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A method of operating a laboratory instrument , wherein the laboratory instrument is configured for receiving a sample rack with one or more sample tubes , wherein the one or more sample tubes has a tube identification tag , wherein the sample rack comprises an attachment position , wherein the sample rack further comprises multiple sample tube receptacles , wherein each sample tube receptacle is configured for receiving the one or more sample tubes, wherein the laboratory instrument comprises a robotic head for bringing a pipettor into fluidic contact with the one or more sample tubes when the sample rack is in an operating position , wherein the laboratory instrument comprises an identification tag reader , wherein the pipettor is configured for mating with the attachment position of the sample rack, wherein the laboratory instrument comprises an input guide for receiving the sample rack; wherein the input guide is configured for receiving the sample rack along an insertion direction , wherein the input guide has an opening ,wherein the method comprises the steps of: • receiving the sample rack by the laboratory instrument, wherein the step of receiving the sample rack by the laboratory instrument comprises partially receiving the sample rack into the input guide along the insertion direction; • controlling the robotic head to mate with the attachment position of the sample rack; • controlling the robotic head to pull the sample rack in the input guide along the insertion direction such as to enable the tube identification tag to be read by the identification tag reader; • reading the tube identification tag with the identification tag reader as the sample rack is moved in the input guide; and • loading the sample rack into the operating position using the robotic head, wherein the robotic head is configured for loading the sample rack into the operating position, wherein the sample rack is loaded by the robotic head into the operating position such as to enable the identification tag reader to read the tube identification tag as the sample is moved into the input guide. • receiving the sample rack by the laboratory instrument, wherein the step of receiving the sample rack by the laboratory instrument comprises partially receiving the sample rack into the input guide along the insertion direction; • controlling the robotic head to mate with the attachment position of the sample rack; • controlling the robotic head to pull the sample rack in the input guide along the insertion direction such as to enable the tube identification tag to be read by the identification tag reader; • reading the tube identification tag with the identification tag reader as the sample rack is moved in the input guide; and • loading the sample rack into the operating position using the robotic head,
A method of manufacturing a dishwasher having an inner wall made of a stainless steel plate, comprising steps of: forming a first layer comprising zirconium oxide and silicon oxide on a surface of the inner wall at a heat treatment temperature of 200°C or higher; forming a second layer comprising an oxoacid on a surface of the first layer at a heat treatment temperature lower than the heat treatment temperature of the first layer; and obtaining a thin-film layer comprising zirconium oxide and silicon oxide on the surface of the inner wall and having a contact angle of water of 20 degrees or less on the surface, after removing the second layer by using a washing method, wherein the first layer contains the zirconium oxide in an amount of 80 mass% or more in terms of oxide and the silicon oxide in an amount of 1 mass% to 20 mass% in terms of oxide. forming a first layer comprising zirconium oxide and silicon oxide on a surface of the inner wall at a heat treatment temperature of 200°C or higher; forming a second layer comprising an oxoacid on a surface of the first layer at a heat treatment temperature lower than the heat treatment temperature of the first layer; and obtaining a thin-film layer comprising zirconium oxide and silicon oxide on the surface of the inner wall and having a contact angle of water of 20 degrees or less on the surface, after removing the second layer by using a washing method, wherein the first layer contains the zirconium oxide in an amount of 80 mass% or more in terms of oxide and the silicon oxide in an amount of 1 mass% to 20 mass% in terms of oxide.
Drinking water supply system - with a drinking water pipe system , - with a plurality of drinking water tapping points (18, 20, 22, 22', 22", 170) connected to the drinking water pipe system , wherein the drinking water pipe system has a drinking water line for the supply of drinking water to a plurality of the drinking water tapping points (18, 20, 22, 22', 22", 170), - with at least one sensor configured to determine measurement values, the sensor being a pressure sensor for measuring the water pressure in the drinking water line , and - with a central control device configured to receive and analyse the measurement values determined by the at least one sensor , - wherein the central control device is configured to effect one of the following measures if the water pressure measured by the pressure sensor falls below a predetermined limit value (pmin) over a certain period of time: - ending and/or preventing a draining of water, effected by the central control device , from the drinking water line at a flushing unit , or - ending and/or preventing a discharging of water, effected by the central control device , from the drinking water line via a circulation line . - with a drinking water pipe system , - with a plurality of drinking water tapping points (18, 20, 22, 22', 22", 170) connected to the drinking water pipe system , wherein the drinking water pipe system has a drinking water line for the supply of drinking water to a plurality of the drinking water tapping points (18, 20, 22, 22', 22", 170), - with at least one sensor configured to determine measurement values, the sensor being a pressure sensor for measuring the water pressure in the drinking water line , and - with a central control device configured to receive and analyse the measurement values determined by the at least one sensor , - wherein the central control device is configured to effect one of the following measures if the water pressure measured by the pressure sensor falls below a predetermined limit value (pmin) over a certain period of time: - ending and/or preventing a draining of water, effected by the central control device , from the drinking water line at a flushing unit , or - ending and/or preventing a discharging of water, effected by the central control device , from the drinking water line via a circulation line . - ending and/or preventing a draining of water, effected by the central control device , from the drinking water line at a flushing unit , or - ending and/or preventing a discharging of water, effected by the central control device , from the drinking water line via a circulation line .
