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- Implantable ultrasound generating treating device to induce spinal cord treatment by emission of ultrasound waves, wherein the ultrasound generating treating device is suitable for implantation in the spinal canal and comprises : - an elongate support member extending along an elongation path ; - an array of several ultrasound generating treatment transducers distributed along the elongate support member along an active portion on the elongation path ; - wherein the several treatment transducers comprise radial transducers, each radial treatment transducer emitting an ultrasound treatment beam oriented radially with respect to the elongation path over an effective angular range of at least 120°, preferably at least 180°around the elongation path at the location of the radial transducer; - wherein the treatment transducers have an ultrasound generating resonant frequency comprised between 0.5 and 4 MHz ; - wherein the device has articulating portions along the active portion of the elongation path so that the active portion of the implantable device can adapt its shape to a curved elongation path ; - wherein the device comprises an elongate outer sheath tube , containing the ultrasound generating treatment transducers , the elongate tube being closed at its both ends along the elongation path ; - and wherein two successive treatment transducers are provided at a distance apart from each other of at least 10 mm. - an elongate support member extending along an elongation path ; - an array of several ultrasound generating treatment transducers distributed along the elongate support member along an active portion on the elongation path ; - wherein the several treatment transducers comprise radial transducers, each radial treatment transducer emitting an ultrasound treatment beam oriented radially with respect to the elongation path over an effective angular range of at least 120°, preferably at least 180°around the elongation path at the location of the radial transducer; - wherein the treatment transducers have an ultrasound generating resonant frequency comprised between 0.5 and 4 MHz ; - wherein the device has articulating portions along the active portion of the elongation path so that the active portion of the implantable device can adapt its shape to a curved elongation path ; - wherein the device comprises an elongate outer sheath tube , containing the ultrasound generating treatment transducers , the elongate tube being closed at its both ends along the elongation path ; - and wherein two successive treatment transducers are provided at a distance apart from each other of at least 10 mm.
A method for identifying a functional antibody heavy and light chain pair or a T-cell receptor chain pair in a sample comprising a plurality of antibody secreting cells (ASCs) or T-cells, comprising: subjecting the sample to conditions suitable for expansion of one or more of the cells in the sample to form an expanded sample; partitioning the expanded sample into a plurality of individual vessels to provide a plurality of expanded sample subpopulations; performing a functional assay on one or more of the plurality of expanded sample subpopulations, wherein the functional assay measures a property of an antibody heavy and light chain pair or a T-cell receptor chain pair; identifying one or more functional subpopulations based on the results of the functional assay; lysing the functional subpopulations to produce lysed cells; amplifying the nucleic acid from the lysed cells; attaching a unique DNA barcode to the nucleic acid from the lysed cells, wherein the unique DNA barcode identifies the functional subpopulation from which the nucleic acid originated; pooling and sequencing the pooled barcoded nucleic acid to determine the identity of the chains in each sample subpopulation; determining the observed distribution of each of the chains across the functional subpopulations and calculating statistical probabilities that the observed distributions of chains are independent from one another; identifying the functional chain pair based on the calculated statistical probabilities. subjecting the sample to conditions suitable for expansion of one or more of the cells in the sample to form an expanded sample; partitioning the expanded sample into a plurality of individual vessels to provide a plurality of expanded sample subpopulations; performing a functional assay on one or more of the plurality of expanded sample subpopulations, wherein the functional assay measures a property of an antibody heavy and light chain pair or a T-cell receptor chain pair; identifying one or more functional subpopulations based on the results of the functional assay; lysing the functional subpopulations to produce lysed cells; amplifying the nucleic acid from the lysed cells; attaching a unique DNA barcode to the nucleic acid from the lysed cells, wherein the unique DNA barcode identifies the functional subpopulation from which the nucleic acid originated; pooling and sequencing the pooled barcoded nucleic acid to determine the identity of the chains in each sample subpopulation; determining the observed distribution of each of the chains across the functional subpopulations and calculating statistical probabilities that the observed distributions of chains are independent from one another; identifying the functional chain pair based on the calculated statistical probabilities.
A method of culturing cells, comprising: a) providing a microfluidic device comprising a membrane, said membrane comprising a first surface and a second surface; b) seeding viable human hepatocytes on said first surface and viable human liver sinusoidal endothelial cells on said second surface; and c) culturing said seeded cells under flow conditions such that said cells remain viable for at least 14 days, wherein, prior to step b), said first surface of said membrane is coated with a layer of fibronectin, collagen I, and collagen IV.
