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A method of a wireless communication by a first device , the method comprising: generating a set of Near Field Communication, NFC, Forum Data Exchange Format, NDEF, records , each NDEF record of the set of NDEF records including an NDEF record header and an NDEF record payload ; applying an authentication-encryption function to each NDEF record of the set of NDEF records based on the NDEF record header of each NDEF record, the NDEF record payload of each NDEF record, and a value associated with each NDEF record to obtain a set of authentication-encrypted NDEF record payloads respectively corresponding to the set of NDEF records, wherein each authentication-encrypted NDEF record payload includes an encrypted NDEF record payload and an authentication tag associated with a corresponding NDEF record; and transmitting a protected NDEF message including the set of authentication-encrypted NDEF records to a second device, wherein each authentication-encrypted NDEF record includes the NDEF record header of the corresponding NDEF record and the authentication-encrypted NDEF record payload . generating a set of Near Field Communication, NFC, Forum Data Exchange Format, NDEF, records , each NDEF record of the set of NDEF records including an NDEF record header and an NDEF record payload ; applying an authentication-encryption function to each NDEF record of the set of NDEF records based on the NDEF record header of each NDEF record, the NDEF record payload of each NDEF record, and a value associated with each NDEF record to obtain a set of authentication-encrypted NDEF record payloads respectively corresponding to the set of NDEF records, wherein each authentication-encrypted NDEF record payload includes an encrypted NDEF record payload and an authentication tag associated with a corresponding NDEF record; and transmitting a protected NDEF message including the set of authentication-encrypted NDEF records to a second device, wherein each authentication-encrypted NDEF record includes the NDEF record header of the corresponding NDEF record and the authentication-encrypted NDEF record payload .
A compact stand for a television camera characterised in that it comprises: - a fixed base with a plurality of slots peripherally provided, - a column suitable for connecting a television camera, such that the camera is rotatable around an axis of the column , - an arm suitable for fixing a seat for a television camera operator and rotatable around the axis of the column , and - a plurality of supporting legs , each being pivotable upon the fixed base , wherein each supporting leg is pivotable between: i.a folded position, in which it is positioned in the corresponding slot so that it is able to be coupled to said corresponding slot , and ii.an open position, in which it is positioned substantially in parallel to the fixed base and thereby able to be placed on a surface. - a fixed base with a plurality of slots peripherally provided, - a column suitable for connecting a television camera, such that the camera is rotatable around an axis of the column , - an arm suitable for fixing a seat for a television camera operator and rotatable around the axis of the column , and - a plurality of supporting legs , each being pivotable upon the fixed base , wherein each supporting leg is pivotable between: i.a folded position, in which it is positioned in the corresponding slot so that it is able to be coupled to said corresponding slot , and ii.an open position, in which it is positioned substantially in parallel to the fixed base and thereby able to be placed on a surface. i.a folded position, in which it is positioned in the corresponding slot so that it is able to be coupled to said corresponding slot , and ii.an open position, in which it is positioned substantially in parallel to the fixed base and thereby able to be placed on a surface.
