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A method for preparing a halftone phase shift mask blank comprising a transparent substrate and a halftone phase shift film thereon, the halftone phase shift film being composed mainly of silicon and nitrogen and consisting of a single layer whose composition is constant or continuously graded in the thickness direction, or of two layers including a said single layer and a surface oxidized layer disposed on that side of the single layer remote from the substrate, the halftone phase shift film providing a phase shift relative to the wavelength of ArF excimer laser which has a median value over the film plane of 180±30° and a difference between maximum and minimum over the film plane of up to 2°, and having a transmittance relative to the wavelength of ArF excimer laser which has a median value over the film plane of 3 to 17 % and a difference between maximum and minimum over the film plane of up to 0.2 %, the method comprising the step of depositing the halftone phase shift film on a surface of the substrate using a sputtering gas containing rare gas and nitrogen-containing gas, and characterized by the use of plural targets including at least two silicon targets, applying powers of at least two different values to the at least two silicon targets, effecting reactive sputtering, and rotating the substrate on its axis (a) in the horizontal direction, and wherein in the sputter deposition step, the plural targets are arranged such that, considering the axis of rotation (a) of the substrate and parallel and spaced vertical lines (v) passing the centers of sputter surfaces of each of the plural targets: the respective distances (d) between the rotational axis and the vertical lines are from 1 to 3 times the shortest said distance, and the maximum included angle θ in plan view between normal lines extending from the rotational axis to vertical lines has a value of 70° to 180°.
A system iron comprising: an iron having a soleplate; and a base having a receiving area for receiving the soleplate against the base, the base comprising a fastening device for fastening the iron to the base, the fastening device including a first engagement member and a second engagement member arranged at mutually opposite sides of the receiving area, characterised in that the first engagement member is displaceable by the soleplate in a direction away from the second engagement member in a substantial straight movement to enable the soleplate to be placed on the receiving area against the base between the first and second engagement members (224, 222), the first engagement member being biased towards said second engagement member, and in that the second engagement member has a shoulder configured for anchoring the soleplate wherein, after the soleplate has been placed against the base between the first and second engagement members (224,222), the bias of the first engagement member pushes against the iron to move the soleplate in a direction towards the shoulder so that the soleplate engages the shoulder to anchor the soleplate to the base. an iron having a soleplate; and a base having a receiving area for receiving the soleplate against the base, the base comprising a fastening device for fastening the iron to the base, the fastening device including a first engagement member and a second engagement member arranged at mutually opposite sides of the receiving area, characterised in that the first engagement member is displaceable by the soleplate in a direction away from the second engagement member in a substantial straight movement to enable the soleplate to be placed on the receiving area against the base between the first and second engagement members (224, 222), the first engagement member being biased towards said second engagement member, and in that the second engagement member has a shoulder configured for anchoring the soleplate wherein, after the soleplate has been placed against the base between the first and second engagement members (224,222), the bias of the first engagement member pushes against the iron to move the soleplate in a direction towards the shoulder so that the soleplate engages the shoulder to anchor the soleplate to the base.
A gas turbine engine having a casing, an intake, a flow passage, a compressor (14,15) and a measurement system for measuring an average flow velocity of the intake air flow upstream of the compressor, the measurement system comprising: a plurality of acoustic sensors (42, 66) provided in the intake upstream of the compressor and comprising at least one acoustic transmitter configured to transmit an acoustic waveform through the airflow passing through the flow passage to an acoustic receiver; wherein at least one of the acoustic sensors (42, 66) is stationary by being mounted on the casing of the engine and communicating with at least one of the acoustic sensors that is rotatable by being mounted to a rotatable hub provided within the casing. a plurality of acoustic sensors (42, 66) provided in the intake upstream of the compressor and comprising at least one acoustic transmitter configured to transmit an acoustic waveform through the airflow passing through the flow passage to an acoustic receiver; wherein at least one of the acoustic sensors (42, 66) is stationary by being mounted on the casing of the engine and communicating with at least one of the acoustic sensors that is rotatable by being mounted to a rotatable hub provided within the casing.
