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A base fluid for formulating wellbore fluids comprising: a mixture of synthetic aliphatic hydrocarbons derived from a Fischer-Tropsch product stream and containing greater than 96 wt% aliphatic hydrocarbons having a carbon number range of C6 - C30, the percentage of homologues having a carbon number of C10 and less is less than 3 wt%, the percentage of homologues having a carbon number of C9 and less is less than 0.2 wt%, said aliphatic hydrocarbons are 50 wt% or greater branched, primarily methyl branched, and said fluid having a lubricity coefficient of 0.17 or less wherein lubricity coefficient is defined as the coefficient of friction of a metal ring rotating in the base fluid at 60 rpm against a hardened metal surface at 1034 kPa (150 psi). a mixture of synthetic aliphatic hydrocarbons derived from a Fischer-Tropsch product stream and containing greater than 96 wt% aliphatic hydrocarbons having a carbon number range of C6 - C30, the percentage of homologues having a carbon number of C10 and less is less than 3 wt%, the percentage of homologues having a carbon number of C9 and less is less than 0.2 wt%, said aliphatic hydrocarbons are 50 wt% or greater branched, primarily methyl branched, and said fluid having a lubricity coefficient of 0.17 or less wherein lubricity coefficient is defined as the coefficient of friction of a metal ring rotating in the base fluid at 60 rpm against a hardened metal surface at 1034 kPa (150 psi).
An enriched animal feed composition characterized in that it comprises at least 10 7 Archaebacteria cells per millilitre of said composition for use in a method for reducing susceptibility to parasitic infections of animals, wherein the Archaebacteria is a methanogenic Archaebacteria species.
A culture of neural stem cells further comprising (a) an agonist of an EGF receptor or (b) an agonist of an EGF receptor and an agonist of an FGF receptor, wherein: a) at least 80% of said cells are symmetrically-dividing neural stem cells and positive for the expression of at least one marker for radial glia selected from the group consisting of RC2, 3CB2, GLAST, BLBP and Pax6; b) no more than 1% of the cells are positive for the expression of a marker for mature astrocytes, neurons or oligodendrocytes; c) the neural stem cells in the culture are further characterized in that they are positive for the expression of at least one neural precursor marker selected from the group consisting of nestin, vimentin, the LewisX antigen, Emx2, Olig1, Olig2, Musashi-1 and prominin; and d) the neural stem cells in the culture are positive for the expression of Sox-2. a) at least 80% of said cells are symmetrically-dividing neural stem cells and positive for the expression of at least one marker for radial glia selected from the group consisting of RC2, 3CB2, GLAST, BLBP and Pax6; b) no more than 1% of the cells are positive for the expression of a marker for mature astrocytes, neurons or oligodendrocytes; c) the neural stem cells in the culture are further characterized in that they are positive for the expression of at least one neural precursor marker selected from the group consisting of nestin, vimentin, the LewisX antigen, Emx2, Olig1, Olig2, Musashi-1 and prominin; and d) the neural stem cells in the culture are positive for the expression of Sox-2.
An image processing method for an electronic device, wherein the electronic device comprises a structured-light emitter and an image acquirer, characterized in that the method comprises: controlling the structured-light emitter to project structured light to a current user based on a preset rule, comprising: successively selecting a set of light source points from a light source array in the structured-light emitter based on a direction extending from a first area to a periphery of the first area; the first area being located at a central position of the light source array; turning on the set of light source points; projecting the structured light to the current user through the set of light source points, and turning off the set of light source points after the structured light is projected; and controlling the image acquirer to capture a structured-light image modulated by the current user each time and superpose the structured-light images to acquire a target image. controlling the structured-light emitter to project structured light to a current user based on a preset rule, comprising: successively selecting a set of light source points from a light source array in the structured-light emitter based on a direction extending from a first area to a periphery of the first area; the first area being located at a central position of the light source array; turning on the set of light source points; projecting the structured light to the current user through the set of light source points, and turning off the set of light source points after the structured light is projected; and controlling the image acquirer to capture a structured-light image modulated by the current user each time and superpose the structured-light images to acquire a target image.