A data packet forwarding method, wherein the method is applied to a network adapter, the network adapter is connected to a host device, the host device comprises a first virtual machine, VM, the first VM comprises N virtual network interface cards, vNICs, and the network adapter comprises a first virtual function, VF, allocated to the first VM, wherein N is an integer greater than 1; and the method comprises: receiving mapping relationship information sent by the host device, wherein the mapping relationship information is used to indicate a one-to-one mapping relationship between N queue pairs among queues configured for the first VF and the N vNICs, and each of the N queue pairs is used to forward a data packet of a vNIC corresponding to each queue pair, wherein each of the N queue pairs includes a sending queue and a receiving queue; recording the mapping relationship information in a forwarding information table of the network adapter; forwarding data packets of the N vNICs according to the mapping relationship information recorded in the forwarding information table; and receiving rate limiting policy information from a physical function, PF, driver of the network adapter, wherein the rate limiting policy information is used to indicate an overall rate limiting policy for the N vNICs of the first VM; and configuring, according to the overall rate limiting policy, a bandwidth resource allocated to the first VF. receiving mapping relationship information sent by the host device, wherein the mapping relationship information is used to indicate a one-to-one mapping relationship between N queue pairs among queues configured for the first VF and the N vNICs, and each of the N queue pairs is used to forward a data packet of a vNIC corresponding to each queue pair, wherein each of the N queue pairs includes a sending queue and a receiving queue; recording the mapping relationship information in a forwarding information table of the network adapter; forwarding data packets of the N vNICs according to the mapping relationship information recorded in the forwarding information table; and receiving rate limiting policy information from a physical function, PF, driver of the network adapter, wherein the rate limiting policy information is used to indicate an overall rate limiting policy for the N vNICs of the first VM; and configuring, according to the overall rate limiting policy, a bandwidth resource allocated to the first VF.
Process for producing hydrophobic silica moldings, wherein i) a mixture containing hydrophilic silica is coated with hydrophobicizing agent at a temperature of not more than 55°C and ii) the mixture from step i is, after a storage time of not more than 30 days, compacted to give moldings, iii) where the temperature is not more than 55°C during steps i and ii and up to use of the moldings. i) a mixture containing hydrophilic silica is coated with hydrophobicizing agent at a temperature of not more than 55°C and ii) the mixture from step i is, after a storage time of not more than 30 days, compacted to give moldings, iii) where the temperature is not more than 55°C during steps i and ii and up to use of the moldings.
Beverage preparation device for preparing a beverage from a beverage dose comprising : - a brewing unit for receiving the dose and preparing a beverage from the ingredients contained within the dose and pressurized liquid injected in the dose, - a pressure pump for supplying pressurized liquid to the brewing unit , - beverage dispensing means connected to the brewing unit and comprising a beverage injector arranged for dispensing the beverage through a bottom of a beverage receptacle ;wherein the beverage dispensing means comprises a residual beverage draining valve , between the beverage injector and the brewing unit , which is arranged to be moved between a beverage dispensing position and a beverage residual draining position, characterized in that the residual beverage draining valve and/or the beverage receptacle comprise valve activation means arranged to move the draining valve between a beverage dispensing position in response to the engagement of the bottom of the receptacle with the beverage injector and a beverage residual draining position in response to the removal of receptacle from the beverage injector . - a brewing unit for receiving the dose and preparing a beverage from the ingredients contained within the dose and pressurized liquid injected in the dose, - a pressure pump for supplying pressurized liquid to the brewing unit , - beverage dispensing means connected to the brewing unit and comprising a beverage injector arranged for dispensing the beverage through a bottom of a beverage receptacle ;wherein the beverage dispensing means comprises a residual beverage draining valve , between the beverage injector and the brewing unit , which is arranged to be moved between a beverage dispensing position and a beverage residual draining position, characterized in that the residual beverage draining valve and/or the beverage receptacle comprise valve activation means arranged to move the draining valve between a beverage dispensing position in response to the engagement of the bottom of the receptacle with the beverage injector and a beverage residual draining position in response to the removal of receptacle from the beverage injector .
