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An image processing apparatus, wherein the image processing apparatus has a reading unit for reading an original and is provided with a plurality of color-monochrome conversion methods which are used when converting a color image into a monochrome image and which have different blend ratios of RGB components of the color image, and wherein the image processing apparatus comprises: determining means for determining whether a job is a scan job formed by reading an original with the reading unit or a job input from an external apparatus; and converting means for converting a color image into a monochrome image, wherein if the determining means determines that the job is a scan job formed by reading an original with the reading unit, the converting means converts a color image formed from the scan job into a monochrome image using, from among the plurality of color-monochrome conversion methods, one color-monochrome conversion method in which the ratio of the B component is smaller than those in the other color-monochrome conversion methods, and wherein if the determining means determines that the job is a job input from an external apparatus, the converting means converts a color image formed from the job into a monochrome image using a color-monochrome conversion method selected, from among the plurality of color-monochrome conversion methods, via an operation unit provided in the external apparatus or in the image processing apparatus. determining means for determining whether a job is a scan job formed by reading an original with the reading unit or a job input from an external apparatus; and converting means for converting a color image into a monochrome image, wherein if the determining means determines that the job is a scan job formed by reading an original with the reading unit, the converting means converts a color image formed from the scan job into a monochrome image using, from among the plurality of color-monochrome conversion methods, one color-monochrome conversion method in which the ratio of the B component is smaller than those in the other color-monochrome conversion methods, and wherein if the determining means determines that the job is a job input from an external apparatus, the converting means converts a color image formed from the job into a monochrome image using a color-monochrome conversion method selected, from among the plurality of color-monochrome conversion methods, via an operation unit provided in the external apparatus or in the image processing apparatus.
A shackle configured for use with a crossbar including a pair of openings and a locking mechanism configured to engage with the shackle , the shackle comprising a plate portion and a pair of longitudinally-offset legs extending from the plate portion in a lateral direction; wherein the plate portion has a length in a longitudinal direction, a thickness (310; 310') in the lateral direction, and a first width (304; 304') in a transverse direction; wherein the length is greater than the first width (304; 304'); wherein the first width (304; 304') is greater than the thickness (310; 310'); wherein the legs are fixedly and immovably secured to the plate portion such that the plate portion prevents relative movement of the legs ; wherein each leg includes a corresponding and respective foot configured to be received in a corresponding one of the pair of openings of the crossbar and to engage the locking mechanism of the crossbar to secure the shackle to the crossbar , leaving a portion of each leg exposed; wherein the exposed portion of each leg has a diameter (308; 308'); wherein each leg is configured to maintain an offset distance (302; 302') between the plate portion and the crossbar when the shackle is secured to the crossbar ; and wherein the first width (304; 304') is greater than the diameter (308; 308'), characterized in that the first width (304; 304') is greater than the offset distance (302; 302'). wherein the plate portion has a length in a longitudinal direction, a thickness (310; 310') in the lateral direction, and a first width (304; 304') in a transverse direction; wherein the length is greater than the first width (304; 304'); wherein the first width (304; 304') is greater than the thickness (310; 310'); wherein the legs are fixedly and immovably secured to the plate portion such that the plate portion prevents relative movement of the legs ; wherein each leg includes a corresponding and respective foot configured to be received in a corresponding one of the pair of openings of the crossbar and to engage the locking mechanism of the crossbar to secure the shackle to the crossbar , leaving a portion of each leg exposed; wherein the exposed portion of each leg has a diameter (308; 308'); wherein each leg is configured to maintain an offset distance (302; 302') between the plate portion and the crossbar when the shackle is secured to the crossbar ; and wherein the first width (304; 304') is greater than the diameter (308; 308'), characterized in that the first width (304; 304') is greater than the offset distance (302; 302').
An invasive medical device comprising: a flexible elongate device portion attached to a handle , the elongate device portion including a steerable flexible tip at a distal end of the elongate device portion and a plurality of pull wires for steering the steerable flexible tip attached to said steerable flexible tip; and a plurality of electrically conductive shape memory elements entirely contained within said handle, each of the shape memory elements attached to and extending in a length direction between one of said pull wires and a current source connection , and wherein each of the shape memory elements having a negative coefficient of expansion in said length direction is configured to allow flow of electrical current between the current source connection and a terminal. a flexible elongate device portion attached to a handle , the elongate device portion including a steerable flexible tip at a distal end of the elongate device portion and a plurality of pull wires for steering the steerable flexible tip attached to said steerable flexible tip; and a plurality of electrically conductive shape memory elements entirely contained within said handle, each of the shape memory elements attached to and extending in a length direction between one of said pull wires and a current source connection , and wherein each of the shape memory elements having a negative coefficient of expansion in said length direction is configured to allow flow of electrical current between the current source connection and a terminal.
