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A card reader, comprising: a housing ; a read head positioned in the housing , wherein the housing has a slot for swiping a magnetic stripe of a financial transaction card with the slot utilized to enable a financial transaction between a buyer and a seller using a financial transaction card, the read head reading data on the magnetic stripe and producing a signal indicative of data stored on the magnetic stripe, wherein the slot is configured such that the card travels perpendicular to the central axis of an output jack , about which the jack can rotate, and along a longitudinal plane of said central axis; a spring structure on which the read head is mounted, wherein the spring structure allows the read head to swivel while maintaining contact pressure to track the magnetic stripe while the card is swept, wherein the spring consists of an obround frame, wherein the read head is suspended between the top and bottom lengths of the obround frame, and the spring further consists of two opposing protrusions extending inward from the semi-circular ends of the obround frame towards the read head, the protrusions including supports to attach the spring to the housing; the output jack configured to be coupled and de-coupled to at least one of an audio jack or microphone port of a mobile device , the output jack providing the signal to the mobile device. a housing ; a read head positioned in the housing , wherein the housing has a slot for swiping a magnetic stripe of a financial transaction card with the slot utilized to enable a financial transaction between a buyer and a seller using a financial transaction card, the read head reading data on the magnetic stripe and producing a signal indicative of data stored on the magnetic stripe, wherein the slot is configured such that the card travels perpendicular to the central axis of an output jack , about which the jack can rotate, and along a longitudinal plane of said central axis; a spring structure on which the read head is mounted, wherein the spring structure allows the read head to swivel while maintaining contact pressure to track the magnetic stripe while the card is swept, wherein the spring consists of an obround frame, wherein the read head is suspended between the top and bottom lengths of the obround frame, and the spring further consists of two opposing protrusions extending inward from the semi-circular ends of the obround frame towards the read head, the protrusions including supports to attach the spring to the housing; the output jack configured to be coupled and de-coupled to at least one of an audio jack or microphone port of a mobile device , the output jack providing the signal to the mobile device.
An in vitro method for determining the immunotherapeutic potency of an activated not fully mature human dendritic cell composition for use in treating a solid tumor, the method comprising the steps of: i) preparing activated dendritic cells that have not fully matured as measured by retaining the ability to efficiently uptake and process antigen; ii) determining the relative amounts of Interleukin 6 (IL-6), Interleukin 8 (IL-8), Interleukin 12 p40 (IL-12 p40), and Tumor Necrosis Factor α (TNFα) of the activated and not fully mature dendritic cell composition; iii) comparing the determined amount of IL-6, IL-8, IL-12 p40, and TNFα to a threshold amount; and iv) determining that the activated and not fully mature human dendritic cell composition is of low immunotherapeutic potency if all of IL-6, IL-8, IL-12 p40 and TNFα are below threshold; or that the activated and not fully mature human dendritic cell composition is of high immunotherapeutic potency if all of IL-6, IL-8, IL-12 p40 and TNFα are above threshold. i) preparing activated dendritic cells that have not fully matured as measured by retaining the ability to efficiently uptake and process antigen; ii) determining the relative amounts of Interleukin 6 (IL-6), Interleukin 8 (IL-8), Interleukin 12 p40 (IL-12 p40), and Tumor Necrosis Factor α (TNFα) of the activated and not fully mature dendritic cell composition; iii) comparing the determined amount of IL-6, IL-8, IL-12 p40, and TNFα to a threshold amount; and iv) determining that the activated and not fully mature human dendritic cell composition is of low immunotherapeutic potency if all of IL-6, IL-8, IL-12 p40 and TNFα are below threshold; or that the activated and not fully mature human dendritic cell composition is of high immunotherapeutic potency if all of IL-6, IL-8, IL-12 p40 and TNFα are above threshold.
