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A processing device for fragmenting nucleic acids contained within a sample, the device comprising: an inlet portion (20, 220, 320, 420, 520) having a volume for receiving the sample containing nucleic acids, the inlet portion having a funnel-shaped portion; a channel (30, 230, 330, 430, 530) coupled to and in fluid communication with the inlet portion, the channel having a volume; a shearing region coupled to and in fluid communication with the channel and adapted to fragment the nucleic acids in the sample upon flow of the sample through the shearing region, the shearing region comprising an orifice having an internal orifice diameter or inner width of between about 10 microns and about 100 microns, and a length of between about 100 microns and about 20 mm, wherein the inlet portion has an entrance having a cross-sectional area that is five times or more greater than the cross-sectional area of the channel and the inlet portion has a volume that is more than two times greater than a volume of the channel, so that a sample height (h) is maintained over the shearing region that is constant during flow of a majority of the sample through the shearing region and thereby a constant pressure is maintained at an entrance (42, 242, 342, 442, 542) of the shearing region during flow of a majority of a sample through the shearing region for a sample that has a sample volume that is at least 2 times the channel volume; and a collection portion in fluid communication with the shearing region and for receiving the sample containing the fragmented nucleic acids from the shearing region. an inlet portion (20, 220, 320, 420, 520) having a volume for receiving the sample containing nucleic acids, the inlet portion having a funnel-shaped portion; a channel (30, 230, 330, 430, 530) coupled to and in fluid communication with the inlet portion, the channel having a volume; a shearing region coupled to and in fluid communication with the channel and adapted to fragment the nucleic acids in the sample upon flow of the sample through the shearing region, the shearing region comprising an orifice having an internal orifice diameter or inner width of between about 10 microns and about 100 microns, and a length of between about 100 microns and about 20 mm, wherein the inlet portion has an entrance having a cross-sectional area that is five times or more greater than the cross-sectional area of the channel and the inlet portion has a volume that is more than two times greater than a volume of the channel, so that a sample height (h) is maintained over the shearing region that is constant during flow of a majority of the sample through the shearing region and thereby a constant pressure is maintained at an entrance (42, 242, 342, 442, 542) of the shearing region during flow of a majority of a sample through the shearing region for a sample that has a sample volume that is at least 2 times the channel volume; and a collection portion in fluid communication with the shearing region and for receiving the sample containing the fragmented nucleic acids from the shearing region.
A dielectric film, comprising: an organic resin; and barium titanate ceramic particles having a perovskite structure contained in the organic resin, the ceramic particles each having a crystal lattice defined by three axes composed of axis a, axis b, and axis c, each of the ceramic particles including only two crystalline phases (3a, 3b) of different axial ratios c/a but of a same crystalline structure; wherein the ceramic particles each have a core-shell structure composed of a core portion and a shell portion positioned around the core portion, and the core portion is constituted by one of the two crystalline phases (3a, 3b), and the shell portion is constituted by the other one of the two crystalline phases (3a, 3b); and wherein the ceramic particles each contain magnesium in form of a solid solution, and the shell portion is higher in magnesium content concentration than the core portion. an organic resin; and barium titanate ceramic particles having a perovskite structure contained in the organic resin, the ceramic particles each having a crystal lattice defined by three axes composed of axis a, axis b, and axis c, each of the ceramic particles including only two crystalline phases (3a, 3b) of different axial ratios c/a but of a same crystalline structure; wherein the ceramic particles each have a core-shell structure composed of a core portion and a shell portion positioned around the core portion, and the core portion is constituted by one of the two crystalline phases (3a, 3b), and the shell portion is constituted by the other one of the two crystalline phases (3a, 3b); and wherein the ceramic particles each contain magnesium in form of a solid solution, and the shell portion is higher in magnesium content concentration than the core portion.
Sensor unit comprising a sensor housing, a socket, a printed circuit board and a sensor, wherein the sensor housing has a width (b), a length and a height (h) and comprises a through-passage (7, 7.1, 7.2) and the socket is narrower than the width (b), wherein the socket has a diameter of at most 10 mm, has up to eight pole rods, has a thread and has an orientation bead, and the socket is connected to a printed circuit board via a plurality of strands, and the sensor housing has one or more viewing windows for at least one externally visible status LED, wherein the status LED(s) is connected to the printed circuit board, and the sensor housing is made of plastic and is completely sealed, and the sensor is completely enclosed by the sensor housing, characterized in that the sensor is a Hall, TMR, AMR or GMR sensor, and the socket comprises the orientation bead in the inner circumference, wherein an optical marking is present between the thread and a front side of the sensor housing, wherein the optical marking is an O-ring with different colours and serves to distinguish the different variants of the sensor unit.
