PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a blood component sampler that can sample desirable platelet-including plasma with fewer leukocytes and erythrocytes mixed, even from a donor with a low hematocrit value and one with a low sampling blood flow. SOLUTION: The blood component sampler 1 comprises a centrifugal separator 20, a turbidity sensor 14 fixed around the outlet of the centrifugal separator, and...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a method for manufacturing ink jet recording heads which can be formed of an inorganic material without depending on an organic resin material and are prevented from deterioration of ink discharge faces and from break of joining faces because of an internal stress, and ink jet recording heads manufactured by the manufacturing method. SOLUTION: In this method for ma...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a driving force control device of a four-wheel drive vehicle, capable of securing the operability and controllability of the vehicle even in the case of causing the status where the torque transmission responsiveness to a main driving wheel is higher than the torque transmission responsiveness to an auxiliary driving wheel as in starting sudden acceleration while a...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To perform following running improved in drivability by making the behavior of a vehicle more match a driver's feeling when an interrupting vehicle interrupts between a driver's own vehicle and a preceding vehicle. SOLUTION: At the step S4630, it is judged whether stop determination is made or not, and when it is decided that the stop determination is not made, transition to ...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To solve the disadvantage of a shift control device for automatically controlling an engine speed to a target engine speed and automatically performing a gear shift by disconnecting and connecting a friction clutch 12 by auto-clutch control in the instruction of a target gear stage from a shift instructing means (e.g. a change lever 3), where an engine control signal is corre...

LA INVENCION SE REFIERE A COMPUESTOS DE FORMULA (I) O A LAS SALES FARMACEUTICAMENTE ACEPTABLES DE LOS MISMOS. EN DICHA FORMULA: G REPRESENTA UN GRUPO DE FORMULA (A), (B) O (C), DONDE R A Y R B REPRESENTAN HIDROGENO O SUSTITUYENTES ORGANICOS O INORGANICOS; A ES UN ALQUILENO OPCIONALMENTE SUSTITUIDO; R 1 , R 2 , R 3 Y R 4 REPRESENTAN SUSTIT UYENTES ORGANICOS O INORGANICOS; R 5 ES HIDROGENO O ALQUILO...

LA INVENCION SE REFIERE A UN DISPOSITIVO PARA EL TRATAMIENTO DE COMPONENTES COMPOSITE QUE PRESENTA UN TRAYECTO DE FLUJO PARA UN LIQUIDO DE TRANSPORTE QUE CONTIENE PARTICULAS SOLIDAS PRODUCIDAS POR TRITURACION DE LO(S) COMPONENTE(S) COMPOSITE, ASI COMO UNA SERIE DE HERRAMIENTAS DE ACELERACION (70) CONSECUTIVAS QUE SE MUEVEN CON RESPECTO A UN ESTATOR Y ESTAN DISPUESTAS COMO ESTATOR EN UN CIRCULO DE ...

LA INVENCION SE REFIERE A UN PROCEDIMIENTO PARA LA ELABORACION DE PLACAS DE PLOMO PARA ACUMULADORES DE PLOMO, DONDE PARA LA GARANTIZACION DE UNA CALIDAD DE PLACAS MUY BUENA Y REGULAR SE PERMITE UNA REDUCCION CONSIDERABLE DEL TIEMPO DE SECADO Y DE MADURACION Y CON ELLO UNA INTEGRACION DE LOS PROCESOS DE ELABORACION EN PROCEDIMIENTOS DE ELABORACION CONTINUA, PROPONIENDOSE CON LA INVENCION UN PROCEDI...

The invention provides methods for the systematic analysis of the structure and function of polypeptides by identifying active domains which influence the activity of the polypeptide with a target substance. Such active domains are determined by substituting selected amino acid segments of the polypeptide with an analogous polypeptide segment from an analog to the polypeptide. The analog has a dif...

An open spaced apart patio sun umbrella which, when the top thereof is raised, undergoes a reshaping into an inverted v-shape closed condition and makes, to the extent it is raised, the location of an unlatching mechanism within convenient reach of a user making unobserved unlatching contact therewith through the bottom opening of the v-shape, even though the unlatching mechanism is masked from vi...

Process and device for treating vulcanized rubber surfaces before bonding by creating surface roughness and elimination of degraded surface particles through the use of a high pressure fluid jet.

In a preferred embodiment, the invention is a non-deflatable tire assembly having a hollow toroid-shaped flanged insert, a flexible body molded around the insert to form a tire, and at least one rim onto which is mounted the tire. The flange of the insert extends toward the central axis of the insert, and is used to attach the tire to the rim(s) via bolts through matching holes within the flange a...

A process for converting UF6 to a solid uranium compound such as UO2 and CaF. The UF6 vapor form is contacted with an aqueous solution of NH4OH at a pH greater than 7 to precipitate at least some solid uranium values as a solid leaving an aqueous solution containing NH4OH and NH4F and remaining uranium values. The solid uranium values are separated from the aqueous solution of NH4OH and NH4F and r...

A composition and method for promoting improved adhesion between a thermoplastic resinous substrate and polyurethane foam is provided. In one aspect of this invention, the composition comprises a thermoplastic mixture of at least one polyphenylene ether and at least one poly(alkenylaromatic) compound; and at least one primary amine-containing material or secondary amine-containing material.

Aqueous spray-resistant and pourable foams (S), produced by mechanical foaming of corresponding aqueous compositions (W), wherein the aqueous phase contains(A) a curable polymer system, which consists of(U) an ionomeric polyurethane or a mixture of ionomeric polyurethanes and optionally(P) one or more further polymers curable at least together with (U),and (B) at least one foam-stabilizerand the l...

The present invention relates to a method for detecting a defect in a barrel portion of a bottle. The defect in the barrel portion of the bottle includes a thin blister and a longitudinal streak. The defect in the bottle barrel is detected by imaging the bottle barrel with a CCD camera based on light which has passed through a light shield plate having a plurality of oblique slits and the bottle b...

In a process and an apparatus for the detection of the contact and/or the interaction of a catheter arranged in a patient's vessel, in particular in a patient's blood stream, with the patient's tissue, in order to contribute to an improved detection of this contact or to make it possible for the first time to permit statements during an ablation process regarding the ablation depth or regarding th...

A method and apparatus in an automated data storage library for identifying a location of a robot in the automated data storage library. Signals are transmitted from a set of transmitters in the automated data storage library, wherein a location of the set of transmitters is known. The signals transmitted from the set of transmitters are received at a receiver located on the robot to form a set of...

A method for determining the presence of an analyte in a fluid is described along with an apparatus specifically designed to carry out the method. The method involves taking a reflectance reading from one surface (15) of an inert porous matrix (11) impregnated with a reagent that will interact with the analyte to produce a light-absorbing reaction product when the fluid being analysed is applied t...

The system has a reader (2) for a data medium, a controller, display devices, and a memory for data from at least one data medium; at least one break-in and/or state signaling system, esp. an alarm system with connected locking elements and/or sensors; and at least one data medium. The reader is connected via a data line (11) to a switching module (3) with switching elements dependent on the state...