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A method, comprising: Energizing a piezoelectric drive element of an ejector using an ejector control unit configured to control the piezoelectric drive element to induce a pressure wave in an ink-fillable ejection chamber of the ejector, the ejector control unit being able to energize the piezoelectric element with a signal having a given energy level to eject a normal sized drop, an intensity of the induced pressure wave being below a threshold value necessary to produce ejection of a normal sized ink drop by the ejector comprising energizing the piezoelectric drive element at an energy level that is between about 80 percent and 20 percent of the energy level required to eject a normal sized ink drop; sensing a fluidic pressure response to the induced pressure wave and generating an electrical signal based on the sensing; and analyzing one or more characteristics of the electrical signal to determine ejection performance of the ejector, wherein the energizing, sensing, and analyzing are performed during a time interval that occurs when a print pattern calls for unprinted rows. Energizing a piezoelectric drive element of an ejector using an ejector control unit configured to control the piezoelectric drive element to induce a pressure wave in an ink-fillable ejection chamber of the ejector, the ejector control unit being able to energize the piezoelectric element with a signal having a given energy level to eject a normal sized drop, an intensity of the induced pressure wave being below a threshold value necessary to produce ejection of a normal sized ink drop by the ejector comprising energizing the piezoelectric drive element at an energy level that is between about 80 percent and 20 percent of the energy level required to eject a normal sized ink drop; sensing a fluidic pressure response to the induced pressure wave and generating an electrical signal based on the sensing; and analyzing one or more characteristics of the electrical signal to determine ejection performance of the ejector, wherein the energizing, sensing, and analyzing are performed during a time interval that occurs when a print pattern calls for unprinted rows.
A method of producing a transgenic plant having increased heat stress tolerance relative to a wild type control, comprising transforming a plant, a plant tissue culture, or a plant cell with a vector comprising a nucleic acid construct that comprises a nucleic acid sequence encoding a bHLH subgroup 1b polypeptide selected from the group consisting of bHLH38, bHLH39, bHLH100, and bHLH101 to obtain a transformed plant, a transformed plant tissue culture, or a transformed plant cell with increased bHLH subgroup 1b gene expression or activity, and growing said transformed plant or regenerating a plant from said transformed plant tissue culture or transformed plant cell, wherein a plant having increased heat stress tolerance relative to a wild type control is produced.
A method of manufacturing a nitride semiconductor light emitting diode, comprising: forming a repeated pattern of protruding portions on a surface of a sapphire substrate; growing a GaN based semiconductor from the top surface of said protruding portions and from flat portions on said surface of said substrate where no protruding portions are formed so that said protruding portions are covered with said GaN based semiconductor; and forming an ohmic electrode on said GaN based semiconductor, wherein said protruding portions have a side surface that is inclined relative to the direction in which said GaN based semiconductor is layered so that said GaN based semiconductor growing from the top surface of said protruding portion and said GaN based semiconductor growing from said flat portions meet with each other and cover said protruding portions to become flat; wherein the plan-view shape of said protruding portion is triangular or hexagonal, and each component side of said protruding portions is perpendicular to a line segment connecting a center and a vertex of a hexagon whose component sides are defined by A axes of the GaN based semiconductor. forming a repeated pattern of protruding portions on a surface of a sapphire substrate; growing a GaN based semiconductor from the top surface of said protruding portions and from flat portions on said surface of said substrate where no protruding portions are formed so that said protruding portions are covered with said GaN based semiconductor; and forming an ohmic electrode on said GaN based semiconductor, wherein said protruding portions have a side surface that is inclined relative to the direction in which said GaN based semiconductor is layered so that said GaN based semiconductor growing from the top surface of said protruding portion and said GaN based semiconductor growing from said flat portions meet with each other and cover said protruding portions to become flat; wherein the plan-view shape of said protruding portion is triangular or hexagonal, and each component side of said protruding portions is perpendicular to a line segment connecting a center and a vertex of a hexagon whose component sides are defined by A axes of the GaN based semiconductor.
