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A transparent optical device element comprising: - at least one deformable lens body surrounded by a sidewall; - a bendable transparent cover member attached to a surface of said at least one deformable lens body; - piezoelectric actuators for shaping said bendable transparent cover member into a desired shape, said piezoelectric actuators located on a top surface of said bendable transparent cover member, said piezoelectric actuators defining an optical aperture of said at least one deformable lens body on said bendable transparent cover member; - at least one structure element located onto said piezoelectric actuators and surrounding said optical aperture; wherein said at least one structure element has an external diameter between the diameter of the bendable transparent cover member and the diameter of said optical aperture; and wherein said bendable transparent cover member is adapted to provide mechanical stability to the transparent optical device element and to allow for tuning of the curvature of the bendable transparent cover member between a negative radius of curvature and a positive radius of curvature; wherein said at least one deformable lens body has an elastic modulus larger than 300 Pa, a refractive index is above 1.35, and an absorbance in the visible range less than 10% per millimeter thickness. - at least one deformable lens body surrounded by a sidewall; - a bendable transparent cover member attached to a surface of said at least one deformable lens body; - piezoelectric actuators for shaping said bendable transparent cover member into a desired shape, said piezoelectric actuators located on a top surface of said bendable transparent cover member, said piezoelectric actuators defining an optical aperture of said at least one deformable lens body on said bendable transparent cover member; - at least one structure element located onto said piezoelectric actuators and surrounding said optical aperture;
Detergent dosing system for a water-conducting household appliance having a detergent dispenser and at least one cartridge, wherein the detergent dispenser has a receiving compartment for receiving the at least one cartridge, wherein the cartridge has a plurality of chambers (51a,..., 51e) which are separated from one another for receiving detergent and is embodied to hold at least one detergent, the quantity of detergent that can be held is greater than the quantity required for a wash cycle and the detergent dosing system has an apparatus for optically detecting a fill level in the at least one cartridge, wherein the apparatus for optically detecting the fill level has a light emitter, a light receiver and an optical waveguide, wherein the apparatus for optically detecting the fill level is embodied not to monitor the fill level in all the chambers, but instead just in one chamber (51a,..., 51e) or in some of the chambers (51a,..., 51e), characterised in that the apparatus for optically detecting the fill level is embodied to infer the global fill level of detergent in the detergent dosing system from this determined information, wherein the optical waveguide has a first coupling surface and a second coupling surface and the light beams from the light emitter can be coupled into the optical waveguide through the first coupling surface and the light beams leaving the optical waveguide can be decoupled through the first coupling surface or the second coupling surface and can be received by the light receiver.
A wireless communication device, comprising: a transceiver; and a processor coupled to the transceiver, wherein the processor is configured to: send a mobility management registration request signal to a wireless communication network indicating the wireless communication device supports Ethernet header compression, EHC, for data transfer over a control plane; obtain a mobility management registration response from the wireless communication network indicating the wireless communication network supports EHC for data transfer over the control plane; send a session establishment request signal to the wireless communication network comprising a request for a field length for an EHC Context ID; obtain a session establishment acknowledgement from the wireless communication network comprising an indicator of the field length for the EHC Context ID; and send data compressed using EHC to the wireless communication network over the control plane, the data comprising the EHC Context ID configured in accordance with the field length. a transceiver; and a processor coupled to the transceiver, wherein the processor is configured to: send a mobility management registration request signal to a wireless communication network indicating the wireless communication device supports Ethernet header compression, EHC, for data transfer over a control plane; obtain a mobility management registration response from the wireless communication network indicating the wireless communication network supports EHC for data transfer over the control plane; send a session establishment request signal to the wireless communication network comprising a request for a field length for an EHC Context ID; obtain a session establishment acknowledgement from the wireless communication network comprising an indicator of the field length for the EHC Context ID; and send data compressed using EHC to the wireless communication network over the control plane, the data comprising the EHC Context ID configured in accordance with the field length. send a mobility management registration request signal to a wireless communication network indicating the wireless communication device supports Ethernet header compression, EHC, for data transfer over a control plane; obtain a mobility management registration response from the wireless communication network indicating the wireless communication network supports EHC for data transfer over the control plane; send a session establishment request signal to the wireless communication network comprising a request for a field length for an EHC Context ID; obtain a session establishment acknowledgement from the wireless communication network comprising an indicator of the field length for the EHC Context ID; and send data compressed using EHC to the wireless communication network over the control plane, the data comprising the EHC Context ID configured in accordance with the field length.
