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A method of detecting target nucleic acid, comprising steps of: a) Contacting a sample with a first set of particles bearing a plurality of capturing probes, each comprising at least one target capturing sequence, under conditions that permit the plurality of capturing probes to capture one or more target nucleic acids in the sample; b) Amplifying the captured one or more target nucleic acids in a reaction mixture comprising a detectable entity such that the amplified one or more target nucleic acids are labeled with the detectable entity; c) Incubating amplification product with a second set of particles bearing a plurality of re-capturing probes such that the amplified one or more target nucleic acids are re-captured by the plurality of the re-capturing probes, wherein the first set and second set of particles are identical; d) Detecting signal generated by a detectable entity associated with the re-captured amplified one or more target nucleic acids, wherein the presence and/or abundance of the detectable signal indicates the presence and/or abundance of the one or more target nucleic acids in the sample. a) Contacting a sample with a first set of particles bearing a plurality of capturing probes, each comprising at least one target capturing sequence, under conditions that permit the plurality of capturing probes to capture one or more target nucleic acids in the sample; b) Amplifying the captured one or more target nucleic acids in a reaction mixture comprising a detectable entity such that the amplified one or more target nucleic acids are labeled with the detectable entity; c) Incubating amplification product with a second set of particles bearing a plurality of re-capturing probes such that the amplified one or more target nucleic acids are re-captured by the plurality of the re-capturing probes, wherein the first set and second set of particles are identical; d) Detecting signal generated by a detectable entity associated with the re-captured amplified one or more target nucleic acids, wherein the presence and/or abundance of the detectable signal indicates the presence and/or abundance of the one or more target nucleic acids in the sample.
A method for batch fusion splicing of an optical fiber ribbon using a fusion machine, the method comprising: preparing the optical fiber ribbon wherein the ribbon includes: three or more of optical fibers arranged in parallel and connecting portions connecting adjacent two optical fibers together, each of the optical fibers having a bare glass optical fiber covered by a cover layer (7, 8), the connecting portions being intermittently provided in each of a ribbon longitudinal direction; removing the cover layers (7, 8) so as to obtain the bare glass optical fibers; and placing the respective bare glass optical fibers on V-shaped grooves in the fusion machine, wherein the V-shaped grooves are arranged in parallel with a pitch of 250 μm, each outer diameter dimension of the optical fibers is set to smaller than or equal to 220 μm, and each distance between centers of the adjacent two optical fibers is set to 250 μm with a margin of plus or minus 30 μm by each of the connecting portions. three or more of optical fibers arranged in parallel and connecting portions connecting adjacent two optical fibers together, each of the optical fibers having a bare glass optical fiber covered by a cover layer (7, 8), the connecting portions being intermittently provided in each of a ribbon longitudinal direction; removing the cover layers (7, 8) so as to obtain the bare glass optical fibers; and placing the respective bare glass optical fibers on V-shaped grooves in the fusion machine, wherein the V-shaped grooves are arranged in parallel with a pitch of 250 μm, each outer diameter dimension of the optical fibers is set to smaller than or equal to 220 μm, and each distance between centers of the adjacent two optical fibers is set to 250 μm with a margin of plus or minus 30 μm by each of the connecting portions.
Method for controlling consumer electronics devices, wherein at least part of the persona! settings of a consumer electronics device associated to a current user of a foreign consumer electronics device are received at the foreign consumer electronics device from a remote unit and are at least temporarily installed on the foreign consumer electronics device, characterized in that the remote unit is a network server of a communications network, which at least temporarily has a communication connection to the consumer electronics device associated to the current user of the foreign consumer electronics device, whereby the personal settings of the consumer electronics device associated to the current user of the foreign consumer electronics device are received by the remote unit via said communication connection, and in that transmission of the personal settings to the foreign consumer electronics device is at least partially carried out via a mobile terminal of the current user, whereby the mobile terminal is used to send a request for transmission to the remote unit, or whereby the request for transmission is received at the foreign consumer electronics device from the mobile terminal and the request is transmitted from the foreign consumer electronics device to the remote unit.
Preservative compositions comprising at least two extracts selected from: - oak extract obtained from bark, - grape seed extract, - green tea extract, provided that when the at least two extracts are grape seed extract and green tea extract the compositions also comprise oak extract. - oak extract obtained from bark, - grape seed extract, - green tea extract,
Access system for transporting persons and material to workplaces located at a height in a structure, in particular in a tower of a wind turbine, comprising a cabin which is guided parallel to a fixed ladder fastened to the structure, wherein electrical drive means are provided for moving the cabin, characterized in that the cabin has an operating element at its bottom side, upon the actuation of which the cabin travels further upwards.
