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A method for controllably growing zinc oxide (ZnO) nanowires on a surface of a structure by means of thermal oxidation, the structure comprising a zinc layer covering at least a portion of the structure, the method comprising: - arranging the structure within a thermal oxidation chamber, the chamber having a gas inlet and a gas outlet for allowing a gas flow through the chamber; - providing a gas comprising an oxygen-carrying precursor through the gas inlet of the chamber; and - controlling a concentration of oxygen along the surface of the structure by: - controlling a temperature within the chamber, the method being characterized by that the temperature is controlled according to a predetermined temperature curve, wherein the temperature curve comprises: - ramping up the temperature to a first oxidation temperature using a first ramp rate; - performing thermal oxidation starting at the first oxidation temperature for a first period of time to form an initial oxide layer; - ramping up the temperature to a second oxidation temperature using a second ramp rate; - performing thermal oxidation at the second oxidation temperature for a predetermined period of time to initialize and to maintain nanowire growth; - ramping up the temperature to a third oxidation temperature using a third ramp rate and performing thermal oxidation during the temperature ramp to grow nanowires; and - when the third oxidation temperature is reached, ramping down the temperature to end the oxidation using a fourth ramp rate; and - controlling a gas flow of the gas comprising the oxygen-carrying precursor through the chamber. - arranging the structure within a thermal oxidation chamber, the chamber having a gas inlet and a gas outlet for allowing a gas flow through the chamber; - providing a gas comprising an oxygen-carrying precursor through the gas inlet of the chamber; and - controlling a concentration of oxygen along the surface of the structure by: - controlling a temperature within the chamber, - ramping up the temperature to a first oxidation temperature using a first ramp rate; - performing thermal oxidation starting at the first oxidation temperature for a first period of time to form an initial oxide layer; - ramping up the temperature to a second oxidation temperature using a second ramp rate; - performing thermal oxidation at the second oxidation temperature for a predetermined period of time to initialize and to maintain nanowire growth; - ramping up the temperature to a third oxidation temperature using a third ramp rate and performing thermal oxidation during the temperature ramp to grow nanowires; and - when the third oxidation temperature is reached, ramping down the temperature to end the oxidation using a fourth ramp rate; and - controlling a gas flow of the gas comprising the oxygen-carrying precursor through the chamber.
Electrical apparatus intended for the treatment of hair, comprising: - a portable unit, - a cord enclosing at least two electric cables for supplying electric power to the portable unit, - a sleeve arranged on the end of the cord connected to the unit, characterised in that the sleeve has two successive zones in series on the cord: a first zone having notches parallel to a first plane, a second zone having notches parallel to a second plane, the second plane being non-parallel to the first plane, each zone undergoing in series mainly either bending or twisting, greatly reducing elastic deformation and increasing long-term resistance and in that the first zone has a longitudinal axis, the second zone has a longitudinal axis, the longitudinal axes of the zones (L1, L2) being substantially the same. - a portable unit, - a cord enclosing at least two electric cables for supplying electric power to the portable unit, - a sleeve arranged on the end of the cord connected to the unit,
A surgical end effector comprising: an anvil assembly; a cartridge assembly including a plurality of fasteners; a drive assembly movable longitudinally to approximate the anvil assembly relative to the cartridge assembly; and a strain gauge circuit disposed within the cartridge assembly, the strain gauge circuit configured to measure a strain imparted on the cartridge assembly by the drive assembly wherein the strain gauge circuit includes a flexible circuit comprising a first flexible dielectric substrate; a resistive sensor layer disposed over the first flexible dielectric substrate; a conductive layer disposed over the resistive sensor layer; and a second flexible dielectric substrate disposed over the resistive sensor layer and the conductive layer wherein the resistive sensor layer includes a strain gauge and a continuous layer characterised in that the strain gauge (76, 176, 276) has a variable gauge factor. an anvil assembly; a cartridge assembly including a plurality of fasteners; a drive assembly movable longitudinally to approximate the anvil assembly relative to the cartridge assembly; and a strain gauge circuit disposed within the cartridge assembly, the strain gauge circuit configured to measure a strain imparted on the cartridge assembly by the drive assembly wherein the strain gauge circuit includes a flexible circuit comprising a first flexible dielectric substrate; a resistive sensor layer disposed over the first flexible dielectric substrate; a conductive layer disposed over the resistive sensor layer; and a second flexible dielectric substrate disposed over the resistive sensor layer and the conductive layer wherein the resistive sensor layer includes a strain gauge and a continuous layer characterised in that the strain gauge (76, 176, 276) has a variable gauge factor.
