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A method for measuring a voltage comprising the steps of: placing an electro-optic element in an electrical field generated by said voltage, passing light from a light source through a Faraday rotator and said electro-optic element onto a reflector and from there back through said electro-optic element and said Faraday rotator, thereby generating a voltage-dependent phase shift between two polarizations of said light, measuring an interference contrast k as well as a principal value φ of a total phase shift φ between said polarizations, the method characterized by calculating a corrected interference contrast k̃ and a corrected principal value φ̃ from φ ̃ = arg K ̃, k ̃ = | K ̃ |, with K̃ being a compensated complex value given by K ̃ = Re K − K 0 r 1 + i Im K − K 0 r 2 r 0 ⋅ e iα wherein r 1, r 2, K 0 and α are calibration values, r 0 is a non-zero constant real value, and K is an uncompensated complex value given by K = ke iφ and deriving said voltage using said corrected interference contrast k̃ and the corrected principal value φ̃. placing an electro-optic element in an electrical field generated by said voltage, passing light from a light source through a Faraday rotator and said electro-optic element onto a reflector and from there back through said electro-optic element and said Faraday rotator, thereby generating a voltage-dependent phase shift between two polarizations of said light, measuring an interference contrast k as well as a principal value φ of a total phase shift φ between said polarizations, calculating a corrected interference contrast k̃ and a corrected principal value φ̃ from φ ̃ = arg K ̃, k ̃ = | K ̃ |, with K̃ being a compensated complex value given by K ̃ = Re K − K 0 r 1 + i Im K − K 0 r 2 r 0 ⋅ e iα wherein r 1, r 2, K 0 and α are calibration values, r 0 is a non-zero constant real value, and K is an uncompensated complex value given by K = ke iφ and deriving said voltage using said corrected interference contrast k̃ and the corrected principal value φ̃.
A method of protecting a plurality of batteries, comprising: providing a plurality of conductors (150, 140), each comprising a plurality of holes; and providing a first plurality of batteries, each of the batteries in the first plurality comprising a first terminal and a second terminal; characterized by, for each of the first plurality of batteries (110, 112), coupling the first terminal of said battery (110, 112) to a first of the plurality of conductors via a fusible link that runs through one of the plurality of holes in the first one of the plurality of conductors. providing a plurality of conductors (150, 140), each comprising a plurality of holes; and providing a first plurality of batteries, each of the batteries in the first plurality comprising a first terminal and a second terminal; characterized by, for each of the first plurality of batteries (110, 112), coupling the first terminal of said battery (110, 112) to a first of the plurality of conductors via a fusible link that runs through one of the plurality of holes in the first one of the plurality of conductors.
A mobile phone, comprising: a wireless receiver adapted to receive a beacon signal from a wireless vaping policy beacon, the beacon signal comprising a unique identifier of the wireless vaping policy beacon, and a common identifier that indicates that the wireless vaping policy beacon transmits vaping policies; a processor adapted to detect within the beacon signal the common identifier, the processor being adapted to then obtain a separate authentication factor relating to the wireless vaping policy beacon; a transmitter adapted to transmit the unique identifier and the authentication factor to a remote beacon authentication server if the common identifier is detected; and a receiver adapted to receive from the remote beacon authentication server indicator data that indicates whether or not the wireless vaping policy beacon is authentic; and in which the processor is adapted to modify operation of the mobile phone in response to the indicator data to transmit, if the wireless vaping policy beacon is authentic, via an established link to an electronic vapour provision system, suitable commands to the electronic vapour provision system to implement a vaping policy received from the wireless vaping policy beacon. a wireless receiver adapted to receive a beacon signal from a wireless vaping policy beacon, the beacon signal comprising a unique identifier of the wireless vaping policy beacon, and a common identifier that indicates that the wireless vaping policy beacon transmits vaping policies; a processor adapted to detect within the beacon signal the common identifier, the processor being adapted to then obtain a separate authentication factor relating to the wireless vaping policy beacon; a transmitter adapted to transmit the unique identifier and the authentication factor to a remote beacon authentication server if the common identifier is detected; and a receiver adapted to receive from the remote beacon authentication server indicator data that indicates whether or not the wireless vaping policy beacon is authentic; and in which the processor is adapted to modify operation of the mobile phone in response to the indicator data to transmit, if the wireless vaping policy beacon is authentic, via an established link to an electronic vapour provision system, suitable commands to the electronic vapour provision system to implement a vaping policy received from the wireless vaping policy beacon.
