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An ink formulation suitable for inkjet printing, said formulation comprising a plurality of nanosheets dispersed in an aqueous vehicle; wherein: (i) greater than 50% of the nanosheets comprise less than ten layers of an inorganic layered material; (ii) the inorganic material is selected from the group consisting of graphene, hexagonal boron nitride, bismuth strontium calcium copper oxide (BSCCO), transition metal dichalcogenides (TMDCs), Sb 2 Te 3, Bi 2 Te 3 and MnO 2; and (iii) the concentration of nanosheets of inorganic material in the aqueous vehicle is greater than 0.01 mg/ml; (iv) the ink formulation further comprises: a) 1 x 10 -4 mol/L to 200 x 10 -4 mol/L of at least one water soluble polycyclic aromatic compound, (e.g. a salt thereof); wherein the or each polycyclic aromatic compound independently has a ring system which comprises from 2 to 8 fused aromatic benzene rings, the ring system being substituted with from 1 to 4 independently selected hydrophillic groups selected from SO 3 H, SO 2 H, B 2, CO 2 H, OH and PO 3 H; b) at least one viscosity modifier, which is a water miscible co-solvent, in an amount of from 0.1 to 5 wt.%; and c) at least one surface tension modifier in the form of a non-ionic surfactant material in an amount of from 0.01 to 2 wt.%. (i) greater than 50% of the nanosheets comprise less than ten layers of an inorganic layered material; (ii) the inorganic material is selected from the group consisting of graphene, hexagonal boron nitride, bismuth strontium calcium copper oxide (BSCCO), transition metal dichalcogenides (TMDCs), Sb 2 Te 3, Bi 2 Te 3 and MnO 2; and (iii) the concentration of nanosheets of inorganic material in the aqueous vehicle is greater than 0.01 mg/ml; (iv) the ink formulation further comprises: a) 1 x 10 -4 mol/L to 200 x 10 -4 mol/L of at least one water soluble polycyclic aromatic compound, (e.g. a salt thereof); wherein the or each polycyclic aromatic compound independently has a ring system which comprises from 2 to 8 fused aromatic benzene rings, the ring system being substituted with from 1 to 4 independently selected hydrophillic groups selected from SO 3 H, SO 2 H, B 2, CO 2 H, OH and PO 3 H; b) at least one viscosity modifier, which is a water miscible co-solvent, in an amount of from 0.1 to 5 wt.%; and c) at least one surface tension modifier in the form of a non-ionic surfactant material in an amount of from 0.01 to 2 wt.%. a) 1 x 10 -4 mol/L to 200 x 10 -4 mol/L of at least one water soluble polycyclic aromatic compound, (e.g. a salt thereof); wherein the or each polycyclic aromatic compound independently has a ring system which comprises from 2 to 8 fused aromatic benzene rings, the ring system being substituted with from 1 to 4 independently selected hydrophillic groups selected from SO 3 H, SO 2 H, B 2, CO 2 H, OH and PO 3 H; b) at least one viscosity modifier, which is a water miscible co-solvent, in an amount of from 0.1 to 5 wt.%; and c) at least one surface tension modifier in the form of a non-ionic surfactant material in an amount of from 0.01 to 2 wt.%.
A navigation guidance system comprising an end-user device (201, 204) with means for inputting a destination and at least one user-dependent variable value provided by a user, and receiving guidance; a map database containing roads; a device for determining vehicle position; a server; and communication means for communicating between the end-user device and the server; wherein the server hosts a navigation software core operable to divide a geographical region into a plurality of bounded geographical regions, BGRs, each BGR having at least two nodes and each node being formed by an intersection of a road with a boundary of the BGR; the system further comprises a node pair look-up table, NPLUT, database containing navigation solutions between pairs of nodes of at least some of the BGRs and associated variable factors corresponding to values of a user-independent variable previously communicated to the NPLUT database; and the navigation software core is further operable, in response to input of the destination and the at least one user-dependent variable value, to identify node pairs between an origin and the destination and provide guidance from the origin to the destination using navigation solutions chosen based on the user-dependent variable value and a user-independent variable value.
