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A method of fluorescence imaging, the method comprising: with an acousto-optic deflector driven by an RF comb and an excitation laser beam , creating a plurality of first beams of light with a range of both output angles and frequency shifts; with an acousto-optic frequency shifter driven by an RF tone and an excitation laser beam , creating a second beam of frequency shifted light ; combining the plurality of first beams and the second beam to produce a plurality of frequency shifted combined light beams ; interrogating multiple points on a sample simultaneously with the plurality of combined light beams ; and detecting a fluorescent response from the sample from exposure to the plurality of combined light beams. with an acousto-optic deflector driven by an RF comb and an excitation laser beam , creating a plurality of first beams of light with a range of both output angles and frequency shifts; with an acousto-optic frequency shifter driven by an RF tone and an excitation laser beam , creating a second beam of frequency shifted light ; combining the plurality of first beams and the second beam to produce a plurality of frequency shifted combined light beams ; interrogating multiple points on a sample simultaneously with the plurality of combined light beams ; and detecting a fluorescent response from the sample from exposure to the plurality of combined light beams.
A main body of a wearable device, wherein the main body comprises a main case and a bottom cover that are fixedly connected to each other; a connection member configured to connect to a spring bar is disposed on the main case , the connection member has two connection lugs , an accommodating hole is provided on each connection lug , one end of the accommodating hole has an opening, the other end of the accommodating hole is provided with a connection portion , and the connection portion is closer to the other connection lug than the opening of the accommodating hole ; the connection portion is provided with a through hole in communication with the accommodating hole ; a locating groove is provided on a surface of the connection lug facing the bottom cover , and the locating groove is in communication with the accommodating hole , the connection portion limits a maximum distance by which a button can slide into the accommodating hole ; the button is disposed on each connection lug , the button is slidably disposed in the accommodating hole , and a limiting groove is provided at a position that is on the button and that is corresponding to the locating groove ; and a limiting portion is disposed on the bottom cover , the limiting portion is located in the locating groove and extends into the limiting groove , and the limiting portion is capable of preventing the button from moving out of the opening of the accommodating hole .
A passenger coach comprising: - a coach body comprising a supporting end wall located in an end region of the passenger coach ; - at least one buffer arranged in the end region of the passenger coach and fixedly connected to the coach body, the at least one buffer comprising a first working direction (-x); and - at least one energy absorbing structure (110-110b, 210) in direct force-transmitting connection with the supporting end wall and arranged to absorb energy when the end portion of the passenger coach is subjected to an impulse transfer acting in the first working direction (-x) and resulting in a reversible energy absorbing capacity of the at least one buffer being exceeded. - a coach body comprising a supporting end wall located in an end region of the passenger coach ; - at least one buffer arranged in the end region of the passenger coach and fixedly connected to the coach body, the at least one buffer comprising a first working direction (-x); and - at least one energy absorbing structure (110-110b, 210) in direct force-transmitting connection with the supporting end wall and arranged to absorb energy when the end portion of the passenger coach is subjected to an impulse transfer acting in the first working direction (-x) and resulting in a reversible energy absorbing capacity of the at least one buffer being exceeded.
A plaster board having a first edge and a second opposing edge, the plaster board comprising: a first layer of hardened plaster material comprising a first surface and an opposed second surface, a first liner that is in contact with and attached to the first surface of the first layer of hardened plaster material, wherein the first liner comprises one or more structurally weakened regions, each of the structurally weakened regions extending from the first edge to the second edge of the plaster board, a second layer of hardened plaster material comprising a first surface and an opposed second surface, and a first material adhered between the first liner and the first surface of the second layer of hardened plaster material. a first layer of hardened plaster material comprising a first surface and an opposed second surface, a first liner that is in contact with and attached to the first surface of the first layer of hardened plaster material, wherein the first liner comprises one or more structurally weakened regions, each of the structurally weakened regions extending from the first edge to the second edge of the plaster board, a second layer of hardened plaster material comprising a first surface and an opposed second surface, and a first material adhered between the first liner and the first surface of the second layer of hardened plaster material.
