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A rotor blade for a rotary aircraft and susceptible to ice buildup, comprising: an inboard portion and an outboard portion, the length of the inboard portion and the length of the outboard portion defining a total length of the rotor blade, the rotor blade including a spanwise axis, a leading edge, and a trailing edge; a first deicing system coupled only to the inboard portion of the rotor blade, the first deicing system comprising a plurality of spanwise zones (157a-157d), each of the spanwise zones being selectively heatable and the spanwise zones (157a-157d) extending longitudinally parallel to the spanwise axis; and a second deicing system coupled only to the outboard portion of the rotor blade, the second deicing system comprising a plurality of chordwise zones (165a-165h), each of the cordwise zones being selectively heatable and the chordwise zones (165a-165h) extending in a chordwise orientation; wherein the first and second deicing systems (153, 155) are in electrical communication with a power source via a first electrical circuit and a second electrical circuit (171, 173), respectively, the first and second electrical circuits (162; 171, 173) being separate, and each chordwise zone (165a-165h) has a depth D1 that is more than the depth of the spanwise zones (157a-157d). an inboard portion and an outboard portion, the length of the inboard portion and the length of the outboard portion defining a total length of the rotor blade, the rotor blade including a spanwise axis, a leading edge, and a trailing edge; a first deicing system coupled only to the inboard portion of the rotor blade, the first deicing system comprising a plurality of spanwise zones (157a-157d), each of the spanwise zones being selectively heatable and the spanwise zones (157a-157d) extending longitudinally parallel to the spanwise axis; and a second deicing system coupled only to the outboard portion of the rotor blade, the second deicing system comprising a plurality of chordwise zones (165a-165h), each of the cordwise zones being selectively heatable and the chordwise zones (165a-165h) extending in a chordwise orientation; wherein the first and second deicing systems (153, 155) are in electrical communication with a power source via a first electrical circuit and a second electrical circuit (171, 173), respectively, the first and second electrical circuits (162; 171, 173) being separate, and each chordwise zone (165a-165h) has a depth D1 that is more than the depth of the spanwise zones (157a-157d).
A reversibly openable and closable microfluidic chip (1, 10, 11, 12, 100) comprising at least one lower part (3, 30, 300) and at least one upper part (2, 20, 200) configured to come into contact with said lower part (3, 30, 300) and to close said chip, said lower part (3, 30, 300) and/or said upper part (2, 20, 200) comprising a microfluidic structure (4, 40, 40', 400), characterized in that: * said upper part (2, 20, 200) comprises at least a first layer of an epoxide polymer material having a Young's modulus Y 1 measured at a temperature of between 20 and 25°C, and at least a second layer of an epoxide polymer material having a Young's modulus Y 2 measured at a temperature of between 20 and 25°C, said first and second layers (201, 202) being such that: - the Y 1 /Y 2 ratio is greater than or equal to 50, - Y 2 is less than or equal to 50 MPa, * at least one part of said second layer is directly in physical contact with the lower part (3, 30, 300) of said chip when the chip is in the closed configuration, * the Young's modulus Y 1 of the first layer is at least 0.1 Gpa, * the second layer has a thickness of from 0.2 mm to 2 mm, and * the lower part (3, 30, 300) comprises a rigid material having a Young's modulus Y' 3 measured at a temperature of between 20 and 25°C such that Y' 3 ≥ Y 1. * said upper part (2, 20, 200) comprises at least a first layer of an epoxide polymer material having a Young's modulus Y 1 measured at a temperature of between 20 and 25°C, and at least a second layer of an epoxide polymer material having a Young's modulus Y 2 measured at a temperature of between 20 and 25°C, said first and second layers (201, 202) being such that: - the Y 1 /Y 2 ratio is greater than or equal to 50, - Y 2 is less than or equal to 50 MPa, - the Y 1 /Y 2 ratio is greater than or equal to 50, - Y 2 is less than or equal to 50 MPa, * at least one part of said second layer is directly in physical contact with the lower part (3, 30, 300) of said chip when the chip is in the closed configuration, * the Young's modulus Y 1 of the first layer is at least 0.1 Gpa, * the second layer has a thickness of from 0.2 mm to 2 mm, and * the lower part (3, 30, 300) comprises a rigid material having a Young's modulus Y' 3 measured at a temperature of between 20 and 25°C such that Y' 3 ≥ Y 1.
