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A method of producing a terry fabric, comprising the steps of: blending chemo-mechanically felting fibres with non-felting fibres into a blended feed material; spinning the blended feed material into a blended yarn; characterized in that producing a terry fabric comprising the blended yarn, wherein interspaces are formed between the non-felting fibers within the blended yarn; subjecting the terry fabric to a first fabric treatment comprising a mechanical felting treatment; and subjecting the terry fabric to a second fabric treatment comprising a chemical felting treatment, the treatment comprising: treatment of the terry fabric with an alkali, wherein the ratio of weight of the alkali to dry fabric weight is between 0.02 and 0.05, thereby resulting in shrinkage of overall length of the blended yarn and a corresponding increase in the diameter of the blended yarn. blending chemo-mechanically felting fibres with non-felting fibres into a blended feed material; spinning the blended feed material into a blended yarn; characterized in that producing a terry fabric comprising the blended yarn, wherein interspaces are formed between the non-felting fibers within the blended yarn; subjecting the terry fabric to a first fabric treatment comprising a mechanical felting treatment; and subjecting the terry fabric to a second fabric treatment comprising a chemical felting treatment, the treatment comprising: treatment of the terry fabric with an alkali, wherein the ratio of weight of the alkali to dry fabric weight is between 0.02 and 0.05, thereby resulting in shrinkage of overall length of the blended yarn and a corresponding increase in the diameter of the blended yarn.
A burner assembly for a heavy-duty gas turbine engine comprising a main burner, extending around a burner axis and including: a swirler, having a plurality of blades circumferentially distributed around the burner axis, wherein mixing channels are defined between respective pairs of adjacent blades; a plurality of in-line injectors, arranged at inlet sections of respective mixing channels and having respective in-line nozzles, configured to discharge in a respective flow direction of a fluid flowing through the respective mixing channel; characterized in that the swirler is a diagonal swirler and in that the main burner comprises an inner body, having a frustoconical outer surface, and an outer body, having a frustoconical inner surface, wherein an annular space is defined between the frustoconical outer surface of the inner body and the frustoconical inner surface of the outer body and wherein the blades extend in the annular space. a swirler, having a plurality of blades circumferentially distributed around the burner axis, wherein mixing channels are defined between respective pairs of adjacent blades; a plurality of in-line injectors, arranged at inlet sections of respective mixing channels and having respective in-line nozzles, configured to discharge in a respective flow direction of a fluid flowing through the respective mixing channel; characterized in that the swirler is a diagonal swirler and in that the main burner comprises an inner body, having a frustoconical outer surface, and an outer body, having a frustoconical inner surface, wherein an annular space is defined between the frustoconical outer surface of the inner body and the frustoconical inner surface of the outer body and wherein the blades extend in the annular space.
A reinforced concrete element comprising a body of concrete and a reinforcing structure embedded in the body, said reinforcing structure comprising a plurality of spaced apart reinforcing bars, said reinforcing structure further comprises at least one spacer made of a light weight material such as plastic, said spacer comprising retainment means for keeping said plurality of reinforcing bars in said reinforcing structure in place before and during curing of said concrete, said reinforced concrete element being an elongated concrete pile with a substantially rectangular cross section and four longitudinal edges, wherein said reinforcing structure comprises at least four reinforcing bars, and wherein said reinforcing structure further is configured such that each of said at least four reinforcing bars are directed along the body and embedded along a corresponding one of said longitudinal edges, said spacer comprising at least four retainment means, each retainment means being adapted to receive and retain a reinforcing bar characterized in that said concrete is reinforced with steel fibres having hooks at their ends.
A suture locking device, comprising: a carrier member; a locking assembly mounted at a distal end of the carrier member, the locking assembly comprising: a first locking member having an outer surface portion; and a second locking member having an inner surface portion, wherein the outer and inner surface portions define mating stepped features, said mating stepped features comprising a plurality of steps along the outer surface portion and a plurality of steps along the inner surface portion; a suture path receptive of a suture and defined at least partially through the first locking member, between the outer and inner surface portions, and at least partially through the carrier member; an actuator assembly operable to move the first and second locking members together to lock the suture relative to the lock assembly; and at least one snare (22, 24) operable to pull the suture into the suture locking device along the suture path; wherein the locking assembly is releasably mounted at a distal end of the carrier member. a carrier member; a locking assembly mounted at a distal end of the carrier member, the locking assembly comprising: a first locking member having an outer surface portion; and a second locking member having an inner surface portion, wherein the outer and inner surface portions define mating stepped features, said mating stepped features comprising a plurality of steps along the outer surface portion and a plurality of steps along the inner surface portion; a first locking member having an outer surface portion; and a second locking member having an inner surface portion, wherein the outer and inner surface portions define mating stepped features, said mating stepped features comprising a plurality of steps along the outer surface portion and a plurality of steps along the inner surface portion; a suture path receptive of a suture and defined at least partially through the first locking member, between the outer and inner surface portions, and at least partially through the carrier member; an actuator assembly operable to move the first and second locking members together to lock the suture relative to the lock assembly; and at least one snare (22, 24) operable to pull the suture into the suture locking device along the suture path; wherein the locking assembly is releasably mounted at a distal end of the carrier member.
