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A method, comprising: arranging a plurality of dice on a substrate, wherein adjacent dice among the plurality of dice are separated by boundary lines; performing a first etching process that etches a first layer of the substrate at each boundary line between adjacent dice of the plurality of dice on the substrate, wherein the first etching process forms first and second facets (406a, 406b) of waveguides (404a, 404b) that are defined within the first layer, and wherein the first etching process leaves a portion of the first layer at each boundary line between adjacent dice; performing a second etching process that etches the portion of the first layer and a second layer beneath the portion of the first layer, the second etching process forming a trench at each boundary line between adjacent dice, wherein the second etching process further forms a first shelf extending between the first facet and a first edge of the trench, and a second shelf ending between the second facet and a second edge of the trench, and wherein the second layer has a different material from the first layer; and separating the plurality of dice into individually separated dice along the trench. arranging a plurality of dice on a substrate, wherein adjacent dice among the plurality of dice are separated by boundary lines; performing a first etching process that etches a first layer of the substrate at each boundary line between adjacent dice of the plurality of dice on the substrate, wherein the first etching process forms first and second facets (406a, 406b) of waveguides (404a, 404b) that are defined within the first layer, and wherein the first etching process leaves a portion of the first layer at each boundary line between adjacent dice; performing a second etching process that etches the portion of the first layer and a second layer beneath the portion of the first layer, the second etching process forming a trench at each boundary line between adjacent dice, wherein the second etching process further forms a first shelf extending between the first facet and a first edge of the trench, and a second shelf ending between the second facet and a second edge of the trench, and wherein the second layer has a different material from the first layer; and separating the plurality of dice into individually separated dice along the trench.
A glass sheet loading/unloading unit, the loading/unloading unit comprising a motorized carriage moveable in opposite senses in a direction of translation, a first table having a first resting surface of the sheets and coupled to said carriage at least to turn about a hinge axis orthogonal to the said direction of translation, first actuator means for turning the first table and the first resting surface to and from a lowered position, in which said first surface is arranged in horizontal position, characterized in that it further comprises a second moveable table supported by said carriage, having a second horizontal resting surface and distinct from said first table for supporting an other glass sheet; second actuator means being interposed between said second table and said carriage to translate said second table parallel to itself in a vertical direction; said second sheet resting surface being arranged under said first table and vertically spaced away from said first table for supporting the other glass sheet when the first sheet supporting table is arranged in its lowered position.
A control method for detecting the operating status of the nozzles of an ink-jet printhead, wherein the ink-jet printhead comprises: a feeding channel, which is provided with an inlet section and an outlet section; a plurality of nozzles, which are in communication with the feeding channel between the inlet section and the outlet section, each nozzle being provided with a corresponding shutter controlled by a control unit between an open condition and a closed condition of the respective nozzle; a recirculation conduit, connected to the feeding channel, in order that a closed circuit is formed; the method comprising the following steps: detecting an inlet pressure and an outlet pressure within a feeding channel of the nozzles in a closing condition of all nozzles; detecting a first reference pressure differential between the inlet pressure and the outlet pressure; opening each nozzle in sequence, separately from the others; detecting the pressure differential (Di) between the inlet pressure and the outlet pressure in an opening condition of each single nozzle; comparing the pressure differential detected (Di) with the first reference pressure differential. detecting an inlet pressure and an outlet pressure within a feeding channel of the nozzles in a closing condition of all nozzles; detecting a first reference pressure differential between the inlet pressure and the outlet pressure; opening each nozzle in sequence, separately from the others; detecting the pressure differential (Di) between the inlet pressure and the outlet pressure in an opening condition of each single nozzle; comparing the pressure differential detected (Di) with the first reference pressure differential.
