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A method for the production of layers of solid material, in particular for use as wafers, the method comprising: providing a workpiece for the separation of the layers of solid material, the workpiece having at least one exposed surface; producing and/or providing a carrier unit for receiving at least one layer of solid material, the carrier unit having a receiving layer for holding the layer of solid material, attaching the receiving layer to the exposed surface of the workpiece to form a composite structure, wherein the receiving layer comprises a polymer, wherein when exposing the composite structure including the receiving layer and the workpiece to an inner and/or outer stress field at least one part of the polymer undergoes at least one glass transition, producing a break initiation point with use of pre-defined local stress induction in a peripheral region, in particular at an edge, of the workpiece, and separating the layer of solid material from the workpiece starting from the break initiation point. providing a workpiece for the separation of the layers of solid material, the workpiece having at least one exposed surface; producing and/or providing a carrier unit for receiving at least one layer of solid material, the carrier unit having a receiving layer for holding the layer of solid material, attaching the receiving layer to the exposed surface of the workpiece to form a composite structure, wherein the receiving layer comprises a polymer, wherein when exposing the composite structure including the receiving layer and the workpiece to an inner and/or outer stress field at least one part of the polymer undergoes at least one glass transition, producing a break initiation point with use of pre-defined local stress induction in a peripheral region, in particular at an edge, of the workpiece, and separating the layer of solid material from the workpiece starting from the break initiation point.
Control apparatus for a tractor for pulling at least one attachment over an area of ground, which control apparatus has a sensor device, characterized in that the control apparatus is designed to detect a rate of change in position of the tractor, which rate of change in position includes a rotation rate of the tractor, by means of the sensor device, and the sensor device contains an inertia sensor for the rotation rate.
An apparatus for selectively destroying or inhibiting the growth of rapidly-dividing cells located within a target region of a patient, the apparatus comprising: a plurality of arrays of electrodes (A1-A9, N1-N9), wherein the electrodes (Al-A9, N1-N9) each have a surface configured for placing against the patient's body; and an AC voltage source electrically connectable to respective ones of the electrodes (A1-A9, N1-N9); wherein the AC voltage source and the electrodes (A1-A9, N1-N9) are configured so that, when the electrodes (A1-A9, N1-N9) are placed against the patient's body, an AC electric field is imposed in the target region with an orientation that rotates with respect to the target region, the electric field having a frequency of between about 50 kHz and about 500 kHz and a field strength in the target region of at least 0.1 V/cm that cause the electric field to (a) selectively damage cells that are undergoing cell division and (b) leave cells that are not undergoing cell division substantially unharmed; characterized in that: the AC voltage source applies output signals to the respective ones of the electrodes (A1-A9, N1-N9) to sweep the frequency of the electric field in time and such that the orientation of the electric field imposed in the target region has a plurality of different directions sequentially in time during the frequency sweep. a plurality of arrays of electrodes (A1-A9, N1-N9), wherein the electrodes (Al-A9, N1-N9) each have a surface configured for placing against the patient's body; and an AC voltage source electrically connectable to respective ones of the electrodes (A1-A9, N1-N9); wherein the AC voltage source and the electrodes (A1-A9, N1-N9) are configured so that, when the electrodes (A1-A9, N1-N9) are placed against the patient's body, an AC electric field is imposed in the target region with an orientation that rotates with respect to the target region, the electric field having a frequency of between about 50 kHz and about 500 kHz and a field strength in the target region of at least 0.1 V/cm that cause the electric field to (a) selectively damage cells that are undergoing cell division and (b) leave cells that are not undergoing cell division substantially unharmed;
A microwave cooking device, comprising: a heating chamber provided with a glass-fitted door at a front opening, for housing an object to be heated; a microwave-transparent placing table constituting a bottom surface inside the heating chamber; a tray detachably mounted in the heating chamber, for carrying the object to be heated; a microwave generating section; a waveguide for transmitting microwaves from the microwave generating section to the heating chamber; a directional feeding section having directivity, for supplying the microwaves from the waveguide to the heating chamber; a driving section for rotationally driving the directional feeding section; a control section for controlling the driving section to rotate the directional feeding section; and a feeding section formed below the placing table, for housing the directional feeding section, characterized in that the control section turns the directional feeding section to concentrate the microwave radiation on a direction of the door in the case of the object to be heated being in a frozen state, and supplies the microwaves into a space above the tray, using the inside of the glass of the door as a principal transmission channel. a heating chamber provided with a glass-fitted door at a front opening, for housing an object to be heated; a microwave-transparent placing table constituting a bottom surface inside the heating chamber; a tray detachably mounted in the heating chamber, for carrying the object to be heated; a microwave generating section; a waveguide for transmitting microwaves from the microwave generating section to the heating chamber; a directional feeding section having directivity, for supplying the microwaves from the waveguide to the heating chamber; a driving section for rotationally driving the directional feeding section; a control section for controlling the driving section to rotate the directional feeding section; and a feeding section formed below the placing table, for housing the directional feeding section,
