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A transducer for imaging structures of tissue, comprising: a transmit-receive transducer array including a plurality of transmit-receive array elements , wherein the transmit-receive transducer array is configured to receive and detect echoes from an ultrasound beam delivered into the tissue by the transmit-receive transducer array and convert the echoes to ultrasound output signals, wherein the transmit-receive transducer array is housed in an ultrasound housing ; and a receive-only transducer array including a plurality of receive-only array elements , wherein the receive-only transducer array is configured to receive and detect thermoacoustically-generated acoustic signals in response to electromagnetic energy delivered into the tissue by a source of electromagnetic energy, and convert the thermoacoustically-generated acoustic signals to thermoacoustic output signals, and wherein the receive-only transducer array is configured to receive and detect echoes from an ultrasound beam delivered into the tissue by the transmit-receive transducer array , and convert the echoes to ultrasound output signals, and wherein the receive-only transducer array is housed in a thermoacoustic housing ; wherein the receive-only array elements are in physical alignment and in proximity with the transmit-receive array elements in the transducer; and wherein the ultrasound housing that houses the transmit-receive transducer array and the thermoacoustic housing that houses the receive-only transducer array are combined in a unified probe . a transmit-receive transducer array including a plurality of transmit-receive array elements , wherein the transmit-receive transducer array is configured to receive and detect echoes from an ultrasound beam delivered into the tissue by the transmit-receive transducer array and convert the echoes to ultrasound output signals, wherein the transmit-receive transducer array is housed in an ultrasound housing ; and a receive-only transducer array including a plurality of receive-only array elements , wherein the receive-only transducer array is configured to receive and detect thermoacoustically-generated acoustic signals in response to electromagnetic energy delivered into the tissue by a source of electromagnetic energy, and convert the thermoacoustically-generated acoustic signals to thermoacoustic output signals, and wherein the receive-only transducer array is configured to receive and detect echoes from an ultrasound beam delivered into the tissue by the transmit-receive transducer array , and convert the echoes to ultrasound output signals, and wherein the receive-only transducer array is housed in a thermoacoustic housing ; wherein the receive-only array elements are in physical alignment and in proximity with the transmit-receive array elements in the transducer; and wherein the ultrasound housing that houses the transmit-receive transducer array and the thermoacoustic housing that houses the receive-only transducer array are combined in a unified probe .
A method for cleaning or sanitization of an affinity chromatography matrix, comprising the steps of: a) providing an affinity chromatography matrix having oxidation-tolerant proteinaceous ligands comprising Staphylococcus Protein A or an alkali-stabilized immunoglobulin-binding variant of Staphylococcus Protein A, coupled to a support, b) contacting said matrix with a sanitization solution comprising at least one oxidant defined by formula I, R - O - O - H (I) wherein R is hydrogen or an acyl group R'-C(O)-, with R' being a hydrogen or a methyl, ethyl or propyl group. a) providing an affinity chromatography matrix having oxidation-tolerant proteinaceous ligands comprising Staphylococcus Protein A or an alkali-stabilized immunoglobulin-binding variant of Staphylococcus Protein A, coupled to a support, b) contacting said matrix with a sanitization solution comprising at least one oxidant defined by formula I, R - O - O - H (I) wherein R is hydrogen or an acyl group R'-C(O)-, with R' being a hydrogen or a methyl, ethyl or propyl group.
A rearview assembly for a vehicle comprising: an electro-optic element comprising: a first substrate comprising a first surface and a second surface ; a second substrate comprising a third surface and a fourth surface ; and an electro-optic medium disposed between the second surface and the third surface ; an ambient light sensor configured to detect an ambient light level; a display disposed adjacent to the electro-optic element ; an infrared (IR) light source configured to transmit radiation through the electro-optic element ; an image sensor proximate the fourth surface and configured to capture image data of a user through the electro-optic element ; and at least one microcontroller configured to: adjust the radiation from the IR light source in response to the detected ambient light level; identify the user of the vehicle based on the image data ; and in response to identifying a misalignment of the user with the image sensor , control the display providing alignment feedback to the user. an electro-optic element comprising: a first substrate comprising a first surface and a second surface ; a second substrate comprising a third surface and a fourth surface ; and an electro-optic medium disposed between the second surface and the third surface ; a first substrate comprising a first surface and a second surface ; a second substrate comprising a third surface and a fourth surface ; and an electro-optic medium disposed between the second surface and the third surface ; an ambient light sensor configured to detect an ambient light level; a display disposed adjacent to the electro-optic element ; an infrared (IR) light source configured to transmit radiation through the electro-optic element ; an image sensor proximate the fourth surface and configured to capture image data of a user through the electro-optic element ; and at least one microcontroller configured to: adjust the radiation from the IR light source in response to the detected ambient light level; identify the user of the vehicle based on the image data ; and in response to identifying a misalignment of the user with the image sensor , control the display providing alignment feedback to the user. adjust the radiation from the IR light source in response to the detected ambient light level; identify the user of the vehicle based on the image data ; and in response to identifying a misalignment of the user with the image sensor , control the display providing alignment feedback to the user.
