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Method for manufacturing a passivation stack on a crystalline silicon solar cell device, the method comprising the steps of: - providing a substrate comprising a crystalline silicon layer, such as a crystalline silicon wafer or chip; - cleaning a surface (21, 23) of the crystalline silicon layer by removing an oxide layer at least from a portion of one side of the crystalline silicon layer; - depositing, on at least a part of the cleaned surface (21, 23), a layer of silicon oxynitride by means of plasma-enhanced chemical vapour deposition; and - depositing a capping layer comprising a hydrogenated dielectric material on top of the layer of silicon oxynitride wherein the layer of silicon oxynitride is deposited at a temperature from 100 °C to 200 °C, preferably from 100 °C to 150 °C, and even more preferably from 100 °C to 130 °C, characterized in that the step of depositing the layer of silicon oxynitride includes the sub-steps of: - using N 2 0 and SiH 4 as precursor gasses in an N 2 ambient atmosphere; and - depositing silicon oxynitride with a gas flow ratio of N 2 O to SiH 4 below 2, preferably below 1, and even more preferably around 0.5. - providing a substrate comprising a crystalline silicon layer, such as a crystalline silicon wafer or chip; - cleaning a surface (21, 23) of the crystalline silicon layer by removing an oxide layer at least from a portion of one side of the crystalline silicon layer; - depositing, on at least a part of the cleaned surface (21, 23), a layer of silicon oxynitride by means of plasma-enhanced chemical vapour deposition; and - depositing a capping layer comprising a hydrogenated dielectric material on top of the layer of silicon oxynitride wherein the layer of silicon oxynitride is deposited at a temperature from 100 °C to 200 °C, preferably from 100 °C to 150 °C, and even more preferably from 100 °C to 130 °C, characterized in that the step of depositing the layer of silicon oxynitride includes the sub-steps of: - using N 2 0 and SiH 4 as precursor gasses in an N 2 ambient atmosphere; and - depositing silicon oxynitride with a gas flow ratio of N 2 O to SiH 4 below 2, preferably below 1, and even more preferably around 0.5. - using N 2 0 and SiH 4 as precursor gasses in an N 2 ambient atmosphere; and - depositing silicon oxynitride with a gas flow ratio of N 2 O to SiH 4 below 2, preferably below 1, and even more preferably around 0.5.
A soluble protein comprising a Sph3 GH domain, wherein the Sph3 GH domain comprises amino acids 52 to 298 of the Sph3 sequence deposited into GenBank under accession no. EAL92786.1, amino acids 54 to 304 of the Sph3 sequence deposited into GenBank under accession no. EAW09379.1, amino acids 43 to 299 of the Sph3 sequence deposited into GenBank under accession no. EAA63523.1or a glycosyl hydrolase functional variant thereof having 90% sequence identity to the soluble protein; and optionally an antimicrobial agent, such as an antibiotic or antifungal agent, for use in treating or preventing a biofilm-related infection in an animal in need thereof; wherein the soluble protein is able to hydrolyze glycosidic bonds.
A method for treating metallurgical slags using a device which is divided into a forehearth, a reduction chamber and an oxidation chamber, wherein liquid slag as well as possibly solid agglomerates and residual steel are filled into the forehearth and maintained there at a predetermined temperature or brought thereto and maintained, and the slag and the residual steel are left in the forehearth until the reduction chamber is ready to receive material and subsequently slag and optionally residual steel are conveyed into the reduction chamber and a reduction is carried out in the reduction chamber, wherein the slag is treated with a reducing agent, so that metal oxides are reduced and collect at the bottom of a melt base as a metal melt and the reduced slag is tapped off after reduction has taken place and is supplied to further processing as a hydraulic binder and the resulting metal melt is supplied to the oxidation chamber and is mixed with oxidizing agents and oxidized in the oxidation chamber in order to remove accompanying metals from the metal melt and to bind them in a slag present in the oxidation chamber, the temperature in the forehearth being higher than 1,450°C, a process temperature of >1,500°C is set and maintained in the reduction chamber to ensure that the entrained residual steel remains in the liquid aggregate state and that solid agglomerations are melted, and in the oxidation chamber the temperature is set to above 1,450°C, wherein in the reduction chamber a residual slag bath, of the reduced slag remained on a residual metal melt present there, remains and is not tapped and the LD slag is introduced from the forehearth into the reduced slag in the reduction chamber in order to prevent reactions between the slag rich in iron oxides and the high-carbon metal bath in the reduction chamber.