A sealing sheet with a separator comprising: a sealing sheet, and a separator which is stacked over at least one surface of the sealing sheet, wherein said sealing sheet has a thickness t of 0.05 to 1.3 mm and a storage modulus G' at 50°C of 400 to 180000 Pa, wherein the product α of t in mm and G' in Pa satisfies the following expression 1: 300 ≤ α ≤ 1.5 × 10 5 , and wherein the constituent material of said sealing sheet contains an epoxy resin, and a phenolic resin as a curing agent, and wherein the sealing sheet with the separator has a bend elastic constant E at 25°C of 100 to 3000 N/mm 2 and an area A of 40000 mm 2 or more; wherein the product β of E in N/mm 2 and A in mm 2 satisfies the following expression 2: 4.0 × 10 6 ≤ β ≤ 1.7 × 10 9 . a sealing sheet, and a separator which is stacked over at least one surface of the sealing sheet, wherein said sealing sheet has a thickness t of 0.05 to 1.3 mm and a storage modulus G' at 50°C of 400 to 180000 Pa, wherein the product α of t in mm and G' in Pa satisfies the following expression 1: 300 ≤ α ≤ 1.5 × 10 5 , and wherein the constituent material of said sealing sheet contains an epoxy resin, and a phenolic resin as a curing agent, and wherein the sealing sheet with the separator has a bend elastic constant E at 25°C of 100 to 3000 N/mm 2 and an area A of 40000 mm 2 or more; wherein the product β of E in N/mm 2 and A in mm 2 satisfies the following expression 2: 4.0 × 10 6 ≤ β ≤ 1.7 × 10 9 .
A method for real-time calibration of a glucose sensor for measuring the level of glucose in a body of a user, said glucose sensor including physical sensor electronics , a microcontroller , and a working electrode , the method comprising: (a) performing by said microcontroller , an electrochemical impedance spectroscopy (EIS) procedure to obtain imaginary impedance values for said electrode ; (b) calculating, by said microcontroller , a reference range associated with said values of imaginary impedance; (c) comparing by said microcontroller , the current value of imaginary impedance to the reference range; and (d) based on said comparison, determining, by said microcontroller , a time interval until the next calibration; characterised in that the reference range is a function of the difference between the current imaginary impedance value and prior imaginary impedance values, the reference range being calculated according to the relation range = 3 × median x i − x j wherein j represents the current imaginary impedance value, and i represents the most recent 2 hours of imaginary impedance values. (a) performing by said microcontroller , an electrochemical impedance spectroscopy (EIS) procedure to obtain imaginary impedance values for said electrode ; (b) calculating, by said microcontroller , a reference range associated with said values of imaginary impedance; (c) comparing by said microcontroller , the current value of imaginary impedance to the reference range; and (d) based on said comparison, determining, by said
Method for assembling nozzles between buckets of a turbine, particularly a gas turbine, comprising the step of: a. providing a rotor having at least two buckets rows interspaced each other, an operative space in which nozzles are to mounted in an assembled position being provided between the buckets ; b. providing a first and a second casing to be coupled each other, said first and second casing being adapted to close said operative space once coupled each other; c. temporary supporting the nozzles with respect to the rotor in said assembled position in the operative space between the buckets; d. coupling said first and second casing each other; e. removing the temporary support of the nozzles . a. providing a rotor having at least two buckets rows interspaced each other, an operative space in which nozzles are to mounted in an assembled position being provided between the buckets ; b. providing a first and a second casing to be coupled each other, said first and second casing being adapted to close said operative space once coupled each other; c. temporary supporting the nozzles with respect to the rotor in said assembled position in the operative space between the buckets; d. coupling said first and second casing each other; e. removing the temporary support of the nozzles .
A screening method for evaluating or identifying the potential effectiveness of a cosmetic test agent for providing a circadian rhythm-dependent, DNA repair benefit to human skin, comprising: a. contacting a test sample comprising skin cells with a cosmetic test agent; b. generating a transcriptional profile for the test sample, wherein the transcriptional profile consists essentially of data related to the transcription of at least two genes selected from APITD1, ACTR5, AP5Z1, APEX1, APEX2, APLF, APTX, ATXN3, BCCIP, BRCA1, C11orf30, CDC14B, CHEK1, CUL4A, DCLRE1C, DTL, EPC2, EXO5, EYA3, FAM175A, FAN1, FANCC, FANCF, FANCG, FANCL, FIGNL1, GADD45A, GTF2H1, H2AFX, INTS3, KIAA0430, KIAA0101, KIN, MCM9, MDC1, MGME1, MORF4L2, MRE11A, MSH2, MUM1, NEIL1, NEIL3, NONO, NPM1, NSMCE1, OGG1, PARPBP, PIF1, PML, PMS1, PMS2, POLD1, POLD2, POLE, POLK, POLR2F, RAD50, RAD51B, RAD51C, RAD52, RBM14, RECQL5, RFC4, RFC5, RPA2, SFPQ, SFR1, SMARCA5, SMC4, SMG1, SWI5, TICRR, TP53BP1, TP73, UBE2T, UBE2W, USP28, USP47, WDR33, and ZFYVE26 ; c. comparing the transcriptional profile for the test sample to a control transcriptional profile; and d. identifying the cosmetic test agent as exhibiting potential effectiveness for providing a circadian rhythm-dependent, DNA