A reticle manipulating device (1, 201) comprising: an at least substantially closed housing (2, 202) for maintaining clean-room conditions therein; at least one functional unit (8, 8', 8a, 8b, 20, 71, 108A, 208, 209, 216) connected to the housing, the at least one functional unit being selected from a number of functional units, each of the functional units being capable of one of inputting/outputting, storing, cleaning and examining reticles; a transport robot arranged inside the housing for transporting reticles between a first functional unit (8, 8', 8a, 8b), for inputting/outputting reticles, and another functional unit (20, 71, 108A, 208, 209, 216) and vice versa; characterized in that the at least one functional unit (8, 8', 8a, 8b, 20, 71, 108A, 208, 208' 209, 216) is modularly mateable to the housing, the at least one functional unit having an interface (26, 26a) adapted for removably coupling the functional unit to the housing, and characterized in that the at least one functional unit is selectable for connection to the housing from a number of different interchangeable functional units each having a different predetermined characteristic and being capable of connection to the housing. an at least substantially closed housing (2, 202) for maintaining clean-room conditions therein; at least one functional unit (8, 8', 8a, 8b, 20, 71, 108A, 208, 209, 216) connected to the housing, the at least one functional unit being selected from a number of functional units, each of the functional units being capable of one of inputting/outputting, storing, cleaning and examining reticles; a transport robot arranged inside the housing for transporting reticles between a first functional unit (8, 8', 8a, 8b), for inputting/outputting reticles, and another functional unit (20, 71, 108A, 208, 209, 216) and vice versa; characterized in that the at least one functional unit (8, 8', 8a, 8b, 20, 71, 108A, 208, 208' 209, 216) is modularly mateable to the housing, the at least one functional unit having an interface (26, 26a) adapted for removably coupling the functional unit to the housing, and characterized in that the at least one functional unit is selectable for connection to the housing from a number of different interchangeable functional units each having a different predetermined characteristic and being capable of connection to the housing.
A control system configured for controlling an adjustable output voltage provided to a heater for semiconductor processing tools, the control system comprising: a controller configured to: determine an input parameter based on an electrical characteristic of the heater, determine an output voltage (V OUT) for the heater based on the input parameter and a desired setpoint, wherein the desired setpoint is based on an operational state of the heater, and transmit a signal to a power converter to generate the output voltage (V OUT). determine an input parameter based on an electrical characteristic of the heater, determine an output voltage (V OUT) for the heater based on the input parameter and a desired setpoint, wherein the desired setpoint is based on an operational state of the heater, and transmit a signal to a power converter to generate the output voltage (V OUT).
A method of fabricating a SiC single crystal comprising: (a) physical vapor transport growing a SiC single crystal on a seed crystal in the presence of a temperature gradient, wherein an early-to-grow portion of the SiC single crystal is at a lower temperature than a later-to-grow portion of the SiC single crystal; and (b) annealing the SiC single crystal in the presence of a reverse temperature gradient, wherein the later-to-grow portion of the SiC single crystal is at a lower temperature than the early-to-grow portion of the SiC single crystal. (a) physical vapor transport growing a SiC single crystal on a seed crystal in the presence of a temperature gradient, wherein an early-to-grow portion of the SiC single crystal is at a lower temperature than a later-to-grow portion of the SiC single crystal; and (b) annealing the SiC single crystal in the presence of a reverse temperature gradient, wherein the later-to-grow portion of the SiC single crystal is at a lower temperature than the early-to-grow portion of the SiC single crystal.
A method for producing an abiotic stress tolerant plant relative to a control plant, by decreasing the ethylene signal transduction pathway in said plant during the period of abiotic stress imposed on said plants comprising introducing and expressing in said plant a chimeric gene comprising of a plant 4TM promoter selected from the list consisting of SEQ ID NO: 1, SEQ ID NO: 2, SEQ ID NO: 3 or SEQ ID NO: 4, or a functionally equivalent orthologous plant 4TM promoter of SEQ ID NO: 1, SEQ ID NO: 2, SEQ ID NO: 3 or SEQ ID NO: 4 wherein said promoter is operably linked to a gene or gene fragment derived from the ethylene signal transduction pathway.