A sheet conveying device that conveys a sheet-like recording medium to a support on which the recording medium is placed during image recording, comprising: a first conveying section having a drive roller and a follow roller arranged in confrontation with the drive roller, the first conveying section conveying a recording medium toward the support; a first support member; an urging member that urges the follow roller toward the drive roller side; and a second support member that supports the first support member so that the first support member is movable between a predetermined first position and a second position at an upstream side of the first position in a conveying direction of the recording medium, the first support member being moved to the first position during conveyance of the recording medium by the first conveying section, the first support member being moved to the second position during non-conveyance of the recording medium by the first conveying section, characterized by a rotation support member that rotatably supports the follow roller; a first guide member provided to the rotation support member and protruding toward the support; wherein the first support member movably supports the rotation support member so that the follow roller can move toward and away from the drive roller; and the urging member is disposed between the first support member and the rotation support member, and that urges both the follow roller and the rotation support member toward the drive roller side. a first conveying section having a drive roller and a follow roller arranged in confrontation with the drive roller, the first conveying section conveying a recording medium toward the support; a first support member; an urging member that urges the follow roller toward the drive roller side; and a second support member that supports the first support member so that the first support member is movable between a predetermined first position and a second position at an upstream side of the first position in a conveying direction of the recording medium, the first support member being moved to the first position during conveyance of the recording medium by the first conveying section, the first support member being moved to the second position during non-conveyance of the recording medium by the first conveying section, characterized by a rotation support member that rotatably supports the follow roller; a first guide member provided to the rotation support member and protruding toward the support; wherein the first support member movably supports the rotation support member so that the follow roller can move toward and away from the drive roller; and the urging member is disposed between the first support member and the rotation support member, and that urges both the follow roller and the rotation support member toward the drive roller side.
A lens system for a compact digital camera, comprising: an image sensor having a sensor diagonal SD; and a lens with a field of view FOV > 60deg and having a f number (f/#), a lens thickness ("T Lens "), a back focal length, an effective focal length and N≥6 lens elements L1-LN arranged along a lens optical axis starting with L1 from an object side toward an image side, each lens element Li having a respective focal length f i, with a magnitude |f i |, the lens having a pop-out total track length TTL <20mm in a pop-out state and a collapsed total track length c-TTL in a collapsed state, wherein the lens system is configured to switch from a pop-out state to a collapsed state by collapsing BFL to a collapsed BFL, wherein SD≥12mm, wherein BFL > 0.15 × TTL, and wherein a ratio c-TTL/ SD < 0.65. an image sensor having a sensor diagonal SD; and a lens with a field of view FOV > 60deg and having a f number (f/#), a lens thickness ("T Lens "), a back focal length, an effective focal length and N≥6 lens elements L1-LN arranged along a lens optical axis starting with L1 from an object side toward an image side, each lens element Li having a respective focal length f i, with a magnitude |f i |, the lens having a pop-out total track length TTL <20mm in a pop-out state and a collapsed total track length c-TTL in a collapsed state, wherein the lens system is configured to switch from a pop-out state to a collapsed state by collapsing BFL to a collapsed BFL, wherein SD≥12mm, wherein BFL > 0.15 × TTL, and wherein a ratio c-TTL/ SD < 0.65.
Process for obtaining plasma membrane vesicles of plant origin enriched in intrinsic membrane transport proteins comprising: (a) a first stimulation phase, comprising applying an abiotic stress process to a plant combined with applying a bioactive compound; (b) a second step comprising extracting membrane vesicles from the plant resulting from step (a). (a) a first stimulation phase, comprising applying an abiotic stress process to a plant combined with applying a bioactive compound; (b) a second step comprising extracting membrane vesicles from the plant resulting from step (a).
