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An apparatus comprising: a housing having a transparent portion a scanning optical element 204A) enclosed within the housing, wherein the scanning optical element comprises a free end portion of an optical fiber and an actuator to move the free end portion of the optical fiber and wherein light is to be directed between the free end portion of the optical fiber of the scanning optical element and the transparent portion of the housing; characterized in that the apparatus includes: a heater comprising a coil resistance heater coiled around a length of the free end portion of the optical fiber, the coil resistance heater comprising a greater number of loops per unit length towards one or more ends of the coil resistance heater than towards a center of the coil resistance heater to adjust a temperature of the optical fiber to reduce positional inaccuracy of the optical fiber; and a temperature sensor device to sense the temperature within the housing. a housing having a transparent portion a scanning optical element 204A) enclosed within the housing, wherein the scanning optical element comprises a free end portion of an optical fiber and an actuator to move the free end portion of the optical fiber and wherein light is to be directed between the free end portion of the optical fiber of the scanning optical element and the transparent portion of the housing; characterized in that the apparatus includes: a heater comprising a coil resistance heater coiled around a length of the free end portion of the optical fiber, the coil resistance heater comprising a greater number of loops per unit length towards one or more ends of the coil resistance heater than towards a center of the coil resistance heater to adjust a temperature of the optical fiber to reduce positional inaccuracy of the optical fiber; and a temperature sensor device to sense the temperature within the housing. a heater comprising a coil resistance heater coiled around a length of the free end portion of the optical fiber, the coil resistance heater comprising a greater number of loops per unit length towards one or more ends of the coil resistance heater than towards a center of the coil resistance heater to adjust a temperature of the optical fiber to reduce positional inaccuracy of the optical fiber; and a temperature sensor device to sense the temperature within the housing.
A method for determining a self-position, wherein a first position value (Ps) is determined by means of a first incremental estimation from a point cloud acquired with a first optical sensor and a second position value (Po) is determined by means of a second incremental estimation from measurement data of a second non-optical sensor , and the self-position position is determined on the basis of the first position value (Ps) and the second position value (Po), characterized in that the second position value (Po) is transferred as second position value (P o ') into the coordinate system of the first incremental estimation, and in that at least if the first position value (Ps) does not lie in a vicinity of the second position value (P O ') defined by a tolerance deviation, a modified first position value (P OS ) is determined from the point cloud under the boundary condition that the modified first position value (Pos) lies in the vicinity of the second position value (Po'), i.e. the first incremental estimation for the determination of the modified first position value (P OS ) is restricted to solutions in the vicinity.
A tire comprising a tread portion provided with two circumferential grooves disposed one each side of the tire equator (C) and extending continuously in the tire circumferential direction, and a shoulder land region defined on the axially outside of each of the two circumferential grooves and provided with oblique grooves inclined with respect to the tire axial direction, wherein the oblique grooves include first oblique grooves having axially inner ends , and second oblique grooves having axially inner ends positioned axially outside the axially inner ends of the first oblique grooves , each of the first oblique grooves is curved so as to have a vertex of curve being located on one of the groove edges at a position at which a distance (L4) between the groove edge and a straight line drawn between the axially inner end and an outer end of the first oblique groove is the largest, wherein the distance (L4) extends along an axis perpendicular to the straight line , and the vertexes of curve of the first oblique grooves are positioned axially outside the axially inner ends of the second oblique grooves , characterized in that the difference between the angle (θ3) with respect to the tire axial direction of the straight line of the first oblique groove and the angle (θ5) with respect to the tire axial direction of a straight line drawn between the axially inner end and an outer end of the second oblique groove is not more than 10 degrees. the oblique grooves include first oblique grooves having axially inner ends , and second oblique grooves having axially inner ends positioned axially outside the axially inner ends of the first oblique grooves , first oblique grooves having axially inner ends , and second oblique grooves having axially inner ends positioned axially outside the axially inner ends of the first oblique grooves , each of the first oblique grooves is curved so as to have a vertex of curve being located on one of the groove edges at a position at which a distance (L4) between the groove edge and a straight line drawn between the axially inner end and an outer end of the first oblique groove is the largest, wherein the distance (L4) extends along an axis perpendicular to the straight line , and the vertexes of curve of the first oblique grooves are positioned axially outside the axially inner ends of the second oblique grooves ,
A tire wear prediction system , comprising: a wear prediction unit for predicting a wear state of a tire mounted at a predetermined wheel position of a vehicle based on a traveling state of the vehicle ; a change history acquisition unit for acquiring a change history including rotation of the wheel position on which the tire is mounted or a content of replacement with another tire; a wear state correction unit for correcting wear characteristics of the tire predicted by the wear prediction unit based on the change history; and a wear state display unit for displaying the wear state predicted by the wear prediction unit , wherein the wear prediction unit predicts the wear state of the tire based on wear characteristics corrected by the wear state correction unit , characterized in that the wear state display unit displays the wear state for each type of wear cause, wherein the wear cause includes an ideal, driving wheel application, steering wheel application and load application. a wear prediction unit for predicting a wear state of a tire mounted at a predetermined wheel position of a vehicle based on a traveling state of the vehicle ; a change history acquisition unit for acquiring a change history including rotation of the wheel position on which the tire is mounted or a content of replacement with another tire; a wear state correction unit for correcting wear characteristics of the tire predicted by the wear prediction unit based on the change history; and a wear state display unit for displaying the wear state predicted by the wear prediction unit , wherein the wear prediction unit predicts the wear state of the tire based on wear characteristics corrected by the wear state correction unit , characterized in that the wear state display unit displays the wear state for each type of wear cause, wherein the wear cause includes an ideal, driving wheel application, steering wheel application and load application.
