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The present invention relates to a new method for reversible staining and functional isolation or characterization of cells, e.g. antigen-specific T cells. With this technique, the original functional status of cells can be substantially maintained after their identification and purification. Thus, this new method is of broad benefit for basic research and clinical applications.

A circuit is provided to provide instruction streams to a processing device: embodiments of the circuit are appropriate for use with RISC CPUs, whereas other embodiments are useable with other processing devices, such as small processing devices used in a field programmable array. The circuit receives an external instruction stream which provides a first set of instruction values, and has a memory which contains a second set of instruction values. Two or more outputs provide instruction streams to the processing device. The circuit has a control input in the form of a mask which causes a selection means to allocate bits from the first and second sets of instruction values to different instruction streams to the processing device.

A flash tank configuration for an economizer is provided that is inexpensive and simple to construct, reliable to operate, and efficient for use in an economizer compression refrigeration system. The configuration includes an upper baffle and a lower baffle configured and arranged within the flash tank so as to separate the liquid and gas phases of intermediate pressure refrigerant, and to convey each phase to other components in the refrigeration systems. The flash tank has a generally cylindrical shape, and is dimensioned so as to provide adequate internal volume for expansion of refrigerant to a desired pressure, separation of the resulting refrigerant gas and refrigerant liquid phases, and temporary storage of the refrigerant phases before conveying the liquid phase to the main refrigerant line between the condenser and the evaporator, and returning the gas phase to the compressor. Additionally, methods are provided for using the flash tank to separate refrigerant phases.

The present invention discloses a circuit board group for electrically coupling electronic devices, which comprises a circuit board group having a primary circuit board and at least one secondary circuit board. A second connection port coupled to a first connection port is disposed on the secondary circuit board at the corresponding side of the primary circuit board, and a third connection port coupled to an electronic device is disposed on the other side, and the number of the third connection ports corresponds to that of the electronic devices. The present invention increases the number of installable electronic devices by increasing the number of third connection ports.

The present invention provides a process for making an in vivo model of human leukemia. The process includes the steps of: pre-conditioning an immunodeficient rodent by administering to the rodent a sub-lethal dose of irradiation and injecting the rodent with an effective pre-conditioning amount of human fetal cord blood mononuclear cells; maintaining the rodent for from about 5 to 10 days; and injecting the rodent with an effective engrafting amount of primary human leukemia cells. An in vivo and in vitro model of human leukemia are also provided.

A motion path search device includes a motion space identification unit which identifies, as first spaces, three-dimensional spaces passed through by a movable part in direct teaching operations performed by an operator, and a spatial difference calculation unit that calculates a first differential space that is a part of one of the first spaces identified as a result of one of the direct teaching operations and that has no overlap with another of the first spaces identified as a result of another of the direct teaching operations that precedes the one of the direct teaching operations. A feedback unit provides the operator with information regarding the first differential space, and a path search unit searches for a motion path of the movable part within a first accessible space resulting from combining the first spaces after the direct teaching operations.

The invention relates to the technical field of fire-proof sealing materials, and discloses an efficient fireproof environment-friendly foam plugging material. The foam plugging material comprises a component A and a component B; the component A comprises polyether polyol, phosphate flame retardant, cross-linking agent, foam stabilizer, catalyst, powder flame-retardant masterbatch and carbon-layer anti-crack fiber; the component B comprises isocyanate. The efficient fireproof environment-friendly foam plugging material is high in fireproof limit, free of halogen, green and environment friendly and has advantages of high foam strength, good dimensional stability, good plug sealing effect, oil proofness, water proofness, corrosion protection, rat proofness and the like, routine maintenance is not required after construction, and service life is as long as 20-30 years.

A flash tank configuration for an economizer includes an upper baffle (50) and a lower baffle (60) configured and arranged within the flash tank (110) so as to separate the liquid and gas phases of intermediate pressure refrigerant, and to convey each phase to other components in the refrigeration system (100). The flash tank (110) has a generally cylindrical shape, and is dimensioned so as to provide adequate internal volume for expansion of refrigerant to a desired pressure, separation of the resulting refrigerant gas and refrigerant liquid phases, and temporary storage of the refrigerant phases before conveying the liquid phase to the main refrigerant line (107) between the condenser (106) and the evaporator (108), and returning the gas phase to the compressor (102).

Human Valpha24<+> natural killer T cells are expanded by culturing a mononuclear cell fraction obtainable from human peripheral blood in which hemopoietic stem cells are mobilized by granulocyte colony-stimulating factor, in the presence of a cytokine, such as interleukin 2, effecting proliferation and / or activation of lymphocytes and alpha-glycosylceramide. A cell fraction comprising human Valpha24<+> natural killer T cells expanded by the method, is useful as a cancer-treating agent.

