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A process for growing at least one semiconductor nanowire, said growing process comprising a step of forming, on a substrate, a nucleation layer for the growth of the nanowire and a step of growth of the nanowire, characterized in that the step of forming the nucleation layer comprises the following steps: - deposition onto the substrate of a layer of a transition metal, said transition metal being titanium, - nitridation of at least part of the transition metal layer so as to form a transition metal nitride layer, said transition metal nitride being titanium nitride, the transition metal nitride layer having a surface intended for the growth of the nanowire, the nitridation being performed before the nanowire growth. - deposition onto the substrate of a layer of a transition metal, said transition metal being titanium, - nitridation of at least part of the transition metal layer so as to form a transition metal nitride layer, said transition metal nitride being titanium nitride, the transition metal nitride layer having a surface intended for the growth of the nanowire, the nitridation being performed before the nanowire growth.
A seat rail system for a vehicle, wherein the seat rail system comprises an upper rail and a stationary lower rail adapted to be attached to a floor structure of the vehicle, wherein the upper rail is configured for being attached to a vehicle seat, wherein the upper rail is movably arranged in relation to the lower rail in a longitudinal vehicle direction (D LO), wherein the upper rail comprises a first side section and a second side section, wherein a cavity is formed between the first side section and the second side section in a lower portion, wherein the lower rail comprises a first lateral side element arranged in connection to and in an overlapping relationship to the first side section and a second lateral side element arranged in connection to and in an overlapping relationship to the second side section, wherein the seat rail system further comprises an elongated load member attached to the lower rail, wherein an upper part of the load member is extending into the cavity, wherein when the lower rail is attached to the floor structure, one or more lower parts of the load member are connected to the floor structure, and wherein the first lateral side element is configured for blocking lateral movement of the first side section and the second lateral side element is configured for blocking lateral movement of the second side section upon deformation of the upper rail in a vehicle impact event, characterized in that one or more lower parts of the load member are extending through the floor structure, wherein the load member is configured for being directly in engagement with the floor structure and the lower portion in the vehicle impact event for establishing a load path from the floor structure to the upper rail via the load member. wherein when the lower rail is attached to the floor structure, one or more lower parts of the load member are connected to the floor structure, and wherein the first lateral side element is configured for blocking lateral movement of the first side section and the second lateral side element is configured for blocking lateral movement of the second side section upon deformation of the upper rail in a vehicle impact event, characterized in that one or more lower parts of the load member are extending through the floor structure, wherein the load member is configured for being directly in engagement with the floor structure and the lower portion in the vehicle impact event for establishing a load path from the floor structure to the upper rail via the load member.
Method for vacuum cooling food products, comprising the following steps: a) placing food products in a vacuum chamber, b) specifying at least one atmospheric humidity and/or one dew point in an external region, in particular at an intended storage location for the food products, c) pumping out gases in the vacuum chamber with the aid of a pumping-out device in such a way that a pressure profile in the vacuum chamber over time is controlled depending on the at least one atmospheric humidity and/or the at least one dew point of the external region. a) placing food products in a vacuum chamber, b) specifying at least one atmospheric humidity and/or one dew point in an external region, in particular at an intended storage location for the food products, c) pumping out gases in the vacuum chamber with the aid of a pumping-out device in such a way that a pressure profile in the vacuum chamber over time is controlled depending on the at least one atmospheric humidity and/or the at least one dew point of the external region.
