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A method of operating a gas sensor for a gas analyte including a sensing component , comprising: in a first mode, interrogating the sensor by periodically applying an electrical signal to the sensing component of the sensor , measuring a sensor response to the electrical signal which is indicative of a sensitivity of the sensor each time the electrical signal is applied to the sensing component , determining whether one or more thresholds have been exceeded based upon the sensor response determined each time the electrical signal is applied to the sensing component , and entering a second mode, different from the first mode in analysis of the sensor response to the periodically applied electrical signals, if one or more thresholds are exceeded, characrerised in that the sensor response to the periodically applied electrical signals in the second mode is analyzed to determine if the sensor response to the periodically applied electrical signals is stabilizing. in a first mode, interrogating the sensor by periodically applying an electrical signal to the sensing component of the sensor , measuring a sensor response to the electrical signal which is indicative of a sensitivity of the sensor each time the electrical signal is applied to the sensing component , determining whether one or more thresholds have been exceeded based upon the sensor response determined each time the electrical signal is applied to the sensing component , and entering a second mode, different from the first mode in analysis of the sensor response to the periodically applied electrical signals, if one or more thresholds are exceeded, characrerised in that the sensor response to the periodically applied electrical signals in the second mode is analyzed to determine if the sensor response to the periodically applied electrical signals is stabilizing.
A method for operating in conjunction with a messaging app , the method comprising: determining a type of an extension app in response to receiving, by the messaging app , a message containing content created by the extension app ; launching the extension app automatically in response to the receipt of the message if the extension app is a first type of extension app ; and deferring launching of the extension app , if the extension app is a second type of extension app , until a selection is received of a message bubble displayed in a message transcript that is displayed by the messaging app . determining a type of an extension app in response to receiving, by the messaging app , a message containing content created by the extension app ; launching the extension app automatically in response to the receipt of the message if the extension app is a first type of extension app ; and deferring launching of the extension app , if the extension app is a second type of extension app , until a selection is received of a message bubble displayed in a message transcript that is displayed by the messaging app .
A method for predicting post partum depression (PPD) in a patient comprising the steps of: a. in a sample that has been obtained from the patient; b. measuring white blood cell type counts and the DNA methylation levels of two or more biomarkers in the sample obtained from the patient, wherein the two or more biomarkers comprise binding protein 3 (HP1BP3) and tetratricopeptide repeat domain 9B (TTC9B); and c. predicting PPD in the patient based on the relative DNA methylation levels at the two or more biomarker loci, including HP1BP3 and TTC9B, relative to the proportion of differing white blood cell types, wherein the proportion of differing white blood cell types comprises the ratio of monocytes:non-monocytes. a. in a sample that has been obtained from the patient; b. measuring white blood cell type counts and the DNA methylation levels of two or more biomarkers in the sample obtained from the patient, wherein the two or more biomarkers comprise binding protein 3 (HP1BP3) and tetratricopeptide repeat domain 9B (TTC9B); and c. predicting PPD in the patient based on the relative DNA methylation levels at the two or more biomarker loci, including HP1BP3 and TTC9B, relative to the proportion of differing white blood cell types, wherein the proportion of differing white blood cell types comprises the ratio of monocytes:non-monocytes.
A carbon nanotube strand wire in which a plurality of carbon nanotube wires of a plurality of bundled carbon nanotube aggregates configured of a plurality of carbon nanotubes are twisted together, wherein at least one of a number of twists t1 of the carbon nanotube wires and a number of twists t2 of the carbon nanotube strand wire is equal to or greater than 1000 T/m.
High speed train power unit , in particular for the carriage of passengers, comprising: - a carbody having a roof and a floor , wherein the carbody comprises a driver's cab housed at a front end of the carbody , wherein the carbody also comprises a technical compartment comprising a low voltage zone , a traction zone and a technical zone , and - at least two bogies mounted under the floor of the carbody ; where the low voltage zone , the traction zone and the technical zone of the technical compartment are respectively located next to each other along a longitudinal axis (X1) of the power unit characterized in that - the power unit comprises a main transformer located under the carbody between the bogies ; - the traction zone comprises a rheostatic brake on the roof; - the low voltage zone comprises an air conditioning unit designed to condition the driver's cab ; - the air conditioning unit is arranged on the roof. - a carbody having a roof and a floor , wherein the carbody comprises a driver's cab housed at a front end of the carbody , wherein the carbody also comprises a technical compartment comprising a low voltage zone , a traction zone and a technical zone , and - at least two bogies mounted under the floor of the carbody ; where the low voltage zone , the traction zone and the technical zone of the technical compartment are respectively located next to each other along a longitudinal axis (X1) of the power unit characterized in that - the power unit comprises a main transformer located under the carbody between the bogies ; - the traction zone comprises a rheostatic brake on the roof; - the low voltage zone comprises an air conditioning unit designed to condition the driver's cab ; - the air conditioning unit is arranged on the roof.