Device for applying a determined quantity of a manure treating substance to manure, comprising: - a container for containing the substance; - a conduit which is connected with a first end for medium throughflow to the container, and a second end of which extends into a space containing the manure; - distributing means connected to the second end of the conduit for the purpose of distributed application of the substance over the manure; - a dosing device for dosing the determined quantity of the substance, - pump means for pumping the determined quantity of the substance out of the container via the conduit and for applying the determined quantity of the substance via the distributing means, - adjustable control means for controlling the dosing device such that a set quantity of substance is dosed per set period of time, and - recording means for recording and storing, for a determined time duration which is longer than said period of time, the quantities of substance dosed per period of time, characterised by comprising measuring means for determining a quantity of manure in the space, wherein the measuring means are coupled to the control means for setting a quantity of substance in accordance with the determined quantity of manure. - a container for containing the substance; - a conduit which is connected with a first end for medium throughflow to the container, and a second end of which extends into a space containing the manure; - distributing means connected to the second end of the conduit for the purpose of distributed application of the substance over the manure; - a dosing device for dosing the determined quantity of the substance, - pump means for pumping the determined quantity of the substance out of the container via the conduit and for applying the determined quantity of the substance via the distributing means, - adjustable control means for controlling the dosing device such that a set quantity of substance is dosed per set period of time, and - recording means for recording and storing, for a determined time duration which is longer than said period of time, the quantities of substance dosed per period of time, characterised by comprising measuring means for determining a quantity of manure in the space, wherein the measuring means are coupled to the control means for setting a quantity of substance in accordance with the determined quantity of manure.
Radial shaft seal for sealing a shaft passing through a housing wall opening, comprising at least one membrane-like, annular first sealing element with a sealing lip that can be positioned against the shaft in sealing fashion, a metallic, annular supporting element on which the sealing element is mounted, an edge area provided on the supporting element, which runs around the outer circumference and is not covered by the sealing element, and a centring surface provided on the outer circumference of the edge area, whereby the seal is surrounded by an adapter part made of undulating sheet metal that can be inserted tightly into the housing wall opening, characterised in that the adapter part displays a central, cylindrical opening provided with a shoulder on its rear end, seen in the pressure direction, in that the centring surface of the supporting element has an interference relative to the cylindrical opening of the adapter part and can be inserted into it in an interference fit, in that a second, membrane-like sealing element is located between the supporting element and the shoulder provided in the opening of the adapter part, and in that the second sealing element can be firmly pressed in between the shoulder and the supporting element.
A fan apparatus for a heat exchanger having an impeller which is rotatably supported in a fan housing, wherein the fan housing at least sectionally surrounds the impeller in a peripheral direction and has a hollow space which extends in the peripheral direction of the impeller and in which a heating device is arranged, with a thermally conductive element being arranged between the heating device and the impeller.
A method of a user equipment, UE, for time domain resource assignment of a data channel in a wireless communication system, the method comprising: receiving, from a base station, a physical downlink control channel, PDCCH, including downlink control information, DCI, scheduling a physical downlink shared channel, PDSCH (1002, 1030); receiving, from the base station, a higher layer signaling configuring reference information for a start (1002, 1028) and length (1006, 1026) indicator value, SLIV; identifying a starting symbol of symbols allocated for the PDSCH (1002, 1030) based on the reference information and a starting symbol of a control resource for monitoring PDCCH where the DCI is detected in case that a PDSCH mapping type is configured as a PDSCH mapping type B; and identifying resources allocated for the PDSCH (1002, 1030) based on the identified starting symbol and the SLIV included in the DCI, wherein the reference information enables the UE to use the starting symbol of the control resource for monitoring PDCCH for identifying the starting symbol of the symbols allocated for the PDSCH. receiving, from a base station, a physical downlink control channel, PDCCH, including downlink control information, DCI, scheduling a physical downlink shared channel, PDSCH (1002, 1030); receiving, from the base station, a higher layer signaling configuring reference information for a start (1002, 1028) and length (1006, 1026) indicator value, SLIV; identifying a starting symbol of symbols allocated for the PDSCH (1002, 1030) based on the reference information and a starting symbol of a control resource for monitoring PDCCH where the DCI is detected in case that a PDSCH mapping type is configured as a PDSCH mapping type B; and identifying resources allocated for the PDSCH (1002, 1030) based on the identified starting symbol and the SLIV included in the DCI, wherein the reference information enables the UE to use the starting symbol of the control resource for monitoring PDCCH for identifying the starting symbol of the symbols allocated for the PDSCH.
