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A method of making a fiber-reinforced polyurethane composite, the method comprising: (i) applying a sizing composition to a plurality of fibers to make sized fibers, (ii) contacting the sized fibers with the thermoplastic polyurethane prepolymer composition to form a resin-fiber amalgam, and (iii) curing the resin-fiber amalgam to form the fiber-reinforced polyurethane composite. wherein the sizing composition comprises at least one curative for a thermoplastic polyurethane prepolymer and wherein the thermoplastic polyurethane prepolymer composition includes 50 wt.% or less of a total amount of the at least one curative that is also present on the sized fibers (i) applying a sizing composition to a plurality of fibers to make sized fibers, (ii) contacting the sized fibers with the thermoplastic polyurethane prepolymer composition to form a resin-fiber amalgam, and (iii) curing the resin-fiber amalgam to form the fiber-reinforced polyurethane composite.
A thermoelectric device integrated in semiconductor technology comprising a hot side (Th) arranged in proximity to a heat source, and a cold side (Tc), the thermoelectric device supplying a signal according to the temperature difference between the hot and cold sides, characterized in that: • the heat source comprises at least one MOS power transistor configured to operate in chopped mode and forming an intermittent heat source with a heating period and a cooling period, • the distance between the hot side (Th) and the cold side (Tc) is less than 100 μ m in such a way that their temperatures tend to equal out when the temperature of the heat source varies. • the heat source comprises at least one MOS power transistor configured to operate in chopped mode and forming an intermittent heat source with a heating period and a cooling period, • the distance between the hot side (Th) and the cold side (Tc) is less than 100 μ m in such a way that their temperatures tend to equal out when the temperature of the heat source varies.
A method for covalently linking two double-stranded nucleic acid segments having a region of sequence complementarity at their termini, the method comprising: (a) incubating the two double-stranded nucleic acid segments with an exonuclease under conditions that allow for digestion of termini of the two double-stranded nucleic acid segments to form complementary single-stranded regions on each double-stranded nucleic acid segment and hybridization of the complementary single-stranded regions, wherein each of the two double-stranded nucleic acid segments comprises an exonuclease resistant region within 30 nucleotides of the end of the complementary terminus, wherein the exonuclease resistant region contains a phosphorothioate bond, and (b) covalently connecting at least one strand of the hybridized termini formed in (a) resulting in the linkage of the two double-stranded nucleic acid segments, and wherein the junction between the exonuclease resistant region and the region of hybridization is determined by the region of sequence complementarity between the two double-stranded nucleic acid segments. (a) incubating the two double-stranded nucleic acid segments with an exonuclease under conditions that allow for digestion of termini of the two double-stranded nucleic acid segments to form complementary single-stranded regions on each double-stranded nucleic acid segment and hybridization of the complementary single-stranded regions, wherein each of the two double-stranded nucleic acid segments comprises an exonuclease resistant region within 30 nucleotides of the end of the complementary terminus, wherein the exonuclease resistant region contains a phosphorothioate bond, and (b) covalently connecting at least one strand of the hybridized termini formed in (a) resulting in the linkage of the two double-stranded nucleic acid segments,
Method for manufacturing an OLED lighting device comprising the subsequent steps of - providing a first electrode layer of a material having a first workfunction, - providing an organic opto-electric layer on the first electrode layer, - printing a patterned electrically conductive layer on the organic opto-electric layer - providing a transparent, second electrode layer of a material having a second work function lower than the workfunction of the first electrode on the organic opto-electric layer provided with the patterned electrically conductive layer - after the step of providing the first electrode layer, but before the step of printing the patterned electrically conductive layer, locally depositing an insulating material in a pattern conformal to the pattern to be formed by the patterned electrically conductive layer or wherein the features of the insulating layer laterally extend beyond the features of the patterned electrically conductive layer to be formed. - providing a first electrode layer of a material having a first workfunction, - providing an organic opto-electric layer on the first electrode layer, - printing a patterned electrically conductive layer on the organic opto-electric layer - providing a transparent, second electrode layer of a material having a second work function lower than the workfunction of the first electrode on the organic opto-electric layer provided with the patterned electrically conductive layer - after the step of providing the first electrode layer, but before the step of printing the patterned electrically conductive layer, locally depositing an insulating material in a pattern conformal to the pattern to be formed by the patterned electrically conductive layer or wherein the features of the insulating layer laterally extend beyond the features of the patterned electrically conductive layer to be formed.