A compound of Formula II: or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt or a stereoisomer thereof; wherein, R 1 and R 3 are each independently absent; R 2 is and R 4 is selected from and R 1 and R 3 are each independently absent; R 2 is and R 4 is selected from and
An assembly for a turbine engine , comprising an oil circuit including an air/oil thermal exchanger , a primary bypass pipe connecting an intake of the air/oil thermal exchanger to an outlet of the air/oil thermal exchanger and surrounding the air/oil thermal exchanger so as to exchange heat with the air/oil thermal exchanger and a secondary bypass pipe of the primary pipe connecting the upstream end of the primary bypass pipe to the downstream end of the primary bypass pipe , the circuit also comprising at least one valve for controlling the passage of the flow of oil into the primary and secondary bypass pipes and means for controlling the opening of said at least one valve at a temperature lower than a threshold temperature, characterized in that said secondary bypass pipe has a length at least ten times shorter than the length of the primary bypass pipe .
Method for producing an aroma concentrate of a liquid composition, comprising one or more aromatic substance(s), comprising or consisting of the following steps: a) providing a liquid or gaseous composition, comprising one or more aromatic substance(s), b) adding the liquid or gaseous composition provided in step a) to an adsorbent for adsorbing the, one, more or all of the one or more aromatic substance(s) of the liquid composition, wherein the adsorbent comprises or consists of adsorber resin, such as polystyrene cross-linked with divinyl benzene, macroporous polystyrene cross-linked with divinyl benzene, polystyrene, cross-linked polystyrene, aliphatic methylacrylate, microporous adsorber based on carbon, or a combination thereof, c) recovering the, one, more or all of the adsorbed one or more aromatic substance(s) from the adsorbent by thermal desorption, wherein the thermal desorption comprises a step of applying water steam to the adsorbent, preferably with a water steam flux of up to 50 g/min based on a 2.0 L column, further preferably with a water steam flux of up to 20 g/min based on a 2.0 L column, wherein the adsorbent is heated to a temperature in the range of from 110 °C to 170 °C before the water steam is applied, d) condensing the water steam applied in step c) to obtain an aroma concentrate comprising the, one, more or all of the one or more aromatic substance(s), wherein the aroma concentrate comprises a water phase and an oil phase, comprising the, one, more or all of the one or more aromatic substance(s). a) providing a liquid or gaseous composition, comprising one or more aromatic substance(s), b) adding the liquid or gaseous composition provided in step a) to an adsorbent for adsorbing the, one, more or all of the one or more aromatic substance(s) of the liquid composition, wherein the adsorbent comprises or consists of adsorber resin, such as polystyrene cross-linked with divinyl benzene, macroporous polystyrene cross-linked with divinyl benzene, polystyrene, cross-linked polystyrene, aliphatic methylacrylate, microporous adsorber based on carbon, or a combination thereof, c) recovering the, one, more or all of the adsorbed one or more aromatic substance(s) from the adsorbent by thermal desorption, wherein the thermal desorption comprises a step of applying water steam to the adsorbent, preferably with a water steam flux of up to 50 g/min based on a 2.0 L column, further preferably with a water steam flux of up to 20 g/min based on a 2.0 L column, wherein the adsorbent is heated to a temperature in the range of from 110 °C to 170 °C before the water steam is applied, wherein the thermal desorption comprises a step of applying water steam to the adsorbent, preferably with a water steam flux of up to 50 g/min based on a 2.0 L column, further preferably with a water steam flux of up to 20 g/min based on a 2.0 L column, wherein the adsorbent is heated to a temperature in the range of from 110 °C to 170 °C before the water steam is applied, d) condensing the water steam applied in step c) to obtain an aroma concentrate comprising the, one, more or all of the one or more aromatic substance(s),
A method for preparing a functionalized polymer, the method comprising the steps of: (i) polymerizing monomer to form a reactive polymer; and (ii) reacting the reactive polymer with a protected polyoxime compound, where the protected polyoxime compound includes two or more protected oxime groups, and where the two or more protected oxime groups are defined by the formula I where each R 1 is independently a hydrogen atom or a monovalent organic group, each R 2 is independently a monovalent organic group, and R 3 is a bond or a divalent organic group, or where two R 1 groups join to form a divalent organic group, or where an R 1 group and an R 3 group join to form a trivalent organic group, and wherein the protected polyoxime is selected from the group consisting of O-silyl dioximes, O-silyl trioximes, and O-silyl tetraoximes. (i) polymerizing monomer to form a reactive polymer; and (ii) reacting the reactive polymer with a protected polyoxime compound, where the protected polyoxime compound includes two or more protected oxime groups, and where the two or more protected oxime groups are defined by the formula I where each R 1 is independently a hydrogen atom or a monovalent organic group, each R 2 is independently a monovalent organic group, and R 3 is a bond or a divalent organic group, or where two R 1 groups join to form a divalent organic group, or where an R 1 group and an R 3 group join to form a trivalent organic group, and wherein the protected polyoxime is selected from the group consisting of O-silyl dioximes, O-silyl trioximes, and O-silyl tetraoximes.
