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A method for providing communications backup in a computer network comprising computing devices in an enclosure individually coupled to an optical multiplexer via fiber optic cables, wherein a primary optical switch can couple the optical multiplexer to a primary top-of-rack switch, the method comprising: detecting an abnormal operating condition at the primary top-of-rack switch, the primary top-of-rack switch being coupled to a computing device via a first optical connection between an optical switch and the primary top-of-rack switch; in response to the detected abnormal operation condition, prompting the optical switch to switch from the first optical connection to a second optical connection between the optical switch and a standby top-of-rack switch having similar structure and function as the primary top-of-rack switch; and instructing the standby top-of-rack switch to facilitate communications with the computing device once the optical switch is switched to the second optical connection, thereby allowing continued network communications of the computing device via the standby top-of-rack switch. detecting an abnormal operating condition at the primary top-of-rack switch, the primary top-of-rack switch being coupled to a computing device via a first optical connection between an optical switch and the primary top-of-rack switch; in response to the detected abnormal operation condition, prompting the optical switch to switch from the first optical connection to a second optical connection between the optical switch and a standby top-of-rack switch having similar structure and function as the primary top-of-rack switch; and instructing the standby top-of-rack switch to facilitate communications with the computing device once the optical switch is switched to the second optical connection, thereby allowing continued network communications of the computing device via the standby top-of-rack switch.
A method of making a medicament comprising the steps of: a) forming a plurality of starch based nanoparticles, wherein the nanoparticles are colloidal hydrogel particles, wherein the starch based nanoparticles are made up of at least 50% of high molecular weight starch, wherein the high molecular weight starch has a molecular weight of at least 10,000 Da, wherein 50% or more of the nanoparticles by number have a size in the range of 50 to 150 nm; and, b) after step a) combining an active agent with the nanoparticles, wherein the active agent is loaded into the core of the nanoparticle. a) forming a plurality of starch based nanoparticles, wherein the nanoparticles are colloidal hydrogel particles, wherein the starch based nanoparticles are made up of at least 50% of high molecular weight starch, wherein the high molecular weight starch has a molecular weight of at least 10,000 Da, wherein 50% or more of the nanoparticles by number have a size in the range of 50 to 150 nm; and, b) after step a) combining an active agent with the nanoparticles, wherein the active agent is loaded into the core of the nanoparticle.
A method for setting an antenna match for an antenna in a wireless device, the method comprising: coupling a control signal to a variable antenna match, the variable antenna match having a plurality of selectable impedances; and selecting the impedance of the variable antenna match in response to the control signal, sais method further comprising: setting the control signal to a first setting; measuring a signal quality metric of a signal received at said wireless device corresponding to the first setting; setting the control signal to a second setting; measuring the signal quality metric of a signal received at said wireless device corresponding to the second setting; and during operation, setting the control signal to a setting having a signal quality metric corresponding to a signal of highest quality. coupling a control signal to a variable antenna match, the variable antenna match having a plurality of selectable impedances; and selecting the impedance of the variable antenna match in response to the control signal, sais method further comprising: setting the control signal to a first setting; measuring a signal quality metric of a signal received at said wireless device corresponding to the first setting; setting the control signal to a second setting; measuring the signal quality metric of a signal received at said wireless device corresponding to the second setting; and during operation, setting the control signal to a setting having a signal quality metric corresponding to a signal of highest quality. setting the control signal to a first setting; measuring a signal quality metric of a signal received at said wireless device corresponding to the first setting; setting the control signal to a second setting; measuring the signal quality metric of a signal received at said wireless device corresponding to the second setting; and during operation, setting the control signal to a setting having a signal quality metric corresponding to a signal of highest quality.
Fertilizer grain, - which has a layer construction with at least two layers, - of which at least a first layer and at least a second layer are formed with methylene urea, characterized in that - the first layer has a first porosity and the second layer a second porosity, - in that the first porosity is different from the second porosity, and - in that at least the two layers are formed with the same material composition. - which has a layer construction with at least two layers, - of which at least a first layer and at least a second layer are formed with methylene urea, characterized in that - the first layer has a first porosity and the second layer a second porosity, - in that the first porosity is different from the second porosity, and - in that at least the two layers are formed with the same material composition.
