The disclosed invention is related to compositions, kits and methods comprising one or more oligomers targeting 16S rRNA target nucleic acid from Campylobacter species jejuni, coli and/or lari. Compositions include amplification oligomers, detection probe oligomers and/or target capture oligomers. Kits and methods comprise at least one of these oligomers.

Apparatus for monitoring a pregnant mammal including: a sensor (11) operatively associated with a mammal to detect a condition of delivery of said mammal; a transmission circuit (15), operatively associated with said sensor (11), to generate and transmit a notification signal (100) based on the detection of said sensor (11), and a processing unit (20) operatively associated with said sensor (11) t...

A method of predicting weather-exacerbated threats, said method comprising inputting localized weather measurement data into a weather threat prediction system; predicting future localized weather conditions based on said localized weather measurement data combined with modeling from National Weather Service Data; inputting natural environment and infrastructure data into said weather threat predi...

A wafer level method of making a micro-electronic and/or micro-mechanic device, having a capping with electrical wafer through connections (vias), comprising the steps of providing a first wafer of a semiconductor material having a first and a second side and a plurality of holes and/or recesses in the first side, and a barrier structure extending over the wafer on the second side, said barrier co...

The present invention relates to a novel process for the purification of antibodies, e.g. monoclonal antibodies. The process utilizes an affinity resin comprising a solid phase material having immobilized thereto one or more low-molecular weight synthetic ligands. The affinity resins enable the separation of antibodies from even closely related proteins.

A spring suspension assembly (50, 50A) for a vehicle which has a plurality of spring elements (77, 83, 77A, 77B, 77C, 83A, 83B, 83C, 787E, 88F, 77G, 77H, 77I, 116, 117, 132, 133, 141, 142) which are attached to an inner carrier (56, 117A) and an outer carrier (86, 120) wherein respective arrays (76, 82, 76A, 76B, 82A, 82B) are oriented in opposing or counteracting orientation and each spring eleme...

A teeth bleaching device (100) for bleaching teeth is described being a dry teeth bleaching device, prior to use. The teeth bleaching device (100) comprises a fibrous, non-hydratable polymer structure (110) and a hydratable solid teeth bleaching agent (120) embedded in the fibrous structure prior to use. Upon use, the solid teeth bleaching agent (120) is dissolved by uptake of moisture or saliva i...

The present invention provides a situation awareness system of a driver of a vehicle in a multi-vehicle environment, said system comprising: a. a remote central server communicatively connected to a vehicle, comprising: i. a server computer comprising a CPU, a memory, and an operating system; ii. a wireless server transceiver; iii. databases within said server computer; iv. server applications wit...

An electronic module reader including a housing having a receiving area adapted to removably receive an electronic module; electrical signal contacts connected to the housing; and a module detection and ejection pre-warning switch. The switch is adapted to be contacted by the electronic module in the receiving area. The switch is adapted to signal presence and absence of the electronic module in t...

A method for eliminating a seam between adjoined screens includes step A: acquiring an original image and adapting the acquired image to an image translation in subsequent step B; step B: translating the acquired image toward the position of the seam; and step C: reverting the translated image to the original one. An apparatus for eliminating a seam between adjoined screens includes an image acqui...

A method and apparatus provide generic mechanism for a network application server. A receiver receives a request from a user equipment to provide authentication information to a network application function. A determining unit determines a key of a generic authentication architecture to integrate additional network application servers by extending an existing standard for user security settings. A...

In a vehicular front bumper structure having the function of detecting the collision of an object against the front bumper of a vehicle in the vehicle, the length of a front bumper area in widthwise directions of the vehicle, in which area a load applied to the front bumper is detected with a collision detection sensor (104), is more than or equal to a maximum distance in the widthwise directions ...

Compounds useful for the treatment of various metabolic disorders, such as insulin resistance syndrome, diabetes, hyperlipidemia, fatty liver disease, cachexia, obesity, atherosclerosis and arteriosclerosis, are disclosed.

An adjustable support for soft palate is a flat implant made of a material that can be implanted into human body for a long time, and includes a support (2) that can be inserted into soft palate and a hard palate connecting end (1) for connecting to hard palate. The hard palate connecting end (1) includes a connecting structure (11) arranged to secure the hard palate connecting end (1) to hard pal...

A method for depositing droplets onto a substrate employs an apparatus, such as an inkjet printhead, the apparatus having: an array of channels, acting as fluid chambers,separated by interspersed walls, with each channel communicating with an aperture or nozzle for the release of droplets of a fluid contained within the channel, such as ink. Each of the walls separates two neighbouring channels an...