A heat transfer plate intended to constitute, together with other similar heat transfer plates, a plate stack with permanently connected plates for a heat exchanger, which heat transfer plate comprises a first long side and an opposite second long side, a first short side and an opposite second short side, a heat transfer surface exhibiting a pattern of ridges and valleys, first and second port regions (12 and 13), said first port region being situated in a first corner portion formed at the meeting between the first long side and the first short side, said second port region being situated in a second corner portion formed at the meeting between the second long side and the first short side, and said first port region being connected to a number of ridges (10a-d) and valleys (11a-e), which ridges (10a-d) and valleys (11a-e) have a continuous extent from said first port region diagonally towards the second long side, wherein, when a similar adjacent plate in the plate stack is rotated 180° in a plane parallel with the heat transfer surface, the heat transfer plate and the adjacent plate turned relative to one another do abut against one another via crests of ridges and undersides of valleys, thus forming contact points (16a - d) upon abutment of mutually adjacent crests and valleys, formed upon abutment between mutually adjacent crests and valleys of stacked plates are situated on said ridges (10a-d) in direct proximity to the first port region, which contact points (16a-d) are so positioned that at least one contact point (16b, c) adjoins two contact points (16a, c and 16b, d respectively), said contact points (16a-d) being at the same radial distance from the centre of said first port region, wherein each ridge (10a-d) has a first centreline dividing the extent of the ridges (10a-d) into two equal portions, wherein each valley (11a-e) has a second centreline dividing the extent of the valleys (11a-e) into two equal portions, wherein the second valley of said valleys (11a-e) extends along both the second ridge and the third ridge, characterized in that two adjoining ridges (10a-d) form between them a valley (11a-e) whose width between the ridges (10a-d) varies along the extent of said valley (10a-d), wherein the heat transfer plate has a central axis parallel with the respective short sides (6,7) and is symmetrical with respect to the central axis in such a way that every ridge (10a-d) and valley (11a-e) pressed in the heat transfer plate correspond in form and position to a ridge and valley on the other side of the central axis, wherein the first centrelines in the respective ridges on the same side of the central axis are parallel to each other, wherein the respective second centrelines in the respective valleys are parallel with the second centrelines of the respective valleys on the same side of the central axis, the crest portion being connected to each side portion (22a,b) by an arcuate edge portion (23a,b) whose radius varies along the extent of the ridges (10a-d) in a manner related to the width of the crest portion, so that the smaller the width of the crest portion, the smaller the radius.
A method of operating a flywheel assembly, where the flywheel assembly includes a rotor having a vertical axis of rotation and a magnetic material, a bearing assembly (240, 330) connected to a housing, and an electromagnet positioned to levitate the rotor in the housing, where the bearing assembly (240, 330) allows axial motion of the rotor between a lower position having a maximum gap (g) between the rotor and the electromagnet, and an upper position having a minimum gap (g) between the rotor and the magnet, the bearing assembly (240, 330) including a bearing (241, 331) comprising a bearing outer portion (247, 337), an axial spring (244, 332) connected to the housing and the bearing outer portion (247, 337), and a stop (201, 301) connected to the housing and which limits the spring motion, wherein the stop (201, 301) is in contact with the bearing outer portion (247, 337) of the bearing when the rotor is in the upper position, said method comprising: responsive to the bearing outer portion (247, 337) of the bearing not being in contact with the stop (201, 301), providing an upper critical current to the electromagnet sufficient to lift the rotor from the lower position to the upper position to cause the bearing to be in contact with the stop (201, 301); and responsive to the bearing outer portion (247, 337) of the bearing being in contact with the stop (201, 301), providing a lower critical current to the electromagnet sufficient to maintain the bearing in contact with the stop (201, 301), where said upper current is equal to or greater than the lower critical current. positioned to levitate the rotor in the housing, where the bearing assembly (240, 330) allows axial motion of the rotor between a lower position having a maximum gap (g) between the rotor and the electromagnet, and an upper position having a minimum gap (g) between the rotor and the magnet, the bearing assembly (240, 330) including a bearing (241, 331) comprising a bearing outer portion (247, 337), an axial spring (244, 332) connected to the housing and the bearing outer portion (247, 337), and a stop (201, 301) connected to the housing and which limits the spring motion, wherein the stop (201, 301) is in contact with the bearing outer portion (247, 337) of the bearing when the rotor is in the upper position, said method comprising: responsive to the bearing outer portion (247, 337) of the bearing not being in contact with the stop (201, 301), providing an upper critical current to the electromagnet sufficient to lift the rotor from the lower position to the upper position to cause the bearing to be in contact with the stop (201, 301); and responsive to the bearing outer portion (247, 337) of the bearing being in contact with the stop (201, 301), providing a lower critical current to the electromagnet sufficient to maintain the bearing in contact with the stop (201, 301), where said upper current is equal to or greater than the lower critical current.
