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A method performed by a node operating in a communications network, wherein the node supports operation on a Constrained Application Protocol, CoAP, and wherein the node is incapable of supporting operation on a Domain Name System, DNS, protocol, the method comprising: - encoding a DNS query into a first message (601, 701), the first message (601, 701) having a format supported by the CoAP, wherein the DNS query is mapped to the CoAP format of the first message (601, 701) based on a mapping scheme, - initiating sending the first message (601, 701) to another node operating in the communications network, the another node supporting operation on the CoAP and on the DNS protocol, and - receiving a second message (620, 706) from the another node, the second message (620, 706) having the format supported by the CoAP, and the second message (620, 706) comprising a DNS response to the sent DNS query, wherein the DNS response is mapped to the CoAP format of the second message (620, 706) based on the mapping scheme; and wherein according to the mapping scheme, the first message (601, 701) comprises, in one or more first option fields (608, 612, 613, 703), at least one of: ∘ an operation type of the DNS query in a first value; ∘ a Recursion Desired indicator of the DNS query in a second value; ∘ a name queried by the DNS query in a name option, and ∘ a type of resource records requested by the DNS query in a type option. - encoding a DNS query into a first message (601, 701), the first message (601, 701) having a format supported by the CoAP, wherein the DNS query is mapped to the CoAP format of the first message (601, 701) based on a mapping scheme, - initiating sending the first message (601, 701) to another node operating in the communications network, the another node supporting operation on the CoAP and on the DNS protocol, and - receiving a second message (620, 706) from the another node, the second message (620, 706) having the format supported by the CoAP, and the second message (620, 706) comprising a DNS response to the sent DNS query, wherein the DNS response is mapped to the CoAP format of the second message (620, 706) based on the mapping scheme; and ∘ an operation type of the DNS query in a first value; ∘ a Recursion Desired indicator of the DNS query in a second value; ∘ a name queried by the DNS query in a name option, and ∘ a type of resource records requested by the DNS query in a type option.
In vitro method for specifically detecting in a biological sample a matrix metalloproteinase of interest only in its active form, comprising a) a step of contacting the biological sample with a ligand of the MMP of interest capable of binding to the free active site of the MMP; b) subsequently to or simultaneously with step a), a step of contacting the result of step a) with an antibody specific for the MMP of interest; and c) a step of detecting the ternary complex between the MMP of interest, the ligand of the MMP of interest, and the antibody specific for the MMP of interest, and wherein the ligand comprises a phosphinic pseudopeptide inhibitor. a) a step of contacting the biological sample with a ligand of the MMP of interest capable of binding to the free active site of the MMP; b) subsequently to or simultaneously with step a), a step of contacting the result of step a) with an antibody specific for the MMP of interest; and c) a step of detecting the ternary complex between the MMP of interest, the ligand of the MMP of interest, and the antibody specific for the MMP of interest,
A method of repairing a damaged section of a pipe, comprising: providing a liner having an open first end and a substantially closed second end; impregnating the liner with a material capable of curing and hardening; inverting the liner into the pipe with an inversion head, wherein the first end of the liner is attached to a portion of the inversion head; inflating the liner using a source of pressurized fluid to create pressure within the liner which presses the liner against the wall of the pipe; characterized in that the method further includes the steps of: inflating a plug at least partially within the inversion head to substantially close the open end of the liner at the inversion head and maintain pressure within the liner; wherein the liner is inverted through the inversion head prior to the inflation of the plug; and allowing the material to cure and harden. providing a liner having an open first end and a substantially closed second end; impregnating the liner with a material capable of curing and hardening; inverting the liner into the pipe with an inversion head, wherein the first end of the liner is attached to a portion of the inversion head; inflating the liner using a source of pressurized fluid to create pressure within the liner which presses the liner against the wall of the pipe; characterized in that the method further includes the steps of: inflating a plug at least partially within the inversion head to substantially close the open end of the liner at the inversion head and maintain pressure within the liner; wherein the liner is inverted through the inversion head prior to the inflation of the plug; and allowing the material to cure and harden.
A fastening system comprising an elongated composite member fastened to a column, wherein the column extends through an opening in the elongated composite member, characterized in that: the elongated composite member includes a self-supporting outer shell constituted by a composite wall member, the column extending through the opening in the elongated composite member, the opening in the elongated composite member including a first aperture having a first peripheral edge and a second aperture having a second peripheral edge through the composite wall member, the first aperture being smaller than the second aperture; a composite stress distribution member having a frustum-shaped section extending between the first aperture and second aperture in the composite wall member, the frustum-shaped section transitioning into a first flange section having a flange opening extending along the first peripheral edge, the stress distribution member forming a through opening in the elongated composite member; and a fixing member surrounding the column, comprising a flange member, the flange member of the fixing member being adjacent to the first flange section of the stress distribution member.