A method for producing an object, comprising: taking a file of layers of a 3D object; for each layer, printing a fluid selectively onto a sheet of substrate material, wherein the substrate material comprises fiberglass, high temperature glass fibers, boron fibers, or carbon fibers; flooding onto the substrate a powdered metal which adheres to the selectively printed fluid; removing excess powder; and heating and compressing a plurality of sheets in stacked registration to melt the powdered metal and fuse the layers of substrate. taking a file of layers of a 3D object; for each layer, printing a fluid selectively onto a sheet of substrate material, wherein the substrate material comprises fiberglass, high temperature glass fibers, boron fibers, or carbon fibers; flooding onto the substrate a powdered metal which adheres to the selectively printed fluid; removing excess powder; and heating and compressing a plurality of sheets in stacked registration to melt the powdered metal and fuse the layers of substrate.
An attack-resistant lock comprising: a housing comprising an internal section and an external section, the external section comprising a first drain opening extending through a bottom portion thereof; a locking mechanism disposed at least partially within the internal section of the housing, the locking mechanism comprising a keyway configured to receive a key blade for actuating the locking mechanism; and an external keyway structure disposed within the external section of the housing, the external keyway structure comprising: a scalp covering an externally facing side of the locking mechanism; an opening sized and shaped to receive the key blade, the opening aligned with the keyway such that a key blade can be inserted into the keyway through the opening; a sacrificial fixing structure configured to prevent rotation of the external keyway relative to the locking mechanism; and a second drain opening extending through a bottom portion of the external keyway structure in substantial alignment with the first drain opening; wherein the sacrificial fixing structure is further configured to separate from the external keyway structure when a threshold torque is applied at the opening, and wherein the threshold torque is insufficient to dislodge the locking mechanism from the housing. a housing comprising an internal section and an external section, the external section comprising a first drain opening extending through a bottom portion thereof; a locking mechanism disposed at least partially within the internal section of the housing, the locking mechanism comprising a keyway configured to receive a key blade for actuating the locking mechanism; and an external keyway structure disposed within the external section of the housing, the external keyway structure comprising: a scalp covering an externally facing side of the locking mechanism; an opening sized and shaped to receive the key blade, the opening aligned with the keyway such that a key blade can be inserted into the keyway through the opening; a sacrificial fixing structure configured to prevent rotation of the external keyway relative to the locking mechanism; and a second drain opening extending through a bottom portion of the external keyway structure in substantial alignment with the first drain opening; a scalp covering an externally facing side of the locking mechanism; an opening sized and shaped to receive the key blade, the opening aligned with the keyway such that a key blade can be inserted into the keyway through the opening; a sacrificial fixing structure configured to prevent rotation of the external keyway relative to the locking mechanism; and a second drain opening extending through a bottom portion of the external keyway structure in substantial alignment with the first drain opening; wherein the sacrificial fixing structure is further configured to separate from the external keyway structure when a threshold torque is applied at the opening, and wherein the threshold torque is insufficient to dislodge the locking mechanism from the housing.
A reciprocating mechanism for a spool of a spinning reel, comprising: a first rotating body configured to rotate in conjunction with a winding operation of a handle of the spinning reel; a second rotating body arranged spaced apart from the first rotating body along a spool shaft direction in which a spool shaft of the spinning reel extends; a rotation transmission body (41, 141, 241) bridged between the first rotating body and the second rotating body, and configured to transmit the rotation of the first rotating body to the second rotating body; a movable body configured to engage the rotation transmission body (41, 141, 241), and configured to reciprocate in the spool shaft direction accompanying an actuation of the rotation transmission body (41, 141, 241); and an engagement body (49, 149, 249) configured to engage the rotation transmission body (41, 141, 241) and the movable body, wherein the movable body is configured to reciprocate the spool of the spinning reel in the axial direction via the spool shaft. a first rotating body configured to rotate in conjunction with a winding operation of a handle of the spinning reel; a second rotating body arranged spaced apart from the first rotating body along a spool shaft direction in which a spool shaft of the spinning reel extends; a rotation transmission body (41, 141, 241) bridged between the first rotating body and the second rotating body, and configured to transmit the rotation of the first rotating body to the second rotating body; a movable body configured to engage the rotation transmission body (41, 141, 241), and configured to reciprocate in the spool shaft direction accompanying an actuation of the rotation transmission body (41, 141, 241); and an engagement body (49, 149, 249) configured to engage the rotation transmission body (41, 141, 241) and the movable body, wherein the movable body is configured to reciprocate the spool of the spinning reel in the axial direction via the spool shaft.
