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The circuit size of a diversity receiver for an orthogonal frequency division multiplexing signal is reduced, and the diversity effect is increased, by providing a power ratio comparator that calculates a difference value as a ratio of powers derived from channel estimation results for subcarrier components received from two antennas (11), (21) and compares the calculated difference value with a predetermined threshold, and a selective/equal gain combining selector (33) that outputs one of the received demodulated signals when the comparison result indicates that the calculated difference value is greater than the threshold value.

Methods are disclosed for forming spatially addressable arrays of polynucleotides of known squence, by using blocking groups that prevent the incorporation of multiple nucleotides during each incorporation step.

A single-use dispensing container (10) designed for being inserted into a device (20) where chilled and/or frozen products are prepared in a processing container (30), the dispensing container (10) comprising a plurality of ingredient compartments (10a) each comprising at least one ingredient for the preparation of the chilled or frozen product, wherein the dispensing container (10) comprises identification means providing the device (20) with information of the parameters for dispensing, cooling, texturizing and mixing the ingredients of the plurality of ingredient compartments (10a), such that the ingredients from the plurality of ingredient compartments (10a) are dispensed directly into the processing container (30), the dispensing of the ingredients being done either sequentially or simultaneously for the plurality of ingredient compartments (10a), as a function of the chilled or frozen product targeted.

The invention relates to the field of molecular recognition or detection of discontinuous or conformational binding sites or epitopes corresponding to a binding molecule, in particular, in relation to protein-protein, protein-nucleic acid, nucleic acid-nucleic acid or biomolecule-ligand interactions. The invention provides a synthetic molecular library allowing testing for, identification, characterization or detection of a discontinuous binding site capable of interacting with a binding molecule, the library having been provided with a plurality of test entities, each test entity comprising at least one first segment spotted next to a second segment, each segment having the capacity of being a potential single part of a discontinuous binding site.

A wireless in bore sensor for magnet resonance imaging provides radio frequency communication of physiological and other data signals from a battery powered unit held adjacent to the patient within the bore by using multiple diversity techniques to overcome the interfering environment of the MRI imaging system and to prevent interference with the MRI system.

Chemical field effect sensors comprising nanotube field effect devices having biopolymers such as single stranded DNA functionally adsorbed to the nanotubes are provided. Also included are arrays comprising the sensors and methods of using the devices to detect volatile compounds.

The invention relates to methods and apparatus suitable for executing a service or application at a client peer or client side, having a client specific device or client specific platform, with a reconfigurable architecture, said service or application being provided from a service peer or a service side. In a first aspect of the invention, the method comprises transmitting to the client peer from the server peer an abstract bytecode. The abstract bytecode is generated at the service peer by performing a compilation of an application. The abstract bytecode includes hardware bytecode and software bytecode. At the client peer, the abstract bytecode is transformed into native bytecode for the client specific device.

The present invention relates to a method of preparing a library of resins which are useful in chromatography, which method comprises creating a diversity of multi-modal ion exchange resins; and providing the diversity in a parallel system in which each resin is presented separated from the other resin(s).

Method for manufacturing wooden floor boards having an antique and used look, the boards of planed new wood being subjected to a mechanical treatment for making damages in its circumferential surface, and after that to a chemical treatment of at least the entire top surface. The chemical treatment comprises the impregnation of at least the entire top surface and applying a hard wax oil after that.

A method for controlling a combustion process, in particular in a firing chamber of a fossil-fired steam generator, is provided. The method includes determining spatially resolved measuring values in the firing chamber. Spatially resolved measuring values are transformed into state variables that may be used for control engineering, and they are subsequently fed as actual values to control circuits. The changes in the controlled variables determined in the control circuits are divided among a plurality of actuators in a backward transformation considering an optimization target. A corresponding combustion system is also provided.

The present invention relates to methods for the identification or cloning of polynucleotides encoding a selected phenotype, particularly from environmental DNA. In a specific embodiment, the method comprises (i) cloning environmental DNA fragments into E coli cloning vectors to produce a metagenomic library, (ii) identifying or selecting cloning vectors in said library which contain DNA fragments having a particular characteristic of interest, (iii) modifying the identified or selected cloning vectors into shuttle or expression vectors for transfer and integration in a selected host cell, (iv) transferring the modified cloning vectors into said selected host-cell and (v) identifying or cloning the DNA fragments contained in said modified cloning vectors which encode said selected phenotype in said selected host cell.

The present invention provides methods for directing the evolution of microorganisms comprising the use of mutator genes and growth under conditions of selective pressure. The method discloses mutator genes which can be used in the methods of the present invention and provides ATCC deposits which exemplify the evolved microorganisms produced by the methods.

Provided herein are libraries containing polynucleotides, where one of the polynucleotides encodes an antibody light chain with specific hypervariable regions HVR-L1, HVR-L2, and HVR-L3. Further provided herein are libraries containing polynucleotides encoding a plurality of unique antibodies, wherein each antibody comprises a heavy chain variable region and a light chain variable region. Also provided are antibodies, polypeptide libraries, vector libraries, cells, non-human animals, antibody light chains, methods of making an antibody library, kits, and methods of generating a bispecific antibody related thereto.

The system of backstage installation contains at least one vertical rack, which supports a tool that forms the backstage. System that forms the backstage, includes at least one movable structure for the installation of backstage connected with stationary vertical rack with the help of at least one rotating element. Movable structure is made with the possibility of rotation in the horizontal plane to transfer from the folded position into unfolded and to be rotated to the specified angle for formation of functional decorated zone. The system contains the backstage facility to form the front decorative backstage surface construction for the installation of the backstage.

The invention provides a lighting device element (100) comprising (i) at least one shaped element (120) selected from the group consisting of a pipe-like shaped element (120,119) and a rod-like shaped element (120,129), (ii) one or more functional elements (180) selected from the group consisting of a light source (10), electronics (20) for a light source (10), a heat sink (1401) and optics (30) for a light source (10), and (iii) a support (140) for the one or more functional element (180), wherein the lighting device element comprises at least said optics as functional element, wherein the lighting device element (100) comprises at least two monolithic bodies (170), each monolithic body (170) comprising at least part of the support (140) and at least part of the optics (30), with said at least two monolithic bodies (170) providing thereby said support (140) and said optics (30), wherein (a1) at least part of the support (140) and (a2) at least part of the one or more functional elements (180) are accommodated within and/or around the shaped element (120); wherein the support (140) and the one or more functional elements (180) are coupled; wherein (b1) the support (140) comprises at least part of a fastening material (145) and/or (b2) a support assist (160), at least partly configured within and/or around the shaped element (120), comprises at least part of the fastening material (145) and the support assist (160) comprises a receptor opening (169) hosting at least part of the support (140); wherein adjacent to a shaped element wall (121) of the shaped element (120) the fastening material (145) comprises (c1) an indentation (147) and (c2) part of the fastening material (145) is in pressed physical contact with said shaped element wall (121) and/or protruding into said shaped element wall (121) via which the support (140) is locally fixed to the shaped element (120).