Abstract: The present invention relates to a vehicle-display with a carrier-layer.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a vehicle-display with a carrier-layer.

Abstract: The preferred embodiments are directed to a method and apparatus of operating a scanning probe microscope (SPM) to perform sample measurements using a survey scan that is less than five lines, and more preferably two lines, to accurately locate a field of features of a sample. This is accomplished by selecting a step distance between adjacent lines of the survey scan that does not equal the pitch of the features in a direction orthogonal to the direction the survey scan traverses, i.e., does not equal the pitch of the features in the scan direction, XPO. The aspect ratio of the scans can also be modified to further improve sample throughput.

Abstract: The preferred embodiments are directed to a method and apparatus of operating a scanning probe microscope (SPM) to perform sample measurements using a survey scan that is less than five lines, and more preferably two lines, to accurately locate a field of features of a sample. This is accomplished by selecting a step distance between adjacent lines of the survey scan that does not equal the pitch of the features in a direction orthogonal to the direction the survey scan traverses, i.e., does not equal the pitch of the features in the scan direction, XPO. The aspect ratio of the scans can also be modified to further improve sample throughput.

Abstract: The identification of a novel gene, termed I?BNS, regulated during negative selection of immature CD4+CD8+double positive (DP) thymocytes in mice, and the human homolog of the gene, are described, along with the gene products produced by these genes. Methods of using the disclosed genes and gene products are also described.

Abstract: An electric hairdressing device has several hair curlers with a heat store, a container for storing and heating the hair curlers L and a heating device in the storing container with at least one heating element to heat the hair curlers. Each of the hair curlers has a heat store with a heating element receptacle to detachably place a hair curler onto a heating element with one end section freely accessible. The hairdressing device has an application handle for grasping and wrapping the hair curlers in a torsion-tight configuration. The application handle has a pivotably articulated hair curler finger to hold a strand of hair between the hair curler finger and the surface of a hair curler. The hair curler is almost entirely made up of a heat store body and has a smooth surface at least in the section that comes into contact with the hair to be shaped.