A composite oxide material comprising crystalline particles of a ceria-zirconia composite oxide with a pyrochlore structure and crystals of a lanthana-zirconia composite oxide with a pyrochlore structure existing on a surface of said particle, wherein the lanthana-zirconia composite oxide crystals are solidly dissolved in at least a part of said surface of the crystalline particle of a ceria-zirconia composite oxide.
A device comprising: an outer sheath; a handle coupled to the outer sheath such that the outer sheath cannot move relative to the handle; a stent disposed within the outer sheath, the stent having a distal end and a proximal end; and a stent-engaging element configured to engage the stent between the distal and proximal ends (31, 32) of the stent, wherein the device is configured such that, without a mechanized concomitant withdrawal of the outer sheath relative to the stent, the stent can be distally driven at least partially out of the outer sheath through at least two periods of engagement of the stent by the stent-engaging element that are separated by a period of non-engagement that does not drive the stent distally, the device and stent being configured such that a user can vary the axial density of the stent as the stent is delivered into a tubular structure by varying the axial position of the outer sheath relative to the tubular structure. an outer sheath; a handle coupled to the outer sheath such that the outer sheath cannot move relative to the handle; a stent disposed within the outer sheath, the stent having a distal end and a proximal end; and a stent-engaging element configured to engage the stent between the distal and proximal ends (31, 32) of the stent, wherein the device is configured such that, without a mechanized concomitant withdrawal of the outer sheath relative to the stent, the stent can be distally driven at least partially out of the outer sheath through at least two periods of engagement of the stent by the stent-engaging element that are separated by a period of non-engagement that does not drive the stent distally, the device and stent being configured such that a user can vary the axial density of the stent as the stent is delivered into a tubular structure by varying the axial position of the outer sheath relative to the tubular structure.
A Home Subscriber Server, HSS, adapted for optimizing a User Equipment, UE, Packet Data Network, PDN, connection when said UE enters a Visited Public Land Mobile Network, VPLMN, wherein the HSS comprises means for storing an indication of whether an additional default bearer can be established in the VPLMN and a list of APNs to which the UE is allowed access and means for transmitting said indication and said list of APNs to a Mobility Management Entity, MME, in the VPLMN, during a Tracking Area Update procedure.
Method for carrying out a heat pump drying process for a drying appliance having a heat pump (135, 145, 150, 155) and a fan for generating process air, the method comprising the following steps: - providing a process air flow; - reading in a temperature signal, the temperature signal representing a current process air temperature, via an interface to a sensor device of the drying appliance; and - controlling a fan unit for extracting heat from the coolant or refrigerant using a control signal, characterised in that in the control step, a coolant and/or refrigerant temperature is controlled using the temperature signal so that the laundry temperature does not exceed a predetermined target value in order to adjust the process air temperature. - providing a process air flow; - reading in a temperature signal, the temperature signal representing a current process air temperature, via an interface to a sensor device of the drying appliance; and - controlling a fan unit for extracting heat from the coolant or refrigerant using a control signal, characterised in that in the control step, a coolant and/or refrigerant temperature is controlled using the temperature signal so that the laundry temperature does not exceed a predetermined target value in order to adjust the process air temperature.
A telescopic actuator comprising an inner component, an intermediate component and an outer component, all telescopingly interfitted together, the inner component comprising a fluid outlet at one end, the intermediate component making a sliding seal with the inner component and comprising an end surrounding the fluid outlet end, the outer component making a first sliding seal with the intermediate component and a second sliding seal with the inner component, and a detent (26, 38, 64; 80, 90, 104) operative to hold the outer component in an extended position relative to the inner component; characterized in that the detent (26, 38, 64; 80, 90, 104) is releasable by retraction of the intermediate component into the outer component, to allow relative sliding movement between the inner and outer components so that the telescopic actuator is retractable.