A method of manufacturing a capacitive micro-machined transducer , in particular a CMUT, the method comprising: - depositing a first electrode layer on a substrate , - depositing a first dielectric film on the first electrode layer , - depositing a sacrificial layer on the first dielectric film , the sacrificial layer being removable for forming a cavity of the transducer, - depositing a second dielectric film on the sacrificial layer , - depositing a second electrode layer on the second dielectric film , and - patterning at least one of the deposited layers and films characterized in that the depositing steps are performed by Atomic Layer Deposition in one single process sequence, wherein the patterning is performed by the "top-to-bottom" patterning after the Atomic Layer Deposition sequence is completed. - depositing a first electrode layer on a substrate , - depositing a first dielectric film on the first electrode layer , - depositing a sacrificial layer on the first dielectric film , the sacrificial layer being removable for forming a cavity of the transducer, - depositing a second dielectric film on the sacrificial layer , - depositing a second electrode layer on the second dielectric film , and - patterning at least one of the deposited layers and films characterized in that
A culture medium for a 3-dimensional multi-organ culture system comprising or consisting or consisting essentially of: Complete PneumaCult®-ALI medium and Complete William's E medium, wherein the amount of Complete PneumaCult®-ALI medium is from 70% (v/v) to 95% (v/v) with the remaining volume being made up to 100% (v/v) with Complete William's E medium; wherein Complete PneumaCult®-ALI medium is a mixture of PneumaCult®-ALI Basal Medium (StemCell Technologies, ref. 05002), PneumaCult®-ALI 10X Supplement (StemCell Technologies, ref. 05003), PneumaCult®-ALI Maintenance Supplement (StemCell Technologies, ref. 05006), Hydrocortisone Stock Solution (StemCell Technologies, ref. 07925), and 0.2% Heparin Sodium Salt in PBS (StemCell Technologies, ref. 37250); and wherein Complete William's E medium is William's E medium (ThermoFisher Scientific, catalogue number 12551032) supplemented with HepaRG Maintenance & Metabolism Supplement (ThermoFisher Scientific, catalogue number HPRG720) and GlutaMAXTM solution (ThermoFisher Scientific, catalogue number 35050061). Complete PneumaCult®-ALI medium and Complete William's E medium, wherein the amount of Complete PneumaCult®-ALI medium is from 70% (v/v) to 95% (v/v) with the remaining volume being made up to 100% (v/v) with Complete William's E medium; wherein Complete PneumaCult®-ALI medium is a mixture of PneumaCult®-ALI Basal Medium (StemCell Technologies, ref. 05002), PneumaCult®-ALI 10X Supplement (StemCell Technologies, ref. 05003), PneumaCult®-ALI Maintenance Supplement (StemCell Technologies, ref. 05006), Hydrocortisone Stock Solution (StemCell Technologies, ref. 07925), and 0.2% Heparin Sodium Salt in PBS (StemCell Technologies, ref. 37250); and wherein Complete William's E medium is William's E medium (ThermoFisher Scientific, catalogue number 12551032) supplemented with HepaRG Maintenance & Metabolism Supplement (ThermoFisher Scientific, catalogue number HPRG720) and GlutaMAXTM solution (ThermoFisher Scientific, catalogue number 35050061).
A thin-film device for generating a blackbody spectrum, comprising: a first carbon nanotube layer configured to generate heat in response to an applied voltage; a second carbon nanotube layer configured to generate the blackbody radiation spectrum in response to the heat from the first carbon nanotube layer; the thin-film device being characterised by a thermocouple between the first carbon nanotube layer and the second carbon nanotube layer for measuring a temperature at the second carbon nanotube layer. a first carbon nanotube layer configured to generate heat in response to an applied voltage; a second carbon nanotube layer configured to generate the blackbody radiation spectrum in response to the heat from the first carbon nanotube layer; the thin-film device being characterised by a thermocouple between the first carbon nanotube layer and the second carbon nanotube layer for measuring a temperature at the second carbon nanotube layer.
