Abstract: The present invention relates to an anatomic desk chair for office or home work, which has a displacement system composed by a plurality of wheels which allow the user to move from one location to another, wherein the chair is characterized by comprising a backrest having a frame with a tire-type assembly system, i.e. wherein the backrest as such is made of an elastomeric material and is assembled in the frame by pressure and these are adjusted through a series of screws attaching the frame and the counter-frame. Thus, the assembly system is composed by a back support or “skeleton” which corresponds to a piece injected in an elastomer requiring of a stretching process subsequent to the injection in order to obtain the shape and dimension sufficient to assembly in the frame with a tire-type system, after such skeleton-frame assembly the counter-frame is assembled through screws as previously indicated.

Abstract: A method of increasing the production of extracellular polymeric substances (EPS) in an Acidithiobacillus ferrooxidans culture is disclosed. The method includes inhibiting an enzyme, such as citrate synthase, aconitase, or isocitrate dehydrogenase, in the tricarboxylic acid (TCA) cycle leading to alpha-ketoglutarate.

Abstract: An automatic syringe pump is disclosed that includes at least four subsystems: mechanical power, electronic timing, mechanical power transfer, and user interface subsystems. In some embodiments, an occlusion detection subsystem is also present. The mechanical power subsystem's main includes a constant force spring capable of storing the energy needed to reliable depressed several different sizes of a syringe. The electronic timing subsystem may include components including a ratchet, pawls, flippers, stepper motor, and microcontroller. These components are used together to regulated the release of the energy stored in the constant force spring. The mechanical power transfer subsystem may include components including a rack and pinion which translates the rotational motion of the drive shaft from the constant force spring into linear motion to depress the syringe. Finally, the user interface subsystem may include components including the microcontroller, Arduino backpack, and syringe tray.

Abstract: An oral care implement demonstration assembly includes a powered oral care implement, a package housing and a plurality of demonstration elements. The oral care implement demonstration assembly is configured to produce a visual demonstration effect when relative movement is provided between a first demonstration element and a second demonstration element. Among the visual effects that may be utilized is a Moiré effect. Additionally, an associated method for demonstrating features of an oral care implement though one or more visual effects is described herein.

Abstract: The invention relates to a thermo-photo-bioreactor and to a method for the culture and mass micropropagation of Deschampsia antarctica in vitro. The invention comprises a discontinuous immersion reactor for biomass micropropagation, including means for incorporating chemical inducing agents (salt, metals, organic compounds, etc.) and internal luminescence or illumination means (UV radiation and temperature) for supplying said chemical inducers and/or illumination during any growth phase of the vegetable or plant material (multiplication or propagation and/or maintenance). The invention is advantageous in that it can be used to produce large quantities of biomass of the aforementioned Antarctic species, while providing conditions suitable for said plant to produce metabolites that can be used for human health and personal care.

Abstract: An oral care implement demonstration assembly includes a powered oral care implement, a package housing and a plurality of demonstration elements. The oral care implement demonstration assembly is configured to produce a visual demonstration effect when relative movement is provided between a first demonstration element and a second demonstration element. Among the visual effects that may be utilized is a Moiré effect. Additionally, an associated method for demonstrating features of an oral care implement though one or more visual effects is described herein.

Abstract: Example methods and apparatus to dynamically optimize platforms are disclosed. A disclosed example method includes configuring a processor to operate in a first mode, executing a workload on the processor, and sampling a plurality of registers associated with a performance monitoring unit (PMU). The example method also includes transforming the sampled plurality of registers into a Gaussian signal, partitioning the probabilistic model representation into a plurality of discrete output symbols, and associating one of the plurality of discrete output symbols with the workload based on a probability value associated with the one of the plurality of discrete output symbols.

Abstract: A method of increasing the production of extracellular polymeric substances (EPS) in an Acidithiobacillus ferrooxidans culture is disclosed. The method includes inhibiting an enzyme, such as citrate synthase, aconitase, or isocitrate dehydrogenase, in the tricarboxylic acid (TCA) cycle leading to alpha-ketoglutarate.

