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A camera system suitable for use on an automated vehicle, said system comprising: an imager used to detect an image of a field-of-view of the system; a light-shield operable to block a portion of the image from being received by the imager; wherein the light-shield includes an absorber supported by a transparent-film and a controller in communication with the imager and the light-shield, said controller configured to position the light-shield in a line-of-sight between a bright-spot and the imager; characterized in that the controller is configured to position the absorber at the limits of the field-of-view when the bright-spot is not detected by the imager such that the amount of obscured image-data is minimized. an imager used to detect an image of a field-of-view of the system; a light-shield operable to block a portion of the image from being received by the imager; wherein the light-shield includes an absorber supported by a transparent-film and a controller in communication with the imager and the light-shield, said controller configured to position the light-shield in a line-of-sight between a bright-spot and the imager; characterized in that the controller is configured to position the absorber at the limits of the field-of-view when the bright-spot is not detected by the imager such that the amount of obscured image-data is minimized.
A method of producing a cell population comprising antigen-specific T cells, optionally cytotoxic T lymphocytes (CTLs), comprising the steps of: (a) culturing peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMCs) isolated from a subject in an antigen presenting cell induction medium comprising interleukin 4 (IL-4) and soluble CD40 ligand (sCD40L) and/or comprising granulocytemacrophage colony-stimulating factor (GM-CSF) and interferon α (IFN-α), to produce a first population of cells; (b) culturing the first population of cells in the presence of one or more antigens, to produce a second population of cells; and (c) culturing the second population of cells in a T cell expansion medium comprising interleukin 7 (IL-7), interleukin 15 (IL-15), and IL-4, to produce a third population of cells; wherein the third population of cells comprises T cells that are CD3+ and specific for the one or more antigens added in step (b). (a) culturing peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMCs) isolated from a subject in an antigen presenting cell induction medium comprising interleukin 4 (IL-4) and soluble CD40 ligand (sCD40L) and/or comprising granulocytemacrophage colony-stimulating factor (GM-CSF) and interferon α (IFN-α), to produce a first population of cells; (b) culturing the first population of cells in the presence of one or more antigens, to produce a second population of cells; and (c) culturing the second population of cells in a T cell expansion medium comprising interleukin 7 (IL-7), interleukin 15 (IL-15), and IL-4, to produce a third population of cells;
A battery cell comprising: an electrode assembly including an electrode tab (221, 222) protruding toward at least one external side; a battery case including a receiving portion on which the electrode assembly is received; and an electrode lead (231, 232) connected to the electrode tab (221, 222) to be connected to an external device, wherein the electrode lead (231, 232) includes: a tab connecting portion (231a, 232a) electrically connected to the electrode tab (221, 222); and a protruding extension (231b, 232b) protruding outside of the battery case in a state of extending from the tab connecting portion (231a, 232a) to be electrically connected to the external device, and the tab connecting portion (231a, 232a) is formed so that a length of a width direction perpendicular to a protruding direction of the electrode tab (221, 222) is relatively larger than that of the electrode tab (221, 222), wherein the tab connecting portion (231a, 232a) is formed so that opposite end portions of the width direction perpendicular to the protruding direction of the electrode tab (221, 222) have lengths respectively reaching opposite lateral heat fusion external sides (212b, 212d) of the battery case. an electrode assembly including an electrode tab (221, 222) protruding toward at least one external side; a battery case including a receiving portion on which the electrode assembly is received; and an electrode lead (231, 232) connected to the electrode tab (221, 222) to be connected to an external device, wherein the electrode lead (231, 232) includes: a tab connecting portion (231a, 232a) electrically connected to the electrode tab (221, 222); and a protruding extension (231b, 232b) protruding outside of the battery case in a state of extending from the tab connecting portion (231a, 232a) to be electrically connected to the external device, and a tab connecting portion (231a, 232a) electrically connected to the electrode tab (221, 222); and a protruding extension (231b, 232b) protruding outside of the battery case in a state of extending from the tab connecting portion (231a, 232a) to be electrically connected to the external device, and the tab connecting portion (231a, 232a) is formed so that a length of a width direction perpendicular to a protruding direction of the electrode tab (221, 222) is relatively larger than that of the electrode tab (221, 222), wherein the tab connecting portion (231a, 232a) is formed so that opposite end portions of the width direction perpendicular to the protruding direction of the electrode tab (221, 222) have lengths respectively reaching opposite lateral heat fusion external sides (212b, 212d) of the battery case.