A hair care composition comprising: a) cationic deposition polymer; and b) discrete dispersed droplets of a water-insoluble conditioning agent; wherein the cationic deposition polymer comprises at least 90% by weight cationically-modified guar by weight of the cationic deposition polymer and wherein the cationically-modified guar comprises: (i) first cationically-modified guar polymer having a charge density of greater than 1.2 meq/g and a molecular weight of at least 1 million g/mol; and (ii) second cationically-modified guar polymer having a charge density of from 0.9 to 1.2 meq/g and a molecular weight of at least 1 million g/mol. Wherein the composition additionally comprises a surface active block polymer selected from poloxamer or poloxamine; wherein the composition comprises particulate anti-dandruff agent; and wherein the cationic charge density is calculated from the degree of substitution using the following equation: cationic charge density in milliequivalents per gram meq / g = DS × 1000 162 + 151 × DS ; and wherein the degree of substitution is measured using 1 H NMR and the spectrum is recorded at 25°C. a) cationic deposition polymer; and b) discrete dispersed droplets of a water-insoluble conditioning agent; wherein the cationic deposition polymer comprises at least 90% by weight cationically-modified guar by weight of the cationic deposition polymer and wherein the cationically-modified guar comprises: (i) first cationically-modified guar polymer having a charge density of greater than 1.2 meq/g and a molecular weight of at least 1 million g/mol; and (ii) second cationically-modified guar polymer having a charge density of from 0.9 to 1.2 meq/g and a molecular weight of at least 1 million g/mol. (i) first cationically-modified guar polymer having a charge density of greater than 1.2 meq/g and a molecular weight of at least 1 million g/mol; and (ii) second cationically-modified guar polymer having a charge density of from 0.9 to 1.2 meq/g and a molecular weight of at least 1 million g/mol.
An egg flat identification system , comprising: a first measurement device configured to determine a first measurement for each of a plurality of eggs carried by an egg flat to be identified in a collection of egg flats; a processor in communication with the first measurement device , the processor being configured to receive the first measurements from the first measurement device and to generate and store a data pattern according to the first measurements of each respective egg flat to be identified; a first processing station having a sampling device configured to extract a sample from each egg and configured to conduct a bioassay thereon; a second measurement device configured to determine a second measurement for each of the plurality of eggs carried by the egg flat to be identified in the collection of egg flats, the second measurement device being positioned downstream from the first measurement device , the second measurement device being in communication with the processor such that the processor is configured to receive the second measurements and to generate a comparative data pattern from the second measurements of the egg flat to be identified; wherein the processor is configured to compare said data pattern with said comparative data pattern so as to confirm the identity of the egg flat to be identified among the collection of egg flats such that the results from the bioassay are accurately associated with the correct egg flat; and a second processing station configured to process the eggs according to the bioassay results. a first measurement device configured to determine a first measurement for each of a plurality of eggs carried by an egg flat to be identified in a collection of egg flats; a processor in communication with the first measurement device , the processor being configured to receive the first measurements from the first measurement device and to generate and store a data pattern according to the first measurements of each respective egg flat to be identified; a first processing station having a sampling device configured to extract a sample from each egg and configured to conduct a bioassay thereon; a second measurement device configured to determine a second measurement for each of the plurality of eggs carried by the egg flat to be identified in the collection of egg flats, the second measurement device being positioned downstream from the first measurement device , the second measurement device being in communication with the processor such that the processor is configured to receive the second measurements and to generate a comparative data pattern from the second measurements of the egg flat to be identified; wherein the processor is configured to compare said data pattern with said comparative data pattern so as to confirm the identity of the egg flat to be identified among the collection of egg flats such that the results from the bioassay are accurately associated with the correct egg flat; and a second processing station configured to process the eggs according to the bioassay results.
Inductive assembly comprising: - a support including a main face wherein an open channel is formed, the channel having at least one straight portion with a bottom surface of the channel connecting at least two side surfaces of the channel to each other, - a printed circuit board , the printed circuit board being foldable from a plate shape to a folded state such that to cover at least a part of the bottom surface and at least a part of the side surfaces of the straight portion of the channel , the printed circuit board comprising a plurality of tracks , each track being electrically continuous between a pair of connecting spots , - a magnetic piece having a shape and a size corresponding to the shape and the size of the channel such that the magnetic piece is configured to be accommodated into the channel when the printed circuit board equips the channel , characterized by the printed circuit board being arranged to surround at least partially a portion of the magnetic piece in the folded state in the channel such that at least one connecting spot of a first track is electrically connected to a connecting spot of a second track to form a winding around the magnetic piece and to inductively couple the printed circuit board and the magnetic piece . - a support including a main face wherein an open channel is formed, the channel having at least one straight portion with a bottom surface of the channel connecting at least two side surfaces of the channel to each other, - a printed circuit board , the printed circuit board being foldable from a plate shape to a folded state such that to cover at least a part of the bottom surface and at least a part of the side surfaces of the straight portion of the channel , the printed circuit board comprising a plurality of tracks , each track being electrically continuous between a pair of connecting spots , - a magnetic piece having a shape and a size corresponding to the shape and the size of the channel such that the magnetic piece is configured to be accommodated into the channel when the printed circuit board equips the channel , characterized by the printed circuit board being arranged to surround at least partially a portion of the magnetic piece in the folded state in the channel such that at least one connecting spot of a first track is electrically connected to a connecting spot of a second track to form a winding around the magnetic piece and to inductively couple the printed circuit board and the magnetic piece .