A frame for a photovoltaic module, comprising: a top support portion, a bottom support portion, a transverse edge portion, a first side edge portion, a second side edge portion, a third side edge portion, and a weather-resistant protective layer including an alloy plating layer or an organic film layer, wherein the weather-resistant protective layer includes a first weather-resistant protective layer which covers an outer surface of at least one of the top support portion, the bottom support portion, the first side edge portion, the second side edge portion or the transverse edge portion; wherein the top support portion, the second side edge portion and the transverse edge portion enclose a holding slot configured to hold the photovoltaic module; the top support portion has a bearing surface facing the holding slot and configured to support a photovoltaic panel, the bottom support portion is arranged opposite to the top support portion, and the transverse edge portion is located at one side of the top support portion away from the bottom support portion; the first side edge portion and the third side edge portion connect the top support portion and the bottom support portion; the third side edge portion, the first side edge portion, the top support portion and the bottom support portion enclose a closed cavity; and wherein the frame is formed from a carbon steel sheet material by a cold roll forming process; characterized in that the weather-resistant protective layer further includes a second weather-resistant protective layer which covers only a surface of the first side edge portion facing the third side edge portion and a surface of the third side edge portion facing the first side edge portion. wherein the top support portion, the second side edge portion and the transverse edge portion enclose a holding slot configured to hold the photovoltaic module; the top support portion has a bearing surface facing the holding slot and configured to support a photovoltaic panel, the bottom support portion is arranged opposite to the top support portion, and the transverse edge portion is located at one side of the top support portion away from the bottom support portion; the first side edge portion and the third side edge portion connect the top support portion and the bottom support portion; the third side edge portion, the first side edge portion, the top support portion and the bottom support portion enclose a closed cavity; and wherein the frame is formed from a carbon steel sheet material by a cold roll forming process; characterized in that the weather-resistant protective layer further includes a second weather-resistant protective layer which covers only a surface of the first side edge portion facing the third side edge portion and a surface of the third side edge portion facing the first side edge portion.
A method for multi-user resource scheduling in a radio communication system comprising a radio base station, RBS, with narrow beam capabilities and a radio network controller, RNC, wherein said method is based on selecting multiple mobile users to be scheduled for service using multiple narrow antenna beams during a predetermined transmission time interval, and wherein said method comprises the following steps executed in the RBS or in the RNC or in a distributed way between the RBS and the RNC: selecting, for each antenna beam of at least a subset of said multiple antenna beams, at least two mobile users for service using the respective antenna beam during said transmission time interval; and distributing power resources to the antenna beams for use during said transmission time interval based on balancing the power resources among different antenna beams, wherein said narrow antenna beams are partially overlapping, and the method being characterized in that said step of distributing power resources to the antenna beams comprises the step of allocating, when there are no active mobile users in a given beam, more power resources to antenna beams that are direct neighbors of the given antenna beam than to more distant antenna beams to balance the power resource distribution over the whole area covered by the cell. selecting, for each antenna beam of at least a subset of said multiple antenna beams, at least two mobile users for service using the respective antenna beam during said transmission time interval; and distributing power resources to the antenna beams for use during said transmission time interval based on balancing the power resources among different antenna beams, wherein said narrow antenna beams are partially overlapping, and the method being characterized in that said step of distributing power resources to the antenna beams comprises the step of allocating, when there are no active mobile users in a given beam, more power resources to antenna beams that are direct neighbors of the given antenna beam than to more distant antenna beams to balance the power resource distribution over the whole area covered by the cell.