A method of preparing a sealed connector system for connection, said sealed connector system comprising a male connector body, a female connector body defining a shroud configured to receive the male connector body, and a resilient seal axially surrounding a portion of the male connector body, said method comprising the steps of: a) applying a lubricant on a seal wiping surface on the interior of the shroud; b) inserting the male connector body within the female connector body such that the resilient seal is in compressive contact with the seal wiping surface; c) disposing an insert within the shroud, wherein the insert defines a central cavity and a plurality of passages extending from the central cavity to portals defined in an outer surface of the insert that are arranged adjacent to the seal wiping surface; d) disposing a spray valve disposed within the insert; e) dispensing the lubricant as a mist into the central cavity and through the plurality of passages to the portals; and f) depositing the lubricant mist onto the seal wiping surface of the shroud. a) applying a lubricant on a seal wiping surface on the interior of the shroud; b) inserting the male connector body within the female connector body such that the resilient seal is in compressive contact with the seal wiping surface; c) disposing an insert within the shroud, wherein the insert defines a central cavity and a plurality of passages extending from the central cavity to portals defined in an outer surface of the insert that are arranged adjacent to the seal wiping surface; d) disposing a spray valve disposed within the insert; e) dispensing the lubricant as a mist into the central cavity and through the plurality of passages to the portals; and f) depositing the lubricant mist onto the seal wiping surface of the shroud.
Washing machine comprising - a chamber for receiving goods to be washed, - a tank adapted to contain a fluid, - a heat pump comprising a first heat exchanger, a second heat exchanger, a compressor and a pressure lowering device forming a circuit comprising a refrigerant, the first heat exchanger being thermally coupled with the water to be used in the chamber and being adapted to cool said refrigerant and to heat said water to be used in the chamber, the second heat exchanger being thermally coupled to the tank and being adapted to heat said refrigerant and to cool the fluid contained in the tank, - the tank is fluidly connected to water mains by means of a conduit configured so as to supply tap water from the water mains to the tank bypassing the chamber, and - the washing machine further comprises a control unit configured to carry out a fluid regeneration cycle in the tank by managing entry of tap water from the water mains into the tank when a predetermined regeneration condition is met, characterized in that: if said predetermined regeneration condition is met a number N of times during a same operation cycle of the heat pump, the control unit is configured to disable fluid regeneration till said same operation cycle is terminated, whereby the number of fluid regeneration cycles that can be performed during a same operation cycle of the heat pump is limited to N, with N integer at least equal to 1. - a chamber for receiving goods to be washed, - a tank adapted to contain a fluid, - a heat pump comprising a first heat exchanger, a second heat exchanger, a compressor and a pressure lowering device forming a circuit comprising a refrigerant, the first heat exchanger being thermally coupled with the water to be used in the chamber and being adapted to cool said refrigerant and to heat said water to be used in the chamber, the second heat exchanger being thermally coupled to the tank and being adapted to heat said refrigerant and to cool the fluid contained in the tank, - the tank is fluidly connected to water mains by means of a conduit configured so as to supply tap water from the water mains to the tank bypassing the chamber, and - the washing machine further comprises a control unit configured to carry out a fluid regeneration cycle in the tank by managing entry of tap water from the water mains into the tank when a predetermined regeneration condition is met, characterized in that: if said predetermined regeneration condition is met a number N of times during a same operation cycle of the heat pump, the control unit is configured to disable fluid regeneration till said same operation cycle is terminated, whereby the number of fluid regeneration cycles that can be performed during a same operation cycle of the heat pump is limited to N, with N integer at least equal to 1.
A process for the manufacture of infusion packets, the process comprising: (a) providing a first sheet of thermoplastic material which is porous or non-porous; (b) thermoforming portions of the first sheet into a three-dimensional shape; (c) providing a second sheet of material; (d) dosing an infusible substance into the thermoformed portions of the first sheet or onto the second sheet; (e) sealing the first and second sheets together to form pockets containing the infusible substance such that each pocket includes at least one thermoformed portion of the first sheet; (f) severing the pockets at the seals to form infusion packets each having a chamber containing the infusible substance, wherein the thermoformed portions of the first sheet are porous, characterised in that the first sheet is a polymer film with at least one embossed surface. (a) providing a first sheet of thermoplastic material which is porous or non-porous; (b) thermoforming portions of the first sheet into a three-dimensional shape; (c) providing a second sheet of material; (d) dosing an infusible substance into the thermoformed portions of the first sheet or onto the second sheet; (e) sealing the first and second sheets together to form pockets containing the infusible substance such that each pocket includes at least one thermoformed portion of the first sheet; (f) severing the pockets at the seals to form infusion packets each having a chamber containing the infusible substance,
A method of fabricating a box section arm for an excavator, said arm defining a transverse pivot axis between the ends thereof, one side of said arm comprising substantially flat plate members (25, 26) meeting at a transverse plane coincident with said axis, characterised in that each plate member (25, 26) includes opposite transverse projections (28, 29) at the mutually adjacent ends, the method comprising: transversely welding said plate members (25, 26) together, said weld commencing at the projections at one side, and finishing at the projections at the opposite side, and partially removing the projections and weld at both sides. transversely welding said plate members (25, 26) together, said weld commencing at the projections at one side, and finishing at the projections at the opposite side, and partially removing the projections and weld at both sides.
