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A device, comprising: a silicon-on-insulator, SOI, substrate, said SOI substrate having a first silicon layer, a second silicon layer, and an insulator layer interposed between said first and second silicon layers (42, 44); a structural layer formed on said first silicon layer of said SOI substrate, said structural layer having a first conductivity type; a well region formed in said structural layer, said well region having a second conductivity type that is opposite from said first conductivity type; at least one resistor in said well region, said at least one resistor being at least one piezoresistor; a metallization structure including multiple metallization layers formed on a dielectric structure which is formed on said structural layer; at least one electrical contact region formed in said well region and electrically interconnecting said at least one resistor to at least one respective electrical contact extending through said metallization structure and said dielectric structure; a first cavity extending through all of said multiple metallization layers of said metallization structure and said dielectric structure; and a second cavity extending through said second silicon layer of said SOI substrate, said second cavity stopping at one of said first silicon layer and said insulator layer, wherein said well region interposed between said first and second cavities (60, 62) defines a diaphragm of a pressure sensor. a silicon-on-insulator, SOI, substrate, said SOI substrate having a first silicon layer, a second silicon layer, and an insulator layer interposed between said first and second silicon layers (42, 44); a structural layer formed on said first silicon layer of said SOI substrate, said structural layer having a first conductivity type; a well region formed in said structural layer, said well region having a second conductivity type that is opposite from said first conductivity type; at least one resistor in said well region, said at least one resistor being at least one piezoresistor; a metallization structure including multiple metallization layers formed on a dielectric structure which is formed on said structural layer; at least one electrical contact region formed in said well region and electrically interconnecting said at least one resistor to at least one respective electrical contact extending through said metallization structure and said dielectric structure; a first cavity extending through all of said multiple metallization layers of said metallization structure and said dielectric structure; and a second cavity extending through said second silicon layer of said SOI substrate, said second cavity stopping at one of said first silicon layer and said insulator layer, wherein said well region interposed between said first and second cavities (60, 62) defines a diaphragm of a pressure sensor.
A cam driver for a transfer device of an image forming apparatus, comprising: a support (201a, 201b) configured to support an object (300, R1, 4, 14b); a cam (202a, 202b) configured to move the support (201a, 201b); a motor (203a, 203b) configured to rotate the cam (202a, 202b) and maintain a position of the cam (202a, 202b); and a retracting torque applicator (214a, 214b, 215a, 215b) configured to apply torque to the cam (202a, 202b) in a direction to move the object (300, R1, 4, 14b) away from a counter object that faces the object (300, R1, 4, 14b), characterized in that the motor (203a, 203b) is configured to generate holding torque to hold the position of the cam (202a, 202b), wherein the retracting torque applicator (214a, 214b, 215a, 215b) is configured to generate retracting torque, wherein the motor (203a, 203b) has a drive shaft and the drive shaft of the motor (203a, 203b) is driven to rotate by detent torque when the motor (203a, 203b) is turned off, and wherein T1 > T2 > T3 is satisfied on a rotary shaft coupled to the cam (202a, 202b), T1 denotes the holding torque, T2 denotes the retracting torque, and T3 denotes the detent torque. a support (201a, 201b) configured to support an object (300, R1, 4, 14b); a cam (202a, 202b) configured to move the support (201a, 201b); a motor (203a, 203b) configured to rotate the cam (202a, 202b) and maintain a position of the cam (202a, 202b); and a retracting torque applicator (214a, 214b, 215a, 215b) configured to apply torque to the cam (202a, 202b) in a direction to move the object (300, R1, 4, 14b) away from a counter object that faces the object (300, R1, 4, 14b), characterized in that the motor (203a, 203b) is configured to generate holding torque to hold the position of the cam (202a, 202b), wherein the retracting torque applicator (214a, 214b, 215a, 215b) is configured to generate retracting torque, wherein the motor (203a, 203b) has a drive shaft and the drive shaft of the motor (203a, 203b) is driven to rotate by detent torque when the motor (203a, 203b) is turned off, and wherein T1 > T2 > T3 is satisfied on a rotary shaft coupled to the cam (202a, 202b), T1 denotes the holding torque, T2 denotes the retracting torque, and T3 denotes the detent torque.
Use of a nucleic acid suitable for reducing the enzymatic activity in a plant cell of an invertase for the transformation of a plant, the transgenic progeny of which, grown from seeds, form a saccharose storage organ, in which the saccharose concentration is increased relative to the saccharose concentration of an unchanged control saccharose storage organ of the same genotype in a comparable development stage, wherein the increase in saccharose concentration by X percentage points can lead to a reduced saccharose storage organ yield and the reduction of the saccharose storage organ yield is a maximum of 5X percent.
