摘要:
Techniques for use in connection with performing optimization using a plurality of objective functions associated with a respective plurality of tasks. The techniques include using at least one computer hardware processor to perform: identifying, based at least in part on a joint probabilistic model of the plurality of objective functions, a first point at which to evaluate an objective function in the plurality of objective functions; selecting, based at least in part on the joint probabilistic model, a first objective function in the plurality of objective functions to evaluate at the identified first point; evaluating the first objective function at the identified first point; and updating the joint probabilistic model based on results of the evaluation to obtain an updated joint probabilistic model.
摘要:
The present application concerns a thermostable chitosanase, originally identified in Paenibacillus sp., having an optimal temperature of about 80° C. when measured at a reaction time of about 10 minutes. Also contemplated are variants of this chitosanase (sharing more than 81% identity) as well as fragments thereof. The present application further concerns nucleic acid molecules encoding the chitosanase, vector comprising them as well as host cell expressing them. Methods of producing the thermostable chitosanase as well as using it for generating low molecular weight chitosan and chitosan oligosaccharides are also disclosed.
摘要:
The invention relates to a method for providing a structural condition of a structure, comprising providing an excitation wave generator; providing an excitation wave sensor; injecting an excitation burst wave into the structure using the excitation wave generator; obtaining a measured propagated excitation burst wave using the excitation wave sensor; correlating the measured propagated excitation burst wave with one of a plurality of theoretical dispersed versions of the excitation burst wave; and providing an indication of the structural condition of the structure corresponding to the correlated measured propagated excitation burst wave. The method may offer a better localization of the reflection points and thus of the potential defects present in a structure under inspection, when compared with a group velocity-based or time-of-flight (ToF) approach. The method may be particularly useful for structural health monitoring (SHM) and Non-Destructive Testing (NDT). The method may also enable determination of the mechanical properties of the structure.
摘要:
The present invention relates to a method of producing a structure of etch-resistant polymer on a substrate. A layer of sterol capable of polymerizing to form this structure is first deposited on a face of the substrate. Then, a first region of the layer of sterol is exposed to an electron beam to locally polymerize this layer and form the structure of etch-resistant polymer. A second region of the layer of sterol that has not been exposed to the electron beam is removed to leave. on the face of the substrate only the structure of etch-resistant polymer. Finally, a region of the face of the substrate not covered by the structure of etch-resistant polymer can be etched away, and the structure of etch-resistant polymer removed following this etching.
摘要:
The present invention relates to a method and device for needleless injection of a liquid substance in the skin or other target tissue of a patient, in which droplets of the liquid substance are produced, and the droplets of liquid substance are directed toward the surface of the patient's skin or other target tissue at a velocity sufficiently high to inject the droplets of liquid substance in the patient's skin or other target tissue. According to an illustrative embodiment, the droplets of the liquid substance are accelerated toward the surface of the patient's skin or other target tissue in order to inject the accelerated droplets of liquid substance in the patient's skin or other target tissue. According to another illustrative embodiment, a high velocity jet of gas is produced, droplets of the liquid substance are produced and supplied in the high velocity jet of gas, the droplets of liquid substance are conveyed within the high velocity jet of gas, and the high velocity jet of gas is guided toward the surface of the patient's skin or other target tissue in order to inject the conveyed droplets of liquid substance in the patient's skin or other target tissue.
摘要:
A bone cement delivery device (16,16a,16b,16c,16d,16e,16f) including a syringe body (58), a plunger (60), and a driving system (62) connected to the plunger (60) and sliding the plunger (60) within the syringe body (58) in a displacement-controlled and continuous manner to produce a steady flow of bone cement out of the syringe body (58). Also, a bone cement delivery device (16,16a,16b,16c,16d,16e,16f) including at least one sensor (18,18a,18b,18c,18d, 18e) for measuring a physical parameter of the bone cement within the body (58), the at least one parameter being indicative of a viscosity of the bone cement, and a display unit (22) receiving data from the sensor (18,18a,18b,18c,18d,18e) and displaying at least one of the physical parameter and the viscosity of the bone cement. Improved medical cannulae (12,12a,12b), an improved control system (102) for a bone cement delivery device (16,16a,16b,16c,16d,16e,16f), an improved cement delivery system (10) and related methods are also described.