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A method for manipulating the growth and/or structure of a plant comprising modifying the plant to specifically increase the expression and/or activity of PXY and CLE in the vascular tissue of the plant compared to the expression and/or activity of PXY and CLE in the vascular tissue of a wild type plant of the same species maintained under identical conditions, wherein expression and/or activity of PXY and CLE modified in the vascular tissue remains substantially unaltered in non-vascular tissue of the modified plant; wherein - CLE is CLE41 or CLE42 or CLE44; - directing expression and/or activity of PXY to the cambium of the tree by placing PXY under the control of the cambium specific promoter of the ANT gene, or a functional fragment or variant thereof; - said plant is a tree; and - the method comprising specifically increasing the expression and/or activity of CLE in the phloem of the tree. - CLE is CLE41 or CLE42 or CLE44; - directing expression and/or activity of PXY to the cambium of the tree by placing PXY under the control of the cambium specific promoter of the ANT gene, or a functional fragment or variant thereof; - said plant is a tree; and - the method comprising specifically increasing the expression and/or activity of CLE in the phloem of the tree.
A floating anchor nut configured to receive a bolt , the floating anchor nut comprising a plate and a nut , wherein: the plate has a bolt aperture and retention features for retaining the nut; and the nut comprises: a body that is internally threaded; and a flange extending from an outer surface of the body, the nut being retained through interaction of the flange with the retention features, the retention features allow for limited parallel displacement with respect to a plane of the plate, wherein the flange is positioned partway along the body such that a distal end portion of the body protrudes from one side of the flange and a proximal end portion of the body protrudes from the other side of the flange such that the proximal end portion of the body is counter-sunk into the bolt aperture of the plate, and wherein the flange is provided less than halfway along the length of the body from a distal end . the plate has a bolt aperture and retention features for retaining the nut; and the nut comprises: a body that is internally threaded; and a flange extending from an outer surface of the body, the nut being retained through interaction of the flange with the retention features, the retention features allow for limited parallel a body that is internally threaded; and a flange extending from an outer surface of the body, the nut being retained through interaction of the flange with the retention features, the retention features allow for limited parallel displacement with respect to a plane of the plate,
A method for treating mechanical pulps comprising the steps of: a) providing cellulosic materials derived from softwood or hardwood; b) introducing the cellulosic material to a mainline refining system for conversion to a mainline pulp; c) separating out rejects from the mainline pulp by means of screening or fractionation; d) mixing a neutral-alkaline whitewater stream, recycled from a paper process, essentially free of oxidizable sulfur species and containing a buffering agent, with said rejects to form a rejects fiber; e) adding a treatment liquor comprising hydrogen peroxide and an alkali to said rejects fiber, wherein the amount of alkali is less than 3,5% by weight on a 100% basis based on fiber and the ratio of alkali to hydrogen peroxide is from 0,35/1,0 to 1,5/1,0 ; and f) adding a chelant to control metal ions harmful to hydrogen peroxide stability to said rejects fiber and said neutral-alkaline whitewater stream; g) refining the treated rejects fiber, wherein the hydrogen peroxide and an alkali are separately or concurrently added to the rejects fiber ahead of or during refining said rejects fiber. a) providing cellulosic materials derived from softwood or hardwood; b) introducing the cellulosic material to a mainline refining system for conversion to a mainline pulp; c) separating out rejects from the mainline pulp by means of screening or fractionation; d) mixing a neutral-alkaline whitewater stream, recycled from a paper process, essentially free of oxidizable sulfur species and containing a buffering agent, with said rejects to form a rejects fiber; e) adding a treatment liquor comprising hydrogen peroxide and an alkali to said rejects fiber, wherein the amount of alkali is less than 3,5% by weight on a 100% basis based on fiber and the ratio of alkali to hydrogen peroxide is from 0,35/1,0 to 1,5/1,0 ; and f) adding a chelant to control metal ions harmful to hydrogen peroxide stability to said rejects fiber and said neutral-alkaline whitewater stream; g) refining the treated rejects fiber,
Pouring element for a composite package (P, P'), comprising: - a monolithic main body with a flange , a hollow cylindrical spout , which defines a central axis (Z), and a closure part formed in the spout , which runs substantially orthogonal to the central axis (Z), with a weakening zone , - a hollow cylindrical cutting element movably guided in the spout with at least one cutting tooth for severing the weakening zone to open the spout and composite package, - a reclosable screw cap , which serves to drive the cutting element when the composite package is opened for the first time, characterized in that the main body consists of at least 92% by weight of HDPE and according to ASTM D3985 has an oxygen transmission rate between 12 and 23 ml O 2/ (m 2 *day), measured through a measuring surface which is orthogonal to the central axis (Z) and runs through the flange of the main body . - a monolithic main body with a flange , a hollow cylindrical spout , which defines a central axis (Z), and a closure part formed in the spout , which runs substantially orthogonal to the central axis (Z), with a weakening zone , - a hollow cylindrical cutting element movably guided in the spout with at least one cutting tooth for severing the weakening zone to open the spout and composite package, - a reclosable screw cap , which serves to drive the cutting element when the composite package is opened for the first time,
