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A system for treating a contaminated gas stream is provided that includes a comminution device 204 operable to effect size reduction of a plurality of sorbent particles and form a plurality of comminuted particles, a plurality of nozzles 224 distributed through the gas stream and operable to introduce the plurality of comminuted particles into the gas stream, and a particle removal device 104 operable to remove at least most of the introduced comminuted particles and form a treated gas stream. The comminution device is in direct fluid communication with the nozzles.

A moving crank mechanism that is particularly adapted for use in a conveyor system. A moving crank remains in a substantially parallel position with respect to a fixed reference plane as the crank member is driven by its offset opposed ends along an endless loop. The closed loop vertical lift unit is adapted for use in an automated high-speed storage system. The vertical lift unit is adapted to be used as a primary storage location or as a lift for carrying objects in transit between levels in a storage system. The vertical lift unit includes a plurality of crank members with generally rigidly mounted shelves that are adapted to carry objects continuously and indefinitely as the shelves travel through a vertically oriented closed path. While traveling along the vertically oriented closed path the shelves remain parallel to a fixed horizontal plane so objects can be carried on the shelves while the shelves transition between the up and down reaches of the vertical lift mechanism. The opposed ends of the crank member are journaled in carriage members that are mounted to carry the respective ends of the crank member around the closed loop. The respective ends are carried around the closed loop at about the same rate. The closed loops are offset from one another by the amount of the crank offset. Shelf stabilizing mechanisms can also be employed.

The present invention relates to novel methods and novel solid support materials for the tandem synthesis of two or more different oligonucleotides on the same solid support in one synthetic run. The methods involve novel support preparations comprised of two or more types of orthogonally protected anchor groups. Subsequent to the selective removal of the first of the respective protective groups, the first oligonucleotide is assembled on the deblocked anchor groups according to standard methods, preferably via phosphoramidite chemistry. Following the capping of said first oligonucleotide, the anchor groups blocked by the second type of protective group are selectively liberated and serve is the starting point for the assembly of a second oligonucleotide, and so forth. After completion of all of the syntheses on the solid support, the oligonucleotides are released from the solid support and deprotected at the nucleobases, using standard methods. Preparations obtained using the method of this invention, generally contain two or more different oligonucleotides. Such preparations are particularly useful in applications that require pairs of oligonucleotide primers, several probes at a time, duplexed nucleic acid fragments, or other combinations of oligonucleotides that are useful in applications such as PCR, sequencing, multiplexed genotyping, cloning and RNA interference. The invention includes procedures for the preparation of the novel solid supports of the invention.

The present invention provides thermostable or thermoactive DNA polymerases with attenuated 3′-5′ exonuclease activity, methods for their synthesis, methods for their use, kits comprising the polymerases, nucleic acids encoding the polymerases and cells comprising such a nucleic acid. The DNA polymerases of the invention are useful in many recombinant DNA techniques, such as nucleic acid amplification by the polymerase chain reaction. The DNA polymerases of the invention allow higher fidelity replication and amplification of a template DNA sequence, allow less degradation of primers and / or more efficient use of deoxynucleotide triphosphates and are in general more efficient and less costly to make and use.

A multi-attribute handover judging method for a heterogeneous vehicle communication network comprises the following steps: a handover management entity reads information on a candidate network in a field network report buffer entity, and the diameter of the coverage region of the candidate network is calculated; a mobility prediction information management entity acquires position information and speed information of a mobile user, and sends the position information and the speed information to the handover management entity; possible residence time and throughput capacity in each neighbor access network of the mobile user is estimated, when the throughput capacity during handover is higher than the throughput capacity in a normal state, the candidate network is added in an alternative list; an optimal target access network is determined to be switched into the network by the handover management entity via an analytic hierarchy process and according to service quality requirements; when the intensity of the current switch-in network signal is lowered to a threshold value, a handover execution instruction is sent to carry out handover. The multi-attribute handover judging method provided by the invention avoids unnecessary handover when a traveling vehicle passes through a region covered by heterogeneous access network, reduces handover delay and ensures the continuity of the communication.

