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An image processing apparatus configured to process a tomographic image of an eye to be examined, comprising: reference line setting means for setting a reference line, which is used as a reference for setting a cross sectional position, on a front image of the eye, the cross sectional position being a position where measurement light for generating a tomographic image is scanned; and cross sectional position setting means for setting the cross sectional position having a predetermined angle as an angle relative to the set reference line, characterised in that the reference line setting means is configured to detects positions of a papilla and a macula of the eye by performing an image process on the front image and is configured to automatically sets the linear reference line which passes through both of the detected papilla and macula. reference line setting means for setting a reference line, which is used as a reference for setting a cross sectional position, on a front image of the eye, the cross sectional position being a position where measurement light for generating a tomographic image is scanned; and cross sectional position setting means for setting the cross sectional position having a predetermined angle as an angle relative to the set reference line, characterised in that the reference line setting means is configured to detects positions of a papilla and a macula of the eye by performing an image process on the front image and is configured to automatically sets the linear reference line which passes through both of the detected papilla and macula.
Method for manufacturing a thin film of ordered silicon nanopatterns (4,5), characterised by the following steps: A) preparing a self-organised reactive nanomask, RNM consisting of MxM'yOz, with M = Ca, Mg; M' = Ti, Zr, Si, Fe, Ce, Al, Hf, Y, Ge, V, Mo, W, Nb, Ta, Sn, In and the combinations thereof; x+y=1; z depends on the degree of oxidation of M and M', referred to as initial RNM, using an inorganic nanomask, INP; B) the liquid deposition of said initial RNM on a silicon substrate; C) transferring said nanomask, MxM'yOz, to the silicon substrate by dry etching, by exposing said nanomask, MxM'yOz, to a fluorinated plasma gas, for 0.5 to 4 minutes typically according to the constitution of said gas, transforming the MxM'yOz into a stable MF2 component referred to as intermediate nanomask, which makes it possible to obtain either a nanoperforated thin film or an ordered lattice of silicon nanowires, which has dimensions and a period linked to those of the initial RNM. A) preparing a self-organised reactive nanomask, RNM consisting of MxM'yOz, with M = Ca, Mg; M' = Ti, Zr, Si, Fe, Ce, Al, Hf, Y, Ge, V, Mo, W, Nb, Ta, Sn, In and the combinations thereof; x+y=1; z depends on the degree of oxidation of M and M', referred to as initial RNM, using an inorganic nanomask, INP; B) the liquid deposition of said initial RNM on a silicon substrate; C) transferring said nanomask, MxM'yOz, to the silicon substrate by dry etching, by exposing said nanomask, MxM'yOz, to a fluorinated plasma gas, for 0.5 to 4 minutes typically according to the constitution of said gas, transforming the MxM'yOz into a stable MF2 component referred to as intermediate nanomask, which makes it possible to obtain either a nanoperforated thin film or an ordered lattice of silicon nanowires, which has dimensions and a period linked to those of the initial RNM.
Valuable document such as a banknote, a cheque, a credit card or other payment card, an identity card or the like, which - has a front side and a rear side, - shows a representation discernible to the naked eye in a plan view of the front side, - has specific dimensions (L, B) in the plan view, and - comprises a substrate body, which has the specific dimensions (L, B) in the plan view and is connected to a first transparent film, which comprises an inner side and an outer side, in such a way that the substrate body bears against the inner side of the first transparent film, such that the substrate body faces towards the rear side and the outer side of the first transparent film faces towards the front side, wherein -- the first transparent film likewise has the specific dimensions (L, B) in the plan view, and -- the representation discernible from the front side is generated by a first metallized embossing structure arranged on the inner side of the first transparent film, wherein - a first, only machine-readable security element is arranged on the inner side of the first transparent film. - has a front side and a rear side, - shows a representation discernible to the naked eye in a plan view of the front side, - has specific dimensions (L, B) in the plan view, and - comprises a substrate body, which has the specific dimensions (L, B) in the plan view and is connected to a first transparent film, which comprises an inner side and an outer side, in such a way that the substrate body bears against the inner side of the first transparent film, such that the substrate body faces towards the rear side and the outer side of the first transparent film faces towards the front side, wherein -- the first transparent film likewise has the specific dimensions (L, B) in the plan view, and -- the representation discernible from the front side is generated by a first metallized embossing structure arranged on the inner side of the first transparent film, wherein -- the first transparent film likewise has the specific dimensions (L, B) in the plan view, and -- the representation discernible from the front side is generated by a first metallized embossing structure arranged on the inner side of the first transparent film, - a first, only machine-readable security element is arranged on the inner side of the first transparent film.
