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A method of predicting the response of a subject having, suspected of having, or at risk of developing, a differentiated thyroid cancer to a therapy comprising lenvatinib or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, the method comprising: providing a first blood sample obtained from the subject before the therapy comprising lenvatinib or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof; providing a second blood sample obtained from the subject after initiation of the therapy comprising lenvatinib or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof; measuring the concentration of thyroglobulin in the first blood sample and the second blood sample; and calculating the ratio second/first of the concentrations of thyroglobulin, wherein a reduced ratio, as compared to a control, of the concentration of thyroglobulin in the blood samples is predictive that the subject will respond to a therapy comprising lenvatinib or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, and wherein an increased ratio, as compared to a control, of the concentration of thyroglobulin in the blood samples is predictive that the subject will respond less effectively to the therapy comprising lenvatinib or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof than a subject having a reduced ratio, as compared to a control, of the concentration of thyroglobulin in the blood samples. providing a first blood sample obtained from the subject before the therapy comprising lenvatinib or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof; providing a second blood sample obtained from the subject after initiation of the therapy comprising lenvatinib or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof; measuring the concentration of thyroglobulin in the first blood sample and the second blood sample; and calculating the ratio second/first of the concentrations of thyroglobulin, wherein a reduced ratio, as compared to a control, of the concentration of thyroglobulin in the blood samples is predictive that the subject will respond to a therapy comprising lenvatinib or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, and wherein an increased ratio, as compared to a control, of the concentration of thyroglobulin in the blood samples is predictive that the subject will respond less effectively to the therapy comprising lenvatinib or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof than a subject having a reduced ratio, as compared to a control, of the concentration of thyroglobulin in the blood samples.
A method for reducing shrinkage variability of aluminum titanate honeycombs comprising preparing an aluminum titanate-forming batch material comprising inorganic batch components comprising at least one alkaline earth carbonate having a particle size distribution; wherein the particle size distribution of the at least one alkaline earth carbonate is selected based on the predicted shrinkage during sintering of the aluminum titanate honeycombs, wherein the at least one alkaline earth carbonate has a first particle size distribution with a median particle size (pd 50 ) in the range of 0.2 to 2 microns and the at least one alkaline earth carbonate has a second particle size distribution with a median particle size (pd 50 ) in the range of 15 to 30 microns, wherein: if the predicted shrinkage is above a predetermined value, the particle size distribution of the at least one alkaline earth carbonate is selected such that a weight ratio of particles falling within the first particle size distribution to particles falling within the second particle size distribution is less than if the predicted shrinkage is at or below the predetermined value; or if the predicted shrinkage is below a predetermined value, the particle size distribution of the at least one alkaline earth carbonate is selected such that a weight ratio of particles falling within the first particle size distribution to particles falling within the second particle size distribution is greater than if the predicted shrinkage is at or above the predetermined value; wherein the at least one alkaline earth carbonate having the first and second particle size distributions is strontium carbonate, calcium carbonate or magnesium carbonate. if the predicted shrinkage is above a predetermined value, the particle size distribution of the at least one alkaline earth carbonate is selected such that a weight ratio of particles falling within the first particle size distribution to particles falling within the second particle size distribution is less than if the predicted shrinkage is at or below the predetermined value; or if the predicted shrinkage is below a predetermined value, the particle size distribution of the at least one alkaline earth carbonate is selected such that a weight ratio of particles falling within the first particle size distribution to particles falling within the second particle size distribution is greater than if the predicted shrinkage is at or above the predetermined value;
A cytotoxic compound able to specifically kill A Disintegrin and Metalloproteinase 12 (ADAM 12) expressing stromal cells for use to prevent or treat inflammation - induced fibrosis, wherein said compound comprises a targeting molecule which is an antibody specific for ADAM12 protein and a cytotoxic molecule which is a toxin.
An image processing apparatus being able to transmit data in accordance with a plurality of transmission protocols, comprising: a registration means configured to register folder information corresponding to a transmission protocol which is available to a specified user, in association with user information of the specified user; a reception means configured to receive user information; an operation key configured to set, as a transmission destination of data, the folder information which has been registered in association with the user information received by the reception means; a transmitting means configured to transmit data to a folder indicated based on the folder information set by the operation key; said image processing apparatus being characterized by comprising a control means configured to perform control so as not to allow the registration means to register, in accordance with the user information of the specified user, folder information corresponding to a transmission protocol which is not available to the specified user. a registration means configured to register folder information corresponding to a transmission protocol which is available to a specified user, in association with user information of the specified user; a reception means configured to receive user information; an operation key configured to set, as a transmission destination of data, the folder information which has been registered in association with the user information received by the reception means; a transmitting means configured to transmit data to a folder indicated based on the folder information set by the operation key; said image processing apparatus being characterized by comprising a control means configured to perform control so as not to allow the registration means to register, in accordance with the user information of the specified user, folder information corresponding to a transmission protocol which is not available to the specified user.