A passenger supply unit for an aircraft cabin, comprising an input device configured for detecting a control command from a passenger, and for outputting a control signal to a further device for controlling the further device according to the control command, wherein the input device comprises a contact free sensor configured to detect the control command without being contacted by a passenger, wherein the further device comprises a reading light, wherein the reading light is arranged in the passenger supply unit, and wherein the control command corresponds to switching between an ON state and an OFF state of the reading light, wherein the input device is configured to control the further device such that when a control command corresponding to switching between an ON state and an OFF state of the reading light is detected by the contact free sensor, before fully switching between ON state and OFF state of the reading light, the reading light is dimmed up or down during a feedback phase of a predefined time, wherein when no further control command is detected by the contact free sensor during the feedback phase, the control signal corresponding to switching between ON state and OFF state of the reading light is output to the reading light when the feedback phase has lapsed, and wherein when a further control command is detected by the contact free sensor during the feedback phase, the reading light is dimmed in the opposite direction, i.e. up or down, or the dimmed state is stopped and the reading light returns to the ON/OFF state before dimming. an input device configured for detecting a control command from a passenger, and for outputting a control signal to a further device for controlling the further device according to the control command, wherein the input device comprises a contact free sensor configured to detect the control command without being contacted by a passenger, wherein the further device comprises a reading light, wherein the reading light is arranged in the passenger supply unit, and wherein the control command corresponds to switching between an ON state and an OFF state of the reading light, wherein the input device is configured to control the further device such that when a control command corresponding to switching between an ON state and an OFF state of the reading light is detected by the contact free sensor, before fully switching between ON state and OFF state of the reading light, the reading light is dimmed up or down during a feedback phase of a predefined time, wherein when no further control command is detected by the contact free sensor during the feedback phase, the control signal corresponding to switching between ON state and OFF state of the reading light is output to the reading light when the feedback phase has lapsed, and wherein when a further control command is detected by the contact free sensor during the feedback phase, the reading light is dimmed in the opposite direction, i.e. up or down, or the dimmed state is stopped and the reading light returns to the ON/OFF state before dimming.
A method of producing a flexible circuit board, comprising bonding a copper foil and a resin layer to each other on a foil surface of the copper foil to manufacture a copper-clad laminate, the flexible circuit board including a wiring made of the copper foil provided on at least one of surfaces of the resin layer, the copper foil comprising a rolled copper foil, and satisfying I/I 0 ≥33 between an intensity of a plane of the rolled copper foil in a thickness direction, which is obtained by X-ray diffraction, and an intensity (I 0) of a plane of a copper fine powder which is obtained by X-ray diffraction, so that the foil surface is preferred-oriented in as the principal orientation; the copper foil having a rolling direction MD aligned with a <100> axis direction of the copper foil, the method further comprising forming a linear wiring so as to have an angle in a range of 15° to 75° relative to the rolling direction MD of the copper foil; and forming a bend portion with a ridge line at at least one position of the wiring, wherein the wiring is formed along a direction orthogonal to a ridge line.
A data compression apparatus, the apparatus comprising: a searcher and a coder for performing a forward coding procedure and a backward coding procedure; wherein the searcher is configured to perform the forward coding procedure by: searching, by a unit of a short block, domain blocks arranged in a search range prior to a range block, wherein the range block and domain blocks each comprise two or more short blocks; calculating a cost for each searched domain block, wherein the cost comprises a number of bits for storing information indicating the distance and difference between the range block and the domain block; and selecting the domain block that incurs the lowest cost; and wherein the coder is configured to encode the distance and difference information of the selected domain block into compressed data of the range block; wherein the searcher is configured to perform the backward coding procedure by: performing group coding comprising searching and selecting domain blocks based on a range block having an adjusted length corresponding to a group of previously coded range blocks; and wherein the coder is configured to restructure the coding of the group of previously coded range blocks based on the group coding, if the group coding has a lower cost than the costs of the group of previously coded range blocks; wherein the range block comprises a block containing data to be compressed, and the domain blocks are blocks containing data to be compared with the data of the range block. a searcher and a coder for performing a forward coding procedure and a backward coding procedure; wherein the searcher is configured to perform the forward coding procedure by: searching, by a unit of a short block, domain blocks arranged in a search range prior to a range block, wherein the range block and domain blocks each comprise two or more short blocks; calculating a cost for each searched domain block, wherein the cost comprises a number of bits for storing information indicating the distance and difference between the range block and the domain block; and selecting the domain block that incurs the lowest cost; and wherein the coder is configured to encode the distance and difference information of the selected domain block into compressed data of the range block; wherein the searcher is configured to perform the backward coding procedure by: performing group coding comprising searching and selecting domain blocks based on a range block having an adjusted length corresponding to a group of previously coded range blocks; and wherein the coder is configured to restructure the coding of the group of previously coded range blocks based on the group coding, if the group coding has a lower cost than the costs of the group of previously coded range blocks; wherein the range block comprises a block containing data to be compressed, and the domain blocks are blocks containing data to be compared with the data of the range block.