Dosing apparatus for dosing a product in powder and/or granule form within containers, the dosing apparatus including: - a hopper provided with an internal cavity to contain said product, - a dosing screw rotatable about, and extending along, a rotation axis (X) inside said hopper and through said internal cavity , and - a first driving shaft arranged to rotate said dosing screw , characterised in that it includes a magnetic coupling system to removably connect a first end of said dosing screw to said first driving shaft , arranged externally to said hopper , said magnetic coupling system including groups of magnets adapted to magnetically transmit a driving torque from said first driving shaft to said dosing screw and to reversibly fasten, longitudinally along said rotation axis (X), said dosing screw to said first driving shaft , wherein said first end of said dosing screw is arranged inside said hopper and said first driving shaft is hermetically separated from said first end of said dosing screw by means of a separation element , wherein said separation element is integral with the hopper and includes a casing extending towards said internal cavity starting from a closing wall of said hopper , which is opposite to a terminal opening from which said product exits, and forms an internal housing that is hermetically separated from said internal cavity and externally accessible, in particular to receive a second rotor of said magnetic coupling system fixed to an end of said first driving shaft externally to said hopper . - a hopper provided with an internal cavity to contain said product, - a dosing screw rotatable about, and extending along, a rotation axis (X) inside said hopper and through said internal cavity , and - a first driving shaft arranged to rotate said dosing screw ,
An instrument system comprising: an instrument configured to process and analyze samples; a presentation unit configured to support a plurality of sample containers containing the samples to be processed and analyzed by the instrument ; and a computing device comprising a display device , at least one processing device and at least one computer readable storage device, the computer readable storage device storing data instructions, which when executed by the at least one processing device are configured to cause the at least one processing device to generate a user interface on the display device , the user interface including a presentation unit display , the presentation unit display including a graphical representation of the presentation unit, characterized in that the presentation unit display is configured to receive inputs from an operator to provide instructions to the instrument to cause the instrument to process and analyze the samples and at least one of the inputs is provided into the graphical representation of the presentation unit. an instrument configured to process and analyze samples; a presentation unit configured to support a plurality of sample containers containing the samples to be processed and analyzed by the instrument ; and a computing device comprising a display device , at least one processing device and at least one computer readable storage device, the computer readable storage device storing data instructions, which when executed by the at least one processing device are configured to cause the at least one processing device to generate a user interface on the display device , the user interface including a presentation unit display , the presentation unit display including a graphical representation of the presentation unit, characterized in that the presentation unit display is configured to receive inputs from an operator to provide instructions to the instrument to cause the instrument to process and analyze the samples and at least one of the inputs is provided into the graphical representation of the presentation unit.
An method of reproducing audio using an output transducer, the method comprising: mapping a difference between a grade describing a quality of a first transducer to be modelled and a grade describing a quality of a second, different, audio transducer to be used as the output transducer to an empirical difference value expressed in phon; providing a plurality of equal loudness contour tables , each equal loudness contour table defining a dependency between sound pressure level and frequency, resulting in sounds of equal loudness, wherein the plurality of equal loudness contour tables comprises at least one table for sounds of a notional negative loudness; selecting a first equal loudness contour table from the plurality of equal loudness contour tables , wherein the selected first equal loudness contour table corresponds to a target audio reproduction level ; selecting a second equal loudness contour table from the plurality of equal loudness contour tables , wherein the selected second equal loudness contour table corresponds to an audio level value obtained by subtracting the difference value from the target audio reproduction level ; generating a required spectral weighting profile from the first and second selected equal loudness contour tables to represent a difference in frequency response between the first audio transducer and the second audio transducer; applying a spectral weighting to an audio signal in dependence upon the generated spectral weighting profile; and reproducing the spectrally weighted audio signal using the second audio transducer at the audio reproduction level. mapping a difference between a grade describing a quality of a first transducer to be modelled and a grade describing a quality of a second, different, audio transducer to be used as the output transducer to an empirical difference value expressed in phon; providing a plurality of equal loudness contour tables , each equal loudness contour table defining a dependency between sound pressure level and frequency, resulting in sounds of equal loudness, wherein the plurality of equal loudness contour tables comprises at least one table for sounds of a notional negative loudness; selecting a first equal loudness contour table from the plurality of equal loudness contour tables , wherein the selected first equal loudness contour table corresponds to a target audio reproduction level ; selecting a second equal loudness contour table from the plurality of equal loudness contour tables , wherein the selected second equal loudness contour table corresponds to an audio level value obtained by subtracting the difference value from the target audio reproduction level ; generating a required spectral weighting profile from the first and second selected equal loudness contour tables to represent a difference in frequency response between the first audio transducer and the second audio transducer; applying a spectral weighting to an audio signal in dependence upon the generated spectral weighting profile; and reproducing the spectrally weighted audio signal using the second audio transducer at the audio reproduction level.
