Abstract: A method of tuning a production module using a reference module with virtual gain correction is provided. The method includes selecting a counterpart reference module created for a select application. The production module is commutatively coupled to the selected counterpart reference module to generate a production module pair. A production module gain curve for the production module pair is measured for each frequency band to be used by the production module. The production module is tuned based at least in part on offset gain values at select number of frequency observation points for each frequency band associated with the counterpart reference module and gain values at the select number of frequency observation points of the measured production module gain curve for each frequency band.

Abstract: The invention provides an unbiased method to assess the binding of a test compound to a multiplicity of proteins in the same sample, including samples from living cells by applying the unbiased determination technique of SWATH-MS or the biased technique of SRM-MS to a thermal shift assay to evaluate drug target interactions. In addition, the results created by SWATH-MS can be analyzed by SRM-MS in a biased manner to assess the binding of a test compound to a multiplicity of proteins in the same sample, including samples from living cells.

Abstract: An unloading system for use in a storage structure having a sidewall that contains granular stored material. A reclaiming portion is spaced from the sidewall and has a floor portion that extends from a discharge opening toward the sidewall. The floor portion of the reclaiming portion is supported above the floor of the storage structure. The reclaiming portion may move with respect to the sidewall and is isolated from movement with respect to the sidewall of the storage structure. Seals between the reclaiming portion and the sidewall prevent the stored material from bypassing the reclaiming portion so that any discharge of the stored material occurs through the discharge opening.

Abstract: A communication cable that includes a twisted wire pair that includes a pair of insulated wires that are twisted together and that each include a conductor and an insulating covering that covers an outer periphery of the conductor; and a sheath that is made of an insulating material and continuously covers an entire outer periphery of the twisted wire pair about a center along a longitudinal axis of the twisted wire pair, wherein the sheath has a dielectric loss tangent of 0.0001 or more in a frequency range of 1 to 50 MHz.

Abstract: The invention relates generally to a system used to produce a prototype part and subsequently an accurate design specification for a fluid or gas handling system/hose and or tube assembly, followed by the subsequent communication of that specification into an ordering interface that processes the specification into a usable format as a means to accurately produce and re-create the original specification in a remote location by a specific manufacturing process, in order to supply the originator of the design an accurate, working part, produced in the specified materials in a rapid, convenient and cost effective manner. The process has global applications in various industries, markets and vehicle or machinery types, particularly where it is inconvenient or prohibitively expensive to have the work performed on-site by a technician.

Abstract: A boom conveyor includes a boom that carries a conveyor, a support structure for the boom, a rear pivot joint that connects a rear end of the boom to the support structure, and a pivot drive that controls pivoting movement of the boom about the rear pivot joint. The boom conveyor apparatus includes an operator platform and an attachment mechanism at a front end of the boom whereby the operator platform may be attached to the boom or detached therefrom. The attachment mechanism includes a leveling mechanism that is configured to apply a leveling adjustment to the operator platform.

Abstract: An image reconstructing method includes: obtaining pieces of first k-space data acquired from a patient, first acquisition times corresponding to the pieces of first k-space data, and pieces of biological signal information of the patient in a time series, the pieces of first k-space data being sampled with time-varying undersampling pattern; generating pieces of second k-space data by inverse transforming an intermediate data which is generated by transforming the pieces of first k-space data, the pieces of second k-space data is a data that at least part of the undersampled point is filled; generating a pseudo second acquisition time of each of the pieces of second k-space data, based on the first acquisition times; performing a rearranging process on the pieces of second k-space data, based on the second acquisition times and the pieces of biological signal information; and generating images by performing a reconstructing process on the pieces of second k-space data resulting from the rearranging process.

Abstract: A method for inhibiting whisker growth on a metallic substrate susceptible to whisker growth (e.g., tin, zinc, cadmium, indium, silver, lead, aluminum, gold, aluminum, gold, and alloys thereof), the method comprising coating a surface of the metallic substrate with a charge dissipative (CD) polymer, or more particularly, an electrostatically dissipative (ESD) polymer, that inhibits whisker growth on said surface under conditions where whisker growth would otherwise occur. In some embodiments, the CD or ESD polymer does not possess the necessary strength and/or thickness to function as a physical barrier for whisker growth. In particular embodiments, the CD or ESD polymer prevents the onset of whisker formation or growth, thus not requiring the CD or ESD polymer to function as a physical barrier.

Abstract: This invention is directed to a method, system and apparatus for the treatment fluids. An apparatus for the treatment of a fluid comprises a fluid chamber and at least one ultraviolet light unit arranged at a periphery of the fluid chamber. The at least one ultraviolet light unit comprises at least one ultraviolet light emitting diode and an ultraviolet light directing element. The ultraviolet light directing element is configured to collimate at least a portion of the light emitted from the at least one ultraviolet light emitting diode in use such that the ultraviolet light rays emitted from each ultraviolet light unit are parallel in a first plane. Also described is a method for the cooling a light emitting diode in a fluid treatment system.

Abstract: Assemblies designed to facilitate detection of water flow in low water flow situations. In some embodiments, the assembly includes a channel that narrows from an inlet end of the assembly to an outlet end of the assembly to increase the velocity of water flowing through the channel. In some embodiments, the assembly may also include a water delivery mechanism that delivers water flowing through the channel to a flow sensor and enables the detection of water flow, even in low flow situations.

