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A method for communicating fluid to a borehole having a downhole assembly disposed therein, the downhole assembly having at least one first port (122, 132) for fluid communication outside the downhole assembly, the method comprising: installing an adjustment device on an inner string for running downhole, the adjustment device being collapsible to a plurality of fixed lengths, the inner string having at least one second port for fluid communication outside the inner string; deploying the adjustment device and the inner string downhole in the downhole assembly; adjusting a length of the inner string while downhole by collapsing the adjustment device to one of the fixed lengths when bottoming out the inner string in the downhole assembly; pulling up the adjustment device and the inner string in the downhole assembly; maintaining the adjustment device in the one fixed length; and redeploying the fixed adjustment device and the inner string downhole in the assembly with the at least one second port of the inner string spaced out a known distance relative to the at least one first port (122, 132) of the downhole assembly. installing an adjustment device on an inner string for running downhole, the adjustment device being collapsible to a plurality of fixed lengths, the inner string having at least one second port for fluid communication outside the inner string; deploying the adjustment device and the inner string downhole in the downhole assembly; adjusting a length of the inner string while downhole by collapsing the adjustment device to one of the fixed lengths when bottoming out the inner string in the downhole assembly; pulling up the adjustment device and the inner string in the downhole assembly; maintaining the adjustment device in the one fixed length; and redeploying the fixed adjustment device and the inner string downhole in the assembly with the at least one second port of the inner string spaced out a known distance relative to the at least one first port (122, 132) of the downhole assembly.
A substrate processing method performed in a substrate processing apparatus for performing a plasma etching process on a substrate, the method comprising: performing an oxygen-containing layer etching process that etches an oxygen-containing layer of the substrate, thereby generating oxygen radicals; and then performing a main etching process that generates plasma from a processing gas produced by adding a methane gas or a carbon monoxide gas to a hydrogen gas without using a halogen gas, and etches a copper member of the substrate by the plasma, wherein the oxygen radicals are compounded with carbon radicals generated from the methane gas or the carbon monoxide gas to generate organic acid, and the organic acid makes a reaction with copper atoms of the copper member to form a complex of the organic acid having the copper atoms. performing an oxygen-containing layer etching process that etches an oxygen-containing layer of the substrate, thereby generating oxygen radicals; and then performing a main etching process that generates plasma from a processing gas produced by adding a methane gas or a carbon monoxide gas to a hydrogen gas without using a halogen gas, and etches a copper member of the substrate by the plasma, wherein the oxygen radicals are compounded with carbon radicals generated from the methane gas or the carbon monoxide gas to generate organic acid, and the organic acid makes a reaction with copper atoms of the copper member to form a complex of the organic acid having the copper atoms.
Surgical instrument, having a handle and a blade arranged thereupon which has a concavely formed cutting edge, wherein the blade comprises a plane, characterized in that the surgical instrument comprises means for enhancing ultrasound visibility which includes ultrasound reflectors, wherein the ultrasound reflectors are implemented as indentations which comprise at least two lateral surface (44a, 44b, 44c), oriented perpendicular to each other, wherein the means comprise a leaf-like base element which comprises a plane, wherein the ultrasound reflectors are arranged on the base element, and wherein the plane of the leaf-like base element is arranged substantially perpendicular to the plane of the blade.
Calibration body for calibrating a camera system, comprising: - an optical calibration element, which is suitable for a calibration of extrinsic and/or intrinsic parameters of the camera system, and - an optical position indicator, which is suitable for sensing an orientation of the optical position indicator with respect to the camera system by the camera system, - wherein the optical calibration element is arranged in a predefined relative position with respect to the optical position indicator, characterized in that the optical position indicator comprises a laser unit, which has a diffractive optical element and is designed to display a pattern independently of a transversal displacement of the camera system with respect to the optical position indicator. - an optical calibration element, which is suitable for a calibration of extrinsic and/or intrinsic parameters of the camera system, and - an optical position indicator, which is suitable for sensing an orientation of the optical position indicator with respect to the camera system by the camera system, - wherein the optical calibration element is arranged in a predefined relative position with respect to the optical position indicator,
A method for wireless communication, comprising: transmitting, to a base station, a random access message using a first set of resources; receiving, in response to the random access message, one or more downlink beam reference signals scrambled with respective downlink scrambling sequences of a set of downlink scrambling sequences, the set of downlink scrambling sequences selected from a plurality of sets of downlink scrambling sequences based at least in part on the first set of resources; transmitting channel feedback information based at least in part on measurements of the one or more downlink beam reference signals; identifying a set of uplink scrambling sequences for one or more uplink beam reference signals from a plurality of sets of uplink scrambling sequences; and transmitting the one or more uplink beam reference signals scrambled with respective ones of the set of uplink scrambling sequences. transmitting, to a base station, a random access message using a first set of resources; receiving, in response to the random access message, one or more downlink beam reference signals scrambled with respective downlink scrambling sequences of a set of downlink scrambling sequences, the set of downlink scrambling sequences selected from a plurality of sets of downlink scrambling sequences based at least in part on the first set of resources; transmitting channel feedback information based at least in part on measurements of the one or more downlink beam reference signals; identifying a set of uplink scrambling sequences for one or more uplink beam reference signals from a plurality of sets of uplink scrambling sequences; and transmitting the one or more uplink beam reference signals scrambled with respective ones of the set of uplink scrambling sequences.