A production method of a seamless steel pipe, comprising: a heating step of heating an Nb-containing steel material to 800 to 1030°C, the Nb-containing steel material consisting of in mass%, C: 0.21 to 0.35%, Si: 0.10 to 0.50%, Mn: 0.05 to 1.00%, P: 0.025% or less, S: 0.010% or less, Al: 0.005 to 0.100%, N: 0.010% or less Cr: 0.05 to 1.50%, Mo; 0.10 to 1.50%, Nb: 0.01 to 0.05%, B: 0.0003 to 0.0050%, Ti: 0.002 to 0.050%, V: 0 to 0.30%, Ca: 0 to 0.0050%, rare earth metal: 0 to 0.0050%, and the balance being Fe and impurities; a pipe-making step of producing a hollow shell by performing piercing-rolling or elongation-rolling on the Nb-containing steel material , by using a piercing mill , the piercing mill comprising a plurality of skewed rolls that are disposed around a pass line (PL) on which the Nb-containing steel material passes, a plug that is disposed between the plurality of skewed rolls and on the pass line (PL), and a mandrel bar that extends rearward of the plug along the pass line (PL) from a rear end of the plug ; and characterized in comprising a cooling step immediately after rolling, of carrying out cooling by using a cooling liquid (CF,CL) on a hollow shell portion after passing between rear ends of the plurality of skewed rolls , of the hollow shell , so as to reduce an outer surface temperature of the hollow shell portion to 700 to 1000°C within 15.0 seconds after the hollow shell portion passes between the rear ends of the plurality of skewed rolls . a heating step of heating an Nb-containing steel material to 800 to 1030°C, the Nb-containing steel material consisting of in mass%, C: 0.21 to 0.35%, Si: 0.10 to 0.50%, Mn: 0.05 to 1.00%, P: 0.025% or less, S: 0.010% or less, Al: 0.005 to 0.100%, N: 0.010% or less Cr: 0.05 to 1.50%, Mo; 0.10 to 1.50%, Nb: 0.01 to 0.05%, B: 0.0003 to 0.0050%, Ti: 0.002 to 0.050%, V: 0 to 0.30%, Ca: 0 to 0.0050%, rare earth metal: 0 to 0.0050%, and the balance being Fe and impurities; a pipe-making step of producing a hollow shell by performing piercing-rolling or elongation-rolling on the Nb-containing steel material , by using a piercing mill , the piercing mill comprising a plurality of skewed rolls that are disposed around a pass line (PL) on which the Nb-containing steel material passes, a plug that is disposed between the plurality of skewed rolls and on the pass line (PL), and a mandrel bar that extends rearward of the plug along the pass line (PL) from a rear end of the plug ; and characterized in comprising a cooling step immediately after rolling, of carrying out cooling by using a cooling liquid (CF,CL) on a hollow shell portion after passing between rear ends of the plurality of skewed rolls , of the hollow shell , so as to reduce an outer surface temperature of the hollow shell portion to 700 to 1000°C within 15.0 seconds after the hollow shell portion passes between the rear ends of the plurality of skewed rolls .
