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A method of non-contact liquid printing using a print head, the print head comprising: a perforate plate or membrane comprising at least one ejection element including an outlet configured to eject a bulk flow of printing liquid out of the print head; and a bending mode actuator responsive by bending to an applied field and arranged to vibrate the at least one ejection element in order to eject the bulk flow, wherein a region of an external surface of the perforate plate or membrane extends laterally of a longitudinal axis of the at least one ejection element and is adapted to retain a layer of liquid over the outlet, the method comprising: controlling the bending mode actuator to vibrate at a higher frequency in order to cause the liquid to flow through the at least one ejection element and to be expelled from the outlet so as to spread the liquid outwardly of the outlet at said region to provide the retained layer of the liquid over the outlet; providing a printing liquid to the at least one ejection element; and controlling the bending mode actuator to vibrate at a lower frequency in order to vibrate the at least one ejection element to eject the bulk flow of the printing liquid through the retained layer of liquid. a perforate plate or membrane comprising at least one ejection element including an outlet configured to eject a bulk flow of printing liquid out of the print head; and a bending mode actuator responsive by bending to an applied field and arranged to vibrate the at least one ejection element in order to eject the bulk flow, wherein a region of an external surface of the perforate plate or membrane extends laterally of a longitudinal axis of the at least one ejection element and is adapted to retain a layer of liquid over the outlet, the method comprising: controlling the bending mode actuator to vibrate at a higher frequency in order to cause the liquid to flow through the at least one ejection element and to be expelled from the outlet so as to spread the liquid outwardly of the outlet at said region to provide the retained layer of the liquid over the outlet; providing a printing liquid to the at least one ejection element; and controlling the bending mode actuator to vibrate at a lower frequency in order to vibrate the at least one ejection element to eject the bulk flow of the printing liquid through the retained layer of liquid. controlling the bending mode actuator to vibrate at a higher frequency in order to cause the liquid to flow through the at least one ejection element and to be expelled from the outlet so as to spread the liquid outwardly of the outlet at said region to provide the retained layer of the liquid over the outlet; providing a printing liquid to the at least one ejection element; and controlling the bending mode actuator to vibrate at a lower frequency in order to vibrate the at least one ejection element to eject the bulk flow of the printing liquid through the retained layer of liquid.
A subsea apparatus (1, 201) comprising: a. A first part (2, 202); b. A second part (3, 203) rotatably mounted on the first part, the second part comprising electrically powered components; c. A motor (8, 208) mounted on the first part (2, 202) and configured to drive rotation of the second part (3, 203) relative to the first part; characterised in that, the apparatus comprises: d. A generator (12, 212) mounted on the second part (3, 203) and having a drive member linked to a drive mechanism (17, 19) that drives the drive member on rotation of the second part (3, 203) such that rotation of the second part relative to the first part (2, 202) drives the generator (12, 212) to generate power for the electrically powered components. a. A first part (2, 202); b. A second part (3, 203) rotatably mounted on the first part, the second part comprising electrically powered components; c. A motor (8, 208) mounted on the first part (2, 202) and configured to drive rotation of the second part (3, 203) relative to the first part; characterised in that, the apparatus comprises: d. A generator (12, 212) mounted on the second part (3, 203) and having a drive member linked to a drive mechanism (17, 19) that drives the drive member on rotation of the second part (3, 203) such that rotation of the second part relative to the first part (2, 202) drives the generator (12, 212) to generate power for the electrically powered components.
