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A photovoltaic device comprising: a crystalline semiconductor substrate of an n-type conductivity; a first amorphous semiconductor layer which is intrinsic and formed over a first surface of the semiconductor substrate; a second amorphous semiconductor layer of a p-type conductivity and formed over the first amorphous semiconductor layer; a third amorphous semiconductor layer which is intrinsic and formed over a second surface, opposite to the first surface, of the semiconductor substrate; and a fourth amorphous semiconductor layer of an n-type conductivity and formed over the third amorphous semiconductor layer, characterized in that each of the first amorphous semiconductor layer and the third amorphous semiconductor layer has an oxygen concentration profile in which the oxygen concentration, represented according to a logarithmic scale, is reduced in a step-shape from a region near an interface with the semiconductor substrate and along a thickness direction, and an oxygen concentration in the step-shape portion of the first amorphous semiconductor layer is higher than an oxygen concentration in the step-shape portion of the third amorphous semiconductor layer. a crystalline semiconductor substrate of an n-type conductivity; a first amorphous semiconductor layer which is intrinsic and formed over a first surface of the semiconductor substrate; a second amorphous semiconductor layer of a p-type conductivity and formed over the first amorphous semiconductor layer; a third amorphous semiconductor layer which is intrinsic and formed over a second surface, opposite to the first surface, of the semiconductor substrate; and a fourth amorphous semiconductor layer of an n-type conductivity and formed over the third amorphous semiconductor layer, characterized in that each of the first amorphous semiconductor layer and the third amorphous semiconductor layer has an oxygen concentration profile in which the oxygen concentration, represented according to a logarithmic scale, is reduced in a step-shape from a region near an interface with the semiconductor substrate and along a thickness direction, and an oxygen concentration in the step-shape portion of the first amorphous semiconductor layer is higher than an oxygen concentration in the step-shape portion of the third amorphous semiconductor layer.
A microfluidic array (102a, 102b) for discretizing a fluidic sample, the microfluidic array comprising: a proximal array portion comprising a fluid inlet port and a fluid outlet port; a distal array portion away from the proximal portion; one or more flow channels (104, 200) each comprising a length extending from the proximal array portion to the distal array portion, a proximal end (116, 208) in fluidic communication with the fluid inlet port, and a distal end (118, 210) in fluidic communication with the fluid outlet port, wherein at least one flow channel of the one or more flow channels (104, 200) has a decrease in cross-sectional dimension along a portion of the channel; and a plurality of fluidic compartments (106, 202) in fluidic communication with the one or more flow channels (104, 200); wherein the portion of the channel having a decrease in cross-sectional dimension spans the entirety of the fluidic compartments coupled to the channel. a proximal array portion comprising a fluid inlet port and a fluid outlet port; a distal array portion away from the proximal portion; one or more flow channels (104, 200) each comprising a length extending from the proximal array portion to the distal array portion, a proximal end (116, 208) in fluidic communication with the fluid inlet port, and a distal end (118, 210) in fluidic communication with the fluid outlet port, wherein at least one flow channel of the one or more flow channels (104, 200) has a decrease in cross-sectional dimension along a portion of the channel; and a plurality of fluidic compartments (106, 202) in fluidic communication with the one or more flow channels (104, 200);
A user equipment, UE, comprising: a wireless communication unit to receive, from a node B of a Universal Mobile Telecommunications System, UMTS, Wireless Local Area Network, WLAN, offload information including a WLAN load threshold and a signal strength threshold; and a controller to control traffic steering from the UMTS to a WLAN if the following criterion is met: (RSSI-RSS_t)*f + (LOAD_t-LOAD) > 0, where RSSI is a measured received signal strength indication of the cellular network, RSS_t is the signal strength threshold, f is a predefined factor, LOAD is a load of the WLAN, and LOAD_t is the WLAN load threshold. a wireless communication unit to receive, from a node B of a Universal Mobile Telecommunications System, UMTS, Wireless Local Area Network, WLAN, offload information including a WLAN load threshold and a signal strength threshold; and a controller to control traffic steering from the UMTS to a WLAN if the following criterion is met: (RSSI-RSS_t)*f + (LOAD_t-LOAD) > 0, where RSSI is a measured received signal strength indication of the cellular network, RSS_t is the signal strength threshold, f is a predefined factor, LOAD is a load of the WLAN, and LOAD_t is the WLAN load threshold.
