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A method of transferring a thin film from a first substrate to a second substrate comprising the steps of: (a) providing a transfer structure, the transfer structure comprising a support layer and a film contact layer, wherein the support layer comprises an elastomer having a Young's modulus of 300 kPa - 10 MPa; (b) providing a thin film on a surface of a first substrate; (c) contacting the film contact layer of the transfer structure with the thin film; (d) removing the first substrate to obtain the transfer structure with the thin film in contact with the film contact layer; (e) supporting the thin film on the film contact layer with the support layer while the thin film is in contact with the film contact layer after step (d) and prior to step (f); (f) contacting the transfer structure after step (e) with a surface of a second substrate; (g) removing the film contact layer and the support layer; and (h) obtaining the thin film on the surface of the second substrate after step (g); characterised in that the film contact layer comprises a polymer exhibiting van der Waals interaction with the thin film and wherein the removing comprises dissolving the film contact layer. (a) providing a transfer structure, the transfer structure comprising a support layer and a film contact layer, wherein the support layer comprises an elastomer having a Young's modulus of 300 kPa - 10 MPa; (b) providing a thin film on a surface of a first substrate; (c) contacting the film contact layer of the transfer structure with the thin film; (d) removing the first substrate to obtain the transfer structure with the thin film in contact with the film contact layer; (e) supporting the thin film on the film contact layer with the support layer while the thin film is in contact with the film contact layer after step (d) and prior to step (f); (f) contacting the transfer structure after step (e) with a surface of a second substrate; (g) removing the film contact layer and the support layer; and (h) obtaining the thin film on the surface of the second substrate after step (g);
Shoe comprising an external sole assembly and a rod, the external sole assembly extending in terms of length from a rear end as far as a front end and in terms of width between a lateral edge and a medial edge, the external sole assembly having a contact face with the ground, the external sole assembly comprising a wear layer which is provided for support on the ground, the wear layer having at least one through-opening (31 to 37), the opening (31 to 37) of the wear layer being a cavity which is open at the side of the contact face, the through-opening (31 to 37) being a transverse slot, the external sole assembly comprising a reinforcement layer (41, 121, 122) which is arranged between the wear layer and the rod, the reinforcement layer (41, 121, 122) extending completely in the region of the opening (31 to 37), a damping layer being arranged between the wear layer and the reinforcement layer, the damping layer extending from the rear end as far as the front end, and from the lateral edge as far as the medial edge, over the entire contact face, the damping layer having at least one opening (51 to 57), the opening of the damping layer being a transverse slot, the opening (51 to 57) of the damping layer coinciding with the opening (31 to 37) of the wear layer, characterized in that the wear layer is a monobloc component which extends from the rear end as far as the front end, and from the lateral edge as far as the medial edge, and in that the external sole assembly comprises strictly the wear layer, the damping layer and the reinforcement layer.
An optical product having, on one or both of surfaces of a base, an optical multilayer film that satisfies each of the following conditions: a five-layer structure in which SiO 2 and ZrO 2 are alternately layered, is formed; and with a layer closest to the base being a first layer, a quotient obtained by dividing a physical thickness of a fourth layer that is ZrO 2 by a physical thickness of a second layer that is ZrO 2 is greater than or equal to 1, characterized in that the quotient is 1.30 or 2.00 so that a crack did not occur when the optical product was placed in an oven at least until 10 minutes elapsed at 120°C, or the quotient is 1.09 so that a crack did not occur when the optical product was placed in an oven at least until 5 minutes elapsed at 130°C. a five-layer structure in which SiO 2 and ZrO 2 are alternately layered, is formed; and with a layer closest to the base being a first layer, a quotient obtained by dividing a physical thickness of a fourth layer that is ZrO 2 by a physical thickness of a second layer that is ZrO 2 is greater than or equal to 1, characterized in that the quotient is 1.30 or 2.00 so that a crack did not occur when the optical product was placed in an oven at least until 10 minutes elapsed at 120°C, or the quotient is 1.09 so that a crack did not occur when the optical product was placed in an oven at least until 5 minutes elapsed at 130°C.
