superabsorbent polymer with 0.005 to 0.2 grams of hydrogen peroxide per gram of acrylic acid-based superabsorbent polymer, wherein said treatment comprises swelling the superabsorbent polymer with an aqueous treatment solution of hydrogen peroxide, and (b) drying the treated acrylic acid-based superabsorbent polymer, whereby said antimicrobial superabsorbent polymer having non-leachable antimicrobial activity is produced, whereby hydrogen peroxide is sequestered within or on the surface of said superabsorbent polymer, and wherein said antimicrobial superabsorbent polymer is in the form of particles in the dry state. (a) treating a cross-linked fully or partially-neutralized salt of an acrylic acid-based superabsorbent polymer with 0.005 to 0.2 grams of hydrogen peroxide per gram of acrylic acid-based superabsorbent polymer, wherein said treatment comprises swelling the superabsorbent polymer with an aqueous treatment solution of hydrogen peroxide, and (b) drying the treated acrylic acid-based superabsorbent polymer, whereby said antimicrobial superabsorbent polymer having non-leachable antimicrobial activity is produced, whereby hydrogen peroxide is sequestered within or on the surface of said superabsorbent polymer, and wherein said antimicrobial superabsorbent polymer is in the form of particles in the dry state.
A mobile communication system comprising: a user equipment having a codec in which at least one of encoding audio or video data and decoding of the audio or video data is performed, and a base station, wherein the base station is configured to receive from the user equipment, capability information including information indicating whether the user equipment supports a function of base station-assisted codec adaptation, the base station is configured to transmit to the user equipment, a recommended bit rate for performing the base station-assisted codec adaptation, and the user equipment is configured to perform the base station-assisted codec adaptation based on the recommended bit rate by negotiating with a communication partner. a user equipment having a codec in which at least one of encoding audio or video data and decoding of the audio or video data is performed, and a base station, wherein the base station is configured to receive from the user equipment, capability information including information indicating whether the user equipment supports a function of base station-assisted codec adaptation, the base station is configured to transmit to the user equipment, a recommended bit rate for performing the base station-assisted codec adaptation, and the user equipment is configured to perform the base station-assisted codec adaptation based on the recommended bit rate by negotiating with a communication partner.
A medical elongate member comprising: an elongate base material; a resin layer formed to coat or to be integral with the surface of at least a part of said base material; and a plurality of projections dispersed uniformly in a surface of said resin layer, characterized in that the surface of said resin layer has a mean deviation of surface geometrical roughness of 0.26 to 0.48 μm. an elongate base material; a resin layer formed to coat or to be integral with the surface of at least a part of said base material; and a plurality of projections dispersed uniformly in a surface of said resin layer, characterized in that the surface of said resin layer has a mean deviation of surface geometrical roughness of 0.26 to 0.48 μm.
Method for controlling a regeneration process of a lithium-ion battery cell that comprises an anode, a cathode and a regeneration electrode positioned between the anode and the cathode and oriented parallel to large surfaces of the anode or cathode, comprising: - sensing a current availability of cyclable lithium in the anode, - sensing a current availability of cyclable lithium in the cathode, - passing a first current (I 1) between the anode and the regeneration electrode until the current availability of cyclable lithium in the anode corresponds to a target availability of cyclable lithium in the anode, and - passing a second current (I 2) between the cathode and the regeneration electrode until the current availability of cyclable lithium in the cathode corresponds to a target availability of cyclable lithium in the cathode. - sensing a current availability of cyclable lithium in the anode, - sensing a current availability of cyclable lithium in the cathode, - passing a first current (I 1) between the anode and the regeneration electrode until the current availability of cyclable lithium in the anode corresponds to a target availability of cyclable lithium in the anode, and - passing a second current (I 2) between the cathode and the regeneration electrode until the current availability of cyclable lithium in the cathode corresponds to a target availability of cyclable lithium in the cathode.
