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Process for producing a single silicon crystal doped with n-type dopant by pulling the single crystal, surrounded by a heat shield having a lower end, in a reactor chamber by the CZ method from a melt contained in a crucible, comprising heating solid dopant in a dopant crucible of a sublimating unit outside the reactor chamber by means of a crucible heater to a temperature at which gaseous dopant is formed; supplying the gaseous dopant in the form of a volume stream of dopant gas through a conduit having a lower end to a surface of the melt, characterized by bringing a control valve between the sublimating unit and the reactor chamber into a mandated open state as soon as a pressure difference between the pressure in the sublimating unit and the pressure in the reactor chamber has grown to a predetermined value; and controlling the open state of the control valve with a setpoint pressure in the sublimating unit as command variable and the pressure difference as controlled variable of the control. heating solid dopant in a dopant crucible of a sublimating unit outside the reactor chamber by means of a crucible heater to a temperature at which gaseous dopant is formed; supplying the gaseous dopant in the form of a volume stream of dopant gas through a conduit having a lower end to a surface of the melt, characterized by bringing a control valve between the sublimating unit and the reactor chamber into a mandated open state as soon as a pressure difference between the pressure in the sublimating unit and the pressure in the reactor chamber has grown to a predetermined value; and controlling the open state of the control valve with a setpoint pressure in the sublimating unit as command variable and the pressure difference as controlled variable of the control.
A zoom lens system with a vibration reduction comprising, in order from an object side: a first lens group having positive refractive power; a second lens group having negative refractive power; a third lens group having positive refractive power; and a fourth lens group having positive refractive power, wherein when a state of lens group positions varies from a wide-angle end state to a telephoto end state, a distance between the first lens group and the second lens group increases, a distance between the second lens group and the third lens group decreases, and a distance between the third lens group and the fourth lens group varies, the third lens group being composed of, in order from an object side, a front lens group having positive refractive power and a rear lens group having negative refractive power, and an image blur caused by a camera shake being corrected by shifting only the rear lens group in the direction substantially perpendicular to an optical axis, characterised in that the following conditional expression is satisfied: 1.70 < Bfw / fw < 3.00 where fw denotes the focal length of the zoom lens system in the wide-angle end state and Bfw denotes the back focal length in the wide-angle end state. a first lens group having positive refractive power; a second lens group having negative refractive power; a third lens group having positive refractive power; and a fourth lens group having positive refractive power, wherein when a state of lens group positions varies from a wide-angle end state to a telephoto end state, a distance between the first lens group and the second lens group increases, a distance between the second lens group and the third lens group decreases, and a distance between the third lens group and the fourth lens group varies, the third lens group being composed of, in order from an object side, a front lens group having positive refractive power and a rear lens group having negative refractive power, and an image blur caused by a camera shake being corrected by shifting only the rear lens group in the direction substantially perpendicular to an optical axis, characterised in that the following conditional expression is satisfied: 1.70 < Bfw / fw < 3.00 where fw denotes the focal length of the zoom lens system in the wide-angle end state and Bfw denotes the back focal length in the wide-angle end state.
An effective amount of a macromolecule or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof comprising a dendrimer of 1 to 8 generations with one or more sulfonic acid- or sulfonate-containing moieties attached to one or more surface groups of the outermost generation of the dendrimer for use in treating or preventing a microbial infection in an eye of a subject comprising topically administering to the eye.
A system for compressing and stabilizing at least one bone in a patient's foot, ankle, and/or lower extremity, said system comprising: an external fixation device; an internal fixation device; and a lower extremity stabilizer; wherein said external fixation device is connected to said lower extremity stabilizer and said external fixation device is adjustably connected to said internal fixation device; and wherein said internal fixation device is capable of being attached to said at least one bone in a patient's foot, ankle, and/or lower extremity, characterized in that at least one of said external fixation device, said internal fixation device and said lower extremity stabilizer comprise a material that changes dimension in response to an external stimulus, wherein the change in dimension is optionally selected from the group consisting of expansion and contraction, and wherein the external stimulus is optionally selected from the group consisting of time, ultraviolet light exposure, microwave radiation exposure and heat exposure. an external fixation device; an internal fixation device; and a lower extremity stabilizer; wherein said external fixation device is connected to said lower extremity stabilizer and said external fixation device is adjustably connected to said internal fixation device; and wherein said internal fixation device is capable of being attached to said at least one bone in a patient's foot, ankle, and/or lower extremity, wherein said external fixation device is connected to said lower extremity stabilizer and said external fixation device is adjustably connected to said internal fixation device; and wherein said internal fixation device is capable of being attached to said at least one bone in a patient's foot, ankle, and/or lower extremity, characterized in that at least one of said external fixation device, said internal fixation device and said lower extremity stabilizer comprise a material that changes dimension in response to an external stimulus, wherein the change in dimension is optionally selected from the group consisting of expansion and contraction, and wherein the external stimulus is optionally selected from the group consisting of time, ultraviolet light exposure, microwave radiation exposure and heat exposure.