The present invention discloses a circuit board group for electrically coupling electronic devices, which comprises a circuit board group having a primary circuit board and at least one secondary circuit board. A second connection port coupled to a first connection port is disposed on the secondary circuit board at the corresponding side of the primary circuit board, and a third connection port coupled to an electronic device is disposed on the other side, and the number of the third connection ports corresponds to that of the electronic devices. The present invention increases the number of installable electronic devices by increasing the number of third connection ports.

The present invention is directed to novel compositions that cause effective redirection of class I-immunity to Tc1 effectors, that take advantage of the unexpected loading of MHC I by peptide within IgG backbone combined with appropriate instruction of antigen presenting cells. Such compositions are able to transform a seemingly ineffective therapeutics into a highly effective one, associated with generation of class I-restricted cytolytic cells and IFN-γ, IL-2 producing T cells, further associated with protection against a highly virulent microbe or recovery from malignant tumoral process.

The present invention provides a method for expanding and improving functional capacity of human adult-derived progenitor cells in vitro using a closed culture system. The present invention provides a favorable condition for cell therapy to promote tissue repair and organogenesis via vasculogenesis and angiogenesis in clinical settings. The proposed closed bag culture system for culturing hemangioblast comprises of, in one embodiment, a serum-free culture medium containing one or more factors selected from the group consisting of stem cell growth factor, interleukin-6, FMS-like tyrosine kinase 3, thrombopoietin, and vascular endothelial growth factor and a kit for the preparation of the serum-free culture medium and the like.

Non-fluidized tissue expanders, tissue expander systems, and methods of expanding tissue are disclosed. The tissue expanders, systems, methods of the present invention incorporate an expandable encapsulated body mass implantable within the patient and operative to selectively expand to promote growth of an enlarged area of skin and subcutaneous tissue. Such tissue expansion is accomplished utilizing internal one or more distraction mechanisms disposed within the tissue expanders that are operative to expand by mechanical or electromechanical means. The present invention omits any type of inflatable body requiring the injection of fluids to effectuate expansion of the tissue expander.

The invention provides a high-strength cement and a production method thereof. Raw materials of the high-strength cement comprise 10-20 parts of Portland cement, 10-30 parts of carbide slurry, 10-20 parts of lime mud, 20-25 parts of mine mud, 25-35 parts of red mud, 5-11 parts of diatomaceous earth, 5-25 parts of fly ash, 1-3 parts of pyrite slag powder, 1-5 parts of polypropylene fibers, 2-6 parts of a naphthalene series water reducer, 11-14 parts of desulfurized gypsum, 5-7 parts of dicyandiamide residues, 4-5 parts of metal magnesium reduction powder, 10-20 parts of quartz sands, 15-30 parts of quicklime, 12-30 parts of a stone breaker, 2-6 parts an inhibitor and 5-15 parts of a water reducer. The cement has the high-efficiency waterproofing, moisture proofing, expanding, crack preventing and permeation preventing functions, and is worth promoting and applying.

Non-fluidized tissue expanders, tissue expander systems, and methods of expanding tissue are disclosed. The tissue expanders, systems, methods of the present invention incorporate an expandable encapsulated body mass implantable within the patient and operative to selectively expand to promote growth of an enlarged area of skin and subcutaneous tissue. Such tissue expansion is accomplished utilizing internal one or more distraction mechanisms disposed within the tissue expanders that are operative to expand by mechanical or electro-mechanical means. The present invention omits any type of inflatable body requiring the injection of fluids to effectuate expansion of the tissue expander.

The present invention relates to a method for in vitro expansion of erythroid cells. The method includes subjecting erythroid cells to 3-dimensional packed cell culture using a porous structure. The use of the composition according to the present invention enables in vitro expansion of erythroid cells in the most efficient manner.

A circuit is provided to provide instruction streams to a processing device: embodiments of the circuit are appropriate for use with RISC CPUs, whereas other embodiments are useable with other processing devices, such as small processing devices used in a field programmable array. The circuit receives an external instruction stream which provides a first set of instruction values, and has a memory which contains a second set of instruction values. Two or more outputs provide instruction streams to the processing device. The circuit has a control input in the form of a mask which causes a selection means to allocate bits from the first and second sets of instruction values to different instruction streams to the processing device.

Embodiments of the disclosure include methods and compositions for producing NKT cells effective for immunotherapy and also methods and compositions for providing an effective amount of NKT cells to an individual in need of immunotherapy. In specific embodiments, the NKT cells are CD62L+ and have been exposed to one or more costimulatory agents to maintain CD62L expression. The NKT cells may be modified to incorporate a chimeric antigen receptor, in some cases.