A method of detecting an expression product of lukF-PV or an expression product of lukF-P83 in a sample, the method comprising: a) contacting the sample with an antibody, or a functional binding fragment thereof, that binds the expression product to form a conjugate; and b) detecting the conjugate of (a), thereby detecting the expression product; wherein the antibody is encoded by a nucleic acid sequence comprising a sequence as set forth in SEQ ID NOs: 1, 3, 5, 7, 9 or 11, or comprises an amino acid sequence as set forth in SEQ ID NOs: 2, 4, 6, 8, 10 or 12, and when the antibody is encoded by a nucleic acid sequence comprising a sequence as set forth in SEQ ID No 9 or SEQ ID No: 11 or wherein the antibody comprises an amino acid sequence as set forth in SEQ ID NO: 10 or SEQ ID No: 12, the antibody specifically binds an expression product of lukF-PV, and when the antibody is encoded by a nucleic acid sequence comprising a sequence as set forth in SEQ ID Nos: 1, 3, 5, or 7, or wherein the antibody comprises an amino acid sequence as set forth in SEQ ID NO: 2, 4, 6, 8, the antibody is capable of binding an expression product of either lukF-PV or lukF-P83. a) contacting the sample with an antibody, or a functional binding fragment thereof, that binds the expression product to form a conjugate; and b) detecting the conjugate of (a), thereby detecting the expression product;
Method for producing a wet-laid non-woven web, comprising the following steps: a) feeding a fibrous slurry to a forming fabric to deposit a fibrous web thereon, wherein the fibrous slurry comprises industrially created, inorganic fibres or fibres of synthetically created polymers and the fibrous slurry is substantially free of - preferably chemical - binders, i.e. that the fibrous slurry contains less than 10% by volume of binders, preferably less than 5% by volume of binders and particularly preferably no binders, wherein applicable binders are agents that bond the fibres together; b) entangling the fibrous web to create the non-woven web by water-jet entanglement of the fibrous web, wherein, in addition to the fibres, the fibrous slurry also comprises binding fibres, or the latter are fed to the fibrous web before or during the entangling operation, characterized in that the fibres are selected such that their decomposition or melting temperature is at least 300°C, and the material of the fibres has a modulus of elasticity of at least 10 GPa, whereas the binding fibres have a modulus of elasticity which is less than 10 GPa. a) feeding a fibrous slurry to a forming fabric to deposit a fibrous web thereon, wherein the fibrous slurry comprises industrially created, inorganic fibres or fibres of synthetically created polymers and the fibrous slurry is substantially free of - preferably chemical - binders, i.e. that the fibrous slurry contains less than 10% by volume of binders, preferably less than 5% by volume of binders and particularly preferably no binders, wherein applicable binders are agents that bond the fibres together; b) entangling the fibrous web to create the non-woven web by water-jet entanglement of the fibrous web, wherein, in addition to the fibres, the fibrous slurry also comprises binding fibres, or the latter are fed to the fibrous web before or during the entangling operation, characterized in that the fibres are selected such that their decomposition or melting temperature is at least 300°C, and the material of the fibres has a modulus of elasticity of at least 10 GPa, whereas the binding fibres have a modulus of elasticity which is less than 10 GPa.
A process to produce a supported catalyst, the process comprising: (i) contacting: (a) a fluorided silica-coated alumina; (b) a magnesium compound; and (c) a first titanium compound and/or vanadium compound to form a first solid precatalyst; (ii) contacting the first solid precatalyst with an organoaluminum compound to form a second solid precatalyst; and (iii) contacting the second solid precatalyst with a second titanium compound and/or vanadium compound to form the supported catalyst. (i) contacting: (a) a fluorided silica-coated alumina; (b) a magnesium compound; and (c) a first titanium compound and/or vanadium compound to form a first solid precatalyst; (a) a fluorided silica-coated alumina; (b) a magnesium compound; and (c) a first titanium compound and/or vanadium compound to form a first solid precatalyst; (ii) contacting the first solid precatalyst with an organoaluminum compound to form a second solid precatalyst; and (iii) contacting the second solid precatalyst with a second titanium compound and/or vanadium compound to form the supported catalyst.
A method for measuring an object, comprising: detecting by a smart device a track of a target object moving along the object to be measured (S101, S201, S401); calculating a parameter of the track by the smart device according to the track (S102, S202, S402); and acquiring a parameter of the object to be measured by the smart device according to the parameter of the track, wherein the target object is a finger, the parameter is a length, and acquiring a parameter of the object to be measured by the smart device according to the parameter of the track comprises: acquiring a finger width of the finger; acquiring a ratio of a length of the track to a map width of the finger on the track; and calculating a length of the object to be measured according to the ratio and the finger width. detecting by a smart device a track of a target object moving along the object to be measured (S101, S201, S401); calculating a parameter of the track by the smart device according to the track (S102, S202, S402); and acquiring a parameter of the object to be measured by the smart device according to the parameter of the track, wherein the target object is a finger, the parameter is a length, and acquiring a parameter of the object to be measured by the smart device according to the parameter of the track comprises: acquiring a finger width of the finger; acquiring a ratio of a length of the track to a map width of the finger on the track; and calculating a length of the object to be measured according to the ratio and the finger width. acquiring a finger width of the finger; acquiring a ratio of a length of the track to a map width of the finger on the track; and calculating a length of the object to be measured according to the ratio and the finger width.