A method of estimating three-dimensional, 3D, hand poses in images, comprising: receiving, by a computer, hand image data, wherein the hand image data is an RGB image containing a hand pose; generating, by the computer, a first depth map corresponding to the received hand image data; generating, by the computer, one or more hand joint heat maps based on the received hand image data; characterised in that the method further comprises: estimating, by the computer, joint locations based on the generated one or more hand joint heat maps; reconstructing, by the computer, a second depth map based on the estimated joint locations and the first depth map; and estimating, by the computer, the hand pose from the received hand image data, the first depth map and the second depth map. receiving, by a computer, hand image data, wherein the hand image data is an RGB image containing a hand pose; generating, by the computer, a first depth map corresponding to the received hand image data; generating, by the computer, one or more hand joint heat maps based on the received hand image data; characterised in that the method further comprises: estimating, by the computer, joint locations based on the generated one or more hand joint heat maps; reconstructing, by the computer, a second depth map based on the estimated joint locations and the first depth map; and estimating, by the computer, the hand pose from the received hand image data, the first depth map and the second depth map. estimating, by the computer, joint locations based on the generated one or more hand joint heat maps; reconstructing, by the computer, a second depth map based on the estimated joint locations and the first depth map; and estimating, by the computer, the hand pose from the received hand image data, the first depth map and the second depth map.
Method for improving the sound level of a musical or striking timepiece, including a least one vibration generator vibrating at particular natural frequencies of the generator within the range of 1 kHz to 6 kHz, characterized in that the external parts and/or a movement of said timepiece are modified by the integration or addition of at least one radiating element formed by an acoustic radiator including at least one element vibrating-radiating at a natural frequency of the radiator tuned to one of said natural frequencies of the generator, with a frequency difference of less than or equal to the ratio between the natural mode frequency and the inverse quality factor of said radiating element, or with a frequency difference of less than or equal to 100 Hz, and characterized in that, in order to determine the number of said acoustic radiators, the following steps are performed: - determining the number of modes of vibration of the generating element, formed by said vibration generator which is required to radiate; - providing said timepiece with said number of radiating elements, each formed by one said acoustic radiator including at least one vibrating-radiating element, each said acoustic radiator being secured to the exterior of the case of said timepiece. - determining the number of modes of vibration of the generating element, formed by said vibration generator which is required to radiate; - providing said timepiece with said number of radiating elements, each formed by one said acoustic radiator including at least one vibrating-radiating element, each said acoustic radiator being secured to the exterior of the case of said timepiece.
A moving picture encoding method for performing a multi-frame motion prediction with reference to a plurality of picture frames, comprising: adaptively changing a frame interval of the frames to be encoded in the higher picture quality in accordance with differential information and motion information between a reference frame and a subject frame to be encoded; selecting at least one reference frame from a plurality of reference frames of the same picture type; and encoding the selected reference frame in a higher picture quality than the other reference frames of the same picture type. adaptively changing a frame interval of the frames to be encoded in the higher picture quality in accordance with differential information and motion information between a reference frame and a subject frame to be encoded; selecting at least one reference frame from a plurality of reference frames of the same picture type; and encoding the selected reference frame in a higher picture quality than the other reference frames of the same picture type.
Peptide for use in the medical field characterized by an amino acid sequence having the following formula: YGRKKRRQRRRGGSGX 1 PPX 2 X 3 X 4 PRX 5 wherein: X 1 and X 5 identical to or different from each other, are selected from the group consisting of L-amino acids characterized by apolar or polar neutral side chains; X 2 and X 4 identical to or different from each other, are arginine or lysine; X 3 is glutamine or asparagine. X 1 and X 5 identical to or different from each other, are selected from the group consisting of L-amino acids characterized by apolar or polar neutral side chains; X 2 and X 4 identical to or different from each other, are arginine or lysine; X 3 is glutamine or asparagine.
A mutant filamentous fungus, which fulfils both of the following requirements and: the mutant filamentous fungus is deficient in at least one galactosaminogalactan biosynthetic gene selected from the group consisting of uge3, sph3, ega3, agd3, and gtb3 so that the at least one gene responsible for the expression of galactosaminogalactan is knocked out, and the mutant filamentous fungus is deficient in at least one α-1,3-glucan synthase gene comprising agsB. the mutant filamentous fungus is deficient in at least one galactosaminogalactan biosynthetic gene selected from the group consisting of uge3, sph3, ega3, agd3, and gtb3 so that the at least one gene responsible for the expression of galactosaminogalactan is knocked out, and the mutant filamentous fungus is deficient in at least one α-1,3-glucan synthase gene comprising agsB.
Handbrake actuating device for actuating a brake of a vehicle, in particular an agricultural vehicle, having a frame, a brake lever which is articulated on the frame so as to be pivotable about an axle, and a connecting element for transmitting a movement of the brake lever to a brake, wherein the connecting element is movable on a link of the brake lever between a position remote from the axle and a position close to the axle and a coupling member engages on the one hand on the connecting element and on the other hand on a point of the frame remote from the axle, characterised in that the coupling member comprises a rod, one end of which is connected to the connecting element and the other end of which is articulated to the frame.
