Abstract: The invention generally relates to systems and methods for controlling molecules. In certain aspects, the invention provides a system for controlling molecules, the system comprising: a first light source; a second light source; an acousto-optic modulator (AOM) coupled to the second light source; and control circuitry. In certain embodiments, the control circuitry may be configured to: receive a signal from the first light source that is interrogating a location in a sample that may contain a target molecule; compare the signal received from the first light source to a preset signal; and in the event that the signal received from the first light source meets or exceeds the preset signal, then the target molecule is present at the location in the sample and the control circuitry causes the AOM to activate the second light source to transmit light onto the location in the sample that contains the target molecule.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a process cartridge. The process cartridge includes a cartridge body; a photosensitive drum, rotatably disposed at the cartridge body; a developing roller, rotatably disposed at the cartridge body; a force receiving unit, where the force receiving unit is disposed at an end of the cartridge body and configured to be engaged with a driving unit of an electronic image-forming apparatus to receive a driving force outputted by the driving unit; and a pressing part, where the pressing part is fixedly disposed at the cartridge body and at a same end of the cartridge body as the force receiving unit, and configured to press the driving unit to make the driving unit to be coaxially-aligned; and a distance between the pressing part and an axis of the photosensitive drum is unchanged in displacement during an engagement process of the force receiving unit and the driving unit.

Abstract: The developing device includes a first rotatable member, a first magnet, a second rotatable member, and a second magnet. When a position where, on the second rotatable member surface, a magnetic flux density of the receiving pole is maximum, is a point T, of a position where the magnetic flux density of the receiving pole is a half value of the maximum on an upstream side is a point Hu, the position on a downstream side is a point Hd, an angle formed by a rectilinear line L20 connecting a rotation center R2 of the second rotatable member and the point T and a rectilinear line L21 connecting the rotation center R2 and the point Hu is w?21, and an angle formed by L20 and a rectilinear line L22 connecting R2 and Hd is w?22, the following relationship is satisfied: w?22-w?21 ?0.

Abstract: A GUI is used to schedule a set of tasks for one or more robots to test samples using one or more instruments. A set of drivers are used to map instructions for the robots and instruments form a standardized format to a set of instrument/robot-specific formats. Using the standardized formats enables support for new types of robot and/or instrument to be easily added to the system. The robots and instruments generate test results from samples according to the instructions. Information about the testing may be stored in conjunction with user identifiers and other metadata to provide a verifiable audit trail across the instruments and robots.

Abstract: A developing device includes a developing roller to convey toner and a supplying roller to supply the toner. A region where an absolute value of a magnetic flux density in a normal direction of the supplying roller is 5 [mT] or less exists downstream of a position where a magnetic flux density of a third magnetic pole of the supplying roller is maximum, and exists upstream of a position where a magnetic flux density of a fourth magnetic pole of the supplying roller is maximum. A most upstream position of the region exists above a rotation center of the supplying roller, and an absolute value of a magnetic flux density in a tangential direction of the supplying roller in the most upstream position of the region is larger than an absolute value of a magnetic flux density of the supplying roller in the most upstream position of the region.

Abstract: A pressure measuring rake, intended for arrangement on a link rod, includes at least: a sheath including two side walls which between them delimit a recess configured to receive the link rod, and an electronic circuit arranged on the sheath and including at least one sensor, the measuring rake additionally including at least one conductive layer at least partially covering the sheath and a conductive strip, the conductive layer and the conductive strip being configured to be electrically connected to at least one conductive element configured to drain off charges that are liable to build up on the conductive layer, the measuring rake making it possible to avoid the build-up of electrostatic charges liable to disrupt measurements taken by the sensors and/or electrical communications between the sensors and a data processing unit.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a piezoelectric transducer and a pressure sensing button. The piezoelectric transducer includes as follows: A piezoelectric ceramic having a shape of a sheet. An upper elastic sheet and a lower elastic sheet disposed on two opposite sides of the piezoelectric ceramic, respectively. Two ends of the upper elastic sheet are fixed to an upper surface of the piezoelectric ceramic. Two ends of the lower elastic sheet are fixed to a lower surface of the piezoelectric ceramic. A plurality of resistive layers fixed to the upper elastic sheet and the lower elastic sheet, respectively, and the plurality of resistive layers are electrically connected to each other to form a bridge structure. The piezoelectric transducer of the present disclosure can recognize the external force applied to the pressure sensing button through the resistance change and realize the pressure change detection.

