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Process for producing a structured oxide layer, comprising • a first step in which a substrate (201, 401, 501) composed of an aluminium alloy having a silicon content of 5-15% is provided and • a third step in which the substrate (201, 401, 501) is anodized on a surface (202, 507) of the substrate (201, 401, 501) in a dipping bath, with a first oxide layer (301, 404, 504) having a first layer thickness (302, 405, 505) being formed in a first surface region (203, 402, 502) of the surface (202, 507), characterized in that • in a second step preceding the third step, the surface (202, 507) is melted by means of a laser to a penetration depth in a second surface region (204, 403, 503) on the substrate (201, 401, 501), as a result of which a second layer thickness of a second oxide layer which is smaller than the first layer thickness (302, 405, 505) of the first oxide layer (301, 404, 504) in the first surface region (203, 402, 502) is formed by the anodization in the second surface region (204, 403, 503) in the third step. • a first step in which a substrate (201, 401, 501) composed of an aluminium alloy having a silicon content of 5-15% is provided and • a third step in which the substrate (201, 401, 501) is anodized on a surface (202, 507) of the substrate (201, 401, 501) in a dipping bath, with a first oxide layer (301, 404, 504) having a first layer thickness (302, 405, 505) being formed in a first surface region (203, 402, 502) of the surface (202, 507), • in a second step preceding the third step, the surface (202, 507) is melted by means of a laser to a penetration depth in a second surface region (204, 403, 503) on the substrate (201, 401, 501),
A method of transmitting a Device-to-Device, D2D, signal by a user equipment, UE, in D2D communication, the method comprising: performing a frequency hopping for physical resource blocks, PRBs, in a resource block pool based on a predefined hopping pattern; and transmitting a D2D signal on the frequency hopped PRBs, wherein the resource block pool is configured by higher layer signaling, and wherein the D2D signal is transmitted only when PRBs for transmitting the D2D signal are consecutive in a subframe. performing a frequency hopping for physical resource blocks, PRBs, in a resource block pool based on a predefined hopping pattern; and transmitting a D2D signal on the frequency hopped PRBs, wherein the resource block pool is configured by higher layer signaling, and wherein the D2D signal is transmitted only when PRBs for transmitting the D2D signal are consecutive in a subframe.
A generator comprising a rotor, a stator, and an enclosure for the rotor, the enclosure comprising a non-metallic tube, characterized in that: the nonmetallic tube is formed of a plurality of rings, which are spaced at predetermined intervals. the nonmetallic tube is formed of a plurality of rings, which are spaced at predetermined intervals.
A process for preparing a vinylidene chloride polymer composite comprising: providing a dispersion of a clay material in a liquid phase, said dispersion comprising a RAFT/MADIX agent, selected from the group consisting of: (i) RAFT/MADIX agents of general formula: where R a is an organic group optionally substituted with one or more hydrophilic groups and Z is any group that can promote sufficient reactivity of the thiocarbonyl group towards radical addition; and (ii) RAFT/MADIX agents of general formula: where Z and R a are as defined above; and wherein each H is independently a polymerised residue of an ethylenically unsaturated monomer and n is an integer from 1 to 200; - providing vinylidene chloride and optionally at least one ethylenically unsaturated monomer copolymerisable therewith to said dispersion; and - polymerising vinylidene chloride and optionally said at least one ethylenically unsaturated monomer under the control of said RAFT/MADIX agent to form vinylidene chloride polymer comprising at least 50 wt% of recurring units deriving from vinylidene chloride at the surface of said clay material. (i) RAFT/MADIX agents of general formula: where R a is an organic group optionally substituted with one or more hydrophilic groups and Z is any group that can promote sufficient reactivity of the thiocarbonyl group towards radical addition; and (ii) RAFT/MADIX agents of general formula: where Z and R a are as defined above; and wherein each H is independently a polymerised residue of an ethylenically unsaturated monomer and n is an integer from 1 to 200; - providing vinylidene chloride and optionally at least one ethylenically unsaturated monomer copolymerisable therewith to said dispersion; and - polymerising vinylidene chloride and optionally said at least one ethylenically unsaturated monomer under the control of said RAFT/MADIX agent to form vinylidene chloride polymer comprising at least 50 wt% of recurring units deriving from vinylidene chloride at the surface of said clay material. - providing vinylidene chloride and optionally at least one ethylenically unsaturated monomer copolymerisable therewith to said dispersion; and - polymerising vinylidene chloride and optionally said at least one ethylenically unsaturated monomer under the control of said RAFT/MADIX agent to form vinylidene chloride polymer comprising at least 50 wt% of recurring units deriving from vinylidene chloride at the surface of said clay material.