Optoelectronic semiconductor component having a light source, a housing and electrical connections, • wherein the optoelectronic semiconductor component has a conversion element comprising phosphor and a component that contains metal phosphate, • characterized in that the metal phosphate is substantially free of alkali metal and free of halogen, wherein the metal phosphate contains at most 1 mol% of alkali metal oxides and halogen-containing constituents, • wherein either the component that contains metal phosphate is a matrix for the conversion element or • the component that contains metal phosphate is a protective layer for phosphor particles. • wherein the optoelectronic semiconductor component has a conversion element comprising phosphor and a component that contains metal phosphate, • characterized in that the metal phosphate is substantially free of alkali metal and free of halogen, wherein the metal phosphate contains at most 1 mol% of alkali metal oxides and halogen-containing constituents, • wherein either the component that contains metal phosphate is a matrix for the conversion element or • the component that contains metal phosphate is a protective layer for phosphor particles.
A surgical instrument including a fixed or stationery first jaw element; a stop plate carried at a distal end of the first jaw element; and a second jaw element slidably coupled to the first jaw element, the second jaw element comprising a body having a cutting edge at the distal end thereof, wherein the second jaw element has a closed configuration in which the cutting edge of the second jaw element body is in contact with the stop plate and an open configuration in which the cutting edge of the second jaw element body is spaced from the stop plate, characterised in that the second jaw element defines a channel therein having a distal opening and a proximal opening, and the instrument further includes a detachable collection tube releasably coupled to a proximal portion of the second jaw element body, the detachable collection tube including an inlet in communication with the proximal opening of the channel.
A method in a first network device, the method comprising: in response to receiving a packet (163, 164), determining whether the packet has been classified; in response to determining the packet has not been classified, classifying the packet to determine a class to which the packet belongs, wherein the class identifies a set of one or more markers that are to be included as part of packets belonging to the class; marking the packet with a first marker (600, 700, 800, 900) selected from the set of one or more markers;and forwarding the marked packet characterized in, that the first marker is a timestamp marker including an offset value indicating a location in the first marker where a timestamp is to be inserted by a recipient of the marked packet. in response to receiving a packet (163, 164), determining whether the packet has been classified; in response to determining the packet has not been classified, classifying the packet to determine a class to which the packet belongs, wherein the class identifies a set of one or more markers that are to be included as part of packets belonging to the class; marking the packet with a first marker (600, 700, 800, 900) selected from the set of one or more markers;and forwarding the marked packet characterized in, that the first marker is a timestamp marker including an offset value indicating a location in the first marker where a timestamp is to be inserted by a recipient of the marked packet.
A method for extracting at least one chemical element contained in a molten salt medium, said chemical element being a metal element, a lanthanide element and/or and an actinide element, comprising the following steps: a) a step for putting said molten salt medium comprising said chemical element in contact with a monomer comprising at least one group able to complex said chemical element, the monomer thereby forming a coordination complex with said chemical element; b) a step for polymerizing said thereby complexed monomer. a) a step for putting said molten salt medium comprising said chemical element in contact with a monomer comprising at least one group able to complex said chemical element, the monomer thereby forming a coordination complex with said chemical element; b) a step for polymerizing said thereby complexed monomer.
A method comprising: executing a virtual machine monitor on a computer system including a plurality of cores; selecting one or more cores of the plurality of cores as a first subset of cores (404, 504); executing an operating system on the first subset of cores, wherein the operating system executes as a guest under control of the virtual machine monitor and an application executes on the operating system; sequestering as one or more computing accelerators, a second subset of cores of the plurality of cores, the first subset of cores and the second subset of cores being mutually exclusive (406, 504), the sequestering including dedicating a portion of shared system memory to the second subset of cores and including isolating the second subset of cores from the operating system making the second subset of cores not visible to the operating system; scheduling work for the application to be completed by the second subset of cores; and executing the work for the application on the second subset of cores, the application indirectly accessing the second subset of cores via the virtual machine monitor. executing a virtual machine monitor on a computer system including a plurality of cores; selecting one or more cores of the plurality of cores as a first subset of cores (404, 504); executing an operating system on the first subset of cores, wherein the operating system executes as a guest under control of the virtual machine monitor and an application executes on the operating system; sequestering as one or more computing accelerators, a second subset of cores of the plurality of cores, the first subset of cores and the second subset of cores being mutually exclusive (406, 504), the sequestering including dedicating a portion of shared system memory to the second subset of cores and including isolating the second subset of cores from the operating system making the second subset of cores not visible to the operating system; scheduling work for the application to be completed by the second subset of cores; and executing the work for the application on the second subset of cores, the application indirectly accessing the second subset of cores via the virtual machine monitor.
