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The present invention is directed to a presence aware network 100 that includes a plurality of communication devices 124a–n and 128a–n, associated with a plurality of subscribers. Each communication device may be configured automatically according to a first set of preferences associated with a first subscriber when the first subscriber performs a telephony function on the communication device and according to a second set of preferences when a different second subscriber performs the telephony function on the communication device. The first and second sets of preferences are different from one another.

This present invention is directed to an electronic passenger management system and its corresponding techniques that can be applied to railroad passenger cars/long-distance buses. The system mainly consists of the following parts: an electronic ticket checking machine, a passenger information display device, a passenger management server and database, a computer workstation, and an electronic ticket reader. The computer network connects passenger management server with the electronic ticket checking machine, the passenger information display device, and the computer workstation. This system can be used to check tickets, assign seats, remind passengers of the arrival of destination, display names of destination, change seats, help passengers to purchase tickets on the spot, conduct data enquiries and statistical analyses. This present invention can redress the unsymmetrical status that widely exists between the advanced railroad system/long-distance bus system and the traditional method of requiring conductors to provide manual information to passengers and to replace the old traditional passive passenger information system with the advanced active electronic passenger management system, resulting in further improvement of passenger management and information levels in railroad trains/long-distance buses for their passengers.

A terminal apparatus by which, even where BER data, for example, of an optical signal of an existing wavelength cannot be utilized, the optical output powers of the existing wavelength and an extension wavelength can be adjusted in a short period of time while eliminating quality degradation of the existing circuit. The terminal apparatus includes a level controlling section for controlling a total optical output power of an existing wavelength signal light and an extension wavelength signal light to a fixed level, a monitoring unit capable of monitoring the optical output power for each wavelength, and a controller for controlling the optical output power of the extension wavelength signal light so that the optical output power of the existing wavelength signal light monitored by the monitoring unit may not be lower than a minimum permissible optical output power.

A memory device having a memory array of nonvolatile memory elements also includes one or more security rows (or columns) of security bits that can be programmed to a locked status. External memory access requests are processed by first reading the corresponding security bit. If the requested row or column is locked, a default zero value is returned. Only external requests of unlocked locations, and all internal access requests, return the actual memory contents. Security bits can be erased (unlocked), but the secured contents of the locked row or column is also erased at the same time.

Use of a growth hormone protein and polynucleotides encoding same comprising an amino-terminal carboxy-terminal peptide (CTP) of chorionic gonadotrophin and two carboxy-terminal chorionic gonadotrophin CTPs attached to the growth hormone in methods of inducing weight loss or body fat reduction, methods of increasing insulin-like growth factor (IGF-1) levels, and methods of reducing the dosing frequency of a growth hormone in a human subject are disclosed. Pharmaceutical compositions comprising the growth hormone and polynucleotides encoding the growth hormone of the invention and methods of using same are also disclosed.

An apparatus for interacting with a developmentally challenged individual is set forth. The apparatus includes a user input device, a visual display, an audio output device, and a processing system. The processing system is connected to control the visual display, the input device, and the audio output device and operates to display one or more photographic images on the visual display based on a mastery level of the developmentally challenged individual. The developmentally challenged individual communicates by selecting one of the a predetermined photographic images from the visual display using the user input device. In response to this selection, the processing system controls the audio output device to play audio vocalizations corresponding to the selected photographic image. As the mastery level of the developmentally challenged individual is increased, the photographic images on the visual display may be presented in a hierarchical manner, in effect increasing the communication vocabulary that is available to the developmentally challenged individual. In one example, the user input device, the visual display, the audio output device, and the processing system are integrated with one another to form a handheld unit.

An optical system of an atomic oscillator that regulates an oscillation frequency by using an optical absorption property by one of a double resonance method utilizing light and micro waves and a coherent population trapping (CPT) method utilizing a quantum interference effect produced by two kinds of resonance light, includes: a light source emitting the resonance light; a gas cell disposed at an emitting side of the light source, sealing a gaseous metal atom therein and transmitting the resonance light through a metal atom gas; a light detecting unit detecting the transmitted light that is transmitted through the metal atom gas; and a fluorescence blocking unit blocking at least a part of fluorescence, which is emitted from the metal atom gas to the light detecting unit, and disposed between the metal atom gas and the light detecting unit.

Treatment of implantable medical devices resistant to calcification The invention relates to a method for treating an implant comprising a protein-based substrate, including the following steps in which:

(A)—the protein-based substrate is treated with a compound containing at least one aldehyde group, then

(B)—the substrate is treated with a compound comprising a borohydride, then

(C)—the substrate resulting from step (B) is treated with a derivative containing a silane group.