A method for implementing information sharing, comprising: receiving, by a first mobile terminal, shared information of a second mobile terminal and location information corresponding to the shared information, wherein the location information indicates a location for the shared information displayed on a desktop of the second mobile terminal, the shared information comprises: an application and an application operation parameter of the application; displaying the shared information according to the location information; and installing the application and loading the application operation parameter on the application when the application is not installed on the first mobile terminal. receiving, by a first mobile terminal, shared information of a second mobile terminal and location information corresponding to the shared information, wherein the location information indicates a location for the shared information displayed on a desktop of the second mobile terminal, the shared information comprises: an application and an application operation parameter of the application; displaying the shared information according to the location information; and installing the application and loading the application operation parameter on the application when the application is not installed on the first mobile terminal.
An instrument guide design controller for controlling a designing of a plan-specific instrument template, the plan-specific instrument template including a platform and at least one planned instrument guide extending through the platform for guiding instruments during a percutaneous intervention, the instrument guide design controller comprising: a generic instrument template generator configured to generate and position a generic instrument template relative to a model generated via an image segmentation of an intervention guide base, wherein the generic instrument template includes a platform and at least one generic instrument guide, and wherein the at least one generic instrument guide has a generic location and a generic orientation of a generic configuration relative to the platform of the generic instrument template; and a plan-specific instrument template designer configured to control at least one of a relocation, a reorientation and a reconfiguration of at least one generic instrument guide of the generic instrument template relative to the platform of the generic instrument template to execute a deformation of the generic instrument template and thereby design the plan-specific instrument template in accordance with a treatment plan associated with the percutaneous intervention, wherein the generic instrument template is a geometric representation of the plan-specific instrument template. a generic instrument template generator configured to generate and position a generic instrument template relative to a model generated via an image segmentation of an intervention guide base, wherein the generic instrument template includes a platform and at least one generic instrument guide, and wherein the at least one generic instrument guide has a generic location and a generic orientation of a generic configuration relative to the platform of the generic instrument template; and wherein the generic instrument template includes a platform and at least one generic instrument guide, and wherein the at least one generic instrument guide has a generic location and a generic orientation of a generic configuration relative to the platform of the generic instrument template; and a plan-specific instrument template designer configured to control at least one of a relocation, a reorientation and a reconfiguration of at least one generic instrument guide of the generic instrument template relative to the platform of the generic instrument template to execute a deformation of the generic instrument template and thereby design the plan-specific instrument template in accordance with a treatment plan associated with the percutaneous intervention, wherein the generic instrument template is a geometric representation of the plan-specific instrument template.
A method of chemically-mechanically polishing a substrate, the method comprising: (a) contacting a substrate containing a low-k dielectric composition, wherein the low-k dielectric composition has a dielectric constant between 2 and 3 and the low-k dielectric composition includes less than about 50% by weight of carbon, with a polishing pad and a chemical-mechanical polishing composition comprising water and abrasive particles having a positive surface charge and a zeta potential of at least about +10 mV, wherein the abrasive particles include wet process ceria and wherein the polishing composition has a pH of from about 3 to about 6; (b) moving the polishing pad and the chemical-mechanical polishing composition relative to the substrate; and (c) abrading at least a portion of the substrate to polish the substrate. (a) contacting a substrate containing a low-k dielectric composition, wherein the low-k dielectric composition has a dielectric constant between 2 and 3 and the low-k dielectric composition includes less than about 50% by weight of carbon, with a polishing pad and a chemical-mechanical polishing composition comprising water and abrasive particles having a positive surface charge and a zeta potential of at least about +10 mV, wherein the abrasive particles include wet process ceria and wherein the polishing composition has a pH of from about 3 to about 6; (b) moving the polishing pad and the chemical-mechanical polishing composition relative to the substrate; and (c) abrading at least a portion of the substrate to polish the substrate.
