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A sample collection system includes a vial and a collection stick. The collection stick includes an elongated handle portion and an absorbent head portion detachably connected to the handle portion. The absorbent head portion is configured to absorb and retain the fluid sample therein prior to insertion of the collection stick within the vial. During the sample collection process, the collection stick is inserted into the vial to express the fluid sample from the absorbent head portion into the vial. The absorbent head portion is retained within the vial in a generally compressed state with the handle portion being detached and removed from the vial.

A portable detector is disclosed for detecting certain analytes of interest, such as genetic material (e.g., nucleic acids). The detector includes a reading component for the detection of the analytes, and control circuitry for controlling operation of the reading component. Processing circuitry may be included to perform both primary analysis of acquired data, and where desired, secondary analysis. Where desired, some or all of the computationally intensive tasks may be off-loaded to enhance the portability and speed of the device. The device may incorporate various types of interface, technologies for reading and analysis, positioning system interfaces, and so forth. A number of exemplary use cases and methods are also disclosed.

A body fluid collection and assay device that allows for the collection, testing, diagnostics, evaluation, analysis of the fluid within the device. The assaying device includes a handle that allows the device to be used as a collection device, cup holding mechanism and allows easier transportation of multiple cups by a single person. The assaying device further incorporates an angled base that allows the cup to sit on a table or shelf in a reclined orientation allowing for easier viewing of the assaying strip(s). The collection container incorporates a front viewing window that allows the results of the testing to be viewed through. The collection container device further allows for a screw-down lid that can be placed onto the container to keep the fluid within the cup from spilling.

A substance identification system comprises interrelated components. A fluidics cartridge is configured to permit suspension of a sample of a substance of interest in a liquid medium, and to permit transfer of the suspended sample into a container via syringe/needle action or other suitable actuation means. The container is configured to be fixedly or removably coupled with the fluidics cartridge. An interface cartridge is configured to position the container for analysis by a portable substance identification device.

One embodiment of the present invention provides a system that facilitates code verification and garbage collection in a platform-independent virtual machine. The system operates by first receiving a code module written in a platform-independent language. Next, the system examines the code module to locate calls to program methods within the code module. The system then transforms the code module so that all operands remaining on the evaluation stack only relate to the called method when the method is called, thereby simplifying verification and garbage collection of the code module.

A body fluid collection and assay device that allows for the collection, testing, diagnostics, evaluation, analysis of the fluid within the device. The assaying device includes a handle for easier transportation by one person. A fluid transfer vent is located on a wall within the cup to limit the amount of sample that transfers from the collection portion of the cup to the testing portion of the cup. The assaying device further incorporates an angled base that allows the cup to sit on a table or shelf in a reclined orientation allowing for easier viewing of the assaying strip(s). The collection container incorporates a front viewing window that allows the results of the testing to be viewed through. The collection container device further allows for a screw-down lid that can be placed onto the container to keep the fluid within the cup from spilling.

The invention discloses a real-time voice changing method and device. The method comprises the following steps: receiving audio data of a source speaker; extracting voice recognition acoustic featuresfrom the source speaker audio data, and obtaining hidden layer features of voice recognition by using the voice recognition acoustic features; inputting the hidden layer features into a pre-constructed tone conversion model corresponding to a specific target speaker to obtain speech synthesis acoustic features of the specific target speaker; and generating an audio signal of the specific target speaker by using the speech synthesis acoustic feature of the specific target speaker. According to the invention, real-time sound changing with low response delay can be realized, and a good sound changing effect can be obtained.

An apparatus, a system, and a method for recording a multi-view video and processing pictures, and a decoding method are disclosed. The apparatus for recording a multi-view video and processing pictures includes a video recording unit, a collecting unit, a selecting unit, and an encoding unit, which are connected in sequence. The video recording unit is configured to record a video including recording a multi-view video, and output 3D video data. The collecting unit is configured to collect 3D video data output by the video recording unit. The selecting unit is configured to select at least one channel of data among the 3D video data. The encoding unit is configured to encode data including encoding the 3D video data selected by the selecting unit.