A detergent composition containing less than 1 wt.% of phosphate comprising: a) from 2 to 25 wt.%, preferably from 3 to 20 wt.%, most preferably from 4 to 15 wt.% of an alcohol ethoxylate of formula R 1 -(OCH 2 CH 2) m OH where R 1 is selected from saturated or monounsaturated linear C16 and/or C18 alkyl chains and where m is from 6 to 40, preferably 7 to 20, more preferably 7 to 14; and, b) from 2 to 25 wt.%, preferably from 3 to 20 wt.%, most preferably from 4 to 15 wt.% of an alcohol ether sulfate of formula R 2 -(OCH 2 CH 2) n OSO 3 H where R 2 is saturated or monounsaturated linear C16 and/or C18 alkyl chain and n is from 5 to 20, preferably from 6 to 14, more preferably from 7 to 13, most preferably from 7 to 12; wherein the mole ratio of (a) to (b) is from 9:1 to 1:9, preferably from 8:1 to 1:8, more preferably from 6:1 to 1:6, even more preferably from 5:1 to 1:5, most preferably from 4:1 to 1:4. a) from 2 to 25 wt.%, preferably from 3 to 20 wt.%, most preferably from 4 to 15 wt.% of an alcohol ethoxylate of formula R 1 -(OCH 2 CH 2) m OH where R 1 is selected from saturated or monounsaturated linear C16 and/or C18 alkyl chains and where m is from 6 to 40, preferably 7 to 20, more preferably 7 to 14; and, b) from 2 to 25 wt.%, preferably from 3 to 20 wt.%, most preferably from 4 to 15 wt.% of an alcohol ether sulfate of formula R 2 -(OCH 2 CH 2) n OSO 3 H where R 2 is saturated or monounsaturated linear C16 and/or C18 alkyl chain and n is from 5 to 20, preferably from 6 to 14, more preferably from 7 to 13, most preferably from 7 to 12;
An exhaust gas purification system for an internal combustion engine, comprising: a selective catalytic reduction catalyst which is provided in an exhaust passage of the internal combustion engine; an addition device which is provided in the exhaust passage upstream of the selective catalytic reduction catalyst and which adds reducing agent derived from ammonia to exhaust gas; a fuel supply device which supplies fuel to exhaust gas at a location upstream of the selective catalytic reduction catalyst; a control unit which causes the fuel supply device to supply fuel at the time when reducing agent is added to exhaust gas by the addition device; characterized in that s aid selective catalytic reduction catalyst includes a precious metal catalyst, and by a measuring unit which measures a temperature correlating with the temperature of the selective catalytic reduction catalyst, wherein the control unit changes the amount of reducing agent added by the addition device and the amount of fuel supplied by the fuel supply device in accordance with the temperature measured by the measuring unit, and wherein the control unit controls the addition device and the fuel supply device in such a way as to make the amount of reducing agent smaller and the amount of fuel larger when the temperature measured by the measuring unit is high than when it is low. a selective catalytic reduction catalyst which is provided in an exhaust passage of the internal combustion engine; an addition device which is provided in the exhaust passage upstream of the selective catalytic reduction catalyst and which adds reducing agent derived from ammonia to exhaust gas; a fuel supply device which supplies fuel to exhaust gas at a location upstream of the selective catalytic reduction catalyst; a control unit which causes the fuel supply device to supply fuel at the time when reducing agent is added to exhaust gas by the addition device; s aid selective catalytic reduction catalyst includes a precious metal catalyst, a measuring unit which measures a temperature correlating with the temperature of the selective catalytic reduction catalyst,
A resin-coated flame-retardant fiber yarn comprising a resin coating layer coating a flame-retardant fiber yarn, wherein the resin coating layer comprises first titanium dioxide particles having a number average particle diameter in a range of 0.6 to 1.5 μm, second titanium dioxide particles having a number average particle diameter in a range of 0.2 to 0.4 μm, and bismuth-manganese composite metal oxide particles, wherein a total content of the first titanium dioxide particles and the bismuth-manganese composite metal oxide particles (A+B) is in a range of 1.5 to 13.0 mass% based on a total mass of the resin-coated flame-retardant fiber yarn, and wherein a mass ratio value of the first titanium dioxide particles to the bismuth-manganese composite metal oxide particles (A/B) is in a range of 5 to 70, and wherein a total content of the first titanium dioxide particles, the bismuth-manganese composite metal oxide particles and the second titanium dioxide particles (A+B+C) is in a range of 4.5 to 13.2 mass% based on the total mass of the resin-coated flame-retardant fiber yarn.