A twister device comprising: a body; a suture management component coupled to the body, the suture management component having one or more features to receive end portions of two or more sutures and to secure the received suture end portions to the body, and including two or more tie knobs and a twisting component coupled to the body, the twisting component configured to rotate the suture management component to intertwine the two or more sutures; wherein the suture management component includes suture locks configured to releasably engage with the two or more tie knobs to secure the suture end portions to the two or more tie knobs . a body; a suture management component coupled to the body, the suture management component having one or more features to receive end portions of two or more sutures and to secure the received suture end portions to the body, and including two or more tie knobs and a twisting component coupled to the body, the twisting component configured to rotate the suture management component to intertwine the two or more sutures; wherein the suture management component includes suture locks configured to releasably engage with the two or more tie knobs to secure the suture end portions to the two or more tie knobs .
A small-node device for offloading data traffic in a cellular telecommunications system, comprising: a first communication section configured to receive a first control-plane message from a base station over a first communication link; a second communication section configured to transmit user-plane data to a user equipment over a second communication link established responsive to the first control-plane message; and a third communication section configured to receive the user-plane data from a server, wherein the second communication link and a communication link for transmitting user-plane data from the base station to the user equipment are adapted to use different carrier frequencies simultaneously, and wherein the user plane data transmitted from the second communication section is received at the user equipment at the same time as the user plane data transmitted from the base station. a first communication section configured to receive a first control-plane message from a base station over a first communication link; a second communication section configured to transmit user-plane data to a user equipment over a second communication link established responsive to the first control-plane message; and a third communication section configured to receive the user-plane data from a server, wherein the second communication link and a communication link for transmitting user-plane data from the base station to the user equipment are adapted to use different carrier frequencies simultaneously, and wherein the user plane data transmitted from the second communication section is received at the user equipment at the same time as the user plane data transmitted from the base station.
An adhesive composition comprising: an epoxy-modified silicone resin having a polyorganosiloxane skeleton; an epoxy resin; an acrylic particle having a core-shell structure containing a butadiene-based rubber, and polymethacrylate or polyacrylate; and a curing agent. an epoxy-modified silicone resin having a polyorganosiloxane skeleton; an epoxy resin; an acrylic particle having a core-shell structure containing a butadiene-based rubber, and polymethacrylate or polyacrylate; and a curing agent.
Active composition for a pyrotechnic decoy target that burns at a wind speed of more than 100 m/s while emitting spectral infrared radiation, where the active composition comprises an organic first fuel and an oxidizing agent, characterized in that the first fuel is nitrocellulose and the oxidizing agent is ammonium perchlorate, and the active composition further comprises a salt of an aliphatic carboxylic acid as second fuel, where the salt of the aliphatic carboxylic acid is an acetate, a propionate, a tartrate or a citrate.
An isolated V H H monoclonal antibody comprising a heavy chain domain, wherein the heavy chain variable domain comprises a heavy chain complementarity determining region (HCDR)1, an HCDR2 and an HCDR3, wherein the HCDR1 comprises amino acids 26-33 of SEQ ID NO: 1, the HCDR2 comprises amino acids 51-57 of SEQ ID NO: 1, the HCDR3 comprises amino acids 96-109 of SEQ ID NO: 1, and the V H H monoclonal antibody specifically binds a Genogroup II Norovirus polypeptide.
A variant variable domain polypeptide comprising at least two modified structural loops wherein at least one amino acid of each modified structural loop is selected from the group of amino acids tryptophan, tyrosine, phenylalanine, histidine, isoleucine, serine, methionine, alanine and asparagine, wherein the at least two modified structural loops are non-CDR loops and provide a binding site binding to an epitope of an antigen, wherein the unmodified structural loops do not specifically bind to said epitope, and wherein the variable domain is a human or humanized immunoglobulin variable domain. wherein the at least two modified structural loops are non-CDR loops and provide a binding site binding to an epitope of an antigen, wherein the unmodified structural loops do not specifically bind to said epitope, and wherein the variable domain is a human or humanized immunoglobulin variable domain.
