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An integrated photoacoustic transducer for assisting in sensing a concentration of a species in a fluid, the species interacting with radiation by absorption in at least one spectral region, comprising: - a waveguide structure being configured as an optical resonator for enhancing a received radiation signal modulated at a modulation frequency, the waveguide structure having at least one associated optical resonance spectrally overlapping with one of said spectral regions of absorption of radiation by said species, - at least one acoustic cavity being formed in a portion of the waveguide structure and being configured for receiving the fluid for sensing comprising said species at said concentration so that the fluid can be heated by irradiating it with said enhanced radiation signal thus generating an acoustic signal, the at least one acoustic cavity having at least one associated acoustic resonance spectrally overlapping with a harmonic of the modulation frequency, - at least one acoustic transducer comprising a deformable mechanical portion, the deformable mechanical portion being in direct acoustic communication with the at least one acoustic cavity and having an associated mechanical resonance, the mechanical resonance being adjusted, or the at least one acoustic transducer comprising means for adjusting or allowing adjusting the mechanical resonance over a spectral range, to spectrally overlap with an acoustic resonance associated with the at least one acoustic cavity when the photoacoustic transducer is in use for assisting in sensing said concentration of said species. - a waveguide structure being configured as an optical resonator for enhancing a received radiation signal modulated at a modulation frequency, the waveguide structure having at least one associated optical resonance spectrally overlapping with one of said spectral regions of absorption of radiation by said species, - at least one acoustic cavity being formed in a portion of the waveguide structure and being configured for receiving the fluid for sensing comprising said species at said concentration so that the fluid can be heated by irradiating it with said enhanced radiation signal thus generating an acoustic signal, the at least one acoustic cavity having at least one associated acoustic resonance spectrally overlapping with a harmonic of the modulation frequency, - at least one acoustic transducer comprising a deformable mechanical portion, the deformable mechanical portion being in direct acoustic communication with the at least one acoustic cavity and having an associated mechanical resonance, the mechanical resonance being adjusted, or the at least one acoustic transducer comprising means for adjusting or allowing adjusting the mechanical resonance over a spectral range, to spectrally overlap with an acoustic resonance associated with the at least one acoustic cavity when the photoacoustic transducer is in use for assisting in sensing said concentration of said species.
A system for transporting a sheaf of notes from a storage location to a dispensing outlet, the system comprising: a pneumatic tube conveyor apparatus; a carrier having a disc-shaped end piece at each end and a gripper arrangement held in place between the end-pieces, the gripper arrangement comprising: a gripper having a pair of substantially parallel gripper plates (36, 37) moveable towards one another for gripping the sheaf between the plates, and a biasing arrangement configured to bias the gripper plates towards one another with a predetermined gripping force, wherein the gripper plates (36, 37) are shaped to include an ungripped portion (40a, 40b) of the sheaf between the plates in the carrier; and an extractor for removing the sheaf from the carrier, wherein the extractor comprises an extraction gripping device configured to grip the sheaf by contacting the top and bottom of the sheaf at said ungripped portion (40a, 40b) with a second gripping force, which is greater than the predetermined gripping force biasing the gripping plates (36, 37) in the carrier. a pneumatic tube conveyor apparatus; a carrier having a disc-shaped end piece at each end and a gripper arrangement held in place between the end-pieces, the gripper arrangement comprising: a gripper having a pair of substantially parallel gripper plates (36, 37) moveable towards one another for gripping the sheaf between the plates, and a biasing arrangement configured to bias the gripper plates towards one another with a predetermined gripping force, wherein the gripper plates (36, 37) are shaped to include an ungripped portion (40a, 40b) of the sheaf between the plates in the carrier; and an extractor for removing the sheaf from the carrier, wherein the extractor comprises an extraction gripping device configured to grip the sheaf by contacting the top and bottom of the sheaf at said ungripped portion (40a, 40b) with a second gripping force, which is greater than the predetermined gripping force biasing the gripping plates (36, 37) in the carrier. a gripper having a pair of substantially parallel gripper plates (36, 37) moveable towards one another for gripping the sheaf between the plates, and a biasing arrangement configured to bias the gripper plates towards one another with a predetermined gripping force, wherein the gripper plates (36, 37) are shaped to include an ungripped portion (40a, 40b) of the sheaf between the plates in the carrier; and an extractor for removing the sheaf from the carrier, wherein the extractor comprises an extraction gripping device configured to grip the sheaf by contacting the top and bottom of the sheaf at said ungripped portion (40a, 40b) with a second gripping force, which is greater than the predetermined gripping force biasing the gripping plates (36, 37) in the carrier.