Travel-size case for timepieces or pieces of jewellery, arranged to be operated with a single hand, comprising a closable box arranged to contain at least one holder for receiving at least one timepiece or piece of jewellery, between at least one tray and a cover, said box comprising a base with which said cover cooperates to close said case, at least one said tray and at least one said holder being arranged to be held one on top of the other by magnetic attraction, and said base comprising an upper housing for each said removable tray with respect to said base characterized in that said case includes at least one container insert arranged to be housed between one said removable tray and said base and in that at least one said removable tray is held to said container insert by hook-velvet or by magnetic attraction means or by mechanical attachment means.
A method of forming a branched nickel silicide nanostructure, comprising: a. Forming a trunk by: i. Providing a substrate; ii. Disposing nickel on said substrate; iii. Liquefying said nickel; and iv. Exposing said nickel to silane gas wherein at least some of the gas reacts with at least some of the nickel to form a solid primary structure; and b. Forming branches by: i. Disposing nickel on the outer surface of said solid primary structure; ii. Liquefying said nickel; and iii. Exposing said nickel to silane gas wherein at least some of the gas reacts with at least some of the nickel to form solid secondary structures, wherein said secondary structures are attached to said primary structure: wherein the nanostructure comprises a core and a shell with the core comprising crystalline silicon and the shell comprising nickel silicide; and wherein said trunk and branches comprise nickel silicide. a. Forming a trunk by: i. Providing a substrate; ii. Disposing nickel on said substrate; iii. Liquefying said nickel; and iv. Exposing said nickel to silane gas wherein at least some of the gas reacts with at least some of the nickel to form a solid primary structure; and i. Providing a substrate; ii. Disposing nickel on said substrate; iii. Liquefying said nickel; and iv. Exposing said nickel to silane gas wherein at least some of the gas reacts with at least some of the nickel to form a solid primary structure; and b. Forming branches by: i. Disposing nickel on the outer surface of said solid primary structure; ii. Liquefying said nickel; and iii. Exposing said nickel to silane gas wherein at least some of the gas reacts with at least some of the nickel to form solid secondary structures, wherein said secondary structures are attached to said primary structure: wherein the nanostructure comprises a core and a shell with the core comprising crystalline silicon and the shell comprising nickel silicide; and wherein said trunk and branches comprise nickel silicide. i. Disposing nickel on the outer surface of said solid primary structure; ii. Liquefying said nickel; and iii. Exposing said nickel to silane gas wherein at least some of the gas reacts with at least some of the nickel to form solid secondary structures, wherein said secondary structures are attached to said primary structure: wherein the nanostructure comprises a core and a shell with the core comprising crystalline silicon and the shell comprising nickel silicide; and wherein said trunk and branches comprise nickel silicide. wherein the nanostructure comprises a core and a shell with the core comprising crystalline silicon and the shell comprising nickel silicide; and wherein said trunk and branches comprise nickel silicide.
A vehicle communication system comprising: a management server configured to manage a plurality of access points for communication relay; and an in-vehicle communication device that is mounted on a vehicle and is capable of wirelessly communicating with the access points, wherein the in-vehicle communication device is configured to transmit travel route information indicating a travel route to a destination of the vehicle to the management server, the management server is configured to select access points from the plurality of access points connectable to the in-vehicle communication device, using the travel route information transmitted from the in-vehicle communication device, and to transmits access point information indicating the selected access points to the in-vehicle communication device, the in-vehicle communication device is further configured to connect to the selected access points by using the access point information transmitted from the management server, characterized in that the management server is further configured to predict a congestion level of the access points on the basis of a planned use of said access points by the in-vehicle communication devices of other vehicles, and to provide said access point information on the basis of the predicted congestion level. a management server configured to manage a plurality of access points for communication relay; and an in-vehicle communication device that is mounted on a vehicle and is capable of wirelessly communicating with the access points, wherein the in-vehicle communication device is configured to transmit travel route information indicating a travel route to a destination of the vehicle to the management server, the management server is configured to select access points from the plurality of access points connectable to the in-vehicle communication device, using the travel route information transmitted from the in-vehicle communication device, and to transmits access point information indicating the selected access points to the in-vehicle communication device, the in-vehicle communication device is further configured to connect to the selected access points by using the access point information transmitted from the management server, characterized in that the management server is further configured to predict a congestion level of the access points on the basis of a planned use of said access points by the in-vehicle communication devices of other vehicles, and to provide said access point information on the basis of the predicted congestion level.