A method of detecting predisposition for risk of severe disease progression and joint space narrowing of osteoarthritis in a subject comprising detecting in the subject the genotype at IL1RN rs9005 G>A; wherein the presence of genotype G/G indicates that the subject is predisposed to the severe disease progression and joint space narrowing and the absence of this genotype indicates that the subject is not predisposed to such; and wherein the presence of genotype A/A or G/A indicates that the subject is protected from progression to severe disease and joint space narrowing and the absence of these genotypes indicates that the subject is not protected from such.
Device for recording goods in a self-service checkout system, having a transportation installation for transporting goods; having a placement region for placing goods at one end of the transportation installation and a retrieval region for retrieving the goods at the opposite end of the transportation installation; having at least one scanning installation for recording machine-readable codes with which the goods are equipped, said scanning installation being disposed in a locationally fixed manner on the transportation installation between the placement region and the retrieval region; having a passage on the transportation installation in order for a customer to reach the retrieval region from the placement region; having a collection installation (3, 5) that is disposed on the placement region for receiving store-property shopping trolleys or shopping baskets that after the placement of the goods onto the transportation installation have been emptied; having a coupling installation of the collection installation (3, 5) for coupling an empty shopping trolley or shopping basket to the collection installation (3, 5); characterized in that the device has a blocking installation which blocks the passage for the customer until the empty shopping trolley or shopping basket has been introduced into the collection installation (3, 5) provided therefor and by means of the coupling installation is coupled indirectly or directly to the collection installation (3, 5), wherein the device has a balance with the aid of which it is established whether the shopping trolley or the shopping basket has actually been emptied, and in that the device at the passage has a detector which by means of detectable security elements that are disposed on the goods, the shopping trolleys, or the shopping baskets detects goods, shopping trolleys, or shopping baskets which are taken by the customer through the passage.
A vehicle-mounted power source apparatus that charges a battery with electrical power obtained by solar power generation, the apparatus comprising: a low voltage battery; a high voltage battery that stores electrical power having a voltage higher than the low voltage battery; a boost section that boosts the voltage of the electrical power for charging the high voltage battery; a solar panel that converts sunlight into electrical power; a bidirectional buck-boost section that boosts or steps down the voltage of the electrical power obtained through the conversion by the solar panel; and a control section that makes a control so as to charge the low voltage battery with the electrical power transformed by the bidirectional buck-boost section, wherein, when the amount of electrical power stored in the low voltage battery is equal to or greater than a predetermined value, the control section makes a control so as to boost the electrical power stored in the low voltage battery, by the bidirectional buck-boost section and the boost section, and to charge the high voltage battery with the boosted electrical power. a low voltage battery; a high voltage battery that stores electrical power having a voltage higher than the low voltage battery; a boost section that boosts the voltage of the electrical power for charging the high voltage battery; a solar panel that converts sunlight into electrical power; a bidirectional buck-boost section that boosts or steps down the voltage of the electrical power obtained through the conversion by the solar panel; and a control section that makes a control so as to charge the low voltage battery with the electrical power transformed by the bidirectional buck-boost section, wherein, when the amount of electrical power stored in the low voltage battery is equal to or greater than a predetermined value, the control section makes a control so as to boost the electrical power stored in the low voltage battery, by the bidirectional buck-boost section and the boost section, and to charge the high voltage battery with the boosted electrical power.
A power tool comprising: a motor as a drive power source, a body housing the motor and having an end output unit for chucking an end tool driving a fastener; a handle grip provided integrally with the body; a battery disposed to the bottom of the handle grip 210C. a light unit having a light-emitting element for illuminating a fastener located at a distal end of the end tool, the end tool being driven by the motor to tighten the fastener to a workpiece; wherein a pull trigger is disposed at a top part of the handle grip for starting/stopping driving the end tool and to turn on the light emitting element; the light unit is disposed immediately above the trigger, and a circuit board is positioned in the handle grip, the light emitting element being connected to the circuit board by a cord, the circuit board being connected to the battery, and the light emitting element being powered by current from the battery. a motor as a drive power source, a body housing the motor and having an end output unit for chucking an end tool driving a fastener; a handle grip provided integrally with the body; a battery disposed to the bottom of the handle grip 210C. a light unit having a light-emitting element for illuminating a fastener located at a distal end of the end tool, the end tool being driven by the motor to tighten the fastener to a workpiece; wherein a pull trigger is disposed at a top part of the handle grip for starting/stopping driving the end tool and to turn on the light emitting element; the light unit is disposed immediately above the trigger, and a circuit board is positioned in the handle grip, the light emitting element being connected to the circuit board by a cord, the circuit board being connected to the battery, and the light emitting element being powered by current from the battery.
