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Method of manufacturing a semiconductor element, the method comprising manipulating a surface of a substrate using an atomic force microscope, the atomic force microscope including a probe, the probe including a cantilever and a probe tip, the substrate including at least one or more device features embedded underneath the surface, wherein the method comprises: imaging at least one of the embedded device features using the atomic force microscope, and identifying that a position of the probe tip of the atomic force microscope is aligned with the at least one embedded feature; and displacing the probe tip, using a probe actuator, at least in a direction transverse to the surface for exerting a stress on the surface that exceeds a yield stress of a material of the surface, for performing the step of surface manipulation; wherein the step of imaging is performed by applying an acoustic input signal to at least one of the probe or the substrate, and obtaining an acoustic return signal from the substrate via the probe tip, wherein the acoustic input signal comprises at least a first signal component at a first frequency and a second signal component at a second frequency; and wherein the probe tip is configured for performing said imaging and said step of surface manipulation, and wherein said steps of imaging and surface manipulation are performed using said same probe and probe tip. imaging at least one of the embedded device features using the atomic force microscope, and identifying that a position of the probe tip of the atomic force microscope is aligned with the at least one embedded feature; and displacing the probe tip, using a probe actuator, at least in a direction transverse to the surface for exerting a stress on the surface that exceeds a yield stress of a material of the surface, for performing the step of surface manipulation; wherein the step of imaging is performed by applying an acoustic input signal to at least one of the probe or the substrate, and obtaining an acoustic return signal from the substrate via the probe tip, wherein the acoustic input signal comprises at least a first signal component at a first frequency and a second signal component at a second frequency; and wherein the probe tip is configured for performing said imaging and said step of surface manipulation, and wherein said steps of imaging and surface manipulation are performed using said same probe and probe tip.
Apparatus for the automated feeding of parcels to a sorting conveyor, the apparatus comprising a platform for temporarily storing a pile of parcels arranged loosely, a first vision system designed to form a digital image of the pile of loose parcels which is static on the platform, a data processing unit which is configured, on the basis of the digital image, to identify a parcel to be individualized which has a gripping surface not covered by another parcel, and is capable of providing data indicating the spatial position, orientation in space and dimensions of this gripping surface, and a pneumatic gripping head of a robotic arm, which head is controlled on the basis of said data to pick up said parcel to be individualized by the gripping surface, characterized in that said apparatus comprises a parcel orientation device designed to turn a parcel 180° with respect to its orientation on the platform and a second vision system which is arranged on the robotic arm and is designed to form a digital image of the gripping surface of the parcel to be individualized on the platform, said data processing unit being configured, on the basis of this digital image, to control the robotic arm to deposit the parcel on the sorting conveyor in response to the identification of a piece of sorting information or to deposit the parcel on the orientation device in response to the lack of identification of a sorting indication, in that the second vision system is designed to produce a digital image of the gripping surface of the parcel turned by 180° on the orientation device, said data processing unit being configured, on the basis of this digital image, to control the robotic arm to deposit the parcel on the sorting conveyor in response to the identification of a piece of sorting information or to deposit the parcel in a reject container in response to the lack of identification of a piece of sorting information and in that the turning device comprises a reception support for parcels mounted so as to pivot 180°, and a discharge support for parcels facing the reception support, said reception support comprising a plurality of suction cups designed to hold the parcel against the reception support as it pivots 180°.
A power converter (100, 400) comprising: a switch (103, 403) coupled to an energy transfer element coupled between an input and an output of the power converter (100, 400); a control circuit (102, 402) coupled to the switch; and a control loop having a control loop gain, the control loop comprising a feedback path coupled from the output of the power converter (100, 400) to the control circuit (102, 402) to carry a feedback signal (109, 209, 509) responsive to an output parameter of the power converter, the control circuit (102, 402) including first and second duty cycle control modes (219, 220, 221, 519, 520, 521) to switch the switch (103, 403) to regulate power delivered to the output of the power converter (100, 400) in response to the feedback signal (109, 209, 409, 509), characterized in that the control loop gain is constant during a transition between the first and second duty cycle control modes. a switch (103, 403) coupled to an energy transfer element coupled between an input and an output of the power converter (100, 400); a control circuit (102, 402) coupled to the switch; and a control loop having a control loop gain, the control loop comprising a feedback path coupled from the output of the power converter (100, 400) to the control circuit (102, 402) to carry a feedback signal (109, 209, 509) responsive to an output parameter of the power converter, the control circuit (102, 402) including first and second duty cycle control modes (219, 220, 221, 519, 520, 521) to switch the switch (103, 403) to regulate power delivered to the output of the power converter (100, 400) in response to the feedback signal (109, 209, 409, 509), characterized in that the control loop gain is constant during a transition between the first and second duty cycle control modes.