A textile comprising: a first region of the textile comprising one or more first fibers, an individual first fiber having a length at least 10 times greater than a width of the individual first fiber, the individual first fiber comprising co-extruded first and second filaments, the first filament formed of a first thermoplastic polymeric material, the co-extruded first and second filaments having an interface along the majority of the length of the individual first fiber; wherein the first and second filaments are substantially laminated to each other at the interface along the majority of the length of the individual first fiber; wherein the first fiber has the characteristic that it will contract upon an increase in relative humidity of at least 10% over a range of about 30% relative humidity to about 100% relative humidity, relative to an equilibrium state of the first region prior to the increase in relative humidity; and wherein, due to contraction of the one or more first fibers, the first region of the textile contracts by at least 1 length%, at least 1 width%, or at least 1 length% and at least 1 width% on an increase in relative humidity of at least 10% over a range of 30% relative humidity to 100% relative humidity, relative to an equilibrium state of the first region prior to the increase in relative humidity. a first region of the textile comprising one or more first fibers, an individual first fiber having a length at least 10 times greater than a width of the individual first fiber, the individual first fiber comprising co-extruded first and second filaments, the first filament formed of a first thermoplastic polymeric material, the co-extruded first and second filaments having an interface along the majority of the length of the individual first fiber; wherein the first and second filaments are substantially laminated to each other at the interface along the majority of the length of the individual first fiber; wherein the first fiber has the characteristic that it will contract upon an increase in relative humidity of at least 10% over a range of about 30% relative humidity to about 100% relative humidity, relative to an equilibrium state of the first region prior to the increase in relative humidity; and wherein, due to contraction of the one or more first fibers, the first region of the textile contracts by at least 1 length%, at least 1 width%, or at least 1 length% and at least 1 width% on an increase in relative humidity of at least 10% over a range of 30% relative humidity to 100% relative humidity, relative to an equilibrium state of the first region prior to the increase in relative humidity.
Bacterial ghosts for use to promote an innate immune response, wherein the bacterial ghosts are derived from an E. coli strain, wherein the innate immune response is promoted by induction of the expression and/or release of at least one innate immune modulator selected from the group consisting of antimicrobial defense molecules, pro-inflammatory cytokines, reactive nitrogen species and reactive oxygen species.
A method of making a filter material comprising the step of mixing a plurality of microporous activated carbon filter particles with a plurality of mesoporous activated carbon filter particles and a polymeric binder wherein the filter material comprises from 25% to 75%, by weight of total carbon, of the microporous activated carbon filter particles and from 25% to 75%, by weight of total carbon, of the mesoporous activated carbon filter particles.
A target object detection system, comprising: a plurality of sensing nodes (10, 100) for positioning at respective detection locations with respect to a detection area that is situated within a field generated by an ambient AC source of excitation, each sensing node having at least one electric potential sensor (22, 42) designed to detect perturbations in said field caused by a target object, wherein the target object is not the ambient AC source of excitation, said one sensor including an electrode (20, 40) responsive to the AC excitation field for generating detection signals, an amplifier (28, 46) connected to the electrode for receiving and amplifying the detection signals to produce AC measurement signals as output, and at least one feedback circuit from an output of the amplifier to an input thereof for enhancing the input impedance of the amplifier; and a signal processing arrangement associated with each sensing node and comprising a filter circuit adapted to filter out frequencies that are outside a pre-defined pass band, wherein the AC source has a frequency or a band of frequencies within the pass band, and a level detector (26, 44) responsive to the AC measurement signals for monitoring signal amplitude and generating amplitude information for use in producing target object data. a plurality of sensing nodes (10, 100) for positioning at respective detection locations with respect to a detection area that is situated within a field generated by an ambient AC source of excitation, each sensing node having at least one electric potential sensor (22, 42) designed to detect perturbations in said field caused by a target object, wherein the target object is not the ambient AC source of excitation, said one sensor including an electrode (20, 40) responsive to the AC excitation field for generating detection signals, an amplifier (28, 46) connected to the electrode for receiving and amplifying the detection signals to produce AC measurement signals as output, and at least one feedback circuit from an output of the amplifier to an input thereof for enhancing the input impedance of the amplifier; and a signal processing arrangement associated with each sensing node and comprising a filter circuit adapted to filter out frequencies that are outside a pre-defined pass band, wherein the AC source has a frequency or a band of frequencies within the pass band, and a level detector (26, 44) responsive to the AC measurement signals for monitoring signal amplitude and generating amplitude information for use in producing target object data.
