Abstract:
The present invention relates to a method for constructing a continuously reinforced concrete pavement including: the reinforcing steel bar arrangement step of moving reinforcing steel bar introducing/fixing equipment having guide tubes adapted to guide reinforcing steel bars to proper positions thereof and a reinforcing steel bar holding apparatus adapted to apply an instant tensile force to the reinforcing steel bars upon concrete casting to allow the reinforcing steel bars to be located at the proper positions thereof, and longitudinally arranging the reinforcing steel bars; the concrete casting step of casting concrete on top of the reinforcing steel bars arranged in the reinforcing steel bar arrangement step; and the finishing step of flattening the surface of the concrete cast in the concrete casting step by means of a paver.
Abstract:
Various embodiments described in the application relate to an apparatus, system, and method for generating, within a conduit, discrete volumes of one or more fluids that are immiscible with a second fluid. The discrete volumes can be used for biochemical or molecular biology procedures involving small volumes, for example, microliter-sized volumes, nanoliter-sized volumes, or smaller. The system can comprise an apparatus comprising at least one conduit operatively connected to one or more pumps for providing discrete volumes separated from one another by a fluid that is immiscible with the fluid(s) of the discrete volumes, for example, aqueous immiscible-fluid-discrete volumes separated by an oil.
Abstract:
Long wavelength, narrow emission bandwidth fluorecein dyes are provided for detecting spacially overlapping target substances. The dyes comprise 4,7-dichlorofluoresceins, and particularly 2′,4′,5′,7′-tetrachloro-4,7-dichloro-5- (and 6-)carboxyfluoresceins. Methods and kits for using the dyes in DNA analysis are provided.
Abstract:
There is disclosed a method of skipping unrecorded area during playback in order to minimize an interruption time upon playing back a recorded program in a tape drive. The method is performed while playing back a record medium, such that an area with no videos and audios is played back at a high speed and an area with videos and audios is played back at a normal speed, resulting in minimized time for playing back unrecorded areas, thus yielding another advantage in that an audience is kept from being bored and, furthermore, power is saved by automatically turning the power-off when the record medium playback is completed.
Abstract:
There is disclosed a screen encore method capable of re-playing the exact portion to be watched again by using a counter module. The improved VTR system for performing the screen encore method includes: a microcomputer 1 which controls the system; a tape counter module 2 which checks the running status of a tape and informs the user of the tapes processing condition; a display 3 showing the present status of the VTR according to user key input; a Y/C unit 4 which performs circuit level functions of a VTR such as the video or audio signal processing; a logic and mechanism unit 5 which performs the mechanical functions of a VTR such as insertion and ejection of tape, loading, and unloading; a sensor and remote control unit 6 which deliver the present status of a VTR such as program switch (=position switch), start/end sensor, and reel and drum pulse, to the microcomputer, and also deliver the remotely received control signal; and a keyboard 7 which delivers information to said microcomputer in order to achieve the function desired by a user and by which a desired function key is selected and entered.
Abstract:
A method for constructing a continuously reinforced concrete pavement includes: the reinforcing steel bar arrangement step of moving reinforcing steel bar introducing/fixing equipment having guide tubes adapted to guide reinforcing steel bars to proper positions thereof and a reinforcing steel bar holding apparatus adapted to apply an instant tensile force to the reinforcing steel bars upon concrete casting to allow the reinforcing steel bars to be located at the proper positions thereof, and longitudinally arranging the reinforcing steel bars; the concrete casting step of casting concrete on top of the reinforcing steel bars arranged in the reinforcing steel bar arrangement step; and the finishing step of flattening the surface of the concrete cast in the concrete casting step by means of a paver.
Abstract:
Various embodiments of the teachings relate to a system or method for sample preparation or analysis in biochemical or molecular biology procedures. The sample preparation can involve small volume processed in discrete portions or segments or slugs, herein referred to as discrete volumes. A molecular biology procedure can be nucleic acid analysis. Nucleic acid analysis can be an integrated DNA amplification/DNA sequencing procedure.
Abstract:
A chemically-enhanced primer is provided comprising a negatively charged moiety (NCM), an oligonucleotide sequence having a) non-nuclease resistant inter-nucleotide linkages or b) at least one nuclease resistance inter-nucleotide linkage. The chemically-enhanced primer can be used for sequencing and fragment analysis. Methods for synthesizing the chemically-enhanced primer as well as a method of preparing DNA for sequencing, a method of sequencing DNA, and kits containing the chemically-enhanced primer are also provided. The method of sequencing DNA can comprise contacting amplification reaction products with the composition wherein excess amplification primer is degraded by the nuclease and the chemically-enhanced primer is essentially non-degraded.
Abstract:
Various embodiments of the teachings relate to a system or method for sample preparation or analysis in biochemical or molecular biology procedures. The sample preparation can involve small volume processed in discrete portions or segments or slugs, herein referred to as discrete volumes. A molecular biology procedure can be nucleic acid analysis. Nucleic acid analysis can be an integrated DNA amplification/DNA sequencing procedure.
Abstract:
The present invention relates generally to nucleobase polymer functionalizing reagents, to mobility-modified sequence-specific nucleobase polymers, to compositions comprising a plurality of mobility-modified sequence-specific nucleobase polymers, and to the use of such polymers and compositions in a variety of assays, such as, for example, for the detection of a plurality of selected nucleotide sequences within one or more target nucleic acids. The mobility-modifying polymers of the present invention include phosphoramidite reagents which can be joined to other mobility-modifying monomers and to sequence-specific oligonucleobase polymers via uncharged phosphate triester linkages. Addition of the mobility-modifying phosphoramidite reagents of the present invention to oligonucleobase polymers results in unexpectedly large effects the mobility of those modified oligonucleobase polymers, especially upon capillary electrophoresis in non-sieving media.