A first base station, BS, of a first network for handling dual connectivity, DC, of a long-term evolution , LTE, system and a new radio, NR, system or DC in the NR system of a 3GPP wireless communication system, the first BS comprising: a storage device ; and a processing circuit , coupled to the storage device , wherein the storage device stores, and the processing circuit is configured to execute, instructions of: transmitting a Secondary Node, SN, Request message comprising a protocol data unit, PDU, Session identity of a communication device , to a second BS of a second network; receiving a SN Request Acknowledge message comprising a first radio resource control, RRC, message, and the PDU Session identity from the second BS, in response to the SN Request message; and transmitting the first RRC message to the communication device , wherein the first RRC message configures a data radio bearer, DRB, a DRB identity and the PDU Session identity of the communication device to communicate with the second BS. a storage device ; and a processing circuit , coupled to the storage device , wherein the storage device stores, and the processing circuit is configured to execute, instructions of: transmitting a Secondary Node, SN, Request message comprising a protocol data unit, PDU, Session identity of a communication device , to a second BS of a second network; receiving a SN Request Acknowledge message comprising a first radio resource control, RRC, message, and the PDU Session identity from the second BS, in response to the SN Request message; and transmitting the first RRC message to the communication device , wherein the first RRC message configures a data radio bearer, DRB, a DRB identity and the PDU Session identity of the communication device to communicate with the second BS. transmitting a Secondary Node, SN, Request message comprising a protocol data unit, PDU, Session identity of a communication device , to a second BS of a second network; receiving a SN Request Acknowledge message comprising a first radio resource control, RRC, message, and the PDU Session identity from the second BS, in response to the SN Request message; and transmitting the first RRC message to the communication device , wherein the first RRC message configures a data radio bearer, DRB, a DRB identity and the PDU Session identity of the communication device to communicate with the second BS.
A driver assistance system for a towing vehicle (V2) coupled to a towed vehicle (V1), the driver assistance system comprising a controller , the driver assistance system being configured to: receive first image data (DIMG1) from a towed vehicle imaging device (C1) disposed on the towed vehicle, the first image data comprising a first scene (FOV1) behind the towed vehicle; process the first image data to identify object image data (DO-n) representative of one or more objects of interest (O-n) in the first scene, the or each object of interest comprising another vehicle; determining an object distance (D-n) from a reference point (R1) to the or each object of interest identified in the first scene; and output a signal (SOUT1) indicative of the object distance; characterised by selectively displaying the first image data and selectively overlaying the object distance on the first image data. receive first image data (DIMG1) from a towed vehicle imaging device (C1) disposed on the towed vehicle, the first image data comprising a first scene (FOV1) behind the towed vehicle; process the first image data to identify object image data (DO-n) representative of one or more objects of interest (O-n) in the first scene, the or each object of interest comprising another vehicle; determining an object distance (D-n) from a reference point (R1) to the or each object of interest identified in the first scene; and output a signal (SOUT1) indicative of the object distance; characterised by selectively displaying the first image data and selectively overlaying the object distance on the first image data.
A drawing apparatus comprising: a laser light source unit configured to output laser light; a scanning mirror unit configured to reflect and scan the laser light; a drawing control unit configured to control an output value of the laser light of the laser light source unit based on display image data so that a display image is drawn by the laser light in a range scanned by the scanning mirror unit ; a photodiode configured to measure the amount of incident laser light; and an output adjustment control unit configured to control the laser light source unit so that characteristic detection laser light for adjusting the output value is output outside a range in which the display image is drawn inside the range scanned by the scanning mirror unit , wherein the output adjustment control unit controls the laser light source unit based on the characteristic detection laser light detected by the photodiode , characterized in that the output adjustment control unit controls the characteristic detection laser light that is the same color as or a color similar to the display color to be output continuously from the end part of the display image or to be output in the vicinity of the end part of the display image. a laser light source unit configured to output laser light; a scanning mirror unit configured to reflect and scan the laser light; a drawing control unit configured to control an output value of the laser light of the laser light source unit based on display image data so that a display image is drawn by the laser light in a range scanned by the scanning mirror unit ; a photodiode configured to measure the amount of incident laser light; and an output adjustment control unit configured to control the laser light source unit so that characteristic detection laser light for adjusting the output value is output outside a range in which the display image is drawn inside the range scanned by the scanning mirror unit , wherein the output adjustment control unit controls the laser light source unit based on the characteristic detection laser light detected by the photodiode , characterized in that the output adjustment control unit controls the characteristic detection laser light that is the same color as or a color similar to the display color to be output continuously from the end part of the display image or to be output in the vicinity of the end part of the display image.
