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1. An aminodibenzofluorene derivative comprising:
(A) at least one dibenzofluorene structure and
(B) at least one amino group in a molecule.
2. The aminodibenzofluorene derivative as described in claim 1, wherein it is represented by any of the following Formulas (1-a) to (1-f):
(wherein R1 to R2 each represent independently a hydrogen atom, a substituted or non-substituted alkyl group having 1 to 50 carbon atoms, a substituted or non-substituted aralkyl group having 1 to 50 carbon atoms, a substituted or non-substituted cycloalkyl group having 5 to 50 carbon atoms, a substituted or non-substituted aryl group having 5 to 50 carbon atoms forming the aromatic ring or a substituted or non-substituted heteroaryl group having 5 to 50 atoms forming a ring;
R3 represents a substituted or non-substituted alkyl group having 1 to 50 carbon atoms, a substituted or non-substituted aralkyl group having 1 to 50 carbon atoms, a substituted or non-substituted cycloalkyl group having 5 to 50 carbon atoms, a substituted or non-substituted alkoxyl group having 1 to 50 carbon atoms, a substituted or non-substituted alkoxycarbonyl group having 1 to 50 carbon atoms, a substituted or non-substituted aryl group having 5 to 50 carbon atoms forming the aromatic ring, a substituted or non-substituted aryloxy group having 5 to 50 atoms forming a ring, a substituted or non-substituted arylthio group having 5 to 50 atoms forming a ring, a substituted or non-substituted heteroaryl group having 5 to 50 atoms forming a ring, a substituted or non-substituted silyl group having 1 to 20 carbon atoms, a halogen atom, a cyano group or a nitro group;
Ar1 to Ar2 each represent independently a substituted or non-substituted aryl group having 5 to 50 carbon atoms forming the aromatic ring or a substituted or non-substituted heteroaryl group having 5 to 50 atoms forming a ring;
m is an integer of 1 to 4, and n is an integer of 0 to 8;
when R1, R2, R3, Ar1 and Ar2 are not a hydrogen atom, a halogen atom, a cyano group and a nitro group, the groups which are adjacent to each other may be combined with each other to form saturated or unsaturated cyclic structures, and these cyclic structures may be substituted).
3. A material for an organic electroluminescence device comprising the aminodibenzofluorene derivative as described in claim 1 or 2.
4. A light emitting material for an organic electroluminescence device comprising the aminodibenzofluorene derivative as described in claim 1 or 2.
5. An organic electroluminescence device in which an organic compound layer comprising a single layer or plural layers including at least a light emitting layer is interposed between a pair of electrodes, wherein at least one layer in the organic compound layer described above contains at least one kind of the aminodibenzofluorene derivative as described in claim 1 or 2.
6. The organic electroluminescence device as described in claim 5, wherein the light emitting layer described above contains at least one kind of the aminodibenzofluorene derivative described above.
7. The organic electroluminescence device as described in claim 5, wherein the light emitting layer described above contains at least one kind of the aminodibenzofluorene derivative described above and at least one selected from compounds represented by the following Formulas (2a) to (2d):
(in Formula (2a), Ar1a and Ar2a each are independently a group derived from a substituted or non-substituted aromatic ring having 6 to 20 ring carbon atoms; the aromatic ring described above may be substituted with at least one substituent; the substituent described above is selected from a substituted or non-substituted aryl group having 6 to 50 carbon atoms forming the aromatic ring, a substituted or non-substituted alkyl group having 1 to 50 carbon atoms, a substituted or non-substituted cycloalkyl group having 3 to 50 carbon atoms, a substituted or non-substituted alkoxyl group having 1 to 50 carbon atoms, a substituted or non-substituted aralkyl group having 6 to 50 carbon atoms, a substituted or non-substituted aryloxy group having 5 to 50 atoms forming a ring, a substituted or non-substituted arylthio group having 5 to 50 atoms forming a ring, a substituted or non-substituted alkoxycarbonyl group having 1 to 50 carbon atoms, a substituted or non-substituted silyl group, a carboxyl group, a halogen atom, a cyano group, a nitro group and a hydroxyl group; when the aromatic ring described above is substituted with two or more substituents, the substituents described above may be the same or different, and the substituents which are adjacent may be combined with each other to form a saturated or unsaturated cyclic structure;
R1a to R8a each are selected independently from a hydrogen atom, a substituted or non-substituted aryl group having 6 to 50 carbon atoms forming the aromatic ring, a substituted or non-substituted heteroaryl group having 5 to 50 atoms forming a ring, a substituted or non-substituted alkyl group having 1 to 50 carbon atoms, a substituted or non-substituted cycloalkyl group having 3 to 50 carbon atoms, a substituted or non-substituted alkoxyl group having 1 to 50 carbon atoms, a substituted or non-substituted aralkyl group having 6 to 50 carbon atoms, a substituted or non-substituted aryloxy group having 5 to 50 atoms forming a ring, a substituted or non-substituted arylthio group having 5 to 50 atoms forming a ring, a substituted or non-substituted alkoxycarbonyl group having 1 to 50 carbon atoms, a substituted or non-substituted silyl group, a carboxyl group, a halogen atom, a cyano group, a nitro group and a hydroxyl group);
(in Formula (2b), Ar1b and Ar2b each are independently a substituted or non-substituted aryl group having 6 to 50 carbon atoms forming the aromatic ring;
L1 and L2 each are selected independently from a substituted or non-substituted phenylene group, a substituted or non-substituted naphthalenylene group, a substituted or non-substituted fluorenylene group and a substituted or non-substituted dibenzosilolylene group;
p and q are an integer of 0 to 2, and r and s are an integer of 1 to 4;
L1 or Ar1b is boded to any of 1- to 5-positions of pyrene, and
L2 or Ar2b is boded to any of 6- to 10-positions of pyrene);
(in Formula (2c), Ar1c, Ar2c and Ar3c each are selected independently from a group having an anthracene structure, a group having a phenanthrene structure, a group having a pyrene structure, a group having a fluorene structure and a group having a perylene structure; and
R1c, R2c and R3c each represent independently a hydrogen atom or a substituent);
(in Formula (2d), Ar1d, Ar2d and Ar3d each represent independently a substituted or non-substituted aryl group having 6 to 50 carbon atoms forming the aromatic ring; the aryl group described above may be substituted with at least one substituent;
at least one of Ar1d, Ar2d, Ar3d and the substituents present in these aryl groups has a fused ring aryl structure having 10 to 20 carbon atoms forming the aromatic ring or a fused ring heteroaryl structure having 6 to 20 atoms forming a ring; and
Ar represents a trivalent group derived from an aromatic ring or an aromatic heterocycle).
8. The organic electroluminescence device as described in claim 5, wherein 0.01 to 20% by weight of the aminodibenzofluorene described above is contained in the light emitting layer.
9. The organic electroluminescence device as described in claim 5, wherein a layer selected from a chalcogenide layer, a halogenated metal layer and a metal oxide layer is provided on at least one surface of a pair of the electrodes.
10. An equipment comprising the organic electroluminescence device as described in claim 5.
11. A light emitting organic solution comprising the aminodibenzofluorene derivative as described in claim 1 or 2.
12. The light emitting organic solution as described in claim 11, further comprising at least one selected from the compounds represented by Formulas (2a) to (2d) as described in claim 7.