A nitric acid production process, comprising a step of catalytic oxidation of ammonia, producing a process gas comprising nitrogen oxides NOx and N2O, and a step of absorption of said process gas with water, producing a product stream containing nitric acid, and a stream of a tail gas containing NOx and N2O, wherein the content of NOx and N2O of said gas stream is reduced by the steps of: passing said gas stream, without any previous stage of removal of NOx, over a deN2O first stage comprising an iron-loaded zeolite catalyst for decomposition of N2O, obtaining an effluent gas stream with a reduced content of N2O, passing said effluent of the deN2O stage over a deNOx second stage comprising a V2O5-TiO2 catalyst, in the presence of gaseous ammonia as a reducing agent, characterized in that : a) the N2O and NOx containing gas streams at the inlet of said first stage and at the inlet of said second stage have a temperature greater than 400 °C, and at least one of the following conditions is met: b1) the N2O and NOx containing gas stream before admission into the first stage has a NOx molar content of less than 1000 ppm; b2) the N2O and NOx containing gas stream before admission into the first stage has O2 molar content of less than 4%; b3) the molar ratio of ammonia over NOx at the inlet of the second stage is 0.9 to 1.1. passing said gas stream, without any previous stage of removal of NOx, over a deN2O first stage comprising an iron-loaded zeolite catalyst for decomposition of N2O, obtaining an effluent gas stream with a reduced content of N2O, passing said effluent of the deN2O stage over a deNOx second stage comprising a V2O5-TiO2 catalyst, in the presence of gaseous ammonia as a reducing agent, characterized in that : a) the N2O and NOx containing gas streams at the inlet of said first stage and at the inlet of said second stage have a temperature greater than 400 °C, and a) the N2O and NOx containing gas streams at the inlet of said first stage and at the inlet of said second stage have a temperature greater than 400 °C, and at least one of the following conditions is met: b1) the N2O and NOx containing gas stream before admission into the first stage has a NOx molar content of less than 1000 ppm; b2) the N2O and NOx containing gas stream before admission into the first stage has O2 molar content of less than 4%; b3) the molar ratio of ammonia over NOx at the inlet of the second stage is 0.9 to 1.1. b1) the N2O and NOx containing gas stream before admission into the first stage has a NOx molar content of less than 1000 ppm; b2) the N2O and NOx containing gas stream before admission into the first stage has O2 molar content of less than 4%; b3) the molar ratio of ammonia over NOx at the inlet of the second stage is 0.9 to 1.1.
A method of manufacturing a rotor blade for a wind turbine, the method including steps of: - providing a mould defining an outer shape of the rotor blade or a portion thereof; - arranging a plurality of fibre fabric layers on a surface of the mould having at least one inclined surface portion; and - laminating the fibre fabric layers together by infusing a liquid resin into the mould , - interlocking the plurality of fibre fabric layers using at least one mechanical interlocking element prior to laminating the fibre fabric layers together, characterised by the at least one mechanical interlocking element being provided together with and within one of the fibre fabric layers , and by the method further including pressing the one of te fibre fabric layers to thereby expose a locking end of the at least one mechanical interlocking element provided within the one of the fibre fabric layers and interlocking the plurality of fibre fabric layers by fastening the exposed locking end to a neighbouring fibre fabric layer . - providing a mould defining an outer shape of the rotor blade or a portion thereof; - arranging a plurality of fibre fabric layers on a surface of the mould having at least one inclined surface portion; and - laminating the fibre fabric layers together by infusing a liquid resin into the mould , - interlocking the plurality of fibre fabric layers using at least one mechanical interlocking element prior to laminating the fibre fabric layers together, characterised by the at least one mechanical interlocking element being provided together with and within one of the fibre fabric layers , and by the method further including pressing the one of te fibre fabric layers to thereby expose a locking end of the at least one mechanical interlocking element provided within the one of the fibre fabric layers and interlocking the plurality of fibre fabric layers by fastening the exposed locking end to a neighbouring fibre fabric layer .