A personal care implement (100, 200, 300, 400, 500, 600), comprising: a care region for engaging an anatomical region of a user; a body for gripping the implement; a display disposed in the body and the display configured to present graphical content; characterized by a sensor configured to change an orientation of the content being presented upon detection of a rotation of the body about an axis transverse to a longitudinal axis of the body, and/or an actuator configured to change an orientation of the content being presented.
A method for laser scribing comprising: providing a glass sheet substrate having oppositely facing surfaces one of which is uncoated and the other of which has a coating; conveying the coated glass sheet substrate along a direction of conveyance adjacent a laser source that provides a pulsed laser beam with a wavelength at a near-infrared fundamental frequency and having a pulse frequency of at least 50 kilohertz and a pulse duration of no greater than 70 nanoseconds; and reflecting the pulsed laser beam from the laser source by an XYZ galvanometer controlled mirror system toward the uncoated surface of the glass sheet substrate for passage therethrough to the coating on the other surface to provide overlapping ablations through the coating and scribing thereof at a speed of at least about 1000 millimeters per second. providing a glass sheet substrate having oppositely facing surfaces one of which is uncoated and the other of which has a coating; conveying the coated glass sheet substrate along a direction of conveyance adjacent a laser source that provides a pulsed laser beam with a wavelength at a near-infrared fundamental frequency and having a pulse frequency of at least 50 kilohertz and a pulse duration of no greater than 70 nanoseconds; and reflecting the pulsed laser beam from the laser source by an XYZ galvanometer controlled mirror system toward the uncoated surface of the glass sheet substrate for passage therethrough to the coating on the other surface to provide overlapping ablations through the coating and scribing thereof at a speed of at least about 1000 millimeters per second.
A method for stack timing adjustment for serial communications, the method comprising: receiving a USB communication; decoding the USB communication into UART frames; and characterized by: adjusting a timing of the decoded UART frames according to a serial protocol by one of: adding a delay to the decoded UART frames; and removing a delay from the decoded UART frames. receiving a USB communication; decoding the USB communication into UART frames; and characterized by: adjusting a timing of the decoded UART frames according to a serial protocol by one of: adding a delay to the decoded UART frames; and removing a delay from the decoded UART frames. adding a delay to the decoded UART frames; and removing a delay from the decoded UART frames.
An animal management facility comprising a plurality of partially open sided animal shelter structures, each of said animal shelter structures comprising: a floor to support animals, the floor including apertures therethrough allowing animal waste matter to pass through the floor, a basement below said floor for collecting said waste matter, and a water impervious, curved and closed canopy supported above and over the floor by side supports, wherein said canopy is made of a material which allows at least some light to pass therethrough, and wherein each said animal shelter structure further comprises an air flow control means to control airflow in the area below said canopy, said airflow control means comprising: a) a closable vent opening through said canopy and b) one or more downwardly and outwardly extending louvre boards situated below, or extending from, a lower edge of the canopy, and wherein each said animal shelter structure includes a liquid waste conduit in fluid connection with said basement of a respective shelter structure to allow draining of liquid waste in each basement to a remotely located liquid waste storage reservoir common for all of said structures, by way of hydrostatic forces. a floor to support animals, the floor including apertures therethrough allowing animal waste matter to pass through the floor, a basement below said floor for collecting said waste matter, and a water impervious, curved and closed canopy supported above and over the floor by side supports, wherein said canopy is made of a material which allows at least some light to pass therethrough, and a) a closable vent opening through said canopy and b) one or more downwardly and outwardly extending louvre boards situated below, or extending from, a lower edge of the canopy,
A method for distributing audio data to multiple audio playback devices that are connected to a network, the method comprising: comparing one or more network-related performance criteria of a plurality of the audio playback devices; based on the comparison, designating one of the plurality of audio playback devices as a first active master device and the rest of the plurality of audio playback devices as slave devices (86,88,90), where the first active master device controls the distribution of audio data to the slave devices; the method characterised by: monitoring a performance criterion of the first active master device and in response designating a slave device as a second active master device that controls the distribution of audio data to one or more other slave devices (94,96); and after designating a slave device as a second active master device, establishing data connections between each of the slave devices and one of the first and second active master devices, where each slave device is connected to only one master device, and where each master device controls the distribution of audio data only to the slave devices to which it is connected. comparing one or more network-related performance criteria of a plurality of the audio playback devices; based on the comparison, designating one of the plurality of audio playback devices as a first active master device and the rest of the plurality of audio playback devices as slave devices (86,88,90), where the first active master device controls the distribution of audio data to the slave devices; the method characterised by: monitoring a performance criterion of the first active master device and in response designating a slave device as a second active master device that controls the distribution of audio data to one or more other slave devices (94,96); and after designating a slave device as a second active master device, establishing data connections between each of the slave devices and one of the first and second active master devices, where each slave device is connected to only one master device, and where each master device controls the distribution of audio data only to the slave devices to which it is connected. monitoring a performance criterion of the first active master device and in response designating a slave device as a second active master device that controls the distribution of audio data to one or more other slave devices (94,96); and after designating a slave device as a second active master device, establishing data connections between each of the slave devices and one of the first and second active master devices, where each slave device is connected to only one master device, and where each master device controls the distribution of audio data only to the slave devices to which it is connected.
