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A control method for controlling actuation voltages applied to array elements of an element array on an electrowetting on dielectric (EWOD) device, the control method comprising the steps of: receiving a liquid droplet (100a, 126) onto the element array; applying an electrowetting actuation pattern of actuation voltages to actuate the droplet to modify a footprint of the droplet from a first state having an initial footprint to a second state having a modified footprint; sensing the modified footprint with a sensor; determining a test metric from sensing the modified footprint indicative of one or more droplet properties based on a droplet response of the liquid droplet to the electrowetting actuation pattern, the test metric indicative of the response of the liquid droplet to electrowetting actuation; and controlling actuation voltages applied to the array elements for a subsequent droplet manipulation based on the test metric; wherein the test metric includes a transition rate from the first state to the second state; and wherein the droplet has a first shape in the first state and a second shape different from the first shape in the second state. receiving a liquid droplet (100a, 126) onto the element array; applying an electrowetting actuation pattern of actuation voltages to actuate the droplet to modify a footprint of the droplet from a first state having an initial footprint to a second state having a modified footprint; sensing the modified footprint with a sensor; determining a test metric from sensing the modified footprint indicative of one or more droplet properties based on a droplet response of the liquid droplet to the electrowetting actuation pattern, the test metric indicative of the response of the liquid droplet to electrowetting actuation; and controlling actuation voltages applied to the array elements for a subsequent droplet manipulation based on the test metric; wherein the test metric includes a transition rate from the first state to the second state; and wherein the droplet has a first shape in the first state and a second shape different from the first shape in the second state.
Compounds of the formula, or where the following applies to the symbols and indices used: R 1 stands on each occurrence, identically or differently, for H, F, C(=O)Ar, P(=O)(Ar) 2, CR 2 =CR 2 Ar, a straight-chain alkyl group having 1 to 5 C atoms or branched alkyl group having 3 to 5 C atoms, where one or more non-adjacent CH 2 groups may be replaced by -R 2 C=CR 2 -, -C≡C- or -O- and where one or more H atoms may be replaced by F, or an aryl group having 6 to 16 C atoms or heteroaryl group having 2 to 16 C atoms or a spirobifluorene group, which may in each case be substituted by one or more radicals R 2, or a combination of two or three of these systems; Ar is on each occurrence an aromatic or heteroaromatic ring system having 5-30 aromatic ring atoms, which may be substituted by one or more non-aromatic radicals R 1; R 2 is on each occurrence, identically or differently, H or an aliphatic, aromatic or heteroaromatic hydrocarbon radical having 1 to 20 C atoms; X is, differently on each occurrence, a divalent bridge selected from C(R 1) 2, C=O, C=NR 1, O, S, S=O, SO 2, N(R 1), P(R 1), P(=O)R 1, C(R 1) 2 -C(R 1) 2, C(R 1) 2 -C(R 1) 2 -C(R 1) 2, C(R 1) 2 -O and C(R 1) 2 -O-C(R 1) 2; where the naphthalene group may be substituted by one or more radicals R 1, characterised in that at least one substituent R 1 that contains at least one aryl or heteroaryl group is present. R 1 stands on each occurrence, identically or differently, for H, F, C(=O)Ar, P(=O)(Ar) 2, CR 2 =CR 2 Ar, a straight-chain alkyl group having 1 to 5 C atoms or branched alkyl group having 3 to 5 C atoms, where one or more non-adjacent CH 2 groups may be replaced by -R 2 C=CR 2 -, -C≡C- or -O- and where one or more H atoms may be replaced by F, or an aryl group having 6 to 16 C atoms or heteroaryl group having 2 to 16 C atoms or a spirobifluorene group, which may in each case be substituted by one or more radicals R 2, or a combination of two or three of these systems; Ar is on each occurrence an aromatic or heteroaromatic ring system having 5-30 aromatic ring atoms, which may be substituted by one or more non-aromatic radicals R 1; R 2 is on each occurrence, identically or differently, H or an aliphatic, aromatic or heteroaromatic hydrocarbon radical having 1 to 20 C atoms; X is, differently on each occurrence, a divalent bridge selected from C(R 1) 2, C=O, C=NR 1, O, S, S=O, SO 2, N(R 1), P(R 1), P(=O)R 1, C(R 1) 2 -C(R 1) 2, C(R 1) 2 -C(R 1) 2 -C(R 1) 2, C(R 1) 2 -O and C(R 1) 2 -O-C(R 1) 2; where the naphthalene group may be substituted by one or more radicals R 1, characterised in that at least one substituent R 1 that contains at least one aryl or heteroaryl group is present.
