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A negative electrode active material for a non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery, comprising negative electrode active material particles containing a silicon compound expressed by SiO x where 0.5≤x≤1.6, the negative electrode active material particles at least partially coated with a carbon coating, the carbon coating exhibiting a specific surface area ranging from 5 m 2 /g to 1000 m 2 /g, the specific surface area being measured by a multipoint BET method after the carbon coating is separated from the negative electrode active material particles, the carbon coating exhibiting a compression resistivity ranging from 1.0×10 -3 Ω·cm to 1.0 Ω·cm when the carbon coating is compressed so as to have a density of 1.0 g/cm 3, the compression resistivity being measured after the carbon coating is separated from the negative electrode active material particles, wherein the carbon coating exhibits fragments of C y H z compound when subjected to Time-of-Flight Secondary Ion Mass Spectrometry (TOF-SIMS), and a part of the fragments of C y H z compound satisfies 6≥y≥2 and 2y+2≥z≥2y-2, and wherein the silicon compound satisfies formula of 5.0≥A/B≥0.01 and 6.0≥(A+B)/C≥0.02 where A is a peak area of an amorphous silicon region represented by a chemical shift value of -20 ppm to -74 ppm, B is a peak area of a crystalline silicon region and a Li silicate region represented by a chemical shift value of -75 ppm to -94 ppm, and C is a peak area of a silica region represented by a chemical shift value of -95 ppm to -150 ppm, the chemical shift value being obtained from a 29 Si-Magic Angle Spinning -Nuclear Magnetic Resonance spectrum.
A micro-fluid ejection head, comprising: a substrate having a plurality of thermal ejection actuators disposed thereon, each of the thermal ejection actuators including a resistive layer and a protective layer for protecting a surface of the resistive layer, the resistive layer and the protective layer together defining an actuator stack thickness, and wherein the substrate has an area that is devoid of any conductive material, said thermal ejection actuators being provided on the area that is devoid of any conductive material; a flow feature member adjacent the substrate defining a fluid feed channel, a fluid chamber associated with at least one of the thermal ejection actuators and in flow communication with the fluid feed channel, and a nozzle formed above the at least one of the thermal ejection actuators, wherein the nozzle is offset to a side of the fluid chamber opposite the fluid feed channel; and a polymeric layer having a degradation temperature of less than 400° C. overlapping a portion of the at least one thermal ejection actuator associated with the fluid chamber and positioned less than five microns from at least an edge of the at least one actuator opposite the fluid feed channel, and wherein the polymeric layer overlaps the resistive layer and the protective layer in the area that is devoid of any conductive material. a substrate having a plurality of thermal ejection actuators disposed thereon, each of the thermal ejection actuators including a resistive layer and a protective layer for protecting a surface of the resistive layer, the resistive layer and the protective layer together defining an actuator stack thickness, and wherein the substrate has an area that is devoid of any conductive material, said thermal ejection actuators being provided on the area that is devoid of any conductive material; a flow feature member adjacent the substrate defining a fluid feed channel, a fluid chamber associated with at least one of the thermal ejection actuators and in flow communication with the fluid feed channel, and a nozzle formed above the at least one of the thermal ejection actuators, wherein the nozzle is offset to a side of the fluid chamber opposite the fluid feed channel; and a polymeric layer having a degradation temperature of less than 400° C. overlapping a portion of the at least one thermal ejection actuator associated with the fluid chamber and positioned less than five microns from at least an edge of the at least one actuator opposite the fluid feed channel, and wherein the polymeric layer overlaps the resistive layer and the protective layer in the area that is devoid of any conductive material.
