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An absorbent article for personal hygiene such as a diaper, or training pant, or incontinence insert, the absorbent article comprising: a liquid permeable topsheet; a liquid impermeable backsheet; an absorbent core positioned between said topsheet and backsheet, an indicator for indicating the presence of exudates and being positioned on a body-facing side of said backsheet, the indicator comprising an electrically conductive material, the article further comprising a detection device that can be removably attached to the absorbent article such to become in electrical communication with said indicator when attached to said article to measure a change in resistance or capacitance in response to a voiding event, characterized in that the absorbent core comprises one or more channels substantially free of absorbent material, and in that the indicator comprises a pattern that overlaps with said channels such that said indicator substantially matches and/or follows the shape of said channels in a planar direction, wherein the pattern of the indicator comprises at least two sensing tracks each track forming an open circuit corresponding to a different position of the backsheet and the absorbent core, and wherein the sensing tracks are printed with a conductive ink. a liquid permeable topsheet; a liquid impermeable backsheet; an absorbent core positioned between said topsheet and backsheet, an indicator for indicating the presence of exudates and being positioned on a body-facing side of said backsheet, the indicator comprising an electrically conductive material, the article further comprising a detection device that can be removably attached to the absorbent article such to become in electrical communication with said indicator when attached to said article to measure a change in resistance or capacitance in response to a voiding event, characterized in that the absorbent core comprises one or more channels substantially free of absorbent material, and in that the indicator comprises a pattern that overlaps with said channels such that said indicator substantially matches and/or follows the shape of said channels in a planar direction, wherein the pattern of the indicator comprises at least two sensing tracks each track forming an open circuit corresponding to a different position of the backsheet and the absorbent core, and wherein the sensing tracks are printed with a conductive ink.
A process for the production of a lignin based polyurethane product comprising drying a lignin to obtain a dried lignin with a moisture content of less than 1 wt%, preparing a lignin-isocyanate mixture by mixing the dried lignin and at least one isocyanate compound comprising at least two isocyanate groups, and obtaining the lignin based polyurethane product by submitting the lignin-isocyanate mixture to a polymerization reaction, wherein mixing the dried lignin and the at least one isocyanate compound is performed in the absence of any solvent, wherein the isocyanate compound is Hexamethylene diisocyanate, Isophorone diisocyanate (IPDI), Methylene bis(4-cyclohexylisocyanate) (H12MDI or Hydrogenated MDI), a Methylene diphenyl diisocyanate, a polymeric MDI, a Toluene diisocyanate, or a Naphtalene diisocyanate, and wherein the polymerization reaction is performed by - heating the lignin-isocyanate mixture, - adding at least one catalyst to the lignin-isocyanate mixture, or - mixing the lignin-isocyanate mixture with a resin comprising at least one polyol, in the presence of at least one catalyst. - heating the lignin-isocyanate mixture, - adding at least one catalyst to the lignin-isocyanate mixture, or - mixing the lignin-isocyanate mixture with a resin comprising at least one polyol, in the presence of at least one catalyst.
A flexible display device comprising: a substrate; a driving element layer including a plurality of transistors on the substrate; a display element layer including organic light-emitting diodes electrically connected to the transistors; and a back plate film for maintaining flatness attached to a back side of the substrate and having a single cut out portion formed in a center region of the flexible display device, wherein the single cut out portion is extending up to opposite side edges of the substrate, and characterized in that: the driving element layer and the display element layer overlap with the backplate film outside the single cut out portion. a substrate; a driving element layer including a plurality of transistors on the substrate; a display element layer including organic light-emitting diodes electrically connected to the transistors; and a back plate film for maintaining flatness attached to a back side of the substrate and having a single cut out portion formed in a center region of the flexible display device, wherein the single cut out portion is extending up to opposite side edges of the substrate, and characterized in that: the driving element layer and the display element layer overlap with the backplate film outside the single cut out portion.
