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A back-illuminated semiconductor photodetector, comprising: a semiconductor substrate including a first main surface and a second main surface opposing each other; a plurality of pad electrodes; a plurality of bump electrodes each disposed on a corresponding pad electrode of the plurality of pad electrodes and electrically connected to the corresponding pad electrode; and an insulating film (23, 25) disposed on the second main surface of the semiconductor substrate, wherein the semiconductor substrate includes a first semiconductor region of a first conductivity type, and a plurality of second semiconductor regions of a second conductivity type, the second semiconductor regions provided in a side of the second main surface and constituting pn junctions with the first semiconductor region, each of the plurality of second semiconductor regions includes a first region including a textured surface, and a second region where a corresponding bump electrode of the plurality of bump electrodes is disposed, the insulating film includes a first insulating film covering surfaces of the plurality of second semiconductor regions, and a second insulating film covering peripheries of the pad electrodes, the pad electrode includes a first electrode region disposed on the second region and in contact with the second region, and a second electrode region continuous with the first electrode region and disposed on at least a part of a region included in the first insulating film and corresponding to the first region, the first main surface is a light incident surface of the semiconductor substrate. a semiconductor substrate including a first main surface and a second main surface opposing each other; a plurality of pad electrodes; a plurality of bump electrodes each disposed on a corresponding pad electrode of the plurality of pad electrodes and electrically connected to the corresponding pad electrode; and an insulating film (23, 25) disposed on the second main surface of the semiconductor substrate, wherein the semiconductor substrate includes a first semiconductor region of a first conductivity type, and a plurality of second semiconductor regions of a second conductivity type, the second semiconductor regions provided in a side of the second main surface and constituting pn junctions with the first semiconductor region, each of the plurality of second semiconductor regions includes a first region including a textured surface, and a second region where a corresponding bump electrode of the plurality of bump electrodes is disposed, the insulating film includes a first insulating film covering surfaces of the plurality of second semiconductor regions, and a second insulating film covering peripheries of the pad electrodes, the pad electrode includes a first electrode region disposed on the second region and in contact with the second region, and a second electrode region continuous with the first electrode region and disposed on at least a part of a region included in the first insulating film and corresponding to the first region, the first main surface is a light incident surface of the semiconductor substrate.
A method for fingerprinting a sample such as wine or water employing an array of at least two of different interacting surfaces, at least one of which comprises a non-specific interacting material non-specifically interacting with said sample, at least one labelling reactant, or combination of the sample and at least one labelling reactant, wherein said method comprises the following steps: a) introducing said sample and at least one labelling reactant to interact with said interacting surfaces of said array, wherein said labelling reactant is adapted to change at least one electromagnetically readable property of at least one interacting surface of said array; b) detecting at a predetermined time point said electromagnetically readable property of at least the non-specific interacting material of said at least two different interacting surfaces of said array to obtain a fingerprint of said sample; and c) determining said sample by comparing said fingerprint of said sample with i) at least one fingerprint of at least one corresponding sample, ii) at least one fingerprint of an array obtained without a sample, and/or iii) at least one fingerprint of known samples. a) introducing said sample and at least one labelling reactant to interact with said interacting surfaces of said array, wherein said labelling reactant is adapted to change at least one electromagnetically readable property of at least one interacting surface of said array; b) detecting at a predetermined time point said electromagnetically readable property of at least the non-specific interacting material of said at least two different interacting surfaces of said array to obtain a fingerprint of said sample; and c) determining said sample by comparing said fingerprint of said sample with i) at least one fingerprint of at least one corresponding sample, ii) at least one fingerprint of an array obtained without a sample, and/or iii) at least one fingerprint of known samples. i) at least one fingerprint of at least one corresponding sample, ii) at least one fingerprint of an array obtained without a sample, and/or iii) at least one fingerprint of known samples.