A system for aggregating the knowledge base of a plurality of antivirus software applications (308 - 312) to prevent the execution or spread of malware, the system comprising: a program module capable of satisfying an input or output request; a kernel mode security service application operative to prevent the request from being satisfied when the antivirus software applications detect malware; and a user mode security service application operative to schedule scans between the antivirus software applications, wherein the kernel mode security service application further comprises a scan cache adapted to prevent unnecessary scans to be performed by the plurality of antivirus software applications by tracking the state of a file as being known malware, known safe or unknown in a variable associated with a unique file index value of the file. a program module capable of satisfying an input or output request; a kernel mode security service application operative to prevent the request from being satisfied when the antivirus software applications detect malware; and a user mode security service application operative to schedule scans between the antivirus software applications, wherein the kernel mode security service application further comprises a scan cache adapted to prevent unnecessary scans to be performed by the plurality of antivirus software applications by tracking the state of a file as being known malware, known safe or unknown in a variable associated with a unique file index value of the file.
A 3GPP cellular communication network comprising an apparatus for a Base Station, BS, according to claim 4 and an apparatus for a User Equipment, UE (102, 400), the apparatus for the UE comprising transceiver circuitry and hardware processing circuitry, the hardware processing circuitry being configured to configure the transceiver circuitry to: transmit data to the BS (104.500) on an uplink, UL, resource; and receive an acknowledgement, ACK, or negative acknowledgment, NACK, on a physical HARQ-ACK indicator channel, PHICH, responsive to transmitting the data on the UL resource, the PHICH being mapped to a physical resource block, PRB, that is offset by a PHICH offset based on collision conditions in a cell served by the BS (104,500) wherein the PHICH offset includes a group offset and a sequence offset relative to a transport block, TB, index and first PRB index of a corresponding uplink shared channel, and an additive component representing the group offset and an additive component representing the sequence offset take on different values and are values equal to 0 or 1. transmit data to the BS (104.500) on an uplink, UL, resource; and receive an acknowledgement, ACK, or negative acknowledgment, NACK, on a physical HARQ-ACK indicator channel, PHICH, responsive to transmitting the data on the UL resource, the PHICH being mapped to a physical resource block, PRB, that is offset by a PHICH offset based on collision conditions in a cell served by the BS (104,500) wherein the PHICH offset includes a group offset and a sequence offset relative to a transport block, TB, index and first PRB index of a corresponding uplink shared channel, and an additive component representing the group offset and an additive component representing the sequence offset take on different values and are values equal to 0 or 1.
Polymer P comprising: a. m mol % of at least one structural unit A of the formula; b. n mol % of at least one structural unit B of the formula; c. o mol % of at least one structural unit C of the formula; and optionally d. p mol % of at least one further structural unit D; where R 1 and R 2 in this respect independently of one another each stand for COO - M or COOR 4, R 3 stands for H or CH 3, R 4 stands for R 5 stands for an alkylene group having 1 to 6 C atoms, R 6 stands for H, an alkyl group, preferably having 1 to 20 C atoms, an alkylaryl group, preferably having 7 to 20 C atoms; wherein substituent A independently of one another stands for a C2 to C4 alkylene group, the subscript q represents a value of 2 to 300, and the subscript r represents a value of 0 to 1; wherein M = cation, preferably H +, an alkali metal ion, alkaline earth metal ion, a bivalent or trivalent metal ion, NH 4 +, or an organic ammonium, particularly preferably H +, Na +, Ca ++ /2, Mg ++ /2, NH 4 +, or an organic ammonium; wherein m, n, o, p independently of one another are numbers, where the sum m+n+o+p = 100, and m >0, n >0, o >0 and p ≥0; and wherein m = 20-85 n = 10-50 o = 5-50 p = 0-20, wherein the polymer P has a ratio m / o of 2.5-4. a. m mol % of at least one structural unit A of the formula; b. n mol % of at least one structural unit B of the formula; c. o mol % of at least one structural unit C of the formula; and optionally d. p mol % of at least one further structural unit D; where R 1 and R 2 in this respect independently of one another each stand for COO - M or COOR 4, R 3 stands for H or CH 3, R 4 stands for R 5 stands for an alkylene group having 1 to 6 C atoms, R 6 stands for H, an alkyl group, preferably having 1 to 20 C atoms, an alkylaryl group, preferably having 7 to 20 C atoms; wherein substituent A independently of one another stands for a C2 to C4 alkylene group, the subscript q represents a value of 2 to 300, and the subscript r represents a value of 0 to 1; wherein M = cation, preferably H +, an alkali metal ion, alkaline earth metal ion, a bivalent or trivalent metal ion, NH 4 +, or an organic ammonium, particularly preferably H +, Na +, Ca ++ /2, Mg ++ /2, NH 4 +, or an organic ammonium; wherein m, n, o, p independently of one another are numbers, where the sum m+n+o+p = 100, and m >0, n >0, o >0 and p ≥0; and wherein m = 20-85 n = 10-50 o = 5-50 p = 0-20, m = 20-85 n = 10-50 o = 5-50 p = 0-20,