A method for use in marine seismic acquisition, comprising: deploying a receiver array oriented in a first direction, wherein the receiver array comprises a plurality of sparsely spaced receiver lines oriented in the first direction, and wherein each of the receiver lines comprises a plurality of densely positioned lines of receiver nodes; shooting a plurality of seismic signals from a plurality of seismic sources along a plurality of sparsely positioned sail lines, wherein each of the sail lines are oriented in a second direction orthogonal to the first direction; and recording returned energy of the seismic signals. deploying a receiver array oriented in a first direction, wherein the receiver array comprises a plurality of sparsely spaced receiver lines oriented in the first direction, and wherein each of the receiver lines comprises a plurality of densely positioned lines of receiver nodes; shooting a plurality of seismic signals from a plurality of seismic sources along a plurality of sparsely positioned sail lines, wherein each of the sail lines are oriented in a second direction orthogonal to the first direction; and recording returned energy of the seismic signals.
An electric storage device, comprising: an electrode assembly including a positive electrode plate and a negative electrode plate that are insulated from each other; a pair of current collectors (2,2) each of which includes a connecting portion and is connected to a corresponding one of the positive electrode plate and the negative electrode plate at the connecting portion; a case that houses the electrode assembly and the pair of current collectors (2,2), the electrode assembly being supported by the pair of current collectors (2,2) in the case; and a distance retaining member (5;37;38) that retains a distance between portions (P2,P2) more distal than the respective connecting portions (22,22) of the pair of current collectors (2,2); wherein: the distance retaining member is a spacer that connects the pair of current collectors (2,2) in the case; and characterized in that the spacer includes a first coupler coupled to a predetermined portion of one of the pair of current collectors (2,2), and a second coupler coupled to a predetermined portion of the other of the pair of current collectors (2,2); and at least one of the first and second couplers (50,50) can be coupled only to the predetermined portion of a corresponding one of the pair of current collectors (2,2). an electrode assembly including a positive electrode plate and a negative electrode plate that are insulated from each other; a pair of current collectors (2,2) each of which includes a connecting portion and is connected to a corresponding one of the positive electrode plate and the negative electrode plate at the connecting portion; a case that houses the electrode assembly and the pair of current collectors (2,2), the electrode assembly being supported by the pair of current collectors (2,2) in the case; and a distance retaining member (5;37;38) that retains a distance between portions (P2,P2) more distal than the respective connecting portions (22,22) of the pair of current collectors (2,2); wherein: the distance retaining member is a spacer that connects the pair of current collectors (2,2) in the case; and characterized in that the spacer includes a first coupler coupled to a predetermined portion of one of the pair of current collectors (2,2), and a second coupler coupled to a predetermined portion of the other of the pair of current collectors (2,2); and at least one of the first and second couplers (50,50) can be coupled only to the predetermined portion of a corresponding one of the pair of current collectors (2,2). the distance retaining member is a spacer that connects the pair of current collectors (2,2) in the case; and characterized in that the spacer includes a first coupler coupled to a predetermined portion of one of the pair of current collectors (2,2), and a second coupler coupled to a predetermined portion of the other of the pair of current collectors (2,2); and at least one of the first and second couplers (50,50) can be coupled only to the predetermined portion of a corresponding one of the pair of current collectors (2,2).
A voice coil speaker comprising: a frame having a speaker opening that is formed at a front surface of the frame; a diaphragm having an outer periphery that is connected to an inner periphery of the speaker opening; a bobbin that is connected to the diaphragm and has voice coils formed thereon; a signal processing board that processes a driving signal to be output to the voice coils, wherein the signal processing board is disposed at the outside of the diaphragm in a radial direction of the diaphragm; a bracket extending from a front surface of the frame to an outside of the frame in the radial direction, and supporting the signal processing board at the outer periphery of the diaphragm; characterized by a gasket having a shape that corresponds to the outer periphery of the diaphragm and covering a connection portion between the outer periphery of the diaphragm and the inner periphery of the speaker opening, the gasket being a body separate from the frame, wherein the bracket is constructed integrally with the gasket as a same member. a frame having a speaker opening that is formed at a front surface of the frame; a diaphragm having an outer periphery that is connected to an inner periphery of the speaker opening; a bobbin that is connected to the diaphragm and has voice coils formed thereon; a signal processing board that processes a driving signal to be output to the voice coils, wherein the signal processing board is disposed at the outside of the diaphragm in a radial direction of the diaphragm; a bracket extending from a front surface of the frame to an outside of the frame in the radial direction, and supporting the signal processing board at the outer periphery of the diaphragm; characterized by a gasket having a shape that corresponds to the outer periphery of the diaphragm and covering a connection portion between the outer periphery of the diaphragm and the inner periphery of the speaker opening, the gasket being a body separate from the frame, wherein the bracket is constructed integrally with the gasket as a same member.