A tracheostoma device holder for holding a tracheostoma device superimposed over a tracheostoma of a person, said tracheostoma device holder comprising: a rigid plate for attachment over a tracheostoma via a proximal side thereof, said plate being provided with a through hole; a tubular tracheostoma device fitting, arranged circumferentially of the through hole, said tubular tracheostoma device fitting extending distally from a distal side of the plate; wherein the plate is manufactured in a thermoplastic material, with a melting/softening temperature allowing for molding according to the local anatomic shape of the person through close contact between the plate and the skin of the person. a rigid plate for attachment over a tracheostoma via a proximal side thereof, said plate being provided with a through hole; a tubular tracheostoma device fitting, arranged circumferentially of the through hole, said tubular tracheostoma device fitting extending distally from a distal side of the plate; wherein the plate is manufactured in a thermoplastic material, with a melting/softening temperature allowing for molding according to the local anatomic shape of the person through close contact between the plate and the skin of the person.
Refrigeration appliance with a refrigerating compartment, in which a drawer is mounted displaceably between an inserted position and a pulled-out position, wherein the drawer can be arranged so as to be able to be pulled out and/or inserted in a first position and in a second position in the refrigerating compartment, wherein the first position and the second position in the refrigeration appliance width direction of the refrigeration appliance are different and wherein a spacer can be arranged at a first point or at a second point in the refrigerating compartment, wherein with a spacer at the first point the drawer can be pulled out and/or inserted in the first position and with a spacer at the second point the drawer can be pulled out and/or inserted in the second position, characterised in that the spacer has a guiding surface for a roller (308, 310) of the drawer.
Grain of a rice plant, the grain comprising an aleurone, a starchy endosperm and a ROS1a gene encoding a ROS1a polypeptide, wherein the amino acid sequence of the ROS1a polypeptide is at least 95% identical to SEQ ID NO: 2, wherein the ROS1a gene comprises one or more genetic variations when compared to a corresponding wild-type rice plant whereby the aleurone is thickened compared to aleurone from a corresponding wild-type grain.
A video display method of displaying an image in a video signal on a per frame basis, and representing a tone of the image using, in the time domain, a plurality of sub-frames, the video display method comprising: generating a visible light communication image by encoding a visible light communication signal, the visible light communication image being an image having a stripe pattern for visible light communication; calculating average luminance of the visible light communication image; superimposing the visible light communication image only on, among one or more sub-images included in the image of the video signal that is displayed in the frame, a sub-image that is displayed in a specific sub-frame among one or more sub-frames in each of which a corresponding one of the one or more sub-images is displayed, to generate a visible light superimposition image, the specific sub-frame being a sub-frame for representing the average luminance calculated; and displaying the visible light superimposition image in the specific sub-frame included in the frame. generating a visible light communication image by encoding a visible light communication signal, the visible light communication image being an image having a stripe pattern for visible light communication; calculating average luminance of the visible light communication image; superimposing the visible light communication image only on, among one or more sub-images included in the image of the video signal that is displayed in the frame, a sub-image that is displayed in a specific sub-frame among one or more sub-frames in each of which a corresponding one of the one or more sub-images is displayed, to generate a visible light superimposition image, the specific sub-frame being a sub-frame for representing the average luminance calculated; and displaying the visible light superimposition image in the specific sub-frame included in the frame.
A method of exposing a holographic recording medium, comprising the steps of: providing a solid-state laser configured to output a laser beam having a nominal emission wavelength; splitting the laser beam into first and second exposure beams to form a path length difference and a first interference fringe pattern in the recording medium during an exposure period; varying the nominal emission wavelength of the laser in accordance with a wavelength-time profile to reduce an effective coherence length of the laser as integrated over the exposure period, wherein the nominal emission wavelength of the laser is varied by adjusting a temperature set-point of a resonant cavity optical bench of the laser; setting the path length difference between the first and second exposure beam to match a path-length-difference point in the holographic recording medium with maximum fringe contrast and keeping the fringe pattern phase-locked at that path-length-difference point; and maintaining the first interference fringe pattern phase-locked at a position of maximum contrast while the holographic recording medium is being exposed throughout the entire emission wavelength variation. providing a solid-state laser configured to output a laser beam having a nominal emission wavelength; splitting the laser beam into first and second exposure beams to form a path length difference and a first interference fringe pattern in the recording medium during an exposure period; varying the nominal emission wavelength of the laser in accordance with a wavelength-time profile to reduce an effective coherence length of the laser as integrated over the exposure period, wherein the nominal emission wavelength of the laser is varied by adjusting a temperature set-point of a resonant cavity optical bench of the laser; setting the path length difference between the first and second exposure beam to match a path-length-difference point in the holographic recording medium with maximum fringe contrast and keeping the fringe pattern phase-locked at that path-length-difference point; and maintaining the first interference fringe pattern phase-locked at a position of maximum contrast while the holographic recording medium is being exposed throughout the entire emission wavelength variation.