A computer-implemented process for providing audio to a user, comprising: dividing an audio signal into two complementary parts, a first part and a second part; outputting the first part of the audio signal to a first channel, while outputting the second part of the audio signal to one or more second channels, wherein the first part of the audio signal are output by modulating an amplitude of an ultrasonic carrier signal by the audio signal, and adding a low frequency signal with a minimal spectral power above a frequency that a human can hear to the modulated ultrasonic carrier signals . dividing an audio signal into two complementary parts, a first part and a second part; outputting the first part of the audio signal to a first channel, while outputting the second part of the audio signal to one or more second channels, wherein the first part of the audio signal are output by modulating an amplitude of an ultrasonic carrier signal by the audio signal, and adding a low frequency signal with a minimal spectral power above a frequency that a human can hear to the modulated ultrasonic carrier signals .
Apparatus for rehabilitating damaged pipe walls in the region of the connection of a secondary pipe to a main pipe, comprising a mobile carrier element, wherein a covering element and an expandable expansion body are arranged on the carrier element, and wherein the expandable expansion body when not expanded is positioned or is positionable at least in sections in a or by means of a first recess in the covering element in the secondary pipe and, when expanded, lies against the wall of the secondary pipe such that the covering element and the expansion body together form a shuttering, and wherein the covering element has a second recess through which a viscous, curable rehabilitation compound (13") can be introduced by means of a transport means from a storage device into the space between the shuttering and the walls of the main and secondary pipes adjacent to the shuttering, wherein the rehabilitation compound comprises two components in the form of a resin and a hardening agent or consists thereof and cures by means of polyaddition, polycondensation and/or polymerization, wherein resin and hardening agent are stored separately in the storage device, and wherein a mixing device is included which is arranged upstream and/or downstream of the transport means, wherein the mixing device is designed and configured in order to mix resin and hardening agent in a predetermined mixing ratio after removal from the storage device and before introduction into the space between the shuttering and the walls of the main and secondary pipes adjacent to the shuttering, and wherein a compressed-air-generating element is included in order to expand the expansion body by means of compressed air, characterized in that the expansion body comprises a valve which is arranged in the region of the first recess and/or in the interior of the covering element, wherein a boom which is mounted movably at least in one spatial axis is included for guiding a transport pipe for the compressed air from the carrier element, wherein the transport pipe on the side opposite the compressed-air-generating element comprises a connecting element which can be brought into or is in operative connection with the valve of the expansion body in order by means of the compressed-air-generating element to charge and to expand the expansion body with compressed air, and wherein the connecting element is designed and configured to actuate the valve of the expansion body in order to contract the expansion body.
A fibre optic sensing method for determining location and direction information of disturbances occurring in the environment of a sensor optical fibre , the method comprising: launching optical pulses into first and second polarisation eigenmodes (f,s) of a polarisation maintaining sensor optical fibre ; detecting temporal speckle patterns of light backscattered from the first and second polarisation (f,s) eigenmodes of the fibre ; comparing between at least two temporal speckle patterns detected from a first or second polarisation eigenmode (f,s) to determine the location information of a disturbance in the environment of the sensor optical fibre, wherein the location information corresponds to a distance along the sensor optical fibre ; and comparing between changes in the at least two temporal speckle patterns of the first and second polarisation eigenmodes (f,s) to determine direction information of the disturbance, wherein the direction information corresponds to a radial direction (θ) from the axis of the sensor optical fibre . launching optical pulses into first and second polarisation eigenmodes (f,s) of a polarisation maintaining sensor optical fibre ; detecting temporal speckle patterns of light backscattered from the first and second polarisation (f,s) eigenmodes of the fibre ; comparing between at least two temporal speckle patterns detected from a first or second polarisation eigenmode (f,s) to determine the location information of a disturbance in the environment of the sensor optical fibre, wherein the location information corresponds to a distance along the sensor optical fibre ; and comparing between changes in the at least two temporal speckle patterns of the first and second polarisation eigenmodes (f,s) to determine direction information of the disturbance, wherein the direction information corresponds to a radial direction (θ) from the axis of the sensor optical fibre .