Method for producing cigarette packs with a respective wrapper made of sheet material, wherein cigarette groups are wrapped in a continuous sheet-material web, as a flexible sheet-material tube which encloses the cigarette groups being formed in the process, wherein within the context of a penetration phase, during transportation of the flexible sheet-material tube from a starting position, in which a sealing mechanism (24a, 24b) is located laterally in relation to the flexible sheet-material tube, said sealing mechanism penetrates between two adjacent cigarette groups wrapped in the sheet-material web and is moved into a sealing position, in which sealing takes place, and wherein, within the context of a following sealing phase between the wrapped cigarette groups, the sealing mechanism generates a transverse sealing seam in the flexible sheet-material tube, characterized in that at least during a time period of the penetration phase, in particular before the sealing mechanism (24a, 24b) makes contact with the flexible sheet-material tube, the movement of said sealing mechanism has a speed component parallel to the flexible sheet-material tube which is greater than the speed of the flexible sheet-material tube, and therefore, during this time period, the sealing mechanism precedes said flexible sheet-material tube and can be transferred into the sealing position without making contact with the wrapped cigarette groups, and in that in the sealing position, during at least one time period of the sealing phase, the sealing mechanism (24a, 24b) is moved at the same speed as the flexible sheet-material tube and parallel thereto.
An asymmetrical bipolar voltage supply with a transformer, two DC voltage sources with different voltages (U1, U2) and a primary-side voltage supply, wherein the transformer has a primary winding and multiple secondary windings, characterized in that the primary-side voltage supply has a full-bridge circuit with four primary semiconductor switches, wherein each leg of the full-bridge circuit is connected to another of the two DC voltage sources and to another end of the primary winding, wherein two oppositely polarized winding voltage half waves Uw1 and Uw2 can be generated with different amplitudes in the transformer in a period, so that oppositely polarized voltages with different amplitudes can be tapped at each secondary winding, and each secondary winding is connected to a corresponding rectifier circuit, wherein each rectifier circuit is designed to generate two asymmetrical bipolar voltages.
A method of managing coverage of a network slice in a communications network, the method comprising: - a domain manager (320; 700; 800) of a Radio Access Network, RAN, of the communications network determining a configuration of a RAN resource partition of the network slice, the configuration defining which network elements (101, 102, 103; 331, 332, 333) of the RAN are assigned to the RAN resource partition of the network slice; - the domain manager (320; 700; 800) receiving at least one report (407, 408, 409) indicating, for at least one of the network elements (101, 102, 103; 331, 332, 333) assigned to the RAN resource partition, an amount of traffic of the network slice handled by the network element in an observation time window; - based on the at least one report (407, 408, 409), the domain manager (320; 700; 800) adapting the configuration of the RAN resource partition by removing one or more of the network elements (101, 102, 103; 331, 332, 333) from the RAN resource partition, wherein the domain manager (320; 700; 800) removes those network elements (101, 102, 103; 331, 332, 333) for which the at least one report (407, 408, 409) indicates that the amount of the traffic handled by the network element is below a threshold value or zero. - a domain manager (320; 700; 800) of a Radio Access Network, RAN, of the communications network determining a configuration of a RAN resource partition of the network slice, the configuration defining which network elements (101, 102, 103; 331, 332, 333) of the RAN are assigned to the RAN resource partition of the network slice; - the domain manager (320; 700; 800) receiving at least one report (407, 408, 409) indicating, for at least one of the network elements (101, 102, 103; 331, 332, 333) assigned to the RAN resource partition, an amount of traffic of the network slice handled by the network element in an observation time window; - based on the at least one report (407, 408, 409), the domain manager (320; 700; 800) adapting the configuration of the RAN resource partition by removing one or more of the network elements (101, 102, 103; 331, 332, 333) from the RAN resource partition, wherein the domain manager (320; 700; 800) removes those network elements (101, 102, 103; 331, 332, 333) for which the at least one report (407, 408, 409) indicates that the amount of the traffic handled by the network element is below a threshold value or zero.