The invention also relates to the treated protein-based implant obtained at the end of this method.

The invention discloses a high position stereo shelf warehouse super-flat terrace construction technology comprising the following steps: 1, preparation work: setting up support templates and adjustable separate guide rails; 2, casting concrete in sectional warehouses, erecting a vibration beam on the separate guide rail, and using the vibration beam to vibrate and flatten the concrete; 3, manually leveling the surface of the concrete; 4, spraying hardener on the concrete surface after initial set of the concrete so as to form a hardened layer; 5, extracting mud, polishing and shinning the hardened layer until the flatness and levelness of the hardened layer surface complies with a preset precision requirement. The high position stereo shelf warehouse super-flat terrace construction technology can make the terrace with high flatness, levelness, and abradability, so the high position multilayer shelf can be stably mounted, logistic devices can be stably used, and the terrace can remain flat and smooth when the shelf and device are under fullload state.

The invention provides a low-temperature fast-dry amino automobile chassis paint and a production method thereof, wherein, the paint consists of B-12 resin, medium pigment carbon black, compound ferrotitanium powder, ultra-fine mica powder, an auxiliary agent, sealed paratoluenesulfonic acid BYK-450 and BR-167 amino resin; B-12 resin is prepared by octadecenoic acid, benzoic acid, pentaerythritol, phthalic anhydride, dimethylol propionic acid, and trimethyl benzene. The automobile chassis paint adopts special B-12 resin synthetic route to lead the polymer chain to have more active functional groups simultaneously to be matched with the blocked paratoluenesulfonic acid, reduces the baking temperature of the existing amino paint from 130 DEG C to 90 DEG C and reduces the curing film-forming time from 1 hour to half an hour. As the paint film has high crosslinking density, compound ferrotitanium powder and squamous anti-rust pigment are matched for use, and the polyaniline is used for improving the anticorrosive potentials, thus leading the salt spray resistance of the paint to achieve 150 hours and improving the protection performance and the coating efficiency.

The present invention relates to methods of treating a hyperproliferative disease by administering a composition of lactoferrin alone or in combination with standard anti-cancer therapies.

The invention provides a mortar levelling and paving device, and belongs to the technical field of building construction equipment. The mortar levelling and paving device comprises a rack, a scrapingmechanism and leveling mechanisms. The scraping mechanism comprises a scraping part and a tilt angle sensor, the tilt angle sensor is arranged on the scraping part, and is used for detecting the tiltcondition of the scraping part, the two ends of the scraping part are each provided with one leveling mechanism, each leveling mechanism is connected with the rack and the corresponding end of the scraping part to form a linkage structure, the leveling mechanisms are used for being in data connection with the tilt angle sensor, according to the tilt condition, detected by the tilt angle sensor, ofthe scraping part, the corresponding ends of the scraping part are driven to lift, the scraping part swings to the leveling state under the linkage effect of the leveling mechanisms, the scraping part and the rack, the scraping part can be automatically leveled to level and pave the mortar, work efficiency is high, after leveling, levelness is high, and the levelness yield of the large-area mortar ground can be well ensured.

The invention provides a preparation method of nano-silver paste for electric field driven jet micro-nano 3D printing, and belongs to the technical field of conductive silver paste and micro-nano 3D printing. The nano-silver paste is composed of modified nano-silver powder, an organic carrier and polymer resin, wherein the weight ratio of the modified nano-silver powder to the organic carrier to the polymer resin is 55-75: 15-40: 1-10; and the organic carrier is composed of an organic solvent, a thickener, a plasticizer, a surfactant, a dispersing agent, a leveling agent and an additive, wherein the weight percentage ratio of the organic solvent to the thickener to the plasticizer to the surfactant to the dispersing agent to the leveling agent to the additive is 60-90: 2-10: 3-10: 1-8: 1-10: 1-10: 1-10. By modifying the nano-silver powder and adjusting all the components, the viscosity of the nano-silver powder is matched with electric field driven jet micro-nano 3D printing, ultra-fine large-depth-width-ratio high-performance conductive pattern manufacturing is achieved, and finally, excellent adhesive force and conductive performance are achieved, and particularly, the problem that due to agglomeration of nano silver materials, the use performance is unstable is solved.