An aerodynamic system for an aircraft comprising: a fixed portion of a wing; a movable flap coupled to the fixed portion of the wing; a spoiler or a droop panel, coupled to the fixed portion of the wing, including a first portion which forms a trailing edge of the spoiler and a second portion configured to receive the first portion and attached to the fixed portion of the wing, wherein the spoiler or the droop panel has a pre-deformed shape which is bowed in spanwise direction, wherein, while not in flight, the spoiler or the droop panel in the pre-deformed shape when brought to rest against the movable flap makes partial contact with the movable flap and wherein, at one or more flight conditions, the spoiler or the droop panel deforms and straightens under aerodynamic forces from the pre-deformed shape to a second shape such that in the second shape the spoiler or the droop panel has greater contact area with the movable flap to reduce air flow between the spoiler or the droop panel and the movable flap. a fixed portion of a wing; a movable flap coupled to the fixed portion of the wing; a spoiler or a droop panel, coupled to the fixed portion of the wing, including a first portion which forms a trailing edge of the spoiler and a second portion configured to receive the first portion and attached to the fixed portion of the wing, wherein the spoiler or the droop panel has a pre-deformed shape which is bowed in spanwise direction, wherein, while not in flight, the spoiler or the droop panel in the pre-deformed shape when brought to rest against the movable flap makes partial contact with the movable flap and wherein, at one or more flight conditions, the spoiler or the droop panel deforms and straightens under aerodynamic forces from the pre-deformed shape to a second shape such that in the second shape the spoiler or the droop panel has greater contact area with the movable flap to reduce air flow between the spoiler or the droop panel and the movable flap.
An adhesive label comprising: a substrate having a thermal print layer pre-coated to a front surface of the substrate; an adhesive which includes a water-based adhesive on at least a portion of a back surface of the substrate; and a water-based release coating applied to the front surface of the substrate with a formulation of a fluorochemical, wherein the thermal print layer is pre-coated onto the front surface of the substrate before the water-based release coating formulation, characterized in that the fluorochemical comprises a hydrophilic tail and a hydrophobic tail, is water-miscible and has a C-6 backbone, and wherein said fluorochemical comprises around 20% solids, has the viscosity of water (1g/cm 3) and is mixed in the release coating at 2.27 to 4.54 wet kg/907 kg of paper (5 to 10 wet lb/ton of paper). a substrate having a thermal print layer pre-coated to a front surface of the substrate; an adhesive which includes a water-based adhesive on at least a portion of a back surface of the substrate; and a water-based release coating applied to the front surface of the substrate with a formulation of a fluorochemical, wherein the thermal print layer is pre-coated onto the front surface of the substrate before the water-based release coating formulation, characterized in that the fluorochemical comprises a hydrophilic tail and a hydrophobic tail, is water-miscible and has a C-6 backbone, and wherein said fluorochemical comprises around 20% solids, has the viscosity of water (1g/cm 3) and is mixed in the release coating at 2.27 to 4.54 wet kg/907 kg of paper (5 to 10 wet lb/ton of paper).
A swivel joint, comprising: a tail section having an interior that defines at least a portion of a passageway through the swivel joint; a body portion having an interior adapted to receive at least a portion of the tail section therein, the interior of the body portion defining at least a portion of the passageway through the swivel joint, the body portion having a bore hole therethrough; one or more seals disposed between an interior surface of the body portion and an outer surface of the tail section, the one or more seals, the interior surface of the body portion, and the outer surface of the tail section cooperating to at least partially define a cavity; and an electrical conductivity grease fitting mounted within the bore hole, the electrical conductivity grease fitting being adapted to have a lubricant passed therethrough and into the cavity, the electrical conductivity grease fitting having a first portion in electrical communication with the body portion and a second portion in electrical communication with the tail section to maintain electrical conductivity between the tail section and the body portion. a tail section having an interior that defines at least a portion of a passageway through the swivel joint; a body portion having an interior adapted to receive at least a portion of the tail section therein, the interior of the body portion defining at least a portion of the passageway through the swivel joint, the body portion having a bore hole therethrough; one or more seals disposed between an interior surface of the body portion and an outer surface of the tail section, the one or more seals, the interior surface of the body portion, and the outer surface of the tail section cooperating to at least partially define a cavity; and an electrical conductivity grease fitting mounted within the bore hole, the electrical conductivity grease fitting being adapted to have a lubricant passed therethrough and into the cavity, the electrical conductivity grease fitting having a first portion in electrical communication with the body portion and a second portion in electrical communication with the tail section to maintain electrical conductivity between the tail section and the body portion.