A method of determining the stoichiometry of protein components of a viral capsid of a viral particle, comprising: subjecting a sample of viral particles to hydrophilic interaction liquid chromatography (HILIC) to separate the protein components of the viral capsid of the viral particles; determining the masses of protein components of the viral capsid to identify the protein components separated by HILIC; determining the relative abundance of the protein components of the viral capsid from the HILIC separation, thereby determining the stoichiometry of protein components of a viral capsid of a viral particle. subjecting a sample of viral particles to hydrophilic interaction liquid chromatography (HILIC) to separate the protein components of the viral capsid of the viral particles; determining the masses of protein components of the viral capsid to identify the protein components separated by HILIC; determining the relative abundance of the protein components of the viral capsid from the HILIC separation, thereby determining the stoichiometry of protein components of a viral capsid of a viral particle.
CPAP apparatus comprising an electric motor, an impeller rotated by the motor, a patient interface, an air delivery conduit for delivering air from the impeller to the patient interface, and a microcontroller, wherein the microcontroller is configured to perform a method of determining an expiratory pause fraction F exp,p,LPF, of a breath, wherein the method of determining an expiratory pause fraction F exp,p,LPF of a breath comprises the following steps: continuously calculating a flow signal indicative of a respiratory flow of air to a patient; and characterized in that the method further comprises the steps of: calculating an expiratory pause fuzzy logical quantity as a fuzzy AND of a fuzzy logical quantity "small flow" and T exp > 0.2 sec, wherein a membership function for the fuzzy logical quantity "small flow" is 0 for absolute values of respiratory flow greater than a first value and 1 for absolute values of respiratory flow less than a second value, the second value being smaller than the first value, wherein the membership function is linearly interpolated between 0 and 1 for values between the first and second values; and calculating the expiratory pause fraction F exp,p,LPF as the low pass filtered value of said expiratory pause fuzzy logical quantity by using a low pass filter, wherein the low pass filter is updated only during expiration. continuously calculating a flow signal indicative of a respiratory flow of air to a patient; and characterized in that the method further comprises the steps of: calculating an expiratory pause fuzzy logical quantity as a fuzzy AND of a fuzzy logical quantity "small flow" and T exp > 0.2 sec, wherein a membership function for the fuzzy logical quantity "small flow" is 0 for absolute values of respiratory flow greater than a first value and 1 for absolute values of respiratory flow less than a second value, the second value being smaller than the first value, wherein the membership function is linearly interpolated between 0 and 1 for values between the first and second values; and calculating the expiratory pause fraction F exp,p,LPF as the low pass filtered value of said expiratory pause fuzzy logical quantity by using a low pass filter, wherein the low pass filter is updated only during expiration. calculating an expiratory pause fuzzy logical quantity as a fuzzy AND of a fuzzy logical quantity "small flow" and T exp > 0.2 sec, wherein a membership function for the fuzzy logical quantity "small flow" is 0 for absolute values of respiratory flow greater than a first value and 1 for absolute values of respiratory flow less than a second value, the second value being smaller than the first value, wherein the membership function is linearly interpolated between 0 and 1 for values between the first and second values; and calculating the expiratory pause fraction F exp,p,LPF as the low pass filtered value of said expiratory pause fuzzy logical quantity by using a low pass filter, wherein the low pass filter is updated only during expiration.
A wing tip device having a first wing tip device element for attaching at a first wing tip device element root to a tip of an aircraft wing, and a second wing tip device element extending from a second wing tip device element root to a second wing tip device element tip, the second wing tip device element root outboard, when viewed in the wing planform direction, of the first wing tip device element root; the first wing tip device element having a first wing tip device element leading edge and a first wing tip device element trailing edge, and the second wing tip device element having a second wing tip device element leading edge and a second wing tip device element trailing edge; wherein the second wing tip device element root is attached at a junction to the first wing tip device element outboard, when viewed in the wing planform direction, of the first wing tip device element root, and wherein the second wing tip device element trailing edge at the junction is forward of the first wing tip device element trailing edge at the junction; and characterised by a fairing between the first and second wing tip device element (20, 30) which extends aft from the second wing tip device element trailing edge at least to the first wing tip device element trailing edge. and a second wing tip device element extending from a second wing tip device element root to a second wing tip device element tip, the second wing tip device element root outboard, when viewed in the wing planform direction, of the first wing tip device element root; the first wing tip device element having a first wing tip device element leading edge and a first wing tip device element trailing edge, and the second wing tip device element having a second wing tip device element leading edge and a second wing tip device element trailing edge; wherein the second wing tip device element root is attached at a junction to the first wing tip device element outboard, when viewed in the wing planform direction, of the first wing tip device element root, and wherein the second wing tip device element trailing edge at the junction is forward of the first wing tip device element trailing edge at the junction; and characterised by a fairing between the first and second wing tip device element (20, 30) which extends aft from the second wing tip device element trailing edge at least to the first wing tip device element trailing edge.