A device for regulating flow rate of a gas in a duct, the device comprising a valve member having an actuator, the valve member being configured in such a manner as to shut off the duct selectively, wherein movement of the valve member is controlled by the resultant firstly of pressure in the duct upstream from the valve member acting on a proximal surface of the valve member, and secondly of a control pressure applied to a distal surface of the valve member of area greater than that of the proximal surface of the valve member, said control pressure being established in an amplification chamber having a feed line and an emptying line, one of said feed and emptying lines (41, 51) presenting a flow rate that is constant and the other presenting a flow rate that is variable and that is controlled by control means, the device being characterized in that said duct has an upstream portion and a downstream portion that are not in alignment, the valve member being in alignment with and slidably mounted in the upstream portion in such a manner that the proximal surface of the valve member corresponds to the inside section of the upstream portion of the duct.
A cable tie comprising a head and a strap having a lug formed at an end of the strap, wherein the head is configured to be coupled to a section of the strap when a front end of the strap is guided through the head, and wherein some of the head is received in an opening of the lug and wherein the head is arranged and configured to be moveable relative to the lug when said some of the head is received in the opening of the lug, wherein a lower side of the head is arranged and configured to be moveable relative to a top side of the lug, wherein the lower side and/or the top side comprise(s) straight part surfaces (19, 22) and/or curved part surfaces (20, 21, 23, 24), wherein the head is arranged and configured such that it can slide relative to the lug via the straight part surfaces (19, 22) and/or the curved part surfaces (20, 21, 23, 24), characterised in that the sliding movement takes place in the direction of the longitudinal axis of the strap. wherein a lower side of the head is arranged and configured to be moveable relative to a top side of the lug, wherein the lower side and/or the top side comprise(s) straight part surfaces (19, 22) and/or curved part surfaces (20, 21, 23, 24), wherein the head is arranged and configured such that it can slide relative to the lug via the straight part surfaces (19, 22) and/or the curved part surfaces (20, 21, 23, 24), characterised in that the sliding movement takes place in the direction of the longitudinal axis of the strap.
Method for controlling a rail vehicle, wherein a state of a lineside component lying ahead in the direction of travel is made available to an infill balise, characterised in that, depending on the state of the lineside component lying ahead, the infill balise initiates an ETCS mode change of the rail vehicle if the rail vehicle is in a manual driving mode or not in a supervised driving mode.
