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A method for producing an aqueous dispersion of pseudopolyrotaxane, the method comprising: a mixing step of dissolving a polyethylene glycol and a cyclodextrin in an aqueous medium to prepare a mixed solution; and a cooling step of continuously or intermittently cooling the mixed solution in a state of flux to precipitate pseudopolyrotaxane particles, wherein the pseudopolyrotaxane particles contain the polyethylene glycol which is included in the cavities of the cyclodextrin molecules in a skewered manner; the mixed solution is heated to 60°C to 90°C in the mixing step; the end-point temperature is 5°C to 20°C in the cooling step; the cooling step is performed at a cooling speed of 0.01 to 30°C/min; and the particles in the aqueous dispersion of pseudopolyrotaxane have a volume average particle size analyzed using a laser diffraction particle size analyzer of 1 to 200 μm. a mixing step of dissolving a polyethylene glycol and a cyclodextrin in an aqueous medium to prepare a mixed solution; and a cooling step of continuously or intermittently cooling the mixed solution in a state of flux to precipitate pseudopolyrotaxane particles, wherein the pseudopolyrotaxane particles contain the polyethylene glycol which is included in the cavities of the cyclodextrin molecules in a skewered manner; the mixed solution is heated to 60°C to 90°C in the mixing step; the end-point temperature is 5°C to 20°C in the cooling step; the cooling step is performed at a cooling speed of 0.01 to 30°C/min; and the particles in the aqueous dispersion of pseudopolyrotaxane have a volume average particle size analyzed using a laser diffraction particle size analyzer of 1 to 200 μm.
A radio-frequency, RF, shielding box for use inside a connector for a medical instrument, in particular an endoscope, wherein the shielding box has a base area which is conically tapered from a first end of the shielding box to a second end of the shielding box; wherein both a first end face and a second end face of the shielding box are rectangular shaped; wherein two rectangular shaped plates protruding from the area of the first end face and the second end face are arranged each on the first end face or on the second end face of the shielding box, respectively, where the plates are parallel to the first end face or the second end face, respectively; and wherein the plates of the first end face and the second end face of the shielding box are parallel to each other, respectively; wherein the protruding parts of the plates are adapted and installed such that the shielding box can be mounted inside the connector wherein at least two of the protruding parts of the plates are adapted and installed to be arranged inside at least two holes (133, 134, 138, 139), wherein the holes (133, 134, 138, 139) are arranged inside a first and a second rail (130, 135) of the connector which, when the shielding box is mounted inside the connector, are parallel to conically tapered faces (107, 108) of the shielding box, and the connector further comprising: the first rail and the second rail; and wherein the first rail and the second rail each comprise the holes (133, 134, 138, 139) on a first end (131, 136) and a second end (132, 137) of the first rail or the second rail; wherein the holes (133, 138) on the first end (131, 136) of the first rail and the second rail are adjacent to the first end face of the shielding box when the shielding box is mounted inside the connector; and/or the holes (134, 139) on the second end (132, 137) of the first rail and the second rail are adjacent to the second end face of the shielding box when the shielding box is mounted inside the connector.
A positive temperature coefficient composition comprising: a) from 0.5 to 70% by weight of the total weight of the composition of a semi-crystalline material; b) from 0.5 to 8.5% by weight of the total weight of the composition of at least one binder; c) from 0.5 to 9.5% by weight of the total weight of the composition of an electronically conductive material; and d) 5 to 80% by weight of the total weight of the composition of a solvent. a) from 0.5 to 70% by weight of the total weight of the composition of a semi-crystalline material; b) from 0.5 to 8.5% by weight of the total weight of the composition of at least one binder; c) from 0.5 to 9.5% by weight of the total weight of the composition of an electronically conductive material; and d) 5 to 80% by weight of the total weight of the composition of a solvent.