A method of assaying for nucleic acid molecular diversity in a heterogeneous sample, comprising a) obtaining a stabilized nucleic acid sample comprising a diverse plurality of nucleic acids stabilized such that, for at least one member of the plurality, a first nucleic acid segment and a second nucleic acid segment are held together independent of their common phosphodiester backbone, wherein said phosphodiester backbone is cleaved between said first nucleic acid segment and said second nucleic acid segment; b) tagging said first nucleic acid segment and said second nucleic acid segment such that said first nucleic acid segment and said second nucleic acid segment are identifiable as arising from a common nucleic acid of the diverse plurality of nucleic acids; c) sequencing at least an identifiable portion of said first nucleic acid segment and its tag, and an identifiable portion of said second nucleic acid segment and its tag; d) assigning said first nucleic acid segment and said second nucleic acid segment to a scaffold corresponding to said tag; such that a plurality of segments of said diverse plurality of nucleic acids are assigned to at least one scaffold; and e) determining a number corresponding to how many scaffolds are generated; wherein the number of scaffolds generated corresponds to the nucleic acid molecular diversity of the heterogeneous sample, and wherein the heterogeneous sample is a biological sample comprising nucleic acids originating from more than one organism. a) obtaining a stabilized nucleic acid sample comprising a diverse plurality of nucleic acids stabilized such that, for at least one member of the plurality, a first nucleic acid segment and a second nucleic acid segment are held together independent of their common phosphodiester backbone, wherein said phosphodiester backbone is cleaved between said first nucleic acid segment and said second nucleic acid segment; b) tagging said first nucleic acid segment and said second nucleic acid segment such that said first nucleic acid segment and said second nucleic acid segment are identifiable as arising from a common nucleic acid of the diverse plurality of nucleic acids; c) sequencing at least an identifiable portion of said first nucleic acid segment and its tag, and an identifiable portion of said second nucleic acid segment and its tag; d) assigning said first nucleic acid segment and said second nucleic acid segment to a scaffold corresponding to said tag; such that a plurality of segments of said diverse plurality of nucleic acids are assigned to at least one scaffold; and e) determining a number corresponding to how many scaffolds are generated; wherein the number of scaffolds generated corresponds to the nucleic acid molecular diversity of the heterogeneous sample, and wherein the heterogeneous sample is a biological sample comprising nucleic acids originating from more than one organism.
A COMPOUND characterized by having the general formula (I): wherein X is an oxygen atom; A represents a linear alkyl group of C 2-4 which may have one or more of its hydrogens replaced by an alkyl group selected from methyl, ethyl, propyl or isopropyl; R 1 represents an alkyl C 1-6 or cycloalkyl C 3-6 group; R 2 represents a hydrogen or an alkyl C 1-3 group; R 3 represents a hydrogen or halogen atom; R 4 represents an alkyl C 1-6 group; n is 0 or 1. X is an oxygen atom; A represents a linear alkyl group of C 2-4 which may have one or more of its hydrogens replaced by an alkyl group selected from methyl, ethyl, propyl or isopropyl; R 1 represents an alkyl C 1-6 or cycloalkyl C 3-6 group; R 2 represents a hydrogen or an alkyl C 1-3 group; R 3 represents a hydrogen or halogen atom; R 4 represents an alkyl C 1-6 group; n is 0 or 1.
A herbicidal composition comprising a herbicidally effective amount of (a) (±)-2-exo-(2-Methylbenzyloxy)-1-methyl-4-isopropyl-7-oxabicyclo[2.2.1]heptane, any of its individual enantiomers or any non-racemic mixture thereof (herbicide A) and (b) at least one non-ACCase lipid synthesis inhibitor selected from prosulfocarb (B.9) and tri-allate (B.12) (herbicide B).
A winding machine for winding lap bands to form wound laps, with winding rolls for carrying respectively one wound lap , with pressure rolls installed upstream the winding rolls for calendering a supplied lap band , wherein at least one drafting system with a pair of drafting system rolls is installed upstream the pressure rolls , characterized in that each winding roll includes a separate drive, wherein at least one drive is open-loop controllable, respectively closed-loop controllable via a control, wherein at least one sensor (L3) determines the actual diameter of the wound lap during the winding procedure, and in that , depending on the actual diameter of the wound lap, the rotational speed difference between the winding rolls is dynamically adjustable, in that the drives of the winding rolls are operable at a rotational speed having a difference of up to 5 %.
A method of wireless communication, comprising: determining , by a user equipment, UE, whether to configure the UE for a first type of resource sharing or a second type of resource sharing between a first radio access technology, RAT, and a second RAT, wherein one or more UE resources are configured for use with the first RAT; reconfiguring , by the UE, the one or more UE resources for use with the second RAT based at least in part on determining whether to configure the UE for the first type of resource sharing or the second type of resource sharing; and determining a plurality of performance parameters corresponding to a plurality of combinations of carriers and multiple-input multiple-output, MIMO, layers of the UE; wherein reconfiguring the one or more UE resources comprises reconfiguring the one or more UE resources based at least in part on the plurality of performance parameters. determining , by a user equipment, UE, whether to configure the UE for a first type of resource sharing or a second type of resource sharing between a first radio access technology, RAT, and a second RAT, wherein one or more UE resources are configured for use with the first RAT; reconfiguring , by the UE, the one or more UE resources for use with the second RAT based at least in part on determining whether to configure the UE for the first type of resource sharing or the second type of resource sharing; and determining a plurality of performance parameters corresponding to a plurality of combinations of carriers and multiple-input multiple-output, MIMO, layers of the UE; wherein reconfiguring the one or more UE resources comprises reconfiguring the one or more UE resources based at least in part on the plurality of performance parameters.