A method of selecting a treatment for a patient suffering from gastric cancer comprising: (a) detecting and quantitating a specified Met fragment peptide in a protein digest prepared from a tumor sample obtained from the patient and calculating the level of the Met peptide in said sample by selected reaction monitoring using mass spectrometry, wherein the amino acid sequence of the specified Met peptide is as set forth in SEQ ID NO:1, and wherein the tumor sample is formalin-fixed solid tissue, (b) comparing the level of said Met fragment peptide to a reference level, and (c) selecting a first therapeutic regimen for said patient if the level of said Met fragment peptide level is above said reference level or selecting a second therapeutic regimen for said patient if the Met fragment peptide level is below the reference level, wherein said first therapeutic regimen comprises at least one Met inhibitor, wherein said second therapeutic regimen comprises at least one regimen selected from the group consisting of cisplatin/5FU, FOLFOX (leucovorin, 5-FU and oxaliplatin), FOLFIRI (leucovorin, 5-FU and irinotecan), paclitaxel, 5FU, capecitabine, ECF (epirubicin, cisplatin, and 5-FU), and DCF (docetaxel, cisplatin and 5-FU); and wherein said reference level is 400 amol/μg +/- 25 amol/μg of the tumor sample protein analyzed. (a) detecting and quantitating a specified Met fragment peptide in a protein digest prepared from a tumor sample obtained from the patient and calculating the level of the Met peptide in said sample by selected reaction monitoring using mass spectrometry, wherein the amino acid sequence of the specified Met peptide is as set forth in SEQ ID NO:1, and wherein the tumor sample is formalin-fixed solid tissue, (b) comparing the level of said Met fragment peptide to a reference level, and (c) selecting a first therapeutic regimen for said patient if the level of said Met fragment peptide level is above said reference level or selecting a second therapeutic regimen for said patient if the Met fragment peptide level is below the reference level, wherein said first therapeutic regimen comprises at least one Met inhibitor, wherein said second therapeutic regimen comprises at least one regimen selected from the group consisting of cisplatin/5FU, FOLFOX (leucovorin, 5-FU and oxaliplatin), FOLFIRI (leucovorin, 5-FU and irinotecan), paclitaxel, 5FU, capecitabine, ECF (epirubicin, cisplatin, and 5-FU), and DCF (docetaxel, cisplatin and 5-FU); and wherein said reference level is 400 amol/μg +/- 25 amol/μg of the tumor sample protein analyzed.
A method for three-dimensionally measuring depth-limited objects having a restricted depth deviation from a reference object, in which at least one optical pattern for detecting in different locations and three-dimensionally evaluating is mapped onto the object and arbitrarily changed in its position and/or shape, in which, during changing the at least one optical pattern, at least two mutually synchronized image sequences are taken from the object in different locations, wherein the correspondence allocation of the at least two mutually synchronized image sequences in different locations is defined, for the purpose of short measurement sequences, on a restricted search field adapted to the depth limitation of the object, wherein the at least two mutually synchronized image sequences in different locations are transmitted to a computer, and a similarity analysis of temporal grey value progressions is applied pixel by pixel for finding point correspondence, and homologous points are allocated to one another, wherein the search space for the homologous points is restricted to an environment by reference correspondence points on the reference object which are obtained and stored in advance.
A modified ClyA pore comprising a plurality of subunits, wherein each subunit comprises a polypeptide represented by an amino acid sequence at least 80% identical to SEQ ID NO: 1, wherein (i) exactly one Cys residue is substituted with Ala; (ii) exactly one Cys residue is substituted with Ala and exactly one Cys residue is substituted with Ser; or (iii) exactly one Cys residue is substituted with Ser and one or more of L99, E103, F166 and K294 are substituted with other amino acid residues, wherein the Cys residue is C87 or C285.
A cannula assembly for an intravascular heart pump system comprising: a cannula ; and a pigtail extension coupled to the cannula , the pigtail extension including a proximal section and a distal section , wherein the proximal section is positioned between the cannula and at least a portion of the distal section , wherein the proximal section is composed of a single layer of a first material having a first thickness and a first stiffness, characterized in that the distal section is composed of two layers of material, the two layers including a first layer of the first material at a second thickness less than the first thickness and a second layer of a second material at a third thickness and at a second stiffness, wherein the second and third thickness in aggregate correspond to the first thickness, and the distal section has an overall lower stiffness than the proximal section . a cannula ; and a pigtail extension coupled to the cannula , the pigtail extension including a proximal section and a distal section , wherein the proximal section is positioned between the cannula and at least a portion of the distal section , wherein the proximal section is composed of a single layer of a first material having a first thickness and a first stiffness, characterized in that the distal section is composed of two layers of material, the two layers including a first layer of the first material at a second thickness less than the first thickness and a second layer of a second material at a third thickness and at a second stiffness, wherein the second and third thickness in aggregate correspond to the first thickness, and the distal section has an overall lower stiffness than the proximal section . the proximal section is composed of a single layer of a first material having a first thickness and a first stiffness, characterized in that the distal section is composed of two layers of material, the two layers including a first layer of the first material at a second thickness less than the first thickness and a second layer of a second material at a third thickness and at a second stiffness, wherein the second and third thickness in aggregate correspond to the first thickness, and the distal section has an overall lower stiffness than the proximal section .