The claims below are in addition to those above.
All refrences to claim(s) which appear below refer to the numbering after this setence.

1. A refrigeration appliance comprising:
a compartment;
an evaporator assembly located to cool the compartment;
wherein the evaporator assembly includes:
a pipe configured to transport a refrigerant that exchanges heat with an air stream from the compartment that is entering the evaporator assembly;
a fan assembly configured to move the air stream exiting from the evaporator assembly to other portions of the refrigeration appliance;
wherein the pipe has a plurality of bent end portions to allow the pipe to wind itself repeatedly to form a plurality of rows;
a plurality of fins inserted on the pipe where the plurality of fins are located between the plurality of the bent end portions;
a first end bracket and a second end bracket located at a first distance from the first end bracket wherein the first end bracket and the second end bracket each include a plurality of apertures to receive each bent end portion of the pipe;
wherein the first end bracket and the second end bracket are configured to hold the pipe and the plurality of fins in a specific position;
wherein the first end bracket and the second end bracket are configured to mount the evaporator assembly;
wherein the first end bracket and the second end bracket restrict the air stream exiting the evaporator assembly from mixing with the air stream entering the evaporator assembly; and
wherein the plurality of fins include a plurality of end fins that are placed in direct contact with the first end bracket and are configured to further restrict the air stream from flowing through the plurality of apertures of the first end bracket and the second end bracket.
2. The refrigeration appliance of claim 1, wherein two end fins are used to restrict the air stream from flowing through at least one of the plurality of apertures on the first end bracket and the second end bracket.
3. The refrigeration appliance of claim 1, further comprising:
at least one return duct configured to expel the air stream from the compartment to a passage, wherein the passage guides the air stream to a bottom portion of the rows of the pipe.
4. The refrigeration appliance of claim 1, further comprising:
a heating element attached to each end bracket and extending along a bottom portion of the evaporator assembly;
wherein the heating element is configured for defrosting the pipe.
5. The refrigeration appliance of claim 1, further comprising:
a first group of fins are inserted on a first row of the pipe in a first orientation;
a second group of fins are inserted on a second row of the pipe in a second orientation;
wherein the first orientation is upside-down from the second orientation.
6. The refrigeration appliance of claim 1, further comprising:
a fan assembly cover placed over the fan assembly wherein the fan assembly cover is configured to direct the air stream into a duct for transportation of the air stream into other portions of the refrigeration appliance.
7. The refrigeration appliance of claim 6, wherein the fan assembly moves the air stream in a generally horizontal direction and the fan assembly cover directs the air stream in a generally vertical direction into the duct.
8. A refrigeration appliance comprising:
a freezer compartment;
a fresh food compartment;
an evaporator assembly located in the freezer compartment;
wherein the evaporator assembly includes:
a first end bracket;
a second end bracket located at a first distance from the first end bracket;
wherein the first end bracket and the second end bracket are configured to mount the evaporator assembly within the freezer compartment;
a pipe extending between the first end bracket and the second end bracket of the evaporator assembly, wherein the pipe is configured to transport a refrigerant that exchanges heat with an air stream from the fresh food compartment that enters the evaporator assembly between the first end bracket and the second end bracket;
a fan assembly configured to move the air stream exiting from the evaporator assembly to other portions of the refrigeration appliance;
a plurality of apertures located on the first end bracket and the second end bracket;
wherein the pipe has a plurality of bent end portions where each of the plurality of the bent end portions is received by one of the plurality of apertures on the first end bracket and the second end bracket, wherein the bent end portions are configured to allow the pipe to wind itself repeatedly to form a plurality of rows between the first end bracket and the second end bracket;
a plurality of fins inserted on the pipe where the plurality of fins are located between the first end bracket and the second end bracket;
