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An apparatus for monitoring the cell voltage of an individual cell, formed by a membrane electrode assembly and bipolar plates, of a fuel cell stack, having a measuring device for each of the individual cells, which comprises an optical signal generator which can be controlled by it, wherein the measuring device is formed on a flexible circuit board which is connected to a frame of a framed membrane electrode assembly (4, 5) or formed as part of the same, and the optical signal generator of each measuring device is formed by a light-emitting diode, which is set up to emit light in at least two light colors. the measuring device is formed on a flexible circuit board which is connected to a frame of a framed membrane electrode assembly (4, 5) or formed as part of the same, and the optical signal generator of each measuring device is formed by a light-emitting diode, which is set up to emit light in at least two light colors.
An apparatus for receiving system information in a wireless communication system supporting coverage enhancement comprising: a reception unit for receiving system information; a control unit for controlling the reception unit to receive system information including a coverage enhancement level indication for indicating enhanced coverage levels supported by the wireless communication system; characterized in that the control unit is configured to control the reception unit to further: receive system information including a group of information elements common for different coverage enhancement levels and one or more groups of information elements specific for different coverage enhancement levels. a reception unit for receiving system information; a control unit for controlling the reception unit to receive system information including a coverage enhancement level indication for indicating enhanced coverage levels supported by the wireless communication system; characterized in that the control unit is configured to control the reception unit to further: receive system information including a group of information elements common for different coverage enhancement levels and one or more groups of information elements specific for different coverage enhancement levels. receive system information including a group of information elements common for different coverage enhancement levels and one or more groups of information elements specific for different coverage enhancement levels.
Method of producing a wafer scale package comprising two substrates (10, 20) and a plurality of optical elements, wherein the substrates (10, 20) are stacked in an axial direction, said method comprising the following steps: - Providing a first substrate and a second substrate, wherein at least one of the first substrate and the second substrate is pre-shaped and comprises at least one recess; - providing a replication tool having a plurality of replication sections having structural features corresponding to the shape of the optical elements; - producing the optical elements on the first substrate by moving the replication tool and the first substrate towards one another, with a replication material in a deformable state located between the replication tool and the first substrate, causing the first substrate to abut against the replication tool with replication material remaining between the replication sections and the first substrate, hardening the replication material, and separating the first substrate and the replication tool; - moving the first substrate and the second substrate towards one another and causing the first substrate to abut against the second substrate such that at least one cavity is formed in the region of the recess, wherein at least one optical element is located in the at least one cavity; - connecting the first substrate and the second substrate. - Providing a first substrate and a second substrate, wherein at least one of the first substrate and the second substrate is pre-shaped and comprises at least one recess; - providing a replication tool having a plurality of replication sections having structural features corresponding to the shape of the optical elements; - producing the optical elements on the first substrate by moving the replication tool and the first substrate towards one another, with a replication material in a deformable state located between the replication tool and the first substrate, causing the first substrate to abut against the replication tool with replication material remaining between the replication sections and the first substrate, hardening the replication material, and separating the first substrate and the replication tool; - moving the first substrate and the second substrate towards one another and causing the first substrate to abut against the second substrate such that at least one cavity is formed in the region of the recess, wherein at least one optical element is located in the at least one cavity; - connecting the first substrate and the second substrate.
A biologically active single chain relaxin polypeptide comprising a relaxin-3 B chain, the polypeptide being truncated by up to about 5 amino acids at the C-terminus of the relaxin-3 B chain compared to the native relaxin-3 B chain sequence and a basic amino acid, optionally arginine, being incorporated at the said truncated C-terminus of the relaxin-3 B chain, and wherein the single chain relaxin polypeptide is selective or specific for the RXFP3 receptor.
A continuous flow structural health monitoring system for a component or structure, the system comprising:: a pressure source providing a supply fluid at a regulated pressure difference relative to ambient pressure; a fluidic circuit which is coupled at one end to the pressure source and is open at an opposite end to ambient pressure, wherein the pressure source produces a substantially constant and continuous flow of fluid through the fluidic circuit, the fluidic circuit having a first passage constituted in part by a first surface portion of the component structure; and, a measurement system configured to continuously monitor for perturbations in the substantially constant flow of fluid through the first passage to provide an indication of structural health of the component or structure. a pressure source providing a supply fluid at a regulated pressure difference relative to ambient pressure; a fluidic circuit which is coupled at one end to the pressure source and is open at an opposite end to ambient pressure, wherein the pressure source produces a substantially constant and continuous flow of fluid through the fluidic circuit, the fluidic circuit having a first passage constituted in part by a first surface portion of the component structure; and, a measurement system configured to continuously monitor for perturbations in the substantially constant flow of fluid through the first passage to provide an indication of structural health of the component or structure.