A microlens array reflective diffuser plate including a single lens group positioned on a surface of a transparent base material, wherein there are variations in aperture diameter and radius of curvature that respective single lenses constituting the single lens group have in the single lens group as a whole, and vertex positions of the respective single lenses are located irregularly, a luminance distribution of reflected light of light vertically incident on the single lens group is substantially uniform in a predetermined diffusion angle range so that the luminance distribution of reflected light has a top hat shape and reflected light luminance values fall within a range of ±10% centering on a peak value Nit top of reflected light luminance within the predetermined diffusion angle range, for at least either light incident on the single lens group from a direction that forms an angle of 20 degrees with a surface normal direction of the transparent base material or light incident on the single lens group from a direction that forms an angle of 40 degrees with the surface normal direction of the transparent base material, a relation of 0.3 ≤ A/B ≤ 1 holds where A represents a reflection luminance value in the surface normal direction, and B represents a peak reflection luminance value of a diffuse reflection component, and a relation expressed by Expression below holds where D [μm] represents the aperture diameter, R [μm] represents the radius of curvature, and δ [%] represents a variation proportion of each of the aperture diameter D and the radius of curvature R. δ ≥ R 80 2 ⋅ D − 115 2 − 3 there are variations in aperture diameter and radius of curvature that respective single lenses constituting the single lens group have in the single lens group as a whole, and vertex positions of the respective single lenses are located irregularly, a luminance distribution of reflected light of light vertically incident on the single lens group is substantially uniform in a predetermined diffusion angle range so that the luminance distribution of reflected light has a top hat shape and reflected light luminance values fall within a range of ±10% centering on a peak value Nit top of reflected light luminance within the predetermined diffusion angle range, for at least either light incident on the single lens group from a direction that forms an angle of 20 degrees with a surface normal direction of the transparent base material or light incident on the single lens group from a direction that forms an angle of 40 degrees with the surface normal direction of the transparent base material, a relation of 0.3 ≤ A/B ≤ 1 holds where A represents a reflection luminance value in the surface normal direction, and B represents a peak reflection luminance value of a diffuse reflection component, and a relation expressed by Expression below holds where D [μm] represents the aperture diameter, R [μm] represents the radius of curvature, and δ [%] represents a variation proportion of each of the aperture diameter D and the radius of curvature R. δ ≥ R 80 2 ⋅ D − 115 2 − 3
A ventilation or air-conditioning device for a room, comprising a housing, in which a tangential fan, in particular a cross-flow fan, is arranged, which serves for an air conveyance and which has a vortex creator wherein at least one air humidification device is assigned to the vortex creator, characterised in that at least one water mist introduction device of the air humidification device is arranged on the vortex creator and/or is partially or completely integrated into the vortex creator.
A luminescent material comprising wavelength converter nanoparticles with siloxane polymer capping ligands associated to the wavelength converter nanoparticles, wherein the siloxane polymer capping ligands comprise siloxane polymers which comprise at least one capping group comprising a terminal carboxylic acid group, wherein the capping group comprises in total at least six carbon atoms, wherein the total number of carbon atoms in the capping group is equal to or less than 20 carbon atoms, wherein the capping groups comprise -(CH 2) 3 -NH-CO-(CH 2) x -COOH, and wherein 4≤x≤6.
A tangential flow filtration device for preparing a cell population enriched for leukocytes by selectively removing blood constituents such as plasma, platelets and erythrocytes, comprising: a remover unit having a cylindrical cross-flow chamber and a filtrate chamber separated by a circular filter disposed therebetween, the filter in fluid communication with the cross-flow chamber and the filtrate chamber; the filter diameter is substantially the same as the diameter of the cross-flow chamber; the cylindrical cross-flow chamber having an inlet and an outlet, the inlet disposed adjacent to the retentate surface of the filter to introduce a sample of blood constituents comprising leukocytes into the cross-flow chamber and parallel to the retentate surface of the filter; and the outlet located adjacent to the center of the filter and perpendicular to the retentate surface of the filter, a pump to pump fluid into the cross-flow chamber through the inlet, and configured to introduce the fluid into the cylindrical cross-flow chamber at an input rate of 5 to 100 times the filtration rate; wherein this arrangement causes the flow of fluid to spiral inward toward the center of the filter creating a vortex motion within the fluid, and the filter having an average pore size ranging from 3 to 8 microns such that flow of the sample across the filter enriches the sample of blood constituents for leukocytes. a remover unit having a cylindrical cross-flow chamber and a filtrate chamber separated by a circular filter disposed therebetween, the filter in fluid communication with the cross-flow chamber and the filtrate chamber; the filter diameter is substantially the same as the diameter of the cross-flow chamber; the cylindrical cross-flow chamber having an inlet and an outlet, the inlet disposed adjacent to the retentate surface of the filter to introduce a sample of blood constituents comprising leukocytes into the cross-flow chamber and parallel to the retentate surface of the filter; and the outlet located adjacent to the center of the filter and perpendicular to the retentate surface of the filter, a pump to pump fluid into the cross-flow chamber through the inlet, and configured to introduce the fluid into the cylindrical cross-flow chamber at an input rate of 5 to 100 times the filtration rate; wherein this arrangement causes the flow of fluid to spiral inward toward the center of the filter creating a vortex motion within the fluid, and the filter having an average pore size ranging from 3 to 8 microns such that flow of the sample across the filter enriches the sample of blood constituents for leukocytes.