A filling aid for filling a cylinder ampoule with a medical or pharmaceutical liquid, wherein the filling aid in a common housing has a first receptacle , which is designed to hold the cylinder ampoule to be filled, and a second receptacle , which is designed to hold a container containing a medical or pharmaceutical substance, fixing means are arranged in the first receptacle , which are designed and provided for detachably fixing a cylinder ampoule in the first receptacle , fixing means are arranged in the second receptacle , which are designed and provided for fixing a container containing a medical or pharmaceutical substance in the second receptacle , a first access opening is formed at the first receptacle , and arranged in such a way that it lies opposite an opening of a cylinder ampoule when it has been placed in the first receptacle , and that the opening of the cylinder ampoule is accessible from outside through the first access opening , and the housing has a second access opening , which is formed on the second receptacle and arranged in such a way that it lies opposite an opening of a container when it has been placed in the second receptacle , and that an opening of the container is accessible through the second access opening , characterized in that the filling aid has a closure element that can be moved between a first and a second position, which in the first position closes the first access opening and releases the second access opening , and in its second position closes the second access opening and releases the first access opening . fixing means are arranged in the first receptacle , which are designed and provided for detachably fixing a cylinder ampoule in the first receptacle , fixing means are arranged in the second receptacle , which are designed and provided for fixing a container containing a medical or pharmaceutical substance in the second receptacle , a first access opening is formed at the first receptacle , and arranged in such a way that it lies opposite an opening of a cylinder ampoule when it has been placed in the first receptacle , and that the opening of the cylinder ampoule is accessible from outside through the first access opening , and the housing has a second access opening , which is formed on the second receptacle and arranged in such a way that it lies opposite an opening of a container when it has been placed in the second receptacle , and that an opening of the container is accessible through the second access opening , characterized in that the filling aid has a closure element that can be moved between a first and a second position, which in the first position closes the first access opening and releases the second access opening , and in its second position closes the second access opening and releases the first access opening .
A nicotine-binding antibody or nicotine-binding fragment thereof, comprising the variable region of a heavy chain sequence of SEQ ID NO: 27 and the variable region of a light chain sequence of SEQ ID NO: 28.
A dual lumen cannula assembly comprising: (i) a proximal part comprising two tubes : a first tube defining a blood delivery lumen and a second tube defining a blood drainage lumen, (ii) a mid-portion comprising the two tubes integrated into one body up to a bifurcation in which the first tube and the second tube separate into a first and second distal tube ; and (iii) a distal part comprising the two separate distal tubes , characterized in that the first distal tube comprises a trans-septal fixation. (i) a proximal part comprising two tubes : a first tube defining a blood delivery lumen and a second tube defining a blood drainage lumen, (ii) a mid-portion comprising the two tubes integrated into one body up to a bifurcation in which the first tube and the second tube separate into a first and second distal tube ; and (iii) a distal part comprising the two separate distal tubes , characterized in that the first distal tube comprises a trans-septal fixation.
A dishwasher comprising: a tub having a receiving space in which objects to be washed are received; a sump including a sump housing for receiving water; a filter assembly for purifying water supplied to the sump housing ; and a heater heating the water stored in the sump housing ; wherein the sump housing communicates with the tub through a path along which water is introduced from the tub , and a part of steam generated by an operation of the heater is supplied to the tub through the path along which water is introduced from the tub , and wherein the path includes the filter assembly connected to the sump housing through a connection portion , characterized in that a steam nozzle is provided in the tub for spraying steam, such that another part of steam generated by the operation of the heater flows from the sump housing into the tub through the steam nozzle , and the steam nozzle is spaced apart from a top surface of the sump housing and the steam nozzle is connected to the sump housing through the steam supply passage such as a connecting pipe. a tub having a receiving space in which objects to be washed are received; a sump including a sump housing for receiving water; a filter assembly for purifying water supplied to the sump housing ; and a heater heating the water stored in the sump housing ; wherein the sump housing communicates with the tub through a path along which water is introduced from the tub , and a part of steam generated by an operation of the heater is supplied to the tub through the path along which water is introduced from the tub , and wherein the path includes the filter assembly connected to the sump housing through a connection portion , characterized in that a steam nozzle is provided in the tub for spraying steam, such that another part of steam generated by the operation of the heater flows from the sump housing into the tub through the steam nozzle , and the steam nozzle is spaced apart from a top surface of the sump housing and the steam nozzle is connected to the sump housing through the steam supply passage such as a connecting pipe. a steam nozzle is provided in the tub for spraying steam, such that another part of steam generated by the operation of the heater flows from the sump housing into the tub through the steam nozzle , and the steam nozzle is spaced apart from a top surface of the sump housing and the steam nozzle is connected to the sump housing through the steam supply passage such as a connecting pipe.