A battery unit comprising: a power source a first detection part for detecting an output voltage of the power source; a connection part to which a load for atomizing an aerosol source or heating a flavor source and a charger for charging the power source are connectable; and a control part configured to execute a power supplying mode that allows supply of electric power from the power source to the load and a charging mode that allows charging of the power source by the charger; characterised in that, if a decreased quantity of the output voltage per predetermined period in the charging mode is equal to or less than a threshold value that has been set based on a decreased quantity of the output voltage per the predetermined period in the power supplying mode, the control part determines that there is abnormality in the charging mode, wherein the threshold value is set to be a value equal to or less than the decreased quantity of the output voltage per the predetermined period in the power supplying mode. a power source a first detection part for detecting an output voltage of the power source; a connection part to which a load for atomizing an aerosol source or heating a flavor source and a charger for charging the power source are connectable; and a control part configured to execute a power supplying mode that allows supply of electric power from the power source to the load and a charging mode that allows charging of the power source by the charger; characterised in that, if a decreased quantity of the output voltage per predetermined period in the charging mode is equal to or less than a threshold value that has been set based on a decreased quantity of the output voltage per the predetermined period in the power supplying mode, the control part determines that there is abnormality in the charging mode, wherein the threshold value is set to be a value equal to or less than the decreased quantity of the output voltage per the predetermined period in the power supplying mode.
A method for thermal crystallization treatment of a neck of a synthetic resin preform,wherein the thermal crystallization is carried out under the condition that a jig of an inverted support type is loaded with the synthetic resin preform for use in a biaxial drawing and blow molding process, and wherein said jig comprises an upright support unit which can be inserted into the preform along a central axis, said support unit having a semispherical end portion disposed at the end of the support unit, wherein said semispherical end portion is composed of a semispherical portion and cylindrical portion which join on the lower end of the semispherical portion and said semispherical end portion is inserted in the inverted preform until said semi-spherical portion comes in direct contact with a semispherical shell-like bottom of the preform throughout a range of outer surface of the semispherical portion, while at the same time, said cylindrical portion comes near to or in direct contact with the lower portion of the cylindrical body of the preform, and wherein the inverted preform is installed on the jig so that a gap is formed under a top surface of the neck of the preform.
A method of synthesizing carboxylated amines, comprising: (a) reacting a mixture of potassium salt of a primary or secondary amine and a potassium salt of a halogenated carboxylic acid selected from the group of brominated carboxylic acid, chlorinated carboxylic acid, or iodinated carboxylic acid, in the presence of potassium hydroxide; (b) precipitating the halogenated potassium salt and discarding the precipitate; (c) isolating the carboxylated amine present in the liquid phase, wherein isolating the carboxylated amine from the potassium salt comprises adding water-soluble alcohol to the liquid phase. (a) reacting a mixture of potassium salt of a primary or secondary amine and a potassium salt of a halogenated carboxylic acid selected from the group of brominated carboxylic acid, chlorinated carboxylic acid, or iodinated carboxylic acid, in the presence of potassium hydroxide; (b) precipitating the halogenated potassium salt and discarding the precipitate; (c) isolating the carboxylated amine present in the liquid phase, wherein isolating the carboxylated amine from the potassium salt comprises adding water-soluble alcohol to the liquid phase.