A surgical robot system comprising: - a robot having a robot base , a robot arm coupled to the robot base , and an end-effector coupled to the robot arm, the end-effector having a first plurality of tracking markers (918A-918D) affixed to a base of the end-effector and a second plurality of tracking markers (918A-918D) affixed to a guide tube of the end-effector , wherein the second plurality of tracking markers (918A-918D) are moveable relative to the first plurality of tracking markers (918A-918D) from a first configuration to a second configuration; and - at least one camera able to detect the first and second plurality of tracking markers (918A-918D) in the first configuration and the second configuration, wherein the robot determines a 3-dimensional position of the end-effector from at least one template corresponding to the first configuration or the second configuration of the first and second plurality of tracking markers (918A - 918D), wherein the guide tube is connected to the base of the end effector with a hinge , and the guide tube is configured to swivel about the hinge between the first and second configurations, and wherein the guide tube has a longitudinal axis positioned vertically in the first configuration, and the guide tube is pivoted such that the longitudinal axis is angled in the second configuration. - a robot having a robot base , a robot arm coupled to the robot base , and an end-effector coupled to the robot arm, the end-effector having a first plurality of tracking markers (918A-918D) affixed to a base of the end-effector and a second plurality of tracking markers (918A-918D) affixed to a guide tube of the end-effector , wherein the second plurality of tracking markers (918A-918D) are moveable relative to the first plurality of tracking markers (918A-918D) from a first configuration to a second configuration; and - at least one camera able to detect the first and second plurality of tracking markers (918A-918D) in the first configuration and the second configuration, wherein the robot determines a 3-dimensional position of the end-effector from at least one template corresponding to the first configuration or the second configuration of the first and second plurality of tracking markers (918A - 918D),
A prism which is constituted by a dielectric medium and is used for an analysis utilizing surface plasmon, comprising: an incidence surface through which excitation light enters from an outside; a reflection surface on which the excitation light which has entered through the incidence surface is reflected; an emission surface through which the excitation light which has been reflected on the reflection surface exits; and an opposing surface which is opposed to the reflection surface , wherein a metal film is formed on the reflection surface , and wherein the opposing surface comprises a sink-mark surface which is a concave surface, the sink-mark surface being transparent to the excitation light, and the prism being characterised in that the sink-mark surface has a surface roughness Ra which is from 0.1 nm to less than 0.5 μm. an incidence surface through which excitation light enters from an outside; a reflection surface on which the excitation light which has entered through the incidence surface is reflected; an emission surface through which the excitation light which has been reflected on the reflection surface exits; and an opposing surface which is opposed to the reflection surface , wherein a metal film is formed on the reflection surface , and wherein the opposing surface comprises a sink-mark surface which is a concave surface, the sink-mark surface being transparent to the excitation light, and the prism being characterised in that the sink-mark surface has a surface roughness Ra which is from 0.1 nm to less than 0.5 μm.
A metal oxide semiconductor, MOS, integrated circuit, IC, including a first standard cell and a second standard cell adjacent the first standard cell , the MOS IC comprising: a first MOS transistor in the first standard cell , the first MOS transistor having a first MOS transistor source ; a first contact interconnect extending in a first direction and contacting the first MOS transistor source , the first contact interconnect being within the first standard cell , the first contact interconnect being coupled to a voltage source ; a first double diffusion break extending along a first boundary in the first direction of the first standard cell and the second standard cell , the first double diffusion break being within both the first standard cell and the second standard cell; a second contact interconnect extending in the first direction along the first boundary and over a portion of the first double diffusion break , the second contact interconnect being within both the first standard cell and the second standard cell, the second contact interconnect being coupled to the voltage source ; and a third contact interconnect extending in a second direction orthogonal to the first direction and contacting the first contact interconnect and the second contact interconnect to couple the first contact interconnect and the second contact interconnect together. a first MOS transistor in the first standard cell , the first MOS transistor having a first MOS transistor source ; a first contact interconnect extending in a first direction and contacting the first MOS transistor source , the first contact interconnect being within the first standard cell , the first contact interconnect being coupled to a voltage source ; a first double diffusion break extending along a first boundary in the first direction of the first standard cell and the second standard cell , the first double diffusion break being within both the first standard cell and the second standard cell; a second contact interconnect extending in the first direction along the first boundary and over a portion of the first double diffusion break , the second contact interconnect being within both the first standard cell and the second standard cell, the second contact interconnect being coupled to the voltage source ; and a third contact interconnect extending in a second direction orthogonal to the first direction and contacting the first contact interconnect and the second contact interconnect to couple the first contact interconnect and the second contact interconnect together.