An infusion set, comprising: a base; and a folding inserter pivotally connected to said base, said inserter including a catheter movable from a first catheter position disposed substantially entirely within said inserter to a second catheter position in which a free end of said catheter is disposed externally of said inserter and said base; an introducer needle located within said catheter and movable between a first introducer needle position disposed substantially entirely within said inserter and a second introducer needle position in which a free end of said introducer needle is disposed externally of said inserter and said base; and characterised in that said inserter further includes an activation button movable between first and second button positions, wherein when said button is moved from said first button position to said second button position, said catheter is moved from said first to said second catheter position, said introducer needle is moved from said first to said second introducer needle position to facilitate insertion of said catheter, and said introducer needle is thereafter moved back toward said first introducer needle position to store said introducer needle within said inserter, and fold the inserter into the base, with said free end of said catheter remaining disposed externally of said inserter and said base. a base; and a folding inserter pivotally connected to said base, said inserter including a catheter movable from a first catheter position disposed substantially entirely within said inserter to a second catheter position in which a free end of said catheter is disposed externally of said inserter and said base; an introducer needle located within said catheter and movable between a first introducer needle position disposed substantially entirely within said inserter and a second introducer needle position in which a free end of said introducer needle is disposed externally of said inserter and said base; and characterised in that said inserter further includes an activation button movable between first and second button positions, wherein when said button is moved from said first button position to said second button position, said catheter is moved from said first to said second catheter position, said introducer needle is moved from said first to said second introducer needle position to facilitate insertion of said catheter, and said introducer needle is thereafter moved back toward said first introducer needle position to store said introducer needle within said inserter, and fold the inserter into the base, with said free end of said catheter remaining disposed externally of said inserter and said base.
A process measurement instrument with target rejection comprising: a sensor circuit comprising a drive circuit for transmitting a pulse signal at a target of interest and a receive circuit receiving reflected echoes of the pulse signal and developing an analog receive signal representative of the reflected echoes; an analog processing circuit operatively coupled to the sensor circuit for receiving the analog receive signal and comprising a summer subtracting an analog target rejection signal from the analog receive signal to develop a corrected receive signal; and a programmed digital processing circuit operatively coupled to the analog processing circuit and comprising a memory storing target rejection signal value data representing false target reflections and developing the analog target rejection signal for transfer to the analog processing circuit; wherein the analog processing circuit comprises an envelope detector rectifying the analog receive signal and a second summer subtracting the analog target rejection signal from the rectified analog receive signal to develop a corrected envelope waveform delivered to the programmed digital processing circuit. a sensor circuit comprising a drive circuit for transmitting a pulse signal at a target of interest and a receive circuit receiving reflected echoes of the pulse signal and developing an analog receive signal representative of the reflected echoes; an analog processing circuit operatively coupled to the sensor circuit for receiving the analog receive signal and comprising a summer subtracting an analog target rejection signal from the analog receive signal to develop a corrected receive signal; and a programmed digital processing circuit operatively coupled to the analog processing circuit and comprising a memory storing target rejection signal value data representing false target reflections and developing the analog target rejection signal for transfer to the analog processing circuit; wherein the analog processing circuit comprises an envelope detector rectifying the analog receive signal and a second summer subtracting the analog target rejection signal from the rectified analog receive signal to develop a corrected envelope waveform delivered to the programmed digital processing circuit.
A process for the preparation of pulp from lignin-containing cellulosic material, comprising prehydrolyzing said cellulosic material in a prehydrolysis stage at a temperature of between 120 °C and 180 °C and during at least 20 minutes so as to produce a prehydrolyzed cellulosic material and an acidic hydrolysate, characterized by adding a neutralizing alkali charge to the prehydrolyzed cellulosic material and acidic hydrolysate to such extent that the alkali concentration directly after the alkali charge is between 5-10 g/l EA as NaOH thereby forming an neutralized slurry containing the hydrolysed cellulosic material and the hydrolysate, maintaining the neutralized slurry for a short time not exceeding 10 minutes in the neutralized state while subjecting the neutralized slurry by mechanical agitation, whereby dissolved carbohydrates as well as any lignin dissolved in the prehydrolysis stage are maintained dissolved during this neutralization stage, thereafter transferring the neutralized slurry directly to a kraft cooking stage using a transfer circulation with a feeding line to the top of a kraft cooking digester having a top separator extracting neutralized treatment liquor and sending extracted neutralized treatment liquor at least in part back to the start of the transfer circulation, and wherein at least 0.3 m 3 /BDT of wood is withdrawn from the extracted neutralized treatment liquor and sent to recovery.