The invention provides an ejector pin mechanism and a piece of plasma processing equipment. The ejector pin mechanism comprises at least three ejector pins and a holding bracket used for supporting the ejector pins. An elastic component is arranged between each ejector pin and the holding bracket. The heights of the elastic components can change within an elastic range under the action of pressure, which makes the heights of the ejector pins change relative to the height of the holding bracket. The ejector pin mechanism provided by the invention can improve the precision of horizontal adjustment, which enables the machining requirement and the assembly precision requirement on other components of the ejector pin mechanism to be lowered to a certain extent. Moreover, the ejector pin mechanism can help to shorten the time of horizontal adjustment and improve the work efficiency.

The invention relates to a uniform heating large microwave oven. The uniform heating large microwave oven includes an oven body and a closed door. Horizontal linings are clamped in the oven body at an equal distance, each lining includes an upper plate and a lower plate, and reflection discs are flexibly placed the upper plate and lower plate. Each reflection disc includes a reflection shell and a reflection mirror, a top plate and base plate in the reflection shell are equipped with spring discs, the two spring discs are over against each other coaxially, and the center shafts of the spring discs are perpendicular to the base plate of the reflection shell. The tightening ends of the two spring discs are exposed out of the reflection shell and are disposed on the surface of the reflection shell. In the reflection shell, the two spring discs are respectively equipped with a rotating pendulum capable of rotating around the center shafts of the spring discs, and the two rotating pendulums are different in length. The microwave oven has a novel structure, can realize uniform heating of food materials within unit time, ensures the quality and qualification rate of the product, and also improves the space utilization rate of the microwave oven at the same time.

In one aspect, the disclosure relates to highly galactosylated anti-TNF-alpha antibodies and compositions thereof. In one aspect, the disclosure relates to populations of anti-TNF-alpha antibodies with a high level of galactosylation, and compositions thereof. In one aspect, the disclosure relates to methods of production and use of highly galactosylated anti-TNF-alpha antibodies and populations of anti-TNF-alpha antibodies with a high level of galactosylation. In some embodiments, the anti-TNF-alpha antibody is adalimumab.

The invention discloses a sending device for clip pieces of small jaw clips. The sending device comprises a seat body; a pushing groove and a feeding groove which communicate are formed in the seat body; and a push rod is slidably arranged in the pushing groove, and the end of the push rod is provided with a limiting block abutting against the ends of pressing sections of the clip pieces to prevent the clip pieces from being overturned. According to the sending device for the clip pieces of the small jaw clips, the clip pieces of the small jaw clips can be positioned well and thus are not overturned in the pushing process, and the requirement of accurate sending is met.

The present invention relates to compositions comprising Lactobacillus plantarum 2830 (ECGC 13110402), or mutant strain or strains thereof, for use in the treatment or prevention of hypercholesterolaemia, and in particular reducing the total cholesterol (TC) and low density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C) levels, in an individual. Specific dosage regimes and methods of production are also claimed and described.

The invention relates to a machining method for an engine connecting rod. The machining method for the engine connecting rod includes the following steps that (a) the two end surfaces of the connecting rod are subjected to rough grinding, a small-head hole is drilled and enlarged, a large-head hole and the small-head hole are subjected to rough boring, the small-head hole is subjected to semi-finished boring, a bolt boss is milled, a bolt hole is drilled or tapped, and deburring is carried out; (b) linear cutting is carried out on the position, corresponding to a cracking plane, of the inner edge of the large-head hole to form a V-shaped cracking groove, and the V-shaped cracking groove is symmetrical relative to the cracking plane to form an initial cracking source; (c) the connecting rod is heated to 150-250 DEG C, a hydraulic cylinder drives a bidirectional wedge block to move downwards and be pressed into a semicircular movable sleeve, the semicircular movable sleeve is pushed to act on the inner wall of the large-head hole, the large-head hole is cracked instantly, a connecting rod cover and a connecting rod body are separated, and cold water is sprayed; and (d) the cracked connecting rod is subjected to fine machining, and a cracked connecting rod finished product is formed. The connecting rod is heated and sprayed with the cold water after the connecting rod cover and the connecting rod body are separated, the strength of the engine connecting rod can be improved, and the levelness of the cracking plane of the connecting rod cover and the connecting rod body can be improved as well.

The invention is generally related to assays and methods for determining the risk of an HIV+ individual for developing a macrophage-mediated disease using measurement of soluble CD163 levels in a biological sample. The invention also provides assays and methods for monitoring efficacy of a treatment or a drug for a macrophage-mediated disease, and assays and methods for screening for agents to treat a macrophage-mediated disease in an HIV+ individual by monitoring soluble CD163 levels.