An exhaust gas treatment device comprising: a scrubber configured to purify an exhaust gas into a purified gas by bringing SO 2 contained in the exhaust gas into contact with cleaning seawater and for discharging SO 2 -absorbed cleaning seawater as waste water; a second measurement section configured to measure a concentration of SO 2 of the exhaust gas before the exhaust gas is charged into the scrubber; and a third measurement section configured to measure a concentration of SO 2 of the purified gas; characterized by: a first measurement section configured to measure a flow rate of the exhaust gas before the exhaust gas is charged into the scrubber; a control section configured to calculate an amount of HSO 3 - of the waste water based on measurement values of the first through third measurement sections (61, 62, 63) and configured to supply an amount of alkaline substance, in accordance with the calculation result, to the waste water. a scrubber configured to purify an exhaust gas into a purified gas by bringing SO 2 contained in the exhaust gas into contact with cleaning seawater and for discharging SO 2 -absorbed cleaning seawater as waste water; a second measurement section configured to measure a concentration of SO 2 of the exhaust gas before the exhaust gas is charged into the scrubber; and a third measurement section configured to measure a concentration of SO 2 of the purified gas; characterized by: a first measurement section configured to measure a flow rate of the exhaust gas before the exhaust gas is charged into the scrubber; a control section configured to calculate an amount of HSO 3 - of the waste water based on measurement values of the first through third measurement sections (61, 62, 63) and configured to supply an amount of alkaline substance, in accordance with the calculation result, to the waste water. a first measurement section configured to measure a flow rate of the exhaust gas before the exhaust gas is charged into the scrubber; a control section configured to calculate an amount of HSO 3 - of the waste water based on measurement values of the first through third measurement sections (61, 62, 63) and configured to supply an amount of alkaline substance, in accordance with the calculation result, to the waste water.
An apparatus for processing a substrate, comprising: a chamber defining an interior volume; a radiant heat source disposed within the interior volume; a rotatable support disposed within the interior volume adjacent the radiant heat source; a laser source disposed within the interior volume adjacent the substrate support, wherein radiation emitted from the laser source has a contoured power density which increases from a central area of a substrate to a circumference of the substrate; and a window disposed within the interior volume between the radiant heat source and the laser source. a chamber defining an interior volume; a radiant heat source disposed within the interior volume; a rotatable support disposed within the interior volume adjacent the radiant heat source; a laser source disposed within the interior volume adjacent the substrate support, wherein radiation emitted from the laser source has a contoured power density which increases from a central area of a substrate to a circumference of the substrate; and a window disposed within the interior volume between the radiant heat source and the laser source.
Method for determining thermal and temperature conductivities of a measuring sample, wherein the measuring sample is arranged in a plate-shaped measuring sample chamber, in series with a comparison sample plate, between a first heating plate and a second heating plate, and wherein the temperatures T 1 and T 2 of the first and the second heating plate (6, 7) are controlled independently from one another, wherein a temperature T M in the comparison sample plate is measured in the centre of said plate, at a small spacing d v1 from the surface of the comparison sample plate facing the measuring sample, and the thermal conductivity λ p or the temperature conductivity k p is determined on the basis of the specified temperatures T 1 and T 2, the specified spacing d v1, and the measured temperature T M, characterised in that only the temperature value T M is measured while a measuring process is carried out.
An optical traceable patch cord, comprising: a cable extending from a first connector at a first end to a second connector at a second end; a trace assembly provided in the cable between the first end of the cable and the second end of the cable, the trace assembly proximate the first connector and spaced from each of the first connector and the second connector; and an optical fiber extending from the trace assembly towards the second end of the cable; wherein the trace assembly further comprises an interface housing, the interface housing including an open end which permits access to an optical receptacle of the trace assembly within the interface housing, characterised in that the interface housing extends from a first crimp area at a first end of the interface housing to a second crimp area at a second end of the interface housing; in that the cable further comprises an outer jacket and an inner jacket secured to the interface housing at the first and second crimp areas (134, 135); and in that the trace assembly further comprises a connection sleeve at each of the first and second crimp areas (134, 135), each connection sleeve surrounding a portion of the cable and being crimped to the interface housing. a cable extending from a first connector at a first end to a second connector at a second end; a trace assembly provided in the cable between the first end of the cable and the second end of the cable, the trace assembly proximate the first connector and spaced from each of the first connector and the second connector; and an optical fiber extending from the trace assembly towards the second end of the cable; wherein the trace assembly further comprises an interface housing, the interface housing including an open end which permits access to an optical receptacle of the trace assembly within the interface housing, characterised in that the interface housing extends from a first crimp area at a first end of the interface housing to a second crimp area at a second end of the interface housing; in that the cable further comprises an outer jacket and an inner jacket secured to the interface housing at the first and second crimp areas (134, 135); and in that the trace assembly further comprises a connection sleeve at each of the first and second crimp areas (134, 135), each connection sleeve surrounding a portion of the cable and being crimped to the interface housing.