A method for transmitting a sequence of data blocks, comprising: obtaining at least a first matrix and a second matrix for the impulse response function of a communication channel, the first matrix relating to channel-induced interference between a current data block and a previously transmitted first data block, the second matrix relating to channel-induced interference between the current data block and a previously transmitted second data block, wherein the first data block immediately precedes the current data block and the second data block immediately precedes the first data block; designing a set of one or more waveforms that are selected to be a subset of the eigenvectors of the product of the inverse of the first matrix and the second matrix; and transmitting a sequence of the data blocks over the channel from a transmitter, each data block of the sequence being a weighted linear superposition of the one or more waveforms of the designed set. obtaining at least a first matrix and a second matrix for the impulse response function of a communication channel, the first matrix relating to channel-induced interference between a current data block and a previously transmitted first data block, the second matrix relating to channel-induced interference between the current data block and a previously transmitted second data block, wherein the first data block immediately precedes the current data block and the second data block immediately precedes the first data block; designing a set of one or more waveforms that are selected to be a subset of the eigenvectors of the product of the inverse of the first matrix and the second matrix; and transmitting a sequence of the data blocks over the channel from a transmitter, each data block of the sequence being a weighted linear superposition of the one or more waveforms of the designed set.
A sliding structural member comprising: members sliding against each other, the one member comprising an amorphous hard carbon film containing hydrogen provided on the one member, and the one member and 5 the counterpart member being combined such that the amorphous hard carbon film provided on the one member slides against the counterpart member via a lubricant to which an organic molybdenum compound and a compound containing zinc and sulfur are added as an additive, a root mean square roughness of a surface of the amorphous hard carbon film being 10 set in a range from 5 nm or more to 25 nm or less, and hydrogen content of the amorphous hard carbon film being set in a range from 4.5 at% or more to 30 at% or less. members sliding against each other, the one member comprising an amorphous hard carbon film containing hydrogen provided on the one member, and the one member and 5 the counterpart member being combined such that the amorphous hard carbon film provided on the one member slides against the counterpart member via a lubricant to which an organic molybdenum compound and a compound containing zinc and sulfur are added as an additive, a root mean square roughness of a surface of the amorphous hard carbon film being 10 set in a range from 5 nm or more to 25 nm or less, and hydrogen content of the amorphous hard carbon film being set in a range from 4.5 at% or more to 30 at% or less.
A package comprising or configured to receive one or more superconducting chips, the package comprising: - a carrier substrate comprising one or more superconducting chips mounted thereon or suitable for mounting one or more superconducting chips thereon, - a metal support plate having a front and back surface, with the carrier substrate mounted on the front surface of said metal support plate, the metal support plate being configured to be coupled to a low temperature stage of a refrigerating apparatus, - a first shield structure formed of a magnetic shielding material, comprising a receptacle-shaped shell portion, and a planar shield portion extending laterally outward from the rim of the shell portion, wherein the interior of the shell portion forms a cavity extending above and around the location of the one or more superconducting chips, - a second shield structure (9,11) formed of a magnetic shielding material and comprising at least a second planar shield portion (9,11a), wherein: - the carrier substrate and the metal support plate are sandwiched between said first and second planar shield portions (7a,9;7a,11a), - a plurality of pillars formed of a magnetic shielding material are clamped between the first and second planar shield portions, wherein said pillars are: ∘ penetrating the carrier substrate and the metal support plate, ∘ in physical contact with both of said first and second planar shield portions (7a,9;7a,11a). - a carrier substrate comprising one or more superconducting chips mounted thereon or suitable for mounting one or more superconducting chips thereon, - a metal support plate having a front and back surface, with the carrier substrate mounted on the front surface of said metal support plate, the metal support plate being configured to be coupled to a low temperature stage of a refrigerating apparatus, - a first shield structure formed of a magnetic shielding material, comprising a receptacle-shaped shell portion, and a planar shield portion extending laterally outward from the rim of the shell portion, wherein the interior of the shell portion forms a cavity extending above and around the location of the one or more superconducting chips, - a second shield structure (9,11) formed of a magnetic shielding material and comprising at least a second planar shield portion (9,11a), - the carrier substrate and the metal support plate are sandwiched between said first and second planar shield portions (7a,9;7a,11a), - a plurality of pillars formed of a magnetic shielding material are clamped between the first and second planar shield portions, wherein said pillars are: ∘ penetrating the carrier substrate and the metal support plate, ∘ in physical contact with both of said first and second planar shield portions (7a,9;7a,11a). ∘ penetrating the carrier substrate and the metal support plate, ∘ in physical contact with both of said first and second planar shield portions (7a,9;7a,11a).