A computer-implemented method for a headset that includes binaural wind sensors (104-l, 104-r) to receive wind noise, wherein the binaural wind sensors (104-l, 104-r) include a left wind sensor and a right wind sensor, comprising: receiving wind noise induced by wind at the binaural wind sensors (104-l, 104-r); characterized in determining a sound energy density distribution of the wind noise based on the wind noise received at each of the binaural wind sensors (104-l, 104-r), wherein the sound energy distribution is a pattern of the wind noise based on a frequency and energy of the wind noise; matching the sound energy density distribution to one of a plurality of reference sound energy density distributions, wherein each of the plurality of reference sound energy density distributions includes an associated wind speed and wind direction; and identifying a wind speed and a wind direction corresponding to the matched reference sound energy density distribution. receiving wind noise induced by wind at the binaural wind sensors (104-l, 104-r); characterized in determining a sound energy density distribution of the wind noise based on the wind noise received at each of the binaural wind sensors (104-l, 104-r), wherein the sound energy distribution is a pattern of the wind noise based on a frequency and energy of the wind noise; matching the sound energy density distribution to one of a plurality of reference sound energy density distributions, wherein each of the plurality of reference sound energy density distributions includes an associated wind speed and wind direction; and identifying a wind speed and a wind direction corresponding to the matched reference sound energy density distribution.
A jacketed stent (102, 140, 200, 224, 256) for placement in a bodily vessel comprising: an extendable stent frame (100, 106, 122, 148, 162, 204) having an exterior surface defined by the stent frame and a extended configuration with a diameter at least a factor of two greater than its initial configuration, wherein the stent frame (100, 106, 122, 148, 162, 204) is open; and a hydrogel sheet (120, 208) associated with the exterior surface of the stent frame (100, 106, 122, 148, 162, 204) such that the hydrogel (120, 208) forms a jacket (104, 206) directly over the stent frame (100, 106, 122, 148, 162, 204) upon extension of the stent frame (100, 106, 122, 148, 162, 204) to its extended configuration, wherein the hydrogel sheet (120, 208) has a thickness and expansion in an aqueous fluid such that the expanded hydrogel sheet (120, 208) at least partially covers the inner surface of the extended stent (102, 140, 200, 224, 256) in an aqueous environment wherein the hydrogel sheet (120, 208) has a dry thickness from 0.001 mm to 0.5 mm and wherein the hydrogel (120, 208) swells by a factor of at least 1.5 in thickness relative to its initial thickness upon exposure to an aqueous environment. an extendable stent frame (100, 106, 122, 148, 162, 204) having an exterior surface defined by the stent frame and a extended configuration with a diameter at least a factor of two greater than its initial configuration, wherein the stent frame (100, 106, 122, 148, 162, 204) is open; and a hydrogel sheet (120, 208) associated with the exterior surface of the stent frame (100, 106, 122, 148, 162, 204) such that the hydrogel (120, 208) forms a jacket (104, 206) directly over the stent frame (100, 106, 122, 148, 162, 204) upon extension of the stent frame (100, 106, 122, 148, 162, 204) to its extended configuration, wherein the hydrogel sheet (120, 208) has a thickness and expansion in an aqueous fluid such that the expanded hydrogel sheet (120, 208) at least partially covers the inner surface of the extended stent (102, 140, 200, 224, 256) in an aqueous environment wherein the hydrogel sheet (120, 208) has a dry thickness from 0.001 mm to 0.5 mm and wherein the hydrogel (120, 208) swells by a factor of at least 1.5 in thickness relative to its initial thickness upon exposure to an aqueous environment.
A method for wireless communication, comprising: transmitting (1805, 1905, 2005) a negative acknowledgement, NACK, message associated with a downlink transmission from a base station, the downlink transmission having resources in a first bandwidth part, BWP, of a plurality of BWPs available for downlink transmissions; receiving (1810, 1910, 2010), responsive to the NACK message, a group downlink control message indicating to a plurality of UEs a downlink resource configuration for a retransmission of the downlink transmission within a second BWP different from the first BWP; and receiving (1815, 1930, 2035) the retransmission of the downlink transmission via the second BWP based at least in part on the downlink resource configuration. transmitting (1805, 1905, 2005) a negative acknowledgement, NACK, message associated with a downlink transmission from a base station, the downlink transmission having resources in a first bandwidth part, BWP, of a plurality of BWPs available for downlink transmissions; receiving (1810, 1910, 2010), responsive to the NACK message, a group downlink control message indicating to a plurality of UEs a downlink resource configuration for a retransmission of the downlink transmission within a second BWP different from the first BWP; and receiving (1815, 1930, 2035) the retransmission of the downlink transmission via the second BWP based at least in part on the downlink resource configuration.