The invention discloses an air negative pressure differential tool bit leaf harvester. The harvester comprises a tubular nose, a collecting tank, a negative pressure machine, corrugated pipelines, a support pipe and a trolley. The leaf harvester adopts air negative pressure transmission driving and the differential rotation of multi-group cutting blades of the tubular nose is realized, thereby repeatedly cutting leaves to obtain small leaf fragments. The cut leaf fragments are collected and processed. The harvester can be used for harvesting leaves and tender branches and buds of broussonetia papyrifera in a large space range, also can be widely applied to pruning of jungles and shrubs in the field of landscaping, and integrates harvesting, pruning and collecting and processing, so that the labor intensity is greatly reduced, and the working efficiency is improved.

A system is provided for determining when the buildup of deposits in an exhaust line of a semiconductor wafer processing machine requires cleaning. Deposits in vacuum exhaust lines build up to where they eventually fail structurally, releasing particles that can contaminate equipment and processes. The time at which cleaning is required is often unpredictable, while frequent or early cleaning to avoid waiting too long unnecessarily reduces productivity. The invention provides for the monitoring of thermal properties on the inside of an exhaust line wall. Deposits cause changes in the monitored thermal properties. A heater and thermocouple can be used, for example, and the temperature at the thermocouple that is due to heat flow from the heater is measured. Buildups in the exhaust line affect heat flow to the sensor and are measurable as a decline in sensed temperature. Structural failure of the coating in the exhaust line leads to the eventual leveling off and fluctuation of the temperature measurement. Comparison or correlation of the sensed thermal property or a profile thereof with data stored under known exhaust line conditions is used to determine the condition of the exhaust line and signal when cleaning is most appropriate.

A trolley for collecting waste products in a vehicle includes: a trolley housing with an upper housing opening to a housing interior of the trolley housing and a waste enclosure suspended in the housing interior and provided with an upper enclosure opening, and a fluid receiving container with an upper container opening and arranged in or laterally on the trolley housing. The enclosure opening and the housing opening are arranged relative to one another in such a way that waste products can be introduced through the housing opening and the enclosure opening. The fluid receiving container includes a container suction port, by which a fluidic connection can be produced to extract a fluid from the bottom of an interior of the fluid receiving container. A cabin monument with such a fluid receiving container, as well as to a system with the trolley and the cabin monument are also described.

The present invention provides an optical fiber sensor for traffic monitoring, which comprises a former consisting of an elongated plate, and an optical fiber wound onto at least one surface of the elongated plate. The elongated plate is flexible in a direction transverse to the at least one predetermined property of an optical signal transmitted through the optical fiber sensor. The resulting sensor has a reduced depth which makes it easier to locate within the surface of a traffic route, has increased flexibility to enable to confirm to the surface of the traffic route, and has good cross axis sensitivity rejection.

A homogeneous assay method that employs a device is provided. In some embodiments, the device contains a pair of plates that can be opened and closed. The sample is placed between two plates. In some embodiments, the thickness of the sample in a closed configuration, the concentration of labels, and amplification factor of the amplification surface are configured to make the label(s) bound on the amplification surface visible without washing away of the unbound labels.

The invention provides a water surface floating object collecting device, and relates to the technical field of water body treatment. The water surface floating object collecting device is mainly usedfor solving the technical problem that in the prior art, the collection of water surface floating objects is inconvenient. The water surface floating object collecting device comprises a drainage mechanism and a collecting barrel. The upper end of the collecting barrel is located above the liquid level, and a filtering screen is arranged at the lower end of the collecting barrel. The drainage mechanism is located below the liquid level, and when the drainage mechanism is started, the liquid which is located in the collecting barrel can be downwards drained. The drainage mechanism and the collecting barrel are connected with each other through a movement mechanism. When the drainage mechanism is started and downwards drains water, the drainage mechanism can upwards move due to the counteracting force, the movement mechanism works under the action of the drainage mechanism and pulls the collecting barrel to downwards move to the space located below the water surface at this moment, andthe water surface floating objects can flow into the collecting barrel along with the water flow at this moment. The water surface floating object collecting device is used for water body environmenttreatment and can conveniently achieve the collection of water surface floating type garbage.