Optical assembly comprising an objective lens for projecting two optically different light components (17, 22) into a projection space, and an optical component having an optical axis, which deforms wave fronts (5, 6) of the one light component passing therethrough in such a way that the intensity distribution of the one component in the projection space due to interference with itself differs from the intensity distribution of the other light component in the projection space, wherein the wave fronts of the other light component like the wave fronts of the one light component pass through the optical component, wherein the optical component does not deform the wave fronts of the other light component and/or is phase-corrected or phase-correctable for the other light component, and wherein the optical component, over its optically active aperture, with regard to the phase shift which it impresses in the one light component, comprises at least a step or an unsteadiness of at least a quarter of the wave length of the one light component, wherein the phase shift, which the optical component impresses in the other light component is adjusted or adjustable in such a way that it does not vary over the step or unsteadiness, characterized in that the two light components (17, 22) differ in their wave lengths and that, at the step or unsteadiness in the phase shift, two different areas of the optical component adjoin each other, which have different dispersion characteristics n(λ) so that the two adjoining areas provide different optical path lengths for the one light component and same optical path lengths for the other light component.
A selectively binding complementary oligodeoxynucleotide derivative having the structure: 5'-(Affinity tag)-(SBC sequence 2) - (Spacer) - (SBC sequence 1)-(Blocking group or OH)-3' wherein the 3'-blocking group is no blocking (3'-OH), or any alkene diol, or another biotin with a linker, or stabilizing group; SBC sequences 1 and 2, each is 5 - 100 bases long with strands complementary to a selected region of larger targeted dsDNA, such that the targeted DNA preserves a partial double stranded structure after invasion of SBC probe; and 5'-(Affinity tag) is an affinity tag connected to 5'-end of the probe by a linker. the 3'-blocking group is no blocking (3'-OH), or any alkene diol, or another biotin with a linker, or stabilizing group; SBC sequences 1 and 2, each is 5 - 100 bases long with strands complementary to a selected region of larger targeted dsDNA, such that the targeted DNA preserves a partial double stranded structure after invasion of SBC probe; and 5'-(Affinity tag) is an affinity tag connected to 5'-end of the probe by a linker.
A method for use in providing wireless communication comprising: selecting a pilot beam configuration for wireless communication, wherein the pilot beam configuration uses at least two beams; selecting a beam weighting control; the method being characterized by: receiving, from a single wireless device, n number of reverse link beams where n ≥ 2; determining n-1 gain energy ratios α i, for i = 1 to n-1, where α 0 =1, α n-1 = ∥f n ∥ 2 /∥f 1 ∥ 2, and where f is the gain energy; determining weighting b i to be applied in generation of at least one of n number of forward link beams according to: b i = α i − 1 2 1 + ∑ j = 1 n − 1 α j 2. selecting a pilot beam configuration for wireless communication, wherein the pilot beam configuration uses at least two beams; selecting a beam weighting control; the method being characterized by: receiving, from a single wireless device, n number of reverse link beams where n ≥ 2; determining n-1 gain energy ratios α i, for i = 1 to n-1, where α 0 =1, α n-1 = ∥f n ∥ 2 /∥f 1 ∥ 2, and where f is the gain energy; determining weighting b i to be applied in generation of at least one of n number of forward link beams according to: b i = α i − 1 2 1 + ∑ j = 1 n − 1 α j 2.
A method for detecting the position of a guardrail on a chairlift gondola, comprising the following steps: • installing a camera so that it captures in its field of vision simultaneously several consecutive gondolas substantially from the front or the back, and in such a way that the gondolas do not overlap; • producing a flow of images by the camera; • analysing the images produced by the camera with a system performing shape recognition and real-time tracking of a gondola scanning the camera's field of vision to locate the gondolas individually and determine the positions of their respective guardrails; and • in case of ambiguity about the determination of the position of a guardrail, using the analysis results of a previous image. • installing a camera so that it captures in its field of vision simultaneously several consecutive gondolas substantially from the front or the back, and in such a way that the gondolas do not overlap; • producing a flow of images by the camera; • analysing the images produced by the camera with a system performing shape recognition and real-time tracking of a gondola scanning the camera's field of vision to locate the gondolas individually and determine the positions of their respective guardrails; and • in case of ambiguity about the determination of the position of a guardrail, using the analysis results of a previous image.
