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An apparatus for detecting the presence and/or the quantity of a target component in a sample, the apparatus comprising an integrated assay cartridge , the assay cartridge comprising a detection reagent, and a capture component at a location in the assay cartridge , the apparatus comprising: a detector for detecting the amount of light scattered, transmitted or emitted by the detection reagent to provide an indication of the presence and/or the quantity of the target component within the sample; a lens for focusing the light onto the detector ; an excitation light source configured to generate a light beam ; a plurality of location pins rigidly held in position relative to the lens and detector defining a location of the assay cartridge along the optical path from the location of the capture component to the detector , at which the assay cartridge is located in use; wherein the plurality of location pins , rigidly held in position, are configured such that, in use, the assay cartridge receives the light beam from the excitation light source and the assay cartridge is configured to provide an evanescent excitation field in the form of total internal reflection at the capture component location in the assay cartridge ; and wherein the plurality of location pins , rigidly held in position, are further configured such that the capture component location , in use, is focused on the detector via the lens . a detector for detecting the amount of light scattered, transmitted or emitted by the detection reagent to provide an indication of the presence and/or the quantity of the target component within the sample; a lens for focusing the light onto the detector ; an excitation light source configured to generate a light beam ; a plurality of location pins rigidly held in position relative to the lens and detector defining a location of the assay cartridge along the optical path from the location of the capture component to the detector , at which the assay cartridge is located in use; wherein the plurality of location pins , rigidly held in position, are configured such that, in use, the assay cartridge receives the light beam from the excitation light source and the assay cartridge is configured to provide an evanescent excitation field in the form of total internal reflection at the capture component location in the assay cartridge ; and wherein the plurality of location pins , rigidly held in position, are further configured such that the capture component location , in use, is focused on the detector via the lens .
A thermal protection system for a vehicle substructure , the thermal protection system comprising: an outer layer for protecting the vehicle substructure , wherein said outer layer comprises a thin-skin layer of ceramic fiber-reinforced non-oxide ceramic matrix composite having a thickness between about 0.102 centimeters and about 0.203 centimeters; an inner layer for conforming to the vehicle substructure ; and an insulation layer sandwiched between the inner and outer layers , wherein the insulation layer includes a porous low-density ceramic insulating material having a density between about 192 kg/m 3 and 400 kg/m 3 and having a densified portion that covers an inner surface of the outer layer to strengthen adhesion. an outer layer for protecting the vehicle substructure , wherein said outer layer comprises a thin-skin layer of ceramic fiber-reinforced non-oxide ceramic matrix composite having a thickness between about 0.102 centimeters and about 0.203 centimeters; an inner layer for conforming to the vehicle substructure ; and an insulation layer sandwiched between the inner and outer layers , wherein the insulation layer includes a porous low-density ceramic insulating material having a density between about 192 kg/m 3 and 400 kg/m 3 and having a densified portion that covers an inner surface of the outer layer to strengthen adhesion.
A car comprising: two front wheels ; two rear drive wheels ; a passenger compartment which is arranged between the two front wheels and the two rear drive wheels ; at least one first tank configured to contain hydrogen; and an internal combustion engine , which is powered by hydrogen, is provided with a plurality of cylinders , inside which respective pistons slide, and with a drive shaft connected to the pistons , and is longitudinally arranged behind the passenger compartment ; and a transmission system , which connects the drive shaft of the internal combustion engine to the rear drive wheels ; the car is characterized in that it comprises at least two first tanks , which are arranged beside an engine block of the internal combustion engine on the two opposite sides of the engine block. two front wheels ; two rear drive wheels ; a passenger compartment which is arranged between the two front wheels and the two rear drive wheels ; at least one first tank configured to contain hydrogen; and an internal combustion engine , which is powered by hydrogen, is provided with a plurality of cylinders , inside which respective pistons slide, and with a drive shaft connected to the pistons , and is longitudinally arranged behind the passenger compartment ; and a transmission system , which connects the drive shaft of the internal combustion engine to the rear drive wheels ; the car is characterized in that it comprises at least two first tanks , which are arranged beside an engine block of the internal combustion engine on the two opposite sides of the engine block.