A composition comprising: a carrier fluid; precursors of a phosphate glass; and a first plurality of filler nanoparticles having a mean aspect ratio of at least 100, characterized in that at least some of the first plurality of filler nanoparticles comprise graphene nanoplatelets (GNPs). a carrier fluid; precursors of a phosphate glass; and a first plurality of filler nanoparticles having a mean aspect ratio of at least 100,
A system for locating a failure event in a sample, comprising: at least one sensor configured to detect acoustic energy corresponding to a start time of the failure event in the sample; and an infrared camera configured to detect thermal release of energy corresponding to the failure event in the sample, wherein the infrared camera is operable to record the thermal release of energy corresponding to the failure event in the sample in a plurality of frames, the system further comprising a processor configured to synchronize an event time detected by the sensor with a respective one of the frames. at least one sensor configured to detect acoustic energy corresponding to a start time of the failure event in the sample; and an infrared camera configured to detect thermal release of energy corresponding to the failure event in the sample, wherein the infrared camera is operable to record the thermal release of energy corresponding to the failure event in the sample in a plurality of frames, the system further comprising a processor configured to synchronize an event time detected by the sensor with a respective one of the frames.
Method of producing a heating system on a 3D plastic window such as a plastic motor vehicle window, wherein the heating system comprises an electrical heating conductor structure of at least two bus bars and one grid line pattern with a plurality of grid lines, with the processing stages: - application of the two bus bars to the 3D plastic window by way of screen printing using at least one first electrically conductive paste as screen printing ink, - application of the grid lines pattern using at least one second electrically conductive paste which has a greater electrical resistance than the first electrically conductive paste, each overlapping both bus bars on the 3D plastic window and - finally joining the two bus bars and the grid lines overlapping them at the respective overlapping points, - wherein the two bus bars are applied to the 3D plastic window by way of screen printing with at least one first displaceable pressure squeegee and/or the grid lines of the grid line pattern overlapping with the two bus bars with at least one second displaceable pressure squeegee, characterised in that the two bus bars and/or the grid lines of the grid lines pattern are applied to the 3D plastic window with two displaceable pressure squeegees operating in different directions. - application of the two bus bars to the 3D plastic window by way of screen printing using at least one first electrically conductive paste as screen printing ink, - application of the grid lines pattern using at least one second electrically conductive paste which has a greater electrical resistance than the first electrically conductive paste, each overlapping both bus bars on the 3D plastic window and - finally joining the two bus bars and the grid lines overlapping them at the respective overlapping points, - wherein the two bus bars are applied to the 3D plastic window by way of screen printing with at least one first displaceable pressure squeegee and/or the grid lines of the grid line pattern overlapping with the two bus bars with at least one second displaceable pressure squeegee, characterised in that the two bus bars and/or the grid lines of the grid lines pattern are applied to the 3D plastic window with two displaceable pressure squeegees operating in different directions.
A poly(alkylene oxide) polymer based size selective DNA isolation method for isolating DNA molecules having a size above a certain cut-off value from a DNA containing sample, comprising (a) preparing a binding mixture comprising the DNA containing sample, at least one poly(alkylene oxide) polymer which is a polyethylene glycol, at least one alkali metal salt and at least one divalent cation, wherein the binding mixture comprises the divalent cation in a concentration of 3mM to 75mM, and wherein said binding mixture has a pH that lies in the range of 8.5 to 9.5 and binding precipitated DNA molecules to a solid phase having an unmodified silicon containing surface, thereby providing a solid phase having bound thereto DNA molecules having a size above the cut-off value, wherein under the used binding conditions DNA molecules having a size which is less than the cut-off value predominantly do not bind to the solid phase; (b) separating the bound DNA molecules from the remaining sample; - optionally washing the bound DNA molecules; and - optionally eluting the bound DNA molecules from the solid phase. (a) preparing a binding mixture comprising the DNA containing sample, at least one poly(alkylene oxide) polymer which is a polyethylene glycol, at least one alkali metal salt and at least one divalent cation, wherein the binding mixture comprises the divalent cation in a concentration of 3mM to 75mM, and wherein said binding mixture has a pH that lies in the range of 8.5 to 9.5 and binding precipitated DNA molecules to a solid phase having an unmodified silicon containing surface, thereby providing a solid phase having bound thereto DNA molecules having a size above the cut-off value, wherein under the used binding conditions DNA molecules having a size which is less than the cut-off value predominantly do not bind to the solid phase; (b) separating the bound DNA molecules from the remaining sample; - optionally washing the bound DNA molecules; and - optionally eluting the bound DNA molecules from the solid phase. - optionally washing the bound DNA molecules; and - optionally eluting the bound DNA molecules from the solid phase.