A medical device for the treatment of a sinus opening, the medical device comprising: a handle with: a proximal end ; a distal end ; and a longitudinal axis along the length of the handle; a guide catheter attached to the distal end of the handle, the guide catheter having a catheter lumen ; and a balloon catheter movement mechanism operatively disposed on the handle; wherein the handle and the catheter lumen are configured for operatively accepting a guide wire and a balloon catheter ; and wherein the balloon catheter movement mechanism is configured for advancement and retraction of a balloon catheter disposed at least partially in the handle and in the catheter lumen through the handle and catheter lumen by user operation of the balloon catheter movement mechanism, wherein the device further includes a guide wire support disposed within the handle and a guide wire disposed at least partially in the handle and the catheter lumen, wherein the guide wire is at least partially disposed within the guide wire support; and wherein the guide wire support is cylindrical in shape and defines a thin walled tube, characterised in that said guide wire support includes a slit-shaped opening on said tube, said slit-shaped opening being configured to prevent buckling of the guide wire within the handle during advancement of the guide wire through the handle, wherein the slit-shaped opening is configured such that it opens as the guide wire is advanced. a handle with: a proximal end ; a distal end ; and a longitudinal axis along the length of the handle; a proximal end ; a distal end ; and a longitudinal axis along the length of the handle; a guide catheter attached to the distal end of the handle, the guide catheter having a catheter lumen ; and a balloon catheter movement mechanism operatively disposed on the handle; wherein the handle and the catheter lumen are configured for operatively accepting a guide wire and a balloon catheter ; and wherein the balloon catheter movement mechanism is configured for advancement and retraction of a balloon catheter disposed at least partially in the handle and in the catheter lumen through the handle and catheter lumen by user operation of the balloon catheter movement mechanism, wherein the device further includes a guide wire support disposed within the handle and a guide wire disposed at least partially in the handle and the catheter lumen, wherein the guide wire is at least partially disposed within the guide wire support; and wherein the guide wire support is cylindrical in shape and defines a thin walled tube, characterised in that said guide wire support includes a slit-shaped opening on said tube, said slit-shaped opening being configured to prevent buckling of the guide wire within the handle during advancement of the guide wire through the handle, wherein the slit-shaped opening is configured such that it opens as the guide wire is advanced.
A compound of Formula (IIa) or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, for use in a method of treating or preventing vulvovaginal candidiasis (VVC) infection in a subject in need thereof, the method comprising administering to the subject a compound of Formula (IIa) or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof: the compound being -15-[[ -2-amino-2,3,3-trimethylbutyl]oxy]-8-[ -1,2-dimethylpropyl]-14-[5-(4-pyridinyl)-1H-1,2,4-triazol-1-yl]-1,6,6a,7,8,9,10,10a,10b,11,12,12a-dodecahydro-1,6a,8,10a-tetramethyl-4H-1,4a-propano-2H phenanthro[1,2-c]pyran-7-carboxylic acid, wherein the compound or pharmaceutically acceptable salt of the compound is administered at a total daily dose of 150 to 600 mg of the compound, wherein the VVC infection occurs in a condition or an anatomic area in which the pH is lower than about 5. wherein the compound or pharmaceutically acceptable salt of the compound is administered at a total daily dose of 150 to 600 mg of the compound, wherein the VVC infection occurs in a condition or an anatomic area in which the pH is lower than about 5.
Product distribution machine for movement over the ground comprising a tank adapted to hold a product to be distributed, a meter for controlling discharge of product from the tank , a plurality of product flow passages through which product flows downstream of the meter , and a plurality of mass flow sensors adapted to measure product flow rate through the product flow passages , each sensor generating an output signal indicative of the flow rate of product past the sensor , a variable speed meter drive and a controller to control the speed of the meter drive , characterized in that the controller is adapted to change the meter drive speed during a meter calibration process from a first meter speed to a second meter speed, wherein at the second meter speed the accuracy of at least one of the sensors is greater than at the first meter speed, so that during the calibration process the speed of the meter is varied from a nominal speed setting to change the flow rate of the product to a rate at which the accuracy of the mass flow sensor is increased.