Method for consolidating slabs of stone material by impregnation of the slabs with hardenable resin, comprising the steps of: - horizontally placing on a platform a plurality of mutually overlapping slabs to be consolidated, a separating material being interposed between said slabs, said platform comprising first ducts for resin injection and second ducts for air suction; - enveloping said plurality of overlapping slabs with a sheet of flexible and waterproof material, realizing an impermeable envelope; - placing said impermeable envelope, containing said plurality of slabs, in a vacuum chamber, the slabs and the platform being inclined with respect to a horizontal plane by means of a pivoting structure, connected to the platform and adapted to rotate inside the vacuum chamber by sliding on guide means, for tilting the slabs and the platform by an angle α with respect to a horizontal plane so that the first ducts are at a lower height than the second ducts; - creating the vacuum inside the casing by sucking the air from the second ducts; - injecting under vacuum the hardenable resin into the envelope through the first ducts, for impregnating said plurality of slabs; - causing hardening of the resin. - horizontally placing on a platform a plurality of mutually overlapping slabs to be consolidated, a separating material being interposed between said slabs, said platform comprising first ducts for resin injection and second ducts for air suction; - enveloping said plurality of overlapping slabs with a sheet of flexible and waterproof material, realizing an impermeable envelope; - placing said impermeable envelope, containing said plurality of slabs, in a vacuum chamber, the slabs and the platform being inclined with respect to a horizontal plane by means of a pivoting structure, connected to the platform and adapted to rotate inside the vacuum chamber by sliding on guide means, for tilting the slabs and the platform by an angle α with respect to a horizontal plane so that the first ducts are at a lower height than the second ducts; - creating the vacuum inside the casing by sucking the air from the second ducts; - injecting under vacuum the hardenable resin into the envelope through the first ducts, for impregnating said plurality of slabs; - causing hardening of the resin.
A charge electrode (2'; 2"; 2'"; 2"") for continuous ink jet printers, said electrode defining a passage (6'; 6"; 6'"; 6"") for forming and shielding charged ink droplets, said passage extending along a travel axis (a'; a"; a'"; a"") that represents, in use, the position of an ink jet that enters the electrode and from which ink droplets detach inside the electrode, and a direction of travel of the ink droplets before they exit the electrode, wherein the electrode comprises first and second axially disposed regions (R1, R2), wherein the first region is configured to induce a charge on ink droplets selected for printing by capacitive coupling, and the second region is configured to shield the charged ink droplets by surrounding at least a segment of said travel axis, wherein the charge electrode has a length (L'; L"; L'"; L"") measuring 5 mm or longer.
Apparatus comprising workbench means, at least one operative head, a support structure for supporting said operative head guide means carried by said structure so as to allow said one operative head to slide with respect to said workbench means said workbench means having at least one flat surface; a natural granite element, said natural granite element being placed on said workbench means, a graduated glass plate, and an adhesive distributed on the whole upper surface of the granite element; said graduated glass plate and said granite element having almost identical thermal expansion coefficients, said glass plate being adapted to be firmly coupled and fixed onto said granite element by means of said adhesive, said graduated glass plate partially overlapping with said granite element.
Use of a core-shell-particle wherein the core comprises (i) at least one metal or a compound thereof, or (ii) a mixture of at least one metal or a compound thereof and at least one semimetal or a compound thereof, and the shell comprises at least one silicon comprising polymer comprising repeat units of the general formula -[SiR 1 (OR 2)-O]- wherein R 1 is independently of another selected from hydrogen, linear or branched C 1 -C 18 -alkyl, unsubstituted or alkylsubstituted C 5 -C 12 -aryl, and R 2 is independently of another selected from hydrogen, linear or branched C 1 -C 18 -alkyl, unsubstituted or alkylsubstituted C 5 -C 12 -aryl, or -SiR 1 x (OR 2) 3-x, wherein x is 1 or 2 and R 1 and R 2 have independently of another the meanings as mentioned above, in an agglomeration-deagglomeration process, in particular in chemical, physical or biological test methods or separation processes, decontamination processes, water purification, recycling of electrical/electronic scrap or gravity separation. wherein the core comprises (i) at least one metal or a compound thereof, or (ii) a mixture of at least one metal or a compound thereof and at least one semimetal or a compound thereof, (i) at least one metal or a compound thereof, or (ii) a mixture of at least one metal or a compound thereof and at least one semimetal or a compound thereof, and the shell comprises at least one silicon comprising polymer comprising repeat units of the general formula -[SiR 1 (OR 2)-O]- wherein R 1 is independently of another selected from hydrogen, linear or branched C 1 -C 18 -alkyl, unsubstituted or alkylsubstituted C 5 -C 12 -aryl, and R 2 is independently of another selected from hydrogen, linear or branched C 1 -C 18 -alkyl, unsubstituted or alkylsubstituted C 5 -C 12 -aryl, or -SiR 1 x (OR 2) 3-x, wherein x is 1 or 2 and R 1 and R 2 have independently of another the meanings as mentioned above, R 1 is independently of another selected from hydrogen, linear or branched C 1 -C 18 -alkyl, unsubstituted or alkylsubstituted C 5 -C 12 -aryl, and R 2 is independently of another selected from hydrogen, linear or branched C 1 -C 18 -alkyl, unsubstituted or alkylsubstituted C 5 -C 12 -aryl, or -SiR 1 x (OR 2) 3-x, wherein x is 1 or 2 and R 1 and R 2 have independently of another the meanings as mentioned above, in an agglomeration-deagglomeration process, in particular in chemical, physical or biological test methods or separation processes, decontamination processes, water purification, recycling of electrical/electronic scrap or gravity separation.