A method implemented in a vectored system for improving a signal-to-noise ratio of a far end transmitted signal on a victim line coupling to a first sensor in the system, comprising: mitigating, by the vectored system, self-induced far-end crosstalk (self-FEXT) on the victim line based on self-FEXT mitigation coefficients; receiving, by a second sensor, information relating to at least one of: self-FEXT of the vectored system, external noise, and the far end transmitted signal, wherein the second sensor is in a signal path separate from the victim line; learning, at the second sensor, coefficients relating to self-FEXT coupling into the second sensor; removing self-FEXT from the second sensor based on the learned coefficients; upon removal of self-FEXT from the second sensor, learning a linear combiner configured to combine information relating to the victim line and the second sensor; applying the learned linear combiner; and readjusting the self-FEXT mitigation coefficients to remove any residual self-FEXT on the victim line after application of the learned linear combiner. mitigating, by the vectored system, self-induced far-end crosstalk (self-FEXT) on the victim line based on self-FEXT mitigation coefficients; receiving, by a second sensor, information relating to at least one of: self-FEXT of the vectored system, external noise, and the far end transmitted signal, wherein the second sensor is in a signal path separate from the victim line; learning, at the second sensor, coefficients relating to self-FEXT coupling into the second sensor; removing self-FEXT from the second sensor based on the learned coefficients; upon removal of self-FEXT from the second sensor, learning a linear combiner configured to combine information relating to the victim line and the second sensor; applying the learned linear combiner; and readjusting the self-FEXT mitigation coefficients to remove any residual self-FEXT on the victim line after application of the learned linear combiner.
A method for calibrating an instrument, wherein the instrument includes an optical system capable of imaging fluorescence emission from a plurality of reaction sites, the method comprising: performing a region-of-interest, ROI, calibration to determine reaction site positions in a fluorescence image, wherein the ROI calibration further comprises: estimating initial ROIs from fluorescence thresholds from each sample well; estimating center locations of each ROI; estimating a size of each ROI; determining an average size of the ROTs from the plurality of reaction sites; deriving global gridding models by comparing center-to-center distance between ROIs to grid coordinates of a well plate layout and determining XY grid coordinates for each of the ROI center locations; recovering missing ROIs by determining and applying mapping functions to expected grid coordinates, the mapping functions being a pair of 2 2-dimensional quadratic polynomial functions that map X or Y grid locations to the ROI center locations in the X or Y direction; and extending the radius of the ROIs, wherein the extension includes an extending of the radius of the ROIs to improve the signal-to-noise ratio of the optical system. estimating initial ROIs from fluorescence thresholds from each sample well; estimating center locations of each ROI; estimating a size of each ROI; determining an average size of the ROTs from the plurality of reaction sites; deriving global gridding models by comparing center-to-center distance between ROIs to grid coordinates of a well plate layout and determining XY grid coordinates for each of the ROI center locations; recovering missing ROIs by determining and applying mapping functions to expected grid coordinates, the mapping functions being a pair of 2 2-dimensional quadratic polynomial functions that map X or Y grid locations to the ROI center locations in the X or Y direction; and extending the radius of the ROIs, wherein the extension includes an extending of the radius of the ROIs to improve the signal-to-noise ratio of the optical system.
An oral hygiene implement comprising: a handle, a head, and a neck extending between the handle and the head, the head comprising a plurality of cleaning elements and/or massaging elements attached to the head; a force sensor; and an output source in signal communication with the force sensor; wherein the output source provides a plurality of output signals to the user, the plurality of output signals corresponding to a plurality of conditions, characterised in that the plurality of conditions comprises at least two of a lower end of a range of sufficient force, a sufficient amount of force, and an upper end of the range of sufficient force. a handle, a head, and a neck extending between the handle and the head, the head comprising a plurality of cleaning elements and/or massaging elements attached to the head; a force sensor; and an output source in signal communication with the force sensor; wherein the output source provides a plurality of output signals to the user, the plurality of output signals corresponding to a plurality of conditions, characterised in that the plurality of conditions comprises at least two of a lower end of a range of sufficient force, a sufficient amount of force, and an upper end of the range of sufficient force.