A device for simulating a function of a tissue, comprising: a first microchannel; a second microchannel; a membrane located at an interface region between the first microchannel and the second microchannel, the membrane including a first side facing toward the first microchannel and a second side facing toward the second microchannel, the first microchannel having cells of a first type thereon, the membrane separating the first microchannel from the second microchannel and permitting the migration of at least one of cells, particulates, chemicals, molecules, fluids and gases between the first side and the second side; a first wall portion coupled to the membrane; wherein the first wall portion includes a pivoted lever, whereby a force applied to the lever causes the membrane to stretch or retract in a first direction along the plane; and a second wall portion, the membrane being fastened to the second wall portion. a first microchannel; a second microchannel; a membrane located at an interface region between the first microchannel and the second microchannel, the membrane including a first side facing toward the first microchannel and a second side facing toward the second microchannel, the first microchannel having cells of a first type thereon, the membrane separating the first microchannel from the second microchannel and permitting the migration of at least one of cells, particulates, chemicals, molecules, fluids and gases between the first side and the second side; a first wall portion coupled to the membrane; wherein the first wall portion includes a pivoted lever, whereby a force applied to the lever causes the membrane to stretch or retract in a first direction along the plane; and a second wall portion, the membrane being fastened to the second wall portion.
A method of creating a computer graphics model of a physical object, the method comprising: selecting a first illumination pattern; displaying the first illumination pattern on a display device, such that the first illumination pattern illuminates a physical object; acquiring at least one image of the physical object illuminated by the first illumination pattern, wherein the image includes image points corresponding with points on the physical object and having shading values; determining if the object surface shading of the image is suitable for creating a computer graphics model of the physical object; determining if the image is suitable for creating a computer graphics model of the physical object in dependence upon whether the silhouette of the object in the image is similar to silhouettes derived from prior images; in response to the determination that the image is suitable, determining candidate surface orientations for each of a set of model points of a computer graphics model from the shading values, wherein the set of model points are each associated with at least a portion of the image points; and in response to the determination that the image is not suitable, selecting a second illumination pattern and repeating the steps of displaying, acquiring, and determining if the image for the second illumination pattern is suitable. selecting a first illumination pattern; displaying the first illumination pattern on a display device, such that the first illumination pattern illuminates a physical object; acquiring at least one image of the physical object illuminated by the first illumination pattern, wherein the image includes image points corresponding with points on the physical object and having shading values; determining if the object surface shading of the image is suitable for creating a computer graphics model of the physical object; determining if the image is suitable for creating a computer graphics model of the physical object in dependence upon whether the silhouette of the object in the image is similar to silhouettes derived from prior images; in response to the determination that the image is suitable, determining candidate surface orientations for each of a set of model points of a computer graphics model from the shading values, wherein the set of model points are each associated with at least a portion of the image points; and in response to the determination that the image is not suitable, selecting a second illumination pattern and repeating the steps of displaying, acquiring, and determining if the image for the second illumination pattern is suitable.
A thermoelectric nanocomposite semiconductor composition, comprising: a semiconductor host material, and a plurality of nano-sized inclusions distributed randomly within said host material, said inclusions being formed of a semiconductor inclusion material, wherein the host material comprises a plurality of nano-sized structures formed of a semiconductor material different than said semiconductor inclusion material, and wherein the conduction band-edge offset or a valence band-edge offset between said host material and the inclusion material at an interface of the two materials is less than about 5 k B T, wherein k B is the Boltzmann constant and T is an average temperature of said nanocomposite composition. a semiconductor host material, and a plurality of nano-sized inclusions distributed randomly within said host material, said inclusions being formed of a semiconductor inclusion material, wherein the host material comprises a plurality of nano-sized structures formed of a semiconductor material different than said semiconductor inclusion material, and wherein the conduction band-edge offset or a valence band-edge offset between said host material and the inclusion material at an interface of the two materials is less than about 5 k B T, wherein k B is the Boltzmann constant and T is an average temperature of said nanocomposite composition.