Device with short travel range to displace an element, for the generation and control of a bi-directional force, of the type incorporating a fixed body and an assembly mobile with respect to said body, characterized in that the mobile assembly is composed of a first part linked to the body by means of first elastic means and a second part linked to the first part by second elastic means and displacement by drive means to ensure at least a translation of the second part with respect to the body, the drive means being in the form of a screw/nut (3, 5) system driven by a motor element.
A transdermal dosage form comprising: an active agent component comprising a polymeric material and an active agent, wherein the active agent component has a proximal, skin-contacting surface and a distal surface opposed to the proximal surface; an overlay backing; an adverse agent component comprising an antagonist to the active agent, wherein the adverse agent component is interposed between the distal surface of the active agent component and the overlay backing; a barrier impermeable to diffusion of active agent and antagonist interposed between the active agent component and the adverse agent component; and a porous material adjacent to and adjoining the adverse agent component, wherein the porous material is selected from microporous films, fibrous webs, woven fabrics and textiles, open-cell foams, grooved films, other open, mesh-like materials, solid matrices characterized by a fine network of microscopic openings, and structured slabs or films having channels or grooves that allow the passage of liquid; wherein the porous material is in fluid communication with the proximal surface of the active agent component, wherein "fluid communication" means that liquid may flow freely between the proximal, skin-contacting surface and the porous material, so that if the transdermal dosage form is immersed in a liquid such that the proximal, skin-contacting surface is in contact with the liquid, then the liquid will also be able to contact the porous material. an active agent component comprising a polymeric material and an active agent, wherein the active agent component has a proximal, skin-contacting surface and a distal surface opposed to the proximal surface; an overlay backing; an adverse agent component comprising an antagonist to the active agent, wherein the adverse agent component is interposed between the distal surface of the active agent component and the overlay backing; a barrier impermeable to diffusion of active agent and antagonist interposed between the active agent component and the adverse agent component; and a porous material adjacent to and adjoining the adverse agent component, wherein the porous material is selected from microporous films, fibrous webs, woven fabrics and textiles, open-cell foams, grooved films, other open, mesh-like materials, solid matrices characterized by a fine network of microscopic openings, and structured slabs or films having channels or grooves that allow the passage of liquid; wherein the porous material is in fluid communication with the proximal surface of the active agent component, wherein "fluid communication" means that liquid may flow freely between the proximal, skin-contacting surface and the porous material, so that if the transdermal dosage form is immersed in a liquid such that the proximal, skin-contacting surface is in contact with the liquid, then the liquid will also be able to contact the porous material.
System for fixing to the ground walls of a building, comprising a plurality of supporting elements interposed in use between a concrete foundation of the building and said walls, further comprising connecting elements for connecting at least two supporting elements that are aligned on one another, adjusting elements for adjusting a distance of said supporting elements from said foundation and for correcting a possible tilt of said supporting elements with respect to a horizontal reference plane, anchoring elements for anchoring said supporting elements to said foundation, said supporting elements being made of plastics, each of said supporting elements comprising a pair of sides, interconnected by a plurality of crosspieces, in which through ventilation holes are made, a lower part of each side having a length in a direction parallel to a longitudinal axis that is less than a length of the side in the same direction, such that a step is defined between said lower part and the rest of the side, at opposite ends of the side that are perpendicular to said longitudinal axis, characterized in that said connecting element comprises a body having a height that is substantially the same as a height of said step and a length that is substantially the same as a width of said supporting elements in a direction that is perpendicular to said longitudinal axis, at opposite ends of the body respective uprights being provided that are intended for being fixed to the sides of two adjacent supporting elements to be connected, said uprights extending perpendicularly to the body.
An ophthalmic lens mold, the mold comprising a first mold half having a front side and a back side, the front side defining a first optical surface; and a second mold half having a front side and a back side, the front side defining a second optical surface; wherein the first and second optical surfaces (40, 42) are formed by a film or sheet material with a thickness from about 10 microns to about 70 microns; and wherein the body of the first and second mold half is formed from an injection moldable material, characterized by, that the film or sheet material is over-molded with the injection moldable material to form an integrally laminated mold half.