Communication automation arrangement configured for automated bilateral transmission of message data (D1) between at least one mobile device (1.1) of a sender (A, A1) on the one hand and at least one group of recipients (A2, An, 5, 5.1, 5. s) on the other hand, wherein the communication automation arrangement is configured for at least partially automated internal processing of the message data (D1); wherein the communication automation arrangement is configured for bilateral transmission of the message data (D1) via a plurality of Instant Messaging APIs (3a.1, 3a.n) of Instant Messaging applications used by the respective mobile device (1.1), wherein at an input-side interface to the respective Instant Messaging API (3a.1, 3a.n) the communication automation arrangement exhibits at least one adapter (11.1) which can be coupled to the respective Instant Messaging API and which is configured for structuring and optionally also for formatting incoming message data (D1) to an internal data structure format for the processing within the communication automation arrangement , wherein the communication automation arrangement is configured for providing the message data (D1, D2) in anonymised form, wherein the communication automation arrangement is configured for providing the anonymised message data (D2, D2) devoid of contact data, in that the communication automation arrangement is defined as sender and/or recipient within a group, wherein the communication automation arrangement is configured to provide the anonymised message data (D2.1) based on the communication automation arrangement's ability to respectively specifically assume or define an identity for the respective Instant Messaging application or for the respective Instant Messaging API (3a.1, 3a.n).
A method of purifying an albumin-fusion protein, the method comprising subjecting a composition comprising an albumin-fusion protein to a hydrophobic interaction matrix, and one or more of the following purification processes: (a) an affinity matrix, wherein an elution buffer comprising octanoate is applied to the affinity matrix; and/or (b) an anion exchange matrix; wherein affinity matrix is washed with a wash buffer comprising: about 2% to about 20% polyol, wherein the polyol is selected from the group consisting of 1,2-propanediol, 1,3-propanediol, 1,2-butanediol, 1,3-butanediol, 1,4-butanediol, 1,6 hexanediol, and 2-methyl-2,4-pentanediol; 0.05 M to 2.0 salt, wherein the salt is selected from sodium chloride, potassium chloride, calcium chloride, lithium chloride, sodium bromide, potassium bromide and lithium bromide; about 0.02 M to about 0.2 M sodium sulfate; about 0.01% to about 1% nonionic surfactant; about 0.05 M to about 1.0 M urea; or about 0.02 M to about 0.5 M nicotinamide, wherein the resulting purified albumin-fusion protein has less than 5% oxidized tryptophan residues relative to the total number of amino acid residues in the protein . (a) an affinity matrix, wherein an elution buffer comprising octanoate is applied to the affinity matrix; and/or (b) an anion exchange matrix; wherein affinity matrix is washed with a wash buffer comprising: about 2% to about 20% polyol, wherein the polyol is selected from the group consisting of 1,2-propanediol, 1,3-propanediol, 1,2-butanediol, 1,3-butanediol, 1,4-butanediol, 1,6 hexanediol, and 2-methyl-2,4-pentanediol; 0.05 M to 2.0 salt, wherein the salt is selected from sodium chloride, potassium chloride, calcium chloride, lithium chloride, sodium bromide, potassium bromide and lithium bromide; about 0.02 M to about 0.2 M sodium sulfate; about 0.01% to about 1% nonionic surfactant; about 0.05 M to about 1.0 M urea; or about 0.02 M to about 0.5 M nicotinamide,
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.
