Abstract: A method of adjusting the slice limit of a counting by weight counting system, comprising providing the system with properties of an item to be counted; adding the items to the system; measuring the weight of the added items; determining the number of added items, the determination being based on a predetermined weight of one of the items; determining the average weight of the added items; determining the mean of the predetermined weight of one of the items and the average weight of the added items; determining the standard deviation of the predetermined weight of one of the items and the average weight of the added items; and determining a new slice limit of the system, the determination being based on the mean value of the predetermined weight of one of the items and the average weight of the added items, and the standard deviation of the predetermined weight of one of the items and the average weight of the added items.

Abstract: A fully active retard feeder is configured to move a partially feed sheet back into a feed tray in response to a jam either in the nip of the feed head or in a location downstream of the feed head and thereby ease user jam clearance.

Abstract: A device for folding sheets of a medium into a booklet is provided. The device includes a frame; a cam mechanism attached to the frame; a lever attached to the frame, the lever being actuated by the cam mechanism; a first scissor arm attached to the frame, the first scissor arm being actuated by the lever; a pair of first rolls, one of the first rolls being movable by the first scissor arm; a second scissor arm attached to the frame, the second scissor arm being actuated by the lever; a pair of second rolls, one of the second rolls being movable by the second scissor arm; a crease blade for contacting the sheets to create a crease in the sheets; and a controller that controls a position of the crease blade, a gap between the pair of first rolls, and a gap between the pair of second rolls.

Abstract: A method of sequencing a first polynucleotide strand having a first polynucleotide sequence, the first polynucleotide strand resembling a second polynucleotide strand having a known second polynucleotide sequence, the method employing a data set which, for one or more fragment(s) of the second polynucleotide sequence, contains: for each position along each said fragment: (i) first probe data describing the hybridization intensity of the first polynucleotide strand with a respective first probe designed to bind to a portion of the second polynucleotide strand centered at said position; and (ii) second probe data describing the respective hybridization intensities of the first polynucleotide strand with each of a set of second probes, each said second probe being designed to bind with a respective mutation of the corresponding portion of the second polynucleotide sequence which is formed by mutating the corresponding portion of the second polynucleotide sequence at said position, the data set including said sec

Abstract: A device for folding sheets of a medium into a booklet is provided. The device includes a frame; a cam mechanism attached to the frame; a lever attached to the frame, the lever being actuated by the cam mechanism; a first scissor arm attached to the frame, the first scissor arm being actuated by the lever; a pair of first rolls, one of the first rolls being movable by the first scissor arm; a second scissor arm attached to the frame, the second scissor arm being actuated by the lever; a pair of second rolls, one of the second rolls being movable by the second scissor arm; a crease blade for contacting the sheets to create a crease in the sheets; and a controller that controls a position of the crease blade, a gap between the pair of first rolls, and a gap between the pair of second rolls.

Abstract: We describe a method of providing an indication useful in the diagnosis or prognosis of dengue, the method comprising detecting a change in the expression pattern or level of: (a) a ubiquitin-proteasome pathway protein; (b) a interferon-related protein; or (c) an NF-?B-mediated cytokine/chemokine response protein. We also describe a method of identifying a molecule suitable for the treatment or prevention of dengue, the method comprising determining if a candidate molecule is an agonist or antagonist of any one or more of these proteins.

Abstract: A molecule for use in a method of treatment or diagnosis of Kawasaki Disease in an individual, the molecule comprising: (a) CACNA2D3; (b) CAMK2D; (c) KCNIP4; (d) ANGPT1; (e) NAALADL2; (f) ZFHX3; (g) MPHOSPH10; (h) a sequence having at least 90% sequence identity to any of (a) to (g); or (i) a modulator of any of (a) to (e). We also describe the use of Pregabalin ((3S)-3-(aminomethyl)-5-methyl-hexanoic acid) in the treatment or prevention of Kawasaki Disease in an individual.

Abstract: A micromechanical infrared radiator has a radiator surface supported in a carrier chip. The radiator surface can be heated by a heating device. As a function of a temperature measurement, the heating power can be controlled such that the radiator surface assumes a defined temperature. For direct temperature measurement, a micromechanical temperature sensor in the form of a metal resistance is integrated in the radiator surface.