A vacuum pump stage, which can be connected downstream of a molecular pump stage in the direction of a gas flow, having an inlet , an outlet , a rotor and a duct , which comprises two side walls and a duct base , - wherein the rotor with a rotor portion penetrates into the duct and a pump effect is achieved by the cooperation of rotor portion and duct , - wherein the rotor has the form of a disc, which over its entire radial extent including the blade region has a constant width - and with an interrupter arranged between inlet and outlet , - wherein two side walls of the duct are curved, and wherein the curvature of each side wall is semi-circular in cross section with reference to a cross section through the duct lying in the axis of rotation, - in which a spacing between two centres of side channel semi-circles (dsi) with reference to a cross section through the duct lying in the axis of rotation amounts to 20% to 120% of the width (d R1 ) of the rotor disc, - in which a side channel radius (R S3 ) of the side channel semi-circle is formed to be between 80% and 120% of the rotor disc width (d R1 ) with reference to a cross section through the duct lying in the axis of rotation, and - in which a blade spacing of rotor blades lies between 50% and 100% of the rotor disc width (d R1 ). - wherein the rotor with a rotor portion penetrates into the duct and a pump effect is achieved by the cooperation of rotor portion and duct , - wherein the rotor has the form of a disc, which over its entire radial extent including the blade region has a constant width - and with an interrupter arranged between inlet and outlet , - wherein two side walls of the duct are curved, and wherein the curvature of each side wall is semi-circular in cross section with reference to a cross section through the duct lying in the axis of rotation, - in which a spacing between two centres of side channel semi-circles (dsi) with reference to a cross section through the duct lying in the axis of rotation amounts to 20% to 120% of the width (d R1 ) of the rotor disc, - in which a side channel radius (R S3 ) of the side channel semi-circle is formed to be between 80% and 120% of the rotor disc width (d R1 ) with reference to a cross section through the duct lying in the axis of rotation, and - in which a blade spacing of rotor blades lies between 50% and 100% of the rotor disc width (d R1 ).
A sensor apparatus comprising: a rotor assembly comprising a rotor magnet responsive to a driving rotational input ; a pole-piece assembly magnetically coupled to the rotor magnet and having a pole-piece configured to effect a respective detent torque in at least two detent locations, wherein, as the driving rotational input rotates beyond a threshold angle said detent torque is overcome, which causes the rotor magnet to angularly accelerate towards the other one of said at least two detent locations irrespective of a relatively low rate of rotation of the driving rotational input; a coil assembly magnetically coupled to the rotor magnet and the pole-piece assembly to generate a signal in response to rotation of the rotor magnet between said at least two detent locations; and a processor responsive to the signal from the coil assembly to determine data indicative of at least one characteristic of the rotational input . a rotor assembly comprising a rotor magnet responsive to a driving rotational input ; a pole-piece assembly magnetically coupled to the rotor magnet and having a pole-piece configured to effect a respective detent torque in at least two detent locations, wherein, as the driving rotational input rotates beyond a threshold angle said detent torque is overcome, which causes the rotor magnet to angularly accelerate towards the other one of said at least two detent locations irrespective of a relatively low rate of rotation of the driving rotational input; a coil assembly magnetically coupled to the rotor magnet and the pole-piece assembly to generate a signal in response to rotation of the rotor magnet between said at least two detent locations; and a processor responsive to the signal from the coil assembly to determine data indicative of at least one characteristic of the rotational input .