Dowel head of a dowel for the fixture of an insulation board, wherein a pressure plate and a center hole in the pressure plate for the insertion of an oblong expansion element along a dowel axis are provided, wherein at the pressure plate a weakening arrangement is provided which due to a driving action onto the pressure plate may engage and thereby locally weaken the insulation board in order to facilitate countersinking of the pressure plate, characterized in that the weakening arrangement comprises pin like spikes evenly distributed directly next to each other along the circumference of the pressure plate for spiking into the insulation board due to the driving action, wherein weakening of the insulation board takes place in the vicinity of the circumference, and wherein each spike provides a circumferential side surface with support surface sections (14, 15) that provide a support against the insulation board in the sense of an anti rotation lock of the dowel.
Tool, in particular a foaming tool for processing foamable plastic particles, having at least one region that forms at least one section of a cavity and has at least one opening (4, 14, 15, 17-20) through which at least one fluid, in particular for foaming the plastic particles, can be passed into the cavity and/or out of the cavity, wherein the opening (4, 14, 15, 17-20) has a triangular cross-sectional shape, characterised in that at least two triangular openings (4, 14, 15, 17-20) are of different sizes, and/or at least two triangular openings (4, 14, 15, 17-20) are oriented differently. at least two triangular openings (4, 14, 15, 17-20) are of different sizes, and/or at least two triangular openings (4, 14, 15, 17-20) are oriented differently.
A user interface device comprising: a display unit that displays a user interface screen associated with a first coordinate axis, the first coordinate axis corresponding to a first attribute of a sound field and being allocated with a plurality of parameters related to the first attribute; a first specification unit that specifies a coordinate value of the first coordinate axis corresponding to a position in the user interface screen specified by a user; and a second specification unit that specifies a value of each of the plurality of parameters, based on the specified coordinate value, wherein the user interface screen is associated with the first coordinate axis and a second coordinate axis, the second coordinate axis corresponding to a second attribute of the sound field and being allocated with a parameter related to the second attribute, the first specification unit specifies a coordinate value of the second coordinate axis corresponding to the position in the user interface screen specified by the user, and the second specification unit specifies a value of the parameter related to the second attribute, based on the specified coordinate value of the second coordinate axis, wherein the parameter allocated to the second coordinate axis is the same as one of the plurality of parameters related to the first attribute, and the second specification unit specifies a value of the parameter allocated to the second coordinate axis, based on the specified coordinate values of the first and second coordinate axes. a display unit that displays a user interface screen associated with a first coordinate axis, the first coordinate axis corresponding to a first attribute of a sound field and being allocated with a plurality of parameters related to the first attribute; a first specification unit that specifies a coordinate value of the first coordinate axis corresponding to a position in the user interface screen specified by a user; and a second specification unit that specifies a value of each of the plurality of parameters, based on the specified coordinate value, wherein the user interface screen is associated with the first coordinate axis and a second coordinate axis, the second coordinate axis corresponding to a second attribute of the sound field and being allocated with a parameter related to the second attribute, the first specification unit specifies a coordinate value of the second coordinate axis corresponding to the position in the user interface screen specified by the user, and the second specification unit specifies a value of the parameter related to the second attribute, based on the specified coordinate value of the second coordinate axis, wherein the parameter allocated to the second coordinate axis is the same as one of the plurality of parameters related to the first attribute, and the second specification unit specifies a value of the parameter allocated to the second coordinate axis, based on the specified coordinate values of the first and second coordinate axes.
A pharmaceutical composition comprising a compound having a formula of or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, for use in the treatment of pain by parenteral administration.
A dimer of an N-terminal deletion form of a histamine releasing factor having enhanced histamine and IL-8 releasing activities as compared to wild type HRF, wherein the N-terminal deletion is a deletion of the first consecutive 10 to 34 N-terminal amino acid residues of SEQ ID NO: 1.