A printing apparatus comprising: a carriage including a print head that discharges ink, the carriage reciprocally moving relative to a print medium; and wiping means for wiping a discharge port surface in which an ink discharge port of the print head is formed; characterized by further comprising: control means for controlling a movement operation of the carriage and a wiping operation of the wiping means such that when a deceleration (a) when stopping the carriage for the wiping operation is a first deceleration, a time (T w) from when the carriage stops to when the wiping means starts wiping the discharge port surface is set to a first time, and when the deceleration when stopping the carriage is a second deceleration lower than the first deceleration, the time from when the carriage stops to when the wiping means starts wiping the discharge port surface is set to a second time shorter than the first time. a carriage including a print head that discharges ink, the carriage reciprocally moving relative to a print medium; and wiping means for wiping a discharge port surface in which an ink discharge port of the print head is formed; characterized by further comprising: control means for controlling a movement operation of the carriage and a wiping operation of the wiping means such that when a deceleration (a) when stopping the carriage for the wiping operation is a first deceleration, a time (T w) from when the carriage stops to when the wiping means starts wiping the discharge port surface is set to a first time, and when the deceleration when stopping the carriage is a second deceleration lower than the first deceleration, the time from when the carriage stops to when the wiping means starts wiping the discharge port surface is set to a second time shorter than the first time.
A flow analyzer comprising: - a sampling device which is configured for sequentially and continuously introducing a given number of samples, among a plurality of samples, wherein said given number is one or more, into a tube; and - an analyzing device which is configured to analyse said given number of samples that are transferred through the tube, - said flow analyzer further comprising: - a marker introducing device which is configured for introducing a marker into the tube; - a marker detecting device which is configured to detect the marker and to output a detection signal to the analyzing device; and - a reagent adding device configured to add a reagent to a flow of the sample that is transferred through the tube, - the analyzing device configured to acquire analysis data on the basis of the detection signal, - the marker introducing device and the sampling device being configured to alternately introduce into the tube the marker and said given number of samples, - the introduction of the marker into the tube by the marker introducing device and the sequential and continuous introduction of the given number of samples into the tube by the sampling device being automatically and alternately switched therebetween, and - the marker detecting device and the analyzing device being disposed in parallel or in series. - a sampling device which is configured for sequentially and continuously introducing a given number of samples, among a plurality of samples, wherein said given number is one or more, into a tube; and - an analyzing device which is configured to analyse said given number of samples that are transferred through the tube, - said flow analyzer further comprising: - a marker introducing device which is configured for introducing a marker into the tube; - a marker detecting device which is configured to detect the marker and to output a detection signal to the analyzing device; and - a reagent adding device configured to add a reagent to a flow of the sample that is transferred through the tube, - a marker introducing device which is configured for introducing a marker into the tube; - a marker detecting device which is configured to detect the marker and to output a detection signal to the analyzing device; and - a reagent adding device configured to add a reagent to a flow of the sample that is transferred through the tube, - the analyzing device configured to acquire analysis data on the basis of the detection signal, - the marker introducing device and the sampling device being configured to alternately introduce into the tube the marker and said given number of samples, - the introduction of the marker into the tube by the marker introducing device and the sequential and continuous introduction of the given number of samples into the tube by the sampling device being automatically and alternately switched therebetween, and - the marker detecting device and the analyzing device being disposed in parallel or in series.
A rotor blade, comprising: an active flap; and a flap shield comprising a barrier, the flap shield having a first side attached to the rotor blade and a second side attached to the active flap, the barrier configured to close a gap between the rotor blade and the active flap; an airflow disturber (110, 112) configured to selectively alter airflow across the active flap, and selectively extend beyond a surface profile of the rotor blade. an active flap; and a flap shield comprising a barrier, the flap shield having a first side attached to the rotor blade and a second side attached to the active flap, the barrier configured to close a gap between the rotor blade and the active flap; an airflow disturber (110, 112) configured to selectively alter airflow across the active flap, and selectively extend beyond a surface profile of the rotor blade.
A composition that improves a mechanical papermaking process, the composition comprising: a base comprising magnesium hydroxide, and a small quantity of a reductive chemical comprising NaBH 4, and a chelating agent wherein the composition is added to the papermaking process no later than when the mechanical pulping of wood chips occurs. a base comprising magnesium hydroxide, and a small quantity of a reductive chemical comprising NaBH 4, and a chelating agent wherein the composition is added to the papermaking process no later than when the mechanical pulping of wood chips occurs.