An air conditioner using a refrigeration cycle, the air conditioner comprising: a compressor to compress a refrigerant used in the refrigeration cycle; a fan (114c, 151b) to blow air to a heat exchanger (114b, 151a); a converter to generate a DC voltage; an inverter to generate three-phase AC voltages from the DC voltage; a motor to produce a driving force for driving the compressor with a plurality of coils (112U, 112V, 112W), the three-phase AC voltages being applied to the coils (112U, 112V, 112W); a connection switching unit to switch connection states of the coils (112U, 112V, 112W) between a Y-connection state and a Δ-connection state; characterized in that the air conditioner further comprises: a current detection unit to detect a current value of a current on an input side of the inverter; and a control unit to detect an abnormality of the connection switching unit, based on the current value. a compressor to compress a refrigerant used in the refrigeration cycle; a fan (114c, 151b) to blow air to a heat exchanger (114b, 151a); a converter to generate a DC voltage; an inverter to generate three-phase AC voltages from the DC voltage; a motor to produce a driving force for driving the compressor with a plurality of coils (112U, 112V, 112W), the three-phase AC voltages being applied to the coils (112U, 112V, 112W); a connection switching unit to switch connection states of the coils (112U, 112V, 112W) between a Y-connection state and a Δ-connection state; characterized in that the air conditioner further comprises: a current detection unit to detect a current value of a current on an input side of the inverter; and a control unit to detect an abnormality of the connection switching unit, based on the current value. a current detection unit to detect a current value of a current on an input side of the inverter; and a control unit to detect an abnormality of the connection switching unit, based on the current value.
Method for controlling a rotating field machine of a mobile working machine having a rotating field machine, in particular a three-phase motor, and a speed recording means of the rotating field machine, a controllable inverter for supplying the rotating field machine and having a control computer which is connected to the inverter and to the speed recording means, a monitoring computer which is connected to the control computer via a data bus determining, as a calculated monitoring value, at least one monitoring speed (n M) of the rotating field machine by means of a model calculation from input values (u S1, u S2, i S1, i S2) transmitted to the monitoring computer, characterized in that the monitoring computer receives input values (u S1, u S2, i S1, i S2, n) from the control computer solely as data information via the data bus and compares calculated monitoring values (n M) with input values (n) transmitted via the data bus, the control computer and the monitoring computer being implemented in different cores of a multi-core processor and the bus being a CPU bus, or the monitoring computer simultaneously being a control computer of a further component of the mobile working machine or of the inverter.