A computer-implemented method for masking an operation in modular exponentiation in a manner that resists Simple Power Analysis (SPA) attacks, the method to be performed by a system comprising at least one processor and at least one memory , the method comprising: receiving one or more inputs, wherein the inputs comprise one or more operands; defining a mask value and a fix value, wherein the mask value and the fix value are stored in a first location of the at least one memory ; defining a left-hand-side (LHS) parameter and a right-hand side (RHS) parameter to be each equal to the one or more inputs; calculating a plurality of temporary values using the LHS and RHS parameters and the mask value; and generating an output based on one of the plurality of temporary values and the fix value, wherein the modular exponentiation comprises a plurality of squaring operations and multiplication operations, characterized in that the operations take masked inputs and produce masked outputs and are chained together to produce an exponentiation that is masked from beginning to end; and by comprising the following steps: determining whether two consecutive operations comprise a multiplication operation followed by a square operation; and if the two consecutive operations comprise a multiplication operation followed by a square operation: inserting a first mask between the multiplication operation and the square operation, determining whether two consecutive operations comprise two square operations; and if the two consecutive operations comprise two square operations: inserting a second mask between the square operations.
A method of amplifying a polynucleotide, the method comprising: (a) contacting a target nucleic acid molecule under substantially isothermal conditions with an exonuclease deficient polymerase, two or more primer oligonucleotides, wherein each of the primer oligonucleotides comprises from 5' to 3': i. a nicking enzyme recognition sequence; ii. a sequence complementary to the target nucleic acid molecule; and iii. one or more 2' modified nucleotides in the sequence complementary to the target nucleic acid molecule; and a nicking enzyme that binds the nicking enzyme recognition sequence in double-stranded DNA and cleaves one strand of the double-stranded DNA; and (b) generating amplicons comprising at least a portion of said target nucleic acid molecule. (a) contacting a target nucleic acid molecule under substantially isothermal conditions with an exonuclease deficient polymerase, two or more primer oligonucleotides, wherein each of the primer oligonucleotides comprises from 5' to 3': i. a nicking enzyme recognition sequence; ii. a sequence complementary to the target nucleic acid molecule; and iii. one or more 2' modified nucleotides in the sequence complementary to the target nucleic acid molecule; and a nicking enzyme that binds the nicking enzyme recognition sequence in double-stranded DNA and cleaves one strand of the double-stranded DNA; and i. a nicking enzyme recognition sequence; ii. a sequence complementary to the target nucleic acid molecule; and iii. one or more 2' modified nucleotides in the sequence complementary to the target nucleic acid molecule; and (b) generating amplicons comprising at least a portion of said target nucleic acid molecule.
A method for measuring the weight of a load, which is moved over the edge of an elevated loading area using a load lifting device comprising a carrier and a hydraulic cylinder propelling this, thereby being pulled up onto this or being struck down from this, characterized in that , during this operational process, and as long as the load lies on the edge of the loading area during the movement when lifted from the ground, in a carrier of the load lifting device burdened by the load and propelled by the hydraulic cylinder during its passage through a predetermined movement position, due to the movement of the load, an axial force (A) momentarily acting in it is measured by a deformation sensor , detecting the axial force (A) acting within the carrier, and this is determined for the mathematical determination of the weight of the load, wherein the predetermined movement position of the carrier of the load lifting device corresponds to its position immediately in front of the touchdown point of the load on the loading area , and wherein, furthermore, for the mathematical determination of the weight of the load, whose force acting on the edge of the loading area is used.
A method for the load-dependent consumption detection of different sources of electricity in the end user region in a multiple dwelling unit, in particular in multiple dwelling units, comprising at least one automatic control unit and a plurality of multi-rate consumption meters for the individual apartments with at least two registers, wherein the automatic control unit performs, via an algorithm, the activation of the registers of the multi-rate consumption meters , wherein the total electricity supply of at least two sources of electricity is taken into consideration with different rates, characterized in that the automatic control unit has an automatic PI-controller which integrates the total electricity of the multiple dwelling unit, split according to the types of electricity, over a selected period and activates the registers of the multi-rate consumption meters .