A method of making a two-piece transcatheter valve comprising: forming a first layer of composite material into a tubular form; placing a leaflet frame proximate the first layer of composite material; forming a second layer of composite material around the leaflet frame, wherein the first layer and a second layer comprise a tubular form; clamping an end portion of the tubular form to shape leaflets; forming a third layer of composite material around the first layer of composite material, the second layer of composite material, and the leaflet frame; placing a body frame about the third layer of composite material; and placing a fourth layer of composite material around the body frame. forming a first layer of composite material into a tubular form; placing a leaflet frame proximate the first layer of composite material; forming a second layer of composite material around the leaflet frame, wherein the first layer and a second layer comprise a tubular form; clamping an end portion of the tubular form to shape leaflets; forming a third layer of composite material around the first layer of composite material, the second layer of composite material, and the leaflet frame; placing a body frame about the third layer of composite material; and placing a fourth layer of composite material around the body frame.
A method for producing anhydrosugar alcohol with high purity comprising the steps of converting hydrogenated sugar to anhydrosugar alcohol by dehydration reaction; distilling the resulting liquid of the conversion reaction; and crystallizing the resulting distillate in a solvent, wherein the solvent for crystallization is removed from the mother liquor generated from the crystallization step, and the resulting product, which is the concentrated mother liquor, is fed to the distillation step of the resulting liquid of the conversion reaction, together with a distillate which is the first distillate that is not fed to the crystallization step after the distillation step, thereby the first distillate undergoes a second distillation together with the concentrated mother liquor.
An optical sensor arranged to sense the refractive index of a liquid, comprising: a sensor head comprising a plurality of Fabry Perot cavities, including a first Fabry Perot cavity formed of a material and arranged such that the liquid to be sensed contacts the material of the first Fabry Perot cavity at an external optical boundary of the first Fabry Perot cavity; an optical source arranged to deliver probe light to the plurality of Fabry Perot cavities; a detector arranged to receive said probe light from the plurality of Fabry Perot cavities and to detect interference in said received probe light caused by the first Fabry Perot cavity; and an analyser arranged to determine a strength of the detected interference which is indicative of the refractive index of the liquid when the liquid is in contact with the external optical boundary, and to generate an indication of the sensed liquid based on the strength of the detected interference caused by the first Fabry Perot cavity, the plurality of Fabry Perot cavities further comprising a plurality of further Fabry Perot cavities in addition to the first Fabry Perot cavity, the detector being arranged to detect separate interference in said received probe light caused by each of the further Fabry Perot cavities. a sensor head comprising a plurality of Fabry Perot cavities, including a first Fabry Perot cavity formed of a material and arranged such that the liquid to be sensed contacts the material of the first Fabry Perot cavity at an external optical boundary of the first Fabry Perot cavity; an optical source arranged to deliver probe light to the plurality of Fabry Perot cavities; a detector arranged to receive said probe light from the plurality of Fabry Perot cavities and to detect interference in said received probe light caused by the first Fabry Perot cavity; and an analyser arranged to determine a strength of the detected interference which is indicative of the refractive index of the liquid when the liquid is in contact with the external optical boundary, and to generate an indication of the sensed liquid based on the strength of the detected interference caused by the first Fabry Perot cavity, the plurality of Fabry Perot cavities further comprising a plurality of further Fabry Perot cavities in addition to the first Fabry Perot cavity, the detector being arranged to detect separate interference in said received probe light caused by each of the further Fabry Perot cavities.