A method of producing a composition comprising a crosslinkable silane-terminated polymer having at least one crosslinkable silyl group in each molecule, the method comprising: providing a polymer having at least one unsaturated group and at least one alcoholic hydroxyl group in each molecule and having a number average molecular weight of between 100 and 10000; adding to the polymer a compound having a hydrogen-silicon bond and a crosslinkable silyl group in each molecule and a hydrosilylation catalyst to thereby carry out a hydrosilylation reaction to form a composition comprising hydrosilylated polyoxyalkylene polymers, wherein the hydrosilylation reaction has a hydrosilylation efficiency of at least 70% as determined by 1 H-NMR; reacting the hydrosilylated polyoxyalkylene polymers with at least one isocyanate at an isocyanate index of between 80 and 250 and in the presence of a first tin-free catalyst to form an isocyanate reacted hydrosilylated polymers; and optionally reacting the isocyanate reacted hydrosilylated polymer with a polyol having a nominal functionality of at least 2 to form a polyol reacted crosslinkable silane-terminated polymer. providing a polymer having at least one unsaturated group and at least one alcoholic hydroxyl group in each molecule and having a number average molecular weight of between 100 and 10000; adding to the polymer a compound having a hydrogen-silicon bond and a crosslinkable silyl group in each molecule and a hydrosilylation catalyst to thereby carry out a hydrosilylation reaction to form a composition comprising hydrosilylated polyoxyalkylene polymers, wherein the hydrosilylation reaction has a hydrosilylation efficiency of at least 70% as determined by 1 H-NMR; reacting the hydrosilylated polyoxyalkylene polymers with at least one isocyanate at an isocyanate index of between 80 and 250 and in the presence of a first tin-free catalyst to form an isocyanate reacted hydrosilylated polymers; and optionally reacting the isocyanate reacted hydrosilylated polymer with a polyol having a nominal functionality of at least 2 to form a polyol reacted crosslinkable silane-terminated polymer.
A winder wherein a fiber web source defines an upstream direction toward the fiber web source, the winder comprising: a front winding drum mounted for rotation; at least one winding core; a rear winding drum mounted for rotation, and positioned in the upstream direction from and closely spaced from the front winding drum, so as to form a gap therebetween, and to support the at least one winding core between the front winding drum and the rear winding drum over the gap; wherein the winding core is supported on the front and rear winding drums (12, 11) so that the front winding drum forms a second winding nip with the winding core, and the rear winding drum forms a first winding nip with the winding core upstream of the second winding nip, so that a customer roll can be wound onto the core between and in nipping engagement with the front winding drum and the rear winding drum; a movable guard mounted for rotation about the front winding drum, having a downstream edge and an upstream edge and portions therebetween positionable to cover the front winding drum with the downstream edge adjacent to the second winding nip formed by the front winding drum and a forming customer roll; an actuator connected to the guard to cause the guard to rotate; and a cutter; the cutter is attached to the upstream edge of the movable guard; and the upstream edge of the guard and the cutter attached thereto are positionable, by rotation of the guard to move up from below the gap, through the gap to position the cutter to sever a fiber web above the gap. a front winding drum mounted for rotation; at least one winding core; a rear winding drum mounted for rotation, and positioned in the upstream direction from and closely spaced from the front winding drum, so as to form a gap therebetween, and to support the at least one winding core between the front winding drum and the rear winding drum over the gap; wherein the winding core is supported on the front and rear winding drums (12, 11) so that the front winding drum forms a second winding nip with the winding core, and the rear winding drum forms a first winding nip with the winding core upstream of the second winding nip, so that a customer roll can be wound onto the core between and in nipping engagement with the front winding drum and the rear winding drum; a movable guard mounted for rotation about the front winding drum, having a downstream edge and an upstream edge and portions therebetween positionable to cover the front winding drum with the downstream edge adjacent to the second winding nip formed by the front winding drum and a forming customer roll; an actuator connected to the guard to cause the guard to rotate; and a cutter; the cutter is attached to the upstream edge of the movable guard; and the upstream edge of the guard and the cutter attached thereto are positionable, by rotation of the guard to move up from below the gap, through the gap to position the cutter to sever a fiber web above the gap.