A method of manufacturing a composite aircraft blade, the method comprising: placing a fabric structure in a mold, wherein the fabric structure comprises yarns comprising both reinforcing material filaments and filaments of matrix material combined with other yarns comprising both reinforcing material filaments and filaments of matrix material, the yarns being combined into a three-dimensional woven fabric structure, and wherein the yarns including both reinforcing material filaments and filaments of matrix material each comprise: a mixture of reinforcing material filaments and matrix material filaments combined to form a single comingled yarn; and/or one or more yarns of reinforcing material filaments twisted with one or more yarns including at least one filament of matrix material; thermoforming the fabric structure within the mold including applying a cycle with different temperatures and/or pressures to the mold to consolidate the fabric structure into a composite part and cooling the composite part within the mold to below the glass transition temperature of the matrix material, thereby forming a composite aircraft blade; and removing the composite aircraft blade from the mold. placing a fabric structure in a mold, wherein the fabric structure comprises yarns comprising both reinforcing material filaments and filaments of matrix material combined with other yarns comprising both reinforcing material filaments and filaments of matrix material, the yarns being combined into a three-dimensional woven fabric structure, and wherein the yarns including both reinforcing material filaments and filaments of matrix material each comprise: a mixture of reinforcing material filaments and matrix material filaments combined to form a single comingled yarn; and/or one or more yarns of reinforcing material filaments twisted with one or more yarns including at least one filament of matrix material; a mixture of reinforcing material filaments and matrix material filaments combined to form a single comingled yarn; and/or one or more yarns of reinforcing material filaments twisted with one or more yarns including at least one filament of matrix material; thermoforming the fabric structure within the mold including applying a cycle with different temperatures and/or pressures to the mold to consolidate the fabric structure into a composite part and cooling the composite part within the mold to below the glass transition temperature of the matrix material, thereby forming a composite aircraft blade; and removing the composite aircraft blade from the mold.
A method for recovering rare earth particulate material from an assembly comprising a rare earth magnet, preferably a NdFeB or SmCo magnet, the method comprising the steps of: exposing the assembly to hydrogen gas to effect hydrogen decrepitation of the rare earth magnet whereby a rare earth particulate material is produced, and tumbling the assembly in a rotatable porous container so as to facilitate separation of the rare earth particulate material from the assembly and movement of the rare earth particulate material through pores of the porous container. exposing the assembly to hydrogen gas to effect hydrogen decrepitation of the rare earth magnet whereby a rare earth particulate material is produced, and tumbling the assembly in a rotatable porous container so as to facilitate separation of the rare earth particulate material from the assembly and movement of the rare earth particulate material through pores of the porous container.
A method for increasing the nutritional value for ruminants of a vegetable material by subjection of a vegetable material to heating by means of radiation in the radio frequency range to achieve a temperature of between 110°C and 180°C, wherein the range of the radio frequency radiation is between 10MHz and 50MHz, and wherein an additive is added to said vegetable material before or during subjecting said vegetable material to heating, wherein said additive is a feed grade polar substance, said additive comprising an alcohol, or an alkane polyol; to obtain an RF treated vegetable material in which: the Aufrère value, measured as described in the description, has increased, compared to the value of the vegetable material, with between 2 and 60 percentage units; and/or the RUS value, measured as described in the description, has increased, compared to the value of the vegetable material, by between 5 and 50 percentage units; and/or the RUF value, measured as described in the description, has increased, compared to the value of the vegetable material, by between 5 and 50 percentage units. the Aufrère value, measured as described in the description, has increased, compared to the value of the vegetable material, with between 2 and 60 percentage units; and/or the RUS value, measured as described in the description, has increased, compared to the value of the vegetable material, by between 5 and 50 percentage units; and/or the RUF value, measured as described in the description, has increased, compared to the value of the vegetable material, by between 5 and 50 percentage units.
A composition comprising: a first population of polymer-active agent conjugates, each polymer-active agent conjugate in the first population being comprised of one or more poly(alkylene oxide) s having a weight average molecular weight; and a second population of polymer-active agent conjugates, each polymer-active agent conjugate in the second population being comprised of one or more poly(alkylene oxide)s having a weight average molecular weight, wherein the absolute difference between the weight average molecular weight of the poly(alkylene oxide)s in the first population and the weight average molecular weight of the poly(alkylene oxide)s in the second population is from 10,000 Daltons to 100,000 Daltons, wherein the active agent is a protein or peptide, and further wherein the active agent in the first population of polymer-active agent conjugates and the second population of polymer-active agent conjugates is the same protein or peptide. a first population of polymer-active agent conjugates, each polymer-active agent conjugate in the first population being comprised of one or more poly(alkylene oxide) s having a weight average molecular weight; and a second population of polymer-active agent conjugates, each polymer-active agent conjugate in the second population being comprised of one or more poly(alkylene oxide)s having a weight average molecular weight, wherein the absolute difference between the weight average molecular weight of the poly(alkylene oxide)s in the first population and the weight average molecular weight of the poly(alkylene oxide)s in the second population is from 10,000 Daltons to 100,000 Daltons, wherein the active agent is a protein or peptide, and further wherein the active agent in the first population of polymer-active agent conjugates and the second population of polymer-active agent conjugates is the same protein or peptide.