wherein the plurality of fins include a plurality of end fins that are placed in direct contact with the first end bracket and the second end bracket and are configured to restrict the air stream from flowing through the plurality of apertures
wherein the first end bracket and the second end bracket include a gasket on a first edge and a second edge of each end bracket wherein the gasket is configured to separate each end bracket from a liner of the freezer compartment to prevent a formation of frost on the liner.
9. The refrigeration appliance of claim 8, wherein two end fins are used to restrict the air stream from flowing through at least one of the plurality of apertures on the first end bracket and the second end bracket.
10. The refrigeration appliance of claim 8, further comprising:
a cover placed over the evaporator assembly;
wherein the gasket is configured to separate each end bracket from the cover to prevent a formation of frost on the cover.
11. The refrigeration appliance of claim 8, further comprising:
at least one return duct configured to expel the air stream from the fresh food compartment to a passage, wherein the passage guides the air stream to a bottom portion of the rows of the pipe.
12. The refrigeration appliance of claim 8, further comprising:
a heating element attached to each end bracket and extending along a bottom portion of the evaporator assembly;
wherein the heating element is configured for defrosting the pipe.
13. The refrigeration appliance of claim 8, further comprising:
a first group of fins are inserted on a first row of the pipe in a first orientation;
a second group of fins are inserted on a second row of the pipe in a second orientation;
wherein the first orientation is upside-down from the second orientation.
14. The refrigeration appliance of claim 8, further comprising:
a fan assembly cover placed over the fan assembly wherein the fan assembly cover is configured to direct the air stream into a duct for transportation of the air stream into other portions of the refrigeration appliance.
15. The refrigeration appliance of claim 14, wherein the fan assembly moves the air stream in a generally horizontal direction and the fan assembly cover directs the air stream in a generally vertical direction into the duct.
16. A method of assembling an evaporator assembly for a refrigeration appliance comprising the steps of:
providing a plurality of pipes starting at a first end and terminating at a second end wherein each pipe provided is in a different plane;
inserting a plurality of groups of fins on the plurality of pipes wherein each fin receives each of the pipes provided, and wherein the groups of fins are inserted in alternating orientations;
bending each of the pipes along a first axis to form a second row for each of the plurality of pipes;
bending each of the pipes along a second axis to form a third row for each of the plurality of pipes;
repeatedly bending each of the pipes along the first axis and then the second axis to form additional rows of the pipes;
installing a first end bracket about the first axis by providing the first end bracket with a plurality of apertures that receive each of the plurality of bent end portions about the first axis;
installing a second end bracket about the second axis by providing the second end bracket with a plurality of apertures that receive each of the plurality of bent end portions about the second axis;
placing the plurality of fins located closest to each end bracket in contact with each end bracket to prevent air from flowing through the plurality of apertures on each end bracket; and
welding the first end and the second end of each of the plurality of pipes to other ends or pipe segments to assemble the plurality of pipes into one continuous pipe.
17. The method of claim 16,
wherein the plurality of pipes include three pipes; and
wherein each of the plurality of fins and the plurality of fins located closest to each end bracket include three pipe apertures to receive the three pipes.
18. The method of claim 16, further comprising the steps of:
installing a first gasket on a first edge and a second edge of the first end bracket;
installing a second gasket on a first edge and a second edge of the second end bracket;
wherein the first gasket and the second gasket are configured to separate each end bracket from a liner of a freezer compartment to prevent a formation of frost on the liner.
19. The method of claim 16, further comprising the step of:
installing a heating element on the first end bracket and the second end bracket, wherein the heating element extends between the first end bracket and the second end bracket on a bottom portion of the evaporator assembly; and wherein the heating element is configured for defrosting the pipe.