A transport container for use in an apparatus for manufacturing a three-dimensional object by selective solidification of a build material applied in layers, wherein the apparatus comprises a process chamber, closed in the operating state, in which the three-dimensional object is produced in layers, wherein the transport container comprises a receptacle in which is arranged a vertically displaceable platform on which the threedimensional object is produced in layers; and wherein the transport container is embodied as a second section of the process chamber that can be segregated from a first section of the process chamber, in the segregated state can be handled independently of the apparatus, and can be connected to the first section of the process chamber in order to establish the operating state of the apparatus, characterized in that the transport container comprises a flange as connecting element for establishing a mechanical connection to the first section of the process chamber, said flange being mounted on a contact side of the transport container and fitted around an opening of receptacle.
A method of synchronizing the operation of a sequence of serially connected graphics pipelines with a global ready signal, the method comprising: designating, by a host processor, a next graphics pipeline within said sequence of graphics pipelines; waiting, by the next graphics pipeline, until the next graphics pipeline is ready to output video data to be produced by the next graphics pipeline; asserting, by the next graphics pipeline, a local ready signal indicating that the next graphics pipeline is ready to output video data; waiting, by the next graphics pipeline, until the global ready signal enters an asserted state; outputting, by the next graphics pipeline, video data produced by the next graphics pipeline; and enabling other graphics pipelines within said sequence of graphics pipelines that are not the next graphics pipelines to pass through the video data produced by the next graphics pipeline. designating, by a host processor, a next graphics pipeline within said sequence of graphics pipelines; waiting, by the next graphics pipeline, until the next graphics pipeline is ready to output video data to be produced by the next graphics pipeline; asserting, by the next graphics pipeline, a local ready signal indicating that the next graphics pipeline is ready to output video data; waiting, by the next graphics pipeline, until the global ready signal enters an asserted state; outputting, by the next graphics pipeline, video data produced by the next graphics pipeline; and enabling other graphics pipelines within said sequence of graphics pipelines that are not the next graphics pipelines to pass through the video data produced by the next graphics pipeline.
Method for processing an end of a cable, wherein the cable has a shielding, surrounding a cable inner part, made of a wire mesh, wherein the method involves: everting an end region of the shielding, protecting a front part, closer to the end of the cable, of the everted end region of the shielding against mechanical contact radially from the outside while a rear part, further away from the end of the cable, of the everted end region of the shielding remains exposed and unprotected, and brushing the rear part of the everted end region of the shielding in a circumferential direction tangential to a circumference of the cable. wherein the cable has a shielding, surrounding a cable inner part, made of a wire mesh, wherein the method involves: everting an end region of the shielding, protecting a front part, closer to the end of the cable, of the everted end region of the shielding against mechanical contact radially from the outside while a rear part, further away from the end of the cable, of the everted end region of the shielding remains exposed and unprotected, and brushing the rear part of the everted end region of the shielding in a circumferential direction tangential to a circumference of the cable. everting an end region of the shielding, protecting a front part, closer to the end of the cable, of the everted end region of the shielding against mechanical contact radially from the outside while a rear part, further away from the end of the cable, of the everted end region of the shielding remains exposed and unprotected, and brushing the rear part of the everted end region of the shielding in a circumferential direction tangential to a circumference of the cable.