A capsule to prepare a beverage in an automatic beverage preparation device, the capsule comprises a cup-shaped body defined by a lateral wall and a bottom wall having a beverage outflow opening, and closed by a cover perforable to allow a fluid to be injected in the capsule; the capsule further comprises a filter assembly extending transversally to a longitudinal axis of the capsule to divide an internal volume of the capsule into an upper chamber intended to contain a beverage preparation substance, and a lower chamber intended to collect the beverage; wherein the filter assembly comprises a relatively rigid filter disk provided with through openings; wherein the filter assembly further comprises a first membrane coupled to the filter disk in front of said openings so as to seal the upper chamber and to tear when, in use, the pressure inside the upper chamber reaches a defined threshold value as a consequence of the introduction of an infusion fluid; said capsule being characterised in that the filter assembly further comprises a second membrane, said first and second membranes being stacked in a stack; wherein the first membrane is arranged between the filter disk and the second membrane; said stack being on, and direct coupled to, a face of the filter disk facing the lower chamber
A plant for producing a structured cross-channel packing element for a column for mass transfer and/or heat exchange between a heavy and a light fluid phase, wherein the structured cross-channel packing element comprises at least two adjacent layers (50, 50') made of expanded metal sheets each comprising openings, which are surrounded and separated from each other by separating elements, and comprising periodic deformations (42, 42', 44), wherein at least two of the at least two layers (50, 50') are arranged in the longitudinal direction of the packing element parallel and in touching contact with each other so that an open space extending from one end to the opposite end of the at least two layers (50, 50') is provided between them so that at least one of the heavy and the light fluid phase may flow through it, wherein the plant comprises: a) a stretching machine for cutting and stretching a metal sheet to an expanded metal sheet, b) optionally, a calibration machine for rolling the expanded metal sheet produced in the stretching machine to a desired thickness, c) a sheet storage unit, d) a forming machine for forming the expanded metal sheet produced in the stretching machine and optionally rolled in the optional calibration machine to an expanded metal sheet comprising periodic deformations (42, 42', 44) and e) a stacking machine for stacking expanded metal sheets () comprising periodic deformations (42, 42', 44) to a structured cross-channel packing element, wherein the sheet storage unit is embodied so that it directly receives the expanded metal sheet produced in the stretching machine and optionally rolled in the optional calibration machine and releases the expanded metal sheet directly to the forming machine. a) a stretching machine for cutting and stretching a metal sheet to an expanded metal sheet, b) optionally, a calibration machine for rolling the expanded metal sheet produced in the stretching machine to a desired thickness, c) a sheet storage unit, d) a forming machine for forming the expanded metal sheet produced in the stretching machine and optionally rolled in the optional calibration machine to an expanded metal sheet comprising periodic deformations (42, 42', 44) and e) a stacking machine for stacking expanded metal sheets () comprising periodic deformations (42, 42', 44) to a structured cross-channel packing element,