A distributed mode loudspeaker comprising: a display panel; a support attached to the display panel; a piezoelectric transducer, the piezoelectric transducer comprising a layer of piezoelectric material, the piezoelectric transducer being rigidly connected to the support at one end and extending parallel to the display panel to a free end opposite the end attached to the support, the piezoelectric transducer further comprising electrode layers arranged on opposing sides of the layer of piezoelectric material, the electrode layers comprising two or more electrode pairs, each electrode pair comprising a first electrode on a first side of the opposing sides and a second electrode on a second side of the opposing sides; and a drive module connected to each of the two or more electrode pairs and adapted to selectively provide current to the two or more electrode pairs to generate a force that, when provided to the display panel, causes the display panel to generate sound waves. a display panel; a support attached to the display panel; a piezoelectric transducer, the piezoelectric transducer comprising a layer of piezoelectric material, the piezoelectric transducer being rigidly connected to the support at one end and extending parallel to the display panel to a free end opposite the end attached to the support, the piezoelectric transducer further comprising electrode layers arranged on opposing sides of the layer of piezoelectric material, the electrode layers comprising two or more electrode pairs, each electrode pair comprising a first electrode on a first side of the opposing sides and a second electrode on a second side of the opposing sides; and a drive module connected to each of the two or more electrode pairs and adapted to selectively provide current to the two or more electrode pairs to generate a force that, when provided to the display panel, causes the display panel to generate sound waves.
A composition consisting of between 2 and 25 antibody detection markers, wherein the composition includes at least two proteins, wherein the at least two proteins comprise (a) Angiopoietin Like 4 (ANGPTL4) or an antigenic fragment thereof, and (b) at least one protein selected from the group consisting of Dickkopf WNT Signaling Pathway Inhibitor 1, Ephrin Type-A Receptor 2 (EPHA2),Laminin Subunit Gamma 2 (LAMC2),Spondin 2 (SPON2),Signal Sequence Receptor Subunit 2, Lectin, Galaktose Binding, Soluble 1, GPI-Linked Anchor Protein (GFRA1), Leucine Rich Repeat Containing 15 (LRRC15), CD147, CD320, Cadherin 3, Low Density Lipoprotein Receptor-Related Protein 10, Serine Peptidase Inhibitor Kunitz Type 2 (SPINT2), Sushi Domain Containing 2 (SUSD2), and Cystatin SA, or antigenic fragments thereof.
An apparatus comprising: a vibration level detector configured to determine a vibration level of a frame of an air vehicle based on data received from a sensor (118, 119) of the air vehicle, the air vehicle including a rotor; a rotor operation analyzer configured to determine an operational parameter of the rotor based on the vibration level; and a communicator to transmit an instruction including the operational parameter of the rotor to a controller of the rotor; the apparatus further including a vehicle performance analyzer to analyze vehicle performance data to determine effects of an adjustment to the operational parameter of the rotor on performance of the air vehicle such as thrust, ceiling, endurance, range, flight mode, lift, and payload; characterized in that the apparatus is configured to refrain from implementing changes to the operational parameter of the rotor if the changes adversely affect the performance of the air vehicle, which is an aircraft. a vibration level detector configured to determine a vibration level of a frame of an air vehicle based on data received from a sensor (118, 119) of the air vehicle, the air vehicle including a rotor; a rotor operation analyzer configured to determine an operational parameter of the rotor based on the vibration level; and a communicator to transmit an instruction including the operational parameter of the rotor to a controller of the rotor; the apparatus further including a vehicle performance analyzer to analyze vehicle performance data to determine effects of an adjustment to the operational parameter of the rotor on performance of the air vehicle such as thrust, ceiling, endurance, range, flight mode, lift, and payload; characterized in that the apparatus is configured to refrain from implementing changes to the operational parameter of the rotor if the changes adversely affect the performance of the air vehicle, which is an aircraft.
A powder comprising a phosphate salt, at least one glycine or functional derivative thereof, at least one N-acetylcysteine, L-cysteine or functional derivative thereof, Vitamin E, Vitamin C, Vitamin B2 and Zinc, the powder comprising less than 1.0 wt.% of proteins of four or more amino acid residues, and the powder having at least one characteristic selected from the group consisting of (i) the amino acids in the powder are present in an amount that at least partially comprises the amino acid in a form selected from the group consisting of free form, dipeptides, tripeptides and mixtures thereof and (ii) the powder is substantially free of enzymes and antibodies.