A human monoclonal antibody, or antigen binding fragment thereof, capable of recognizing and binding to an epitope in the HA2 subunit of the influenza haemagglutinin protein, characterized in that said antibody or an antigen-binding fragment has neutralizing activity against an influenza virus comprising HA of the H5 subtype, wherein the binding molecule comprises a heavy chain CDR1 region of SEQ ID NO:27, a heavy chain CDR2 region of SEQ ID NO:28, and a heavy chain CDR3 region of SEQ ID NO:29 and a light CDR1 region of SEQ ID NO:30, a light chain CDR2 region of SEQ ID NO:31, and a light chain CDR3 region of SEQ ID NO: 32.
A circular comb of a combing machine, comprising a base body and at least one comb element (K1-K4) which at least partially rests on the outer circumference of the base body, and a retaining element, connected to the comb element, via which the comb element is held on the outer circumference of the base body, and at least one bolt-shaped fastening element which braces the retaining element against the base body, a first end section of the particular fastening element protruding at least partially into the retaining element, and an adjoining middle section protruding at least partially into an opening in the base body oriented radially with respect to the circular comb, and a second end section which adjoins the middle section of the particular fastening element and which is supported on a support surface of the base body in the area of the opening, the second end section extending at least partially beyond the cross-sectional area of the opening, characterized in that the middle section of the fastening element bears at least one spring element (30, 31), which with a first end is supported on a support surface of the second end section of the fastening element facing the middle section, and with its second end is supported on the oppositely situated support surface of the base body, and the retaining element has a detent point for the first end section of the fastening element, into which the first end section of the fastening element is transferable by a longitudinal displacement of the fastening element by overcoming the elastic force of the spring element (30, 31).
A pressure regulator (14; 214), comprising: - a device (24; 224) for regulating the pressure of a fluid and a main body (22; 222) including an inlet for receiving the fluid, a circumferential wall (30; 230) defining a housing for receiving the regulating device, and a dispensing outlet for the fluid, the regulating device being positioned in the housing between the inlet for receiving the fluid and the outlet for dispensing the fluid and including: - a seat body defining a fluid passage orifice, - a gate movable relative to the seat body, along the central axis of the seat body, between a closed position in which the gate obstructs the passage orifice and an open position in which the gate frees the passage orifice, - a membrane mechanically secured to the gate, and - a bearing spring for pressing the membrane against the seat body, able to exert a bearing force on the membrane, the membrane being movable relative to the seat body between an open position, in which the membrane defines, with the seat body, a passage space the fluid having crossed through the passage orifice, able to guide the fluid toward the outlet, and a closed position in which the membrane is in tight contact with the seat body and obstructs the passage space, characterized in that the seat body is a separate part from the main body and is provided with a peripheral groove for receiving a sealing gasket able to bear against the circumferential wall or against a skirt of a butt positioned between the circumferential wall and the seat body. - a device (24; 224) for regulating the pressure of a fluid and a main body (22; 222) including an inlet for receiving the fluid, a circumferential wall (30; 230) defining a housing for receiving the regulating device, and a dispensing outlet for the fluid, the regulating device being positioned in the housing between the inlet for receiving the fluid and the outlet for dispensing the fluid and including: - a seat body defining a fluid passage orifice, - a gate movable relative to the seat body, along the central axis of the seat body, between a closed position in which the gate obstructs the passage orifice and an open position in which the gate frees the passage orifice, - a membrane mechanically secured to the gate, and - a bearing spring for pressing the membrane against the seat body, able to exert a bearing force on the membrane, the membrane being movable relative to the seat body between an open position, in which the membrane defines, with the seat body, a passage space the fluid having crossed through the passage orifice, able to guide the fluid toward the outlet, and a closed position in which the membrane is in tight contact with the seat body and obstructs the passage space,
A respiration determination apparatus for determining respiration of a person, the apparatus comprising a representation providing unit for providing a representation of a heart of the person, characterized in that the apparatus further comprises: - a bronchial tree image data set providing unit for providing a bronchial tree image data set showing a tracheal bifurcation, - a bronchial tree detection unit for detecting the tracheal bifurcation in the bronchial tree image data set, - a respiratory information determination unit for determining information about the respiration from the detected tracheal bifurcation, and - a heart image generation unit for generating an image showing the representation of the heart depending on the determined information about the respiration. - a bronchial tree image data set providing unit for providing a bronchial tree image data set showing a tracheal bifurcation, - a bronchial tree detection unit for detecting the tracheal bifurcation in the bronchial tree image data set, - a respiratory information determination unit for determining information about the respiration from the detected tracheal bifurcation, and - a heart image generation unit for generating an image showing the representation of the heart depending on the determined information about the respiration.