An electrochemical measurement method for electrochemically measuring a chemical substance generated or consumed in a biological sample in a solution, wherein the biological sample, which has diameter dimension between 100 μm, inclusive, and 600 μm, inclusive, comprises cells, cell aggregates, pieces of tissue, or non-biological samples containing biologically-relevant substances, by using a working electrode that has a diameter dimension d el less than or equal to 80 μm and supplies or receives electrons to or from the chemical substance to cause an oxidation-reduction reaction, provided that the biological sample excludes human embryos and fertilized human egg cells, wherein a spacer is placed in the solution, the spacer having an inverse-cone-shaped profile surface at a distance h 2 in the direction perpendicular to the electrode surface, the distance h 2 being dependent on a distance m from a center of the electrode surface in the direction parallel to the electrode surface and satisfying h 2 = √ 1.05 d el + 6.89 m − 0.48 d el − 2.38 ± 5 μm the spacer preventing the biological sample from entering a region on the electrode surface side of the profile surface and allowing a dissolved substance in the solution to diffuse; and measurement is performed while the biological sample is positioned immediately above the center of the electrode surface along the profile surface of the spacer. wherein a spacer is placed in the solution, the spacer having an inverse-cone-shaped profile surface at a distance h 2 in the direction perpendicular to the electrode surface, the distance h 2 being dependent on a distance m from a center of the electrode surface in the direction parallel to the electrode surface and satisfying h 2 = √ 1.05 d el + 6.89 m − 0.48 d el − 2.38 ± 5 μm the spacer preventing the biological sample from entering a region on the electrode surface side of the profile surface and allowing a dissolved substance in the solution to diffuse; and measurement is performed while the biological sample is positioned immediately above the center of the electrode surface along the profile surface of the spacer.
A method of reverse circulation cementing of a liner in a wellbore extending through a subterranean formation, the method comprising the steps of: a. running-in a tubing string having a reverse circulation assembly , and a liner ; b. circulating fluid conventionally during run-in by flowing fluid from the surface through an interior passageway of the tubing string , through an outlet at the liner bottom, and uphole along a wellbore annulus to the surface; c. setting an annular isolation device in an annulus defined between a casing positioned in the wellbore and the tubing string; d. flowing cement along a reverse circulation path into the annulus below the annular isolation device and adjacent the liner; e. setting the cement in the wellbore annulus about the liner; and f. after setting the cement, setting a liner hanger into engagement with the casing. a. running-in a tubing string having a reverse circulation assembly , and a liner ; b. circulating fluid conventionally during run-in by flowing fluid from the surface through an interior passageway of the tubing string , through an outlet at the liner bottom, and uphole along a wellbore annulus to the surface; c. setting an annular isolation device in an annulus defined between a casing positioned in the wellbore and the tubing string; d. flowing cement along a reverse circulation path into the annulus below the annular isolation device and adjacent the liner; e. setting the cement in the wellbore annulus about the liner; and f. after setting the cement, setting a liner hanger into engagement with the casing.
Sealing bolt for sealing a container , the sealing bolt adapted to cooperate, in use, with a locking device for locking a container lid to a container body of the container wherein the locking device comprises a locking rod arranged for horizontal movement relative to the container lid , said sealing bolt comprising: an upper part , a lower part and an axial rod connecting the upper and lower parts , the upper part , lower part and axial rod being arranged coaxially about an axis; an integrity element disposed in the upper part; a release arrangement disposed so as to be releasably attached to the lower part ; wherein the sealing bolt is movable, through a first operator actuation of the upper part , from a first state, in which the integrity element is intact, to a second state, in which the integrity element of the sealing bolt is visibly broken; characterized by the sealing bolt being movable, through a second operator actuation of the upper part , from the second state to a third state, in which the release arrangement is released, thereby enabling disengagement of the locking device by enabling a horizontal movement of the locking rod and removal of the lid from the container body . an upper part , a lower part and an axial rod connecting the upper and lower parts , the upper part , lower part and axial rod being arranged coaxially about an axis; an integrity element disposed in the upper part; a release arrangement disposed so as to be releasably attached to the lower part ; wherein the sealing bolt is movable, through a first operator actuation of the upper part , from a first state, in which the integrity element is intact, to a second state, in which the integrity element of the sealing bolt is visibly broken; characterized by the sealing bolt being movable, through a second operator actuation of the upper part , from the second state to a third state, in which the release arrangement is released, thereby enabling disengagement of the locking device by enabling a horizontal movement of the locking rod and removal of the lid from the container body .