A composition for use in the inhibition or treatment of a gastrointestinal biofilm infection, comprising combining a pharmaceutically effective amount of an acid-stable cellulase, a glucoamylase, an acid-stable hemicellulase/pectinase complex, β-glucanase, a protease/peptidase complex having dipeptidyl peptidase IV (DPP-IV) activity, chitosanase, lysozyme and Serratia peptidase with at least one of a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier, adjuvant, excipient, buffer and diluent.
A clothes treating system comprising an external terminal and a clothes treating device adapted to be able to communicate with the external terminal, the clothes treating device comprising a power input unit, a course selection unit adapted to select one of predetermined courses, and an execution input unit for driving the clothes treating device in accordance with the selected course, wherein the external terminal is adapted to display information on an external environment including at least one of season, weather, humidity, temperature, dust concentration and pollen index and one or more recommended courses previously set on the basis of the information on the external environment, after a power is input through the power input unit to the clothes treating device and before an execution command is input through the execution input unit, characterized in that the external terminal is adapted to display drying recommended information on one of indoor drying, outdoor drying and drying based on a drying function of the clothes treating device and information on the possibility of allergy, on the basis of the information on the external environment.
An axle assembly comprising: a drive pinion assembly (74") that includes: a drive pinion body (110") that defines a drive pinion passage that extends around an axis, the drive pinion body (110") having a first end portion and a second end portion disposed opposite the first end portion; a pinion gear (112, 112') that is fixedly disposed on the first end portion, wherein the pinion gear (112, 112') has a pinion gear hole that receives the drive pinion body (110"); characterised in that the drive pinion assembly (74") further includes: a side gear (114") that is fixedly disposed on the second end portion; and wherein the side gear (114") has a side gear hole that receives the drive pinion body (110"), and a side gear spline that is disposed in the side gear hole and that mates with a second spline that is disposed on the drive pinion body (110"), and the drive pinion body (110") has a flange that extends away from the axis, wherein the flange has a first flange surface that engages a roller bearing assembly that rotatably supports the drive pinion assembly (74") and a second flange surface that is disposed opposite the first flange surface and that engages the side gear; and the side gear has a side gear end surface that engages the second flange surface, and a rim that extends from the side gear end surface toward the roller bearing assembly and at least partially around the flange. a drive pinion body (110") that defines a drive pinion passage that extends around an axis, the drive pinion body (110") having a first end portion and a second end portion disposed opposite the first end portion; a pinion gear (112, 112') that is fixedly disposed on the first end portion, wherein the pinion gear (112, 112') has a pinion gear hole that receives the drive pinion body (110"); characterised in that the drive pinion assembly (74") further includes: a side gear (114") that is fixedly disposed on the second end portion; and wherein the side gear (114") has a side gear hole that receives the drive pinion body (110"), and a side gear spline that is disposed in the side gear hole and that mates with a second spline that is disposed on the drive pinion body (110"), and the drive pinion body (110") has a flange that extends away from the axis, wherein the flange has a first flange surface that engages a roller bearing assembly that rotatably supports the drive pinion assembly (74") and a second flange surface that is disposed opposite the first flange surface and that engages the side gear; and the side gear has a side gear end surface that engages the second flange surface, and a rim that extends from the side gear end surface toward the roller bearing assembly and at least partially around the flange.
An automatic analyzer, comprising: a probe (7a, 11a) which sucks and ejects a reagent or a specimen sample; a washing nozzle which ejects a washing liquid; a vacuum nozzle which sucks air; a washing tank, which is connected to the washing nozzle and the vacuum nozzle, and in which washing and drying of the probe is performed; a waste liquid flow path, which is connected to the washing tank, and into which the washing liquid is discharged; and a shielding member which is disposed between the washing tank and the waste liquid flow path, characterized in that the shielding member is moved by a suction force accompanying the suction by the vacuum nozzle so as to shield a flow path between the washing tank and the waste liquid flow path. a probe (7a, 11a) which sucks and ejects a reagent or a specimen sample; a washing nozzle which ejects a washing liquid; a vacuum nozzle which sucks air; a washing tank, which is connected to the washing nozzle and the vacuum nozzle, and in which washing and drying of the probe is performed; a waste liquid flow path, which is connected to the washing tank, and into which the washing liquid is discharged; and a shielding member which is disposed between the washing tank and the waste liquid flow path, characterized in that the shielding member is moved by a suction force accompanying the suction by the vacuum nozzle so as to shield a flow path between the washing tank and the waste liquid flow path.