The invention discloses an unmanned aerial vehicle for measuring the coating film thickness of a high-rise steel structure. The unmanned aerial vehicle comprises a flight mechanism, a film measuring mechanism and an adsorption and separation mechanism; the flight mechanism comprises a fuselage connected with a plurality of horizontal rotor wings; the film measuring mechanism comprises an equipmentplate assembled on the fuselage through a rotary shaft, the equipment plate has the rotational degree of freedom at least within the straight angle range around the axis of the rotary shaft, and a film measuring probe is fixed to the equipment plate; and the film measuring mechanism and the adsorption and separation mechanism are both arranged on the same surface of the equipment plate, the adsorption and separation mechanism comprises a vertical rod and a jacking mechanism which are vertically fixed to the equipment plate, a permanent magnet is arranged at the top end of the vertical rod, the jacking mechanism has the linear reciprocating degree of freedom in the direction parallel to the vertical rod, and the vertical distance between the permanent magnet and the equipment plate is within the vertical distance between the top end of the jacking mechanism and the equipment plate when the top end of the jacking mechanism is located at the two limit positions. By adopting the unmannedaerial vehicle, paint film detection can be conducted on the steel structure at the high position which is inaccessible to people, the upper surface, the lateral facades and the lower surface of the steel structure all can be detected, and thus the unmanned aerial vehicle is widely applied.

The present invention relates to stem cells which exhibit increased sensitivity to a chemoattractant and, more particularly, to methods of generating and using them such as in clinical applications involving stem cell transplantation.

A novel canola variety designated 45H31 and seed, plants and plant parts thereof, produced by crossing Pioneer Hi-Bred International, Inc. proprietary inbred canola varieties. Methods for producing a canola plant that comprises crossing canola variety 45H31 with another canola plant. Methods for producing a canola plant containing in its genetic material one or more traits introgressed into 45H31 through backcross conversion and/or transformation, and to the canola seed, plant and plant part produced thereby. This invention relates to the canola variety 45H31, the seed, the plant produced from the seed, and variants, mutants, and minor modifications of canola variety 45H31. This invention further relates to methods for producing canola varieties derived from canola variety 45H31.

A method for creating low pressure in a brake activation device of a motor vehicle brake system, comprising a pneumatic brake force booster the interior of which is divided into at least one low-pressure chamber and one working chamber, a brake master cylinder and a pneumatic motor pump unit for creating the low pressure in the low-pressure chamber, which motor pump unit comprises a low-pressure pump and a motor driving the low-pressure pump, a low-pressure level in the low-pressure chamber or a pressure difference between the low-pressure chamber and the working chamber being detected by a sensor and the motor pump unit being activated by an electronic control unit if the pressure falls below a first predefined, lower low-pressure level Pe in the low-pressure chamber and being deactivated if a second predetermined, upper low-pressure level Pa is reached.

The present invention relates to a retrovirus packaging cell which expresses a temperature sensitive RNA-dependent-RNA polymerase (RdRp).

The disclosed computerized system and method facilitates predicting the onset of diabetes or symptom progression in those patients already suffering from the disease. The computerized system and method applies steps to segment the population by predefined member characteristics. Once segmented, the computerized system and method applies a plurality of prediction models to the segmented population data to provide a ranking of members of the population that indicates the likelihood of onset or progression of diabetes for each member.

The invention discloses a supporting device for a microscope, which is used for supporting a loading device. The supporting device is characterized by comprising a substrate and a plurality of protruding structures arranged on the substrate, and the top ends, used for being contacted with the loading device, of the protruding structures are located on the same horizontal plane. According to the supporting device for the microscope provided by the embodiment of the invention, the loading device is erected above the protruding structures, so that the direct contact area of the loading device and a carrier is reduced as small as possible by the adoption of the protruding structures, and accordingly, the probability of accumulating dust on the top ends of the protruding structures is reduced, the levelness of the loading device is improved, the condition that the loading device has different focus lengths due to the fact that the levelness of the loading device is lowered caused by dust accumulation is reduced, the tedious operation of repeated focusing is greatly reduced, and the use convenience of the microscope is improved. The invention also provides a microscope carrier and the microscope.

The invention provides methods for isolating and enhancing the levels of jasmonates from cacao plant sources. In a preferred embodiment, jasmonic acid and 12-hydroxy jasmonate sulfate are detected in various cocoa products, and the levels of these compounds can be manipulated to increase the beneficial health effects of a food product made with the cocoa products The invention includes methods to prepare edible products containing cocoa jasmonates.