Facility for supplying gas provided with an insulating chamber including a rear wall and two side walls , as well as a door that pivots about a vertical axis (X) in order to allow the opening and the closing of the chamber, said facility including two multifunctional blocks that each protect a fluid circuit, attached to said rear wall inside said chamber and each including: - a single regulator , - a purging system made up of three valves (V1, V2, V3), - a means for fluid connection to the contents of a cylinder (B, B'), - an outlet allowing a device to be supplied with gas, characterised in that the regulator is located upstream of the purging system, and in that the surface area of the wall recess of each multifunctional block on said rear wall is less than 270cm 2 , preferably less than 220cm 2 , and characterised in that the two blocks each fixed to a cylinder (B and B') are arranged so as to allow an automatic tilting from one cylinder to the other, in order to allow an uninterrupted distribution of gas. - a single regulator , - a purging system made up of three valves (V1, V2, V3), - a means for fluid connection to the contents of a cylinder (B, B'), - an outlet allowing a device to be supplied with gas,
A Nuclear Medicine (N-M) imaging system comprising: a gantry comprising: a stationary stator (104; a rotor rotatably mounted on said stator and including at least one detection unit including at least one pivotable scanning column having at least one Multi-Pixel Photon Counter (MPC) , said pivotable scanning column driven by at least one scanning column driver assembly; a rotor driving assembly comprising: a motor ; and a flat driving belt mounted on an outer circumferential flat surface of said rotor , the length of said driving belt being shorter than a circumference of said outer circumferential surface of said rotor and driven by said motor to rotate said rotor . a stationary stator (104; a rotor rotatably mounted on said stator and including at least one detection unit including at least one pivotable scanning column having at least one Multi-Pixel Photon Counter (MPC) , said pivotable scanning column driven by at least one scanning column driver assembly; a rotor driving assembly comprising: a motor ; and a flat driving belt mounted on an outer circumferential flat surface of said rotor , the length of said driving belt being shorter than a circumference of said outer circumferential surface of said rotor and driven by said motor to rotate said rotor . a motor ; and a flat driving belt mounted on an outer circumferential flat surface of said rotor , the length of said driving belt being shorter than a circumference of said outer circumferential surface of said rotor and driven by said motor to rotate said rotor .
A method of analyzing a sample comprising a protein of interest, the method comprising: a. denaturing the sample; b. labeling the sample with a fluorescent label to produce a labeled sample; c. quenching un-reacted fluorescent label in the labeled sample; d. deglycosylating the labeled sample with an endoglycosidase; and e. performing electrophoresis on the labeled sample; wherein the sample is denatured, labeled and quenched in steps (a) through (c) prior to deglycosylation in step (d). a. denaturing the sample; b. labeling the sample with a fluorescent label to produce a labeled sample; c. quenching un-reacted fluorescent label in the labeled sample; d. deglycosylating the labeled sample with an endoglycosidase; and e. performing electrophoresis on the labeled sample;
Apparatus for additively manufacturing three-dimensional objects by means of successive layerwise selective consolidation of layers of a build material which can be consolidated by means of an energy source , which apparatus comprises an optical unit built as or comprising a window of a process chamber of the apparatus , wherein the optical unit comprises at least one optical surface arranged in the process chamber of the apparatus , the apparatus comprising at least one determination device with at least one light source and at least one determination unit adapted to determine at least one radiation parameter of radiation emitted from the light source and reflected at the optical surface of the optical unit , wherein the determination device is adapted to determine at least one condition information of the optical unit based on the determined radiation parameter, wherein the light source is adapted to essentially radially couple the radiation into the optical unit with respect to an optical axis of the optical unit , wherein the light source is arranged in that the radiation is coupled at a rim or an edge into the optical unit .