A method, comprising: performing, at a device having a touch screen display, a mutual capacitance scan of rows (420, 520) and columns (430, 510) of an array of capacitive touch sensors associated with the touch screen display; selecting a subset of the rows (420, 520), and a subset of the columns (430, 510), of the array of capacitive touch sensors; performing a self capacitance scan of the selected subset of the rows (420, 520), and the selected subset of the columns (430, 510), of the array of capacitive touch sensors based on results of the mutual capacitance scan; analyzing a measured self capacitance of the selected rows and/or the selected columns of the array of capacitive touch sensors to classify touch inputs (155, 160) as being associated with touch positions or shapes that indicate an accidental or false touch input, to determine results of the self capacitance scan; and identifying the accidental or false touch input on the touch screen display based on the results of the self capacitance scan. performing, at a device having a touch screen display, a mutual capacitance scan of rows (420, 520) and columns (430, 510) of an array of capacitive touch sensors associated with the touch screen display; selecting a subset of the rows (420, 520), and a subset of the columns (430, 510), of the array of capacitive touch sensors; performing a self capacitance scan of the selected subset of the rows (420, 520), and the selected subset of the columns (430, 510), of the array of capacitive touch sensors based on results of the mutual capacitance scan; analyzing a measured self capacitance of the selected rows and/or the selected columns of the array of capacitive touch sensors to classify touch inputs (155, 160) as being associated with touch positions or shapes that indicate an accidental or false touch input, to determine results of the self capacitance scan; and identifying the accidental or false touch input on the touch screen display based on the results of the self capacitance scan.
Method for operating a cleaning system with a plurality of mobile cleaning devices (20, 30) and a base station for the cleaning devices (20, 30), wherein the cleaning devices (20, 30) are emptied and/or filled with a cleaning agent by the base station according to a prioritization, wherein emptying and/or filling of a first cleaning device is interrupted when a second cleaning device is connected to the base station.
Wideband wired receiving antenna for an underwater craft, such as a submarine, equipped with a winch for deployment of the antenna, characterised in that the antenna comprises at its free end a terminal sleeve in which there are arranged means for storing electrical energy for supplying that end of the antenna, and the operation of which is controlled by means forming a pressure sensor.
An electro-hydraulic brake system comprising: a master cylinder fluidly coupled to a first MC fluid passageway and configured to supply fluid into the first MC fluid passageway in response to pressing force on a brake pedal coupled thereto; a pressure supply unit including an electric motor coupled to an actuator rod, a piston bore including a terminal end opposite the electric motor, and a PSU piston disposed within the piston bore and movable by the actuator rod through the piston bore and dividing the piston bore into a first chamber and a second chamber; characterized in that the electro-hydraulic brake system further comprises an inner cylinder within the piston bore and extending from the terminal end towards the PSU piston and defining a balance bore; the PSU piston including a balance piston extending into the balance bore and having a cross-sectional area equal to a cross-sectional area of the actuator rod; a check valve configured to allow fluid flow from the second chamber of the PSU to the first chamber of the PSU and to block fluid flow in an opposite direction; a pedal feel emulator including a PFE piston movable through a PFE bore and separating an upper chamber from a lower chamber; wherein the lower chamber of the PFE is fluidly coupled to the second chamber of the PSU to convey fluid from the lower chamber of the PFE to the second chamber of the PSU in response to a compression of the PFE; and wherein the first MC fluid passageway is fluidly coupled to the upper chamber of the PFE to provide a fluid path from the master cylinder into the upper chamber of the PFE. a master cylinder fluidly coupled to a first MC fluid passageway and configured to supply fluid into the first MC fluid passageway in response to pressing force on a brake pedal coupled thereto; a pressure supply unit including an electric motor coupled to an actuator rod, a piston bore including a terminal end opposite the electric motor, and a PSU piston disposed within the piston bore and movable by the actuator rod through the piston bore and dividing the piston bore into a first chamber and a second chamber; characterized in that the electro-hydraulic brake system further comprises an inner cylinder within the piston bore and extending from the terminal end towards the PSU piston and defining a balance bore; the PSU piston including a balance piston extending into the balance bore and having a cross-sectional area equal to a cross-sectional area of the actuator rod; a check valve configured to allow fluid flow from the second chamber of the PSU to the first chamber of the PSU and to block fluid flow in an opposite direction; a pedal feel emulator including a PFE piston movable through a PFE bore and separating an upper chamber from a lower chamber; wherein the lower chamber of the PFE is fluidly coupled to the second chamber of the PSU to convey fluid from the lower chamber of the PFE to the second chamber of the PSU in response to a compression of the PFE; and wherein the first MC fluid passageway is fluidly coupled to the upper chamber of the PFE to provide a fluid path from the master cylinder into the upper chamber of the PFE.