A system on a chip SoC comprising: a transceiver comprising a transmitter and a receiver , 2. wherein at least one of the transmitter and receiver has a configurable portion that can be configured to operate in a single ended mode and in a differential mode, wherein the transmitter is configured to transmit a test tone via the antenna , and wherein the receiver is configured to monitor the test tone to produce a received test tone signal; two SoC interface pins for coupling the transceiver to an antenna via a matching network , wherein the two interface pins are shareably coupled to the transmitter and to the receiver; and a tunable capacitor coupled to differential signal lines of the configurable portion wherein the tunable capacitor is configured to be tuned across a range of values and to determine a signal strength of the received test tone signal at various values of the tunable capacitor, and wherein the tunable capacitor is configured to optimize impedance matching of the configurable portion for each mode of operation, and wherein the tunable capacitor is adapted to be set to a value that produced an optimum received test tone. a transceiver comprising a transmitter and a receiver , 2. wherein at least one of the transmitter and receiver has a configurable portion that can be configured to operate in a single ended mode and in a differential mode, wherein the transmitter is configured to transmit a test tone via the antenna , and wherein the receiver is configured to monitor the test tone to produce a received test tone signal; two SoC interface pins for coupling the transceiver to an antenna via a matching network , wherein the two interface pins are shareably coupled to the transmitter and to the receiver; and a tunable capacitor coupled to differential signal lines of the configurable portion wherein the tunable capacitor is configured to be tuned across a range of values and to determine a signal strength of the received test tone signal at various values of the tunable capacitor, and wherein the tunable capacitor is configured to optimize impedance matching of the configurable portion for each mode of operation, and wherein the tunable capacitor is adapted to be set to a value that produced an optimum received test tone.
Heat exchanger comprising : a stack of plates comprising a lower plate onto which the other plates are stacked, a fixation plate , and a reinforcement plate between the fixation plate and the lower plate , wherein the reinforcement plate has reinforcing elements obtained from a cut and fold of the reinforcement plate material, characterized in that the reinforcing elements are in contact with the lower plate .
A method, comprising: decoding at least one picture corresponding to at least one of at least two views of multi-view video content from a coding layer bitstream, characterized in that in the coding layer bitstream at least one of coding order information and output order information for the at least one picture is decoupled from at least one view to which the at least one picture corresponds, wherein said decoding decouples the at least one of the coding order information and output order information for the at least one picture using a view identifier, the view identifier being present at a level higher than a macroblock level in the coding layer bitstream, wherein coding order information is redefined as frame_num * N + view_id whereas output order information is redefined as PicOrderCnt(picX) * N + view_id, where frame_num is representative of coding order information, PicOrderCnt is representative of output order information, N is a number of views and view_id is the view identifier; and wherein said decoding obtains the view identifier from the coding layer bitstream for use by a decoded reference picture marking process, and wherein the at least one of the at least two views is decoded using redefined variables in a default reference picture list construction process and a reference picture list reordering process or in a decoded reference marking process of the International Organization for Standardization/ International Electrotechnical Commission Moving Picture Experts Group-4 Part 10 Advanced Video Coding standard. decoding at least one picture corresponding to at least one of at least two views of multi-view video content from a coding layer bitstream, characterized in that in the coding layer bitstream at least one of coding order information and output order information for the at least one picture is decoupled from at least one view to which the at least one picture corresponds, wherein said decoding decouples the at least one of the coding order information and output order information for the at least one picture using a view identifier, the view identifier being present at a level higher than a macroblock level in the coding layer bitstream, wherein coding order information is redefined as frame_num * N + view_id whereas output order information is redefined as PicOrderCnt(picX) * N + view_id, where frame_num is representative of coding order information, PicOrderCnt is representative of output order information, N is a number of views and view_id is the view identifier; and wherein said decoding obtains the view identifier from the coding layer bitstream for use by a decoded reference picture marking process, and wherein the at least one of the at least two views is decoded using redefined variables in a default reference picture list construction process and a reference picture list reordering process or in a decoded reference marking process of the International Organization for Standardization/ International Electrotechnical Commission Moving Picture Experts Group-4 Part 10 Advanced Video Coding standard.