A projectile comprising: a forward body; and a motor assembly (20, 120, 220, 320) extending along a longitudinal motor axis between a first motor end coupled to the forward body and a second motor end opposite the first motor end, the motor assembly including: a casing (40, 140, 240, 340) closed at a first casing end adjacent the body and open about the longitudinal motor axis at a second casing end opposite the first casing end, an aerospike nozzle (42, 142, 242, 342) coupled to the casing and extending along the longitudinal motor axis between an open lead end and a closed tail end opposing the lead end, the lead end being open about the longitudinal motor axis and being received by the second casing end of the casing, and the aerospike nozzle tapering outwardly in a direction from the tail end to the lead end, a propellant charge (44, 144, 244, 344) axially disposed between the tail end of the aerospike nozzle and the first casing end of the casing, and a combustion chamber (90, 190, 290, 390) axially disposed between the propellant charge and the first casing end of the casing. a forward body; and a motor assembly (20, 120, 220, 320) extending along a longitudinal motor axis between a first motor end coupled to the forward body and a second motor end opposite the first motor end, the motor assembly including: a casing (40, 140, 240, 340) closed at a first casing end adjacent the body and open about the longitudinal motor axis at a second casing end opposite the first casing end, an aerospike nozzle (42, 142, 242, 342) coupled to the casing and extending along the longitudinal motor axis between an open lead end and a closed tail end opposing the lead end, the lead end being open about the longitudinal motor axis and being received by the second casing end of the casing, and the aerospike nozzle tapering outwardly in a direction from the tail end to the lead end, a propellant charge (44, 144, 244, 344) axially disposed between the tail end of the aerospike nozzle and the first casing end of the casing, and a combustion chamber (90, 190, 290, 390) axially disposed between the propellant charge and the first casing end of the casing. a casing (40, 140, 240, 340) closed at a first casing end adjacent the body and open about the longitudinal motor axis at a second casing end opposite the first casing end, an aerospike nozzle (42, 142, 242, 342) coupled to the casing and extending along the longitudinal motor axis between an open lead end and a closed tail end opposing the lead end, the lead end being open about the longitudinal motor axis and being received by the second casing end of the casing, and the aerospike nozzle tapering outwardly in a direction from the tail end to the lead end, a propellant charge (44, 144, 244, 344) axially disposed between the tail end of the aerospike nozzle and the first casing end of the casing, and a combustion chamber (90, 190, 290, 390) axially disposed between the propellant charge and the first casing end of the casing.
A microorganism of the species Cupriavidus necator comprising a gene encoding a PHA synthase having an amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO:1 in which the asparagine at position 149 is substituted with serine or the aspartic acid at position 171 is substituted with glycine or both and a gene encoding a PHA synthase having an amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO:1 or an amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO:1 in which the alanine at position 505 is substituted with an amino acid other than alanine.
An impregnated core-sampling drill bit (100, 200, 300, 400), comprising: a shank (102, 202, 302, 402); an annular crown (104, 204, 304, 404) including a longitudinal axis there through, a cutting face (109, 209, 309, 409), an inner surface (107, 207, 307, 407), and an outer surface (108, 208, 308, 408), the annular crown defining an interior space about the longitudinal axis for receiving a core sample, the annular crown defining a plurality of notches (112, 212, 312, 412), each notch extending a first distance from the cutting face (109, 209, 309, 409) into the annular crown relative to the longitudinal axis and radially from the inner surface (107, 207, 307, 407) to the outer surface (108, 208, 308, 408), wherein each notch (112, 212, 312, 412) of the plurality of notches is axially tapered, wherein the longitudinal dimension of each notch at the outer surface is greater than the longitudinal dimension of the notch at the inner surface, wherein each notch of the plurality of notches is radially tapered whereby the width (114, 214, 314, 414) of each notch is greater at the outer surface (108, 208, 308, 408) than the width (116, 216, 316, 416) of the notch at the inner surface (107, 207, 307, 407), wherein the annular crown (104, 204, 304, 404) is formed of a selected matrix material, the selected matrix material comprising a matrix and a plurality of abrasive cutting media dispersed throughout the matrix, wherein the matrix of the selected matrix material is configured to erode to expose the abrasive cutting media within the matrix. a shank (102, 202, 302, 402); an annular crown (104, 204, 304, 404) including a longitudinal axis there through, a cutting face (109, 209, 309, 409), an inner surface (107, 207, 307, 407), and an outer surface (108, 208, 308, 408), the annular crown defining an interior space about the longitudinal axis for receiving a core sample, the annular crown defining a plurality of notches (112, 212, 312, 412), each notch extending a first distance from the cutting face (109, 209, 309, 409) into the annular crown relative to the longitudinal axis and radially from the inner surface (107, 207, 307, 407) to the outer surface (108, 208, 308, 408), wherein each notch (112, 212, 312, 412) of the plurality of notches is axially tapered, wherein the longitudinal dimension of each notch at the outer surface is greater than the longitudinal dimension of the notch at the inner surface, wherein each notch of the plurality of notches is radially tapered whereby the width (114, 214, 314, 414) of each notch is greater at the outer surface (108, 208, 308, 408) than the width (116, 216, 316, 416) of the notch at the inner surface (107, 207, 307, 407), wherein the annular crown (104, 204, 304, 404) is formed of a selected matrix material, the selected matrix material comprising a matrix and a plurality of abrasive cutting media dispersed throughout the matrix, wherein the matrix of the selected matrix material is configured to erode to expose the abrasive cutting media within the matrix.
