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A method of fabricating a negative electrode for an electrochemical cell, comprising: providing a substrate (101, 201), said substrate being electrically conductive; depositing a metal layer on said substrate (101, 201); anodizing said metal layer to form a porous layer on said substrate such that at least a portion of the porous layer extends all the way through the thickness of the metal layer; depositing a layer of mixed ionically and electrically conductive oxide; depositing a layer of ion conducting material (102, 204) on said porous layer, said layer of ion conducting material extending at least partially into pores of said porous layer; densifying said layer of ion conducting material (103, 205); depositing a layer of alkali metal on the densified layer of ion conducting material; and attaching a temporary electrode to said layer of alkali metal and passing a current between said temporary electrode and said substrate to drive alkali metal through the densified layer of ion conducting material to the surface of said substrate, forming an alkali metal reservoir at the surface of said substrate. providing a substrate (101, 201), said substrate being electrically conductive; depositing a metal layer on said substrate (101, 201); anodizing said metal layer to form a porous layer on said substrate such that at least a portion of the porous layer extends all the way through the thickness of the metal layer; depositing a layer of mixed ionically and electrically conductive oxide; depositing a layer of ion conducting material (102, 204) on said porous layer, said layer of ion conducting material extending at least partially into pores of said porous layer; densifying said layer of ion conducting material (103, 205); depositing a layer of alkali metal on the densified layer of ion conducting material; and attaching a temporary electrode to said layer of alkali metal and passing a current between said temporary electrode and said substrate to drive alkali metal through the densified layer of ion conducting material to the surface of said substrate, forming an alkali metal reservoir at the surface of said substrate.
An apparatus for locking a USB port, the apparatus being configured to be coupled with the USB port that includes a connection part with recessed grooves respectively formed at opposite sides thereof, the apparatus comprising: a main body including first and second mounting portions (110a, 110b); a port coupling part coupled with the second mounting portion of the main body, and inserted into and coupled with the USB port; a locking part movably provided in the port coupling part and being movable between a lock position where the locking part is coupled with the recessed grooves and a release position where the locking part is separated from the recessed grooves; and a locking and releasing part provided in the first mounting portion of the main body to be movable reciprocally such that the locking and releasing part is retractable from a front end of the main body, the locking and releasing part controlling locking and releasing motions of the locking part relative to the recessed grooves by interfering with the locking part when the locking and releasing part moves, wherein the locking and releasing part is partially withdrawn from the main body by using a release key in a state in which the locking and releasing part is inserted into the main body, thereby allowing a locking yoke to be released, the release key being coupled with a key hole formed in a front end of the locking and releasing part, and wherein the USB port is a USB 3.1 port having the same patterned-connection terminals formed on opposite surfaces of the connection part, respectively. a main body including first and second mounting portions (110a, 110b); a port coupling part coupled with the second mounting portion of the main body, and inserted into and coupled with the USB port; a locking part movably provided in the port coupling part and being movable between a lock position where the locking part is coupled with the recessed grooves and a release position where the locking part is separated from the recessed grooves; and a locking and releasing part provided in the first mounting portion of the main body to be movable reciprocally such that the locking and releasing part is retractable from a front end of the main body, the locking and releasing part controlling locking and releasing motions of the locking part relative to the recessed grooves by interfering with the locking part when the locking and releasing part moves, wherein the locking and releasing part is partially withdrawn from the main body by using a release key in a state in which the locking and releasing part is inserted into the main body, thereby allowing a locking yoke to be released, the release key being coupled with a key hole formed in a front end of the locking and releasing part, and wherein the USB port is a USB 3.1 port having the same patterned-connection terminals formed on opposite surfaces of the connection part, respectively.
Vane rotor for a rotary pump to be driven by a drive shaft, the rotor comprising a substantially cylindrical body with an axial bore having an internal diameter and into which a drive shaft is to be press fitted for driving the vane rotor, wherein said vane rotor comprises a plurality of radial slots each forming a seat for a vane and ending, at a radially inner end, with a widened blind bottom, wherein said widened blind bottom has a cross-sectional profile which is defined by a pair of first arcs arranged with facing concavities and having radially outer ends joined with a respective wall of the slot, and by a connecting portion connecting radially inner ends of said first arcs, said bottom having a curvature of the connecting portion having substantially the same direction of curvature as the press-fitted drive shaft, wherein said connecting portion is a further arc having the convexity directed towards the inside of the widened bottom, the arcs of all seats of the vanes belonging to a same circumference, and wherein an angle (α R) greater than 0° exists between a radius of the rotor passing through a centre of a first arc and a radius containing an axis of said slots, said angle (α R) having an amplitude of less than 10°.