Method for passivating a tinplate strip in a continuous process wherein after electrodepositing the tin layer or layers or after an optional flow-melting of the electrodeposited tin layer or layers, the tinplate strip enters a basic aqueous solution in an electrochemical treatment tank in an entry-pass and exits the basic aqueous solution in an exit-pass, wherein any pre-existing tin-oxide layer on the tinplate surface is cathodically removed from the tinplate surface during the entry-pass and wherein the tin surface is subsequently immediately anodically re-oxidised during the exit pass, wherein the charge for cathodically removing the pre-existing tin-oxide layer from the tinplate surface is Q1, and wherein the charge for anodically re-oxidising the tinplate is Q2 and wherein Q1 < Q2, wherein the imposed charge density for the anodic re-oxidation and the cathodic removal of the pre-existing tin-oxide layer is identical and equal to Q2 and is at least 15 C/m 2 and wherein the anodically re-oxidised tinplate is rinsed and dried after exiting the basic aqueous solution.
A method for detecting a target nucleic acid sequence from a DNA or a mixture of nucleic acids using a 5'-cleavage reaction and a 3'-extension reaction of a target hybridization and detection primer (THD primer), which comprises the steps of: (a) hybridizing the target nucleic acid sequence with the THD primer; wherein the THD primer comprises (i) a hybridizing nucleotide sequence complementary to the target nucleic acid sequence and (ii) a label or an interactive label system containing a plurality of labels; (b) contacting the resultant of step (a) to a template-dependent nucleic acid polymerase having a 5' to 3' nuclease activity under conditions for the 5'-cleavage reaction and the 3'-extension reaction of the THD primer by the template-dependent nucleic acid polymerase; wherein the THD primer is extended by the polymerase activity of the template-dependent nucleic acid polymerase and cleaved by the 5' to 3' nuclease activity of the template-dependent nucleic acid polymerase to release the label, or at least one label of the interactive label system from the THD primer, whereby a signal indicative of the presence of the target nucleic acid sequence is obtained; and (c) detecting the signal indicative of the presence of the target nucleic acid sequence. (a) hybridizing the target nucleic acid sequence with the THD primer; wherein the THD primer comprises (i) a hybridizing nucleotide sequence complementary to the target nucleic acid sequence and (ii) a label or an interactive label system containing a plurality of labels; (b) contacting the resultant of step (a) to a template-dependent nucleic acid polymerase having a 5' to 3' nuclease activity under conditions for the 5'-cleavage reaction and the 3'-extension reaction of the THD primer by the template-dependent nucleic acid polymerase; wherein the THD primer is extended by the polymerase activity of the template-dependent nucleic acid polymerase and cleaved by the 5' to 3' nuclease activity of the template-dependent nucleic acid polymerase to release the label, or at least one label of the interactive label system from the THD primer, whereby a signal indicative of the presence of the target nucleic acid sequence is obtained; and (c) detecting the signal indicative of the presence of the target nucleic acid sequence.
A rubber mixture comprising at least one polymer base with a cross-linkable unsaturated chain, a vulcanization system, and one or more antioxidant agents; said mixture being characterized in that said antioxidant agents are compounds having the general formula and are used in monomer form; wherein, the substituents R 1, R 2, R 3, R 4 and R 10, which are equal to or different from one another, are chosen among H, OH, and (CH 2)nCHCH 2 with n as an integer number ranging from 1 to 10; provided that, among the substituents R 1, R 2, R 3, R 4 and R 10, at least one is OH and at least one is (CH 2)nCHCH 2; and the substituents R 5, R 6, R 7, R 8 and R 9, which are equal to or different from one another, are chosen among H, OH, and (CH 2)nCHCH 2 with n as an integer number ranging from 1 to 10; provided that, among the substituents R 5, R 6, R 7, R 8 and R 9, at least one is OH and at least one is (CH 2)nCHCH 2. the substituents R 1, R 2, R 3, R 4 and R 10, which are equal to or different from one another, are chosen among H, OH, and (CH 2)nCHCH 2 with n as an integer number ranging from 1 to 10; provided that, among the substituents R 1, R 2, R 3, R 4 and R 10, at least one is OH and at least one is (CH 2)nCHCH 2; and the substituents R 5, R 6, R 7, R 8 and R 9, which are equal to or different from one another, are chosen among H, OH, and (CH 2)nCHCH 2 with n as an integer number ranging from 1 to 10; provided that, among the substituents R 5, R 6, R 7, R 8 and R 9, at least one is OH and at least one is (CH 2)nCHCH 2.