A chimeric protein comprising: (a) one targeting moiety, said targeting moiety comprising a recognition domain which specifically binds to programmed cell death protein 1 ligand 1 (PD-L1), wherein the recognition domain comprises a full-length antibody, a single-domain antibody, a recombinant heavy-chain-only antibody, a single-chain antibody (scFv), a shark heavy-chain-only antibody (VNAR), a Fv, a Fab, a Fab', a F(ab') 2; and (b) a modified signaling agent, wherein the modified signaling agent is a human interferon alpha 2 (IFNα2) comprising an amino acid sequence having at least 98% identity with a sequence selected from SEQ ID NO: 179 or 180 and having one or more mutations at positions 144-154; wherein the mutated human IFNα2 has reduced affinity or activity as compared to wild type human IFNα2, and wherein the reduced affinity or activity of the mutated human IFNα2 is restorable by attachment to the targeting moiety. (a) one targeting moiety, said targeting moiety comprising a recognition domain which specifically binds to programmed cell death protein 1 ligand 1 (PD-L1), wherein the recognition domain comprises a full-length antibody, a single-domain antibody, a recombinant heavy-chain-only antibody, a single-chain antibody (scFv), a shark heavy-chain-only antibody (VNAR), a Fv, a Fab, a Fab', a F(ab') 2; and (b) a modified signaling agent, wherein the modified signaling agent is a human interferon alpha 2 (IFNα2) comprising an amino acid sequence having at least 98% identity with a sequence selected from SEQ ID NO: 179 or 180 and having one or more mutations at positions 144-154; wherein the mutated human IFNα2 has reduced affinity or activity as compared to wild type human IFNα2, and wherein the reduced affinity or activity of the mutated human IFNα2 is restorable by attachment to the targeting moiety.
A polyamide-imide precursor, having a molecular structure in which a first polymer, derived from polymerization of a dianhydride and a diamine, and a second polymer, derived from polymerization of a diamine and an aromatic dicarbonyl compound, are copolymerized, wherein the diamine includes 3 to 50 mol% of at least one of 9,9-bis(4-aminophenyl)fluorene and 9,9-bis(4-amino-3-fluorophenyl)fluorene (F-FDA), based on a total molar amount of the diamine, wherein the dianhydride includes 2,2-bis(3,4-dicarboxyphenyl)hexafluoropropane dianhydride and biphenyl tetracarboxylic dianhydride (BPDA) mixed together at a molar ratio of 4:6 to 2:8.
A cutting device (100, 200, 300) for cutting a block of cheese in a cylindrical retail container in a horizontal plane so as to produce at least two vertically spaced cheese sections, the cutting device comprising: - a rotatable shaft having a first knife for cutting the block of cheese in the horizontal plane, the first knife extending out from the shaft, - a braking element comprising a first braking member, the first braking member extending from the rotatable shaft in a first vertical plane defined by the rotatable shaft, the first braking member having a shape corresponding to at least a part of the intersection of the first vertical plane and a top-most cheese section, wherein - the braking element is arranged above the first knife and configured for being maintained in a non-rotatable position, relatively to the rotation of the shaft, while the rotatable shaft with said first knife is being rotated a full revolution. - a rotatable shaft having a first knife for cutting the block of cheese in the horizontal plane, the first knife extending out from the shaft, - a braking element comprising a first braking member, the first braking member extending from the rotatable shaft in a first vertical plane defined by the rotatable shaft, the first braking member having a shape corresponding to at least a part of the intersection of the first vertical plane and a top-most cheese section, wherein - the braking element is arranged above the first knife and configured for being maintained in a non-rotatable position, relatively to the rotation of the shaft, while the rotatable shaft with said first knife is being rotated a full revolution.
An lining element comprising at least one decorative layer comprising at least one complex formed by a ligneous material layer comprising a backside and a front side, and a reinforcement layer, extending over the backside of the ligneous material layer, characterized in that the decorative layer further comprises at least one additional layer made in a material different from the ligneous material, the front side of the additional layer substantially extending in the continuity of the front side of the complex, said additional layer and said complex being attached to each other through at least one seam.