Supporting means for supporting a screening device in a frame structure with frame members comprising top and bottom members as well as side members, said means comprising a pair of bracket members (6;106;206) having a substantially continuous external surface for mounting on each of a pair of opposed frame surfaces of said frame structure, said screening device being brought from a non-mounted position to a mounted position by movement in a mounting direction, the cross-sectional dimensions of each bracket member (6;106;206) increase in the mounting direction (A,B) over at least a part of the bracket member from a first thickness at a first end edge to a second thickness at a second end edge, characterized in that the first thickness is relatively small, and thus, at the first end edge of the bracket member, there is virtually no visible edge, as a smooth transition from the side member to the bracket member is provided.
Method for producing a decorative profile to which at least one functional element (20, 22, 36) is fixed, in which in a first step, a rear side of at least one decorative film made of film material is brought into contact with a carrier made of plastic material and is connected flat to the latter, in a second step, at least one coherent piece of the decorative film is removed, in order to form at least one surface region (16, 26, 28, 38) of the carrier that is not covered by film material, and in a third step, the functional element (20, 22, 36) is fixed to the uncovered surface region (16, 26, 28, 38).
A time configuration method, wherein the method comprises: determining, by a network device, a sending time of a reference signal according to an on duration period of user equipment, UE, wherein the reference signal is a channel state information-reference signal, CSI-RS, used for mobility measurement; and wherein the on duration period refers to a DRX configuration; wherein the on duration period of the UE comprises an overlapping on duration period of at least two of all the UEs that need to receive the reference signal; sending, by the network device, the reference signal to the UE. determining, by a network device, a sending time of a reference signal according to an on duration period of user equipment, UE, wherein the reference signal is a channel state information-reference signal, CSI-RS, used for mobility measurement; and wherein the on duration period refers to a DRX configuration; wherein the on duration period of the UE comprises an overlapping on duration period of at least two of all the UEs that need to receive the reference signal; sending, by the network device, the reference signal to the UE.
A particulate matter measuring apparatus including: an inlet for introducing air; a cyclone means fluidly connected to the inlet, the cyclone means adapted to remove particles of a predetermined size from the air; a particle detector to detect particulate matter in the air; and a pump to move the air from the inlet, through the cyclone means and through the particle detector, characterized in that the particle detector has a laser diode to shine laser light through the air and a detector angled at between 115° to 140° relative to the direction of the laser light to detect an amount of laser light scattered in the direction of the detector by particulate matter in the air; and, wherein the detector and the laser diode are angled at substantially 90° relative to an axis extending in the direction of the flow of air through the particle detector. an inlet for introducing air; a cyclone means fluidly connected to the inlet, the cyclone means adapted to remove particles of a predetermined size from the air; a particle detector to detect particulate matter in the air; and a pump to move the air from the inlet, through the cyclone means and through the particle detector, characterized in that the particle detector has a laser diode to shine laser light through the air and a detector angled at between 115° to 140° relative to the direction of the laser light to detect an amount of laser light scattered in the direction of the detector by particulate matter in the air; and, wherein the detector and the laser diode are angled at substantially 90° relative to an axis extending in the direction of the flow of air through the particle detector.
A cyclic peptide having the following structure: or a salt, tautomer or stereoisomer thereof, wherein: L 1 and L 2 are each individually optionally substituted linker moieties, each linker moiety optionally comprising a linkage to a solid support, a linkage to a reporter moiety, a linkage to a peptide ligand, a linkage to an azide or alkyne moiety or combinations thereof; G is a triazole, a carbon-carbon double bond or an amide; M is methionine; R is (a) -C(=O)-L 3 -A, where L 3 is a linker moiety and A is an alkyne, or (b) L 3 -A, wherein L 3 is a linker moiety and A is an alkyne or azide; R 1 is H or C 1 -C 6 alkyl; Y 1 and Y 2 are each individually 0 or 1; and SEQ is an amino acid sequence comprising from 2 to 20 amino acids selected from natural and non-natural amino acids. L 1 and L 2 are each individually optionally substituted linker moieties, each linker moiety optionally comprising a linkage to a solid support, a linkage to a reporter moiety, a linkage to a peptide ligand, a linkage to an azide or alkyne moiety or combinations thereof; G is a triazole, a carbon-carbon double bond or an amide; M is methionine; R is (a) -C(=O)-L 3 -A, where L 3 is a linker moiety and A is an alkyne, or (b) L 3 -A, wherein L 3 is a linker moiety and A is an alkyne or azide; R 1 is H or C 1 -C 6 alkyl; Y 1 and Y 2 are each individually 0 or 1; and SEQ is an amino acid sequence comprising from 2 to 20 amino acids selected from natural and non-natural amino acids.