A load bearing pre formed structural concrete beam for forming part of a suspended, self supporting structural concrete floor formed by a plurality of said preformed structural beams laid in side by side abutment; each said beam comprising when viewed in end or cross section: - a base having an underside surface and an upper surface, - at least two spaced apart tapered trapezoidal dovetail formations each extending from the upper surface and each including a plateau and a side wall defining, in conjunction with a base and an opposing side wall of an adjacent formation a tapered recess, the side walls of the recess being linear and disposed at an acute angle to the upper surface of the base of the structural beam; whereby the plateau of each said formations as viewed in cross section has a width dimension which is greater than a width dimension at a junction of each said formations and the base; the tapered recess forming a void space which is capable of receiving a light weight filler; the structural beam capable of load bearing when simply supported at each end and having a high strength to weight ratio. - a base having an underside surface and an upper surface, - at least two spaced apart tapered trapezoidal dovetail formations each extending from the upper surface and each including a plateau and a side wall defining, in conjunction with a base and an opposing side wall of an adjacent formation a tapered recess, the side walls of the recess being linear and disposed at an acute angle to the upper surface of the base of the structural beam; whereby the plateau of each said formations as viewed in cross section has a width dimension which is greater than a width dimension at a junction of each said formations and the base; the tapered recess forming a void space which is capable of receiving a light weight filler; the structural beam capable of load bearing when simply supported at each end and having a high strength to weight ratio.
A method of wireless communications by a user equipment, UE, comprising: receiving signaling on a first component carrier triggering an aperiodic channel state information reference signal, A-CSI-RS, transmission in a second component carrier, CCs, only the first component carrier having an active search space; monitoring for the A-CSI-RS in the second CC; and transmitting at least one measurement report for the A-CSI-RS in the second CC. receiving signaling on a first component carrier triggering an aperiodic channel state information reference signal, A-CSI-RS, transmission in a second component carrier, CCs, only the first component carrier having an active search space; monitoring for the A-CSI-RS in the second CC; and transmitting at least one measurement report for the A-CSI-RS in the second CC.
A communication system for communicating with devices attached to an underwater cable, the system comprising: a two-wire communication line disposed along the length of an underwater cable; a plurality of repeater units disposed at spaced apart locations along the length of the underwater cable and connected in series with the two-wire communication line to divide the line into segments between consecutive repeaters; a plurality of communication coils connected across the two-wire communication line in the segments for communicating inductively with devices (14, 16) attached to the underwater cable; a high-speed data link operating through the repeaters at a first data rate over the entire length of the communication line; and characterised by a plurality of low-speed data links, each operating at a second data rate lower than the first data rate on one of the segments between repeater units to send data to and receive data from the devices over the communication coils. a two-wire communication line disposed along the length of an underwater cable; a plurality of repeater units disposed at spaced apart locations along the length of the underwater cable and connected in series with the two-wire communication line to divide the line into segments between consecutive repeaters; a plurality of communication coils connected across the two-wire communication line in the segments for communicating inductively with devices (14, 16) attached to the underwater cable; a high-speed data link operating through the repeaters at a first data rate over the entire length of the communication line; and characterised by a plurality of low-speed data links, each operating at a second data rate lower than the first data rate on one of the segments between repeater units to send data to and receive data from the devices over the communication coils.