An open mesh material includes filaments (1, 2, 3, 4, 11, 12, 15, 16) that intersect one another. At least some of the filaments are composite filaments having a carrier portion of a relatively high melting point and a bonding portion of a relatively low melting point, the bonding portion of each composite filament being thermally bonded to other filaments at points of intersection. The material may be a non-woven fabric that contains at least two layers of weft filaments (1, 2, 11, 12) that may be bordered on one or both sides by a layer of warp filaments (3,4, 15, 16). When compared to other open mesh materials, the open mesh material disclosed herein has a superior combination of some or all of high strength, light weight, high dimensional stability, and openness. Also disclosed herein are articles can be made at least in part from the material including L-seam bags (20), form fill and seal (FFS) bags (1020), and multi-substrate bags (2,020). Methods of making those bags also are disclosed.

The present invention discloses a wearable ring-shaped electronic device and the controlling method thereof, more specifically, the present invention is a novel model of an electronic device with a ring shape which is capable of being worn on the finger of a user. Furthermore, the present invention is capable of being controlled by voice, motion, orientations, buttons or a touch panel set on the surface thereof so as to provide a corresponding function.

The present invention relates to a water-soluble and / or water-dispersible particle comprising an active ingredient uniformly dispersed, preferably an enzyme, in a matrix comprising from 20-95% by weight of the particle of polyvinyl alcohol of a molecular weight of 10-30K daltons. The present invention further relates to a process to obtain a particle, to a detergent composition comprising the particle and to the use of particle to minimize, reduce or prevent the generation of dust while providing excellent cleaning on enzyme sensitive stains and soils and on particulate stains, improved thermostability and fabric softness performance.

The device utilizes a reversible body partially covered by a blood impermeable sleeve. The device has a low profile collapsed state for delivery and a expanded state for deployment. The impermeable sleeve extends from a proximal portion to a distal portion of the expandable body and generally follows the contour of the expandable body. When deployed, the device is configured in the expanded state and has a generally hourglass, or dumbbell shape. In the expanded state, portions of the sleeve adjacent to the proximal and distal portions are placed in apposition to a vessel wall and blood is free to flow through the expandable body via inlets and outlets provided in the proximal and distal portions. As a result, an isolated treatment space is created that surrounds the device between the vessel wall and the blood impermeable sleeve adjacent to the neck portion of the expandable body.

The invention relates to a quickly judging method for underground water polluted by organic matter, which comprises the following steps: A) collecting underground water samples in, pollution source areas, the upstream, two sides and the downstream of the pollution source areas; B) filtering collected underground samples, and determining soluble organic carbon concentration; C) converging the three-dimensional fluorescence spectrum matrix data of all underground water samples so as to process parallel factor analysis; and D) judging that the underground water is not polluted if component acquired in the parallel factor analysis does not have fluorescence peaks within a range that an excitation wavelength is larger than or equal to 200nm and is less than or equal to 440nm; and an emission wavelength is larger than or equal to 280nm and is less than 380nm; judging that the underground water is polluted if the component acquired in the parallel factor analysis appears the fluorescence peaks within a range that the excitation wavelength is larger than or equal to 200nm and is less than or equal to 440nm; and the emission wavelength is larger than or equal to 280nm and is less than 380nm, wherein the larger the maximum fluorescence strength of the underground fluorescence component is, the severer the pollution degree of the underground is. According to the invention, the quickly judging method is characterized by little sample quantity, quick analysis and high sensitivity.

The present invention relates to an espresso coffee machine designed for a low-voltage vehicle that includes a water tank connected to a pump for pumping the water to a heating element which is itself connected to a brewing head in which a cartridge of coffee is brewed, a moveable closure for closing the head with a mechanism for moving the closure from an open position to a closed position and vice versa, a coffee dispensing pipe associated with the closure and a connection for the electric power supply, in which machine the heating of the heating element is switched off or reduced when the pump is running.