A dispenser for dry foodstuff, comprising a container for containing said foodstuff, said container having an opening, and a closure arrangement comprising a bottom part and a top part being separable from each other, the bottom part of the closure arrangement is arranged to at least partially cover the opening of the container, wherein the bottom part comprises a floor having at least one aperture aligned with the opening of the container for enabling foodstuff to be dispensed through the aperture, and a frame arranged along a peripheral portion of the floor, wherein the top part of the closure arrangement is attachable to the bottom part in a covering state, thereby preventing foodstuff from being dispensed from the dispenser, wherein foodstuff is dispensable from the dispenser when the top part is removed from the bottom part wherein, the bottom part further comprises a threaded portion, extending from the floor in the opposite direction of the frame, this threaded portion comprises threads on the inside, to allow the bottom part to be screwed onto the container, wherein the frame has a height which varies along the circumferential extension of the frame, wherein the top part comprises an outer wall extending from a top surface, wherein the outer wall is in contact with the bottom part in said covering state, and wherein the top part further comprises an inner wall extending from said top surface, forming a closed path and enclosing a volume, wherein a space is provided between the inner wall and said outer wall.
Optical waveguiding part (100;200;300;400;500;600), which waveguiding part is arranged to convey light through an output facet of the waveguiding part, which waveguiding part comprises a ridge waveguide comprising a semiconductor substrate (120;220;320;420;520;620) and a semiconductor light-conveying ridge, wherein the output facet is set at an angle (α) in relation to a main direction (z) of light along the said waveguide, so that light travelling in the waveguide along said main direction has an angle of incidence towards the facet of between 2° and 14° and is reflected towards a first side (101;201;301;401;501) of the said ridge, characterised in that the waveguide comprises an MMI (Multi Mode Interferometer) (110;210;310;410;510;610), arranged to create an output image substantially at the output facet, wherein an output end of the MMI (110;210;310;410;510;610) substantially coincides with the output facet.
A system comprising a radio base station and a mobile station (150, 350, 450), wherein the radio base station comprises: a transmitter that is adapted to transmit, to the mobile station, an index indicating a transmission format including a transport block size, TB size, for user data; and a receiver that is adapted to receive the user data and control information, which are coded and transmitted from the mobile station, and the mobile station comprises: a receiver that is adapted to receive the index; circuitry that is adapted to code the user data using the transmission format and to code the control information at a predetermined coding rate; and a transmitter that is adapted to transmit the coded user data and the control information, characterized in that the circuitry is adapted to adjust a code rate of the user data for the TB size of the transmission format depending on a combination of the control information to be transmitted with the user data, and the TB size for the user data is not varied depending on the combination with the control information, wherein the control information is one or both of an ACK/NACK and a CQI. the radio base station comprises: a transmitter that is adapted to transmit, to the mobile station, an index indicating a transmission format including a transport block size, TB size, for user data; and a receiver that is adapted to receive the user data and control information, which are coded and transmitted from the mobile station, and a transmitter that is adapted to transmit, to the mobile station, an index indicating a transmission format including a transport block size, TB size, for user data; and a receiver that is adapted to receive the user data and control information, which are coded and transmitted from the mobile station, and the mobile station comprises: a receiver that is adapted to receive the index; circuitry that is adapted to code the user data using the transmission format and to code the control information at a predetermined coding rate; and a transmitter that is adapted to transmit the coded user data and the control information, a receiver that is adapted to receive the index; circuitry that is adapted to code the user data using the transmission format and to code the control information at a predetermined coding rate; and a transmitter that is adapted to transmit the coded user data and the control information, characterized in that the circuitry is adapted to adjust a code rate of the user data for the TB size of the transmission format depending on a combination of the control information to be transmitted with the user data, and the TB size for the user data is not varied depending on the combination with the control information, wherein the control information is one or both of an ACK/NACK and a CQI. the circuitry is adapted to adjust a code rate of the user data for the TB size of the transmission format depending on a combination of the control information to be transmitted with the user data, and the TB size for the user data is not varied depending on the combination with the control information, wherein the control information is one or both of an ACK/NACK and a CQI.