A method of analyzing a liquid sample containing particles of solid matter, the method comprising the steps of: providing a sample from a stream of liquid; adding a dye to said sample to stain the particles contained therein; conducting the sample to a first flow chamber in the form of a disintegration channel (23; 31) having means for causing said sample to be divided into a plurality of particle populations (42a - 42c) according to their size or mass; applying a liquid flow through said disintegration channel (23; 31) to cause the particle populations to flow into a second flow chamber (24; 33); measuring by optical measurement said particle populations in the second chamber to produce at least one measurement signal representative of the amount and/or properties of the particles; whereby the flow velocity in the disintegration channel is increased step by step according to a velocity profile, allowing smaller or lighter particle populations to first enter said second flow chamber having an essentially laminar flow, and other particle populations to enter later in an ascending order of size and weight, until all particle populations have entered said second flow chamber, the method further comprising processing said measurement signal for each of said measured particle populations (42a - 42c) to extract key variables of each of said measured particle populations; and presenting said key variables as an analysis of said particle populations or the whole sample in terms of a count and size of particles and/or their hydrophobicity. providing a sample from a stream of liquid; adding a dye to said sample to stain the particles contained therein; conducting the sample to a first flow chamber in the form of a disintegration channel (23; 31) having means for causing said sample to be divided into a plurality of particle populations (42a - 42c) according to their size or mass; applying a liquid flow through said disintegration channel (23; 31) to cause the particle populations to flow into a second flow chamber (24; 33); measuring by optical measurement said particle populations in the second chamber to produce at least one measurement signal representative of the amount and/or properties of the particles; whereby the flow velocity in the disintegration channel is increased step by step according to a velocity profile, allowing smaller or lighter particle populations to first enter said second flow chamber having an essentially laminar flow, and other particle populations to enter later in an ascending order of size and weight, until all particle populations have entered said second flow chamber, the method further comprising processing said measurement signal for each of said measured particle populations (42a - 42c) to extract key variables of each of said measured particle populations; and presenting said key variables as an analysis of said particle populations or the whole sample in terms of a count and size of particles and/or their hydrophobicity.
An electric motor-driven kitchen appliance, for example an immersion blender, having a housing and an actuating mechanism for adjusting the rotational speed of the motor of the kitchen appliance and for switching the kitchen appliance on and off, and having a safety device for protecting against unintended activation of the motor, wherein the actuating mechanism is a button which, when activated, acts on a slide control, which slide control has an on/off switch and a signal emitter for rotational speed adjustment, characterized in that the safety device has a safety button separate from the actuating mechanism and an electrical or electronic circuit, wherein the safety button is connected to the circuit which is adapted to ensure that the kitchen appliance is switched on only if the safety button was pressed within a specific time period prior to activation of the actuating mechanism.
A fluid-cooled battery pack system comprising: a battery pack case having at least one coolant inlet and at least one coolant outlet; a battery pack placed in the battery pack case and provided with a plurality of battery modules, each including at least one cell, connected electrically in series or in parallel and coolant flow paths formed for each battery module between the adjacent modules or between the module and a battery pack structure, the coolant flow paths allowing a coolant to pass from the coolant inlet to the coolant outlet, with variations in dimension of a gap between the battery modules due to manufacturing variations in dimensions of the battery modules in a direction in which the battery modules face each other, and a coolant transport device for introducing the coolant into the coolant inlet, allowing it to flow through the coolant flow paths, and releasing it from the coolant outlet, characterized in that a target width of the coolant flow paths is set so that a variation in temperature between the battery modules caused by a fabrication tolerance relative to the target width of the coolant flow paths is maintained 10 °C or less and all the battery modules have a maximum temperature of 55 °C or less when a high load is needed and the coolant flows through the coolant flow paths. a battery pack case having at least one coolant inlet and at least one coolant outlet; a battery pack placed in the battery pack case and provided with a plurality of battery modules, each including at least one cell, connected electrically in series or in parallel and coolant flow paths formed for each battery module between the adjacent modules or between the module and a battery pack structure, the coolant flow paths allowing a coolant to pass from the coolant inlet to the coolant outlet, with variations in dimension of a gap between the battery modules due to manufacturing variations in dimensions of the battery modules in a direction in which the battery modules face each other, and a coolant transport device for introducing the coolant into the coolant inlet, allowing it to flow through the coolant flow paths, and releasing it from the coolant outlet, characterized in that a target width of the coolant flow paths is set so that a variation in temperature between the battery modules caused by a fabrication tolerance relative to the target width of the coolant flow paths is maintained 10 °C or less and all the battery modules have a maximum temperature of 55 °C or less when a high load is needed and the coolant flows through the coolant flow paths.
An antibody which specifically binds a site between amino acids 421 to 443 of a C-terminal portion of a β-subunit of human clusterin for use in the treatment of cancer by modulating activity of carcinoma cells comprising inhibiting epithelial-to-mesenchymal transitions in the carcinoma cells.