Process for producing a textured edible protein product derived from insect larvae or worms, the process comprising the following steps: a) reducing the insect larvae or worms in size to obtain a pulp, b) mixing the pulp with a hydrocolloid that gelates with metal cations in aqueous solution to form a protein-hydrocolloid slurry, c) injecting the protein-hydrocolloid slurry into an aqueous solution of a metal cation with a valency of at least 2 to form the textured edible protein product, wherein in the injecting in step c) the protein-hydrocolloid slurry is jetted under pressure from outside of the aqueous solution of a metal cation with a valency of at least 2 into the aqueous solution at an oblique angle with respect to a liquid surface of the aqueous solution, thereby producing flakes of the textured edible protein product in the aqueous solution, in which flakes substantially all hydrocolloid has been gelated with the metal cations. a) reducing the insect larvae or worms in size to obtain a pulp, b) mixing the pulp with a hydrocolloid that gelates with metal cations in aqueous solution to form a protein-hydrocolloid slurry, c) injecting the protein-hydrocolloid slurry into an aqueous solution of a metal cation with a valency of at least 2 to form the textured edible protein product,
A method for producing myo-inositol or a myo-inositol derivative, comprising: 1) a step of preparing a transformant of a microorganism that does not express endogenous inositol-1-phosphate synthase, the transformant containing at least an inositol-1-phosphate synthase-encoding exogenous gene introduced expressibly into the transformant, and the transformant having a gene recombination to induce overproduction of functional inositol monophosphatase within the transformant, wherein the microorganism that does not express endogenous inositol-1-phosphate synthase is a prokaryote and has an endogenous inositol monophosphatase gene, and wherein the overproduction of inositol monophosphatase is induced by introducing an exogenous inositol monophosphatase gene into the microorganism; and 2) a step of bringing the transformant into contact with a carbon source that can be converted into myo-inositol or the myo-inositol derivative by the transformant under conditions suited to growth and/or maintenance of the transformant, wherein said myo-inositol derivative is a compound represented by the following structural formula: 1) a step of preparing a transformant of a microorganism that does not express endogenous inositol-1-phosphate synthase, the transformant containing at least an inositol-1-phosphate synthase-encoding exogenous gene introduced expressibly into the transformant, and the transformant having a gene recombination to induce overproduction of functional inositol monophosphatase within the transformant, wherein the microorganism that does not express endogenous inositol-1-phosphate synthase is a prokaryote and has an endogenous inositol monophosphatase gene, and wherein the overproduction of inositol monophosphatase is induced by introducing an exogenous inositol monophosphatase gene into the microorganism; and 2) a step of bringing the transformant into contact with a carbon source that can be converted into myo-inositol or the myo-inositol derivative by the transformant under conditions suited to growth and/or maintenance of the transformant, wherein said myo-inositol derivative is a compound represented by the following structural formula:
A method comprising: receiving a switch activation signal at a control terminal of a switch embedded in a substrate, the substrate including a plurality of domains, wherein the switch is located in a first domain of the plurality of domains, and wherein the switch comprises a plurality of transistors; switching a signal to a first bump of a flip-chip package physically and electrically coupled to the substrate, the first bump being coupled to the switch of the substrate responsive to receiving the switch activation signal; wherein switching the signal comprises activating the plurality of transistors in stages over a number of clock cycles to produce a ramp supply voltage applied to the first bump of the package, wherein each of the stages includes activation of at least one transistor of the plurality of transistors, and further comprises selectively coupling a terminal of the switch to the first bump of the package to route the signal via a metallization of the package; and receiving the signal at a processing unit of a second domain of the plurality of domains of the substrate from a second bump of the package. receiving a switch activation signal at a control terminal of a switch embedded in a substrate, the substrate including a plurality of domains, wherein the switch is located in a first domain of the plurality of domains, and wherein the switch comprises a plurality of transistors; switching a signal to a first bump of a flip-chip package physically and electrically coupled to the substrate, the first bump being coupled to the switch of the substrate responsive to receiving the switch activation signal; wherein switching the signal comprises activating the plurality of transistors in stages over a number of clock cycles to produce a ramp supply voltage applied to the first bump of the package, wherein each of the stages includes activation of at least one transistor of the plurality of transistors, and further comprises selectively coupling a terminal of the switch to the first bump of the package to route the signal via a metallization of the package; and receiving the signal at a processing unit of a second domain of the plurality of domains of the substrate from a second bump of the package.
A rechargeable battery, comprising: a case; a cap plate installed on the case; and a terminal, the terminal including: a terminal pillar protruding from the cap plate, and a terminal plate coupled to the terminal pillar, wherein the terminal pillar includes: a first pillar coupled to the terminal plate; a second pillar, and a welding member on an exterior of the first pillar or the second pillar wherein the welding member couples the second pillar to the first pillar characterized in that one of the first pillar and the second pillar includes a groove, the other of the first pillar and the second pillar includes a protrusion engaged with the groove, and the welding member is fitted into, onto or around the protrusion. a case; a cap plate installed on the case; and a terminal, the terminal including: a terminal pillar protruding from the cap plate, and a terminal plate coupled to the terminal pillar, a terminal pillar protruding from the cap plate, and a terminal plate coupled to the terminal pillar, wherein the terminal pillar includes: a first pillar coupled to the terminal plate; a second pillar, and a welding member on an exterior of the first pillar or the second pillar wherein the welding member couples the second pillar to the first pillar a first pillar coupled to the terminal plate; a second pillar, and a welding member on an exterior of the first pillar or the second pillar wherein the welding member couples the second pillar to the first pillar characterized in that one of the first pillar and the second pillar includes a groove, the other of the first pillar and the second pillar includes a protrusion engaged with the groove, and the welding member is fitted into, onto or around the protrusion.