A method for cultivating cells utilizing wave motion, comprising the steps of: - providing a container (2; 2A; 2B), retaining means (7; 7A; 7B; 57) for retaining the container, and a driving mechanism (4, 8; 4, 8, 8B, 20; 54, 58, 64, 68, 78) for swivelling the container with respect to a substantially horizontal pivot axis (5; 5B; 55); - introducing a gas containing oxygen, a liquid medium and a cell culture into the container; - moving the container such that the container swivels with respect to said substantially horizontal pivot axis (5; 5B; 55) to thereby induce a wave motion to the liquid medium in the container, which wave motion contributes to the necessary oxygen transfer and mixing required for cell growth, characterized in that said pivot axis (5; 5B; 55) is defined as a central axis of a hinge joint located at an attachment of the retaining means (7; 7A; 7B; 57) to a rotating beam (8; 8B; 58) of the driving mechanism 4, 8; 4, 8, 8B, 20; 54, 58, 64, 68, 78), and in that during said swivelling of the container said pivot axis (5; 5B; 55) follows a cyclical closed-loop path (6; 6B; 56). - providing a container (2; 2A; 2B), retaining means (7; 7A; 7B; 57) for retaining the container, and a driving mechanism (4, 8; 4, 8, 8B, 20; 54, 58, 64, 68, 78) for swivelling the container with respect to a substantially horizontal pivot axis (5; 5B; 55); - introducing a gas containing oxygen, a liquid medium and a cell culture into the container; - moving the container such that the container swivels with respect to said substantially horizontal pivot axis (5; 5B; 55) to thereby induce a wave motion to the liquid medium in the container, which wave motion contributes to the necessary oxygen transfer and mixing required for cell growth, characterized in that said pivot axis (5; 5B; 55) is defined as a central axis of a hinge joint located at an attachment of the retaining means (7; 7A; 7B; 57) to a rotating beam (8; 8B; 58) of the driving mechanism 4, 8; 4, 8, 8B, 20; 54, 58, 64, 68, 78), and in that during said swivelling of the container said pivot axis (5; 5B; 55) follows a cyclical closed-loop path (6; 6B; 56).
An intramedullary nail for insertion into a tubular bone, comprising a shaft with a longitudinal axis, the shaft comprising at least one through-opening for inserting at least one locking device into an interior of the intramedullary nail and/or for passing through the intramedullary nail ; the intramedullary nail comprising at least one receiving device for receiving at least a portion of the locking device; wherein the at least one receiving device is a sleeve in the form of a roller having a roller axis perpendicular to a longitudinal axis of the shaft of the intramedullary nail , or is a spherical sleeve or a sleeve of elliptical or elliptoid diameter; wherein the at least one receiving device is movably or alignably arranged within the shaft or the through opening in at least one of its spatial axes in respect to the longitudinal axis of the shaft , the movement being a movement relative to the longitudinal axis of the shaft; wherein the intramedullary nail comprises at least one device for preventing the alignment of the at least one receiving device in respect to the longitudinal axis and/or in respect to a transverse axis perpendicular thereto; and wherein the at least one receiving device comprises an opening or a bore for receiving the at least one locking device; characterized in that the at least one receiving device comprises at least one guide wire opening extending through it for receiving a guide wire, and in that the at least one guide wire opening passes through the opening or the bore of the at least one receiving device for receiving at least one locking device in some of its portions, but not in other portions of the guide wire opening .