A method of fabricating a patterned substrate of a photovoltaic cell or an organic light emitting diode, the method comprising: imparting electrostatic force to a surface of a substrate by treating the substrate with electrolytes (110, 120); causing nano-particles to be adsorbed and randomly distributed on the surface of the substrate by the electrostatic force; etching the surface of the substrate using the nanoparticles as an etching mask; and removing the nano-particles residing on the surface of the substrate, wherein treating the substrate with the electrolytes (110, 120) comprises: a first step of submerging the substrate into a solution in which a positively-charged first electrolyte is dissolved and then rinsing the substrate; after the first step, a second step of submerging the substrate into a solution in which a negatively-charged second electrolyte is dissolved and then rinsing the substrate; and after the second step, a third step of submerging the substrate into a solution in which the positively-charged third electrolyte is dissolved and then rinsing the substrate. imparting electrostatic force to a surface of a substrate by treating the substrate with electrolytes (110, 120); causing nano-particles to be adsorbed and randomly distributed on the surface of the substrate by the electrostatic force; etching the surface of the substrate using the nanoparticles as an etching mask; and removing the nano-particles residing on the surface of the substrate, wherein treating the substrate with the electrolytes (110, 120) comprises: a first step of submerging the substrate into a solution in which a positively-charged first electrolyte is dissolved and then rinsing the substrate; after the first step, a second step of submerging the substrate into a solution in which a negatively-charged second electrolyte is dissolved and then rinsing the substrate; and after the second step, a third step of submerging the substrate into a solution in which the positively-charged third electrolyte is dissolved and then rinsing the substrate. a first step of submerging the substrate into a solution in which a positively-charged first electrolyte is dissolved and then rinsing the substrate; after the first step, a second step of submerging the substrate into a solution in which a negatively-charged second electrolyte is dissolved and then rinsing the substrate; and after the second step, a third step of submerging the substrate into a solution in which the positively-charged third electrolyte is dissolved and then rinsing the substrate.
Orthopaedic prosthesis, in particular intersomatic cage for vertebral stabilisation, comprising a generally parallelepiped body having two respectively upper and lower opposite faces (2, 3), with reference to an implanted position of the cage in the intervertebral space of a subject with an upright vertebral column, provided with respective anchoring formations (2a, 3a), said prosthesis incorporating a plurality of leds with controlled emission of ultraviolet rays, characterised in that the leds with controlled emission of ultraviolet rays are arranged at least on the upper and lower faces (2, 3) of the body of the cage and they are applied on at least part of said anchoring formations (2a, 3a).
A method for wireless communications by a wireless node of a peer-to-peer, P2P, network, comprising: receiving an advertisement including a list of one or more services offered by wireless nodes of the P2P network, wherein the advertisement contains, for at least one of the services listed, an identification of one or more of the wireless nodes offering that service, wherein for at least one other of the services listed, the advertisement does not contain an identification of one or more of the wireless nodes offering that service; identifying, by its service identifier, ID, a service of interest from the list; and identifying at least one of the wireless nodes in the P2P network that offers the service of interest, wherein, when the service of interest identified is the at least one other of the services listed, identifying the at least one wireless node in the P2P network that offers the service of interest comprises sending a query to identify the at least one wireless node that offers the service of interest. receiving an advertisement including a list of one or more services offered by wireless nodes of the P2P network, wherein the advertisement contains, for at least one of the services listed, an identification of one or more of the wireless nodes offering that service, wherein for at least one other of the services listed, the advertisement does not contain an identification of one or more of the wireless nodes offering that service; identifying, by its service identifier, ID, a service of interest from the list; and identifying at least one of the wireless nodes in the P2P network that offers the service of interest, wherein, when the service of interest identified is the at least one other of the services listed, identifying the at least one wireless node in the P2P network that offers the service of interest comprises sending a query to identify the at least one wireless node that offers the service of interest.