An alignment method for use by an imager imaging deoxyribonucleic acid fragments on a flow cell, the imager capturing intensity values at DNA fragment bead locations in tiles with each tile having a reference location in the flow cell, the method comprising: obtaining a dark field image of each tile during a first imaging session; identifying a first dark field constellation of bead locations within a first tile and a second dark field constellation of bead locations within a second tile during the first imaging session; identifying, during a second imaging session, constellations corresponding to the first and second dark field constellations; altering the reference location of at least one tile during the second imaging session to correct for a linear offset in the corresponding first dark field constellations; and applying at least one correction factor for reading out intensity values from the imager for the bead locations in the flow cell to correct for an angular offset determined from offsets in the corresponding first and second dark field constellations; wherein the step of altering the reference location corrects for a linear offset of the flow cell between the first imaging session and the second imaging session; and wherein the step of applying the at least one correction factor corrects for an angular offset of the flow cell between the first imaging session and the second imaging session. obtaining a dark field image of each tile during a first imaging session; identifying a first dark field constellation of bead locations within a first tile and a second dark field constellation of bead locations within a second tile during the first imaging session; identifying, during a second imaging session, constellations corresponding to the first and second dark field constellations; altering the reference location of at least one tile during the second imaging session to correct for a linear offset in the corresponding first dark field constellations; and applying at least one correction factor for reading out intensity values from the imager for the bead locations in the flow cell to correct for an angular offset determined from offsets in the corresponding first and second dark field constellations; wherein the step of altering the reference location corrects for a linear offset of the flow cell between the first imaging session and the second imaging session; and wherein the step of applying the at least one correction factor corrects for an angular offset of the flow cell between the first imaging session and the second imaging session.
Method for producing pentamethylene diisocyanate, comprising, in this order, the steps of reacting carbonyl chloride with pentamethylenediamine to produce a reaction mixture containing pentamethylene diisocyanate and a tar component containing a chlorine-containing component, degassing the reaction mixture to remove excessive carbonyl chloride from the reaction mixture, heating the reaction mixture at a temperature of 140-260°C, and purifying the reaction mixture to separate the pentamethylene diisocyanate from the tar component, wherein in step the reaction mixture is heated without removing the tar component from the reaction mixture. reacting carbonyl chloride with pentamethylenediamine to produce a reaction mixture containing pentamethylene diisocyanate and a tar component containing a chlorine-containing component, degassing the reaction mixture to remove excessive carbonyl chloride from the reaction mixture, heating the reaction mixture at a temperature of 140-260°C, and purifying the reaction mixture to separate the pentamethylene diisocyanate from the tar component,
Touch interface comprising a display screen, the touch interface being capable of detecting the approach and the position of a user's finger with respect to the display screen, the touch interface being configured to display, on the display screen, at least one graphical element (8, C 1_0, C 2_0, C 3_0, C 4_0, C i_0, Cj 1_0) associated with a touch-selection zone, surrounding an anchoring point (9, B 1_0, B2 1_0, B 3_0, B 4_0, B i_0, Bj 1_0) of the graphical element on the display screen, and located inside the same zone of influence (R1, R2, R3, R4, Ri and Rj), the touch screen being delimited by means of boundaries (10, F1_4, F1_2, F4_i, F2_i, F2_3, Fi_j) into zones of influence (R1, R2, R3, R4, Ri and Rj), characterized in that the touch interface is configured to repeatedly estimate a trajectory (traj (t)) of a point (D xyz (t)) of the finger and an impact point (P xy (t)) of this trajectory on the display screen, and is configured to, when the impact point (P xy (t)) enters the zone of influence and when a distance (Gap 1 (t)) between the anchoring point (B 1_0) and the impact point (P xy (t)) falls below a first threshold, move the displayed graphical element (C 1 (t)) and the associated touch-selection zone in the direction of the impact point (P xy (t)), and is configured to, as long as the impact point (P xy (t)) remains in the zone of influence (R1, R2, R3, R4, Ri and Rj), display the graphical element (C 1 (t)) and the associated touch-selection zone at a position which is a function of the updated impact point (P xy (t+dt)) and which becomes closer to the impact point as the finger approaches the display screen.