Pane having an electric heating layer, comprising at least: - a pane with a surface, - at least one electric heating layer that is applied at least on part of the surface and includes at least one uncoated zone, - at least two busbars (5.1, 5.2) provided for connection to a voltage source, which are connected to the electric heating layer such that a current path for a heating current is formed between the busbars (5.1, 5.2), and - n separating lines (9.n), which electrically subdivide the electric heating layer into m segments (10.m), and n is an integer ≥ 1 and m = n+1, wherein the segments (10.m) are arranged in strip form around the uncoated zone such that the current path for the heating current is guided around the uncoated zone, and the width (b) of the segments (10.m) is equal and the sum of the widths (b) of the segments (10.m) is equal to the width of the electric heating layer, wherein the width of the electric heating layer is determined without a width of the uncoated zone in a respective line parallel to the busbars (5.1, 5.2) or along an equipotential line of the electric heating layer with no uncoated zone. - a pane with a surface, - at least one electric heating layer that is applied at least on part of the surface and includes at least one uncoated zone, - at least two busbars (5.1, 5.2) provided for connection to a voltage source, which are connected to the electric heating layer such that a current path for a heating current is formed between the busbars (5.1, 5.2), and - n separating lines (9.n), which electrically subdivide the electric heating layer into m segments (10.m), and n is an integer ≥ 1 and m = n+1,
A method for preparing a composite filter medium, characterized in that it comprises a step of forming a first filter medium by depositing nanofibers on a base fabric, by means of an electrospinning process, a subsequent step of covering said filter medium by plasma deposition of a polymeric nanometric coating on said first filter medium and a subsequent step of forming irregularities, made of nanogrooves obtained through an additional plasma treatment in the presence of a carrier gas and without any polymer-containing gas, on the surface of said coating, through plasma treatment of the filter medium obtained in the previous plasma deposition step.
A method of releasing at least one persistent resource, the method comprising: a wireless transmit/receive unit, WTRU, receiving a physical downlink control channel, PDCCH, transmission, wherein the PDCCH transmission indicates a release of a persistent resource, and the PDCCH transmission indicates whether the persistent resource to be released is a downlink persistent resource or an uplink persistent resource; the WTRU determining whether to send an explicit acknowledgement in response to the PDCCH transmission based on whether the persistent resource to be released is the downlink persistent resource or the uplink persistent resource; and the WTRU transmitting the explicit acknowledgement indicating receipt of the PDCCH transmission that indicates the release of the persistent resource on condition that the persistent resource to be released is the downlink persistent resource, wherein the explicit acknowledgement is not transmitted on condition that the persistent resource to be released is the uplink persistent resource. a wireless transmit/receive unit, WTRU, receiving a physical downlink control channel, PDCCH, transmission, wherein the PDCCH transmission indicates a release of a persistent resource, and the PDCCH transmission indicates whether the persistent resource to be released is a downlink persistent resource or an uplink persistent resource; the WTRU determining whether to send an explicit acknowledgement in response to the PDCCH transmission based on whether the persistent resource to be released is the downlink persistent resource or the uplink persistent resource; and the WTRU transmitting the explicit acknowledgement indicating receipt of the PDCCH transmission that indicates the release of the persistent resource on condition that the persistent resource to be released is the downlink persistent resource, wherein the explicit acknowledgement is not transmitted on condition that the persistent resource to be released is the uplink persistent resource.
A power tool which is adapted to drive a tool bit and perform a predetermined operation on a workpiece, comprising: a motor, a driving member which is driven by the motor and reciprocated, wherein the driving member drives the tool bit by means of its reciprocating movement, and a controller which is adapted to control the motor, wherein, in a driving cycle which is defined by a forward movement stroke and a backward movement stroke of the driving member, the power tool is configured to perform the predetermined operation on the workpiece by the tool bit in response to one stroke among the forward and backward movement strokes, and a control factor for controlling a driving of the motor is defined by at least one of a voltage value of a voltage applied on the motor and a duty ratio of a driving pulse signal utilized to drive the motor, characterised in that the controller is configured to set the control factor in said one stroke to be larger than that in the other stroke among the forward and backward movement strokes and drive the motor. a motor, a driving member which is driven by the motor and reciprocated, wherein the driving member drives the tool bit by means of its reciprocating movement, and a controller which is adapted to control the motor, wherein, in a driving cycle which is defined by a forward movement stroke and a backward movement stroke of the driving member, the power tool is configured to perform the predetermined operation on the workpiece by the tool bit in response to one stroke among the forward and backward movement strokes, and a control factor for controlling a driving of the motor is defined by at least one of a voltage value of a voltage applied on the motor and a duty ratio of a driving pulse signal utilized to drive the motor, characterised in that the controller is configured to set the control factor in said one stroke to be larger than that in the other stroke among the forward and backward movement strokes and drive the motor.