Method for determining an overall loss of capacitance of a secondary cell upon passage of a first interval from a first initial value up to a first final value for a charge throughput, and of a second interval, following the first interval, from a second initial value up to a second final value for the charge throughput, wherein the overall loss of capacitance and the charge throughput are described via the relationship Q loss = B ⋅ exp − E a RT ⋅ I * t 2, in which Q loss is the loss of capacitance, R is the universal gas constant, T is a temperature, t is a time, B is a prefactor which can be adjusted to boundary conditions of the secondary cell, E a is an activation energy which can be adjusted to boundary conditions of the secondary cell, and z is an exponent which can be adjusted to boundary conditions of the secondary cell, wherein, in the method, - a first partial loss of capacitance is determined for the first interval with the aid of the first final value by means of a first function which describes the relationship between the charge throughput and the loss of capacitance with a first boundary condition, - a second partial loss of capacitance is determined for the second interval by means of a second function which describes the relationship between the charge throughput and the loss of capacitance with a second boundary condition, - the overall loss of capacitance is determined by means of adding the partial losses of capacitance (9, 10), characterized in that the second interval is displaced for use in the second function in such a way that a result value of the second function for the second initial value corresponds to a result value of the first function for the first final value. - a first partial loss of capacitance is determined for the first interval with the aid of the first final value by means of a first function which describes the relationship between the charge throughput and the loss of capacitance with a first boundary condition, - a second partial loss of capacitance is determined for the second interval by means of a second function which describes the relationship between the charge throughput and the loss of capacitance with a second boundary condition, - the overall loss of capacitance is determined by means of adding the partial losses of capacitance (9, 10),
Mobile handheld device for measuring water parameters of water flowing from a water intake point, which mobile handheld device can be connected to a water outlet of the water intake point, having an inflow, through which the water from the water intake point can flow into the mobile handheld device after connection to the water outlet, having an outflow, through which the water can flow out of the mobile handheld device after flowing through the mobile handheld device, having a plurality of measuring devices for measuring the water parameters, wherein one of the measuring devices is a water meter which can be used to measure the amount of water which has flowed through the mobile handheld device since the beginning of a corresponding measurement, having a valve which can be used to block the flow of water through the outflow of the mobile handheld device and therefore also the flow through the mobile handheld device, having an electronic control unit which can be used to actuate the valve, wherein the control unit is designed in such a manner that it automatically closes the valve, with the result that no further water can flow out of the outflow of the mobile handheld device if measurements by the water meter reveal that an amount of water which has flowed through the handheld device since the beginning of the measurements corresponds to a predetermined condition, in particular has reached a predetermined limit value, wherein the mobile handheld device has a preferably sterile water guiding part, in particular a one-way water guiding part, through which water can flow from the water intake point into the mobile handheld device, wherein the water guiding part is releasably introduced, in particular plugged or screwed, into the inflow of the mobile handheld device.
An apparatus for processing an audio signal, comprising: (a) an input line that inputs an original audio signal; (b) a transform module that transforms the original audio signal into a set of frequency components; (c) a bass extraction filter that extracts a bass portion of said frequency components; (d) an adder having 1) inputs coupled to said original audio signal and to a virtual bass signal and 2) an output; and (e) an audio output device coupled to the output of said adder; characterized by (f) an estimator that estimates a fundamental frequency of a bass sound within said bass portion; (g) a frequency translator that shifts the bass portion by a positive frequency increment that is an integer multiple of the fundamental frequency estimated by said estimator, thereby providing said virtual bass signal; and (h) wherein said estimator also estimates a salience value of said bass sound, and wherein said virtual bass signal is forced to 0 if said salience value does not satisfy a specified criterion, which criterion pertains to a specified threshold. (a) an input line that inputs an original audio signal; (b) a transform module that transforms the original audio signal into a set of frequency components; (c) a bass extraction filter that extracts a bass portion of said frequency components; (d) an adder having 1) inputs coupled to said original audio signal and to a virtual bass signal and 2) an output; and (e) an audio output device coupled to the output of said adder; characterized by (f) an estimator that estimates a fundamental frequency of a bass sound within said bass portion; (g) a frequency translator that shifts the bass portion by a positive frequency increment that is an integer multiple of the fundamental frequency estimated by said estimator, thereby providing said virtual bass signal; and (h) wherein said estimator also estimates a salience value of said bass sound, and wherein said virtual bass signal is forced to 0 if said salience value does not satisfy a specified criterion, which criterion pertains to a specified threshold.