Abstract: Systems and methods for negating an impedance associated with parasitic capacitance are described. One of the systems includes a plasma chamber having a housing. The housing includes a pedestal, a showerhead situated above the pedestal to face the pedestal, and a ceiling located above the showerhead. The system further includes a radio frequency (RF) transmission line coupled to the plasma chamber for transferring a modified RF signal to the showerhead. The system includes a shunt circuit coupled within a pre-determined distance from the ceiling. The shunt circuit is coupled to the RF transmission line for negating the impedance associated with the parasitic capacitance within the housing.

Abstract: A rotation device includes a rotator having a recessed portion on its outer circumferential surface. The rotator rotates in a predetermined rotation direction while a contact unit engages a portion of the outer circumferential surface spanning from an upstream end to a downstream end of the recessed portion. A contact surface is provided at an upstream end portion of this range. The contact surface engages the contact unit at a second engagement depth that is less than a first engagement depth at a downstream portion of the range. This arrangement inhibits the contact unit or the rotator from rapidly restoring to an original state as the contact unit transitions past the recessed portion, thereby reducing vibration. The rotation device may be incorporated into an image forming apparatus that transfers toner images to a recording medium.

Abstract: A power tool includes a housing and an electrical power source. A control circuit is electrically connected to the electrical power source and configured to control at least one operation of the power tool. A power tool condition indication circuit is electrically connected to the control circuit comprising a zener diode configured to be conductive at a threshold voltage. The power tool condition indication circuit is configured generate a first indication signal when a voltage controlled by the control circuit exceeds the threshold voltage and generate a second indication signal when a voltage controlled by the control circuit is below the threshold voltage.

Abstract: The invention relates to a field device with a sensor for detecting a physical measured variable, comprising a housing with a sensor neck which is introduced into the housing. A rotationally symmetrical pin-shaped clamping element is introduced into a receiving element of the housing on a plane which is tangential to the rotational axis of the housing. The rotationally symmetrical pin-shaped clamping element is designed such that, by being inserted into the receiving element, the clamping element exerts a clamping force in the radial direction between the receiving element and the sensor neck so that both a movement of the sensor neck in the tubular section of the housing in the direction of the rotational axis as well as a rotation of the sensor neck in the tubular section of the housing about the rotational axis are prevented.

Abstract: The processes, systems, and methods for quantifying porous material are disclosed. A porous solid adsorbs an adsorbate. The saturated porous solid is heated and an isotherm may be generated such as from measured adsorbate mass loss. The type of isotherm is identified, and subsequent analysis may be performed to calculate specific surface area, pore size distribution, and pore volume. The specific type of subsequent analysis, such as derivation of a BET transform and application of BET theory, depends on the type of isotherm. This allows the porous material to by quantified using a variety of different adsorbates.

Abstract: It is an object of the present invention to provide a fishing reel, an information processing device, and a fishing information processing system comprising the same that are capable of more accurately calculating a casting distance of a fishing line (a line length of a released fishing line) and notifying an angler of the casting distance when fishing is performed using the fishing reel. A fishing reel according to an embodiment of the present invention comprises a throwing start detection unit that detects a throwing start, a throwing end detection unit that detects a throwing end, a handle rotation detection unit that detects the number of rotations of a handle of the fishing reel, and a line length calculation unit that calculates a line length of a released fishing line, in which the line length calculation unit calculates the line length of the fishing line on the basis of the number of rotations of the handle detected by the handle rotation detection unit from the throwing start to the throwing end.