The present disclosure relates to a protective wrapping for a cylindrical object, comprising: an essentially square plastic film sheet, having a length exceeding the length of the circumference of the cylindrical object to be wrapped and a width exceeding the width of the cylindrical object to be wrapped, and having an inner face and an outer face referring to the orientation of the film when wrapped; the plastic film sheet comprising two foamed plastic strips arranged on the inner or outer face thereof, the strips arranged essentially parallel in the length direction of the plastic film sheet, at a distance from each other such that the foamed plastic strips can cover and protect the edges of the cylindrical object when wrapped. The present disclosure further relates to the use of the protective wrapping for wrapping a cylindrical object, particularly a reel of plastic film for baling applications.

The invention provides an earphone box comprising a box body and a box cover which is adaptive to the box body. The side wall of the box body is provided with a winding groove in a surrounding way. The top end of the box body is provided with a positioning groove. According to the earphone box, the winding groove for an earphone cable and the positioning groove for earphone receivers are arranged on the box body so that the earphone cable can be wound in the winding groove, the earphone receivers can be put in the positioning groove, stable installation of the earphone cable and the earphone receivers in the earphone box can be realized and waggling of the earphone receivers can be prevented, and thus the bending phenomenon of the earphone cable in storage can be effectively prevented, the service life of the earphone can be prolonged, all the main earphone cable is wound in the winding groove and the storing mode of the earphone is simplified. Besides, the box cover adaptive to the box body is arranged so that disordering and knotting of the earphone cable can be effectively prevented, and pollution of the external environment to the earphone can also be effectively prevented.

A container for storage and shipping of objects includes a lid assembly having two configurations and an open-top box. In the first configuration the container can be loaded with objects for storage or collection while limiting physical and visual access to the contents of the box and in the second configuration, the container is sealed for shipping. The lid assembly contains side flaps which may be used to stabilize the lid assembly in the first configuration, and in the second configuration, secure the lid assembly to the open-top box. Preferably, the container is formed from one contiguous blank. The blank is preferably made of corrugated cardboard but may be formed from any substantially rigid material. The container is thermally protected with a flame-retardant treatment, such as a thermally protective lining.

Disclosed herein is a culture system for chemical induction of pluripotent stem cells, comprising a basic culture medium and a composition for performing chemical induction of reprogramming process. The said composition comprises a thymine analogue, a cAMP activator, a TGF-β receptor inhibitor, a bone morphogenetic protein, a RA receptor activator, a GSK3 inhibitor and a basic fibroblast growth factor. And the said culture system is free of serum. By using the culture system as described herein, there is no need to frequently replate cells during culture, such that culturing process is simplified and loss of cells resulting from replating cells is reduced. As the culture system is free of serum, subsequent collection of pluripotent stem cells and molecular mechanism analysis are simplified, thereby facilitating establishment of no animal origin culture systems for induction of pluripotent stem cells.

The invention discloses an interactive E-bank achieving method and system and belongs to the field of communication. The interactive E-bank achieving method comprises the following steps that a payment service procedure is started; a cloud service platform generates an electronic sales account bill with unique identification and sends the electronic sales account bill to a password editor server; after the cloud service platform establishes connection with a mobile internet terminal of a payment user, the password editor server and the mobile internet terminal of the payment user can carry out recognition; when recognition passes, the password editor server and the mobile internet terminal of the payment user can carry out authentication; when the authentication passes, the mobile internet terminal of the payment user can establish connection with an E-bank server through the password editor server; the password editor server can transmit the payment service data between the mobile internet terminal of the payment user and the E-bank server to achieve payment service. The interactive E-bank achieving method and system simplify procedures for receipt of commercial tenants and payment of users and improve business efficiency of both sides in business.