repair benefit to human skin when the transcriptional profile for the test sample, relative to the control transcriptional profile, corresponds to regulation of the at least two genes in a direction indicative of said benefit. a. contacting a test sample comprising skin cells with a cosmetic test agent; b. generating a transcriptional profile for the test sample, wherein the transcriptional profile consists essentially of data related to the transcription of at least two genes selected from APITD1, ACTR5, AP5Z1, APEX1, APEX2, APLF, APTX, ATXN3, BCCIP, BRCA1, C11orf30, CDC14B, CHEK1, CUL4A, DCLRE1C, DTL, EPC2, EXO5, EYA3, FAM175A, FAN1, FANCC, FANCF, FANCG, FANCL, FIGNL1, GADD45A, GTF2H1, H2AFX, INTS3, KIAA0430, KIAA0101, KIN, MCM9, MDC1, MGME1, MORF4L2, MRE11A, MSH2, MUM1, NEIL1, NEIL3, NONO, NPM1, NSMCE1, OGG1, PARPBP, PIF1, PML, PMS1, PMS2, POLD1, POLD2, POLE, POLK, POLR2F, RAD50, RAD51B, RAD51C, RAD52, RBM14, RECQL5, RFC4, RFC5, RPA2, SFPQ, SFR1, SMARCA5, SMC4, SMG1, SWI5, TICRR, TP53BP1, TP73, UBE2T, UBE2W, USP28, USP47, WDR33, and ZFYVE26 ; c. comparing the transcriptional profile for the test sample to a control transcriptional profile; and d. identifying the cosmetic test agent as exhibiting potential effectiveness for providing a circadian rhythm-dependent, DNA repair benefit to human skin when the transcriptional profile for the test sample, relative to the control transcriptional profile, corresponds to regulation of the at least two genes in a direction indicative of said benefit.
A device for cutting off one or more sample regions from a sample carrier that contains impregnated sample material, the device comprising: - an optical imaging unit for producing an image of at least portion of the sample carrier, - a cutting unit for cutting off the one or more sample regions from the sample carrier, and - a processor arranged to carry out an image analyzing algorithm for finding, from the image, a region which is distinguished from its surroundings so as to determine the location/locations of the one or more sample regions to be cut off, and to control accordingly a mutual position of the cutting unit and the sample carrier, wherein the processor is further arranged to control a display screen to display the image and, on top of the image, one or more indicators each of which expressing the location of one of the one or more sample regions to be cut off from the sample carrier so as to enable an operator to monitor, without direct visual communication to the sample carrier, what region/regions of the sample carrier is/are to be cut off, and wherein the processor is arranged to receive a control signal from the operator via a user interface, and on the basis of the control signal: determine or change the location of at least one of the one or more sample regions to be cut off, control accordingly the mutual position of the cutting unit and the sample carrier, and update accordingly the location of the corresponding indicator on the display screen, characterized in that the sample carrier comprises a machine-readable identifier element captured into the image produced by the optical imaging unit and containing information about the donor of the sample material, wherein the processor is arranged to carry out an image analyzing algorithm for finding, from the image, the machine-readable identifier element, to read from the machine-readable identifier element information encoded to the machine-readable identifier element, to save the information read from the machine-readable identifier element into a memory unit for further use, and to control the display screen to display at least part of the information read from the machine-readable identifier element in a human readable form simultaneously with the image into which at least part of the sample carrier and the machine-readable identifier element are captured, wherein the displayed at least part of the information comprises the information about the donor of the sample material. - an optical imaging unit for producing an image of at least portion of the sample carrier, - a cutting unit for cutting off the one or more sample regions from the sample carrier, and - a processor arranged to carry out an image analyzing algorithm for finding, from the image, a region which is distinguished from its surroundings so as to determine the location/locations of the one or more sample regions to be cut off, and to control accordingly a mutual position of the cutting unit and the sample carrier,
Support for a touchpad , comprising a structure in which there is a formed a housing for receiving a lower edge of the touchpad , the housing opening to the outside of the structure through a slot delimited by lower and upper borders of an outer skin of the structure , and comprising a shutter which can move between a position of closing the housing and a position of opening the housing , the shutter being movable translationally in the housing , the shutter, in the closing position, having an outer face in surface continuity with the lower and upper borders, characterized in that the shutter has the general shape of a rod extending substantially in the transverse direction (Y) of the vehicle, having a shape complementary with that of the slot , the lower border additionally projecting with respect to the housing so as to constitute an element for retaining the lower edge of the touchpad , whereas the upper border projects with respect to the housing so as to constitute a bearing region for the rear face of the touchpad .