Differential protection method for generating a fault signal, in which - current measurements are respectively measured at at least two different measuring points (M1, M2) of a multiphase transformer for each phase (A, B, C); - differential current values and stabilization values are formed with the current measurements for each phase (A, B, C); and - the fault signal is generated if it is determined during a trigger region check that a pair of measurements, created with the aid of one of the differential current values and the respectively associated stabilization value, of at least one of the phases (A, B, C) lies in a predefined trigger region; characterized in that - the transformer has a grounded star point; and - a zero system current flowing through the star point is used for the formation of the stabilization values, wherein a maximum value from the current measurements formed at the respective measuring points (M1, M2) and the zero system currents flowing on the respective sides (10a, 10b) of the transformer is used as the respective stabilization value. - current measurements are respectively measured at at least two different measuring points (M1, M2) of a multiphase transformer for each phase (A, B, C); - differential current values and stabilization values are formed with the current measurements for each phase (A, B, C); and - the fault signal is generated if it is determined during a trigger region check that a pair of measurements, created with the aid of one of the differential current values and the respectively associated stabilization value, of at least one of the phases (A, B, C) lies in a predefined trigger region; characterized in that - the transformer has a grounded star point; and - a zero system current flowing through the star point is used for the formation of the stabilization values, wherein a maximum value from the current measurements formed at the respective measuring points (M1, M2) and the zero system currents flowing on the respective sides (10a, 10b) of the transformer is used as the respective stabilization value.
Portioning and kneading device for producing pieces of dough, having a drum-shaped dough piece chamber support and at least one portioning segment (8, 8.1), at least one portioning segment (8, 8.1) being interchangeably fixable to an outer circumferential region of the drum-shaped dough piece chamber support, the at least one portioning segment (8, 8.1) having at least one, preferably many measuring chambers with a measuring piston that can be moved to and fro therein, and it being possible for the at least one portioning segment (8, 8.1) to be brought into an intermediate installation position on the dough piece chamber support and brought from the intermediate installation position into a locking position on the dough piece chamber support, characterized in that the portioning and kneading device has a drive device for the at least one portioning segment (8, 8.1), by means of which the at least one measuring piston can be driven outwards and inwards in the radial direction under positive guidance, wherein, as a result of the displacement of the at least one portioning segment (8, 8.1) out of the intermediate installation position into the locking position, the at least one portioning segment (8, 8.1) is coupled to the drive device so as to be ready for operation.
A cooling structure of a cylinder block provided with a water jacket which continuously extends around a cylinder bore wall so as to convey cooling water, and in which a spacer formed separately from the cylinder block is provided to set a cooling characteristic of the water jacket, the cooling structure being characterized in that: the spacer has a structure such that a cooling water-contact area of an outer peripheral surface of the cylinder bore wall is set to a smaller area near a cooling water inlet through which the cooling water flows into the water jacket than near a cooling water outlet through which the cooling water flows out of the water jacket. the spacer has a structure such that a cooling water-contact area of an outer peripheral surface of the cylinder bore wall is set to a smaller area near a cooling water inlet through which the cooling water flows into the water jacket than near a cooling water outlet through which the cooling water flows out of the water jacket.
A process for converting glycerol to propylene glycol with high selectivity, comprising the steps of: combining a glycerol-containing feedstock that contains 5% to 50% by weight water with a heterogeneous catalyst selected from the group consisting of palladium, nickel, rhodium, copper, zinc, chromium and combinations thereof that is capable of hydrogenating glycerol to form a reaction mixture; adding hydrogen to promote conversion of acetol to propylene glycol; heating the reaction mixture to a temperature in the range of 180 °C to 220 °C over a reaction time interval ranging from 2 to 96 hours at a pressure ranging from 507 kPa (5 atmospheres) to 1824 kPa (18 atmospheres); removing reaction product vapors that form during the heating of the reaction mixture; and condensing the reaction product vapors to yield a liquid reaction product. combining a glycerol-containing feedstock that contains 5% to 50% by weight water with a heterogeneous catalyst selected from the group consisting of palladium, nickel, rhodium, copper, zinc, chromium and combinations thereof that is capable of hydrogenating glycerol to form a reaction mixture; adding hydrogen to promote conversion of acetol to propylene glycol; heating the reaction mixture to a temperature in the range of 180 °C to 220 °C over a reaction time interval ranging from 2 to 96 hours at a pressure ranging from 507 kPa (5 atmospheres) to 1824 kPa (18 atmospheres); removing reaction product vapors that form during the heating of the reaction mixture; and condensing the reaction product vapors to yield a liquid reaction product.