Abstract: An oral care implement demonstration assembly includes a powered oral care implement, a package housing and a plurality of demonstration elements. The oral care implement demonstration assembly is configured to produce a visual demonstration effect when relative movement is provided between a first demonstration element and a second demonstration element. Among the visual effects that may be utilized is a Moiré effect. Additionally, an associated method for demonstrating features of an oral care implement though one or more visual effects is described herein.

Abstract: An oral care implement demonstration assembly includes a powered oral care implement, a package housing and a plurality of demonstration elements. The oral care implement demonstration assembly is configured to produce a visual demonstration effect when relative movement is provided between a first demonstration element and a second demonstration element. Among the visual effects that may be utilized is a Moiré effect. Additionally, an associated method for demonstrating features of an oral care implement though one or more visual effects is described herein.

Abstract: Example methods and apparatus to dynamically optimize platforms are disclosed. A disclosed example method includes configuring a processor to operate in a first mode, executing a workload on the processor, and sampling a plurality of registers associated with a performance monitoring unit (PMU). The example method also includes transforming the sampled plurality of registers into a Gaussian signal, partitioning the probabilistic model representation into a plurality of discrete output symbols, and associating one of the plurality of discrete output symbols with the workload based on a probability value associated with the one of the plurality of discrete output symbols.

Abstract: The present invention discloses an array of DNA fragments from biomining microorganisms and a method to identify readily and simultaneously said microorganisms in a sample. This method is a useful tool in biomining, in every circumstance where a global understanding of the present microbiological diversity is required, or simply to assess the presence of some microorganism with biomining relevance, either on the mineral, or in a bioleaching heap, in the biomining laboratory or in any other circumstance involving biomining microorgarisms.

Abstract: An oral care implement demonstration assembly includes a powered oral care implement, a package housing and a plurality of demonstration elements. The oral care implement demonstration assembly is configured to produce a visual demonstration effect when relative movement is provided between a first demonstration element and a second demonstration element. Among the visual effects that may be utilized is a Moiré effect. Additionally, an associated method for demonstrating features of an oral care implement though one or more visual effects is described herein.

Abstract: Microorganisms are used in large-scale heap or tank aeration processes for the commercial extraction of a variety of metals from their ores or concentrates. These include copper, cobalt, gold and, in the past, uranium. The metal solubilization processes are considered to be largely chemical with the microorganisms providing the chemicals and the space (exopolysaccharide layer) where the mineral dissolution reactions occur. Temperatures at which these processes are carried out can vary from ambient to 80° C. and the types of organisms present depends to a large extent on the process temperature used. Irrespective of the operation temperature, biomining microbes have several characteristics in common. One shared characteristic is their ability to produce the ferric iron and sulfuric acid required to degrade the mineral and facilitate metal recovery. Other characteristics are their ability to grow autotrophically, their acid-tolerance and their inherent metal resistance or ability to acquire metal resistance.

Abstract: The present invention discloses a method to detect and identify microorganisms that are present in a sample, which comprises hybridizing total DNA isolated from the sample with DNA fragments from regions that codifies for tRNA-synthases, hereinafter ‘tRNA-synthases’, said fragments being selected due to their specificity for each taxon to be detected and identified. Furthermore, an array for detection and identification of microorganisms is disclosed, which comprises at least one tRNA-synthase fragment bound to its surface that is specific for each taxon to be detected and identified and has been designed according to the method described in the present document.

Abstract: A sun visor for motor vehicles consisting of a structural frame (5) formed by a recyclable plastic material injected into a mould, and a second material, also recyclable, which is compatible with the material used in the frame and which incorporates certain components of the final sun visor unit.

Abstract: The present invention refers to a container apparatus for substances soluble in fluid media, for the preparation of mixtures in a single container, and to a method for the preparation of mixtures thereof. The apparatus of the present invention is characterized by: threaded cover, an internal sleeve having a thread on the internal wall, and a recipient or container wall that in its external wall having a matching groove. The method comprising the steps of:operating the closure means together with the fluid media container means through the internal sleeve means, thus allowing communication between the soluble substances and the fluid media inside the closed container,shaking the fluid media with the soluble means; andremoving the closure means and pour the formulated mixture.