A method to join a first structure (410; 510; 610; 710) to a second structure (415; 615; 715), comprising: aligning a first hole in the first structure (410; 510; 610; 710) with a second hole in the second structure (415; 615; 715); inserting a fastener (420; 520; 620; 720) into the first hole and the second hole, wherein the fastener (420; 520; 620; 720) comprises a shape memory alloy which was formed into a first shape having a diameter slightly larger than a diameter of the first hole and the second hole when the shape memory alloy was in an austenite state and reduced to a second shape having a diameter less than the diameter of the first hole and the second hole when the shape memory alloy was in a martensite state; heating the fastener (420; 520; 620; 720) above an austenite start transition temperature, such that the fastener (420; 520; 620; 720) initiates free expansion from the second shape back to the first shape and establishes physical contact with the surface of the first hole and the second hole; continuing to heat the fastener (420; 520; 620; 720) such that first structure (410; 510; 610; 710) and the second structure (415; 615; 715) proximate the holes and the fastener undergo plastic deformation. aligning a first hole in the first structure (410; 510; 610; 710) with a second hole in the second structure (415; 615; 715); inserting a fastener (420; 520; 620; 720) into the first hole and the second hole, wherein the fastener (420; 520; 620; 720) comprises a shape memory alloy which was formed into a first shape having a diameter slightly larger than a diameter of the first hole and the second hole when the shape memory alloy was in an austenite state and reduced to a second shape having a diameter less than the diameter of the first hole and the second hole when the shape memory alloy was in a martensite state; heating the fastener (420; 520; 620; 720) above an austenite start transition temperature, such that the fastener (420; 520; 620; 720) initiates free expansion from the second shape back to the first shape and establishes physical contact with the surface of the first hole and the second hole; continuing to heat the fastener (420; 520; 620; 720) such that first structure (410; 510; 610; 710) and the second structure (415; 615; 715) proximate the holes and the fastener undergo plastic deformation.
A sheet-shaped body cosmetic comprising the following components,,, and: from 100 to 20,000 ppm of carbon dioxide gas, a TRPM8 agonist being one or more selected from the group consisting of menthol, menthyl lactate, trimethyl isopropyl butanamide, and menthoxypropanediol, 0.01 to 3% by mass of an ester oil, and water. from 100 to 20,000 ppm of carbon dioxide gas, a TRPM8 agonist being one or more selected from the group consisting of menthol, menthyl lactate, trimethyl isopropyl butanamide, and menthoxypropanediol, 0.01 to 3% by mass of an ester oil, and water.
A method for constructing a library containing single-stranded cyclic nucleic acids, comprising: randomly fragmenting a double-stranded nucleic acid sample with a transposase embedded complex, which comprises transposases and a first adaptor containing a transposase recognition sequence, to obtain fragmented double-stranded nucleic acids ligated with the first adaptor at each terminal thereof, resulting in a gap between each 3'-end and the first adaptor; ligating with ligase a second adaptor to the fragmented double-stranded nucleic acid at the gap after removing the transposase from the reaction system, the second adaptor having a sequence different from that of the first adaptor; performing a first PCR reaction with a first pair of primers targeting the first adaptor and the second adaptor respectively, to obtain a first PCR product ligated with a first adaptor sequence and a second adaptor sequence respectively at two ends thereof, wherein one of the first pair of primers contains a first affinity marker at the 5'-end thereof; contacting the first PCR product with a solid carrier having a second affinity marker, such that the first affinity marker is combined with the second affinity marker; isolating single-stranded nucleic acids without the first affinity marker through denaturing the first PCR product combined with the solid carrier; and cyclizing the single-stranded nucleic acid with a single-stranded cyclization "bridge" sequence which is capable of combining with the two ends of the single-stranded nucleic acid. randomly fragmenting a double-stranded nucleic acid sample with a transposase embedded complex, which comprises transposases and a first adaptor containing a transposase recognition sequence, to obtain fragmented double-stranded nucleic acids ligated with the first adaptor at each terminal thereof, resulting in a gap between each 3'-end and the first adaptor; ligating with ligase a second adaptor to the fragmented double-stranded nucleic acid at the gap after removing the transposase from the reaction system, the second adaptor having a sequence different from that of the first adaptor; performing a first PCR reaction with a first pair of primers targeting the first adaptor and the second adaptor respectively, to obtain a first PCR product ligated with a first adaptor sequence and a second adaptor sequence respectively at two ends thereof, wherein one of the first pair of primers contains a first affinity marker at the 5'-end thereof; contacting the first PCR product with a solid carrier having a second affinity marker, such that the first affinity marker is combined with the second affinity marker; isolating single-stranded nucleic acids without the first affinity marker through denaturing the first PCR product combined with the solid carrier; and cyclizing the single-stranded nucleic acid with a single-stranded cyclization "bridge" sequence which is capable of combining with the two ends of the single-stranded nucleic acid.