A method for preparing an oxidized polyethylene wax comprising oxidizing a mixture of a polyethylene wax having a number average molecular weight of more than 1000 to 4000 g/mol, preferably more than 1000 to 3000 g/mol, even more preferred 1200 to 2500 g/mol according to gel permeation chromatography and a low molecular weight polyethylene wax having a number average molecular weight of 100 to 1000 g/mol, preferably 100 to 900 g/mol, even more preferred 200 to 800 g/mol according to gel permeation chromatography wherein the polyethylene wax has a density in the range of 0.92-0.97 g/cm 3 , according to ASTM D1505; the low molecular weight polyethylene wax has a viscosity of 40 to 200 m Pa·s (cP), according to ASTM D3236; and the oxidized polyethylene wax has an acid number of 15 to 35 according to ASTM D1386.
A method of operating a network entity in a wireless telecommunications system in which downlink communications from the network entity to terminal devices are made using a plurality of Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplex, OFDM, sub-carriers spanning a system frequency bandwidth, and wherein the network entity supports communications with a first type of terminal device on a host carrier using OFDM sub-carriers distributed across the system frequency bandwidth and supports communications with a second type of terminal device on a restricted bandwidth carrier using OFDM sub-carriers distributed across a restricted frequency bandwidth, wherein the first type of terminal device and the second type of terminal device are types of terminal device having different operating bandwidths wherein the restricted frequency bandwidth is smaller than and within the system frequency bandwidth, and wherein the method comprises: selecting a transmission characteristic for transmissions to be made by the network entity to the second type of terminal device using the restricted bandwidth carrier; and conveying an indication of the transmission characteristic from the network entity to at least one other network entity of the wireless telecommunications system; wherein the transmission characteristic comprises frequency and / or time resources on which transmissions are to be made by the network entity to the second type of terminal device using the restricted bandwidth carrier; and wherein the indication of the transmission characteristic comprises an indication that transmissions are to be made by the network entity to the second type of terminal device using the restricted bandwidth carrier with a maximum transmission power threshold which is greater than a maximum transmission power threshold for contemporaneous transmissions to be made by the network entity to the first type of terminal device using the host carrier. selecting a transmission characteristic for transmissions to be made by the network entity to the second type of terminal device using the restricted bandwidth carrier; and conveying an indication of the transmission characteristic from the network entity to at least one other network entity of the wireless telecommunications system; wherein the transmission characteristic comprises frequency and / or time resources on which transmissions are to be made by the network entity to the second type of terminal device using the restricted bandwidth carrier; and wherein the indication of the transmission characteristic comprises an indication that transmissions are to be made by the network entity to the second type of terminal device using the restricted bandwidth carrier with a maximum transmission power threshold which is greater than a maximum transmission power threshold for contemporaneous transmissions to be made by the network entity to the first type of terminal device using the host carrier.
Use of a cleaning solution for cleaning an ink-jet printer, the cleaning solution comprising: a compound represented by the following formula : R 1 -O(EO) m (PO) n H wherein R 1 represents a linear or branched C1 to C30 alkyl group, EO represents an ethyleneoxy group and PO represents a propyleneoxy group, an order in which EO and PO are bonded to each other is any order, m and n each independently represents an integer of 1 to 5, and a ratio m:n is 1:2 or more and is less than 3:2, a compound represented by the following formula : R 2 -O(EO) L H wherein R 2 represents a linear or branched C1 to C30 alkyl group or an aryl group, EO represents an ethyleneoxy group, and L represents an integer of 10 or more, and water. a compound represented by the following formula : R 1 -O(EO) m (PO) n H wherein R 1 represents a linear or branched C1 to C30 alkyl group, EO represents an ethyleneoxy group and PO represents a propyleneoxy group, an order in which EO and PO are bonded to each other is any order, m and n each independently represents an integer of 1 to 5, and a ratio m:n is 1:2 or more and is less than 3:2, a compound represented by the following formula : R 2 -O(EO) L H wherein R 2 represents a linear or branched C1 to C30 alkyl group or an aryl group, EO represents an ethyleneoxy group, and L represents an integer of 10 or more, and water.
A hydrophilic article comprising a substrate , a first surface of a hydrophilic layer comprising sintered, acidified silica nanoparticles attached to the substrate, and a spacer layer attached to a first portion of a second surface of the hydrophilic layer opposite the first surface, wherein the spacer layer defines at least one fluid transport channel bounded on one side by a second portion of the second surface of the hydrophilic layer, and wherein the hydrophilic layer contains less than 0.002 weight percent surfactant, based on the total weight of the hydrophilic layer.