A method for forming aerobic granules using a semibatch reactor, the method comprising forming aerobic granules by repeatedly performing a cycle comprising an introduction step of introducing an organic matter-containing wastewater containing organic matter, a biological treatment step of biologically treating treatment target substances in the organic matter-containing wastewater using a microbial sludge during which an oxygen-containing gas is supplied to the semibatch reactor, a settling step of allowing the microbial sludge to settle, and a discharge step of discharging a biologically treated water that has been biologically treated, wherein the sludge is withdrawn such that a sludge retention time is 5 to 25 days and a value A is defined by multiplying the ratio of the BOD load introduced into the semibatch reactor to the MLSS concentration by the ratio of the total cycle time to the reaction time, which is the time of the biological treatment step, and the ratio (BOD load/MLSS concentration) is controlled and the reaction time is adjusted so that A falls within a range from 0.05 to 0.25 (kgBOD/d)/kgMLSS and so that a starved state and a satiated state are repeated, the bacteria producing viscous substances which cause the bacteria and the like to adhere strongly together, leading to the formation of aerobic granules.
A method of extending a private cloud to a public cloud, the method performed by an orchestrator in the private cloud and comprising: establishing a virtual private network between the private cloud and the public cloud, wherein the private cloud is behind a firewall; receiving one or more access control lists provisioned by the private cloud; determining contracts (468, 470, 472, 478, 480, 482) between an end point group (460, 462, 464, 466) of the private cloud and an end point group (474, 476) of the public cloud based on the one or more access control lists, wherein an end point group (460, 462, 464, 466, 474, 476) comprises one or more end points that belong to the same cloud (105, 110), and wherein each end point is a network connection point identified by a media access control address; extending the end point group (460, 462, 464, 466) of the private cloud to the end point group (474, 476) of the public cloud across the virtual private network by configuring security and connectivity rules for data communication between end points joining the end point groups (460, 462, 464, 466, 474, 476), as specified in the contracts (468, 470, 472, 478, 480, 482); and monitoring and troubleshooting the end point group (474, 476) of the public cloud and associated public end points of the public cloud. establishing a virtual private network between the private cloud and the public cloud, wherein the private cloud is behind a firewall; receiving one or more access control lists provisioned by the private cloud; determining contracts (468, 470, 472, 478, 480, 482) between an end point group (460, 462, 464, 466) of the private cloud and an end point group (474, 476) of the public cloud based on the one or more access control lists, wherein an end point group (460, 462, 464, 466, 474, 476) comprises one or more end points that belong to the same cloud (105, 110), and wherein each end point is a network connection point identified by a media access control address; extending the end point group (460, 462, 464, 466) of the private cloud to the end point group (474, 476) of the public cloud across the virtual private network by configuring security and connectivity rules for data communication between end points joining the end point groups (460, 462, 464, 466, 474, 476), as specified in the contracts (468, 470, 472, 478, 480, 482); and monitoring and troubleshooting the end point group (474, 476) of the public cloud and associated public end points of the public cloud.
A method of manufacturing metal roofing sheets by unwinding a metal sheet coil and moulding and embossing the unwound metal sheet, wherein the extreme edges of the metal sheet are rolled on both sides, wherein the modules of transverse outlines of roof tiles are shaped in a stamping die, together with grooves symbolizing side edges of the points of contact of the tiles, wherein the unwound metal sheet is moulded from one edge for shaping a system of longitudinal capillary grooves and small run-off gutters with a place for a sealing tape, the method being carried out automatically with the use of an electronic control system, with the possibility of manual control, and wherein the shaped metal roofing sheet is cut off and piled.
A method of forming an ordered mesoporous silicon carbide nanocomposite, comprising: forming a precursor mixture comprising a carbon precursor, a silica precursor, a surfactant, and an oil; drying the precursor mixture and cross-linking the carbon and silica precursors to form a surfactant-based self-assembled template and a carbon and silica precursor-based mesostructure phase that is ordered by the template; and thermally treating the precursors to form an ordered mesoporous silicon carbide nanocomposite. forming a precursor mixture comprising a carbon precursor, a silica precursor, a surfactant, and an oil; drying the precursor mixture and cross-linking the carbon and silica precursors to form a surfactant-based self-assembled template and a carbon and silica precursor-based mesostructure phase that is ordered by the template; and thermally treating the precursors to form an ordered mesoporous silicon carbide nanocomposite.
A corner connector for a modular furniture system having a main body consisting a cube having six lateral faces on which a leg (4.1, 4.2, 4.3), which is suitable for operatively connecting a rod-shaped connecting element, is molded in a projecting manner onto each of three first adjacent lateral faces, characterized in that, on three second adjacent lateral faces, the cube of the main body has operative connecting means which are suitable for attaching removable legs in such a way that the corner connector is flexibly expandable.