Apparatus and method are disclosed for the production of compacted granular potassium chloride with improved handling qualities. A binding ingredient such as sodium hexametaphosphate is blended with the potassium chloride feed material in advance of compaction. The product of this apparatus and method has improved handling, storage, strength and other qualities over compacted granular potassium produced using prior art methods.

A travel assistant device includes a hard disk drive including at least one database, a digital camera, a microphone, a display screen, and at least one speaker. The hard disk drive is provided with database software by which images and sound input from the digital camera and the microphone are stored in the hard disk drive as a personal log database. Images and sound files can be displayed on the display screen and through the speaker, and the personal log database may be updated by additional commentary and images as desired. The database software also retrieves downloaded database information which includes images, sound files and text which act as a travel instructor. Also preferably included is a portable translator device.

A pressurized pouch is made of a water-soluble material, preferably PVA film, to hold a concentrated product for later mixing in a bottle to provide a water solution. Because of the interior pressure, the water-soluble pouch retains a semi-rigid resilient shape that greatly facilitates its introduction through the neck of the bottle. The pressurized pouch can be made by either VFFS or HFFS machines wherein a puff of air is added prior to sealing. Alternatively, the pouch is made by filling it in a pressurized chamber.

The invention relates to a communication device comprising a wireless interface for enabling wireless transmission and / or reception at a predefined wavelength λc to be established. The object of the present invention is to provide an antenna suitable for wireless communication in a portable communication device. The problem is solved in that the communication device comprises a housing having an electrically conductive part, the wireless interface comprising an antenna comprising a first quarter wavelength patch and a ground plane comprising an electrically conductive material, the first quarter wavelength patch being at least partially constituted by said electrically conductive part of the housing. This has the advantage of providing an alternative wireless interface for a communication device. The invention may e.g. be used in portable communication devices with a wireless interface for communication with another device, in particular in a headset or a headphone or an active earplug.

A mixing apparatus for reconstituting a powdered cell culture media. The apparatus includes at least one fluid chamber, an influent port at a lower portion of the fluid chamber. The apparatus further includes a geometric fluid flow aid positioned in the fluid chamber and an effluent port at the top of the fluid chamber. A powdered cell culture media is provided in the fluid to be mixed with a fluid provided by the influent port. The effluent port is configured to allow reconstituted media to exit the fluid chamber.

A method and apparatus for the decontamination of fluid ammonia are described. Liquid or gaseous ammonia is purified of contaminants by passage through an adsorbent bed, the contaminants accumulating in the bed. A portion of the purified ammonia discharged from the bed is decomposed to hydrogen and nitrogen. The hydrogen is used to regenerate an adsorbent bed which has accumulated sufficient contaminants to reduce its ability to further decontaminate incoming ammonia satisfactorily. Preferably there are a plurality of interconnected adsorbent beds, with some being operated for ammonia decontamination while others are being regenerated, with their operations being reversed as needed to maintain a continual production of decontaminated ammonia from the plurality of beds. Computers or other controllers can be used to control such bed operations and interchanges. Internal production of hydrogen makes the system self-contained and no addition of hydrogen is needed.

The device utilizes a reversibly expandable body partially covered by a blood impermeable sleeve. The device has a low profile collapsed state for delivery and a expanded state for deployment. The impermeable sleeve extends from a proximal portion to a distal portion of the expandable body and generally follows the contour of the expandable body. When deployed, the device is configured in the expanded state and has a generally hourglass, or dumbbell shape. In the expanded state, portions of the sleeve adjacent to the proximal and distal portions are placed in apposition to a vessel wall and blood is free to flow through the expandable body via inlets and outlets provided in the proximal and distal portions. As a result, an isolated treatment space is created that surrounds the device between the vessel wall and the blood impermeable sleeve adjacent to the neck portion of the expandable body.

There is provided a liquid pharmaceutical formulation for parenteral administration comprising: docetaxel or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof; one or more glycols; and a pharmaceutically acceptable nonaqueous solvent system; wherein the formulation has a pH meter reading in the range of from 2.5 to 7.