A composition comprising (i) antibodies that selectively bind to subdomains G1-G3 of the α3 chain of laminin-332; (ii) antibodies against the β3 chain of laminin-332; and (iii) antibodies against y2 chain of laminin-332. (i) antibodies that selectively bind to subdomains G1-G3 of the α3 chain of laminin-332; (ii) antibodies against the β3 chain of laminin-332; and (iii) antibodies against y2 chain of laminin-332.
A fiber-reinforced molding material comprising a thickening substance containing a vinyl ester resin, an unsaturated monomer, a polyisocyanate, a polymerization initiator and a polymerization inhibitor as essential raw materials and carbon fibers with a fiber length of 2.5 mm to 50 mm, wherein the thickening substance satisfies the following conditions to as measured with a rheometer according to the description: a maximum value of a rate of change in viscosity in a temperature region lower than a temperature Xa indicating a lowest melt viscosity A is 100 Pa·s/°C to 1,500 Pa·s/°C, a maximum value of a rate of change in viscosity in a temperature region higher than or equal to the temperature Xa is 1,000 Pa·s/°C to 10,000 Pa·s/°C, and the lowest melt viscosity A is 10 Pa·s to 1,000 Pa·s and the temperature Xa is 70 °C to 140 °C. a maximum value of a rate of change in viscosity in a temperature region lower than a temperature Xa indicating a lowest melt viscosity A is 100 Pa·s/°C to 1,500 Pa·s/°C, a maximum value of a rate of change in viscosity in a temperature region higher than or equal to the temperature Xa is 1,000 Pa·s/°C to 10,000 Pa·s/°C, and the lowest melt viscosity A is 10 Pa·s to 1,000 Pa·s and the temperature Xa is 70 °C to 140 °C.
A process for determining the inertness of an inert material for use in monomer production comprising the steps of: (a) providing a gaseous mixture comprising propylene, acrolein, and acrylic acid; (b) feeding P1 in the vapor phase at a pressure of from 101.325 kPa (1 atm) to 151.988 kPa (1.5 atm) to a fixed bed reactor tube containing the inert material having a bed temperature of from 200 to 450°C for a contact time of at least 3 seconds, to produce a second mixture comprising acrolein and acrylic acid; (c) selectively condensing components of P2 having a boiling point at a pressure of 101.325 kPa (1 atm) of at least 20°C; (d) analyzing the condensed components for phthalic acid, acrolein, and acrylic acid; and (e) based on the analysis, determining the PTA inert of the inert material, wherein PTA inert is the ratio of the mass of phthalic acid in P2 to the total mass of acrolein and acrylic acid collected from P2. (a) providing a gaseous mixture comprising propylene, acrolein, and acrylic acid; (b) feeding P1 in the vapor phase at a pressure of from 101.325 kPa (1 atm) to 151.988 kPa (1.5 atm) to a fixed bed reactor tube containing the inert material having a bed temperature of from 200 to 450°C for a contact time of at least 3 seconds, to produce a second mixture comprising acrolein and acrylic acid; (c) selectively condensing components of P2 having a boiling point at a pressure of 101.325 kPa (1 atm) of at least 20°C; (d) analyzing the condensed components for phthalic acid, acrolein, and acrylic acid; and (e) based on the analysis, determining the PTA inert of the inert material, wherein PTA inert is the ratio of the mass of phthalic acid in P2 to the total mass of acrolein and acrylic acid collected from P2.