An air guidance arrangement for a motor vehicle, with - an air guidance duct, wherein the air guidance duct has a duct wall which delimits a cavity for conducting the air, which cavity is located between at least a first passage opening for air to enter and at least a second passage opening for air to exit, and wherein the duct wall has an outer side and an inner side, and with - at least one device for ionising the directed air, wherein the device comprises at least one ion generator which protrudes from the device, wherein the device is arranged on the outer side of the duct wall and the ion generator projects through an opening in the duct wall into the cavity, characterised in that the device comprises a hook receptacle and a latching element, and in that the duct wall is designed in one piece and is formed such that a partial region of the duct wall forms a hook and a second partial region which is spaced apart from the first partial region forms a latching-element receptacle which comprises an undercut, wherein the air guidance duct is produced in one piece in a blow forming process or in a thermoforming process, wherein the device is connected to the air guidance duct by means of the hook receptacle and the hook, and also by means of the latching element and the latching-element receptacle, so that the air guidance duct can remain the same even for variants without an ionisation device, since the same air guidance duct can be used for both variants due to the latching-element receptacle and the hook being formed from the duct wall of the air guidance duct, since owing to the formed portions no increase in the weight of the air guidance duct occurs. - an air guidance duct, wherein the air guidance duct has a duct wall which delimits a cavity for conducting the air, which cavity is located between at least a first passage opening for air to enter and at least a second passage opening for air to exit, and wherein the duct wall has an outer side and an inner side, and with - at least one device for ionising the directed air, wherein the device comprises at least one ion generator which protrudes from the device,
A computer-implemented contrast element tracking method comprising: obtaining a sequence of frames each comprising ultrasound or other medical imaging data representing an anatomical region of a human or animal subject at a respective different time; for each frame, identifying one or more portions of the ultrasound or other medical imaging data, wherein the identified portions comprise both at least one single contrast element signal portion and at least one multiple contrast element signal portion, each single contrast element signal portion being representative of a contrast element and each multiple contrast element signal portion being representative of a plurality of contrast elements; assigning respective position data to each of the single contrast element signal portions and assigning respective position data to each of the multiple contrast element signal portions; and using a linking model that uses at least said assigned position data to link single or multiple contrast element signal portions represented in at least one of the frames to single or multiple contrast element signal portions represented in at least one other of the frames thereby to track movement of contrast elements through said region of the subject. obtaining a sequence of frames each comprising ultrasound or other medical imaging data representing an anatomical region of a human or animal subject at a respective different time; for each frame, identifying one or more portions of the ultrasound or other medical imaging data, wherein the identified portions comprise both at least one single contrast element signal portion and at least one multiple contrast element signal portion, each single contrast element signal portion being representative of a contrast element and each multiple contrast element signal portion being representative of a plurality of contrast elements; assigning respective position data to each of the single contrast element signal portions and assigning respective position data to each of the multiple contrast element signal portions; and using a linking model that uses at least said assigned position data to link single or multiple contrast element signal portions represented in at least one of the frames to single or multiple contrast element signal portions represented in at least one other of the frames thereby to track movement of contrast elements through said region of the subject.
An ultrasonic electronic cigarette atomizer, comprising an atomization core, an atomizer housing, and a liquid bin in the atomizer housing, the atomization core comprising an ultrasonic atomization sheet and a liquid guide structure connected to the ultrasonic atomization sheet, the liquid guide structure and the inner cavity of the liquid bin are communicated through a liquid passing hole which is disposed on the side wall of the liquid bin, the liquid bin is provided with a first liquid filling hole, wherein the atomizer further comprises a liquid filling control structure for controlling the opening and closing of the first liquid filling hole and a liquid passing control structure for controlling the opening and closing of the liquid passing hole, and the liquid filling control structure is linked with the liquid passing control structure; when the first liquid filling hole is opened under the control of the liquid filling control structure, the liquid passing hole is closed under the control of the liquid passing control structure; when the first liquid filling hole is closed under the control of the liquid filling control structure, the liquid passing hole is opened under the control of the liquid passing control structure.