A fitting for fixing load items to a securing rail on a loading space of a vehicle, wherein the securing rail extending in a longitudinal direction has a first edge and a second edge, which run parallel to the longitudinal direction, wherein the fitting is configured to engage with the first edge of the securing rail by means of a first engagement portion and to engage with the second edge of the securing rail by means of a second engagement portion, characterized in that the fitting has a clamping device which is configured to clamp the fitting perpendicularly away from the securing rail in a clamping direction in such a manner that by means of the engagement of the second engagement portion with the second edge of the securing rail, the first engagement portion is moved perpendicular to the clamping direction and to the longitudinal direction towards the first edge so that a positioning means formed on the first engagement portion is pressed into a positioning aid formed on the first edge, thereby positively fixing a position of the fitting on the securing rail in the longitudinal direction of the securing rail. wherein the fitting is configured to engage with the first edge of the securing rail by means of a first engagement portion and to engage with the second edge of the securing rail by means of a second engagement portion, characterized in that the fitting has a clamping device which is configured to clamp the fitting perpendicularly away from the securing rail in a clamping direction in such a manner that by means of the engagement of the second engagement portion with the second edge of the securing rail, the first engagement portion is moved perpendicular to the clamping direction and to the longitudinal direction towards the first edge so that a positioning means formed on the first engagement portion is pressed into a positioning aid formed on the first edge, thereby positively fixing a position of the fitting on the securing rail in the longitudinal direction of the securing rail.
An immunogen and an adjuvant, the adjuvant comprising a replication-competent and propagation-defective alphavirus comprising an alphavirus genomic nucleic acid and an alphavirus virion coat, for use in producing a protective immune response to said immunogen, wherein the immunogen is not presented on or expressed by the alphavirus and the adjuvant enhances the immune response to the immunogen, and wherein the modified alphavirus genomic nucleic acid does not comprise a heterologous nucleic acid that encodes a polypeptide of interest or functional untranslated RNA.
An automated external defibrillator comprising: a self-test executor adapted to execute a self-test for checking a state of the automated external defibrillator; and a display unit adapted to indicate the state of the automated external defibrillator, wherein the display unit makes a first display when the automated external defibrillator is in a normal state, makes a second display when the automated external defibrillator is in an abnormal state, characterized in that the display unit makes the first display and the second display simultaneously or in a predetermined pattern when the automated external defibrillator is self-testing. a self-test executor adapted to execute a self-test for checking a state of the automated external defibrillator; and a display unit adapted to indicate the state of the automated external defibrillator, wherein the display unit makes a first display when the automated external defibrillator is in a normal state, makes a second display when the automated external defibrillator is in an abnormal state, characterized in that the display unit makes the first display and the second display simultaneously or in a predetermined pattern when the automated external defibrillator is self-testing.
A method of manufacturing a microfluidic device, said method comprising placing a length of material in a liquid polymer, configuring the length of material to define the path of a microfluidic channel, curing or setting the polymer liquid to form a solid polymer around the configured length of material, and dissolving the configured length of material with a solvent to provide a microfluidic channel in the solid polymer, and wherein at least one mechanical or electronic component, or a combination thereof, is suspended in the liquid polymer and set in the polymer when it is cured or set.
A horizontal injection moulding machine with two mould clamping plates (5, 6) that can be displaced on a machine bed along a longitudinal axis of the machine, with columns (11a, 11b, 12a, 12b) that run between the two mould clamping plates (5, 6), and with a rotary device for mould halves (24a, 25a) of injection moulding tools that is fixed between the mould clamping plates (5, 6) either on or in the machine bed, characterized in that the weight of the rotary device is introduced completely into the machine bed and the columns (11a, 11b, 12a, 12b) remain unstressed by the rotary device, wherein the rotary device has a base plate fastened either on or in the machine bed and a rotary table that is rotatably mounted on the base plate to rotate about a vertical axis, that a mould-half carrier for holding mould halves (24a, 25a) of injection moulding tools is fixed to the rotary table, that a pivot pin comprising lines for media is provided on the upper face of the mould-half carrier, and that a yoke with a recess for the pivot pin is arranged on the upper columns (11a, 11b) and engages with the pivot pin.
A material for blocking crosstalk, wherein the material comprises a first layer of film, a substrate, and a second layer of film, the first layer of film and the second layer of film are respectively plated on two sides of the substrate, characterized in that the first layer of film is a composite transparent conductive oxide material with alternately arranged grids and grid lines optically embossed on a first surface of the first layer of film, the first surface opposite a second surface of the first layer of film wherein the second surface is in contact with the substrate, and the first layer of film is non-hollowed-out.
A sexual dysfunction treatment apparatus for treating an impotent male patient comprising: a stimulation device configured to stimulate different areas of at least one penile portion of the patient's normal penile tissue or the prolongation thereof, and a control device operable to control the stimulation device to stimulate the penile portion to cause contraction thereof to at least restrict the blood flow leaving the penis to achieve erection; characterized in that the control device is configured to control the stimulation device to stimulate different areas of the penile portion at a time by sequentially stimulating the different areas of the penile portion. a stimulation device configured to stimulate different areas of at least one penile portion of the patient's normal penile tissue or the prolongation thereof, and a control device operable to control the stimulation device to stimulate the penile portion to cause contraction thereof to at least restrict the blood flow leaving the penis to achieve erection; characterized in that the control device is configured to control the stimulation device to stimulate different areas of the penile portion at a time by sequentially stimulating the different areas of the penile portion.