Abstract: A flow-measuring device comprises a housing having a top and a bottom and defining a central opening, an entry at the top of the housing, and a central chamber, wherein the central chamber is connected to the entry by the central opening, a circumferential lip extending from the central chamber where the central opening meets the central chamber, wherein the circumferential lip collects droplets of the fluid at a rate proportional to the flow rate of the fluid, an exit in fluid communication with the central chamber, and a pair of metal elements each mounted in the exit, separated by a hoop distance and operatively connected to a sensor. Both metal elements receive and are in contact with the droplet when the droplet falls from the circumferential lip for a contact time, and the sensor is adapted to sense when the droplet is in contact with both metal elements.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method for determining the cross-sectional area [A(H)] of a tank of a pump station within an interspace (Y). The method includes the steps of establishing the cross sectional area [A(H-seg)] of the tank in a sub-segment of the interspace (Y), operating the pump to transport liquid away from the tank and determining the pumped flow [Q(H-seg)] in the sub-segment, determining the pumped flow [Q(H)] in the interspace (Y) based on the determined sub-segment pumped flow [Q(H-seg)], operating the pump to transfer liquid away from the tank and by means of the liquid level sensor determining a liquid level change [?H(H)] in the interspace (Y), and determining the cross-sectional area [A(H)] of the tank within the interspace (Y), by dividing the interspace pumped flow [Q(H)] by the liquid level change [?H(H)], [Q(H)/?H(H)=A(H)].

Abstract: A handheld camera-stabilization tripod head provided with a remote control assembly comprises a tripod head body and a remote control assembly, wherein an assembly area is arranged on an outer wall of the tripod head body, and at least two electrical feeler pins are arranged in the assembly area; the remote control assembly is detachably connected to the assembly area, and electrical contacts matched with the electrical feeler pins are arranged on an outer wall of the remote control assembly; when the electrical feeler pins are connected to the electrical contacts, the tripod head body in an on state arouses the remote control assembly in an off state; or, the remote control assembly in an on state arouses the tripod head body in an off state, such that the handheld camera-stabilization tripod head can be driven to be activated to be quickly used by users.

Abstract: The disclosed technology relates generally to reflective displays, and more particularly to reflective displays configured to display images with customized and improved viewing parameters. In one aspect, a reflective display comprises a plurality of light-reflective microfacets configured to display an image by reflecting light incident thereon from a light source, wherein light rays reflected by different ones of the microfacets are directed in non-parallel directions.

Abstract: A housing is provided for an air conditioner circuit, comprising: an access panel configured to partially cover the air conditioner circuit and including a panel surface formed on an outside of the housing, a panel opening in the panel surface passing from the outside of the housing toward an inside of the housing; a refrigerant sensor configured to detect a presence of a refrigerant in air proximate to the refrigerant sensor; and a sensor cover attached to an outside of the housing and configured to cover the panel opening and the refrigerant sensor, wherein the refrigerant sensor is located at least partly inside the panel opening.

Abstract: An image forming device includes a brilliant image forming section, a non-brilliant image forming section, and a control section. When an image is formed on a medium by superimposing a brilliant image with an image density of 100% on a non-brilliant image, the control section controls the brilliant image forming section and the non-brilliant image forming section so as to make them form the brilliant image whose image density is a first image density if saturation of the non-brilliant image is first saturation and make them form the brilliant image whose image density is a second image density lower than the first image density if the saturation of the non-brilliant image is second saturation higher than the first saturation.

Abstract: Unitary measuring pipettes include a tubular body of biaxially oriented thermoplastic material, together with size reduction, elimination, and/or reorientation of longitudinally spaced, raised circumferential witness features, to mitigate or avoid interference between such witness features and graduated volumetric markings on an outside surface of the tubular body. Methods and apparatus for vacuum forming of unitary measuring pipettes are also provided. Gas permeable apertures or pores having a maximum width of no greater than 150 microns, in ranges of 10-100 microns, 10-50 microns, or subranges thereof, may be defined in face plates or inserts received by mold blanks, or defined in molding surface of cooperating mold bodies, and may be used to produce a tubular pipette body having reduced height witness features. Cooperating mold bodies may each be produced from multiple mold body sections with gas passages defined therein and/or therebetween.