Device for counting shots fired by an automatic firearm, having a cartridge chamber containing a cartridge that can be expelled through an expulsion window and a first emission means that emits a continuous electromagnetic signal in such a manner that it is interrupted by a casing expelled from the cartridge chamber which corresponds to the used cartridge. The method can be used to improve the accuracy of X-ray quantitative methods in an apparatus where an X-ray optical component is used between the X-ray source and the specimen to be investigated by utilizing the method described above. Combining protein C, with its anti-coagulantanti-inflammatory properties, and BPI, with its bactericidal and endotoxin neutralizing activities, provides an effective, synergistic therapy for sepsis that will reduce or ameliorate the adverse events and improve the clinical outcome of septic patients. Wires and cables for connecting the surveillance equipment with the electronics and power supply are run through the support pole. A moving transport surface comprises a plurality of mutually parallel endless belt loops, each of the belt loops passing over two belt pulleys located on different shafts. More specifically, the invention provides compositions and methods for disrupting the interaction of a BET family polypeptide comprising a bromodomain with chromatin.