A lentiviral vector comprising a polynucleotide encoding a fusion polypeptide comprising: I) (a) a TGFβR2 polypeptide comprising: (i) an extracellular TGFβ1-binding domain of TGFβR2; (ii) an IL-12Rβ2 transmembrane domain; and (iii) an IL-12Rβ2 intracellular signaling domain; (b) a viral self-cleaving 2A peptide; and (c) a TGFβR1 polypeptide comprising: (i) an extracellular TGFβ1-binding domain of TGFβR1; (ii) an IL-12Rβ1 transmembrane domain; and (iii) an IL-12Rβ1 intracellular signaling domain; or II) (a) a TGFβR2 polypeptide comprising: (i) an extracellular TGFβ1-binding domain of TGFβR2; (ii) an IL-12Rβ1 transmembrane domain; and (iii) an IL-12Rβ1 intracellular signaling domain; (b) a viral self-cleaving 2A peptide; and (c) a TGFβR1 polypeptide comprising: (i) an extracellular TGFβ1-binding domain of TGFβR1; (ii) an IL-12Rβ2 transmembrane domain; and (iii) an IL-12Rβ2 intracellular signaling domain. I) (a) a TGFβR2 polypeptide comprising: (i) an extracellular TGFβ1-binding domain of TGFβR2; (ii) an IL-12Rβ2 transmembrane domain; and (iii) an IL-12Rβ2 intracellular signaling domain; (b) a viral self-cleaving 2A peptide; and (c) a TGFβR1 polypeptide comprising: (i) an extracellular TGFβ1-binding domain of TGFβR1; (ii) an IL-12Rβ1 transmembrane domain; and (iii) an IL-12Rβ1 intracellular signaling domain; or (a) a TGFβR2 polypeptide comprising: (i) an extracellular TGFβ1-binding domain of TGFβR2; (ii) an IL-12Rβ2 transmembrane domain; and (iii) an IL-12Rβ2 intracellular signaling domain; (i) an extracellular TGFβ1-binding domain of TGFβR2; (ii) an IL-12Rβ2 transmembrane domain; and (iii) an IL-12Rβ2 intracellular signaling domain; (b) a viral self-cleaving 2A peptide; and (c) a TGFβR1 polypeptide comprising: (i) an extracellular TGFβ1-binding domain of TGFβR1; (ii) an IL-12Rβ1 transmembrane domain; and (iii) an IL-12Rβ1 intracellular signaling domain; or (i) an extracellular TGFβ1-binding domain of TGFβR1; (ii) an IL-12Rβ1 transmembrane domain; and (iii) an IL-12Rβ1 intracellular signaling domain; or II) (a) a TGFβR2 polypeptide comprising: (i) an extracellular TGFβ1-binding domain of TGFβR2; (ii) an IL-12Rβ1 transmembrane domain; and (iii) an IL-12Rβ1 intracellular signaling domain; (b) a viral self-cleaving 2A peptide; and (c) a TGFβR1 polypeptide comprising: (i) an extracellular TGFβ1-binding domain of TGFβR1; (ii) an IL-12Rβ2 transmembrane domain; and (iii) an IL-12Rβ2 intracellular signaling domain. (a) a TGFβR2 polypeptide comprising: (i) an extracellular TGFβ1-binding domain of TGFβR2; (ii) an IL-12Rβ1 transmembrane domain; and (iii) an IL-12Rβ1 intracellular signaling domain; (i) an extracellular TGFβ1-binding domain of TGFβR2; (ii) an IL-12Rβ1 transmembrane domain; and (iii) an IL-12Rβ1 intracellular signaling domain; (b) a viral self-cleaving 2A peptide; and (c) a TGFβR1 polypeptide comprising: (i) an extracellular TGFβ1-binding domain of TGFβR1; (ii) an IL-12Rβ2 transmembrane domain; and (iii) an IL-12Rβ2 intracellular signaling domain. (i) an extracellular TGFβ1-binding domain of TGFβR1; (ii) an IL-12Rβ2 transmembrane domain; and (iii) an IL-12Rβ2 intracellular signaling domain.