A computer-readable storage medium encoded with instructions, executable by a processor, for a visualization tool for analysis of genotyping data from a qPCR instrument, the instructions comprising: receiving (110, 120) from the qPCR instrument by the processor a plurality of genotyping data sets at a respective times, wherein each data set of the plurality of genotyping data sets comprises a intensity signals for each of a first probe and a second probe and; presenting an end user with a visualization tool, wherein the visualization tool provides a dynamic display of the data by: generating (140, 145) by the processor a plurality of plots, being allelic discrimination plots, from the plurality of genotyping data sets, each plot corresponding to one of the plurality of genotyping data sets, and displaying the plurality of plots,; wherein the dynamic display of the data comprises displaying the plurality of plots in succession to show the progression of allelic discrimination as a function of cycle number. receiving (110, 120) from the qPCR instrument by the processor a plurality of genotyping data sets at a respective times, wherein each data set of the plurality of genotyping data sets comprises a intensity signals for each of a first probe and a second probe and; presenting an end user with a visualization tool, wherein the visualization tool provides a dynamic display of the data by: generating (140, 145) by the processor a plurality of plots, being allelic discrimination plots, from the plurality of genotyping data sets, each plot corresponding to one of the plurality of genotyping data sets, and displaying the plurality of plots,; wherein the dynamic display of the data comprises displaying the plurality of plots in succession to show the progression of allelic discrimination as a function of cycle number. generating (140, 145) by the processor a plurality of plots, being allelic discrimination plots, from the plurality of genotyping data sets, each plot corresponding to one of the plurality of genotyping data sets, and displaying the plurality of plots,; wherein the dynamic display of the data comprises displaying the plurality of plots in succession to show the progression of allelic discrimination as a function of cycle number.
A node for use in providing a roaming mobile terminal access to communications services, characterized by: a memory for storing a list of intermediary service networks (30, 34, 38) generated or provided by a home service network of the mobile terminal, where the listed intermediary service networks are associated with the home service network, and a server for receiving from a local access network an access request message associated with the mobile terminal that requires authentication with the home service network of the mobile terminal or the user of the mobile terminal, and in response, providing the stored list of intermediary service networks to the local access network, wherein from which list an intermediary service network is selectable for use in authenticating the mobile terminal with the home service network. a memory for storing a list of intermediary service networks (30, 34, 38) generated or provided by a home service network of the mobile terminal, where the listed intermediary service networks are associated with the home service network, and a server for receiving from a local access network an access request message associated with the mobile terminal that requires authentication with the home service network of the mobile terminal or the user of the mobile terminal, and in response, providing the stored list of intermediary service networks to the local access network, wherein from which list an intermediary service network is selectable for use in authenticating the mobile terminal with the home service network.
A method of controlling an image acquisition apparatus comprising a fluorescence microscope arrangement to acquire a fluorescence in situ hybridization, FISH, probe image of a sample labeled with a FISH probe, the method comprising: setting an exposure for acquiring a FISH probe image to an initial value, wherein the initial exposure value is set so as to acquire an underexposed FISH probe image; acquiring a FISH probe image with the set value of the exposure; image processing the FISH probe image by applying at least one morphological operator to identify areas of interest around locations of elevated image intensity, and then generating a FISH probe image mask for filtering out all but the areas of interest; applying the mask to the FISH probe image to determine image intensity in the areas of interest; determining if the image intensity has a desired intensity value which indicates correct exposure of the FISH probe image, and if 'yes' then generating and saving a FISH record including a correctly exposed FISH probe image, and if 'no' then adjusting the exposure value, wherein adjusting the exposure value consists of increasing its value, and iterating the method with the adjusted value of the exposure so that the exposure value is successively increased from the initial value as the method iterates. setting an exposure for acquiring a FISH probe image to an initial value, wherein the initial exposure value is set so as to acquire an underexposed FISH probe image; acquiring a FISH probe image with the set value of the exposure; image processing the FISH probe image by applying at least one morphological operator to identify areas of interest around locations of elevated image intensity, and then generating a FISH probe image mask for filtering out all but the areas of interest; applying the mask to the FISH probe image to determine image intensity in the areas of interest; determining if the image intensity has a desired intensity value which indicates correct exposure of the FISH probe image, and if 'yes' then generating and saving a FISH record including a correctly exposed FISH probe image, and if 'no' then adjusting the exposure value, wherein adjusting the exposure value consists of increasing its value, and iterating the method with the adjusted value of the exposure so that the exposure value is successively increased from the initial value as the method iterates.
A hydrogen storage material, comprising: Mg(NH 2) 2 in an amount of 30 to 45 mol%, LiH in an amount of 40 to 60 mol%, and MgH 2 in an amount of 5 to 15 mol%. Mg(NH 2) 2 in an amount of 30 to 45 mol%, LiH in an amount of 40 to 60 mol%, and MgH 2 in an amount of 5 to 15 mol%.