An immunogenic composition for use in a method for inducing an immune response in a human subject against malaria, wherein the method comprises administration of a first immunogenic composition comprising one or more Plasmodium antigens and a first adjuvant to the subject followed by administration of a second immunogenic composition comprising one or more Plasmodium antigens and a second adjuvant to the subject, wherein the first and second composition have at least one Plasmodium antigen in common and the first and second adjuvant comprise a TLR4 agonist in common and an immunologically active saponin in common and wherein • the second adjuvant contains a lower amount of the common TLR4 agonist and of the common immunologically active saponin than the first adjuvant, and • the second composition contains a lower amount of said common Plasmodium antigen than the first composition, wherein the time interval between administration of the first composition and adjuvant and administration of the second composition and adjuvant is between 3 and 9 months, with the proviso that the first and second compositions do not both comprise RTS,S and QS21 and 3-O-deacylated monophosphoryl lipid A (3D-MPL) associated with an oil-in-water emulsion formulation, wherein the vaccine efficacy, as determined according to Example 1, is improved by at least 10%, as compared to a treatment regimen in which the first composition and the second composition are identical. • the second adjuvant contains a lower amount of the common TLR4 agonist and of the common immunologically active saponin than the first adjuvant, and • the second composition contains a lower amount of said common Plasmodium antigen than the first composition, wherein the time interval between administration of the first composition and adjuvant and administration of the second composition and adjuvant is between 3 and 9 months, with the proviso that the first and second compositions do not both comprise RTS,S and QS21 and 3-O-deacylated monophosphoryl lipid A (3D-MPL) associated with an oil-in-water emulsion formulation, wherein the vaccine efficacy, as determined according to Example 1, is improved by at least 10%, as compared to a treatment regimen in which the first composition and the second composition are identical. wherein the time interval between administration of the first composition and adjuvant and administration of the second composition and adjuvant is between 3 and 9 months, with the proviso that the first and second compositions do not both comprise RTS,S and QS21 and 3-O-deacylated monophosphoryl lipid A (3D-MPL) associated with an oil-in-water emulsion formulation, wherein the vaccine efficacy, as determined according to Example 1, is improved by at least 10%, as compared to a treatment regimen in which the first composition and the second composition are identical.
A mounting head comprising a chuck device which is configured to grip a component and thrust a downward protrusion of the component into a hole of a workpiece, the chuck device comprising: a clamp portion that is configured to clamp the component; a pusher portion that is configured to thrust the downward protrusion of the component into the hole of the workpiece; and two air cylinders (57, 58) that respectively are configured to drive the clamp portion and the pusher portion, wherein the chuck device is held so as to be attached to and detachable from the mounting head which is configured to be disposed in a movement mechanism, and is configured so that air pressure is supplied to the two air cylinders (57, 58) through an air supply path of the mounting head, characterized in that when a negative pressure is supplied to the two air cylinders (57, 58) through the air supply path of the mounting head, the clamp portion is driven in a clamp direction in a state where the pusher portion is on standby at a thrust release position, and when a positive pressure is supplied thereto, the clamp portion is driven in a clamp release direction, and the pusher portion is driven in a thrust direction. a clamp portion that is configured to clamp the component; a pusher portion that is configured to thrust the downward protrusion of the component into the hole of the workpiece; and two air cylinders (57, 58) that respectively are configured to drive the clamp portion and the pusher portion, wherein the chuck device is held so as to be attached to and detachable from the mounting head which is configured to be disposed in a movement mechanism, and is configured so that air pressure is supplied to the two air cylinders (57, 58) through an air supply path of the mounting head, characterized in that when a negative pressure is supplied to the two air cylinders (57, 58) through the air supply path of the mounting head, the clamp portion is driven in a clamp direction in a state where the pusher portion is on standby at a thrust release position, and when a positive pressure is supplied thereto, the clamp portion is driven in a clamp release direction, and the pusher portion is driven in a thrust direction.
An aircraft pod, comprising: a pod shell defining a window; a radar system disposed within the shell and in optical communication with the window in the shell, and configured to send and/or receive radar signals away from the pod shell in a radar field of regard; and characterised by a ram air inlet structure disposed on an outer surface of the shell facing the window such that the ram air inlet structure extends toward and into the radar field of regard or an edge thereof, wherein the ram air inlet structure is made of or coated with a radar absorbing material. a pod shell defining a window; a radar system disposed within the shell and in optical communication with the window in the shell, and configured to send and/or receive radar signals away from the pod shell in a radar field of regard; and characterised by a ram air inlet structure disposed on an outer surface of the shell facing the window such that the ram air inlet structure extends toward and into the radar field of regard or an edge thereof, wherein the ram air inlet structure is made of or coated with a radar absorbing material.
A toothed power transmission belt comprising: a rubber belt body with a toothed surface on one side thereof and a smooth back side surface opposite the one side; a tooth jacket covering the toothed surface; a tensile cord embedded in the belt body; and a back jacket on the back side surface; wherein the back jacket comprises a closed-mesh, knit fabric tube, characterized in that the fabric tube is knitted with an elastic yarn and an inelastic yarn fed separately into a circular, weft-knitting machine; and wherein the elastic yarn comprises polyurethane and the inelastic yarn comprises nylon.