Method of fragmenting and/or weakening of material, in particular of rock material or ore, by means of high voltage discharges, comprising the steps: a) providing a process area having a high voltage discharge gap formed between two electrodes (3, 4) which face each other at a distance; b) feeding the material that is to be fragmented or weakened, respectively, and a process liquid into the process area in such a way that in the intended fragmentation or weakening operation, respectively, the area between the two electrodes is filled with material that is to be fragmented or weakened, respectively, and process liquid; and c) fragmenting or weakening, respectively, the material in the process area by generating high voltage discharges between the two electrodes (3, 4), wherein during the fragmenting or weakening, respectively, of the material, process liquid is discharged from the process area and process liquid is fed into the process area and wherein the fed process liquid has a lower electrical conductivity than the discharged process liquid, characterized in that the electrical conductivity of the process liquid which is present in the process area, the electrical conductivity of the process liquid which is discharged from the process area and/or the discharging resistance between the two electrodes (3, 4) is determined and in dependence of the determined values the feeding of process liquid into the process area and/or, where applicable, the conditioning of the process liquid is changed, in particular controlled. a) providing a process area having a high voltage discharge gap formed between two electrodes (3, 4) which face each other at a distance; b) feeding the material that is to be fragmented or weakened, respectively, and a process liquid into the process area in such a way that in the intended fragmentation or weakening operation, respectively, the area between the two electrodes is filled with material that is to be fragmented or weakened, respectively, and process liquid; and c) fragmenting or weakening, respectively, the material in the process area by generating high voltage discharges between the two electrodes (3, 4),
A support system for supporting the human body or a human body segment, said support system comprising a covering lining, said covering lining comprising a first outer wall and a second outer wall, opposite to said first outer wall, which outer walls define therebetween an inner space of said covering lining, wherein said inner space of said covering lining is divided into a plurality of pockets (5a-5d), which pockets are mutually separated and inside each of which one or more filling elements (7, 9) can be inserted, filling elements (7, 9) having different physical properties, such as for example different stiffnesses, being received in different pockets (5a-5d) of said support system, wherein said covering lining comprises one or more inner intermediate walls, which are arranged between said first outer wall and said second outer wall, the provision of said one or more inner intermediate walls providing said pockets (5a-5d) with a multilayer structure, filling elements (7, 9) having different physical properties, such as for example different stiffnesses, being received in different layers of each of said pockets (5a-5d) of said support system, characterized in that said pockets (5a-5d) are independent of one another and removably connected to one another and in that said pockets (5a-5d) are provided, along their perimeter or part thereof, with interconnecting means (15a-15d) adapted to cooperate with the interconnecting means of the adjacent pockets in order to establish a removable connection between said pockets.
A method of controlling operations in a wireless communication system, the method comprising: a wireless station (11; 600; 900) associating to an access point (10; 800; 1000) of the wireless communication system, the access point (10; 800; 1000) operating on a first wireless channel; and while the wireless station (11; 600; 900) is associated to the access point (10; 800; 1000), the wireless station (11; 600; 900) receiving beacons (402, 404, 407) periodically transmitted by one or more other access points (10; 800; 1000) on one or more second wireless channels different from the first wireless channel; the wireless station (11; 600; 900) providing control information to the access point (10; 800; 1000), the control information indicating a timing of at least one of the received beacons (402, 404, 407); based on the received beacons (402, 404, 407), the wireless station (11; 600; 900) performing measurements for sensing one or more human beings or animals in an environment of the wireless station (11; 600; 900); and based on the measurements, the wireless station (11; 600; 900) evaluating presence, location, and/or movement of the one or more human beings or animals in the environment of the wireless station (11; 600; 900). a wireless station (11; 600; 900) associating to an access point (10; 800; 1000) of the wireless communication system, the access point (10; 800; 1000) operating on a first wireless channel; and while the wireless station (11; 600; 900) is associated to the access point (10; 800; 1000), the wireless station (11; 600; 900) receiving beacons (402, 404, 407) periodically transmitted by one or more other access points (10; 800; 1000) on one or more second wireless channels different from the first wireless channel; the wireless station (11; 600; 900) providing control information to the access point (10; 800; 1000), the control information indicating a timing of at least one of the received beacons (402, 404, 407); based on the received beacons (402, 404, 407), the wireless station (11; 600; 900) performing measurements for sensing one or more human beings or animals in an environment of the wireless station (11; 600; 900); and based on the measurements, the wireless station (11; 600; 900) evaluating presence, location, and/or movement of the one or more human beings or animals in the environment of the wireless station (11; 600; 900).
A computer, comprising a processor and a baseboard management controller, wherein the baseboard management controller is configured to: when it is determined that the computer crashes, send a read request message to the processor, wherein the read request message is used for requesting reading of first error data recorded by the processor; the processor is configured to receive the read request message, and send a read response message to the baseboard management controller; the baseboard management controller is configured to receive the read response message returned by the processor, and obtain, according to the read response message, the first error data recorded by the processor; the processor is further configured to trigger an indication to notify the baseboard management controller of that the computer crashes by changing a level of a pin CATERR_N or ERROR_N; and, the baseboard management controller is configured to receive the indication by receiving a level signal from the pin CATERR_N or ERROR_N.