A replaceable unit for an electrophotographic image forming device , comprising: a housing having a reservoir for storing toner; a rotatable shaft positioned within the reservoir and having an axis of rotation; a first linkage rotatable with the rotatable shaft around the axis of rotation, the first linkage having a first permanent magnet ; a second linkage rotatable around the axis of rotation in response to rotation of the rotatable shaft , the second linkage having a second permanent magnet , the second linkage is rotatable independent of the rotatable shaft between a forward rotational stop and a rearward rotational stop such that an amount of angular offset between the first permanent magnet and the second permanent magnet varies depending on a rotational position of the second linkage relative to the forward rotational stop and the rearward rotational stop ; characterized by a spring biasing the second linkage in the operative rotational direction of the rotatable shaft toward the forward rotational stop . a housing having a reservoir for storing toner; a rotatable shaft positioned within the reservoir and having an axis of rotation; a first linkage rotatable with the rotatable shaft around the axis of rotation, the first linkage having a first permanent magnet ; a second linkage rotatable around the axis of rotation in response to rotation of the rotatable shaft , the second linkage having a second permanent magnet , the second linkage is rotatable independent of the rotatable shaft between a forward rotational stop and a rearward rotational stop such that an amount of angular offset between the first permanent magnet and the second permanent magnet varies depending on a rotational position of the second linkage relative to the forward rotational stop and the rearward rotational stop ; characterized by a spring biasing the second linkage in the operative rotational direction of the rotatable shaft toward the forward rotational stop .
A heparinase from Sphingobacterium daejeonense, wherein the heparinase is heparinase SDhep I or heparinase SDhep II; wherein the molecular weight of heparinase SDhep I is 74692 Da and the molecular weight of heparinase SDhep II is 94716 Da; wherein the isoelectric point of the heparinase SDhep I is 5.64 and the isoelectric point of the heparinase SDhep II is 5.76; wherein the Michaelis constant of the heparinase SDhep I is 0.5738 mol/L and 0.0418 mol/L respectively for heparin (HEP) and HS (heparin substrate) being the substrate and the Michaelis constant of the heparinase SDhep II is 0.0052 mol/L and 1.6618 mol/L respectively for HEP and HS being the substrate.
A display device comprising: a substrate comprising an opening area (OA) and a display area (DA) at least partially surrounding the opening area (OA); a metal layer comprising a first region (310, 30E11-30E15) and a second region (320, 30E21-30E25) in a non-display area (NDA) between the opening area (OA) and the display area (DA), and an input sensing layer located in the display area (DA) and comprising first and second sensing electrodes , wherein the first region (310, 30E11-30E15) and the second region (320, 30E21-30E25) are spaced apart from each other characterized in that one of the first region (310, 30E11-30E15) and the second region (320, 30E21-30E25) comprises a protrusion (320AP, 310BP, 310CP, 30EP1-30EP5) extending toward the other of the first region (310, 30E11-30E15) and the second region (320, 30E21-30E25), and the other of the first region (310, 30E11-30E15) and the second region (320, 30E21-30E25) has a shape to receive the protrusion (320AP, 310BP, 310CP, 30EP1-30EP5), and the first region (310, 30E11-30E15) and the second region (320, 30E21-30E25) of the metal layer being connected to the the first and second sensing electrodes, respectively , wherein the first region (310, 30E11-30E15) and the second region (320, 30E21-30E25) are arranged in a circumferential direction surrounding an edge of the opening area (OA). a substrate comprising an opening area (OA) and a display area (DA) at least partially surrounding the opening area (OA); a metal layer comprising a first region (310, 30E11-30E15) and a second region (320, 30E21-30E25) in a non-display area (NDA) between the opening area (OA) and the display area (DA), and an input sensing layer located in the display area (DA) and comprising first and second sensing electrodes , wherein the first region (310, 30E11-30E15) and the second region (320, 30E21-30E25) are spaced apart from each other characterized in that one of the first region (310, 30E11-30E15) and the second region (320, 30E21-30E25) comprises a protrusion (320AP, 310BP, 310CP, 30EP1-30EP5) extending toward the other of the first region (310, 30E11-30E15) and the second region (320, 30E21-30E25), and the other of the first region (310, 30E11-30E15) and the second region (320, 30E21-30E25) has a shape to receive the protrusion (320AP, 310BP, 310CP, 30EP1-30EP5), and the first region (310, 30E11-30E15) and the second region (320, 30E21-30E25) of the metal layer being connected to the the first and second sensing electrodes, respectively , wherein the first region (310, 30E11-30E15) and the second region (320, 30E21-30E25) are arranged in a circumferential direction surrounding an edge of the opening area (OA).