A system (110, 136) for a liquid-cooled plasma arc torch, said system comprising an electrode and a coolant tube, wherein said coolant tube comprises: • an elongated body having a first end and a second end, said first end and said second end defining a longitudinal axis; • a coolant passage extending through said elongated body; and • a mating surface located on an exterior surface of the elongated body; and wherein said electrode comprises: • a hollow and elongated body extending along a longitudinal axis, said hollow and elongated body having an open end, a closed end, and an interior surface; and • a surface comprising one or more of a contour, step or flange, said surface being provided on said interior surface of said electrode; wherein said surface is adapted to mate with the mating surface so as to substantially align said longitudinal axis of the coolant tube with said longitudinal axis of the electrode, wherein the alignment is at least one of concentric, radial or circumferential alignment, and wherein the coolant tube is not rigidly fixed to the electrode; characterised in that said surface and said mating surface are configured, when in contact one with the other, to set a limit to the movement of the coolant tube along the aligned longitudinal axes (114,146) towards the closed end of said electrode. • an elongated body having a first end and a second end, said first end and said second end defining a longitudinal axis; • a coolant passage extending through said elongated body; and • a mating surface located on an exterior surface of the elongated body; • a hollow and elongated body extending along a longitudinal axis, said hollow and elongated body having an open end, a closed end, and an interior surface; and • a surface comprising one or more of a contour, step or flange, said surface being provided on said interior surface of said electrode;
Method for directly sampling a plurality of radio bands, comprising the following steps: receiving a first radio band via a first interface and at least one further radio band (332, 333) via at least one further interface, wherein the first radio band and the at least one further radio band are each associated with different frequency ranges and the first radio band or the at least one further radio band is a DAB band; ascertaining a first Nyquist band for the first radio band and at least one further Nyquist band for the at least one further radio band (332, 333); determining a common sampling frequency as a frequency arranged both in the first Nyquist band and in the at least one further Nyquist band; receiving a selection signal via an interface, wherein the selection signal indicates whether there is provision for further processing of the first radio band and/or of the at least one further radio band; and sampling the first radio band at the common sampling frequency and/or the at least one further radio band at the same common sampling frequency, depending on the selection signal. receiving a first radio band via a first interface and at least one further radio band (332, 333) via at least one further interface, wherein the first radio band and the at least one further radio band are each associated with different frequency ranges and the first radio band or the at least one further radio band is a DAB band; ascertaining a first Nyquist band for the first radio band and at least one further Nyquist band for the at least one further radio band (332, 333); determining a common sampling frequency as a frequency arranged both in the first Nyquist band and in the at least one further Nyquist band; receiving a selection signal via an interface, wherein the selection signal indicates whether there is provision for further processing of the first radio band and/or of the at least one further radio band; and sampling the first radio band at the common sampling frequency and/or the at least one further radio band at the same common sampling frequency, depending on the selection signal.
Method for taring and/or calibrating a rotary rheometer, which comprises a measuring arrangement for receiving a test substance between two components (6, 8), each of which is rotatably mounted and which can be rotated relative to one another, wherein the method includes the following steps: transmitting a torque of known magnitude by means of a drive unit to the first component; indirectly exerting a torque by the drive unit to the second component via the driven first component and the test substance; measuring a resulting torque at the second component, wherein the torque measurement is carried out with the components (6, 8) rotating; and detecting systematic measurement deviations in this measurement and correcting these measurement deviations. transmitting a torque of known magnitude by means of a drive unit to the first component; indirectly exerting a torque by the drive unit to the second component via the driven first component and the test substance; measuring a resulting torque at the second component, wherein the torque measurement is carried out with the components (6, 8) rotating; and detecting systematic measurement deviations in this measurement and correcting these measurement deviations.
A Method for encoding a plurality of audio channels comprising the steps of: applying to said plurality of audio channels a two-dimensional filter-bank along both the time dimension and the channel dimension resulting in two-dimensional spectra; coding said two-dimensional spectra, resulting in coded spectral data, charadterised by steps of partitioning the time dimension and the channel dimension in a series of two-dimensional signal blocks, said two-dimensional signal blocks being overlapped by zero or more samples in both the time dimension and the channel dimension wherein said two-dimensional spectra and said coded spectral data represent transform coefficients in a four-dimensional uniform or non-uniform tiling, comprising the temporal-index of the block, the channel-index of the block, the temporal frequency dimension, and the spatial frequency dimension.