Feeding tube with a shaft adjoining a tube head and comprising at least two channels (3, 4), namely a feeding channel and a fluid channel, which shaft has, at its end, a balloon penetrated by the feeding channel and connected to the fluid channel, wherein the tube head comprises supply connections (6, 7), fitted with valves (8, 9), for the channels (3, 4), characterised in that the tube head forming a tube part separate from the shaft forms a plug-in coupling for the shaft, which can be cut to length, for connecting the channels (3, 4) to the associated supply connections (6, 7).
A plant comprising a scion to which a rootstock had been grafted, wherein: (i) the scion contains one or more heritable epigenetic changes in one or more nuclear chromosomes, wherein the epigenetic changes are absent from nuclear chromosomes of a control plant or plant from which the scion was obtained, wherein the heritable epigenetic changes provide_an improvement in a useful trait selected from the group consisting of improved yield, enhanced growth rate, and enhanced biomass in comparison to a control plant; and (ii) wherein an MSH1 (MUTS HOMOLOG 1) gene is suppressed in the rootstock; wherein the MSH1 gene is suppressed with a mutation in the endogenous MSH1 gene or by transgenes that produce a small inhibitory RNA (siRNA), a microRNA (miRNA), a co-suppressing sense RNA, and/or an anti-sense RNA directed to the MSH1 gene; and (iii) wherein the rootstock confers to the plant or progeny thereof the improvement in the useful trait. (i) the scion contains one or more heritable epigenetic changes in one or more nuclear chromosomes, wherein the epigenetic changes are absent from nuclear chromosomes of a control plant or plant from which the scion was obtained, wherein the heritable epigenetic changes provide_an improvement in a useful trait selected from the group consisting of improved yield, enhanced growth rate, and enhanced biomass in comparison to a control plant; and (ii) wherein an MSH1 (MUTS HOMOLOG 1) gene is suppressed in the rootstock; wherein the MSH1 gene is suppressed with a mutation in the endogenous MSH1 gene or by transgenes that produce a small inhibitory RNA (siRNA), a microRNA (miRNA), a co-suppressing sense RNA, and/or an anti-sense RNA directed to the MSH1 gene; and (iii) wherein the rootstock confers to the plant or progeny thereof the improvement in the useful trait.
A railroad vehicle comprising a private room, a guest room, an air conditioner, and a main duct for supplying conditioned air conditioned by the air conditioner to the guest room, wherein a branch duct for connecting the main duct to the private room is provided in order to supply the conditioned air to the private room, characterised in that the branch duct includes an introduced air port for introducing the air of the guest room to the branch duct in accordance with a difference between the pressure in the guest room and the pressure in the branch duct or the private room.
An Ethernet frame detecting circuit for detecting Ethernet frames, comprising: a received byte counter configured to calculate a byte count value of received data; a mask and pattern storage unit configured to calculate mask data and comparison data containing a pattern of a frame, based on the calculated byte count value; a comparator configured to determine whether the received data corresponds to target data to be detected, based on the calculated mask data and comparison data; and a detection signal generator configured to output a detection signal corresponding to a result of the determination; characterized in, that the mask and pattern storage unit comprises a mask and pattern storage memory configured to store a mask register for ignoring bits which need not be detected and a pattern register indicating a frame to be detected and to calculate the mask data and comparison data corresponding to the calculated byte count value, based on the stored mask register and pattern register. a received byte counter configured to calculate a byte count value of received data; a mask and pattern storage unit configured to calculate mask data and comparison data containing a pattern of a frame, based on the calculated byte count value; a comparator configured to determine whether the received data corresponds to target data to be detected, based on the calculated mask data and comparison data; and a detection signal generator configured to output a detection signal corresponding to a result of the determination; characterized in, that the mask and pattern storage unit comprises a mask and pattern storage memory configured to store a mask register for ignoring bits which need not be detected and a pattern register indicating a frame to be detected and to calculate the mask data and comparison data corresponding to the calculated byte count value, based on the stored mask register and pattern register.
A catheter, comprising: a shaft for insertion into an organ of a patient; an extendable distal-end assembly, which is coupled to the shaft and comprises multiple splines, wherein at least one spline comprises a flexible circuit board having one or more electrodes disposed thereon, wherein the electrodes are coupled to a side of the circuit board facing the surface of the organ, wherein the circuit board is configured, when the distal-end assembly is extended in the organ, to conform to a surface of the organ so as to make contact between the electrodes and the surface; and two or more strengthening elements, which are distributed along the length of the circuit board of the spline and are configured to mechanically strengthen the spline, wherein the strengthening elements are coupled to a side of the circuit board not facing the surface of the organ; wherein the strengthening elements comprise two or more blocks coupled to the circuit board, and wherein at least one of the blocks has a trapezoid shape. a shaft for insertion into an organ of a patient; an extendable distal-end assembly, which is coupled to the shaft and comprises multiple splines, wherein at least one spline comprises a flexible circuit board having one or more electrodes disposed thereon, wherein the electrodes are coupled to a side of the circuit board facing the surface of the organ, wherein the circuit board is configured, when the distal-end assembly is extended in the organ, to conform to a surface of the organ so as to make contact between the electrodes and the surface; and two or more strengthening elements, which are distributed along the length of the circuit board of the spline and are configured to mechanically strengthen the spline, wherein the strengthening elements are coupled to a side of the circuit board not facing the surface of the organ; wherein the strengthening elements comprise two or more blocks coupled to the circuit board, and wherein at least one of the blocks has a trapezoid shape.