A system (400, 500) for determining an amount of oscillating movement of a wind turbine tower, the wind turbine further comprising a non-rotating upper part supported by the tower, a rotor having a rotor axis, and a generator for generating electric power, the system comprising a sensor unit (408, 508) adapted to provide a rotor speed signal indicative of a rotational speed of the rotor relative to the non-rotating upper part, a filtering unit (415, 515) adapted to, based on the rotor speed signal provided by the sensor unit, provide a filtered signal comprising information associated with an oscillating movement of the wind turbine tower, and a processing unit (420, 520) adapted to determine the amount of oscillating movement based on the filtered signal provided by the filtering unit. a sensor unit (408, 508) adapted to provide a rotor speed signal indicative of a rotational speed of the rotor relative to the non-rotating upper part, a filtering unit (415, 515) adapted to, based on the rotor speed signal provided by the sensor unit, provide a filtered signal comprising information associated with an oscillating movement of the wind turbine tower, and a processing unit (420, 520) adapted to determine the amount of oscillating movement based on the filtered signal provided by the filtering unit.
A magnetic element with thermally-assisted writing using a field or spin transfer, each comprising: - a magnetic reference layer referred to as the "trapped layer", the magnetisation of which is in a fixed direction; - a magnetic storage layer called the "free layer" having a variable magnetisation direction and consisting of a layer made of a ferromagnetic material with magnetisation in the plane of the layer and magnetically coupled to a magnetisation-trapping layer made of an antiferromagnetic material; - a semiconductor or confined-current-path insulating layer sandwiched between the reference layer and the storage layer, wherein one or more bilayers consisting respectively of an amorphous or quasi-amorphous material and a material having the same structure or the same crystal lattice as antiferromagnetic layer is/are placed in the storage layer between the ferromagnetic layer which is in contact with the semiconductor or confined-current-path insulating layer and the antiferromagnetic layer. - a magnetic reference layer referred to as the "trapped layer", the magnetisation of which is in a fixed direction; - a magnetic storage layer called the "free layer" having a variable magnetisation direction and consisting of a layer made of a ferromagnetic material with magnetisation in the plane of the layer and magnetically coupled to a magnetisation-trapping layer made of an antiferromagnetic material; - a semiconductor or confined-current-path insulating layer sandwiched between the reference layer and the storage layer,
A device for carrying out a cosmetic treatment intended for eliminating dark spots on the skin, comprising a cryogenic fluid tank, a solenoid valve allowing the passage of the cryogenic fluid in the downstream direction, from the inside of said tank to a nozzle via a sprayer, said solenoid valve being associated with an electronic timing system enabling it to be opened for a predetermined time, characterised in that said sprayer comprises at least one body in which at least one internal axial and cylindro-conical conduit forming means for limiting the flow of cryogenic fluid is arranged.
A lens assembly for use in microscopy imaging of a sample in a cryogenic environment, the lens assembly comprising: a planar mount comprising an aperture through a plane of the mount; and a solid immersion lens comprising a planar surface for accepting the sample for imaging, the solid immersion lens being mounted within the aperture, characterised in that: the aperture comprises a circumferential channel between the planar mount and the solid immersion lens, and the planar mount comprises a plurality of nibs extending into the circumferential channel towards, and optionally to touch, the solid immersion lens. a planar mount comprising an aperture through a plane of the mount; and a solid immersion lens comprising a planar surface for accepting the sample for imaging, the solid immersion lens being mounted within the aperture, characterised in that: the aperture comprises a circumferential channel between the planar mount and the solid immersion lens, and the planar mount comprises a plurality of nibs extending into the circumferential channel towards, and optionally to touch, the solid immersion lens.
A device for hydro-dynamically entangling nonwovens, woven fabrics or knitted fabrics, comprising an entangling installation including at least one water bar and a drum or an endless belt, between which a fibre web is transported and entangled, wherein, in travelling direction of the fibre web upstream the water bar, is disposed a compacting plate, which condenses the fibre web on the drum or the endless belt, characterized in that, in travelling direction of the fibre web upstream the compacting plate, at least one diverting device is disposed above and/or below the fibre web, by means of which device the air entrained by the fibre web is diverted.