An apparatus for suppressing shock-induced separation of high speed airflow from a relatively low-energy boundary layer of a fluid mass flowing along a wall, the apparatus comprising: an engine inlet comprising a generally continuous interior wall ; and a plurality of actuators configured to alternately inhale fluid from a shock-induced boundary layer separation bubble and exhale fluid; wherein the apparatus includes a plurality of phased actuator arrays each comprising a plurality of said actuators disposed adjacent one another and distributed along the interior wall transverse to the flow direction of the fluid mass, in respective locations where the boundary layer separation bubble forms along the interior wall when the fluid mass is flowing; the plurality of phased actuator arrays are distributed around the generally continuous interior wall of the engine inlet; and the actuators are positioned to direct exhaled fluid back into the boundary layer in a generally downstream exhalation direction. an engine inlet comprising a generally continuous interior wall ; and a plurality of actuators configured to alternately inhale fluid from a shock-induced boundary layer separation bubble and exhale fluid; wherein the apparatus includes a plurality of phased actuator arrays each comprising a plurality of said actuators disposed adjacent one another and distributed along the interior wall transverse to the flow direction of the fluid mass, in respective locations where the boundary layer separation bubble forms along the interior wall when the fluid mass is flowing; the plurality of phased actuator arrays are distributed around the generally continuous interior wall of the engine inlet; and the actuators are positioned to direct exhaled fluid back into the boundary layer in a generally downstream exhalation direction.
Arrangement , comprising: - a hollow shaft , - an input shaft partially contained in the hollow shaft , and - a clamping device , wherein the clamping device has a loose state in which the hollow shaft and the input shaft are removable from each other, and a fixed state in which the hollow shaft is connected to the input shaft , - wherein, during the transition from the loose state into the fixed state, the clamping device introduces forces which are directed radially to the hollow shaft into the hollow shaft at at least three discrete introduction points arranged along a circumference of the hollow shaft such that the hollow shaft bends in the direction of the input shaft at the introduction points and bends away from the input shaft between the introduction points , characterized in that - the clamping device is designed as a clamping ring , - wherein the clamping ring has a conical bore , and wherein the clamping device is arranged in an axially displaceable manner relative to the hollow shaft such that, during the transition from the loose state into the fixed state, said clamping device presses the hollow shaft radially inward by means of the conical bore at the introduction points . - a hollow shaft , - an input shaft partially contained in the hollow shaft , and - a clamping device , wherein the clamping device has a loose state in which the hollow shaft and the input shaft are removable from each other, and a fixed state in which the hollow shaft is connected to the input shaft , - wherein, during the transition from the loose state into the fixed state, the clamping device introduces forces which are directed radially to the hollow shaft into the hollow shaft at at least three discrete introduction points arranged along a circumference of the hollow shaft such that the hollow shaft bends in the direction of the input shaft at the introduction points and bends away from the input shaft between the introduction points , characterized in that - the clamping device is designed as a clamping ring , - wherein the clamping ring has a conical bore , and wherein the clamping device is arranged in an axially displaceable manner relative to the hollow shaft such that, during the transition from the loose state into the fixed state, said clamping device presses the hollow shaft radially inward by means of the conical bore at the introduction points .
A device for filtering of water and filling for a household electrical appliance comprising: - a main filtering device designed to demineralize the water; - a main body comprising: - a main tank comprising a pressing area which is deformable under the manual pressure by a user; - a duct for emptying the main tank , said emptying duct being designed to convey the demineralized water from the main tank to a tank of a household electrical appliance when the deformable pressing area is deformed by the user, characterized in that the main tank is situated downstream from the main filtering device , such as to receive and store the water demineralized by said main filtering device , the main filtering device comprising a filtering tank , the filtering tank comprising a filtering element which is configured to interact mechanically and/or chemically with the water to be filtered to reduce limestone content in the water, an input grid and an output grid through which respectively the water to be demineralized enters the filtering tank and the demineralized water exits the filtering tank, wherein the main tank extends between a proximal end forming a support surface for the main tank and a distal end opposite, the main tank comprising a groove which assists the deformation at the distal end . - a main filtering device designed to demineralize the water; - a main body comprising: - a main tank comprising a pressing area which is deformable under the manual pressure by a user; - a duct for emptying the main tank , said emptying duct being designed to convey the demineralized water from the main tank to a tank of a household electrical appliance when the deformable pressing area is deformed by the user,
A cellulose-based insulation configured to be blown in place, comprising a plurality of cellulose fibers treated with a fire retardant material, wherein at least a portion of the plurality of cellulose fibers are Short Fiber Residual (SFR) fibers and/or other fiber residuals, wherein SFR fibers are a by-product of the production of paper, at least a portion of the plurality of cellulose fibers are joined together to form superstructures, wherein the superstructures are formed to create clusters of cellulose fibers that are fixedly joined together to form three-dimensional bodies, wherein the superstructures and clusters of the superstructures establish voids in the insulation that resist compression and decrease density of the bulk cellulose insulation and remain in place after the insulation has been blown in place.