An apparatus for processing shear-sensitive coating compounds, comprising a transfer roller and a doctor blade, which are spaced apart from one another to form a coating nip, the apparatus further comprising an outlet nozzle for dosing a coating compound, the outlet nozzle facing with its nozzle opening a lower nip opening of the coating nip, wherein the device comprises a forced conveying system via which a coating compound is dosed into the coating nip, the transfer roller and the doctor blade being arranged next to each other, so that the coating nip is permeable in the vertical direction (z), wherein the coating nip is between 30 μm and 400 μm and the outlet nozzle is an outlet of a rinsing chamber arranged below the coating nip.
A composition comprising a protein comprising the amino acid sequence represented by SEQ ID NO:1, for use in a method for treating ectodermal dysplasia in a mammal, wherein the composition is administered by a parenteral route.
A prepreg sheet formed by laminating a plurality of unit layers including a plurality of arranged prepreg tapes in which a thermosetting matrix resin composition is impregnated in a reinforced fiber bundle, wherein at least one unit layer has a gap between the adjacent prepreg tapes, a width of the gap is wider than or equal to 0.1% and narrower than or equal to 10% of the width of adjacent prepreg tapes whichever is narrower, and in a temperature rising viscosity measurement, in which the thermosetting matrix resin composition is subjected to temperature rising at 2.0°C/minute, the lowermost viscosity is 0.3 Pa•s to 20 Pa•s, and a temperature range in which the lowermost viscosity is exhibited is 100°C to 120°C, wherein the measurement is performed in a condition of a plate gap of 0.5 mm, a measurement frequency of 10 rad/sec, and a stress of 300 Pa, by using a parallel plate having a diameter of 25 mm. wherein at least one unit layer has a gap between the adjacent prepreg tapes, a width of the gap is wider than or equal to 0.1% and narrower than or equal to 10% of the width of adjacent prepreg tapes whichever is narrower, and in a temperature rising viscosity measurement, in which the thermosetting matrix resin composition is subjected to temperature rising at 2.0°C/minute, the lowermost viscosity is 0.3 Pa•s to 20 Pa•s, and a temperature range in which the lowermost viscosity is exhibited is 100°C to 120°C, wherein the measurement is performed in a condition of a plate gap of 0.5 mm, a measurement frequency of 10 rad/sec, and a stress of 300 Pa, by using a parallel plate having a diameter of 25 mm.
A coated article including a coating supported by a glass substrate, the coating comprising: a first layer (2; 3); an infrared reflecting layer (9; 9') comprising silver located on the substrate over at least the first layer (2; 3); a second layer (13; 16) located on the substrate and over at least the IR reflecting layer (9; 9') and the first layer; and wherein the first layer (2; 3) and/or the second layer (13; 16) comprises zirconium silicon oxynitride, and wherein the zirconium silicon oxynitride contains more zirconium than silicon, and oxygen content of the layer comprising zirconium silicon oxynitride is provided in an amount so that the layer(s) comprising zirconium silicon oxynitride at a wavelength of 550 nm has an index of refraction (n) of from 1.8 to 2.4. a first layer (2; 3); an infrared reflecting layer (9; 9') comprising silver located on the substrate over at least the first layer (2; 3); a second layer (13; 16) located on the substrate and over at least the IR reflecting layer (9; 9') and the first layer; and wherein the first layer (2; 3) and/or the second layer (13; 16) comprises zirconium silicon oxynitride, and wherein the zirconium silicon oxynitride contains more zirconium than silicon, and oxygen content of the layer comprising zirconium silicon oxynitride is provided in an amount so that the layer(s) comprising zirconium silicon oxynitride at a wavelength of 550 nm has an index of refraction (n) of from 1.8 to 2.4.