An antireflection film comprising: a low refractive index layer which includes a binder resin containing a crosslinked polymer of a photopolymerizable compound and a polysilsesquioxane substituted with one or more reactive functional groups and inorganic fine particles dispersed in the binder resin, wherein the weight ratio of the portion derived from the polysilsesquioxane substituted with one or more reactive functional groups to the portion derived from the photopolymerizable compound in the binder resin contained in the low reflective index layer is 0.005 to 0.50; and a hard coating layer, wherein the hard coating film includes a binder resin containing a photopolymerizable resin and a high molecular weight (co)polymer having a weight average molecular weight of 10,000 or more, and an organic or inorganic fine particle dispersed in the binder resin; wherein a ratio of internal haze (Hi) to total haze (Ha) of the antireflection film is 97 % or less, wherein total haze is measured with respect to the haze of the antireflection film according to JIS K7105, wherein internal haze is obtained by measuring the haze of the antireflection film after coating the surface of an alkali-treated antireflection film with an 8 μm planarization layer according to JIS K7105, and a variation in color coordinate value (b*) of the antireflection film before and after alkali treatment is 0.7 or less, wherein the variation in the color coordinate value (b*) of the antireflection film before and after the alkali treatment is determined by measuring the color coordinate values of of the antireflection film before and after the alkali treatment in which the antireflection film is immersed for 1 second to 100 seconds in an aqueous alkaline solution diluted to 5 to 50 % with distilled water.
An external drive implantation apparatus for bendable collar implants, the apparatus comprising: a bendable-collar implant forming a male fastener, constructed as a rigid and integral unity including an implant screw, a proximal male head drive, a distal male screw-top drive, and a collar which is disposed intermediate the male drives (23, 27), said distal male screw-top drive being disposed proximal to the implant screw, characterized in that the apparatus further comprises a drive tool forming a female driver, constructed as a rigid and integral unit including a backbone disposed intermediate a proximal female head drive and a distal female screw-top drive, wherein the proximal and distal female drives (39, 33) are configured to be operative in mutual association with the proximal and distal male drives (23, 27); whereby an implantation torque applied by the female drive tool onto the male fastener torques the male drives (23, 27) and the implant screw, thereby averting torque of the collar. a bendable-collar implant forming a male fastener, constructed as a rigid and integral unity including an implant screw, a proximal male head drive, a distal male screw-top drive, and a collar which is disposed intermediate the male drives (23, 27), said distal male screw-top drive being disposed proximal to the implant screw, characterized in that the apparatus further comprises a drive tool forming a female driver, constructed as a rigid and integral unit including a backbone disposed intermediate a proximal female head drive and a distal female screw-top drive, wherein the proximal and distal female drives (39, 33) are configured to be operative in mutual association with the proximal and distal male drives (23, 27); whereby an implantation torque applied by the female drive tool onto the male fastener torques the male drives (23, 27) and the implant screw, thereby averting torque of the collar.