A cutting assembly for a surgical instrument for use on a patient, the cutting assembly being configured to be coupled to a drive assembly including a motor having a rotatable drive element enclosed in a housing, the cutting assembly comprising: a plurality of tubes, one of the tubes being a rotatable inner tube adapted to be rotated by the drive element and another one of the tubes being a rotatable outer tube disposed over the inner tube, wherein a window is at or slightly proximal to a distal end of the tubes and adapted to be applied to a surgical site of a patient, the window defined by an outer aperture of the outer tube and an inner aperture of the inner tube; a grip supporting the outer tube, the grip configured to be engaged by a least a portion of a palm of a hand of a user; and a manually movable member coupled to the outer tube and located axially along the grip within reach of at least one finger of the hand of the user when the portion of the hand is engaged with the grip to allow the at least one finger to rotate the outer aperture of the outer tube relative to a longitudinal axis of the outer tube, wherein the grip comprises a nose portion having an aperture extending axially therethrough to allow the at least one of the tubes (26, 28) to extend axially therethrough, and a finger portion extending from the nose portion to support a finger of the hand different from the at least one finger; characterized in that the manually movable member is located axially along the grip to be proximal to the nose portion. a plurality of tubes, one of the tubes being a rotatable inner tube adapted to be rotated by the drive element and another one of the tubes being a rotatable outer tube disposed over the inner tube, wherein a window is at or slightly proximal to a distal end of the tubes and adapted to be applied to a surgical site of a patient, the window defined by an outer aperture of the outer tube and an inner aperture of the inner tube; a grip supporting the outer tube, the grip configured to be engaged by a least a portion of a palm of a hand of a user; and a manually movable member coupled to the outer tube and located axially along the grip within reach of at least one finger of the hand of the user when the portion of the hand is engaged with the grip to allow the at least one finger to rotate the outer aperture of the outer tube relative to a longitudinal axis of the outer tube, wherein the grip comprises a nose portion having an aperture extending axially therethrough to allow the at least one of the tubes (26, 28) to extend axially therethrough, and a finger portion extending from the nose portion to support a finger of the hand different from the at least one finger; characterized in that the manually movable member is located axially along the grip to be proximal to the nose portion.
An identification system between a sign and a vehicle comprising: a sign with sign communication information; a marker at a predetermined location relative to the sign, wherein the marker comprises marker communication information comprising optical communication; a vehicle information system comprising a light source to send light to the marker, a reader to read the optical communication, and a processor to convert the optical communication into output information; wherein the optical communication of the marker is retroreflected light from the light source; wherein the output information is at least one of a detection of the presence of the sign and a recognition of the sign communication information; characterized in that the processor is configured to send, to an internet-based information storage system, the output information, receive additional information relating to the output information from the internet-based information storage system, and, in response to determining that the additional information is relevant to the vehicle, perform at least one operation that corresponds to a function of the vehicle. a sign with sign communication information; a marker at a predetermined location relative to the sign, wherein the marker comprises marker communication information comprising optical communication; a vehicle information system comprising a light source to send light to the marker, a reader to read the optical communication, and a processor to convert the optical communication into output information; wherein the optical communication of the marker is retroreflected light from the light source; wherein the output information is at least one of a detection of the presence of the sign and a recognition of the sign communication information; characterized in that the processor is configured to send, to an internet-based information storage system, the output information, receive additional information relating to the output information from the internet-based information storage system, and, in response to determining that the additional information is relevant to the vehicle, perform at least one operation that corresponds to a function of the vehicle.
A repair compound comprising: a latex resin or resin binder; a thickener; hydrophobic fibrillated polyethylene fibers and hydrophilic rayon fibers; and a synthetic inorganic filler; wherein the thickener is present in an amount of 1% by weight or less, and wherein the repair compound exhibits pseudoplastic-type behavior and has a density of not greater than 0.48 g/ml (4.0 lbs/gal). a latex resin or resin binder; a thickener; hydrophobic fibrillated polyethylene fibers and hydrophilic rayon fibers; and a synthetic inorganic filler; wherein the thickener is present in an amount of 1% by weight or less, and wherein the repair compound exhibits pseudoplastic-type behavior and has a density of not greater than 0.48 g/ml (4.0 lbs/gal).