A diagnostic assay for assessing the risk of type 1 diabetes (T1 D) comprising determining the presence of at least one risk or at least one protective enterovirus serotype in a body sample, whereby the presence of at least one risk serotype selected from the group consisting of CBV1, CBV2, Echo3, Echo14, Echo18, Echo29, Echo32, CAV4, CAV5, CAV6, and CAV16 indicates an increased risk of contracting T1D, or the presence of at least one protective serotype selected from the group consisting of CBV3, CBV4, CBV5, CBV6, Echo11, and Echo13 indicates a reduced risk of contracting T1 D.
A cylinder bore wall thermal insulator (36a, 36b, 36c, 36d) configured to be installed in a groove-like coolant passage of a cylinder block (11, 11a, 11b) having cylinder bores in an internal combustion engine, for insulating an entire bore wall (13, 17) of all the cylinder bores or part of the bore wall (13, 17) of all the cylinder bores, the thermal insulator (36a, 36b, 36c, 36d) comprising: a base member (34a, 34b) made of a synthetic resin and having a shape conforming to a shape of the groove-like coolant passage at an installation position of the thermal insulator (36a, 36b, 36c, 36d); a cylinder bore wall thermal insulating member (35a, 35b) formed of a heat-expandable rubber and affixed to inside of the base member (34a, 34b); and a cylinder bore opposite wall contact member (33a, 33b) formed of a heat-expandable rubber and affixed to outside of the base member (34a, 34b); and a bottom-side thermal insulation part formed on the bottom side of the base member (34a, 34b) by affixing a lower inside surface of the cylinder bore wall thermal insulating member extending beyond a lower side of the base member (34a, 34b) and a lower inside surface of the cylinder bore opposite wall contact member extending beyond a lower side of the base member (34a, 34b) to a bottom surface of the base member (34a, 34b) and affixing said lower inside surface of the cylinder bore wall thermal insulating member and said lower inside surface of the cylinder bore opposite wall contact member to each other. a base member (34a, 34b) made of a synthetic resin and having a shape conforming to a shape of the groove-like coolant passage at an installation position of the thermal insulator (36a, 36b, 36c, 36d); a cylinder bore wall thermal insulating member (35a, 35b) formed of a heat-expandable rubber and affixed to inside of the base member (34a, 34b); and a cylinder bore opposite wall contact member (33a, 33b) formed of a heat-expandable rubber and affixed to outside of the base member (34a, 34b); and a bottom-side thermal insulation part formed on the bottom side of the base member (34a, 34b) by affixing a lower inside surface of the cylinder bore wall thermal insulating member extending beyond a lower side of the base member (34a, 34b) and a lower inside surface of the cylinder bore opposite wall contact member extending beyond a lower side of the base member (34a, 34b) to a bottom surface of the base member (34a, 34b) and affixing said lower inside surface of the cylinder bore wall thermal insulating member and said lower inside surface of the cylinder bore opposite wall contact member to each other.