A polymer composition comprising a polyaryletherketone, wherein the polyaryletherketone is polyetheretherketone, polyetherketone, polyetherketoneketone, polyetherketoneetherketoneketone, polyetheretherketoneketone, polyether-diphenyl-ether-ether-diphenyl-ether-phenyl-ketone-phenyl, or a blend or copolymer thereof, the polyaryletherketone having a glass transition temperature of from about 110°C to about 200°C as determined by ISO Test No. 11357, the composition further comprising a wholly aromatic thermotropic liquid crystalline polymer that lacks repeating units derived from non-aromatic monomers and that has been blended with the polyaryletherketon, the wholly aromatic thermotropic liquid crystalline polymer including repeating units derived from naphthenic dicarboxylic acids in an amount of about 8 mol.% or less of the polymer, wherein the composition optionally contains reinforcing fibers in an amount of no more than about 10 wt.%, wherein the polymer composition has a notched Charpy impact strength of about 2 kJ/m 2 or more, as determined according to ASTM D256, Method B at 23°C, and wherein the liquid crystalline polymer has a melting temperature of from about 250 °C to about 450 °C.
A compound of formula (I) wherein L is selected from phenylene, naphthylene and biphenylene; R 1 , R 2 , R 3 , R 4 and R 5 are independently selected from unsubstituted or substituted C 6 to C 18 aryl and unsubstituted or substituted pyridyl; and the substituents are selected from deuterium, C 1 to C 12 alkyl and C 1 to C 12 alkoxy; a , b, c, d and e are independently selected from 0 or 1 and 2 ≤ a + b + c + d + e ≤ 5. L is selected from phenylene, naphthylene and biphenylene; R 1 , R 2 , R 3 , R 4 and R 5 are independently selected from unsubstituted or substituted C 6 to C 18 aryl and unsubstituted or substituted pyridyl; and the substituents are selected from deuterium, C 1 to C 12 alkyl and C 1 to C 12 alkoxy; a , b, c, d and e are independently selected from 0 or 1 and 2 ≤ a + b + c + d + e ≤ 5.
Load carrier having a bottom , a front wall , a rear wall , a left side wall and a right side wall , wherein at least one side wall is moveable relative to the bottom , wherein the at least one side wall is pivotably connected to the bottom , wherein a spring arrangement is arranged between the at least one side wall and the bottom , which spring arrangement acts in the direction of an increase of an angle between the at least one side wall and the bottom , wherein the at least one side wall is pivotably mounted in at least one corner guide (14-16), which projects above the bottom and has an upper end facing away from the bottom and a lower end, characterized in that the at least one corner guide (14-16) has a first stacking geometry at the upper end and a second stacking geometry at the lower end which is complementary to the first stacking geometry , and the first stacking geometry has a projection on the side facing the front wall, the at least one corner guide (14-16) having a deformable tab with which a pivoting range for the at least one side wall can be set.
A particle sorting system for sorting target and non-target particles from a sample stream, comprising: formed in a substrate at least one particle manipulation stage and a plurality of microchannels ; a source of laser light which directs laser light into a first laser interrogation region in a first portion of a microchannel disposed upstream of the particle manipulation stage and into at least one additional laser interrogation region formed in a second portion of a microchannel disposed downstream of the particle manipulation stage ; wherein the particle manipulation stage is an actuator which diverts target particles into a different microfluidic channel as the non-target particles based on a signal from the first laser interrogation region , wherein signals from the at least one additional laser interrogation region are coupled to logic circuits, and the logic circuits are coupled to the particle manipulation stage, the particle sorting system being characterized in that the particle manipulation stage comprises means for quantifying the purity while the sorting process is underway, and means for adjusting the sorting process in real time based on the purity of the sorted sample. formed in a substrate at least one particle manipulation stage and a plurality of microchannels ; a source of laser light which directs laser light into a first laser interrogation region in a first portion of a microchannel disposed upstream of the particle manipulation stage and into at least one additional laser interrogation region formed in a second portion of a microchannel disposed downstream of the particle manipulation stage ; wherein the particle manipulation stage is an actuator which diverts target particles into a different microfluidic channel as the non-target particles based on a signal from the first laser interrogation region , wherein signals from the at least one additional laser interrogation region are coupled to logic circuits, and the logic circuits are coupled to the particle manipulation stage, the particle sorting system being characterized in that the particle manipulation stage comprises means for quantifying the purity while the sorting process is underway, and means for adjusting the sorting process in real time based on the purity of the sorted sample.