Rotor hollow shaft for the rotor of an electric machine, having a cylinder jacket which is closed off on both sides by end flanges and which surrounds a shaft cavity, wherein in each case one shaft journal is situated on the end flanges, and wherein, in one end flange, in particular in the shaft journal, there is provided an inlet (6, 14) via which a cooling liquid passes into the shaft cavity and to the inner surface of the cylinder jacket, wherein a distributing element which is arranged in the shaft cavity receives the cooling liquid entering via the inlet (6, 14), guides said cooling liquid in the direction of the inner surface of the cylinder jacket via a diverting surface and discharges said cooling liquid to the inner surface via a mouth region, wherein the diverting surface of the distributing element forms a conical funnel which has a smooth, straight or curved inner surface and which opens into the shaft cavity at an opening angle, wherein the mouth region of the diverting surface is spaced apart from the inner surface of the cylinder jacket, wherein the spacing is bridged by spacer pieces, characterized in that the spacer pieces are distributed symmetrically over the circumference and lie against the inner surface of the cylinder jacket, and wherein the mouth region is situated approximately in the centre of the axial extent of the inner surface, wherein the cooling liquid discharged at this position, with rotating rotor hollow shaft, is distributed axially to both sides almost homogeneously over the inner surface.
A fixed-wing Vertical Take-Off and Landing, VTOL, aircraft comprising a rotor assembly configured to provide vertical flight, the rotor assembly comprising: a hub assembly including an inner hub, an outer hub and an angular contact bearing; a first rotor blade affixed to the hub assembly; and a second rotor blade affixed to the hub assembly; wherein the hub assembly orients the second rotor blade in relation to the first rotor blade about an axis of rotation of the hub assembly with the first rotor blade and the second rotor blade vertically stacked when the hub assembly is stopped for wing-borne flight; wherein the inner hub includes a first body member rigidly mounted on an output shaft of a motor, and a first blade grip that attaches to the first rotor blade; wherein the outer hub includes a second body member mounted on the inner hub via the angular contact bearing to allow the outer hub to rotate in relation to the inner hub, and a second blade grip that attaches to the second rotor blade; and wherein the first body member of the inner hub has a cylindrical outer surface, and the angular contact bearing mounts on the cylindrical outer surface. a hub assembly including an inner hub, an outer hub and an angular contact bearing; a first rotor blade affixed to the hub assembly; and a second rotor blade affixed to the hub assembly; wherein the hub assembly orients the second rotor blade in relation to the first rotor blade about an axis of rotation of the hub assembly with the first rotor blade and the second rotor blade vertically stacked when the hub assembly is stopped for wing-borne flight; wherein the inner hub includes a first body member rigidly mounted on an output shaft of a motor, and a first blade grip that attaches to the first rotor blade; wherein the outer hub includes a second body member mounted on the inner hub via the angular contact bearing to allow the outer hub to rotate in relation to the inner hub, and a second blade grip that attaches to the second rotor blade; and wherein the first body member of the inner hub has a cylindrical outer surface, and the angular contact bearing mounts on the cylindrical outer surface.
A plasma source apparatus for generating a beam of charged particles, the apparatus comprising: a plasma chamber provided with an inlet for the ingress of gas and an aperture for the extraction of charged particles from the plasma chamber; a radio frequency plasma generation unit for generating a plasma inside the plasma chamber, the radio frequency plasma generation unit comprising first and second resonant circuits (21, 26) each tuned to resonate at substantially the same resonant frequency, the first resonant circuit comprising a first antenna and a first, RF power source adapted to drive the first resonant circuit at substantially its resonant frequency, and the second resonant circuit comprising a second antenna, whereby in use an RF signal is induced in the second antenna by the first resonant circuit due to resonant coupling, the second resonant circuit being configured to apply the induced RF signal to the plasma chamber to generate a plasma therein; and a particle accelerating unit for extracting charged particles from the plasma and accelerating the charged particles to form a beam, the particle accelerating unit comprising a second power source configured to apply potential between the plasma chamber and an accelerating electrode, the region between the plasma chamber and the accelerating electrode constituting an acceleration column; wherein the second power source is adapted to output a high voltage relative to that output by the first, RF power source. a plasma chamber provided with an inlet for the ingress of gas and an aperture for the extraction of charged particles from the plasma chamber; a radio frequency plasma generation unit for generating a plasma inside the plasma chamber, the radio frequency plasma generation unit comprising first and second resonant circuits (21, 26) each tuned to resonate at