A method for determining remote radio unit, RRU, wherein the method comprises: obtaining, by a baseband unit, BBU, interference strength information of a terminal, wherein the interference strength information comprises a downlink mode of the terminal; and the method further comprises: determining whether demodulation is performed by using a dedicated reference signal, DRS, in the downlink mode, and if demodulation is performed by using the DRS in the downlink mode, performing, by the BBU, resource scheduling on the terminal by using a second RRU, wherein the second RRU is selected by the BBU from multiple first RRUs that serve the terminal; and if demodulation is performed without using a DRS in the downlink mode, performing, by the BBU, resource scheduling on the terminal by using a third RRU, wherein the third RRU is determined by the BBU according to any one of an uplink signal strength value of the terminal, a downlink quality value of the terminal, or an uplink quality value of the terminal. obtaining, by a baseband unit, BBU, interference strength information of a terminal, wherein the interference strength information comprises a downlink mode of the terminal; and the method further comprises: determining whether demodulation is performed by using a dedicated reference signal, DRS, in the downlink mode, and if demodulation is performed by using the DRS in the downlink mode, performing, by the BBU, resource scheduling on the terminal by using a second RRU, wherein the second RRU is selected by the BBU from multiple first RRUs that serve the terminal; and if demodulation is performed without using a DRS in the downlink mode, performing, by the BBU, resource scheduling on the terminal by using a third RRU, wherein the third RRU is determined by the BBU according to any one of an uplink signal strength value of the terminal, a downlink quality value of the terminal, or an uplink quality value of the terminal. determining whether demodulation is performed by using a dedicated reference signal, DRS, in the downlink mode, and if demodulation is performed by using the DRS in the downlink mode, performing, by the BBU, resource scheduling on the terminal by using a second RRU, wherein the second RRU is selected by the BBU from multiple first RRUs that serve the terminal; and if demodulation is performed without using a DRS in the downlink mode, performing, by the BBU, resource scheduling on the terminal by using a third RRU, wherein the third RRU is determined by the BBU according to any one of an uplink signal strength value of the terminal, a downlink quality value of the terminal, or an uplink quality value of the terminal.
A method of making a starting substrate wafer for semiconductor engineering having electrical wafer through connections, comprising: providing a low resistivity silicon wafer having a front side and a back side; and providing the wafer with electrical wafer through connections of low resistivity material, by: providing a mask covering the wafer at the location where electrical wafer through connections are to be formed, the mask defining the size of the electrical wafer through connections; removing wafer material on areas not covered by the mask to form depressions; eptaxially growing high resistivity material in said depressions; etching enclosing trenches from the back side of the wafer but not all the way through the wafer, at the location or locations where electrical wafer through connections are to be formed; filling the trenches with insulating material; and grinding the front side of the wafer to expose the insulating material and the low resistivity material enclosed by the trenches to create the electrical wafer through connections. providing a low resistivity silicon wafer having a front side and a back side; and providing the wafer with electrical wafer through connections of low resistivity material, by: providing a mask covering the wafer at the location where electrical wafer through connections are to be formed, the mask defining the size of the electrical wafer through connections; removing wafer material on areas not covered by the mask to form depressions; eptaxially growing high resistivity material in said depressions; etching enclosing trenches from the back side of the wafer but not all the way through the wafer, at the location or locations where electrical wafer through connections are to be formed; filling the trenches with insulating material; and grinding the front side of the wafer to expose the insulating material and the low resistivity material enclosed by the trenches to create the electrical wafer through connections. providing a mask covering the wafer at the location where electrical wafer through connections are to be formed, the mask defining the size of the electrical wafer through connections; removing wafer material on areas not covered by the mask to form depressions; eptaxially growing high resistivity material in said depressions; etching enclosing trenches from the back side of the wafer but not all the way through the wafer, at the location or locations where electrical wafer through connections are to be formed; filling the trenches with insulating material; and grinding the front side of the wafer to expose the insulating material and the low resistivity material enclosed by the trenches to create the electrical wafer through connections.