A wheeled trolley comprising: a platform base member, a wheel set defining a ground contact surface; and a foot lever articulated to the platform base member Z through a biasing mechanism, said foot lever being configured to have a first position in which it is not in contact with the ground contact surface, and a second position in which the lever is in contact with the ground contact surface, against a biasing effect of the biasing mechanism, and wherein the foot lever is biased into said first position by the biasing mechanism, characterized in that the biasing mechanism comprises a pivoting structure and a biasing member, and the biasing member is an elastically deformable member disposed between a bottom face of the platform and a support member articulated to the pivoting structure. a platform base member, a wheel set defining a ground contact surface; and a foot lever articulated to the platform base member Z through a biasing mechanism, said foot lever being configured to have a first position in which it is not in contact with the ground contact surface, and a second position in which the lever is in contact with the ground contact surface, against a biasing effect of the biasing mechanism, and wherein the foot lever is biased into said first position by the biasing mechanism, characterized in that the biasing mechanism comprises a pivoting structure and a biasing member, and the biasing member is an elastically deformable member disposed between a bottom face of the platform and a support member articulated to the pivoting structure.
Composition, comprising caffeine and a mixture including Mg 2+, Ca 2+, K +, Na +, HCO 3 -, SO 4 2-, Cl -, and β-alanine, wherein the ratio by weight between caffeine and Mg 2+, Ca 2+, K +, Na +, HCO 3 -, SO 4 2-, Cl -, and β-alanine is caffeine = 1 Mg 2+ = 0.015 to 0.2, preferably 0.02 to 0.1 Ca 2+ = 0.03 to 0.4, preferably 0.05 to 0.3 K + = 0.15 to 2, preferably 0.2 to 1 Na + = 0.3 to 4, preferably 0.5 to 2.5 HCO 3 - = 0.3 to 4, preferably 0.5 to 2.5 SO 4 2- = 0.6 to 6, preferably 0.8 to 4 Cl- = 0.15 to 2, preferably 0.15 to 1.5 β-alanine = 1.5 to 20, preferably 2 to 10
An optical waveguide polarization converter device comprising: a first polarization converter section, and a second polarization converter section; wherein the first polarization converter section and second polarization converter section have cross sections which are mirror images of each other; wherein the first polarization converter section and second polarization converter section are made of a common material and have orientation/tilt errors equal in magnitude and opposite in sign, the orientation/tilt errors correspond to deviations of polarization mode rotations resulting from fabrication errors or from deviations in the operational conditions, and wherein the first polarization converter section and second polarization converter section have lengths L 1 and L 2, respectively, where L 1 =(M+0.5)L 0, L 2 =(N+0.5)L 0, Im-N|=2m+1, for non-negative integers M,N,m, and where L 0 is a constant. a first polarization converter section, and a second polarization converter section; wherein the first polarization converter section and second polarization converter section have cross sections which are mirror images of each other; wherein the first polarization converter section and second polarization converter section are made of a common material and have orientation/tilt errors equal in magnitude and opposite in sign, the orientation/tilt errors correspond to deviations of polarization mode rotations resulting from fabrication errors or from deviations in the operational conditions, and wherein the first polarization converter section and second polarization converter section have lengths L 1 and L 2, respectively, where L 1 =(M+0.5)L 0, L 2 =(N+0.5)L 0, Im-N|=2m+1, for non-negative integers M,N,m, and where L 0 is a constant.
A process for the production of paper, board and cardboard having high dry strength by addition of (a) at least one trivalent cation in the form of a salt, (b) at least one water-soluble cationic polymer and (c) at least one water-soluble amphoteric polymer to the paper stock, draining of the paper stock with sheet formation and subsequent drying of the paper products, wherein the water-soluble cationic polymer (b) is selected from the group consisting of the (i) polymers comprising vinylamine units and (ii) polymers comprising ethylenimine units. (a) at least one trivalent cation in the form of a salt, (b) at least one water-soluble cationic polymer and (c) at least one water-soluble amphoteric polymer