Method for controlling the discharge angle of a centrifugal spreader having a first and a second spreader disc (1, 2) and associated delivery systems (1a, 2a) for fertilizers, wherein: a) slope inclination (NP, NR) of the centrifugal spreader and current value of the discharge angle of the first spreader disc are measured during operation; b) a discharge angle (AWWn1) of the first spreader disc that is normalized with respect to the slope inclination is calculated from the slope inclination and, from this and from the positions (PE1, PE2) of the delivery systems, a discharge angle (AWWn2) of the second spreader disc that is normalized with respect to the slope inclination is calculated; and c) a current value of the discharge angle of the second spreader disc is calculated from the slope inclination and the normalized discharge angle (AWWn2) of the second spreader disc and is adjusted to an associated target value. a) slope inclination (NP, NR) of the centrifugal spreader and current value of the discharge angle of the first spreader disc are measured during operation; b) a discharge angle (AWWn1) of the first spreader disc that is normalized with respect to the slope inclination is calculated from the slope inclination and, from this and from the positions (PE1, PE2) of the delivery systems, a discharge angle (AWWn2) of the second spreader disc that is normalized with respect to the slope inclination is calculated; and c) a current value of the discharge angle of the second spreader disc is calculated from the slope inclination and the normalized discharge angle (AWWn2) of the second spreader disc and is adjusted to an associated target value.
A boom vibration suppression method for concrete distributing apparatus, wherein, the boom comprises a boom oil cylinder for respectively driving each section of the boom to move; the vibration suppression method comprises: detecting the variation of output force of the boom oil cylinder; maintaining the variation of output force within the range of a preset threshold; and wherein, the output force of the boom oil cylinder is detected with a first sensor, and the difference values between the output force at adjacent time points is calculated as the variation of output force of the boom oil cylinder. detecting the variation of output force of the boom oil cylinder; maintaining the variation of output force within the range of a preset threshold; and wherein, the output force of the boom oil cylinder is detected with a first sensor, and the difference values between the output force at adjacent time points is calculated as the variation of output force of the boom oil cylinder.
Laser device with a light source for its optical excitation, the light source comprising a diode laser with a plurality of emitters and a light-guiding device, the light-guiding device comprising a plurality of optical fibres and each fibre having a first end and a lateral surface, the first ends being arranged in relation to the emitters in such a way that light generated by the emitters is coupled into the first ends of the optical fibres, the optical fibres being arranged in abutting relationship along their lateral surfaces, at least in the region of their first ends, and the optical fibres being bonded in the region of their first ends to a fibre support, characterized in that the fibres consist of one or more first types of glass and in that the fibre support consists of one or more second types of glass and in that the softening temperature of the second type of glass or the softening temperatures of the second types of glass has/have a higher value than the softening temperature of the first type of glass or the softening temperatures of the first types of glass.
A system for infusing a liquid with a gas to form a gas-infused beverage, the system comprising a tank having first and second cavities (14, 16); and a refrigeration circuit adapted to refrigerate the tank and the contents of the first and second cavities (14, 16), wherein a liquid may be supplied to the first cavity and cooled therein by the refrigeration circuit, wherein the liquid may then be supplied to the second cavity and infused therein with a gas to thereby form the gas-infused beverage, and wherein the gas-infused beverage may then be supplied to a beverage outlet for dispensing to a user, wherein the system further comprises: - a cavity inlet adapted to supply the liquid from the first cavity to the second cavity; - a separator plate adapted to separate the first cavity from the second cavity; and - a plurality of ribs adapted to cause the liquid from a liquid inlet to swirl around the first cavity prior to being supplied to the second cavity via the cavity inlet, wherein the tank comprises a base and characterized in that the plurality of ribs supports the separator plate with respect to the base. - a cavity inlet adapted to supply the liquid from the first cavity to the second cavity; - a separator plate adapted to separate the first cavity from the second cavity; and - a plurality of ribs adapted to cause the liquid from a liquid inlet to swirl around the first cavity prior to being supplied to the second cavity via the cavity inlet, wherein the tank comprises a base and characterized in that the plurality of ribs supports the separator plate with respect to the base.
A process for preparing diblock and triblock copolymers comprising the steps of: (a) performing radical polymerization of N-vinyl-2-pyrrolidone in the presence of a radical initiator and an alcoholic solvent to form hydroxy-terminated poly (N-vinylpyrrolidone); and (b) performing ionic polymerization of monomers or comonomers in the presence of a catalyst, or a base, and a macroinitiator wherein said macroinitiator is the hydroxy-terminated poly (N-vinylpyrrolidone) formed in step (a) thereby preparing said diblock and triblock copolymers. (a) performing radical polymerization of N-vinyl-2-pyrrolidone in the presence of a radical initiator and an alcoholic solvent to form hydroxy-terminated poly (N-vinylpyrrolidone); and (b) performing ionic polymerization of monomers or comonomers in the presence of a catalyst, or a base, and a macroinitiator wherein said macroinitiator is the hydroxy-terminated poly (N-vinylpyrrolidone) formed in step (a) thereby preparing said diblock and triblock copolymers.