Frame in the form of a kit for achieving a fixed or hinged or sliding leaf for a gate or similar, said frame in the form of a kit comprising at least four elements (2, 3, 4, 5, 6) interconnected, with at least two of said at least four elements (2, 3, 4, 5, 6) comprising an anchoring member (9, 19) orientable at at least one of their ends to, when said frame in the form of a kit is assembled, on the one hand, position them along the longitudinal axis of the elements with which they are attached and orient them angularly relative to the elements with which they are attached and, on the other hand, immobilise them relative to the elements with which they are attached at the position and according to the angular orientation chosen.
A system for distributing a chemical product releasably incorporated within a carrier to a user, and for recovering spent from a user, the system comprising: a mobile delivery vehicle, the vehicle comprising a first storage vessel for receiving and storing fresh from a fresh delivery means, wherein fresh is the carrier incorporating said product, and for receiving and storing spent from a spent delivery means, wherein the spent is the carrier depleted or partially depleted of the product, the storage vessel including means for separating fresh from spent; a first user, the first user comprising a fresh storage vessel for receiving, storing, and delivering fresh, and further comprising a first spent storage vessel for receiving, storing, and delivering of spent; a fresh transferring means for linking the first storage vessel and the fresh storage vessel of the first user for transferring fresh to the first user; and a spent transferring means for linking the first storage vessel and the spent storage vessel of the first user for transferring spent from the first user; wherein the fresh transferring means and spent transferring means comprise automatic control valves, fresh and spent transfer pumps, devices for measuring the amount of spent or fresh being dispensed or being returned, and controllers, the measurement devices being linked to the controllers to provide information to the controllers, and the controllers running computer-executable code to provide control outputs to the automatic control valves and pumps so that fresh and spent are transferred in a substantially equal manner based on the product carrying capacity of the carrier. a mobile delivery vehicle, the vehicle comprising a first storage vessel for receiving and storing fresh from a fresh delivery means, wherein fresh is the carrier incorporating said product, and for receiving and storing spent from a spent delivery means, wherein the spent is the carrier depleted or partially depleted of the product, the storage vessel including means for separating fresh from spent; a first user, the first user comprising a fresh storage vessel for receiving, storing, and delivering fresh, and further comprising a first spent storage vessel for receiving, storing, and delivering of spent; a fresh transferring means for linking the first storage vessel and the fresh storage vessel of the first user for transferring fresh to the first user; and a spent transferring means for linking the first storage vessel and the spent storage vessel of the first user for transferring spent from the first user; wherein the fresh transferring means and spent transferring means comprise automatic control valves, fresh and spent transfer pumps, devices for measuring the amount of spent or fresh being dispensed or being returned, and controllers, the measurement devices being linked to the controllers to provide information to the controllers, and the controllers running computer-executable code to provide control outputs to the automatic control valves and pumps so that fresh and spent are transferred in a substantially equal manner based on the product carrying capacity of the carrier.
Method for manufacturing a device for the electrical connection of terminals belonging to several modular electric units mounted side by side on one and the same mounting support, said device comprising a first part intended to transport the current and comprising a longitudinal body, and a second part intended for the distribution of the current to said units, this second part comprising a certain number of teeth extending substantially at right angles to said body and intended to be inserted respectively into the terminals of said units, consisting in taking two distinct conductor wires (4, 5) to produce, respectively, the abovementioned first and second parts, said conductor wires being principally produced from aluminium, the first conductor wire being of a higher rating than the second, then in producing, from the second conductor wire, the abovementioned teeth, then in mechanically and electrically linking these two conductor wires (4, 5) to one another, the sections of the abovementioned first and second conductor wires being adapted so as to adjust the rating of said conductors substantially to the precise value needed to produce the abovementioned respective functions of transport and electrical connection, the transport function being produced by both the conductors, but mostly by the conductor of a higher rating, whereas the connection function is produced by the second conductor with exactly the right lower rating.