1. An acoustic Doppler system comprising:
an acoustic subsystem controller operatively connected to a plurality of acoustic transceivers;
a first of the plurality of acoustic transceivers, operating at a first acoustic frequency, which is operatively connected to a first group of at least one transducer; and
a second of the plurality of acoustic transceivers, operating at a second acoustic frequency, which is operatively connected to a second group of at least one transducer;

wherein the acoustic subsystem controller comprises a digital circuit configured to sample analog signals received from the first group of at least one transducer and the second group of at least one transducer, the digital circuit sampling the analog signals in pairs having a pair-wise sampling frequency that is four times the operating frequency of the one of the plurality of acoustic transceivers operatively connected to a sampled transducer.
2. The acoustic Doppler system of claim 1, wherein the digital circuit samples the analog signals received from the sampled transducer with a periodic delay between sampling pairs, the delay being an integer number of periods of the operating frequency of the one of the plurality of the acoustic transceivers.
3. The acoustic Doppler system of claim 1, wherein the acoustic subsystem further comprises a multiplexor adapted to switch an analog channel sampled by the digital circuit between multiple analog channels, each of the multiple analog channels being associated with an individual transducer.
4. The acoustic Doppler system of claim 1, wherein the acoustic subsystem controller is adapted to selectively operate each acoustic transceiver in the plurality of acoustic transceivers independently of the others of the plurality of acoustic transceivers.
5. The acoustic Doppler system of claim 4, wherein the acoustic subsystem controller is adapted to selectively operate each acoustic transceiver in the plurality of acoustic transceivers one at a time, in groups, and simultaneously.
6. An acoustic Doppler system comprising:
an acoustic subsystem controller mounted on an aquatic sensor platform and operatively connected to a plurality of acoustic transceivers;
a first of the plurality of acoustic transceivers, operating at a first acoustic frequency, which is operatively connected to a first multi-element transducer array adapted to measure three dimensional motion within a first volume of aquatic environment; and
a second of the plurality of acoustic transceivers, operating at a second and different acoustic frequency, which is operatively connected to a first transducer adapted to measure range to an object within a volume of aquatic environment angularly coincident with the first volume;

wherein the acoustic subsystem controller is adapted to selectively operate each of the first and second acoustic transceivers and to sample analog signals received by the first multi-element transducer array in a sampling pair, the members of the sampling pair being separated by one quarter of the period of an emitted acoustic wave generated by the associated acoustic transceiver.
7. The acoustic Doppler system of claim 6, further comprising:
a third of the plurality of acoustic transceivers, operating at a third and different acoustic frequency, which is operatively connected to a second multi-element transducer array adapted to measure three dimensional motion within a volume of aquatic environment angularly coincident with the first volume;

wherein the acoustic subsystem controller is further adapted to selectively operate the third acoustic transceiver and to sample analog signals received by the second multi-element transducer array in the sampling pair.
8. An acoustic Doppler system comprising:
an acoustic subsystem controller mounted on an aquatic sensor platform and operatively connected to a plurality of acoustic transceivers;
a first of the plurality of acoustic transceivers, operating at a first acoustic frequency, which is operatively connected to a first multi-element transducer array adapted to measure three dimensional motion within a first volume of aquatic environment; and
a second of the plurality of acoustic transceivers, operating at a second and different acoustic frequency, which is operatively connected to a first transducer adapted to measure range to an object within a volume of aquatic environment angularly non-coincident with the first volume;