A method for preparing a delayed release delivery system comprising: (a) providing at least one hydrophilic core particle having surface pores and having an oil-containing liquid absorbed therein, wherein the particle is an inorganic particle selected from the group consisting of silica, silica silylate, and calcium silicate; (b) contacting the particle of (a) with a liquid polymer under conditions sufficient to encapsulate the at least one particle with the liquid polymer to form at least one polymer coated treated particle, wherein the liquid polymer has a hydrophobic backbone and a plurality of hydrophilic pendant groups, wherein the polymer comprises a silicone backbone and is modified with polyglycerol pendant groups, and wherein at least some of the surface pores on the hydrophilic core particle adjacent to the hydrophilic pendant groups are blocked in the presence of water and unblocked in the absence of water, wherein the thickness of the polymer coating on the treated particle is from 10 nm to 30 nm, and wherein the contacting comprises mixing, spray coating, or sonication; and (c) dispersing the at least one treated particle in an aqueous-containing cosmetically acceptable vehicle. (a) providing at least one hydrophilic core particle having surface pores and having an oil-containing liquid absorbed therein, wherein the particle is an inorganic particle selected from the group consisting of silica, silica silylate, and calcium silicate; (b) contacting the particle of (a) with a liquid polymer under conditions sufficient to encapsulate the at least one particle with the liquid polymer to form at least one polymer coated treated particle, wherein the liquid polymer has a hydrophobic backbone and a plurality of hydrophilic pendant groups, wherein the polymer comprises a silicone backbone and is modified with polyglycerol pendant groups, and wherein at least some of the surface pores on the hydrophilic core particle adjacent to the hydrophilic pendant groups are blocked in the presence of water and unblocked in the absence of water,
A magnetic plug assembly , comprising: a moveable member comprising an aperture and one or more magnets , wherein the moveable member is moveable between an extended position and a retracted position; a plug tip extending through the aperture; and one or more biasing elements urging the moveable member and the one or more magnets toward a distal end of the plug tip, wherein the moveable member is moveable relative to the plug tip and wherein the one or more biasing elements maintain the moveable member in the extended position, characterised in that the magnetic plug assembly is configured to electronically couple to a magnetic receptacle when the moveable member is in the extended position. a moveable member comprising an aperture and one or more magnets , wherein the moveable member is moveable between an extended position and a retracted position; a plug tip extending through the aperture; and one or more biasing elements urging the moveable member and the one or more magnets toward a distal end of the plug tip, wherein the moveable member is moveable relative to the plug tip and wherein the one or more biasing elements maintain the moveable member in the extended position, characterised in that the magnetic plug assembly is configured to electronically couple to a magnetic receptacle when the moveable member is in the extended position.
A thermal bonding sheet comprising a layer serving as a sintered layer after being heated, wherein a modulus of elasticity of the layer after being heated under the following heating condition A is in a range of 30 GPa to 150 GPa in measurement using a nanoindenter: <Heating Condition A> the layer is heated at a heating rate of 1.5°C/sec from 80°C to 300°C under pressure of 10 MPa, and then held at 300°C for 2.5 minutes, and wherein the layer contains a thermally decomposable binder which is a solid at 23°C, wherein the thermally decomposable binder is a polycarbonate or an acrylic resin, and fine metal particles in an amount of from 60 to 98% by weight based on the entire layer, wherein the fine metal particles are sintering metal particles, wherein the average particle diameter of the sintering metal particles is from 0.0005 μm to 30 μm as determined by scanning electron microscopy, wherein the fine metal particles are made of at least one selected from the group consisting of silver, copper, silver oxide, and copper oxide. wherein a modulus of elasticity of the layer after being heated under the following heating condition A is in a range of 30 GPa to 150 GPa in measurement using a nanoindenter: <Heating Condition A> the layer is heated at a heating rate of 1.5°C/sec from 80°C to 300°C under pressure of 10 MPa, and then held at 300°C for 2.5 minutes, and wherein the layer contains a thermally decomposable binder which is a solid at 23°C, wherein the thermally decomposable binder is a polycarbonate or an acrylic resin, and fine metal particles in an amount of from 60 to 98% by weight based on the entire layer, wherein the fine metal particles are sintering metal particles, wherein the average particle diameter of the sintering metal particles is from 0.0005 μm to 30 μm as determined by scanning electron microscopy, wherein the fine metal particles are made of at least one selected from the group consisting of silver, copper, silver oxide, and copper oxide.