A treatment liquid composition for use in ink jet pigment textile printing by attaching the composition to fabric, the composition comprising: at least one cationic compound; at least one compound selected from polyvinylpyrrolidones, polyethylene oxides, carboxymethyl celluloses, hydroxyethyl celluloses, and polyvinyl alcohols; and water, wherein the fabric contains polyester; an amount of the at least one compound selected from polyvinylpyrrolidones, polyethylene oxides, carboxymethyl celluloses, hydroxyethyl celluloses, and polyvinyl alcohols is 0.5% by mass or more and 6.0% by mass or less of a total mass of the treatment liquid composition; the composition comprises polyethylene oxide; and the composition further comprising fine particles of resin. at least one cationic compound; at least one compound selected from polyvinylpyrrolidones, polyethylene oxides, carboxymethyl celluloses, hydroxyethyl celluloses, and polyvinyl alcohols; and water, wherein the fabric contains polyester; an amount of the at least one compound selected from polyvinylpyrrolidones, polyethylene oxides, carboxymethyl celluloses, hydroxyethyl celluloses, and polyvinyl alcohols is 0.5% by mass or more and 6.0% by mass or less of a total mass of the treatment liquid composition; the composition comprises polyethylene oxide; and the composition further comprising fine particles of resin.
A Long Term Evolution-Advanced, LTE-A, transmission mode 9, TM9, based carrier aggregation method, comprising: determining, by a network side device, a component carrier, CC, which is currently activated in a carrier aggregation, CA, system; if a CC configured with transmission mode 9, TM9, exists in the currently activated CCs, determining, by the network side device, a CC transmission mode, TM, for the CC configured with TM9, in which, when the CC configured with TM9 is a primary component carrier, PCC, under codebook condition, the network side device determines the TM of the CC as codebook TM9, or, under non-codebook condition, the network side device determines the TM of the CC as non-codebook TM9; and transmitting, by the network side device, data to a user equipment, UE, according to the TM. determining, by a network side device, a component carrier, CC, which is currently activated in a carrier aggregation, CA, system; if a CC configured with transmission mode 9, TM9, exists in the currently activated CCs, determining, by the network side device, a CC transmission mode, TM, for the CC configured with TM9, in which, when the CC configured with TM9 is a primary component carrier, PCC, under codebook condition, the network side device determines the TM of the CC as codebook TM9, or, under non-codebook condition, the network side device determines the TM of the CC as non-codebook TM9; and transmitting, by the network side device, data to a user equipment, UE, according to the TM.
A camera for generating an image with improved image sharpness by reducing motion blur of an object moving in the image, the camera system comprising: an image sensor comprising an array of pixels, with each of the pixels being configured to accumulate an electrical charge representative of the image captured during a frame; a sampler configured to sample a pixel output for each of the pixels of the image sensor to generate a beginning pixel output sampled at a beginning portion of the frame, an intermediate pixel output sampled during an intermediate portion of the frame and an end pixel output sampled at an end portion of the frame; a subtractor configured to determine a full exposure output for each of the pixels of the array by subtracting the beginning pixel output from the sampled end pixel output of the frame; an amplifier configured to amplify a magnitude of the intermediate pixel value output as a normalization to a full frame exposure of the frame; a detail processor configured to generate a detail correction signal by applying a detail correction algorithm to the amplified intermediate pixel output value in order to improve the perceived image sharpness; and an output (207, 208) configured to add the detail correction signal to the full exposure output to produce an enhanced pixel output for generating a digital video output for the captured image with reduced motion blur and judder. an image sensor comprising an array of pixels, with each of the pixels being configured to accumulate an electrical charge representative of the image captured during a frame; a sampler configured to sample a pixel output for each of the pixels of the image sensor to generate a beginning pixel output sampled at a beginning portion of the frame, an intermediate pixel output sampled during an intermediate portion of the frame and an end pixel output sampled at an end portion of the frame; a subtractor configured to determine a full exposure output for each of the pixels of the array by subtracting the beginning pixel output from the sampled end pixel output of the frame; an amplifier configured to amplify a magnitude of the intermediate pixel value output as a normalization to a full frame exposure of the frame; a detail processor configured to generate a detail correction signal by applying a detail correction algorithm to the amplified intermediate pixel output value in order to improve the perceived image sharpness; and an output (207, 208) configured to add the detail correction signal to the full exposure output to produce an enhanced pixel output for generating a digital video output for the captured image with reduced motion blur and judder.