A stainless steel seamless pipe for oil well use, comprising a composition consisting of C: 0.05% or less, Si: 0.50% or less, Mn: 0.20% to 1.80%, P: 0.030% or less, S: 0.005% or less, Cr: 14.0% to 18.0%, Ni: 5.0% to 8.0%, Mo: 1.5% to 3.5%, Cu: 0.5% to 3.5%, Al: 0.10% or less, Nb: more than 0.20% and 0.50% or less, V: 0.20% or less, N: 0.15% or less, O: 0.010% or less, optionally at least one selected from the group consisting of Ti: 0.30% or less, Zr: 0.20% or less, B: 0.01% or less, and W: 3.0% or less, REM: 0.0005% to 0.005%, Ca: 0.0005% to 0.01%, and Sn: 0.20% or less and the remainder composed of Fe and incidental impurities, on a percent by mass basis, wherein the following formula and the following formula are satisfied, Cr + 0.65 Ni + 0.6 Mo + 0.55 Cu − 20 C ≥ 18.5 Cr + Mo + 0.3 Si − 43.3 C − 0.4 Mn − Ni − 0.3 Cu − 9 N ≤ 11 where Cr, Ni, Mo, Cu, C, Si, Mn, and N: content of each element in percent by mass, and consisting of a microstructure including 25% or less of retained austenitic phase and the remainder composed of martensitic phase on a volume fraction basis and wherein the microstructure further includes 5% or less of ferritic phase on a volume fraction basis.
Insertion device for inserting at least one packing section for a gas/liquid separation column into a cylindrical casing, comprising a base provided with retaining means configured to grip a packing section and disposed evenly around a main axis, characterized in that the insertion device comprises at least two telescopic devices secured to the base and at least one pushing means secured to one end of each of the two telescopic devices, the telescopic devices being configured to deploy and to drive a movement of the pushing means.
A notch filter for a radio frequency, RF, receiver, the notch filter comprising: a first resistor coupled between a positive in-phase,I, input and a positive I output; a second resistor coupled between a negative I input and a negative I output; a third resistor coupled between a positive quadrature, Q, input and a positive Q output; a fourth resistor coupled between a negative Q input and a negative Q output; a first capacitor coupled between the positive I input and the positive Q output; a second capacitor coupled between the negative I input and the negative Q output; a third capacitor coupled between the positive Q input and the negative I output; and a fourth capacitor coupled between the negative Q input and the positive I output, wherein the resistor and capacitor values are selected to substantially reduce a transmit leakage signal, which was down converted, in an input signal applied at the inputs. a first resistor coupled between a positive in-phase,I, input and a positive I output; a second resistor coupled between a negative I input and a negative I output; a third resistor coupled between a positive quadrature, Q, input and a positive Q output; a fourth resistor coupled between a negative Q input and a negative Q output; a first capacitor coupled between the positive I input and the positive Q output; a second capacitor coupled between the negative I input and the negative Q output; a third capacitor coupled between the positive Q input and the negative I output; and a fourth capacitor coupled between the negative Q input and the positive I output, wherein the resistor and capacitor values are selected to substantially reduce a transmit leakage signal, which was down converted, in an input signal applied at the inputs.
Wiper blade device having a wiper blade adapter and having a wiper strip unit, wherein the wiper strip unit has at least one fastening recess which, in at least one operating state, forms a positive fit with the wiper blade adapter, by means of a rest body which is arranged centrally in the fastening recess and which, in a mounted state, forms a positive fit with a central recess of the wiper blade adapter, characterized in that the wiper blade adapter has a longitudinal guide unit which is provided for receiving a carrier element with a positive fit.
A refrigerator comprising: a tray (320, 380) configured to form an ice making cell; a cooler configured to supply cold air to the ice making cell; a temperature sensor configured to sense a temperature of the ice making cell; a water supply valve configured to control a flow of water to the ice making cell; and a controller configured to control the water supply valve, characterized in that the controller controls the water supply valve so that the cold air from the cooler is supplied to the ice making cell before the water supply valve is turned on, and the water is supplied to the ice making cell after the cold air is supplied to the ice making cell, wherein the controller turns on the water supply valve when the temperature sensed by the temperature sensor reaches a set temperature. a tray (320, 380) configured to form an ice making cell; a cooler configured to supply cold air to the ice making cell; a temperature sensor configured to sense a temperature of the ice making cell; a water supply valve configured to control a flow of water to the ice making cell; and a controller configured to control the water supply valve, characterized in that the controller controls the water supply valve so that the cold air from the cooler is supplied to the ice making cell before the water supply valve is turned on, and the water is supplied to the ice making cell after the cold air is supplied to the ice making cell, wherein the controller turns on the water supply valve when the temperature sensed by the temperature sensor reaches a set temperature.