An aluminum oxide article being a thin film provided on a base material or an independent film, wherein a cross section of the aluminum oxide article as observed by transmission electron microscopy includes a crystallized portion and a non-crystalline portion; the article has a sea-island structure including islands parts which are isolated portions that include the crystallized portion and have a structure in which no crystal lattice image is identified in a central portion, while a peripheral portion is the crystallized portion, and a sea part which is the continuous non-crystalline portion; and a plurality of the island parts is uniformly interspersed in the sea part; wherein when a transmission electron microscopy image of a cross section of the aluminum oxide article is evenly divided into three in the depth direction from the article surface, the relationships 0.9 < A/X, B/X, and C/X < 1.1 are satisfied, when the average value of particle size of the island parts present in an outermost surface region is denoted by A, the average value of particle size of the island parts present in a middle region is denoted by B, the average value of particle size of the island parts present in a deepest region is denoted by C, and the average value of particle size of the island parts present over the entire cross section of the article is denoted by X. wherein a cross section of the aluminum oxide article as observed by transmission electron microscopy includes a crystallized portion and a non-crystalline portion; the article has a sea-island structure including islands parts which are isolated portions that include the crystallized portion and have a structure in which no crystal lattice image is identified in a central portion, while a peripheral portion is the crystallized portion, and a sea part which is the continuous non-crystalline portion; and a plurality of the island parts is uniformly interspersed in the sea part; wherein when a transmission electron microscopy image of a cross section of the aluminum oxide article is evenly divided into three in the depth direction from the article surface, the relationships 0.9 < A/X, B/X, and C/X < 1.1 are satisfied, when the average value of particle size of the island parts present in an outermost surface region is denoted by A, the average value of particle size of the island parts present in a middle region is denoted by B, the average value of particle size of the island parts present in a deepest region is denoted by C, and the average value of particle size of the island parts present over the entire cross section of the article is denoted by X.
A control device for a vehicle, the vehicle including an internal combustion engine provided with an exhaust manifold in a cylinder head, the internal combustion engine being a spark-ignition engine, a mechanical water pump connected to an output shaft of the internal combustion engine, the mechanical water pump being configured to supply a coolant to a water jacket provided in the cylinder head and cool down the exhaust manifold, a turbocharger connected to the internal combustion engine, a bypass passage configured to bypass a turbine of the turbocharger, a wastegate valve configured to open and close the bypass passage, and a filter provided in an exhaust passage of the internal combustion engine, the filter being configured to catch particulate matter in the exhaust gas, the control device comprising an electronic control unit configured such that, when regeneration of the filter is requested, the electronic control unit retards an ignition timing of the internal combustion engine and decreases an opening degree of the wastegate valve as compared with the ignition timing of the internal combustion engine and the opening degree of the wastegate valve when the regeneration is not requested, and an electronic control unit configured to increase a target fuel injection amount based on an exhaust gas temperature when the exhaust gas temperature is larger than a predetermined threshold. an internal combustion engine provided with an exhaust manifold in a cylinder head, the internal combustion engine being a spark-ignition engine, a mechanical water pump connected to an output shaft of the internal combustion engine, the mechanical water pump being configured to supply a coolant to a water jacket provided in the cylinder head and cool down the exhaust manifold, a turbocharger connected to the internal combustion engine, a bypass passage configured to bypass a turbine of the turbocharger, a wastegate valve configured to open and close the bypass passage, and a filter provided in an exhaust passage of the internal combustion engine, the filter being configured to catch particulate matter in the exhaust gas,
A plant for drying objects which release volatile substances, comprising a drying tunnel with a conveying system which conveys the objects through the tunnel, sensors in the tunnel to measure the concentration of volatile substances and air exchange units controlled by the sensors to exchange air in the tunnel, characterised by the fact that the sensors are a plurality of sensors arranged distributed along the tunnel to be in contact with the air flowing through the tunnel for measuring the distribution trend of the concentration of volatile substances along the tunnel, and the air exchange units are a plurality of the air exchange units distributed along the tunnel so that each air exchange unit exchanges air in an associated zone along the tunnel, the plurality of air exchange units being controlled by the plurality of sensors according to the distribution trend of the concentration of volatile substances along the tunnel, so as to keep the concentration of volatile substances arranged along the tunnel below a pre-established value.