An aerosol generating device (10; 110; 210) configured to operate with an aerosol generating substrate and comprising: - a device body (30; 130; 230) extending along a device axis; - a cup-shaped heating chamber defining an open end and at least two heating walls (74A, 74B) arranged opposite and in parallel one to another, the cup-shaped heating chamber being configured to receive a heater part of the aerosol generating substrate through the open end; - two heating elements (47A, 47B), each heating element (47A, 47B) being adjacent and parallel to a respective heating wall (74A, 74B) of the heating chamber; - a controller configured to operate separately each heating element (47A, 47B) with the same aerosol generating substrate, according to a heating profile chosen among a predetermined group of heating profiles, characterized in that said group of heating profiles comprising at least: a) a first heating profile comprising activation of both heating elements (47A, 47B) until reaching a first target temperature; b) a second heating profile comprising activation of one of the heating elements (47A, 47B) until reaching a second target temperature, the controller being configured to choose the first heating profile during a pre-heating mode of operation of the device (10; 110; 210) and the second heating profile during a floating mode of operation of the device (10; 110; 210). - a device body (30; 130; 230) extending along a device axis; - a cup-shaped heating chamber defining an open end and at least two heating walls (74A, 74B) arranged opposite and in parallel one to another, the cup-shaped heating chamber being configured to receive a heater part of the aerosol generating substrate through the open end; - two heating elements (47A, 47B), each heating element (47A, 47B) being adjacent and parallel to a respective heating wall (74A, 74B) of the heating chamber; - a controller configured to operate separately each heating element (47A, 47B) with the same aerosol generating substrate, according to a heating profile chosen among a predetermined group of heating profiles, characterized in that said group of heating profiles comprising at least: a) a first heating profile comprising activation of both heating elements (47A, 47B) until reaching a first target temperature; b) a second heating profile comprising activation of one of the heating elements (47A, 47B) until reaching a second target temperature, a) a first heating profile comprising activation of both heating elements (47A, 47B) until reaching a first target temperature; b) a second heating profile comprising activation of one of the heating elements (47A, 47B) until reaching a second target temperature, the controller being configured to choose the first heating profile during a pre-heating mode of operation of the device (10; 110; 210) and the second heating profile during a floating mode of operation of the device (10; 110; 210).
A rapid connect coupler comprising: a coupler body configured to convey a fluid; a coupling head arranged at a first end of, and communicating with, the coupler body; a housing barrel; a probe assembly slidably disposed within the housing barrel; a sleeve coupled to the probe assembly, the sleeve having a diameter that is greater than a diameter of the probe assembly; a ball cage including one or more balls, the ball cage being coupled to the housing barrel and slidably residing within the sleeve such that the sleeve pushes the balls as the sleeve slides over the ball cage; a spring to bias the probe assembly within the housing barrel; and a vent-stop for fluid venting configured to allow the coupling head to transition from a de-coupled configuration to a coupled configuration without obstruction, and to transition between the coupled configuration and the de-coupled configuration with a hard-stop, the vent-stop arranged to be operable to generate a positive stop to arrest translation of the probe assembly within the housing barrel at a semi-coupled configuration as the probe assembly transits from the coupled configuration to the de-coupled configuration, the vent-stop being further arranged to release the positive stop to allow transition between the semi-coupled configuration and the de-coupled configuration. a coupler body configured to convey a fluid; a coupling head arranged at a first end of, and communicating with, the coupler body; a housing barrel; a probe assembly slidably disposed within the housing barrel; a sleeve coupled to the probe assembly, the sleeve having a diameter that is greater than a diameter of the probe assembly; a ball cage including one or more balls, the ball cage being coupled to the housing barrel and slidably residing within the sleeve such that the sleeve pushes the balls as the sleeve slides over the ball cage; a spring to bias the probe assembly within the housing barrel; and a vent-stop for fluid venting configured to allow the coupling head to transition from a de-coupled configuration to a coupled configuration without obstruction, and to transition between the coupled configuration and the de-coupled configuration with a hard-stop, the vent-stop arranged to be operable to generate a positive stop to arrest translation of the probe assembly within the housing barrel at a semi-coupled configuration as the probe assembly transits from the coupled configuration to the de-coupled configuration, the vent-stop being further arranged to release the positive stop to allow transition between the semi-coupled configuration and the de-coupled configuration.
A rotary tower crane having a tower, which is rotatably mounted on a substructure supported on the ground and supports a boom, wherein the tower and/or the boom are braced by means of a bracing means, characterized in that the substructure is composed of multiple substructure supports (19, 20, 21), each of which forms a container freight item.
A computer implemented method of protecting data in a message for communication from a sender to a receiver, the sender and receiver sharing a secret, the method comprising: splitting the message into a number of ordered message blocks, the order being a proper order such that an aggregation of the blocks in the proper order constitutes the message; generating, for each block, an encoded indication of a position of the block in the proper order of blocks, the encoding being reversible and based on at least a hash value for the block, a secret shared between the sender and the receiver, and a position of the block in the proper order; communicating (508, 510) the blocks and the encoded indications to the receiver, the blocks being communicated in an order different to the proper order so as to obfuscate the message, such that the blocks can be reassembled by the receiver in the proper order on the basis of the shared secret; and wherein the number of ordered message blocks is continually adjusted and determined on the basis of a continually tested performance analysis of a computing device of the sender or receiver, the continually tested performance analysis determining a maximum number of hashing operations that can be performed by the device while satisfying a predetermined performance criterion for the device. splitting the message into a number of ordered message blocks, the order being a proper order such that an aggregation of the blocks in the proper order constitutes the message; generating, for each block, an encoded indication of a position of the block in the proper order of blocks, the encoding being reversible and based on at least a hash value for the block, a secret shared between the sender and the receiver, and a position of the block in the proper order; communicating (508, 510) the blocks and the encoded indications to the receiver, the blocks being communicated in an order different to the proper order so as to obfuscate the message, such that the blocks can be reassembled by the receiver in the proper order on the basis of the shared secret; and wherein the number of ordered message blocks is continually adjusted and determined on the basis of a continually tested performance analysis of a computing device of the sender or receiver, the continually tested performance analysis determining a maximum number of hashing operations that can be performed by the device while satisfying a predetermined performance criterion for the device.