An interferometric measurement system for suppressing cross talk between optical waveguides (cores A and B), comprising: a first interferometric measurement channel (channel A) for coupling to a first waveguide (core A); a second interferometric measurement channel (channel B) for coupling to a second waveguide (core B); the first and second interferometric measurement channels each including a reference light path; a first optical delay associated with an input portion of the first interferometric measurement channel and a second optical delay associated with an output portion of the first interferometric measurement channel,and processing circuitry (10, 20) configured to process signals corresponding to the first and second interferometric measurement channels, including signals corresponding to the reference light paths of the first and second interferometric measurement channels, to measure one or more parameters, wherein the first and second optical delays shift crosstalk in the first interferometric measurement channel and associated with the second interferometric measurement channel to a time period different from a measurement time period associated with a predetermined length of the first waveguide, thereby suppressing the crosstalk over the predetermined length of the first waveguide. a first interferometric measurement channel (channel A) for coupling to a first waveguide (core A); a second interferometric measurement channel (channel B) for coupling to a second waveguide (core B); the first and second interferometric measurement channels each including a reference light path; a first optical delay associated with an input portion of the first interferometric measurement channel and a second optical delay associated with an output portion of the first interferometric measurement channel,and processing circuitry (10, 20) configured to process signals corresponding to the first and second interferometric measurement channels, including signals corresponding to the reference light paths of the first and second interferometric measurement channels, to measure one or more parameters, wherein the first and second optical delays shift crosstalk in the first interferometric measurement channel and associated with the second interferometric measurement channel to a time period different from a measurement time period associated with a predetermined length of the first waveguide, thereby suppressing the crosstalk over the predetermined length of the first waveguide.
A method for wireless communications by a base station, comprising: receiving, from a core network, a paging message for a user equipment "UE" comprising an initial paging identifier and a paging offset; determining a plurality of available paging identifiers for the UE associated with the paging offset; selecting, from the plurality of available paging identifiers, at least a first paging identifier to associate with a first UE based on the initial paging identifier; and paging the first UE via a downlink control information "DCI" comprising at least two portions, wherein a first portion of the DCI is encoded using the first paging identifier to indicate whether the UE is to decode a second portion of the DCI. receiving, from a core network, a paging message for a user equipment "UE" comprising an initial paging identifier and a paging offset; determining a plurality of available paging identifiers for the UE associated with the paging offset; selecting, from the plurality of available paging identifiers, at least a first paging identifier to associate with a first UE based on the initial paging identifier; and paging the first UE via a downlink control information "DCI" comprising at least two portions, wherein a first portion of the DCI is encoded using the first paging identifier to indicate whether the UE is to decode a second portion of the DCI.
A paint roller, wherein a roller body is rotatably retained on a retaining bracket coupled to a handle, wherein a swivel bracket is provided, at one end of which a side protection plate for covering a free end face of the roller body is provided, and the other end of which is hingedly retained so that the side protection plate may be moved from an operating position adjacent to the end face of the roller body to a roller changing position remote from the end face for changing the roller body, wherein the other end of the swivel bracket is retained in a device for converting a rotary movement into a swiveling movement, which device is operable by a rotary handle rotatable with respect to an axis of the handle, so that the side protection plate may be moved from the working position into the roller changing position by rotating the rotary handle, wherein the device for converting a rotational movement into a swiveling movement comprises a retaining element provided on the handle, in which a handle-side end of the retaining bracket is retained, characterized in that the device for converting a rotational movement into a swiveling movement comprises an accommodation pivotally retaining the other end of the swivel bracket, which accommodation is rotatably supported on a support surface radially extending from the retaining element.
A method of inhibiting the activity of β secretase enzyme, said method comprising step of bringing in to contact mammalian cells with a composition containing not less than 10% w/w of oroxylin A, not less than 10% w/w of baicalein and not less than 2% w/w of chrysin, to bring about the effect of inhibiting β secretase activity, wherein the method does not comprise a treatment of the human or animal body by therapy.