A method for making a composite polyamide membrane comprising a porous support and a thin film polyamide layer, wherein the method comprises: i) applying a polar solution comprising a polyfunctional amine monomer and a non-polar solution comprising a polyfunctional acyl halide monomer to a surface of a porous support and interfacially polymerizing the monomers to form a thin film polyamide layer; ii) treating the thin film polyamide layer with a polyfunctional arene compound comprising 1 or 2 benzene rings collectively substituted with the following four functional groups: (a) a first functional group (w) selected from: -NR 4 R 5 and -OH, (b) a second functional group (x) selected from: -NR 4 R 5, -OH, -COOH, and-SO 3 H, (c) a third functional group (y) is selected from: -H, - NR 4 R 5, -OH, -COOH, and -SO 3 H, (d) a fourth functional group (z) selected from: -H, -CH 3, -NR 4 R 5, -OH, -COOH and -SO 3 H, wherein: (R 4) and (R 5) are independently selected from: -H and hydrocarbyl groups comprising from 1 to 10 carbon atoms; and iii) exposing the thin film polyamide layer to nitrous acid; wherein the non-polar solution further comprises at least 50 vol% of a C 5 to C 20 aliphatic hydrocarbon and from 3 to 15 vol% of benzene or benzene substituted with one or more C 1 to C 6 alkyl groups. i) applying a polar solution comprising a polyfunctional amine monomer and a non-polar solution comprising a polyfunctional acyl halide monomer to a surface of a porous support and interfacially polymerizing the monomers to form a thin film polyamide layer; ii) treating the thin film polyamide layer with a polyfunctional arene compound comprising 1 or 2 benzene rings collectively substituted with the following four functional groups: (a) a first functional group (w) selected from: -NR 4 R 5 and -OH, (b) a second functional group (x) selected from: -NR 4 R 5, -OH, -COOH, and-SO 3 H, (c) a third functional group (y) is selected from: -H, - NR 4 R 5, -OH, -COOH, and -SO 3 H, (d) a fourth functional group (z) selected from: -H, -CH 3, -NR 4 R 5, -OH, -COOH and -SO 3 H, wherein: (R 4) and (R 5) are independently selected from: -H and hydrocarbyl groups comprising from 1 to 10 carbon atoms; and (a) a first functional group (w) selected from: -NR 4 R 5 and -OH, (b) a second functional group (x) selected from: -NR 4 R 5, -OH, -COOH, and-SO 3 H, (c) a third functional group (y) is selected from: -H, - NR 4 R 5, -OH, -COOH, and -SO 3 H, (d) a fourth functional group (z) selected from: -H, -CH 3, -NR 4 R 5, -OH, -COOH and -SO 3 H, iii) exposing the thin film polyamide layer to nitrous acid; wherein the non-polar solution further comprises at least 50 vol% of a C 5 to C 20 aliphatic hydrocarbon and from 3 to 15 vol% of benzene or benzene substituted with one or more C 1 to C 6 alkyl groups.
A cutter blade for a lawn mower, the cutter blade comprising: a blade proximal part formed in a radial direction of the cutter blade; a clipping part positioned radially outside the blade proximal part, and below the blade proximal part; a falling part formed between the blade proximal part and the clipping part, the falling part being curved downward from the blade proximal part, toward the radial outside; and a warping part formed to rise from the clipping part in a reverse rotation direction which is a direction opposite to a blade rotation direction, wherein the falling part and the warping part include an intersection part where an end of the falling part in the reverse rotation direction and an end of the warping part positioned radially inside intersect with each other, characterized in that the clipping part is inclined downward with respect to a surface perpendicular to the blade rotation axis so that a front edge of the clipping part in the rotation direction is positioned below a rear end of the clipping part in the reverse rotation direction. a blade proximal part formed in a radial direction of the cutter blade; a clipping part positioned radially outside the blade proximal part, and below the blade proximal part; a falling part formed between the blade proximal part and the clipping part, the falling part being curved downward from the blade proximal part, toward the radial outside; and a warping part formed to rise from the clipping part in a reverse rotation direction which is a direction opposite to a blade rotation direction, wherein the falling part and the warping part include an intersection part where an end of the falling part in the reverse rotation direction and an end of the warping part positioned radially inside intersect with each other, characterized in that the clipping part is inclined downward with respect to a surface perpendicular to the blade rotation axis so that a front edge of the clipping part in the rotation direction is positioned below a rear end of the clipping part in the reverse rotation direction.