A method for electrical discharge machining a workpiece including the steps of: presenting an elongate electrode to the workpiece with a spark gap therebetween, the electrode having an axial bore, flowing a dielectric fluid through the bore and into the gap from a dielectric source including a reservoir. eroding the workpiece by electrical discharge between the tip of the electrode and the workpiece, displacing the electrode in a direction aligned with the long axis of the electrode to maintain the gap as the electrode wears and the workpiece is eroded, and simultaneously with the displacement, producing vibratory movement of the electrode from a vibration source operationally connected to the reservoir, the vibratory movement being aligned with the long axis of the electrode; wherein the vibratory movement of the electrodes causes pulsating jets of fluid which are sent from the reservoir along the bore to the gap simultaneously with the production of vibratory movement of the electrode, the pulsating jets having a pulse frequency which is the same as the frequency of the vibratory movement of the electrode. presenting an elongate electrode to the workpiece with a spark gap therebetween, the electrode having an axial bore, flowing a dielectric fluid through the bore and into the gap from a dielectric source including a reservoir. eroding the workpiece by electrical discharge between the tip of the electrode and the workpiece, displacing the electrode in a direction aligned with the long axis of the electrode to maintain the gap as the electrode wears and the workpiece is eroded, and simultaneously with the displacement, producing vibratory movement of the electrode from a vibration source operationally connected to the reservoir, the vibratory movement being aligned with the long axis of the electrode; wherein the vibratory movement of the electrodes causes pulsating jets of fluid which are sent from the reservoir along the bore to the gap simultaneously with the production of vibratory movement of the electrode, the pulsating jets having a pulse frequency which is the same as the frequency of the vibratory movement of the electrode.
A separator unit suitable for being used in a cutting line of laminar materials into strips, of the type comprising: - an expandable shaft preferably provided with one or more expandable means arranged in substantially longitudinal direction along said expandable shaft; - a storage magazine for storing separator tools, which is operatively associated with an end of said expandable shaft; - said separator tools being provided with rings configured to allow the translation of said separator tools from said storage magazine to said expandable shaft in predefined positions, and vice versa when said expandable shaft is in non-expanded configuration, said separator tools also being susceptible to being locked in said predefined positions when said expandable shaft is in expanded configuration; - translation means configured to translate said separator tools from said storage magazine to said expandable shaft, and vice versa; - said expandable shaft being provided with at least a first slit made in longitudinal direction, said first slit housing a locking element with substantially longitudinal development, said locking element having a knurling on its outwards facing surface and being susceptible to translating in radial direction with respect to the longitudinal axis of said expandable shaft; characterized in that - said rings have a counter-knurling on one or more lengths of their surfaces facing said expandable shaft; said knurling and said counter-knurling being configured to fixedly couple when said surface of said locking element is placed in contact with said surfaces of said rings. - an expandable shaft preferably provided with one or more expandable means arranged in substantially longitudinal direction along said expandable shaft; - a storage magazine for storing separator tools, which is operatively associated with an end of said expandable shaft; - said separator tools being provided with rings configured to allow the translation of said separator tools from said storage magazine to said expandable shaft in predefined positions, and vice versa when said expandable shaft is in non-expanded configuration, said separator tools also being susceptible to being locked in said predefined positions when said expandable shaft is in expanded configuration; - translation means configured to translate said separator tools from said storage magazine to said expandable shaft, and vice versa; - said expandable shaft being provided with at least a first slit made in longitudinal direction, said first slit housing a locking element with substantially longitudinal development, said locking element having a knurling on its outwards facing surface and being susceptible to translating in radial direction with respect to the longitudinal axis of said expandable shaft; characterized in that - said rings have a counter-knurling on one or more lengths of their surfaces facing said expandable shaft;
A method for providing a refueling notice, using a system comprising at least one processing unit, the method comprising: identifying a travel route for reaching a destination from a current location of a vehicle; determining whether the vehicle can arrive at the destination by following the travel route without refueling, the determination based at least in part upon a current fuel level and an expected rate of consumption for the travel route; determining the rate of consumption based at least in part upon a predicted driving style of a user operating the vehicle; predicting the predicted driving style of the user based at least in part upon a driving style of one or more other users traveling at least a portion of the travel route, wherein information about the driving style of the one or more other users is acquired from a service external to the vehicle, wherein the service is configured to monitor such information; and providing a refueling notice when it is determined that the vehicle cannot arrive at the destination without refueling. identifying a travel route for reaching a destination from a current location of a vehicle; determining whether the vehicle can arrive at the destination by following the travel route without refueling, the determination based at least in part upon a current fuel level and an expected rate of consumption for the travel route; determining the rate of consumption based at least in part upon a predicted driving style of a user operating the vehicle; predicting the predicted driving style of the user based at least in part upon a driving style of one or more other users traveling at least a portion of the travel route, wherein information about the driving style of the one or more other users is acquired from a service external to the vehicle, wherein the service is configured to monitor such information; and providing a refueling notice when it is determined that the vehicle cannot arrive at the destination without refueling.