A Bauhinia spp. extract for use in the treatment of a subject having or suspected of having an amyloid related neurodegenerative disease, wherein the Bauhinia spp. extract is administered orally in an amount of about 5-50 mg/Kg, wherein the Bauhinia spp. extract is a water extract or an ethanol extract; the water extract of Bauhinia spp. is produced by mixing the powdered stem of Bauhinia spp. with water at a ratio from 1:5 (w/v) to 1:20 (w/v) at about 30-100°C for about 0.5 - 5 hrs; and the ethanol extract of Bauhinia spp. is produced by mixing the powdered stem of Bauhinia spp. with 95% ethanol (vol%) at a ratio from 1:5 (w/v) to 1:20 (w/v) at about 15-35°C for about 1-10 days.
A frequency offset estimation apparatus which estimates the difference between a carrier frequency of a received signal and the frequency of an output signal of a local oscillator, the apparatus comprising: a frequency offset coarse estimation unit that estimates a frequency offset from a frequency spectrum of the received signal including two polarizations sampled in advance with a predetermined sampling frequency; a frequency offset fine estimation unit that has a periodical frequency offset estimation characteristic with respect to the received signal or a signal obtained by compensating for dispersion of the received signal; and a frequency ambiguity elimination control unit that eliminates frequency ambiguity of a frequency offset which has been estimated by the frequency offset fine estimation unit, based on the value of the frequency offset estimated by the frequency offset coarse estimation unit, to estimate the frequency offset. a frequency offset coarse estimation unit that estimates a frequency offset from a frequency spectrum of the received signal including two polarizations sampled in advance with a predetermined sampling frequency; a frequency offset fine estimation unit that has a periodical frequency offset estimation characteristic with respect to the received signal or a signal obtained by compensating for dispersion of the received signal; and a frequency ambiguity elimination control unit that eliminates frequency ambiguity of a frequency offset which has been estimated by the frequency offset fine estimation unit, based on the value of the frequency offset estimated by the frequency offset coarse estimation unit, to estimate the frequency offset.
An apparatus for displaying remaining and elapsed time, comprising: a body comprising a front tray and a rear tray secured together, the body having a battery compartment for storing at least one battery , said at least one battery powering a control module located in the body , the control module determining the speed at which a shaft rotates to rotate a colored disk secured to the shaft to indicate elapsed and remaining time, characterized by boards (100a-100c) removable secured in a cavity in the front tray of the body with at least one biasing member , each of the boards (100a-100c) having an opening through which a lens passes, at least one of the boards (100a-100c) having numerical indicia marks on each face of the board (100a-100c) to indicate different time periods, each of the time periods corresponding to one of the time periods programmed into the control module . a body comprising a front tray and a rear tray secured together, the body having a battery compartment for storing at least one battery , said at least one battery powering a control module located in the body , the control module determining the speed at which a shaft rotates to rotate a colored disk secured to the shaft to indicate elapsed and remaining time, characterized by boards (100a-100c) removable secured in a cavity in the front tray of the body with at least one biasing member , each of the boards (100a-100c) having an opening through which a lens passes, at least one of the boards (100a-100c) having numerical indicia marks on each face of the board (100a-100c) to indicate different time periods, each of the time periods corresponding to one of the time periods programmed into the control module .
A non-transitory, computer-readable storage medium storing program instructions that when executed on a computing device cause the computing device to perform: loading, by a platform-independent, object-oriented, runtime environment, a class file comprising a class declaration for a generic class , wherein the class file is marked up with specialization related metadata, wherein the generic class is specializable over a plurality of type parameterizations, wherein the class declaration comprises a refinement method specific to a particular one of the plurality of type parameterizations, wherein the refinement method comprises an alternate implementation for a method of the generic class when the generic class is specialized for the particular type parameterization; specializing the generic class for the particular type parameterization by creating a new class using the class file as a template; and including the refinement method in the specialized generic class in response to said specializing and based on the particular type parameterization. loading, by a platform-independent, object-oriented, runtime environment, a class file comprising a class declaration for a generic class , wherein the class file is marked up with specialization related metadata, wherein the generic class is specializable over a plurality of type parameterizations, wherein the class declaration comprises a refinement method specific to a particular one of the plurality of type parameterizations, wherein the refinement method comprises an alternate implementation for a method of the generic class when the generic class is specialized for the particular type parameterization; specializing the generic class for the particular type parameterization by creating a new class using the class file as a template; and including the refinement method in the specialized generic class in response to said specializing and based on the particular type parameterization.