A synchronizing device for a manual transmission, comprising a sliding sleeve (112 - 512) which includes an internal toothing with a plurality of sliding sleeve teeth (118 - 518) having an end face (136 - 536) that extends substantially flat and perpendicular to the axial direction (A), and a clutch body of a speed change gear, which has an external toothing with a plurality of clutch body teeth (120 - 520) into which the internal toothing of the sliding sleeve (112 - 512) can engage, and a synchronizing unit having a synchronizer ring (122 - 522) which includes an external toothing with synchronizer ring teeth (124 - 524), the synchronizing unit being adapted to block an axial movement of the sliding sleeve (112 - 512), wherein the clutch body teeth (120 - 520) are formed without a meshing bevel at their axial tooth end (130 - 530) close to the sliding sleeve teeth (118 - 518), characterized in that each of the sliding sleeve teeth (118 - 518) includes an end face (136 - 536) which extends substantially flat and perpendicular to the axial direction (A), and in that at the tooth end (128 - 528) on one side, at least some of the sliding sleeve teeth (118 - 518) have a beveled blocking surface (138 - 538) which proceeds from the end face (136 - 536), and in that the arrangement of the synchronizer ring teeth (124 - 524) is adjusted to the arrangement of the blocking surfaces (138 - 538).
A method for fixation of an insulation element to a structural element , the structural element having a first and a second side , the method comprising: a) providing an insulation element comprising an insulation material and comprising a first and a second major surfaces ; b) positioning the insulation element with its first major surface proximal to the second side of the structural element ; c) providing a spacer fastening device comprising a hollow shank and a fastening screw received in the cavity of the hollow shank , wherein the hollow shank and the fastening screw are adapted to be locked relative to each other in an axial longitudinal direction of the fastening screw , wherein the lock between the hollow shank and the fastening screw in the spacer fastening device is achieved by retaining the head of the fastening screw between a neck formed in the cavity of the hollow shank and a stopper fastened over the fastening screw head, the fastening screw comprising a threaded tip for engagement with the structural element , and the hollow shank comprising a helical thread running on its outside; d) inserting the spacer fastening device , with the threaded tip first, from the second major surface into the insulation element ; e) rotating simultaneously both the hollow shank and the fastening screw , so as to produce their advance towards the structural element , until the whole length of the helical thread is inserted into the insulation element ; f) rotating the fastening screw , without rotating the hollow shank , to adjust the distance between the second major surface of the insulation element and the second side of the structural element . a) providing an insulation element comprising an insulation material and comprising a first and a second major surfaces ; b) positioning the insulation element with its first major surface proximal to the second side of the structural element ; c) providing a spacer fastening device comprising a hollow shank and a fastening screw received in the cavity of the hollow shank , wherein the hollow shank and the fastening screw are adapted to be locked relative to each other in an axial longitudinal direction of the fastening screw , wherein the lock between the hollow shank and the fastening screw in the spacer fastening device is achieved by retaining the head of the fastening screw between a neck formed in the cavity of the hollow shank and a stopper fastened over the fastening screw head, the fastening screw comprising a threaded tip for engagement with the structural element , and the hollow shank comprising a helical thread running on its outside; d) inserting the spacer fastening device , with the threaded tip first, from the second major surface into the insulation element ; e) rotating simultaneously both the hollow shank and the fastening screw , so as to produce their advance towards the structural element , until the whole length of the helical thread is inserted into the insulation element ; f) rotating the fastening screw , without rotating the hollow shank , to adjust the distance between the second major surface of the insulation element and the second side of the structural element .
A method of controlling an electricity generating system that includes at least one intermittent energy source generating plant , the method comprising: calculating forecast operating parameters of the at least one intermittent energy source generating plant ; characterized by generating intermittent energy source contingency definitions from the forecast operating parameters; analysing the intermittent energy source contingency definitions to provide contingency analyses, wherein the contingency analyses identify critical contingencies from a set of credible contingencies; and controlling the electricity generating system in dependence upon such contingency analyses. calculating forecast operating parameters of the at least one intermittent energy source generating plant ; characterized by generating intermittent energy source contingency definitions from the forecast operating parameters; analysing the intermittent energy source contingency definitions to provide contingency analyses, wherein the contingency analyses identify critical contingencies from a set of credible contingencies; and controlling the electricity generating system in dependence upon such contingency analyses.