An engine breather filter assembly for monitoring an internal combustion engine comprising: a filter cavity configured to accommodate a breather filter element ; a processor ; a sensor module configured to sense a characteristic of the internal combustion engine and output data representative of the sensed characteristic to the processor; wherein the engine breather filter assembly is configured to provide a housing for the processor ; and the processor is configured to determine a value representative of the firing frequency of the internal combustion engine based on the output data, wherein the sensor module comprises a pressure sensor and the sensed characteristic comprises engine crankcase pressure, wherein the processor is configured to calculate a root mean squared value of engine crankcase pressure, and wherein the processor is configured to generate an aggregated summary of the total engine running at each combination of firing frequency and root mean squared engine crank case pressure. a filter cavity configured to accommodate a breather filter element ; a processor ; a sensor module configured to sense a characteristic of the internal combustion engine and output data representative of the sensed characteristic to the processor; wherein the engine breather filter assembly is configured to provide a housing for the processor ; and the processor is configured to determine a value representative of the firing frequency of the internal combustion engine based on the output data, wherein the sensor module comprises a pressure sensor and the sensed characteristic comprises engine crankcase pressure, wherein the processor is configured to calculate a root mean squared value of engine crankcase pressure, and wherein the processor is configured to generate an aggregated summary of the total engine running at each combination of firing frequency and root mean squared engine crank case pressure.
A portable device for monitoring vascular access status, comprising: a measurement device , comprising: a vibration-sensing module sensing vibration data induced by blood flow over a part of a vascular access of a subject; and a communication module electrically connected to the vibration-sensing module and used to transmit data to outside; and a monitoring module controlling an electronic device connected to the communication module of the measurement device to load vibration threshold data corresponding to the sensed part of the vascular access and determining a vibration evaluation index corresponding to a status of the part of the vascular access according to the vibration data and vibration threshold data . a measurement device , comprising: a vibration-sensing module sensing vibration data induced by blood flow over a part of a vascular access of a subject; and a communication module electrically connected to the vibration-sensing module and used to transmit data to outside; and a vibration-sensing module sensing vibration data induced by blood flow over a part of a vascular access of a subject; and a communication module electrically connected to the vibration-sensing module and used to transmit data to outside; and a monitoring module controlling an electronic device connected to the communication module of the measurement device to load vibration threshold data corresponding to the sensed part of the vascular access and determining a vibration evaluation index corresponding to a status of the part of the vascular access according to the vibration data and vibration threshold data .
An elastic locking mechanism for an electronic cigarette including a liquid storage assembly provided with an opening end, comprising: an upper cover removably arranged on the opening end of the liquid storage assembly ; a screw cap sleeved outside the upper cover ; an upper engagement component arranged on the screw cap ; a lower engagement component arranged on the upper cover ; and an elastic element mounted between the screw cap and the upper cover to prevent the upper engagement component and the lower engagement component from engaging with each other, wherein when the screw cap is pressed down or pulled up, the elastic element is compressed or stretched so that the upper engagement component engages with the lower engagement component , and the upper cover is driven to rotate together with the screw cap by rotating the screw cap , so as to open or close the opening end of the liquid storage assembly , characterized in that the elastic locking mechanism further comprises a ventilation tube and an unlocking component , wherein the upper cover and the lower engagement component are integrated to form the ventilation tube , the screw cap and the upper engagement component are integrated to form the unlocking component , the ventilation tube is provided with a stop protrusion (812-1), and the unlocking component is provided with a corresponding stop groove (813-1), the elastic element is provided with a blocking groove (818-1) matching the stop protrusion (812-1) such that the elastic element is sleeved outside the ventilation tube . an upper cover removably arranged on the opening end of the liquid storage assembly ; a screw cap sleeved outside the upper cover ; an upper engagement component arranged on the screw cap ; a lower engagement component arranged on the upper cover ; and an elastic element mounted between the screw cap and the upper cover to prevent the upper engagement component and the lower engagement component from engaging with each other, wherein when the screw cap is pressed down or pulled up, the elastic element is compressed or stretched so that the upper engagement component engages with the lower engagement component , and the upper cover is driven to rotate together with the screw cap by rotating the screw cap , so as to open or close the opening end of the liquid storage assembly , characterized in that the elastic locking mechanism further comprises a ventilation tube and an unlocking component , wherein the upper cover and the lower engagement component are integrated to form the ventilation tube , the screw cap and the upper engagement component are integrated to form the unlocking component , the ventilation tube is provided with a stop protrusion (812-1), and the unlocking component is provided with a corresponding stop groove (813-1), the elastic element is provided with a blocking groove (818-1) matching the stop protrusion (812-1) such that the elastic element is sleeved outside the ventilation tube .