Process for the analysis of an analyte specific for adult-onset Still's disease (AOSD) in a blood serum sample, comprising the steps of - providing at least one peptide comprising SEQ ID NO: 2, - contacting the sample with the peptide and - detecting antibody bound to the peptide as the analyte. - providing at least one peptide comprising SEQ ID NO: 2, - contacting the sample with the peptide and - detecting antibody bound to the peptide as the analyte.
A system for monitoring aircraft operational messages, said system comprising: a computing device comprising a processor in communication with a memory, wherein said computing device is programmed to: receive a plurality of historical messages from a plurality of aircraft, wherein each message of the plurality of historical messages is a message from one of the plurality of aircraft; receive a plurality of historical maintenance operations performed on the plurality of aircraft; compare the plurality of historical messages to the plurality of historical maintenance operations to determine at least one message type associated with at least one maintenance operation type; generate a plurality of message type correlations between message types and maintenance operation types based on the comparison; receive a plurality of messages from an aircraft; determine at least one maintenance operation performed based on the plurality of messages and the plurality of message type correlations; filter out a subset of messages from the plurality of messages, wherein the subset of messages are correlated to the determined maintenance operation; and determine at least one trend about operation of the aircraft based on the remaining messages. receive a plurality of historical messages from a plurality of aircraft, wherein each message of the plurality of historical messages is a message from one of the plurality of aircraft; receive a plurality of historical maintenance operations performed on the plurality of aircraft; compare the plurality of historical messages to the plurality of historical maintenance operations to determine at least one message type associated with at least one maintenance operation type; generate a plurality of message type correlations between message types and maintenance operation types based on the comparison; receive a plurality of messages from an aircraft; determine at least one maintenance operation performed based on the plurality of messages and the plurality of message type correlations; filter out a subset of messages from the plurality of messages, wherein the subset of messages are correlated to the determined maintenance operation; and determine at least one trend about operation of the aircraft based on the remaining messages.
A rotational coupling, comprising: first and second hubs (12, 14) disposed about an axis of rotation; a wrap spring disposed radially outwardly of said first and second hubs (12, 14), said wrap spring configured to couple said first and second hubs (12, 14) together for rotation during rotation of said first hub (12 or 14) in a first rotational direction, a spring actuation member configured for rotation about said axis and coupled to a first end of said wrap spring, a second end of said wrap spring coupled to said second hub (12 or 14); and, characterized by means for stopping rotation of said spring actuation member and said second hub (12 or 14) in said first rotational direction and causing rotation of said spring actuation member in a second rotational direction opposite said first rotational direction to thereby unwrap said wrap spring. first and second hubs (12, 14) disposed about an axis of rotation; a wrap spring disposed radially outwardly of said first and second hubs (12, 14), said wrap spring configured to couple said first and second hubs (12, 14) together for rotation during rotation of said first hub (12 or 14) in a first rotational direction, a spring actuation member configured for rotation about said axis and coupled to a first end of said wrap spring, a second end of said wrap spring coupled to said second hub (12 or 14); and, characterized by means for stopping rotation of said spring actuation member and said second hub (12 or 14) in said first rotational direction and causing rotation of said spring actuation member in a second rotational direction opposite said first rotational direction to thereby unwrap said wrap spring.
A photocatalyst laminate adapted to be disposed on a substrate, the laminate comprising an undercoat layer and a photocatalyst layer laid on a surface of the undercoat layer, said undercoat layer comprising 100 parts by weight of a resin component and 0.1 to 50 parts by weight of core/shell nanoparticles each consisting of a core in the form of a tetragonal titanium oxide solid-solution nanoparticle having tin and manganese incorporated in solid solution and a shell of silicon oxide around the core. 100 parts by weight of a resin component and 0.1 to 50 parts by weight of core/shell nanoparticles each consisting of a core in the form of a tetragonal titanium oxide solid-solution nanoparticle having tin and manganese incorporated in solid solution and a shell of silicon oxide around the core.