Hydraulic bearing bushing as a wheelset guide bushing within a chassis for a rail vehicle, the hydraulic bearing bushing having the following features: - an inner rubber/metal body , having i. an inner bushing , preferably made from metal, which is configured for receiving a journal , ii. an annular rubber body which is vulcanized on over the outer circumference of the bushing and encloses the bushing substantially, iii. two annular supporting rings , preferably made from metal, which are vulcanized on at the two axial ends of the rubber body, - an outer annular housing which surrounds the inner rubber/metal body and on the inner circumference of which the supporting rings are supported, - at least two chambers which are configured in the circumferential direction between the annular rubber body and the annular housing , extends over part regions of the circumference, and can be filled with a hydraulic liquid, the chambers communicating with one another via at least one connecting and throttling channel which connects the chambers to one another for the exchange of liquid, an annular cover which is arranged axially on the outer side and bears on the outside against the end-side supporting ring being provided on an end side of the hydraulic bearing bushing , characterized in that the connecting and throttling channel is configured by way of interacting and substantially annular or helical recesses in the supporting ring on one side and in the cover on the other side, the recesses being connected via bores to the communicating chambers , the annular housing being configured at one end with an annular and inwardly projecting edge or attachment , against which the cover bears, and the cover and the supporting ring being separated from one another by way of at least one intermediate ring which has passages or bores for the connection of the recesses which are configured on both sides. - an inner rubber/metal body , having i. an inner bushing , preferably made from metal, which is configured for receiving a journal , ii. an annular rubber body which is vulcanized on over the outer circumference of the bushing and encloses the bushing substantially, iii. two annular supporting rings , preferably made from metal, which are vulcanized on at the two axial ends of the rubber body, i. an inner bushing , preferably made from metal, which is configured for receiving a journal , ii. an annular rubber body which is vulcanized on over the outer circumference of the bushing and encloses the bushing substantially, iii. two annular supporting rings , preferably made from metal, which are vulcanized on at the two axial ends of the rubber body, - an outer annular housing which surrounds the inner rubber/metal body and on the inner circumference of which the supporting rings are supported, - at least two chambers which are configured in the circumferential direction between the annular rubber body and the annular housing , extends over part regions of the circumference, and can be filled with a hydraulic liquid,
A cantilever sensor comprising: a silicon layer having at least two surfaces and at least two end regions, wherein at least one surface is coated with a coating comprising Au, and one end region is anchored to a support, thereby forming a hinge region between the silicon layer and the support, wherein the at least one Au-coated surface is further coated with a self-assembled monolayer network of probe molecules that covers between 30% and 80% of the Au-coated layer surface and is arranged along the longitudinal length of the cantilever or transverse to the long axis of the cantilever in a continuous connectivity between the probe molecules of the network and between the network and the hinge region of the cantilever, wherein said continuous connectivity is obtained when the distance between a self-assembled monolayer network of probe molecules and a hinge region of the cantilever is equal or less than 50 μm and when the distance between the plurality of probe molecules is equal or less than 50 μm. a silicon layer having at least two surfaces and at least two end regions, wherein at least one surface is coated with a coating comprising Au, and one end region is anchored to a support, thereby forming a hinge region between the silicon layer and the support, wherein the at least one Au-coated surface is further coated with a self-assembled monolayer network of probe molecules that covers between 30% and 80% of the Au-coated layer surface and is arranged along the longitudinal length of the cantilever or transverse to the long axis of the cantilever in a continuous connectivity between the probe molecules of the network and between the network and the hinge region of the cantilever, wherein said continuous connectivity is obtained when the distance between a self-assembled monolayer network of probe molecules and a hinge region of the cantilever is equal or less than 50 μm and when the distance between the plurality of probe molecules is equal or less than 50 μm.
A pneumatic tire, wherein a band-shaped surface fastener extending in a tire circumferential direction is mounted on a tire inner surface (S); a cut portion composed of a group of a plurality of notches extending in a width direction of this surface fastener without traversing this surface fastener is formed in this surface fastener repetitively along the tire circumferential direction; the surface fastener is divided into a plurality of components by the notches ; characterized in that the surface fastener is disposed on the tire inner surface (S) in a state where the cut portion is stretched so the components are continuous in the tire circumferential direction. a band-shaped surface fastener extending in a tire circumferential direction is mounted on a tire inner surface (S); a cut portion composed of a group of a plurality of notches extending in a width direction of this surface fastener without traversing this surface fastener is formed in this surface fastener repetitively along the tire circumferential direction; the surface fastener is divided into a plurality of components by the notches ; characterized in that the surface fastener is disposed on the tire inner surface (S) in a state where the cut portion is stretched so the components are continuous in the tire circumferential direction.