A technical barrier for ensuring the security of unloading operations, comprising: a barrier element configured to block or let pass a material to be unloaded according to a command sent thereto, a measuring element provided upstream of the barrier element and configured to measure at least one parameter of the material to be unloaded, a validation module configured to compare at least one parameter measured by said measuring element with a prerecorded theoretical parameter for the material expected for the unloading, and to determine, based on this comparison, whether the material to be unloaded corresponds to the material expected for the unloading, and a control module configured to control the barrier element according to the results of this determination, characterized in that the measuring element is an in-line analyzer configured to measure at least one parameter of the material to be unloaded without sampling of material. a barrier element configured to block or let pass a material to be unloaded according to a command sent thereto, a measuring element provided upstream of the barrier element and configured to measure at least one parameter of the material to be unloaded, a validation module configured to compare at least one parameter measured by said measuring element with a prerecorded theoretical parameter for the material expected for the unloading, and to determine, based on this comparison, whether the material to be unloaded corresponds to the material expected for the unloading, and a control module configured to control the barrier element according to the results of this determination, characterized in that the measuring element is an in-line analyzer configured to measure at least one parameter of the material to be unloaded without sampling of material.
An isolated nucleic acid, comprising a nucleotide sequence encoding a protein having delta-12 fatty acid desaturase activity from Arxula adeninivorans, wherein said protein comprises an amino acid sequence having at least 95% sequence homology with the amino acid sequence set forth in SEQ ID NO: 13, or a biologically-active portion thereof having delta-12 fatty acid desaturase activity.
Internal lining of a rear flap of a vehicle, consisting of a panel having two parts (5a, 5b) characterized in that one of the parts has - a frame consisting of the side edges and the transverse edges (4, 14) of said lining part, two posts extending between the transverse edges (4, 14) and two spacers (9, 10) each extending between a post and the adjacent side edge, defining in said lining part a rectangular central opening, the transverse edges (4, 14) and posts forming the edges of the single central opening, and two openings 7a, 7b; 8a, 8b) on either side of said central opening, - a set of lugs, intended to be fixed to an outer skin of the rear flap, the set of lugs comprising at least: - two lugs arranged respectively on a post at the periphery of the central opening and near the junction between the post and a spacer (9, 10), - two lugs, respectively arranged on a spacer (9, 10). - a frame consisting of the side edges and the transverse edges (4, 14) of said lining part, two posts extending between the transverse edges (4, 14) and two spacers (9, 10) each extending between a post and the adjacent side edge, defining in said lining part a rectangular central opening, the transverse edges (4, 14) and posts forming the edges of the single central opening, and two openings 7a, 7b; 8a, 8b) on either side of said central opening, - a set of lugs, intended to be fixed to an outer skin of the rear flap, the set of lugs comprising at least: - two lugs arranged respectively on a post at the periphery of the central opening and near the junction between the post and a spacer (9, 10), - two lugs, respectively arranged on a spacer (9, 10).
A laser welding method comprising: welding a plurality of workpieces (11, 12) by irradiating the workpieces (11, 12) in a stacked state with a laser beam, wherein the laser beam is reciprocatingly emitted along a fixed welding line, wherein irradiation positions of a start end and a termination end of the irradiation are shifted away from each other so that irradiation energy can be dispersed, emitting the laser beam from a point A to a point B along the fixed welding line, characterized by returning at point B and emitting the laser beam from the point B along the fixed welding line, and changing the direction of irradiation at a point A' before reaching the point A, whereby a branched line (c) of the welding line is set and a point A" that is different from the point A is set as the termination end of the irradiation, wherein the point A' is between the point A and the point B, and the point A' is different from the point A and the point B. welding a plurality of workpieces (11, 12) by irradiating the workpieces (11, 12) in a stacked state with a laser beam, wherein the laser beam is reciprocatingly emitted along a fixed welding line, wherein irradiation positions of a start end and a termination end of the irradiation are shifted away from each other so that irradiation energy can be dispersed, emitting the laser beam from a point A to a point B along the fixed welding line, characterized by returning at point B and emitting the laser beam from the point B along the fixed welding line, and changing the direction of irradiation at a point A' before reaching the point A, whereby a branched line (c) of the welding line is set and a point A" that is different from the point A is set as the termination end of the irradiation, wherein the point A' is between the point A and the point B, and the point A' is different from the point A and the point B.
A method for separating a contaminant from a sample containing the contaminant, wherein the contaminant is selected from the group consisting of an anionic contaminant, a hydrophobic phenoxy compound and an anionic organic dye, the method comprising contacting the sample with a modified clay sorbent under conditions suitable for sorption of the contaminant to the modified clay sorbent, the modified clay sorbent comprising a palygorskite clay modified with a cationic surfactant characterised in that the cationic surfactant comprises a quaternary ammonium cation with two or more hydrocarbon tail groups each comprising an octadecyl alkyl chain.