A method for processing blockchain data, the method comprising: receiving (So) a state transition message of a smart contract at a plurality of blockchain nodes of a blockchain system, wherein the state transition message comprises signature data of at least one state participant of the smart contract; verifying, at a blockchain node of the plurality of blockchain nodes of the blockchain system, the signature data by using at least one public key of the at least one state participant; and confirming (S 4) a smart contract state in the state transition message if signature data of the at least one state participant of the smart contract is verified, wherein a number of the at least one state participant is pre-determined in the smart contract, wherein the smart contract includes a plurality of participants, and wherein the at least one state participant comprises all or some of the plurality of participants of the smart contract, and wherein a public key used during verification processing of the signature data comprises a temporary key that is dynamically updated according to a predetermined rule and received at the blockchain node where verification is performed. receiving (So) a state transition message of a smart contract at a plurality of blockchain nodes of a blockchain system, wherein the state transition message comprises signature data of at least one state participant of the smart contract; verifying, at a blockchain node of the plurality of blockchain nodes of the blockchain system, the signature data by using at least one public key of the at least one state participant; and confirming (S 4) a smart contract state in the state transition message if signature data of the at least one state participant of the smart contract is verified, wherein a number of the at least one state participant is pre-determined in the smart contract, wherein the smart contract includes a plurality of participants, and wherein the at least one state participant comprises all or some of the plurality of participants of the smart contract, and wherein a public key used during verification processing of the signature data comprises a temporary key that is dynamically updated according to a predetermined rule and received at the blockchain node where verification is performed.
Rear-view mirror device for a vehicle, comprising - a mirror device designed to allow the vehicle driver to look, by reflection, in at least one direction directed towards the rear and outside the vehicle, - a support configured to fasten the mirror device to a vehicle body structure, the mirror device having at least one first reflective-surface portion, and having a second reflective-surface portion that is orientable with respect to the first reflective-surface portion, the first and second reflective-surface portions being configured to allow the vehicle driver to look, by reflection at the first reflective-surface portion and at the second reflective-surface portion, respectively, in a first direction with respect to the vehicle and in a second direction that is orientable with respect to the first direction, characterized in that the first reflective-surface portion and the second reflective-surface portion are part of one and the same flexible continuous reflective surface, and in that the mirror device has at least one first controlled inclination device that is configured to vary the inclination of the first reflective surface with respect to the body structure of the vehicle while the vehicle is being driven, and the mirror device has at least one second controlled inclination device that is configured to vary the inclination of the second reflective-surface portion with respect to the first reflective-surface portion while the vehicle is being driven. - a mirror device designed to allow the vehicle driver to look, by reflection, in at least one direction directed towards the rear and outside the vehicle, - a support configured to fasten the mirror device to a vehicle body structure,
A pelt board bag of a fat absorbing and optionally and preferably also moisture and water absorbing material for use in combination with and applied externally to a pelt board for the taning and drying of a pelt applied externally to the pelt board bag, said bag comprising: i) a pair of oppositely positioned and substantially coextensively extending, elongated sheets of said material, ii) said pair of sheets being joined together along opposite longitudinal edges and defining in a first state a flat two-layer structure and in a second state a basically tubular state, iii) said pair of sheets defining opposite first and second ends, said first end constituting a narrow open end constituting a top end when used in combination with said pelt board and said second end constituting a broader bottom end when used in combination with said pelt board, said pair of sheets defining in said second state an inner perimeter varying from said first narrow end to said broader second end, characterized in that iv) said pair of sheets or at least one of said pair of sheets having a region at a specific inner perimeter, said region being provided with slits, oblong apertures, embossings, score lines, folds or combinations thereof allowing said region to be expanded at least in one direction longitudinally or transversely when in said second state. i) a pair of oppositely positioned and substantially coextensively extending, elongated sheets of said material, ii) said pair of sheets being joined together along opposite longitudinal edges and defining in a first state a flat two-layer structure and in a second state a basically tubular state, iii) said pair of sheets defining opposite first and second ends, said first end constituting a narrow open end constituting a top end when used in combination with said pelt board and said second end constituting a broader bottom end when used in combination with said pelt board, said pair of sheets defining in said second state an inner perimeter varying from said first narrow end to said broader second end, characterized in that iv) said pair of sheets or at least one of said pair of sheets having a region at a specific inner perimeter, said region being provided with slits, oblong apertures, embossings, score lines, folds or combinations thereof allowing said region to be expanded at least in one direction longitudinally or transversely when in said second state.