A freshening composition comprising a plurality of particles; a structurant system; wherein the structurant system comprises a first polysaccharide and a second polysaccharide, wherein the first polysaccharide is xanthan gum and the second polysaccharide is selected from the group consisting of: konjac gum, locust bean gum, and combinations thereof; wherein the total polysaccharide level of the composition is less than 0.1 wt. % by weight of the composition, an aqueous carrier, wherein the composition has a spray shear viscosity, as measured according to the SPRAY SHEAR VISCOSITY TEST METHOD described herein, of less than 0.025 Pa-s, and wherein the composition has a creep recovery ratio of at least 0.1, as measured according to the CREEP RECOVERY RATIO TEST METHOD described herein, wherein the creep recovery ratio is calculated in accordance with the following equation: Creep Recovery Ratio = Maximum Strain − Average Strain Recovery / Maximum Strain and wherein the composition has a yield stress of greater than 0 Pa and less than 1.0 Pa, as measured by the YIELD STRESS TEST METHOD described herein. a plurality of particles; a structurant system; wherein the structurant system comprises a first polysaccharide and a second polysaccharide, wherein the first polysaccharide is xanthan gum and the second polysaccharide is selected from the group consisting of: konjac gum, locust bean gum, and combinations thereof; wherein the total polysaccharide level of the composition is less than 0.1 wt. % by weight of the composition, an aqueous carrier, wherein the composition has a spray shear viscosity, as measured according to the SPRAY SHEAR VISCOSITY TEST METHOD described herein, of less than 0.025 Pa-s, and wherein the composition has a creep recovery ratio of at least 0.1, as measured according to the CREEP RECOVERY RATIO TEST METHOD described herein, wherein the creep recovery ratio is calculated in accordance with the following equation: Creep Recovery Ratio = Maximum Strain − Average Strain Recovery / Maximum Strain and wherein the composition has a yield stress of greater than 0 Pa and less than 1.0 Pa, as measured by the YIELD STRESS TEST METHOD described herein.
A printing apparatus comprising: a memory configured to store, upon request from a first print-instruction originator, first print-instruction information that instructs the printing apparatus to print, in association with the first print-instruction originator, and to store, upon request from a second print-instruction originator, second print-instruction information that instructs the printing apparatus to print, in association with the second print-instruction originator; a printing unit configured to execute, in an order determined by a predetermined rule, a print job based on the first print-instruction information stored in association with the first print-instruction originator, and a print job based on the second print-instruction information stored in association with the second print-instruction originator, when a first terminal apparatus used by the first print-instruction originator and a second terminal apparatus used by the second print-instruction originator exist within a predetermined first distance with reference to the printing apparatus ; and characterised by : a notifying unit configured to notify at least one of the first terminal apparatus and the second terminal apparatus of the order determined by the predetermined rule. a memory configured to store, upon request from a first print-instruction originator, first print-instruction information that instructs the printing apparatus to print, in association with the first print-instruction originator, and to store, upon request from a second print-instruction originator, second print-instruction information that instructs the printing apparatus to print, in association with the second print-instruction originator; a printing unit configured to execute, in an order determined by a predetermined rule, a print job based on the first print-instruction information stored in association with the first print-instruction originator, and a print job based on the second print-instruction information stored in association with the second print-instruction originator, when a first terminal apparatus used by the first print-instruction originator and a second terminal apparatus used by the second print-instruction originator exist within a predetermined first distance with reference to the printing apparatus ; and characterised by : a notifying unit configured to notify at least one of the first terminal apparatus and the second terminal apparatus of the order determined by the predetermined rule.