Butterfly valve for controllable fluid flow, characterized in that the design has at least five asymmetries in that the pivot point 6 of the valve disc 7 is offset from the center of the sealing surface 13 in the direction of the pipe axis 8 (asymmetry 1) and additionally the pivot point 6 of the valve disc 7 is offset from the center of the valve disc 7, perpendicular to the pipe axis 8 in the direction of one of the pipe walls (asymmetry 2), and additionally the sealing surface 13 is described by the shape of the jacket of the body 10, which has a first base 14 and a second base 15, the centroids of this areas are connected to the straight line 16, whereby this straight line 16 is not parallel, but at an angle 3 (asymmetry 3) to the pipe axis 8 and at least one of the base surfaces 14 and 15 is not circular and the shortest and longest extension of this not circular Base is of different lengths and those difference is represented by the dimension 4 (asymmetry 4) and where the straight lines of the family of straight lines connecting the base 14 with the base 15 do not intersect at a single point (asymmetry 5) and so the casing body 10 of the sealing surface is not a pyramid and is not a cone.
A protein having Toxoplasma gondii immunogenicity, wherein the protein is a cyclophilin mutant protein consisting of the amino acid sequence represented by SEQ ID NO. 2.
An appliance for correcting a malocclusion in a mouth of a user wherein the user has lips, a tongue, a maxilla and teeth wherein the teeth have upper incisors and lower incisors, the appliance comprising: a generally U-shaped upper body having an anterior portion adjacent to the incisors and a posterior portion located rearward to the anterior portion wherein the upper body has an upper base having a perimeter defining an outer boundary of the upper base and further wherein the upper body has walls extending along the perimeter of the posterior portion of the upper body; a generally U-shaped lower body having an anterior portion adjacent to the incisors wherein the lower body has a lower base having a perimeter defining an outer boundary of the lower base wherein the lower base has a width which is greater than a width of the teeth of the user and further wherein the lower body has walls extending along the perimeter of the lower body defining a trough in the lower body; and lingual protrusions (40,41) extending rearward from the anterior portion of the upper body wherein the lingual protrusions (40,41) contact the maxilla of the user when the appliance is worn within the mouth of the user; reminder bumps located on the rear surface (43,45) of the lingual protrusions (40,41); the appliance having an upper anterior lingual section located near the lingual protrusions (40,41) and a shelf located on the upper anterior lingual section and spaced from the lingual protrusions and projecting generally rearward below the lingual protrusions and configured to guide the tongue along the shelf into a palate of the user. a generally U-shaped upper body having an anterior portion adjacent to the incisors and a posterior portion located rearward to the anterior portion wherein the upper body has an upper base having a perimeter defining an outer boundary of the upper base and further wherein the upper body has walls extending along the perimeter of the posterior portion of the upper body; a generally U-shaped lower body having an anterior portion adjacent to the incisors wherein the lower body has a lower base having a perimeter defining an outer boundary of the lower base wherein the lower base has a width which is greater than a width of the teeth of the user and further wherein the lower body has walls extending along the perimeter of the lower body defining a trough in the lower body; and lingual protrusions (40,41) extending rearward from the anterior portion of the upper body wherein the lingual protrusions (40,41) contact the maxilla of the user when the appliance is worn within the mouth of the user; reminder bumps located on the rear surface (43,45) of the lingual protrusions (40,41); the appliance having an upper anterior lingual section located near the lingual protrusions (40,41) and a shelf located on the upper anterior lingual section and spaced from the lingual protrusions and projecting generally rearward below the lingual protrusions and configured to guide the tongue along the shelf into a palate of the user.
A two stage refuse gasification combustion system for processing refuse, said system comprising: an advancer, a first gasifier and a second gasifier, a first gas regulator, and a post combustor: a. said advancer extending from the first gasifier to the second gasifier for moving the refuse from the first gasifier to the second gasifier; b. said post combustor comprising a connection to the first and second gasifier; c. said first gas regulator comprising: an input port for receiving gas from the second gasifier, an output port for outputting gas to a gas splitter, valves for regulating gas flow in the system, and control software to allow the regulator to control opening and closing of the valves which regulate how much gas flows into the input port and how much gas flows out of the output port and d. wherein the gas splitter is adapted to direct gas having a low oxygen content of 5% - 20% O 2 to the first gasifier and oxygen rich gas of 20% - 100% O 2 to the second gasifier. a. said advancer extending from the first gasifier to the second gasifier for moving the refuse from the first gasifier to the second gasifier; b. said post combustor comprising a connection to the first and second gasifier; c. said first gas regulator comprising: an input port for receiving gas from the second gasifier, an output port for outputting gas to a gas splitter, valves for regulating gas flow in the system, and control software to allow the regulator to control opening and closing of the valves which regulate how much gas flows into the input port and how much gas flows out of the output port and d. wherein the gas splitter is adapted to direct gas having a low oxygen content of 5% - 20% O 2 to the first gasifier and oxygen rich gas of 20% - 100% O 2 to the second gasifier.