A gable top packaging container has a plurality of upstanding side walls including a first side wall, a front wall, a rear wall and a second side wall, wherein the front wall connects to a front gable panel and the back wall connects to a back gable panel, both extending up to a sealed top fin, the first side wall connects to a first side gable panel, and the second side wall connects to a second side gable panel, wherein the walls are separated by crease lines extending in a longitudinal direction of the packaging container, characterized in that the front wall is continuous with the front gable panel, and the back wall is continuous with the back gable panel.

The invention provides a baseband signal processor supporting a multi-chip architecture. The baseband signal processor comprises a main control unit, a radio frequency interface unit, a data diversity unit for the collection, packaging, unpacking and distribution of data exchange, control parameters and feedback parameters among all baseband signal processors, a chip interconnection interface unit for the high-speed data exchange among the baseband signal processors and necessary interaction of handshake signals, a symbol-level processing unit, an FFT (Fast Fourier Transform) correcting unit for correcting blocked FFT data based on an FFT time extraction algorithm to obtain high-order fast Fourier transform results, a code block-level processing unit and a memory unit. The invention further provides a processing method of the baseband signal processor. Based on the structure of the traditional baseband signal processor, part of processing units are added, so that the high-bandwidth baseband signal processor can be established by adopting the multi-chip architecture under the condition of increasing less processing resource and processing cost.

An open mesh material includes filaments (1, 2, 3, 4, 11, 12, 15, 16) that intersect one another. At least some of the filaments are composite filaments having a carrier portion of a relatively high melting point and a bonding portion of a relatively low melting point, the bonding portion of each composite filament being thermally bonded to other filaments at points of intersection. The material may be a non-woven fabric that contains at least two layers of weft filaments (1, 2, 11, 12) that may be bordered on one or both sides by a layer of warp filaments (3,4, 15, 16). When compared to other open mesh materials, the open mesh material disclosed herein has a superior combination of some or all of high strength, light weight, high dimensional stability, and openness. Also disclosed herein are articles can be made at least in part from the material including L-seam bags (20), form fill and seal (FFS) bags (1020), and multi-substrate bags (2,020). Methods of making those bags also are disclosed.

A method and apparatus for the continuous powder coating of a non-conductive profile produced in a continuous forming process, such as pultrusion or extrusion, such that the profile is powder coated while on the profile forming machine and before the subject segment of the continuous profile is severed from the continuous profile on the forming machine (i.e. in-line).

The invention relates to a communication device comprising a wireless interface for enabling wireless transmission and / or reception at a predefined wavelength λc to be established. The object of the present invention is to provide an antenna suitable for wireless communication in a portable communication device. The problem is solved in that the communication device comprises a housing having an electrically conductive part, the wireless interface comprising an antenna comprising a first quarter wavelength patch and a ground plane comprising an electrically conductive material, the first quarter wavelength patch being at least partially constituted by said electrically conductive part of the housing. This has the advantage of providing an alternative wireless interface for a communication device. The invention may e.g. be used in portable communication devices with a wireless interface for communication with another device, in particular in a headset or a headphone or an active earplug.

The present invention provides a cost-efficient method for producing particles having a SiO2 containing surface wherein said method comprises a) providing an aqueous reaction composition comprising i) core particles, ii) an added base, iii) a silicate salt, and iv) a pH modulator wherein the pH value of the reaction composition is above the gelation pH value; b) agitating said reaction composition, wherein the pH modulator decreases the pH value of the reaction composition over time and wherein due to said decrease of the pH value of the reaction composition SiO2 is deposited onto the core particles, whereby particles are formed which have a diameter of 30 μm or less; and c) obtaining the particles. Furthermore, silica particles having high nucleic acid binding properties are provided.

A hardener composition useful for curing epoxy resins including a blend of (a) a carboxylic anhydride which is a copolymer of an ethylenically unsaturated anhydride and a vinyl compound; (b) a copolymer of an ethylenically unsaturated anhydride and an elastomer; and optionally (c) a stabilizing agent such as a block copolymer to prevent phase separation of components (a) and (b). The hardener composition is particularly useful in electrical laminates applications.