wherein the acoustic subsystem controller is adapted to selectively operate each of the first and second acoustic transceivers and to sample analog signals received by the first multi-element transducer array in a sampling pair, the members of the sampling pair being separated by one quarter of the period of an emitted acoustic wave generated by the associated acoustic transceiver.
9. A method of sampling acoustic Doppler signals received from a plurality of acoustic transceivers, wherein a first of the plurality of acoustic transceivers, operating at a first acoustic frequency, is operatively connected to a first group of at least one transducer, and a second of the plurality of acoustic transceivers, operating at a second and different acoustic frequency, is operatively connected to a second group of at least one transducer; the method comprising the steps of:
a.) sampling an analog signal received from a sampled transducer in the first group of at least one transducer, the sample comprising a pair of values taken with a pair-wise sampling frequency that is four times the operating frequency of the first of the plurality of acoustic transceivers;
b.) sampling an analog signal received from a sampled transducer in the first group of at least one transducer, the sample comprising a pair of values taken with a pair-wise sampling frequency that is four times the operating frequency of the second of the plurality of acoustic transceivers;
c.) processing the pairs of values as components of Doppler velocity estimates, the members of the pairs representing the cosine and sine components of a Doppler-shift signal.
10. The method of claim 9, further comprising the step of:
d.) sampling the analog signals received from the sampled transducer with a periodic delay between sampling pairs, the delay being an integer number of periods of the operating frequency of the one of the plurality of the acoustic transceivers operatively connected to the sampled transducer.

The claims below are in addition to those above.
All refrences to claim(s) which appear below refer to the numbering after this setence.

1. A method for improving skin scar colour matching comprising administering a therapeutically effective amount of an agent that positively modulates \u03b22-adrenergic receptor conformation, or receptor activity, or activation thereof, to a subject in need thereof.
2. The method of claim 1, wherein scar hyperpigmentation is reduced.
3. (canceled)
4. The method of claim 1, wherein the subject has or is at risk of hyperpigmentation.
5. The method of claim 4, wherein the subject is selected as being at risk of hyperpigmentation on the basis of one or more of the following factors:
(a) the subject has previously developed hyperpigmentation of a scar;
(b) the subject tans readily on exposure to sunshine or ultraviolet (UV) radiation, rather than burning;
(c) the subject has a non-Caucasian racial origin; or
(d) the subject’s skin colour (for example in an area that is not tanned) is considered to be darker than that typical of a naturally fair-haired Caucasian person.
6. The method of claim 4, wherein the subject is selected as being at risk of hyperpigmentation because they are at least predominantly of Chinese, black African, Asian or Southern European racial origin, andor if their skin type is Fitzpatrick Scale Type III, IV, V or VI.
7. The method of claim 1, wherein the agent that positively modulates \u03b22-AR is a \u03b22-adrenergic receptor agonist.
8. The method of claim 7, wherein the \u03b22-adrenergic receptor agonist is one or more of Levosalbutamol, Isoproterenol \u03b21 and \u03b22), Metaproterenol, Terbutaline, Isoetarine, pirbuterol, procaterol, ritodrine, epinephrine, fenoterol, butoxamine, salbutamol, clenbuterol, formoterol, or salmeterol.
9. The method of claim 8, wherein the agent is Salbutamol.
10. The method of claim 1, wherein the subject exhibits a scar arising from one or more of penetrating wounds or non-penetrating wounds formed as a result of physical insult or injury iatragenesis or genetic susceptibility.
11. The method of claim 1, wherein the agent is administered topically or systemically.
12. The method of claim 1, wherein the wound is shielded from UV radiation.
13. The method of claim 1, wherein the agent is incorporated into a plaster, bandage, wound dressing or other occlusive, protective product used in standard wound care, or into a pharmaceutically acceptable transdermal patch, or into a gel of hydrocolloid or other suitable composition.
14. An anti-scar hyperpigmentation composition comprising a therapeutically effective amount of an agent, which positively modulates \u03b22-AR conformation, or receptor activity, or activation thereof, and optionally a pharmaceutically acceptable vehicle.
15. A method for treating or preventing melanocytic lesions andor melanoma in a subject comprising administering a therapeutically effective amount of an agent that positively modulates \u03b22-adrenergic receptor conformation, or receptor activity, or activation thereof, to a subject in need thereof.
16. (canceled)
17. The method of claim 10, wherein said physical insult or injury comprises a graze, an abrasion, a surgical incision, a burn, or post-inflammatory hyperpigmentation.
18. The method of claim 17, wherein post-inflammatory hyperpigmentation results from eczema, psoriasis or acne.
19. The composition of claim 14, further comprising a UV absorbing agent.