A method for forming a graft containment device for a mandible , comprising: forming an initial digital 3D model of a mesh graft containment device based on dimensions of a target space of a mandible to be filled via the graft containment device , the 3D model of the graft containment device defined via a buccal surface , a lingual surface , a superior surface and an inferior surface ; individually adjusting one of the buccal surface and the lingual surface relative to a first midplane (A), which extends through a longitudinal axis of the graft containment device between the buccal and lingual surfaces , to add or remove bulk along a desired portion of the 3D model of the graft containment device to form an adjusted 3D model; and forming a final graft containment device for placement in the target space of the mandible based on the adjusted 3D model, wherein the desired treatment plan includes planned future dental implants and the adjusted 3D model includes added bulk along the lingual surface of the graft containment device . forming an initial digital 3D model of a mesh graft containment device based on dimensions of a target space of a mandible to be filled via the graft containment device , the 3D model of the graft containment device defined via a buccal surface , a lingual surface , a superior surface and an inferior surface ; individually adjusting one of the buccal surface and the lingual surface relative to a first midplane (A), which extends through a longitudinal axis of the graft containment device between the buccal and lingual surfaces , to add or remove bulk along a desired portion of the 3D model of the graft containment device to form an adjusted 3D model; and forming a final graft containment device for placement in the target space of the mandible based on the adjusted 3D model, wherein the desired treatment plan includes planned future dental implants and the adjusted 3D model includes added bulk along the lingual surface of the graft containment device .
A current measurement system comprising a multi-phase open loop current transducer for measuring phase currents ( l 1 , l 2 , l 3 ) flowing in a plurality n of primary conductors of a multi-phase electrical system, the transducer comprising a housing , a magnetic core including first and second core parts and a plurality n + 1 of magnetic field detectors mounted in the housing between the first and second core parts in which portions of the primary conductors traversing the current transducer housing are positioned, the system further comprising a non-volatile memory in which information on at least one coupling matrix (K) of dimension n x n+1, pre-defined in a calibration procedure, is stored, said at least one coupling matrix linking the phase currents ( l 1 , l 2 , l 3 ) flowing in the primary currents to magnetic induction fields ( B 1 , B 2 , B 3 , B 4 ) detected by said magnetic field detectors, and a computation unit configured to compute the values of said n phase currents from the outputs of said n + 1 magnetic field detectors using the coupling matrix, characterized in that the computation unit is further configured to estimate n phase currents in a degraded mode using n+1 degraded mode coupling matrices, each of dimension n x n based on the outputs of a subset n of said n + 1 magnetic field detectors, that allows detection of faults in the magnetic field detectors, leakage currents, or overcurrents.
Wave system for generating an artificial wave , preferably a water wave, for surfing, having at least one wave basin through which a liquid, in particular water , can flow from an inlet to an outlet in order to generate the at least one wave , wherein a guiding device for exciting a wave in the flowing liquid is arranged in the wave basin , and with at least one pump for conveying liquid emerging from the outlet of the wave basin via a conveying section to the inlet for flowing through the wave basin , wherein an at least substantially continuous flow through the wave basin is provided even without wave operation, characterised in that at least one additional flow pump is provided to ensure the substantially continuous flow through the wave basin , wherein the at least substantially continuous flow is provided in all basins or almost all basins, in that nozzles are arranged in the region of the wave basin and the main basin as well as the conveying section .
A crush can assembly adapted to couple a bumper beam assembly to a side rail of a vehicle, the crush can assembly comprising: a box structure comprising a front portion and a rear portion, wherein the rear portion of the box structure is adapted to be coupled to the side rail; and a mounting bracket comprising one or more flanges that each protrude around an edge of the front portion of the box structure and that are each welded to the respective edge of the front portion of the box structure, wherein the mounting bracket is adapted to be coupled to the bumper beam assembly. a box structure comprising a front portion and a rear portion, wherein the rear portion of the box structure is adapted to be coupled to the side rail; and a mounting bracket comprising one or more flanges that each protrude around an edge of the front portion of the box structure and that are each welded to the respective edge of the front portion of the box structure, wherein the mounting bracket is adapted to be coupled to the bumper beam assembly.