A test device for detecting an analyte in a liquid sample, which device comprises a plurality of reagent dots on a matrix, wherein said plurality of reagent dots comprises at least 5 reagent dots that form a line that is substantially parallel to said liquid sample flow direction, and said at least 5 reagent dots do not overlap and are sufficiently spaced apart from each other so that when said liquid sample flows laterally along said matrix, flow of said liquid sample to, through and/or around one of said at least 5 reagent dots does not substantially affect flow of said liquid sample to, through and/or around said at least other 4 reagent dots, each of said at least 5 reagent dots is neither a reagent line across the entire width of said matrix in a direction perpendicular to the direction of said liquid sample flow nor a complete circle of a reagent line, and after a liquid sample flows laterally along said test device and passes said at least 5 reagent dots, said at least 5 reagent dots form a predetermined pattern of even or uniform distribution of individual test signal intensities to indicate presence, absence and/or amount of said analyte in said liquid sample, wherein each of the plurality of reagent dots is capable of specifically binding to a peptide or protein analyte or to another binding reagent that is capable of binding to the peptide or protein analyte; at least a quarter, a third, half or all reagent dots have a diameter of about 0.1-1 um, 1-10 um, 10-50 um, 51-100 um, 101-200 um, 201-300 um, 301-400 um, 401-500 um or 501-1000 um, or at least a quarter, a third, half or all reagent dots have a diameter or surface area that is about 10%, 5%, 1%, 0.5%, 0.1%, 0.05%, 0.01%, 0.001% or smaller diameter or surface area of the length, width or surface of the matrix, or the distance between edges of at least two of the reagent dots is about 1-10 um, 10-50 um, 51-100 um, 101-200 um, 201-300 um, 301-400, 401-500, or 501-600 um; and the plurality of reagent dots comprise the same amount of the reagent(s).
A microneedle array, wherein: polyglycolic acid is used as a material; crystallinity of the polyglycolic acid is 21 % or more; and an axial contraction rate of tips is 99 % or more wherein the microneedle array is manufactured by the following steps: polyglycolic acid is injection-molded at a cylinder temperature of 230 - 280 °C, a metal mold temperature of 60 - 130 °C, and an injection pressure of 1000 - 1500 KPa, so as to manufacture the microneedle array in which crystallinity of the polyglycolic acid is 21 % or more, and an axial contraction rate of tips is 99 % or more. polyglycolic acid is used as a material; crystallinity of the polyglycolic acid is 21 % or more; and an axial contraction rate of tips is 99 % or more wherein the microneedle array is manufactured by the following steps: polyglycolic acid is injection-molded at a cylinder temperature of 230 - 280 °C, a metal mold temperature of 60 - 130 °C, and an injection pressure of 1000 - 1500 KPa, so as to manufacture the microneedle array in which crystallinity of the polyglycolic acid is 21 % or more, and an axial contraction rate of tips is 99 % or more.
Method for operating an electric vehicle comprising - an electrical traction drive device (2, 3, 4, M1, M2) for the travelling motion of the vehicle, - a control device for controlling the travelling motion of the vehicle, - a first energy storage device and - a second energy storage device, which can be charged and discharged more quickly than the first energy storage device, the electrical traction drive device (2, 3, 4, M1, M2) being supplied with driving power (P A) by means of an energy distribution means carrying a DC voltage (U EV), a first power flow (P 1) between the first energy storage device and the energy distribution means being controlled towards a setpoint (P 1_set) by means of a transformer apparatus, a second power flow (P 2) between the second energy storage device and the energy distribution means being adjusted automatically, the DC voltage (U EV) being detected by the transformer apparatus and the setpoint (P 1_set) being determined in the transformer apparatus on the basis of the detected DC voltage (U EV), the setpoint (P 1_set) being determined according to a function K on the basis of the detected DC voltage (U EV), characterised in that the energy distribution means is, over time intervals, fed power (P L) by a rectifier of the electric vehicle, said rectifier being powered from a secondary inductor of the electric vehicle, a capacitor being connected in series or in parallel with said secondary inductor such that the resonant frequency of the resonant circuit thus formed is equal to the frequency of an alternating current impressed in an immovably arranged primary conductor, the energy supply being configured to be inductive over portions of a route and, as a result, the two energy storage devices (8, 9) being recharged or the charging state thereof being held at full charge, the vehicle being supplied with power by the two energy storage devices (8, 9) for journeys remote from the primary conductor, the setpoint (P 1_set) of the function K being constant below a value U 1 of the DC voltage (U EV), the setpoint (P 1_set) of the function K decreasing in magnitude in a value range of the DC voltage (U EV) from U 1 to U 2, the setpoint (P 1_set) of the function K having a constant value (P G), which is greater than zero, in a value range of the DC voltage (U EV) from U 2 to U 3, the setpoint ( P1_set) of the function K decreasing in a value range of the DC voltage (U EV) from U 3 to U 4, there existing a voltage value (U N) at which the setpoint (P 1_set) disappears, i.e. is zero, the setpoint (P 1_set) of the function K being constant above a value U 4 of the DC voltage (U EV), where U 4 > U 3 > U 2 > U 1. - an electrical traction drive device (2, 3, 4, M1, M2) for the travelling motion of the vehicle, - a control device for controlling the travelling motion of the vehicle, - a first energy storage device and - a second energy storage device, which can be charged and discharged more quickly than the first energy storage device,