An aircraft comprising: a fuselage (202; 402) having a forward compartment (204; 404), the fuselage (202; 402) including: a water intake (206; 406) located below an expected waterline upon ditching the aircraft in water to transport a flow of water to the forward compartment (204; 404) at a controlled flow rate of water; and an air vent (208; 410) in the forward compartment (204; 404) positioned at a height to allow a pre-determined volume of water to fill the forward compartment (204; 404) and adjust an attitude of the aircraft within a time period, characterized in that the forward compartment is a nose landing gear wheel well. a fuselage (202; 402) having a forward compartment (204; 404), the fuselage (202; 402) including: a water intake (206; 406) located below an expected waterline upon ditching the aircraft in water to transport a flow of water to the forward compartment (204; 404) at a controlled flow rate of water; and an air vent (208; 410) in the forward compartment (204; 404) positioned at a height to allow a pre-determined volume of water to fill the forward compartment (204; 404) and adjust an attitude of the aircraft within a time period, characterized in that the forward compartment is a nose landing gear wheel well. a water intake (206; 406) located below an expected waterline upon ditching the aircraft in water to transport a flow of water to the forward compartment (204; 404) at a controlled flow rate of water; and an air vent (208; 410) in the forward compartment (204; 404) positioned at a height to allow a pre-determined volume of water to fill the forward compartment (204; 404) and adjust an attitude of the aircraft within a time period, characterized in that the forward compartment is a nose landing gear wheel well.
An endoscopic probe for applying Radio Frequency, RF, induced hyperthermia in conjunction with fiber optic based Raman spectroscopy, comprising: a center fiber adapted to carry a laser signal for Raman spectroscopy to a target tissue; a first group of fibers surrounding the center fiber adapted to carry backscattered laser signal to a spectroscopy module; a second group of fibers surrounding the first group of fibers adapted to carry captured visible light to a microscope; a conductive inner shield surrounding the second group of fibers; a third group of fibers surrounding the conductive inner shield adapted to carry visible light to the target tissue; a fourth group of fibers dispersed among the third group of fibers adapted to provide an infrared temperature sensing signal to a temperature sensing module; and a conductive outer shield surrounding the third group of fibers, wherein the conductive inner and outer shields are configured to deliver an alternating electromagnetic field to the target tissue for inducing heat by transmitting an RF signal through the outer and inner conductive shields of the endoscopic probe. a center fiber adapted to carry a laser signal for Raman spectroscopy to a target tissue; a first group of fibers surrounding the center fiber adapted to carry backscattered laser signal to a spectroscopy module; a second group of fibers surrounding the first group of fibers adapted to carry captured visible light to a microscope; a conductive inner shield surrounding the second group of fibers; a third group of fibers surrounding the conductive inner shield adapted to carry visible light to the target tissue; a fourth group of fibers dispersed among the third group of fibers adapted to provide an infrared temperature sensing signal to a temperature sensing module; and a conductive outer shield surrounding the third group of fibers, wherein the conductive inner and outer shields are configured to deliver an alternating electromagnetic field to the target tissue for inducing heat by transmitting an RF signal through the outer and inner conductive shields of the endoscopic probe.
Protective cover for a machine or a portion of a machine, wherein the protective cover comprises a frame with fastening elements, via which the frame can be fastened to a machine or to a machine frame which holds the machine, wherein the frame has multiple crossmembers, which at least partially engage around the machine or the portion of the machine in the fastened state of the frame, and at least one tarpaulin-like covering element, which extends between the crossmembers and at least partially along the crossmembers, is detachably fastened to the frame, wherein the covering element is detachably fastened to the crossmembers and/or the longitudinal members (11, 12, 13) via clamping means (16, 17) or via fastening means (14, 15, 24, 25) and clamping means (16, 17).
A hood lock cord system useable to secure a hood portion of an apparel item for an upper torso of a wearer when the hood portion is not in use, the hood lock cord system comprising: a cord comprising a first end, a second end, and an intervening portion, the cord being positioned on an outer-facing surface of a back panel of the apparel item proximate to a neckline area of the apparel item such that the first end is secured to a first lateral side of the back panel via a first anchoring portion wherein the first anchoring portion is located at a first seam formed between the back panel and a right sleeve panel, and the second end is secured to a second lateral side of the back panel via a second anchoring portion wherein the second anchoring portion is located at a second seam formed between the back panel and a left sleeve panel, and the intervening portion of the cord extends across a midline of the back panel proximate to the neckline area.