Arm for a casing of a turbine engine , having a first longitudinal end provided with first fixing means intended to be fixed to an external casing collar , and a second longitudinal end provided with second fixing means intended to be fixed to a casing hub , the arm comprising a shaft housing emerging at the first longitudinal end of the arm in order to house a secondary turbine-engine transmission shaft , and the arm being characterised in that : - the arm comprises a body formed by a base and an upright , - the base includes the first fixing means and has a first portion arranged on the same side as a first lateral end of the arm , and a second portion arranged on the same side as a second lateral end of the arm opposite to the first lateral end and including a first section of the shaft housing , - the upright has a first longitudinal end connected to the first portion of the base , and a second longitudinal end opposite to the first longitudinal end and including a part of the second fixing means, - the arm comprises an additional piece fixed removably to the body , - the additional piece includes a second section of the shaft housing and delimits a bearing housing emerging in the shaft housing and intended to house a bearing , - the arm comprises a spacer interposed between the base and the additional piece , - the spacer includes a third section of the shaft housing , and - the upright and the additional piece are mutually in contact by means of contact surfaces conformed so as to allow movement of the additional piece towards the base when the arm is devoid of the spacer . - the arm comprises a body formed by a base and an upright , - the base includes the first fixing means and has a first portion arranged on the same side as a first lateral end of the arm , and a second portion arranged on the same side as a second lateral end of the arm opposite to the first lateral end and including a first section of the shaft housing , - the upright has a first longitudinal end connected to the first portion of the base , and a second longitudinal end opposite to the first longitudinal end and including a part of the second fixing means, - the arm comprises an additional piece fixed removably to the body , - the additional piece includes a second section of the shaft housing and delimits a bearing housing emerging in the shaft housing and intended to house a bearing , - the arm comprises a spacer interposed between the base and the additional piece , - the spacer includes a third section of the shaft housing , and - the upright and the additional piece are mutually in contact by means of contact surfaces conformed so as to allow movement of the additional piece towards the base when the arm is devoid of the spacer .
A radiation wireless digital communication system based on a programmable metamaterial, comprising a transmitting system and a receiving system, wherein the transmitting system comprises a control module, the programmable metamaterial and a feeding antenna; wherein the programmable metamaterial comprises a plurality of programmable metamaterial units arranged in a two dimensional array to form the programmable metamaterial, wherein each programmable metamaterial unit comprises a diode, wherein the control module is connected to the programmable metamaterial units via respective control lines, and is configured to convert information to be transmitted into binary code and to load the binary code to the respective control lines in a manner of voltage, and is configured to thereby regulate the state of the diode of the programmable metamaterial unit to control the reflection/ transmission phase of each unit in the programmable metamaterial, and to map the plurality of reflection/transmission phases of each of the programmable metamaterial units to a coding sequence, wherein the feeding antenna is configured to illuminate the programmable metamaterial such that the binary code carrying the information to be transmitted is radiated into free space with a specific far-field pattern associated with the coding sequence; the receiving system comprises a receiving processing module and multiple receiving antennas in signal connection with the receiving processing module, which are configured to sample electric field values received by the multiple receiving antennas located at different positions in a far-field region to obtain the specific far-field pattern, and to recover the transmitted information according to a mapping relationship between the specific far-field pattern and the coding sequence.
Non-pneumatic wheel comprising an annular reinforcing structure produced from at least one elastomer compound , arranged radially on the inside of a tread , the said annular reinforcing structure comprising a plurality of reinforcing strips arranged in layers, the said reinforcing strips of each of the layers being arranged in an axial juxtaposition and being oriented in a substantially circumferential direction, the annular reinforcing structure comprising N radially superposed layers of reinforcing strips , N being greater than or equal to three, a virtual axis (C-C) substantially perpendicular to the reinforcing strips and substantially parallel to the radial direction intersects at least N-1 strips in any axial position of the said virtual axis in the annular reinforcing structure , said non-pneumatic wheel being characterized in that the reinforcing strips are made of a thermoplastic film having a modulus higher than 0.9 GPa and preferably more than 2 GPa in the main direction corresponding to the circumferential direction of the non-pneumatic wheel and in the transverse direction, and in that the said reinforcing strips are axially separated by bridges of said elastomer compound and are coated with said elastomer compound .