Laser apparatus, in particular for ophthalmological laser surgery, comprising - a laser source for providing laser radiation, - controllable scan components for setting a focal position of the laser radiation, - measuring components for acquiring information representative of an actual position of the radiation focus, - a control arrangement controlling the laser source and the scan components, said control arrangement being configured to effect a test operation of at least some of the scan components being carried out when the laser source is switched off, according to the stipulation of a predetermined test scan pattern, wherein the test scan pattern represents a plurality of discrete intended focal positions to be approached in sequence and the control arrangement is configured to stop the scan movement of the scan components at each intended focal position and establish, assigned to each one of the intended focal positions, an actual focal position in each case on the basis of the acquired information from the measuring components, wherein the control arrangement is configured to establish deviations between the intended focal positions and the actual focal positions, characterized in that the control apparatus is furthermore configured to compare the established deviations with at least one predetermined deviation threshold and only to release operation of the laser apparatus with a switched-on laser source if not more than a predetermined maximum number of the established deviations exceeds an associated deviation threshold. - a laser source for providing laser radiation, - controllable scan components for setting a focal position of the laser radiation, - measuring components for acquiring information representative of an actual position of the radiation focus, - a control arrangement controlling the laser source and the scan components, said control arrangement being configured to effect a test operation of at least some of the scan components being carried out when the laser source is switched off, according to the stipulation of a predetermined test scan pattern,
An electronic chip comprising: a plurality of first semiconductor bars of a first conductivity type and of second semiconductor bars of a second conductivity type alternately and contiguously arranged on a semiconductor region of the first conductivity type; two detection contacts arranged at the ends of each second bar; a detection circuit for detecting the resistance between the detection contacts of each second bar; insulating trenches extending in the second bars down to a first depth between circuit elements; and insulating walls (32; 40; 50; 60) extending across the entire width of each second bar down to a second depth greater than the first depth, circuit elements being located between two neighboring insulating walls of a same of said second bars, said two neighboring insulating walls being spaced by less than 5 μm. a plurality of first semiconductor bars of a first conductivity type and of second semiconductor bars of a second conductivity type alternately and contiguously arranged on a semiconductor region of the first conductivity type; two detection contacts arranged at the ends of each second bar; a detection circuit for detecting the resistance between the detection contacts of each second bar; insulating trenches extending in the second bars down to a first depth between circuit elements; and insulating walls (32; 40; 50; 60) extending across the entire width of each second bar down to a second depth greater than the first depth, circuit elements being located between two neighboring insulating walls of a same of said second bars, said two neighboring insulating walls being spaced by less than 5 μm.
Micromechanical component having a substrate and a layer construction on the substrate, at least comprising - a membrane spanning at least one cavity in the substrate, and - a rigid covering layer, which is arranged above the membrane and at a distance therefrom and has at least one access opening to the membrane, such that pressure can be applied to the membrane via the access opening and said membrane is elastically deflectable perpendicularly to the layer planes, wherein • at least one circuit element for detecting membrane deflections is formed in the layer construction of the membrane, and • a compensation circuit having at least one actuator element (3, 7) is provided for compensating for mechanical stresses in the membrane, characterized in that the compensation circuit comprises at least one piezo element formed in the layer construction of the membrane as actuator element. - a membrane spanning at least one cavity in the substrate, and - a rigid covering layer, which is arranged above the membrane and at a distance therefrom and has at least one access opening to the membrane, such that pressure can be applied to the membrane via the access opening and said membrane is elastically deflectable perpendicularly to the layer planes, • at least one circuit element for detecting membrane deflections is formed in the layer construction of the membrane, and • a compensation circuit having at least one actuator element (3, 7) is provided for compensating for mechanical stresses in the membrane,
A vehicle comprising a bumper deflector and a bumper skirt, said bumper skirt mounting a body and a lower edge of which extends at least one fixing tab showing a base and a free end, said deflector showing an edge by which it is fixed to said bumper skirt by means of said fixing tab(s), the lower edge of the bumper skirt and the edge the deflector being superposed over at least part of the length of the edge of said deflector by showing a clearance; the vehicle being characterized in that at least one fixing lug shows a widened base forming a flange arranged facing said clearance.