Abstract:
Improved gas leak detection from moving platforms is provided. Automatic horizontal spatial scale analysis can be performed in order to distinguish a leak from background levels of the measured gas. Source identification can be provided by using isotopic ratios and/or chemical tracers to distinguish gas leaks from other sources of the measured gas. Multi-point measurements combined with spatial analysis of the multi-point measurement results can provide leak source distance estimates. These methods can be practiced individually or in any combination.
Abstract:
[Object] Provided is a test system operable with a simplified structure. [Solution] A test system (10) includes a test device (20) and a test device (30) each of which transports and tests a sample. The test device (20) includes a master control unit (25) which performs assignment of samples to the test device (20) and the test device (30), and control of a transport operation of the sample assigned to the test device (20). The test device (30) includes a slave control unit (35) which controls a transport operation of the sample assigned to the test device (30) by the master control unit (25).
Abstract:
The present invention provides a substrate collecting device (1) that includes a stage (3) on which a sheet (11) is placed with a plurality of substrates (2) facing downward, an acquiring section (4) which carries out a predetermined operation on some of the substrates (2), which are disposed at predetermined positions, from above the stage (3) thereby to cause the substrates (2) to come off from the sheet (11) and fall, an observation section (5) and a collecting section (7) disposed below the stage (3), and a moving mechanism (8), which integrally moves the observation section (5) and the collecting section (7) in a horizontal direction. The moving mechanism (8) is capable of positioning the observation section (5) and the collecting section (7) at two positions at which the observation section (5) or the collecting section (7) is positioned substantially vertically below a predetermined position.
Abstract:
The invention relates to a capillary cell (10a, 10b), an arrangement and a method for accommodating, positioning and examining a microscopic specimen, particularly an illuminated, fluorescing specimen with the aid of a light sheet fluorescence microscope. The capillary cell (10a, 10b) is suitable for being positioned in a chamber volume and contains a capillary section (12a, 12b) which comprises a wall (18a, 18b). The wall (18a, 18b) encloses a specimen volume and is flat and transparent at least in sections. The capillary cell (10a, 10b) further comprises a top and bottom closing section (16a, 16b and 14a, 14b), which are connected to the capillary section (12a, 12b) and which close the capillary section (12a, 12b). The specimen volume is separated from the chamber volume by the capillary section (12a, 12b), the upper closing section (16a, 16b) and the lower closing section (14a, 14b).
Abstract:
A wafer table structure providing a single wafer table surface suitable for handling both wafers and film frames includes a base tray having a set of compartments formed therein by way of a set of ridges formed in or on an interior base tray surface; a hardenable fluid permeable compartment material disposed within the set of base tray compartments; and a set of openings formed in the base tray interior surface by which the hardened compartment material is exposable to negative or positive pressures. The base tray includes a first ceramic material (e.g., porcelain), and the hardenable compartment material includes a second ceramic material. The base tray and the compartment material are simultaneously machinable by way of a standard machining process to thereby planarize exposed outer surfaces of the base tray and the hardened compartment material at an essentially identical rate for forming a highly or ultra-planar wafer table surface.
Abstract:
The invention concerns the field of biomolecule formulation screening and stability testing. It concerns a method for the evaluation of the colloidal stability of liquid biopolymer solutions. The present invention describes a method for determining the stability of a liquid pharmaceutical composition comprising: a) providing a liquid pharmaceutical composition in a container, b) shaking said container on a shaker, whereby the shaker performs an oloid movement, c) determining the stability of said liquid pharmaceutical composition.
Abstract:
The invention relates to an inspection and repair module for an internal side wall of a vertically erected structure, with the module including a carrier for supporting at least one data recording mechanism and being securable to a hoist, and for an inspection and repair module for an internal wall of a conduit with the module including propulsion means comprising a set of driven tracked wheels controllable by a controller carried by the carrier and configured to provide, within a conduit, longitudinal forward and reverse motion.