A device for electrically disintegrating cell structures, having - an electrode unit comprising an electrode head and an electrode body; - a chamber in which the electrode body is disposed, the chamber comprising a wall, said wall being electrically conductive in segments or entirely and being electrically insulated from the electrode body, and the chamber comprising an inlet for receiving fluid comprising cell structures, - a high-voltage source disposed in the electrode head and adapted for generating an electrical field by means of applying an electrical voltage between the electrode body and the wall, and - an electronic control unit interacting with the high-voltage source in order to modify the electrical field, characterized in that the electronic control unit comprises a controller having a first processor for determining a resonant frequency, and comprises a driver unit having a second processor for actuating the high-voltage source, wherein the driver unit is set up for controlling at least one of the following: - frequency, - pulse duration, and - amplitude of the voltage of the high-voltage source, and wherein the high-voltage source comprises a measurement coil connected to the electronic control unit and a high-voltage coil wound about the same core. - an electrode unit comprising an electrode head and an electrode body; - a chamber in which the electrode body is disposed, the chamber comprising a wall, said wall being electrically conductive in segments or entirely and being electrically insulated from the electrode body, and the chamber comprising an inlet for receiving fluid comprising cell structures, - a high-voltage source disposed in the electrode head and adapted for generating an electrical field by means of applying an electrical voltage between the electrode body and the wall, and - an electronic control unit interacting with the high-voltage source in order to modify the electrical field, - frequency, - pulse duration, and - amplitude
Mecanum wheel vehicle, more particularly for transporting a load, with a chassis, extending along a longitudinal axis and a transverse axis orientated at right angles thereto, with at least four mecanum wheel drives (2; 2a to 2d), which can be actuated by way of control means for bringing about omnidirectional operation of the mecanum wheel vehicle, wherein the chassis comprises a first chassis section with at least two (2a, 2b) of the mecanum wheel drives (2; 2a, 2b, 2c, 2d) and a second chassis section with at least two (2c, 2d) of the mecanum wheel drives (2; 2a, 2b, 2c, 2d) characterised in that the first and the second chassis section (21a, 21b) are arranged adjacently along a first adjusting axis and mechanically connected to each other with variable spacing, and in that the distance between the first and second chassis section (21a, 21b) can be adjusted along the first adjusting axis through the actuation by way of the control means of at least one of the mecanum wheel drives (2; 2a, 2b, 2c, 2d) of the first chassis section and/or of the second chassis section.
A method of preparing by electrodeposition a membrane electrode assembly for a fuel cell, comprising the steps of: - depositing a composition containing at least one precursor of a transition metal and electronically-conductive particles, on a main surface of a proton exchange membrane; - drying the deposit; - positioning the proton exchange membrane in an electrodeposition cell; - reducing the transition metal precursor made of transition metal particles having a degree of oxidation equal to 0, by flowing of an electric current through the electrodeposition cell; - obtaining a membrane electrode assembly having its proton exchange membrane comprising a main surface containing particles of the transition metal having a degree of oxidation equal to 0. - depositing a composition containing at least one precursor of a transition metal and electronically-conductive particles, on a main surface of a proton exchange membrane; - drying the deposit; - positioning the proton exchange membrane in an electrodeposition cell; - reducing the transition metal precursor made of transition metal particles having a degree of oxidation equal to 0, by flowing of an electric current through the electrodeposition cell; - obtaining a membrane electrode assembly having its proton exchange membrane comprising a main surface containing particles of the transition metal having a degree of oxidation equal to 0.