A method for alerting at least a second party in a call with a first party that said first party experienced a call disconnection, the method being characterized in that it comprises the following steps, in a call management node of a telecommunication network: - intercepting signaling information corresponding to the call disconnection of the first party, wherein the signaling information comprises an indication of a cause of the call disconnection; and - sending at least one connection update directed to connecting the second party to a service node in the telecommunication network for provision of one or more communication services, if said cause requires the provision of the one or more communication services to the second party, said cause being identified in a list of possible causes as matching with any listed cause that requires the second party to be informed through said one or more communication services, wherein the connection update is with held if said cause does not require the provision of the one or more communication services to the second party, said cause being identified in said list as a cause that does not need the second party to be informed. - intercepting signaling information corresponding to the call disconnection of the first party, wherein the signaling information comprises an indication of a cause of the call disconnection; and - sending at least one connection update directed to connecting the second party to a service node in the telecommunication network for provision of one or more communication services, if said cause requires the provision of the one or more communication services to the second party, said cause being identified in a list of possible causes as matching with any listed cause that requires the second party to be informed through said one or more communication services, wherein the connection update is with held if said cause does not require the provision of the one or more communication services to the second party, said cause being identified in said list as a cause that does not need the second party to be informed.
An aerosol delivery device comprising: a housing defining a reservoir configured to retain aerosol precursor composition; and contained within the housing, an atomizer controllable to activate and vaporize components of the aerosol precursor composition; a valve configured to control a flow of aerosol precursor composition from the reservoir to the atomizer; a sensor configured to measure a reflectance or temperature of the atomizer and generate a corresponding signal; and a control component configured to receive the corresponding signal and determine a volume of aerosol precursor composition at the atomizer, distinct from aerosol precursor composition in the reservoir, based on the reflectance or temperature so measured, the control component being configured to control the valve to decrease or increase a rate of the flow of aerosol precursor composition from the reservoir to the atomizer in response to the volume being respectively above or below a predetermined threshold volume. a housing defining a reservoir configured to retain aerosol precursor composition; and contained within the housing, an atomizer controllable to activate and vaporize components of the aerosol precursor composition; a valve configured to control a flow of aerosol precursor composition from the reservoir to the atomizer; a sensor configured to measure a reflectance or temperature of the atomizer and generate a corresponding signal; and a control component configured to receive the corresponding signal and determine a volume of aerosol precursor composition at the atomizer, distinct from aerosol precursor composition in the reservoir, based on the reflectance or temperature so measured, the control component being configured to control the valve to decrease or increase a rate of the flow of aerosol precursor composition from the reservoir to the atomizer in response to the volume being respectively above or below a predetermined threshold volume.
A downlink control information, DCI detection method applied to a downlink control channel, wherein a downlink control channel is a channel used to carry DCI; the method comprising: determining, by a terminal device, at least one search space from a first search space and a second search space, wherein the search spaces are sets of candidate downlink control channels, the first search space is in a first time unit within a time window T, the first time unit belongs to a first time unit set, the second search space is in a second time unit within the time window T, the second time unit belongs to a second time unit set, the time window T comprises N T time units, the first time unit set and the second time unit set are subsets of the N T time units, N T is an integer greater than or equal to 2, the first time unit set and the second time unit set partially or completely overlap, and the first time unit is the same as or different from the second time unit; and detecting, by the terminal device, at least one piece of downlink control information, DCI in the at least one search space; wherein the first time unit set comprises a time unit i and a time unit j; wherein the time unit i and the time unit j are resource elements; and when the first time unit is the time unit i, the first search space occupies M resource elements, and when the first time unit is the time unit j, the first search space occupies N resource elements, wherein M and N are natural numbers, and M is not equal to N. determining, by a terminal device, at least one search space from a first search space and a second search space, wherein the search spaces are sets of candidate downlink control channels, the first search space is in a first time unit within a time window T, the first time unit belongs to a first time unit set, the second search space is in a second time unit within the time window T, the second time unit belongs to a second time unit set, the time window T comprises N T time units, the first time unit set and the second time unit set are subsets of the N T time units, N T is an integer greater than or equal to 2, the first time unit set and the second time unit set partially or completely overlap, and the first time unit is the same as or different from the second time unit; and detecting, by the terminal device, at least one piece of downlink control information, DCI in the at least one search space; wherein the first time unit set comprises a time unit i and a time unit j; wherein the time unit i and the time unit j are resource elements; and when the first time unit is the time unit i, the first search space occupies M resource elements, and when the first time unit is the time unit j, the first search space occupies N resource elements, wherein M and N are natural numbers, and M is not equal to N.
