摘要:
An analytical device that can be used to conveniently and accurately assay plural vessels. In one exemplary embodiment, a pair of LED sources provides illumination through a pair of radial waveguides to plural vessels arranged in a pair of substantially concentric and circular rows about the LED sources. A light pipe receives light transmitted through a vessel from each radial waveguide and reflects the received light downward to a single printed circuit board that contains a photodiode for each light pipe, as well as processing circuitry. The first LED source/radial waveguide optical is used to confirm the presence of a vessel, and the second is used to perform, e.g., turbidometric and/or calorimetric assays upon an analyte within the vessel. The vessel is incubated in a vessel support that includes a heat conducting base and a heat insulating cover. Heat is supplied by a DC heater.
摘要:
An analytical device that can be used to conveniently and accurately assay plural vessels. In one exemplary embodiment, a pair of LED sources provides illumination through a pair of radial waveguides to plural vessels arranged in a pair of substantially concentric and circular rows about the LED sources. A light pipe receives light transmitted through a vessel from each radial waveguide and reflects the received light downward to a single printed circuit board that contains a photodiode for each light pipe, as well as processing circuitry. The first LED source/radial waveguide optical is used to confirm the presence of a vessel, and the second is used to perform, e.g., turbidometric and/or colorimetric assays upon an analyte within the vessel. The vessel is incubated in a vessel support that includes a heat conducting base and a heat insulating cover. Heat is supplied by a DC heater.
摘要:
A glazing unit is provided in which a two part bush is provided such that relative movement between a fastener, a glazing component and a wing skin is permitted, thus avoiding stress concentrations and lowering risk of damage in use.
摘要:
An illustrative embodiment provides a computer-implemented process for distributed management of native interface arrays. The computer-implemented process obtains an array type native interface call in a first system from a caller in a second system, identifies an array type of the array type native interface call to form an identified array type, and requests array elements associated with the identified array type to form requested array elements, wherein added metadata is associated with the requested array elements. The computer-implemented process builds an enhanced data structure using the requested array elements and the associated added metadata and returns a pointer within the enhanced data structure to the caller. The pointer can be used by the caller to manipulate array data of the array elements, and the first system can calculate an address of the added metadata in constant time from the pointer.
摘要:
A retractable antenna (100) is provided that includes a body (106) having an orifice (204), a whip (104) retractably coupled to the body (106), at least one follower (200) disposed about the whip (104), and a cam (202) disposed about the orifice (204). The cam (202) is shaped such that the at least one follower (200) interacts with the cam (202) during retraction of the whip (104) so as to rotate the whip as necessary to align the whip in a rotational position that allows full retraction of the antenna. Also provided are an electronic communication device (102) that includes at least one such non-circular retractable antenna (100), and an alignment system for rotationally aligning an extendable portion of a non-circular retractable antenna (100) during retraction.
摘要:
A method quantifies compliance risk management effectiveness at a point in time and over time. A computer-implemented method for doing so creates a graphical display of compliance exceptions identified within the organization over time and displays a plot or curve for each source that identified the compliance exceptions. The graphical display may include: an audit function plot; a business line plot; a compliance function plot; and/or a regulator plot. An apparatus for monitoring and analyzing compliance risk in includes a database, a processor and a graphical user interface. The database stores data regarding identified compliance exceptions. The processor weights each compliance exception and categorizes each source. The graphical user interface separately plots a resulting value of weighted compliance exceptions based on source.
摘要:
The present invention relates to methods and products for improved production of the lantibiotic mersacidin. There is provided a method of producing a mersacidin variant which comprises introducing into a cell which is a ΔMrsA host cell an expression vector encoding said variant, and recovering said variant from the cell culture. Preferred variants include the novel variants of Table 1, e.g. mersacidin F3W, said mersacidin F3W optionally having a further one or more variations, e.g. mersacidin F3W G8A. Also provided is a Bacillus cell which is a SigH deficient strain of Bacillus sp. HIL Y-85,54728 (NCIMB Accession Number NCIMB 41211); this cell may also be used in the production of mersacidin and its variants. Further aspects of the invention include a DNA cassette which comprises a nucleotide sequence encoding the mersacidin mrsA propeptide, and a method to transform a Bacillus HIL host cell with plasmid, which method includes the step of electroporation.
摘要:
An apparatus for managing risk within an organization includes four modules. An enterprise builder module enables a user to enter and store data regarding one or more reporting entities within the organization. A products and services catalog module enables a user to enter and store data regarding one or more products or services within the organization and to associate each of the one or more products or services with at least one of the one or more reporting entities defined in the enterprise builder module. A compliance obligation inventory module enables a user to enter and store data regarding one or more compliance obligations and to relate each of the one or more compliance obligations to at least one product or service of the one or more products or services defined in the products and services catalog module. A compliance risk assessment module enables a user to conduct a risk assessment for unique combinations of products or services, compliance obligations and reporting units; aggregate risk assessments over an entire reporting unit; and consolidate risk assessments over multiple reporting units.
摘要:
A greeting or other card plays an appropriate aural message and serves as a presentation vehicle for a gift or other article such as a lottery ticket. The card includes a device for playing a tune or verbal message and has mounting slots for the article. When seated in the slots, the article interrupts the electrical circuit of the device, preventing playback of the tune or message. On removal of the article, a switch of the device closes to complete an electrical circuit which causes the aural greeting to sound.
摘要:
A biologically active component of emu oil is disclosed which is useful in pharmaceutical composition for the treatment of inflammation of environmental and systemic origins. Pharmaceutical composition including emu oil and dermal transport enhancing compounds are also disclosed as useful topical anti-inflammatory treatments.