substantially the same resonant frequency, the first resonant circuit comprising a first antenna and a first, RF power source adapted to drive the first resonant circuit at substantially its resonant frequency, and the second resonant circuit comprising a second antenna, whereby in use an RF signal is induced in the second antenna by the first resonant circuit due to resonant coupling, the second resonant circuit being configured to apply the induced RF signal to the plasma chamber to generate a plasma therein; and a particle accelerating unit for extracting charged particles from the plasma and accelerating the charged particles to form a beam, the particle accelerating unit comprising a second power source configured to apply potential between the plasma chamber and an accelerating electrode, the region between the plasma chamber and the accelerating electrode constituting an acceleration column;
An aquaculture cage, comprising: a buoyant structure configured for floating on a water surface and including a platform above the water surface that has a walkway and a platform flotation device connected to the platform; a net flotation device movably connected to the platform and/or platform flotation device of the buoyant structure to float separately therefrom; an upper enclosure portion comprising an upper net extending from the water surface or above the water surface and located between the platform and the net flotation device to close off a space above the net flotation device for preventing fish or other marine life from escaping the cage, the upper net being made of a material that is non-corrodible by seawater; and an aquaculture net supported by the net flotation device and connected to the bottom of the net flotation device by an attachment, the aquaculture net enclosing the interior of the cage from a top of the aquaculture net to a bottom of the aquaculture net to retain marine life therein and wherein the aquaculture net is made of a corrodible and conductive material comprising copper or copper alloy; wherein the net flotation device has a buoyancy sufficient to counteract between 80% and 100% of a weight of the aquaculture net and the cage is configured such that the aquaculture net begins at a depth of between 1 and 2 metres below the water surface in order to prevent accelerated corrosion thereof. a buoyant structure configured for floating on a water surface and including a platform above the water surface that has a walkway and a platform flotation device connected to the platform; a net flotation device movably connected to the platform and/or platform flotation device of the buoyant structure to float separately therefrom; an upper enclosure portion comprising an upper net extending from the water surface or above the water surface and located between the platform and the net flotation device to close off a space above the net flotation device for preventing fish or other marine life from escaping the cage, the upper net being made of a material that is non-corrodible by seawater; and an aquaculture net supported by the net flotation device and connected to the bottom of the net flotation device by an attachment, the aquaculture net enclosing the interior of the cage from a top of the aquaculture net to a bottom of the aquaculture net to retain marine life therein and wherein the aquaculture net is made of a corrodible and conductive material comprising copper or copper alloy; wherein the net flotation device has a buoyancy sufficient to counteract between 80% and 100% of a weight of the aquaculture net and the cage is configured such that the aquaculture net begins at a depth of between 1 and 2 metres below the water surface in order to prevent accelerated corrosion thereof.
A method for detecting a tumor cell surface marker molecule PD-L1, characterized in that, the method comprises the following steps: providing a capture screen that has antibodies capable of specifically binding to tumor cells, wherein the capture screen comprises a mesh substrate and EpCAM antibodies arranged on the mesh substrate by incubation; making a sample to be tested flow through the capture screen, such that tumor cells in the sample to be tested bind to the capture screen; fixing captured tumor cells on the capture screen; and successively using a PD-L1 primary antibody solution, a PD-L1 secondary antibody solution labeled with a fluorophore AlexaFluor 647, a pan-CK-AlexaFluor 488 primary antibody solution, a CD45 primary antibody solution and a CD45 secondary antibody solution labeled with a fluorophore AlexaFluor 568, to incubate the cells fixed on the capture screen, and then labeling all cells on the capture screen with a nuclear fluorescent dye. providing a capture screen that has antibodies capable of specifically binding to tumor cells, wherein the capture screen comprises a mesh substrate and EpCAM antibodies arranged on the mesh substrate by incubation; making a sample to be tested flow through the capture screen, such that tumor cells in the sample to be tested bind to the capture screen; fixing captured tumor cells on the capture screen; and successively using a PD-L1 primary antibody solution, a PD-L1 secondary antibody solution labeled with a fluorophore AlexaFluor 647, a pan-CK-AlexaFluor 488 primary antibody solution, a CD45 primary antibody solution and a CD45 secondary antibody solution labeled with a fluorophore AlexaFluor 568, to incubate the cells fixed on the capture screen, and then labeling all cells on the capture screen with a nuclear fluorescent dye.