A power converter for direct conversion of multi-phase AC power to AC power, the power converter comprising: a heat sink; a conversion circuit having a plurality of bidirectional switching means (311, 312, 313, 314, 315, 316) mounted on the upper surface of the heat sink, wherein each switching element (311, 312, 313, 314, 315, 316) is provided with three terminals arranged in a line, an input terminal, a midpoint terminal, and output terminal, wherein a group of first switching elements (311, 313, 315) and a group of second switching elements (312, 314, 316) have output terminals arranged lining up in a row in pairs (311, 312; 313, 314; 315, 316) at the left and right from a center line; a first bus bar constituting one output line and connecting the output terminals of the first group of switching elements (311, 313, 315); and a second bus bar constituting another output line and connecting the output terminals of the second group of switching elements (312, 314, 316), wherein the busbars (331, 332; 331a; 331b; 332a, 332b) are lead out shortly in a center line direction and arranged lining up in an upright direction. a heat sink; a conversion circuit having a plurality of bidirectional switching means (311, 312, 313, 314, 315, 316) mounted on the upper surface of the heat sink, wherein each switching element (311, 312, 313, 314, 315, 316) is provided with three terminals arranged in a line, an input terminal, a midpoint terminal, and output terminal, wherein a group of first switching elements (311, 313, 315) and a group of second switching elements (312, 314, 316) have output terminals arranged lining up in a row in pairs (311, 312; 313, 314; 315, 316) at the left and right from a center line; a first bus bar constituting one output line and connecting the output terminals of the first group of switching elements (311, 313, 315); and a second bus bar constituting another output line and connecting the output terminals of the second group of switching elements (312, 314, 316), wherein the busbars (331, 332; 331a; 331b; 332a, 332b) are lead out shortly in a center line direction and arranged lining up in an upright direction.
Internal combustion engine, in particular for fast starting, comprising at least one heating device for engine coolant and at least one circulation pump which is provided for being operated independently of the combustion operation of the internal combustion engine and which serves for circulating the engine oil or the engine coolant, wherein the heating device has at least one electrical microwave generator which is arranged on the crankcase of the internal combustion engine.
An immunochromatographic test strip comprising: at least a sample application region, a development region, and a detection region in which an antibody is immobilized, wherein the detection region includes the antibody and one or more saccharides selected from the group consisting of a reductive monosaccharide and a reductive disaccharide, and wherein the reductive monosaccharide is glucose or fructose, and wherein the reductive disaccharide is maltose.
A vehicle control unit that executes uphill start control, comprising: a first cancellation determination unit that cancels the uphill start control and sets a cancellation situation type flag to OFF if a vehicle speed is equal to or higher than a first vehicle speed threshold value or if an uphill gradient is lower than a first gradient threshold value (θth1) during execution of the uphill start control; characterized by a second cancellation determination unit that cancels the uphill start control and sets the cancellation situation type flag to ON if the vehicle speed is decreased after being once increased within a range in which the vehicle speed is lower than the first vehicle speed threshold value during execution of the uphill start control; a first execution determination unit (S3, S4) that determines an uphill start control condition and executes the uphill start control if a state where the vehicle speed is lower than a second vehicle speed threshold value and the uphill gradient is equal to or higher than a second gradient threshold value (θth2) continues for a first set time when the cancellation situation type flag is OFF; and a second execution determination unit that determines an uphill start control condition and executes the uphill start control if a state where the vehicle speed is lower than the second vehicle speed threshold value and the uphill gradient is equal to or higher than the second gradient threshold value (θth2) continues for a second set time which is shorter than the first set time when the cancellation situation type flag is ON. a first cancellation determination unit that cancels the uphill start control and sets a cancellation situation type flag to OFF if a vehicle speed is equal to or higher than a first vehicle speed threshold value or if an uphill gradient is lower than a first gradient threshold value (θth1) during execution of the uphill start control; characterized by a second cancellation determination unit that cancels the uphill start control and sets the cancellation situation type flag to ON if the vehicle speed is decreased after being once increased within a range in which the vehicle speed is lower than the first vehicle speed threshold value during execution of the uphill start control; a first execution determination unit (S3, S4) that determines an uphill start control condition and executes the uphill start control if a state where the vehicle speed is lower than a second vehicle speed threshold value and the uphill gradient is equal to or higher than a second gradient threshold value (θth2) continues for a first set time when the cancellation situation type flag is OFF; and a second execution determination unit that determines an uphill start control condition and executes the uphill start control if a state where the vehicle speed is lower than the second vehicle speed threshold value and the uphill gradient is equal to or higher than the second gradient threshold value (θth2) continues for a second set time which is shorter than the first set time when the cancellation situation type flag is ON.