Dispensing device for dispensing a foam, comprising a manually compressible container for storing a liquid and air, and a foam- forming assembly to be attached in or on an opening in the container for forming a foam, the foam-forming assembly comprising a housing having an air passage and a liquid passage, each of which ends in a mouth (12, 10), which mouths (12, 10) are arranged substantially concentrically with respect to one another and are in communication with a dispensing passage which ends in a dispensing opening, and a valve body which, in a rest position, covers the mouth of the liquid passage and the mouth of the air passage in a sealing manner in order to prevent a flow from the liquid passage and the air passage to the dispensing passage, and which, during dispensing, opens the mouth of the liquid passage and the mouth of the air passage in order to allow mixing of air and liquid to take place in the dispensing passage, characterized in that the mouth of the air passage and the mouth of the liquid passage are substantially annular.
A multiple-enzyme nanocomplex system for use in a patient for the treatment of a condition resulting from the consumption of alcohol, wherein the multiple-enzyme nanocomplex system comprises: an alcohol oxidase enzyme that generates hydrogen peroxide in a first enzymatic reaction with alcohol; a catalase enzyme that converts the hydrogen peroxide into water in a second enzymatic reaction; and a polymeric network configured to form a shell that encapsulates the alcohol oxidase and the catalase, wherein: the polymeric network exhibits a permeability sufficient to allow the alcohol to diffuse from an external environment outside of the shell to the alcohol oxidase so that the hydrogen peroxide is generated; the polymeric network exhibits a permeability sufficient to allow the hydrogen peroxide to diffuse away from the alcohol oxidase and to the catalase so that the water is generated; and the alcohol oxidase is coupled to the catalase; or the polymeric network is coupled to the alcohol oxidase or the catalase. an alcohol oxidase enzyme that generates hydrogen peroxide in a first enzymatic reaction with alcohol; a catalase enzyme that converts the hydrogen peroxide into water in a second enzymatic reaction; and a polymeric network configured to form a shell that encapsulates the alcohol oxidase and the catalase, wherein: the polymeric network exhibits a permeability sufficient to allow the alcohol to diffuse from an external environment outside of the shell to the alcohol oxidase so that the hydrogen peroxide is generated; the polymeric network exhibits a permeability sufficient to allow the hydrogen peroxide to diffuse away from the alcohol oxidase and to the catalase so that the water is generated; and the alcohol oxidase is coupled to the catalase; or the polymeric network exhibits a permeability sufficient to allow the alcohol to diffuse from an external environment outside of the shell to the alcohol oxidase so that the hydrogen peroxide is generated; the polymeric network exhibits a permeability sufficient to allow the hydrogen peroxide to diffuse away from the alcohol oxidase and to the catalase so that the water is generated; and the alcohol oxidase is coupled to the catalase; or
A public address system for voice alarm in regions with loud ambient noises comprising a sound generator which has a main emission direction and a horn in the form of a hollow body which enlarges in a funnel shape from a sound input opening to a sound output opening of rectangular opening cross-section and which has at least one flat side surface which extends between the openings (5, 6) and is oriented perpendicularly to the sound output opening, and wherein the sound generator is arranged at or close to the sound input opening, characterised in that the sound generator is arranged directly beside the flat side surface in such a way that its main emission direction extends parallel to the flat side surface from the sound input opening to the sound output opening and further characterised in that a clear spacing between the sound generator and the flat side surface is up to 4 cm.