Pixel filter wherein: each pixel (Pix) of the pixel filter comprises an interference filter comprising a stack of layers, and a plurality of waveguides, each crossing all or part of the layers of said interference filter; and in each pixel (Pix) of the pixel filter, the waveguide(s) are configured to guide at least one optical mode and so that an evanescent portion of said at least one guided mode is filtered by the interference filter of said pixel (Pix). each pixel (Pix) of the pixel filter comprises an interference filter comprising a stack of layers, and a plurality of waveguides, each crossing all or part of the layers of said interference filter; and in each pixel (Pix) of the pixel filter, the waveguide(s) are configured to guide at least one optical mode and so that an evanescent portion of said at least one guided mode is filtered by the interference filter of said pixel (Pix).
Reheat burner arrangement comprising, a duct with a cross-section area, a center body arranged in the duct, an intermediate fuel injection plane located along the center body, and a second combustion chamber, wherein the center body is located upstream of the second combustion chamber, and terminates at a second combustion chamber inlet, and wherein the cross section of a flow duct delimited by the burner and the subsequent second combustion chamber increases in a stepwise manner from a burner exit to the second combustion chamber inlet, characterized in that ratio of the perimeter of the burner exit to the perimeter of the combustion chamber inlet is in the range of 0.6 to 1 and in that ratio of area of the downstream face of the center body to the burner exit area including the center body downstream face is greater than 0.6.
A semiconductor device comprising: a substrate; a first insulating film formed above the substrate; a first conductive layer formed above the substrate; a titanium nitride film / aluminum film / titanium nitride film layer formed above the first insulating film and the conductive layer; a first guard ring which includes a first groove-shaped via-hole formed in the first insulating film and a first conductor formed in the first groove-shaped via-hole, the first conductor being connected to the substrate, the first conductor being connected to the first conductive layer; and a second guard ring which includes a second groove-shaped via-hole formed in the first insulating film and a second conductor formed in the second groove-shaped via-hole, the second conductor being connected to the substrate, the second conductor being connected to the first conductive layer, wherein: the first conductive layer includes copper; the second guard ring is surrounded by the first guard ring in a plan view; the first guard ring and the second guard ring are connected to the titanium nitride film / aluminum film / titanium nitride film layer; and each of the first groove-shaped via-hole and the second groove-shaped via-hole includes a pattern bent twice each time at an inner angle of 135 degrees at each of four corners of the semiconductor device in a plan view. a substrate; a first insulating film formed above the substrate; a first conductive layer formed above the substrate; a titanium nitride film / aluminum film / titanium nitride film layer formed above the first insulating film and the conductive layer; a first guard ring which includes a first groove-shaped via-hole formed in the first insulating film and a first conductor formed in the first groove-shaped via-hole, the first conductor being connected to the substrate, the first conductor being connected to the first conductive layer; and a second guard ring which includes a second groove-shaped via-hole formed in the first insulating film and a second conductor formed in the second groove-shaped via-hole, the second conductor being connected to the substrate, the second conductor being connected to the first conductive layer, wherein: the first conductive layer includes copper; the second guard ring is surrounded by the first guard ring in a plan view; the first guard ring and the second guard ring are connected to the titanium nitride film / aluminum film / titanium nitride film layer; and each of the first groove-shaped via-hole and the second groove-shaped via-hole includes a pattern bent twice each time at an inner angle of 135 degrees at each of four corners of the semiconductor device in a plan view. the first conductive layer includes copper; the second guard ring is surrounded by the first guard ring in a plan view; the first guard ring and the second guard ring are connected to the titanium nitride film / aluminum film / titanium nitride film layer; and each of the first groove-shaped via-hole and the second groove-shaped via-hole includes a pattern bent twice each time at an inner angle of 135 degrees at each of four corners of the semiconductor device in a plan view.