A scheduling method for use in a User Equipment, UE, comprising: determining a correspondence between predetermined service characteristics and Scheduling Request, SR, resources configured on different channels ; determining a first service characteristic of a first service for triggering a SR when it is detected that the SR has been triggered ; and characterized in that the scheduling method further comprises: selecting a SR resource corresponding to the first service characteristic in accordance with the first service characteristic and the correspondence, and transmitting the SR through the selected SR resource , wherein the SR resources configured on the different channels comprise a SR resource configured on a Physical Uplink Control Channel, PUCCH, and a SR resource configured on a short Physical Uplink Control Channel, sPUCCH. determining a correspondence between predetermined service characteristics and Scheduling Request, SR, resources configured on different channels ; determining a first service characteristic of a first service for triggering a SR when it is detected that the SR has been triggered ; and characterized in that the scheduling method further comprises: selecting a SR resource corresponding to the first service characteristic in accordance with the first service characteristic and the correspondence, and transmitting the SR through the selected SR resource , wherein the SR resources configured on the different channels comprise a SR resource configured on a Physical Uplink Control Channel, PUCCH, and a SR resource configured on a short Physical Uplink Control Channel, sPUCCH.
A device for accessing one or more locations of a subject, said device comprising: a needle having a distal end and a proximal end ; and a pressure sensor in communication with said needle for sensing pressure in said one or more locations, characterized in that the device further comprises a manometric-monitoring access system configured to resolve a difference in a frequency of pressure waves measured in a thoracic space versus those in a pericardial space and indicate when the pressure waves have passed from one region into another region. a needle having a distal end and a proximal end ; and a pressure sensor in communication with said needle for sensing pressure in said one or more locations, characterized in that the device further comprises a manometric-monitoring access system configured to resolve a difference in a frequency of pressure waves measured in a thoracic space versus those in a pericardial space and indicate when the pressure waves have passed from one region into another region.
A method of evaluating the ionization performance of an atmospheric pressure ionization (API) system, the method comprising monitoring the ion current for a charged species related to a solvent and vapor ion-molecule cluster ion formed in the API system, wherein the ionization performance is evaluated based on the abundance of said charged species.
A needle guide holder for fixing a medical puncture needle and an ultrasonic probe, comprising: a holder body and a fixing device used in cooperation with the holder body , the fixing device being mounted onto the holder body , characterised in that said fixing device is provided with a weakening portion ; wherein the fixing device includes a pull strip and snap strips connected to the pull strip at both sides of an end thereof, respectively, both of the snap strips each being connected to the pull strip via the weakening portion , wherein the weakening portion is a row of discontinuous through holes or a groove, wherein said holder body further comprises a fixing frame and a sliding frame detachably mounted to the fixing frame , and in that a puncture needle groove is provided on the sliding frame ; wherein said sliding frame has a sliding portion and a snapping portion , both sides of the sliding portion each being provided with a protrusion , and the puncture needle groove being provided at a bottom of the sliding portion ; wherein both sides of the snapping portion are each provided with an elastic snap lock , each elastic snap lock having a projection thereon; said fixing frame is provided with an accommodating groove at each location thereon that corresponds to the elastic snap lock , the elastic snap lock being slidable in the accommodating groove ; and wherein the accommodating groove is provided with a snap groove at each location therein that corresponds to the projection , the projection being placeable in the snap groove . a holder body and a fixing device used in cooperation with the holder body , the fixing device being mounted onto the holder body , characterised in that said fixing device is provided with a weakening portion ; wherein the fixing device includes a pull strip and snap strips connected to the pull strip at both sides of an end thereof, respectively, both of the snap strips each being connected to the pull strip via the weakening portion , wherein the weakening portion is a row of discontinuous through holes or a groove, wherein said holder body further comprises a fixing frame and a sliding frame detachably mounted to the fixing frame , and in that a puncture needle groove is provided on the sliding frame ; wherein said sliding frame has a sliding portion and a snapping portion , both sides of the sliding portion each being provided with a protrusion , and the puncture needle groove being provided at a bottom of the sliding portion ; wherein both sides of the snapping portion are each provided with an elastic snap lock , each elastic snap lock having a projection thereon; said fixing frame is provided with an accommodating groove at each location thereon that corresponds to the elastic snap lock , the elastic snap lock being slidable in the accommodating groove ; and wherein the accommodating groove is provided with a snap groove at each location therein that corresponds to the projection , the projection being placeable in the snap groove .
A method of regulating a feed circuit comprising at least a first pump and an upstream duct leading to the first pump , the method being characterized in that it comprises the steps of: - determining the gas content of a flow in the upstream duct feeding the first pump ; and - when the value of the gas content in the upstream duct , as determined in the determining step, is greater than or equal to a predetermined threshold value, modifying the flow rate of the flow feeding the first pump . - determining the gas content of a flow in the upstream duct feeding the first pump ; and - when the value of the gas content in the upstream duct , as determined in the determining step, is greater than or equal to a predetermined threshold value, modifying the flow rate of the flow feeding the first pump .