A polymer comprising monomer units having the formula or wherein m is 0, 1, or 2; n is 0 to 4, and Y is selected from the group consisting of C 1 -C 18 alkylamino, -NHCH 2 CO 2 R', --NH(CH 2) q OR', -NH(CH 2 CH 2 O) p R', -NH(CH 2 CH 2 CH 2 O) p R', and where q is 0 to 4, p is 1 to 5000, and R' is selected from the group consisting of H, C 1 -C 8 alkyl, C 2 -C 8 alkenyl, C 8 -C 14 alkylaryl, benzyl, and substituted benzyl; and A is selected from the group consisting of -CO-, -C(=NH)-, and -CO-X-CO-, where X is selected from the group consisting of C 1 -C 18 alkylene, C 1 -C 18 alkenylene, divalent C 6 -C 10 arylene, divalent C 7 -C 18 alkylaryl, CH 2 OCH 2, CH 2 -O-(CH 2 CH 2 O) S CH 2, (CH 2) r CO 2 (CH 2 CH 2 CH 2 O) s CO(CH 2) r, and (CH 2) r CO 2 (CH 2 CH 2 O) S CO(CH 2) r, where r is 2 to 4 and s is 1 to 5000.
A roof window comprising a frame with a top member, a bottom member and two side members (7, 8) defining a frame plane, and a sash having a top member, a bottom member and two side members (11, 12) defining a sash plane, the sash being connected to the frame by a pivot hinge provided between the side members (7, 11; 8, 12) of the frame and sash, respectively, the roof window further comprising a covering (217, 201) and at least one fastening device for fastening the covering (217, 201) to the roof window, wherein the at least one fastening device comprises a male and a female part arranged one on the covering (217, 201) and the other on the window structure characterized in that said male part and said female part are adapted for mutual snap locking engagement, wherein the female part of the fastening device is attached to the frame or sash and the male part of the fastening device is integrally formed in the covering, and the male part has a flexible leg, said leg being able to bend perpendicular to its longitudinal extension, said leg being provided with a barb-like protrusion intended for engagement with shoulders or edges on the female part. the at least one fastening device comprises a male and a female part arranged one on the covering (217, 201) and the other on the window structure characterized in that said male part and said female part are adapted for mutual snap locking engagement, wherein the female part of the fastening device is attached to the frame or sash and the male part of the fastening device is integrally formed in the covering, and the male part has a flexible leg, said leg being able to bend perpendicular to its longitudinal extension, said leg being provided with a barb-like protrusion intended for engagement with shoulders or edges on the female part.
Stator of an electric motor, with a number of stator teeth, which carry coils of a polyphase stator winding, and with a number of pole shoe-side wire guides with first contact elements, which are inserted therein and each have at least one cutting-clamping contact, which has an insulation displacement opening, for a wire section of coils, which are connected to one another, - the first contact element having a clamping slot with a clamping slot opening, via which a second contact element, which is contacted with a printed circuit board, is inserted or can be inserted into the clamping slot in a clamping-contacting manner, and - the second contact element having a contact limb engaging in the clamping slot of the first contact element, characterized in - that the second contact element has an insertion leg, which is connected to its contact leg via a spring leg and is guided or can be guided into a insertion opening and/or to a contact point of the printed circuit board, and - that the respective wire guide has a receiving chamber, which is axially open on one side and in which the second contact element is partially inserted in the clamp-contacting assembly state. - the first contact element having a clamping slot with a clamping slot opening, via which a second contact element, which is contacted with a printed circuit board, is inserted or can be inserted into the clamping slot in a clamping-contacting manner, and - the second contact element having a contact limb engaging in the clamping slot of the first contact element, - that the second contact element has an insertion leg, which is connected to its contact leg via a spring leg and is guided or can be guided into a insertion opening and/or to a contact point of the printed circuit board, and - that the respective wire guide has a receiving chamber, which is axially open on one side and in which the second contact element is partially inserted in the clamp-contacting assembly state.