Layer construction composed of at least one elastomeric material having fibres embedded therein, for example for production of an air spring bellows of an air spring , having at least two fabric plies and two top layers where the first fabric ply is joined to the second fabric ply and to the inside of the first top layer and where the second fabric ply is joined to the inside of the second top layer , wherein the first fabric ply is formed with a first carrier fabric embedded in an elastomeric material and the second fabric ply is formed with a second carrier fabric embedded in the same elastomeric material or in another elastomeric material , wherein the second top layer comprises a sealing ply and an adhesion promoter ply , wherein the sealing ply is formed from a very largely diffusion-tight elastomeric material and the adhesion promoter ply is formed from a highly adhesive elastomeric material which is strongly adherent to the second fabric ply , characterized in that a textile joining ply for reciprocal mechanical interlocking of the sealing ply and the adhesion promoter ply is arranged between the sealing ply and the adhesion promoter ply .
A method for producing cellulose nanofibers, the method comprising: pretreating pulp fibers in a slurry; and refining, using a high-pressure homogenizer, the pulp fibers in the slurry, the pulp fibers being pretreated, wherein a weight average molecular weight of cellulose of cellulose nanofibers obtained through the refining is 65% or more of a weight average molecular weight of cellulose of the pulp fibers before the pretreating, wherein the weight average molecular weight is measured as defined herein, a refiner apparatus is used for a pretreatment in the pretreating, a pulp fiber concentration in the slurry to be subjected to the pretreating is 1% by mass or more and 8% by mass or less, a fines content of the pulp fibers which have been subjected to the pretreating and are to be subjected to the refining is 50% or more, the high-pressure homogenizer is a counter collision-type high-pressure homogenizer which discharges the slurry at a pressure of 10 MPa or more, a pulp fiber concentration in the slurry to be subjected to the refining is 0.5% by mass or more and 10% by mass or less, a temperature of the slurry in the refining is 10 °C or more, a water retention value of the cellulose nanofibers is 300% or more and 500% or less, measured in accordance with JAPAN TAPPI No. 26, and as the pretreatment in the pretreating, no chemical treatment is performed on the pulp fibers. pretreating pulp fibers in a slurry; and refining, using a high-pressure homogenizer, the pulp fibers in the slurry, the pulp fibers being pretreated, wherein a weight average molecular weight of cellulose of cellulose nanofibers obtained through the refining is 65% or more of a weight average molecular weight of cellulose of the pulp fibers before the pretreating, wherein the weight average molecular weight is measured as defined herein, a refiner apparatus is used for a pretreatment in the pretreating, a pulp fiber concentration in the slurry to be subjected to the pretreating is 1% by mass or more and 8% by mass or less, a fines content of the pulp fibers which have been subjected to the pretreating and are to be subjected to the refining is 50% or more, the high-pressure homogenizer is a counter collision-type high-pressure homogenizer which discharges the slurry at a pressure of 10 MPa or more, a pulp fiber concentration in the slurry to be subjected to the refining is 0.5% by mass or more and 10% by mass or less, a temperature of the slurry in the refining is 10 °C or more, a water retention value of the cellulose nanofibers is 300% or more and 500% or less, measured in accordance with JAPAN TAPPI No. 26, and as the pretreatment in the pretreating, no chemical treatment is performed on the pulp fibers.