Method for automatically operating a car park , - wherein a route to a target position within the car park is determined for autonomous travel of a vehicle in the car park to the target position , and - wherein at least part of the route is blocked to all further vehicles , that is to say also to non-autonomously driving vehicles, before the vehicle drives through the part , so that the vehicle can drive autonomously through the blocked part of the route . - wherein a route to a target position within the car park is determined for autonomous travel of a vehicle in the car park to the target position , and - wherein at least part of the route is blocked to all further vehicles , that is to say also to non-autonomously driving vehicles, before the vehicle drives through the part , so that the vehicle can drive autonomously through the blocked part of the route .
A polymeric composition, comprising: a first ethylene-based copolymer comprising ethylene and at least one C3 to C20 alpha-olefin comonomer, said first ethylene-based copolymer having a weight percent of ethylene-derived units based on the weight of the first ethylene-based copolymer (EA) ranging from 35 wt% to 52 wt% and a weight-average molecular weight (MwA) of less than 120,000; and a second ethylene-based copolymer comprising ethylene and at least one C3 to C20 alpha-olefin comonomer, said second ethylene-based copolymer having a weight percent of ethylene-derived units based on the weight of the second ethylene-based copolymer (EB) ranging from 65 wt% to 85 wt% and a weight-average molecular weight (MwB) of from above 75,000 to less than 130,000. a first ethylene-based copolymer comprising ethylene and at least one C3 to C20 alpha-olefin comonomer, said first ethylene-based copolymer having a weight percent of ethylene-derived units based on the weight of the first ethylene-based copolymer (EA) ranging from 35 wt% to 52 wt% and a weight-average molecular weight (MwA) of less than 120,000; and a second ethylene-based copolymer comprising ethylene and at least one C3 to C20 alpha-olefin comonomer, said second ethylene-based copolymer having a weight percent of ethylene-derived units based on the weight of the second ethylene-based copolymer (EB) ranging from 65 wt% to 85 wt% and a weight-average molecular weight (MwB) of from above 75,000 to less than 130,000.
A discharge device comprising: a discharge electrode ; a counter electrode that faces the discharge electrode in a first direction (Y): and a voltage application unit that applies an application voltage between the discharge electrode and the counter electrode to generate a discharge, wherein the counter electrode includes a dome-shaped electrode having a recessed inner surface recessed to a side opposite to the discharge electrode in the first direction, and a plurality of protruding electrodes that protrude in a second direction (X) intersecting the first direction from an opening edge of an opening of the dome-shaped electrode , the opening being provided at an end opposite to the discharge electrode , the discharge device forms a discharge path having at least partial dielectric breakdown between the discharge electrode and the protruding electrodes when the discharge occurs, and the discharge path includes a first dielectric breakdown region generated around the discharge electrode , and a second dielectric breakdown region generated around the protruding electodes ; wherein a shape of each of the plurality of the protruding electrodes when viewed in the first direction (Y) is a triangle; characterized in that a base of the triangle is longer than a perpendicular line from a vertex facing the base to the base . a discharge electrode ; a counter electrode that faces the discharge electrode in a first direction (Y): and a voltage application unit that applies an application voltage between the discharge electrode and the counter electrode to generate a discharge, wherein the counter electrode includes a dome-shaped electrode having a recessed inner surface recessed to a side opposite to the discharge electrode in the first direction, and a plurality of protruding electrodes that protrude in a second direction (X) intersecting the first direction from an opening edge of an opening of the dome-shaped electrode , the opening being provided at an end opposite to the discharge electrode , the discharge device forms a discharge path having at least partial dielectric breakdown between the discharge electrode and the protruding electrodes when the discharge occurs, and the discharge path includes a first dielectric breakdown region generated around the discharge electrode , and a second dielectric breakdown region generated around the protruding electodes ; wherein a shape of each of the plurality of the protruding electrodes when viewed in the first direction (Y) is a triangle; characterized in that a base of the triangle is longer than a perpendicular line from a vertex facing the base to the base .