A method comprising: receiving a first control channel in a first subframe as a part of wireless communication between a user equipment and a network equipment using a first type of radio access technology wherein the first control channel includes a first scheduling grant for scheduling resources in a second subframe using a second type of radio access technology; receiving a second control channel in the first subframe using the first type of radio access technology wherein the second control channel includes a second scheduling grant for the scheduling resources in the first subframe using the first type of radio access technology; receiving a third control channel in the second subframe wherein the third control channel is configured according to the first scheduling grant. receiving a first control channel in a first subframe as a part of wireless communication between a user equipment and a network equipment using a first type of radio access technology wherein the first control channel includes a first scheduling grant for scheduling resources in a second subframe using a second type of radio access technology; receiving a second control channel in the first subframe using the first type of radio access technology wherein the second control channel includes a second scheduling grant for the scheduling resources in the first subframe using the first type of radio access technology; receiving a third control channel in the second subframe wherein the third control channel is configured according to the first scheduling grant.
An apparatus for providing power for driving loads (130 1-2) comprising: a primary module coupled to a power source and comprising a transformer having a transformer primary; a first secondary module (520 1) comprising a first transformer secondary (150 1) magnetically coupled to the transformer primary; a second secondary module (520 2) comprising a second transformer secondary (150 2) magnetically coupled to the transformer primary, wherein first and second loads (130 1-2) are alternately interspersed between the first and second secondary modules (520 1-2) connected in a ring-like series circuit; and wherein the apparatus further comprises first and second bypass circuits (145 1-2) respectively coupled to the first and second secondary modules (520 1-2) for selectively bypassing their corresponding secondary modules (520 1-2) and loads (130 1-2). a primary module coupled to a power source and comprising a transformer having a transformer primary; a first secondary module (520 1) comprising a first transformer secondary (150 1) magnetically coupled to the transformer primary; a second secondary module (520 2) comprising a second transformer secondary (150 2) magnetically coupled to the transformer primary, wherein first and second loads (130 1-2) are alternately interspersed between the first and second secondary modules (520 1-2) connected in a ring-like series circuit; and wherein the apparatus further comprises first and second bypass circuits (145 1-2) respectively coupled to the first and second secondary modules (520 1-2) for selectively bypassing their corresponding secondary modules (520 1-2) and loads (130 1-2).
A thermoelectric coating, the functioning of which is based on the Seebeck effect, having a thermoelectric layer with semiconductor elements 'p' and 'n', where the semiconductor elements of the thermoelectric layer are formed into semiconductor sub-layers 'p' and 'n' which do not contact each other, the thickness (d 1) of which ranges from 1 μm to 10 μm, where the sub-layers are interconnected in series with layered conducting elements (2a, 2b) fitted with connection ends (4, 5) to evacuate the generated electric energy, where the thermoelectric layer is insulated on conducting elements (2a, 2b) with layers (3a, 3b) of electrical insulator comprising inorganic oxides, and the total thickness of the coating is 50 μm or less, characterised in that a first layer is the homogenous and continuous in structure electrical insulator layer, on which there is a first layer of the conducting element with the thickness (d 2) within the range from 1μm to 5μm, on which there are alternating semiconductor sub-layers 'p', 'n' of the thermoelectric layer where the width (s) of each semiconductor sub-layer 'p', 'n' ranges from 0.1 mm to 2 mm, on which there is a second layer of the conducting element with the thickness (d 2) within the range from 1 μm to 5 μm, on which there is a second layer of the homogenous and continuous in structure electrical insulator layer, the said electrical insulator layers (3a, 3b) comprise MgO, the said conducting element layers (2a, 2b) are made of copper.
An in vitro method for screening for an antagonist selected from proteins, peptides, polypeptides, antibodies, antisense RNA, antisense-DNA, small organic molecules or siRNA capable of binding to a Sortilin receptor, comprising the steps of: a. Providing a Sortilin receptor, and b. providing ApoB as agonist, c. providing a library of potential antagonists, and d. providing an assay for measuring the binding of said agonist to said receptor, and e. adding the library of potential antagonists to be tested to the assay, and f. determining the amount of said agonist bound to said receptor, and g. comparing the amount determined in step f) with an amount measured in the absence of the antagonist to be tested, h. wherein the difference in the two amounts identifies an antagonist which alters the binding of said agonist to said receptor. a. Providing a Sortilin receptor, and b. providing ApoB as agonist, c. providing a library of potential antagonists, and d. providing an assay for measuring the binding of said agonist to said receptor, and e. adding the library of potential antagonists to be tested to the assay, and f. determining the amount of said agonist bound to said receptor, and g. comparing the amount determined in step f) with an amount measured in the absence of the antagonist to be tested, h. wherein the difference in the two amounts identifies an antagonist which alters the binding of said agonist to said receptor.