A process for improving the solubility of a dry cell culture medium by a) dissolving a defined amount of dry cell culture medium in a defined amount of solvent whereby a precipitate remains b) identifying the amino acid ingredients in the precipitate c) preparing at least 3 different new batches of a dry cell culture medium with the composition of the one provided in step a) whereby in all new batches the particle size of all ingredients beside the ones identified in step b) remains unchanged and the amino acid ingredients identified in step b) are admixed to the new batches as follows: - each amino acid ingredient admixed to a batch has a certain particle size range - different amino acid ingredients in one batch may have the same or different particle size ranges - either the particle size ranges of one amino acid ingredient or the combination of particle size ranges of two or more amino acid ingredients are different for each new batch d) separately dissolving each batch under the same conditions as in step a). e) identifying the batch with the lowest amount of non-dissolved ingredients f) optionally repeating steps b) to e) one or several times whereby in step b) the batch with the lowest amount of non-dissolved ingredients (i.e. the one identified in step e) is used. a) dissolving a defined amount of dry cell culture medium in a defined amount of solvent whereby a precipitate remains b) identifying the amino acid ingredients in the precipitate c) preparing at least 3 different new batches of a dry cell culture medium with the composition of the one provided in step a) whereby in all new batches the particle size of all ingredients beside the ones identified in step b) remains unchanged and the amino acid ingredients identified in step b) are admixed to the new batches as follows: - each amino acid ingredient admixed to a batch has a certain particle size range - different amino acid ingredients in one batch may have the same or different particle size ranges - either the particle size ranges of one amino acid ingredient or the combination of particle size ranges of two or more amino acid ingredients are different for each new batch - each amino acid ingredient admixed to a batch has a certain particle size range - different amino acid ingredients in one batch may have the same or different particle size ranges - either the particle size ranges of one amino acid ingredient or the combination of particle size ranges of two or more amino acid ingredients are different for each new batch d) separately dissolving each batch under the same conditions as in step a). e) identifying the batch with the lowest amount of non-dissolved ingredients f) optionally repeating steps b) to e) one or several times whereby in step b) the batch with the lowest amount of non-dissolved ingredients (i.e. the one identified in step e) is used.
An endoscope having a distal section and a secondary section, the distal section comprising: a deployable housing with a distal section rotational hinge relative to the secondary section, forming a first aperture and a second aperture on the side of the distal section of the endoscope , a light source positioned inside the first aperture that is coupled to the housing , the light source for illuminating the body cavity; a digital camera sensor positioned inside the second aperture that is coupled to the housing , the camera for capturing images; the secondary section comprising a control unit, a proximal section and a midsection ; and a first thin flat cable and a second thin flat cable electrically coupled with the digital camera sensor and the light source , the first thin flat cable and the second thin flat cable are used to provide power to the digital camera sensor and light source , and transmit control and video signals back and forth from the control unit to and from the digital camera sensor , wherein the first thin flat cable or the second thin flat cable is physically fixed at the distal section , and adjustably connected to a tension spring at the proximal section , holding the distal section rotational hinge in a specific angle from the midsection of the endoscope . a deployable housing with a distal section rotational hinge relative to the secondary section, forming a first aperture and a second aperture on the side of the distal section of the endoscope , a light source positioned inside the first aperture that is coupled to the housing , the light source for illuminating the body cavity; a digital camera sensor positioned inside the second aperture that is coupled to the housing , the camera for capturing images; the secondary section comprising a control unit, a proximal section and a midsection ; and a first thin flat cable and a second thin flat cable electrically coupled with the digital camera sensor and the light source , the first thin flat cable and the second thin flat cable are used to provide power to the digital camera sensor and light source , and transmit control and video signals back and forth from the control unit to and from the digital camera sensor , wherein the first thin flat cable or the second thin flat cable is physically fixed at the distal section , and adjustably connected to a tension spring at the proximal section , holding the distal section rotational hinge in a specific angle from the midsection of the endoscope .
Method having an autonomous working device , which is intended to travel along a surface to be processed, wherein the surface to be processed is divided on an at least partially autonomous basis into at least two dynamic partial surfaces to be travelled along, which are to be travelled along separately, wherein the at least two dynamic partial surfaces are at least essentially newly generated and/or newly sensed at least after a time interval and/or during every new working process, wherein, in a step of regular operation, the autonomous working device follows a sensing element from a starting point over a variable distance and subsequently rotates through a variable angle in the direction of the surface to be processed, characterized in that the variable distance and the variable angle are randomly generated by means of the computing unit and the variable distance is between zero and a length of the sensing element .
Inductance plethysmography vest for a mammal with a mass of less than 6 kg, comprising: - a tube of elastic textile configured to surround the trunk of said mammal; said tube extending along a longitudinal axis (X) adapted to be parallel to the spine of said mammal; - at least one inductive turn formed by a strand of electrically conductive wire arranged in the form of wavelets around the circumference of said tube ; said vest being characterized in that it comprises at least one elastic textile strip , arranged along the circumference of the tube, defining a plurality of longitudinal loops , each wavelet being formed by the passage of the strand of conductive thread successively through each loop . - a tube of elastic textile configured to surround the trunk of said mammal; said tube extending along a longitudinal axis (X) adapted to be parallel to the spine of said mammal; - at least one inductive turn formed by a strand of electrically conductive wire arranged in the form of wavelets around the circumference of said tube ;