An ultrasonic transmitter system comprising a digital controller configured to generate pulse width and phase reference signals (13A; 13B), a bandpass pulse-width modulator, BP-PWM, unit configured to receive the pulse width and phase reference signals (13A; 13B) from the digital controller and generate a pulse width modulation, PWM, output based on the pulse width and phase reference signals (13A; 13B), wherein the PWM output is characterized by a pulse width and a phase, a digital to analog converter, DAC, configured to receive the PWM output from the BP-PWM unit and generate an output characterized by the pulse width and phase, and an ultrasonic transducer configured to receive the output from the DAC and generate an output sound pressure in response to the output from the DAC, wherein an RMS amplitude of the output sound pressure depends on the pulse width of the output from the DAC.
An acceleration apparatus for accelerating a projectile, comprising an acceleration tube having a longitudinal axis defining a direction of acceleration, a pressure generating device, and a sabot having a projectile receiver for receiving a projectile at its forward end in the direction of acceleration, wherein said acceleration tube comprises a sabot stopper (30, 72) for stopping said sabot at its front end portion in the direction of acceleration and is coupled to said pressure generating device at its rear end in the direction of acceleration, and wherein a drive chamber is formed in said acceleration tube behind said sabot in the direction of acceleration, characterized in that said pressure generating device comprises at least two valves for introducing a gas into said drive chamber, and said pressure generating device comprises a control means which is configured to actuate said at least two valves synchronously with one another.
A method of extracting at least one time-value curve for use in determining a protocol to be used in connection with an imaging procedure, the method comprising: (a) determining a series of 0 through T M-dimensional data sets of pixel values from a series of images of a portion of a patient acquired using an imaging system, wherein M is an integer, T is an integer, the 0 data set corresponds to a data set at a time t=0, the T data set corresponds to a data set at a time t=T, and wherein a pixel at a location represented by a variable x has an enhancement profile vector defined as: y x = y x 0 y x 1... y x T − 1 y x T and an enhancement level y of the pixel at the location x is defined over time as: y x t = y x 0 + s x t + η x t wherein y x is a baseline enhancement level for the pixel, s is change in signal due to flow of a fluid in the patient and η is a noise term; (b) computing, as a predetermined number of regions of interest of the patient, a predetermined number of correlated segments of the portion of the patient from the series of images thereof by computing a similarity metric of the enhancement profile vectors; (c) computing the at least one time-value curve for at least one of the predetermined number of regions of interest; and (d) determining the protocol for an injection system to be used in connection with the imaging procedure such that the protocol is based at least in part upon data from the at least one time value curve. (a) determining a series of 0 through T M-dimensional data sets of pixel values from a series of images of a portion of a patient acquired using an imaging system, wherein M is an integer, T is an integer, the 0 data set corresponds to a data set at a time t=0, the T data set corresponds to a data set at a time t=T, and wherein a pixel at a location represented by a variable x has an enhancement profile vector defined as: y x = y x 0 y x 1... y x T − 1 y x T and an enhancement level y of the pixel at the location x is defined over time as: y x t = y x 0 + s x t + η x t wherein y x is a baseline enhancement level for the pixel, s is change in signal due to flow of a fluid in the patient and η is a noise term; (b) computing, as a predetermined number of regions of interest of the patient, a predetermined number of correlated segments of the portion of the patient from the series of images thereof by computing a similarity metric of the enhancement profile vectors; (c) computing the at least one time-value curve for at least one of the predetermined number of regions of interest; and (d) determining the protocol for an injection system to be used in connection with the imaging procedure such that the protocol is based at least in part upon data from the at least one time value curve.
An outsole comprising: at least one elastomer sheet constituting a ground engaging surface, the at least one elastomer sheet comprising: a sheet body composed of an elastomer; and a plurality of polymer particles dispersed in the sheet body, and the plurality of polymer particles being foamed particles each having a plurality of voids therein, wherein the average volume of the plurality of polymer particles is 0.5 mm 3 or more per particle and 75 mm 3 or less per particle, the plurality of polymer particles comprise isolated particles that are not held in contact with each other, and the proportion in the number of the isolated particles to all of the plurality of polymer particles in the at least one elastomer sheet is 50% or more. at least one elastomer sheet constituting a ground engaging surface, the at least one elastomer sheet comprising: a sheet body composed of an elastomer; and a plurality of polymer particles dispersed in the sheet body, and the plurality of polymer particles being foamed particles each having a plurality of voids therein, wherein the average volume of the plurality of polymer particles is 0.5 mm 3 or more per particle and 75 mm 3 or less per particle, the plurality of polymer particles comprise isolated particles that are not held in contact with each other, and the proportion in the number of the isolated particles to all of the plurality of polymer particles in the at least one elastomer sheet is 50% or more.