A method for reducing retransmission of packets by a sender, the method comprising: providing a network comprising a physical layer, a medium access control layer and a Radio Link Control layer in a receiver; providing a retransmission packet in the physical layer, wherein the retransmission packet comprises a flow having a reordering feature in the Radio Link Control layer; enabling Hybrid Automatic Repeat reQuest in the physical layer and the medium access control layer; receiving a Hybrid Automatic Repeat reQuest request for a retransmission; and transmitting a new packet with the physical layer in response to the Hybrid Automatic Repeat reQuest request, when the reordering feature for the flow in the retransmission packet is disabled, wherein the reordering feature is disabled when a t-reordering time is set to zero; wherein disabling the reordering feature when the flow is configured to operate in an unacknowledged mode and a portion of the physical layer uses a satellite link; and in that the flow comprises a plurality of flows in the retransmission packet, and the transmitting further comprises determining that the reordering feature for all the plurality of flows in the retransmission packet are disabled. providing a network comprising a physical layer, a medium access control layer and a Radio Link Control layer in a receiver; providing a retransmission packet in the physical layer, wherein the retransmission packet comprises a flow having a reordering feature in the Radio Link Control layer; enabling Hybrid Automatic Repeat reQuest in the physical layer and the medium access control layer; receiving a Hybrid Automatic Repeat reQuest request for a retransmission; and transmitting a new packet with the physical layer in response to the Hybrid Automatic Repeat reQuest request, when the reordering feature for the flow in the retransmission packet is disabled, wherein the reordering feature is disabled when a t-reordering time is set to zero; wherein disabling the reordering feature when the flow is configured to operate in an unacknowledged mode and a portion of the physical layer uses a satellite link; and in that the flow comprises a plurality of flows in the retransmission packet, and the transmitting further comprises determining that the reordering feature for all the plurality of flows in the retransmission packet are disabled.
A shaped optical element having faces for the entry and exit of laser light and an edge defined by the faces, said element consisting of a substrate and a thin film deposited on at least a portion of the edge, said thin film consisting of at least one layer of at least one index matching material deposited on top of the substrate and a blocking layer material wherein: the at least one layer of at the least one index matching material consists of 1-7 layers of the at least one index matching material said blocking layer having a thickness in the range of 20 nm to 400 nm, wherein the blocking layer is selected to block wavelengths under 300 nm while maintaining a transmission of at least 50% at 365 nm, characterized in that, the blocking layer material is deposited on top of the at least one index matching layer, each layer of the at least one index matching material having a thickness in the range of 5 nm to 50 nm, and the index matching material consists of alternating index matching materials selected from the group consisting of Nb 2 O 5, Al 2 O 3, HfO 2, SiO 2, Y 2 O 3, Ta 2 O 5 and TiO 2, and mixtures thereof. the at least one layer of at the least one index matching material consists of 1-7 layers of the at least one index matching material said blocking layer having a thickness in the range of 20 nm to 400 nm, wherein the blocking layer is selected to block wavelengths under 300 nm while maintaining a transmission of at least 50% at 365 nm, characterized in that, the blocking layer material is deposited on top of the at least one index matching layer, each layer of the at least one index matching material having a thickness in the range of 5 nm to 50 nm, and the index matching material consists of alternating index matching materials selected from the group consisting of Nb 2 O 5, Al 2 O 3, HfO 2, SiO 2, Y 2 O 3, Ta 2 O 5 and TiO 2, and mixtures thereof.
A method of wireless communication, comprising: receiving a pre-grant assignment at a user equipment (115, 215), UE, wherein the pre-grant assignment indicates resources assigned to the UE by a base station (105, 205) for the UE to transmit a preamble; performing a clear channel assessment, CCA, operation on a secondary component carrier, SCC, based on the pre-grant assignment; transmitting a preamble on the SCC based on the pre-grant assignment when the CCA operation succeeds, the preamble uniquely identifying the UE, wherein the preamble comprises an initial portion to identify the UE to a base station that issued the pre-grant assignment, a second portion for band occupation, and wherein a remaining portion of the preamble comprises a WiFi preamble directed to one or more WiFi nodes; and receiving a grant confirmation in response to the preamble transmission. receiving a pre-grant assignment at a user equipment (115, 215), UE, wherein the pre-grant assignment indicates resources assigned to the UE by a base station (105, 205) for the UE to transmit a preamble; performing a clear channel assessment, CCA, operation on a secondary component carrier, SCC, based on the pre-grant assignment; transmitting a preamble on the SCC based on the pre-grant assignment when the CCA operation succeeds, the preamble uniquely identifying the UE, wherein the preamble comprises an initial portion to identify the UE to a base station that issued the pre-grant assignment, a second portion for band occupation, and wherein a remaining portion of the preamble comprises a WiFi preamble directed to one or more WiFi nodes; and receiving a grant confirmation in response to the preamble transmission.
A tissue positioning device, comprising: a biocompatible member having a size and shape suitable for placement within a space adjacent to a tissue to be positioned, said tissue forming a portion of an articulatable joint, wherein said space is between the acromium, deltoid muscle, and humerus, such that, while placed within said space, said member acts to maintain the head of said humerus within the cup of the glenoid, and said biocompatible member having a rounded first surface contacting a surface of the acromium and a second surface having a recessed space, the second surface contacting the humeral head of the humerus.