An information display device includes: a display section that displays a view of a situation ahead of a vehicle and guidance information; a learning section that classifies and learns targets appearing on a travel route and visible through the display section as: a first target necessary to be visible, a second target necessary to be visible under the setting condition, or a third target not necessary to be visible, and a display control section configured to: prohibit display of the guidance information in a prohibited region with the first target, permit display of the guidance information in a permitted region with the third target, and either prohibit display of the guidance information in a conditional region with the second target and the setting condition is met, or permit display of the guidance information in the conditional region with the second target and the setting condition is not met.

The present invention discloses an ex vivo method for producing a preparation containing CD4+ T cells specific for EBV structural antigens for use in the prophylaxis and treatment of patients with a reduced T cell activity in order to prevent or treat growth of EBV infected B cells.

The embodiment of the invention provides a method for expanding the capacity of a PVC module in Kubernetes and a related device, and relates to the field of Kubernetes expansion. The method comprisesthe following steps: acquiring the utilization rate and the hyper-division factor of a storage space divided to a PVC module; wherein the hyper-division factor is the utilization rate of the total storage space; when the usage rate is greater than a preset threshold, determining an expansion space corresponding to the PVC module according to the hyper-division factor; wherein the size of the expansion space is inversely proportional to the size of the hyper-division factor; and expanding the capacity of the PVC module according to the capacity expansion space and the undivided storage space inthe total storage space. The embodiment of the invention has the beneficial effect of being capable of actively and efficiently expanding the capacity of the PVC module.

The invention discloses a preparation method of a plate for a building. The plate for the building is doped with composite minerals. The preparation method of the plate for the building is characterized by comprising the following steps: weighing raw materials, namely cement, the prepared cement composite mineral additive, sand, polypropylene fibers and a naphthalene water reducer, in ratio; and putting the raw materials into a conical double helix stirring machine in the ratio, and uniformly stirring for 50 minutes. The composite-mineral-doped plate for the building has efficient waterproof, dampproof, expansion, crack-proof and impervious functions and also has no rusting effect on reinforcing steel.

A pre-engineered building (50) includes a patient service enclosure (62) and a mobile imaging unit enclosure (64) sharing a common wall (66) to seamlessly wrap a mobile imaging unit (18, 56) within the mobile imaging unit enclosure (64) of the building (50), thereby providing patient service rooms (94) integral with an adjacent the mobile imaging unit (18, 56). Walls (66, 70, 72, 74, 84, 86, 88) of the building (50) are pre-engineered so that the walls (66, 70, 72, 74, 84, 86, 88) are manufactured in panelized configurations that may include structural support components, exterior sheathing, and utility components prior to installation of the walls (66, 70, 72, 74, 84, 86, 88) upon a foundation (58) supporting the pre-engineered building (50).

The invention discloses an element image generation method. The method comprises: generating a first feature map based on an initial element image; generating a second feature map based on the first feature map, taking the second feature map as a new first feature map, and iteratively executing the step of generating the second feature map; and generating a target element image corresponding to the initial element image based on the first feature map and the at least one second feature map, wherein the steps of generating the second feature map at least comprise: generating the second featuremap based on the first feature map and the down-sampling element image, obtaining the downsampling element image by performing sampling processing on the initial element image, and matching the downsampling element image with the first feature map in the spatial size. By adopting the embodiment of the invention, the target element images of different styles can be efficiently expanded accordingto the initial element images, the efficiency of constructing the element image library is improved, the information loss in the data processing process can be reduced, and the accuracy of the generated target element images can be improved.

A pre-engineered building (50) includes a patient service enclosure (62) and a mobile imaging unit enclosure (64) sharing a common wall (66) to seamlessly wrap a mobile imaging unit (18, 56) within the mobile imaging unit enclosure (64) of the building (50), thereby providing patient service rooms (94) integral with an adjacent the mobile imaging unit (18, 56). Walls (66, 70, 72, 74, 84, 86, 88) of the building (50) are pre-engineered so that the walls (66, 70, 72, 74, 84, 86, 88) are manufactured in panelized configurations that may include structural support components, exterior sheathing, and utility components prior to installation of the walls (66, 70, 72, 74, 84, 86, 88) upon a foundation (58) supporting the pre-engineered building (50).

The invention discloses a pipe and pipe sheet expanded connection method which includes the steps: (1) assembling a pipe and a pipe sheet; (2) adjusting expanded connection pressure and pressure maintaining time; (3) connecting a joint of the pipe and the pipe sheet in an expanded manner. By the expanded connection method, stress corrosion resistance and seismic resistance of the joint of the pipe and the pipe sheet can be improved, expanded connection pressure is uniform, expanded connection quality is stable, operation is rapid, simple and convenient, and expanded connection is efficient.

The saturated or supercooled liquid is supplied to an expander of an expressor. Starting just prior to the end of an inlet process or just after completion of the inlet process, high pressure vapor from an expressor compressor discharge is supplied to a cavity defining a trapped volume undergoing expansion.