A biodegradable drug delivery composition comprising: (a) a biodegradable triblock copolymer having the formula: A v -B w -A x wherein A is polylactic acid and B is polyethylene glycol and v, w and x are the number of repeat units ranging from 4 to 1090 or 6 to 1090 and v=x or v≠x; (b) a biodegradable diblock copolymer having the formula: C y -A z wherein A is polylactic acid and C is an end-capped polyethylene glycol and y and z are the number of repeat units ranging from 3 to 237 or 7 to 371, wherein the ratio of the biodegradable triblock copolymer of (a) and the biodegradable CA diblock copolymer of (b) is 1: 3 to 1:8 or 1:1 to 1:19 or 3:2 to 1:19 in said biodegradable drug composition; and (c) at least one pharmaceutically active principle. (a) a biodegradable triblock copolymer having the formula: A v -B w -A x wherein A is polylactic acid and B is polyethylene glycol and v, w and x are the number of repeat units ranging from 4 to 1090 or 6 to 1090 and v=x or v≠x; (b) a biodegradable diblock copolymer having the formula: C y -A z wherein A is polylactic acid and C is an end-capped polyethylene glycol and y and z are the number of repeat units ranging from 3 to 237 or 7 to 371, wherein the ratio of the biodegradable triblock copolymer of (a) and the biodegradable CA diblock copolymer of (b) is 1: 3 to 1:8 or 1:1 to 1:19 or 3:2 to 1:19 in said biodegradable drug composition; and (c) at least one pharmaceutically active principle.
A gas leak position estimation device comprising: a specifying unit that is configured to specify a gas region image indicating a region in which gas hangs within an image obtained by photographing a monitoring region; and a first determination unit that is configured to determine a pixel indicating a gas leak estimated position estimated as a position of gas leak from among a plurality of pixels constituting an outline of the gas region image, wherein the first determination unit is further configured to determine a pixel indicating a feature point of the gas region image from among a plurality of pixels constituting the outline of the gas region image, the gas leak position estimation device characterised in that the first determination unit is configured to determine the feature point by intersecting a regression curve with the outline of the gas region image and to determine the pixel indicating the gas leak estimated position from among the feature points. a specifying unit that is configured to specify a gas region image indicating a region in which gas hangs within an image obtained by photographing a monitoring region; and a first determination unit that is configured to determine a pixel indicating a gas leak estimated position estimated as a position of gas leak from among a plurality of pixels constituting an outline of the gas region image, wherein the first determination unit is further configured to determine a pixel indicating a feature point of the gas region image from among a plurality of pixels constituting the outline of the gas region image, the gas leak position estimation device characterised in that the first determination unit is configured to determine the feature point by intersecting a regression curve with the outline of the gas region image and to determine the pixel indicating the gas leak estimated position from among the feature points.
A method for obtaining an anthocyanin pigment color composition from carrot plants comprising the following steps: (i): foliar spraying of an ethylene-releasing compound on the leaves of carrot plants; (ii): harvesting the carrot plants of step (i); and (iii): isolating anthocyanins from the harvested carrot plants of step (ii) and thereby obtaining the anthocyanin pigment color composition. (i): foliar spraying of an ethylene-releasing compound on the leaves of carrot plants; (ii): harvesting the carrot plants of step (i); and (iii): isolating anthocyanins from the harvested carrot plants of step (ii) and thereby obtaining the anthocyanin pigment color composition.
Method for in-situ conversion of chemically fixed carbon dioxide (CO 2) into organic compounds which contain 1 or 2 carbon atoms and hydrogen atoms, wherein single hydrogen atoms can be substituted by hydroxyl groups or by carbonyl groups, wherein a) CO 2 is introduced into an organic washing reagent that contains CO 2 -binding components and comprises an alcohol amine and/or amine and/or aryl amine and/or any mixtures thereof, or CO 2 is supplied to the organic washing reagent that contains CO 2 -binding components, wherein the CO 2 is chemically fixed to the organic washing reagent that contains CO 2 -binding components, and b) is directly catalytically or electrochemically hydrogenated in the presence of a heterogeneous, copper-based catalyst, wherein copper-based or transition-metal-containing electrode materials are used as cathodes, which materials comprise metals of the eighth, ninth or tenth group of the periodic table of elements, and wherein the organic compounds which contain 1 or 2 carbon atoms and hydrogen atoms, wherein single hydrogen atoms can be substituted by hydroxyl groups or by carbonyl groups, are subsequently separated from the organic washing reagent that contains CO 2 -binding components. a) CO 2 is introduced into an organic washing reagent that contains CO 2 -binding components and comprises an alcohol amine and/or amine and/or aryl amine and/or any mixtures thereof, or CO 2 is supplied to the organic washing reagent that contains CO 2 -binding components, wherein the CO 2 is chemically fixed to the organic washing reagent that contains CO 2 -binding components, and b) is directly catalytically or electrochemically hydrogenated in the presence of a heterogeneous, copper-based catalyst, wherein copper-based or transition-metal-containing electrode materials are used as cathodes, which materials comprise metals of the eighth, ninth or tenth group of the periodic table of elements, and wherein the organic compounds which contain 1 or 2 carbon atoms and hydrogen atoms, wherein single hydrogen atoms can be substituted by hydroxyl groups or by carbonyl groups, are subsequently separated from the organic washing reagent that contains CO 2 -binding components.