A specimen collecting and testing apparatus for testing drugs of abuse comprising: a) a first chamber for collecting specimen having a slot; b) a second chamber adapted for receiving the specimen, having a puncturing means and having a plurality of holes on an end side wall of the second chamber for allowing the specimen to flow to drug of abuse test strips which are placed on an outer wall of the second chamber; c) a third chamber for testing specimen; and d) a lid having means adapted to fasten it onto the third chamber; wherein the third chamber has a transparent wall, has means adapted to fasten the third chamber to the lid and has a plurality of flanges at an inner rim of the third chamber; wherein an extended circular top surface of the second chamber is sealed onto the inner rim of the third chamber and the first chamber is pushed below the plurality of flanges on the third chamber and after the specimen is collected in the first chamber the lid is fastened onto the third chamber. a) a first chamber for collecting specimen having a slot; b) a second chamber adapted for receiving the specimen, having a puncturing means and having a plurality of holes on an end side wall of the second chamber for allowing the specimen to flow to drug of abuse test strips which are placed on an outer wall of the second chamber; c) a third chamber for testing specimen; and d) a lid having means adapted to fasten it onto the third chamber;
An underwater control device for an underwater hydrocarbon production facility, the underwater control device (24; 37; 44) comprising: - an underwater box (25; 38; 45) defining a housing chamber (26; 39; 46); - an active electronic component with a switching and/or isolation function, housed in the housing chamber (26; 39; 46); - a polymer block (28; 40; 47) in which the active electronic component is embedded, and which is housed in the housing chamber (26; 39; 46); - electrical connectors (29; 41; 48) extending through the underwater box (25; 38; 45) for connecting the active electronic component to a network (13, 21, 16, 23) of a control system; and - a sensor configured for detecting water and connected to the active electronic component. - an underwater box (25; 38; 45) defining a housing chamber (26; 39; 46); - an active electronic component with a switching and/or isolation function, housed in the housing chamber (26; 39; 46); - a polymer block (28; 40; 47) in which the active electronic component is embedded, and which is housed in the housing chamber (26; 39; 46); - electrical connectors (29; 41; 48) extending through the underwater box (25; 38; 45) for connecting the active electronic component to a network (13, 21, 16, 23) of a control system; and - a sensor configured for detecting water and connected to the active electronic component.
A loudspeaker apparatus (10A to 10P), comprising: at least three speaker units (13a to 13u); and a space defining part defining at least two sealed spaces (22a to 22t), wherein each of the speaker units (13a to 13u) has a diaphragm (31a to 31u) having two surfaces, and a driver unit (32a to 32u) for inputting an electrical signal and driving the diaphragm (31a to 31u), all of the driver units (32a to 32u) input substantially the same electrical signal with substantially the same or opposite phases, each of at least two of the sealed spaces (22a to 22t) has at least two boundary diaphragms, each of the boundary diaphragms is one of the diaphragms (31a to 31u), disposed so that a first one of the surfaces faces inside the sealed space (22a to 22t) and a second one of the surfaces faces outside the sealed space (22a to 22t), when at least one of the boundary diaphragms is driven outward from the sealed space (22a to 22t), at least one of the other boundary diaphragms is driven inward to the sealed space (22a to 22t), the boundary diaphragms driven outward and the boundary diaphragms driven inward are the same in number, and thereby a volume of the sealed space (22a to 22t) is kept constant, characterized in that: at least one of the boundary diaphragms is disposed at a boundary between two of the sealed spaces having volumes kept constant, a first one of its surfaces faces inside one of the two sealed spaces and a second one of its surfaces faces inside the other of the two sealed spaces. at least three speaker units (13a to 13u); and a space defining part defining at least two sealed spaces (22a to 22t), wherein each of the speaker units (13a to 13u) has a diaphragm (31a to 31u) having two surfaces, and a driver unit (32a to 32u) for inputting an electrical signal and driving the diaphragm (31a to 31u), all of the driver units (32a to 32u) input substantially the same electrical signal with substantially the same or opposite phases, each of at least two of the sealed spaces (22a to 22t) has at least two boundary diaphragms, each of the boundary diaphragms is one of the diaphragms (31a to 31u), disposed so that a first one of the surfaces faces inside the sealed space (22a to 22t) and a second one of the surfaces faces outside the sealed space (22a to 22t), when at least one of the boundary diaphragms is driven outward from the sealed space (22a to 22t), at least one of the other boundary diaphragms is driven inward to the sealed space (22a to 22t), the boundary diaphragms driven outward and the boundary diaphragms driven inward are the same in number, and thereby a volume of the sealed space (22a to 22t) is kept constant, characterized in that: at least one of the boundary diaphragms is disposed at a boundary between two of the sealed spaces having volumes kept constant, a first one of its surfaces faces inside one of the two sealed spaces and a second one of its surfaces faces inside the other of the two sealed spaces.