A cardiac gated CT scanner (10) has a source of penetrating radiation (20) arranged for rotation about an examination region (14) having a central axis extending in a z direction. The source (20) emits a beam of radiation (22) that passes through the examination region (14) as the source (20) rotates. A patient support (30) holds a patient within the examination region (14) and is arranged to tran...

An improved blade design and method for enhancing the efficiency of operation of a centrifuge is disclosed based on measuring a varying value of the load on the centrifuge as the flow of contaminated fluid is injected into the centrifuge. The centrifuge has a plurality of blades with radially overlapping edges to keep the fluid being centrifuged compartmentalized and thus quiet for maximum efficie...

PCT No. PCT/NO95/00211 Sec. 371 Date Jul. 8, 1997 Sec. 102(e) Date Jul. 8, 1997 PCT Filed Nov. 9, 1995 PCT Pub. No. WO96/15427 PCT Pub. Date May 23, 1996A method for measuring the flow rate in a fluid flow, particularly a two-phase flow comprising oil, water and gas from an offshore well, in which a temporary transitory shut-off of the fluid flow by means of a valve is performed, and the fluid pre...

Automotive vehicle control apparatus including a running stability control device for reducing engine output and/or applying brake to vehicle wheels for improving vehicle running stability, a shift control device for shifting an automatic transmission by engagement of at least one hydraulically operated frictional coupling device, depending upon a detected vehicle running condition as compared wit...

The invention relates to methods of monitoring and controlling the processin g of blood and blood samples, particularly the separation of blood into its components. In one aspect, the invention relates to optical methods and devices for measuring two-dimensional distributions of transmitted light intensities, scattered light intensities or both from a separation chamber o f a centrifuge. In embodi...

The invention relates to a detector (D) for detecting when the thread bobbin in a thread-processing system (S) has to be replaced. Said detector comprises a movably received element (E), at least one detection member (7) that responds to a relative position or a relative position change of the element with a signal (i), and a power generator that exerts a force on the element, and the element (E) ...

The invention relates to methods of monitoring and controlling the processing of blood and blood samples, particularly the separation of blood into its components. In one aspect, the invention relates to optical methods and devices for measuring two-dimensional distributions of transmitted light intensities, scattered light intensities or both from a separation chamber of a centrifuge. In one embo...

Data processing systems and methods for managing transactions in auction-based trading of specialized items such as fixed income instruments are presented. The data processing system provides a highly structured trading protocol implemented through a sequence of trading paradigms. The system employs a distributed computer processing network linking together a plurality of commonly configured progr...

A utility wristband for holding magnetically attractable metallic work items thereagainst for convenient access. The wristband includes a band that having an outer and inner panel and is sized in length to wrap around the wrist of a worker. A fasteners is provided for releasably adjustably connecting the wristband around the worker's wrist. A plurality of magnets are positioned in a central portio...

The invention relates to a seafood product processing installation which is intended, in particular, for the processing of prawn- or lobster-type shellfish using at least one suitable processing liquid. The inventive installation comprises: at least one processing post which is equipped with means (2) for applying the processing liquid to the seafood products, and means (3) for transferring said p...

In a video processing system where motion vectors are estimated for a subset of the blocks of data forming a video frame, and motion vectors are interpolated for the remainder of the blocks of the frame, a method includes determining, for at least at least one block of the current frame for which a motion vector is not estimated (204), whether a block to the left or right has an estimated zero mot...

The present invention relates to a holder (9) for containing objects, comprising: at least two separate compartments (1, 2, 3, 4) adapted to receive objects, and a wrapping element (6) for releasably coupling the compartments, which wrapping element is adapted to engage around at least one of the compartments, and connecting means for releasably connecting the wrapping element to the compartments....

Production of a flexible (or rigid flexible) printed wiring board, in which in the bonding of a cover lay to a flexible circuit member, the mold release property and moldability at press operation having been unsatisfactory with the use of conventional mold release film are improved while maintaining excellent performance with respect to contour tracking property, uniform moldability, platability ...

A method of determining a glucose or hematocrit concentration of a blood sample, comprising the steps of: a) applying a signal having an AC component to the blood sample ; b) measuring an AC phase angle response to the signal ; and c) determining the glucose or hematocrit concentration using the AC phase angle response.; L'invention concerne une méthode permettant de déterminer la concentration de...

The present invention provides a test strip for measuring a concentration of an analyte of interest in a biological fluid, wherein the test strip may be encoded with information that can be read by a test meter into which the test strip is inserted.; L'invention concerne une bande d'essai utilisée pour mesurer la concentration d'un analyte recherché dans un fluide biologique. La bande d'essai peut...

A novel blazing principle effective even in a resonance area. In at least two light scattering units each consisting of two sets of balls (11a, 21a; 12a, 22a), a light (51) is incident to a diffraction grating so as to cause mirror resonance to thereby selectively reinforce by mirror resonance part of a diffraction light (52) diffracted by a first layer (1) and a second layer (2). A blazing condit...

Methods for the use of Pinl as a marker of abnormal cell growth are disclosed. In another embodiment, the method includes evaluating the efficacy of a treatment of an abnormal cell growth, such as cancer, by monitoring the levels of Pin1. The levels of Pin1 can be protein levels or nucleic acid levels.; L'invention concerne des méthodes qui mettent en oeuvre Pin1 comme marqueur de croissance cellu...

A wind directional vent and skylight combination including: (a) a throat which may be in the form of a hood (60) rotatably mounted to a structure such as a building and in communication with a cavity to be exhausted such as a room of the building; (b) wind directional means associated with the hood (60), the wind directional means optionally being inherent in the shape and configuration of the hoo...

The invention is directed to a shade and rain combination. The basic umbrella includes a shaft having at its top expending ribs with peripheral points at the ends of the ribs. A woven mesh cover is attached to the ribs and is extending to the peripheral points and attached thereto. The mesh cover protects a person under the umbrella from the harmful ultraviolet rays of the sun while at the same ti...

A locking assembly is disclosed for use with a walker or a rollator having foldable side members. The locking assembly includes a locking pin movable between a first position in which the corresponding side member is held in a locked, unfolded state and a second position in which the side member is in an unlocked, folded state. A lock plate extends transversely to the longitudinal axis of the corr...