Abstract: A method and apparatus are provided for positron emission imaging to calibrate energy measurements of a pixilated gamma-ray detector using energy sharing events between channels of the detector. Due to conservation of energy, when the energy of a single gamma ray shared among multiple channels, the sum of measured energies across the respective channel must equal the original energy of the incident gamma ray. Further, the fractions of the original energy distributed to the respective channels can span the entire range of zero to the original energy. Thus, a single gamma-ray source (e.g., cesium isotope 137) can be used to continuously calibrate the nonlinear energy response of the detector over an entire range of interest.

Abstract: A lotion pump includes a pump body with a pump chamber, the pump body is connected with a bottle-locking cap used for fixing the bottle body, and the pump chamber is internally provided with a pumping assembly capable of moving up and down in the pump chamber to pump lotion in the bottle body upwards; the lower end of the pump chamber with a one-way valve only for discharging the lotion in the bottle body upwards during the pumping assembly, the upper end of the pumping assembly is connected with a bent mouth for discharging the lotion, the bent mouth with a connecting ring, the upper end of the pump body with a locking part capable of being rotationally connected with the connecting ring, and an anti-slipping structure between the locking part and the connecting ring for preventing the bent mouth from being unscrewed and opened mistakenly.

Abstract: This invention relates to a combination of a gun having a rifled barrel and a round of enhanced performance ammunition, and to a projectile for use in the combination. The invention is especially, but not exclusively related to an improved form of projectile for small arms ammunition. There is provided a projectile with a nominal calibre, for use in a rifled barrel, the projectile comprising: a monolithic body, said monolithic body comprising a. an ogival portion forming the front of the monolithic body; said ogival portion at a point of intersection abuts with b. an elongate cylindrical core, said elongate cylindrical core comprising at least three bands located circumferentially thereon, said bands protruding radially outward therefrom; and said elongate cylindrical core abuts c.

Abstract: A clamp mechanism for a steering column assembly comprises a support bracket; a clamp pin that passes through an elongate slot in the support bracket and an opening in a shroud of the steering column; a fixing member; a toothed rack carried by the support bracket in a position facing the fixing member, the toothed rack comprising a plurality of recesses each spaced from an adjacent recess by a land, the toothed rack extending alongside the elongate slot; a locking pin located in a bore in the fixing member that is biased in a direction towards the toothed rack by a spring; and clamp means that in use causes the fixing member to move between a clamped condition and unclamped condition.

Abstract: The invention provides a peptide derived from the interleukin-13 receptor ?2, which serves as a HLA-A2-restricted cytotoxic T lymphocyte (CTL) epitope. The invention can be used as a vaccine for glioma and can be formulated into compositions for medical or veterinary use. In addition, the invention provides the use of a peptide derived from the Eph family of tyrosine kinase receptors which can be also used as a vaccine for glioma and can be formulated into compositions for medical or veterinary use.

Abstract: A knife strip, cutting bar and adjusting device are provided by means of which an exact adjustment of the knife height is ensured for the entire service life of the adjusting device or of the knife bar, or by means of which the use of an adjusting device can even be forgone completely. An adjusting device includes a knife strip wherein at least one stop surface is formed in the area of at least one outer edge. An adjusting device includes at least one stop against which the at least one stop surface of the knife strip is placed. A knife bar includes at least one stop against which the at least one stop surface of the knife strip is placed.

Abstract: The invention relates to a connection device comprising: a socket body qualified according to a first standard, the socket body being hollow and intended to be attached to a panel of an onboard item of equipment; an external connector securely housed in the socket body, the external connector being defined according to a second, different and less robust standard; an internal connector linked to the external connector; a flexible, impedance-matched transition housed at least partially in the socket body and positioned between the external connector and the internal connector, which is configured, when in operation, to match the impedance of the lines passing between the internal connector and the external connector.

Abstract: To provide a high-pressure fuel pump capable of ensuring good magnetic properties and reliability for cracking. Therefore, the fixed core 39 is precipitation hardening type ferritic stainless steel (ferritic precipitation hardening type metal). The anchor 36 is precipitation hardening type ferritic stainless steel attracted by the magnetic attraction force of the fixed core 39. The outer core 38 has an inner peripheral surface on which the outer peripheral surface of the anchor 36 slides. The seal ring 48 is formed of a material having hardness lower than that of the fixed core 39 and the anchor 36, and connects the fixed core 39 and the outer core 38.

Abstract: A medical information system comprises acquisition circuitry configured to acquire information concerning a subject from at least one memory, the information concerning the subject comprising a plurality of data points each having an associated time value; display circuitry configured to display the information concerning the subject along a time axis; and processing circuitry configured to: classify the information concerning the subject; and determine a granularity of clustering of the data points on the time axis in dependence on the classification of the information concerning the subject, such that data points in different regions of the time axis are clustered with different granularity.

Abstract: Methods and sensor delivery devices for monitoring a fluid pressure within a vascular structure, the devices including an elongated sheath sized for sliding along a guidewire, a sensor assembly including a fiber optic sensor, a housing surrounding the sensor, a first cavity between the distal end of the sensor and a distal aperture of the housing, a filler extending from at least the distal end of the housing distally and tapering inward toward the outer surface of the sheath, a second cavity in the filler with an opening at the outer surface of the filler and adjoining the distal aperture of the housing, and an optical fiber. The sensor delivery device may also include an outer layer that partially covers the second cavity with an aperture over the opening of the second cavity.