Method for determining the flow of a multi-phase medium flowing through a measuring tube with a nuclear magnetic flowmeter having a pre-magnetization device and a measuring device, wherein the pre-magnetization device implements at least two pre-magnetization sections with different lengths with the lengths L 1 , L 2 , ..., wherein nuclear magnetic measurement is carried out for determining measuring signals, characterized in that one measuring device is used that implements 2D tomography at the end of each pre-magnetization section in a measuring plane perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the measuring tube, that the measuring planes are identically divided into voxels, that the dimensions of the voxels are chosen such that only one phase of the medium flows in each voxel, that the flow velocity of the medium is determined in each voxel in each measuring plane, that the average flow velocity of the medium for each voxel over all measuring planes is determined from the determined values of the flow velocity of each corresponding voxel of the individual measuring planes, that the signal ratio of the measuring signals of each corresponding voxel of the different measuring planes to one another is determined and that , with the known values for the lengths L 1 , L 2 ... of the pre-magnetization section, the T 1 times in each voxel are determined using the signal ratios.
A signal processor configured to receive a first signal and provide a second signal based on the first signal, the signal processor comprising: a pulse cataloger configured to analyze the first signal and to provide phase modulation information about the first signal; a direct digital synthesizer having an output and configured to produce a phase modulated second signal using the phase modulation information and to provide the phase modulated second signal as the second signal at the output; and wherein the second signal includes a representation of the first signal with a frequency notch at a particular center frequency within the bandwidth of the second signal. a pulse cataloger configured to analyze the first signal and to provide phase modulation information about the first signal; a direct digital synthesizer having an output and configured to produce a phase modulated second signal using the phase modulation information and to provide the phase modulated second signal as the second signal at the output; and wherein the second signal includes a representation of the first signal with a frequency notch at a particular center frequency within the bandwidth of the second signal.
One-touch control device of a controlled automatic gearbox of a motor vehicle, comprising a control lever : - which has a single stable position (H) into which it is returned whatever the position previously occupied by the control lever ; - which, from this single stable position (H), may occupy positions for selecting different modes (N, D, R) including a position (D) for selecting an automatic normal drive mode, a position (R) for selecting an automatic normal reverse mode, and a position (N) for selecting a normal neutral mode (N); - and which from this single stable position (H) may occupy positions (+, -) for manually selecting different forward gears; characterized in that - the device only allows a forward gear to be manually selected (+, -) when said automatic normal drive mode (D) has been previously selected; - when the control lever is held in a position for manually selecting a forward gear for a period shorter than a predefined threshold value (T0), the corresponding gear is selected and after release of the control lever , the gearbox returns to said automatic normal drive mode (D); - when the control lever is held in a position for manually selecting a forward gear for a period longer than said predefined threshold value (T0), the corresponding gear is selected and the gearbox is in a permanent manual forward gear selection mode. - which has a single stable position (H) into which it is returned whatever the position previously occupied by the control lever ; - which, from this single stable position (H), may occupy positions for selecting different modes (N, D, R) including a position (D) for selecting an automatic normal drive mode, a position (R) for selecting an automatic normal reverse mode, and a position (N) for selecting a normal neutral mode (N); - and which from this single stable position (H) may occupy positions (+, -) for manually selecting different forward gears; - the device only allows a forward gear to be manually selected (+, -) when said automatic normal drive mode (D) has been previously selected; - when the control lever is held in a position for manually selecting a forward gear for a period shorter than a predefined threshold value (T0), the corresponding gear is selected and after release of the control lever , the gearbox returns to said automatic normal drive mode (D); - when the control lever is held in a position for manually selecting a forward gear for a period longer than said predefined threshold value (T0), the corresponding gear is selected and the gearbox is in a permanent manual forward gear selection mode.