A device for dispensing a mist of an ophthalmic liquid fluid, comprising: a discharge opening for said mist, - a mixing chamber communicating with said discharge opening, - an air chamber for holding a volume of air, - a first drive operable to expel air from said air chamber, - a fluid chamber for holding a volume of the fluid to be dispensed and communicating with said mixing chamber, characterised in - a second drive for delivering a predetermined dose of said fluid to said fluid chamber and communicating with or being configured for communicating with a supply of said fluid, such as a container, - said air chamber communicating with said fluid chamber and separately with said mixing chamber, - said device being configured for establishing one flow of said expelled air flowing into said fluid chamber, so as to force said fluid from said fluid chamber into said mixing chamber, and another flow of said expelled air flowing past said fluid chamber into said mixing chamber, for assisted atomizing of said fluid by said other flow of air striking said fluid forced into said mixing chamber. - a mixing chamber communicating with said discharge opening, - an air chamber for holding a volume of air, - a first drive operable to expel air from said air chamber, - a fluid chamber for holding a volume of the fluid to be dispensed and communicating with said mixing chamber, characterised in - a second drive for delivering a predetermined dose of said fluid to said fluid chamber and communicating with or being configured for communicating with a supply of said fluid, such as a container, - said air chamber communicating with said fluid chamber and separately with said mixing chamber, - said device being configured for establishing one flow of said expelled air flowing into said fluid chamber, so as to force said fluid from said fluid chamber into said mixing chamber, and another flow of said expelled air flowing past said fluid chamber into said mixing chamber, for assisted atomizing of said fluid by said other flow of air striking said fluid forced into said mixing chamber.
An antimicrobial composite article, comprising: a matrix comprising a polymeric material; and a plurality of second phase particles comprising a phase-separable glass with a copper-containing antimicrobial agent, wherein the plurality of particles is distributed within the matrix at a second phase volume fraction, wherein the polymeric material is a polysulfone, and further wherein the composite article defines an exterior surface comprising an exposed portion of the matrix and the plurality of the second phase particles. a matrix comprising a polymeric material; and a plurality of second phase particles comprising a phase-separable glass with a copper-containing antimicrobial agent, wherein the plurality of particles is distributed within the matrix at a second phase volume fraction, wherein the polymeric material is a polysulfone, and further wherein the composite article defines an exterior surface comprising an exposed portion of the matrix and the plurality of the second phase particles.
A process of preparing a double metal cyanide complex catalyst, said process comprising: a) synthesizing a solid double metal cyanide catalyst in the presence of an organic complexing agent and a polyether polyol ligand; and b) first washing the catalyst obtained in step a) with an aqueous solution comprising: - 90-100% by weight of water; and - 0-10% by weight of a polyether polyol, to form a slurry, wherein the aqueous solution does not contain any organic complexing agent; and c) isolating the catalyst from the slurry obtained in step b); and d) washing the solid catalyst obtained in step c) with a solution comprising: - 90-100% by weight of an organic complexing agent; and - 0-10% by weight of a polyether polyol, to form a slurry; and e) drying under vacuum, at temperatures within the range of 50°C to 120°C, until the catalyst reaches a constant weight. a) synthesizing a solid double metal cyanide catalyst in the presence of an organic complexing agent and a polyether polyol ligand; and b) first washing the catalyst obtained in step a) with an aqueous solution comprising: - 90-100% by weight of water; and - 0-10% by weight of a polyether polyol, to form a slurry, wherein the aqueous solution does not contain any organic complexing agent; and - 90-100% by weight of water; and - 0-10% by weight of a polyether polyol, c) isolating the catalyst from the slurry obtained in step b); and d) washing the solid catalyst obtained in step c) with a solution comprising: - 90-100% by weight of an organic complexing agent; and - 0-10% by weight of a polyether polyol, to form a slurry; and - 90-100% by weight of an organic complexing agent; and - 0-10% by weight of a polyether polyol, e) drying under vacuum, at temperatures within the range of 50°C to 120°C, until the catalyst reaches a constant weight.