A compound represented by the following formula 1 or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof: wherein R 1 is aryl or heteroaryl selected from the group consisting of phenyl, pyridinyl, pyrimidinyl, furanyl, isoxazolyl, pyrazolyl and thienyl, wherein the aryl or heteroaryl is unsubstituted or substituted by one or two substituents independently selected from the group consisting of C 1-4 alkyl, C 1-4 haloalkyl and halogen, R 2 is aryl or heteroaryl selected from the group consisting of furanyl, imidazolyl, isoxazolyl, pyrazolyl, pyridinyl, pyrimidinyl, thiazolyl and thienyl, wherein the aryl or heteroaryl is unsubstituted or substituted by one or two substituents independently selected from the group consisting of C 1-4 alkyl, C 3-6 cycloalkyl, halogen, morpholino, piperazinyl, piperidinyl, pyridinyl and pyrrolidinyl, R 3 is thiazolyl or thiadiazolyl, X 1 is CH and X 2 is N, or X 1 is N and X 2 is CH, Y is O, Z is CR 4, R 4 is H, halogen or CN, R 5 is H or halogen. R 1 is aryl or heteroaryl selected from the group consisting of phenyl, pyridinyl, pyrimidinyl, furanyl, isoxazolyl, pyrazolyl and thienyl, wherein the aryl or heteroaryl is unsubstituted or substituted by one or two substituents independently selected from the group consisting of C 1-4 alkyl, C 1-4 haloalkyl and halogen, R 2 is aryl or heteroaryl selected from the group consisting of furanyl, imidazolyl, isoxazolyl, pyrazolyl, pyridinyl, pyrimidinyl, thiazolyl and thienyl, wherein the aryl or heteroaryl is unsubstituted or substituted by one or two substituents independently selected from the group consisting of C 1-4 alkyl, C 3-6 cycloalkyl, halogen, morpholino, piperazinyl, piperidinyl, pyridinyl and pyrrolidinyl, R 3 is thiazolyl or thiadiazolyl, X 1 is CH and X 2 is N, or X 1 is N and X 2 is CH, Y is O, Z is CR 4, R 4 is H, halogen or CN, R 5 is H or halogen.
A battery module comprising: an upper battery cell stack and a lower battery cell stack in which a plurality of battery cells are stacked; a cooling flow path located between the upper battery cell stack and the lower battery cell stack; and a module frame in which the upper battery cell stack and the lower battery cell stack are housed, wherein an inlet port for supplying a refrigerant to the cooling flow path and an outlet port for discharging the refrigerant from the cooling flow path are located opposite to each other, so that the refrigerant flows in one direction in the cooling flow path, and wherein a longitudinal direction of the battery cell is in parallel with the one direction in which the refrigerant flows, wherein the module frame comprises an upper frame in which the upper battery cell stack is housed and a lower frame in which the lower battery cell stack is housed, wherein the cooling flow path is formed between the upper frame and the lower frame, characterized in that the upper frame comprises an upper plate that is located on the lower surface of the bottom part of the upper frame, and an upper recessed part that is recessed upward from the upper plate, in that the lower frame comprises a lower plate that is located on the upper surface of the ceiling part of the lower frame, and a lower recessed part that is recessed downward from the lower plate, and in that the upper plate and the lower plate are joined so that the upper recessed part and the lower recessed part form the cooling flow path. an upper battery cell stack and a lower battery cell stack in which a plurality of battery cells are stacked; a cooling flow path located between the upper battery cell stack and the lower battery cell stack; and a module frame in which the upper battery cell stack and the lower battery cell stack are housed, wherein an inlet port for supplying a refrigerant to the cooling flow path and an outlet port for discharging the refrigerant from the cooling flow path are located opposite to each other, so that the refrigerant flows in one direction in the cooling flow path, and wherein a longitudinal direction of the battery cell is in parallel with the one direction in which the refrigerant flows, wherein the module frame comprises an upper frame in which the upper battery cell stack is housed and a lower frame in which the lower battery cell stack is housed, wherein the cooling flow path is formed between the upper frame and the lower frame, characterized in that the upper frame comprises an upper plate that is located on the lower surface of the bottom part of the upper frame, and an upper recessed part that is recessed upward from the upper plate, in that the lower frame comprises a lower plate that is located on the upper surface of the ceiling part of the lower frame, and a lower recessed part that is recessed downward from the lower plate, and in that the upper plate and the lower plate are joined so that the upper recessed part and the lower recessed part form the cooling flow path.
Device for connecting a first construction element and a second construction element, comprising a first connecting element which is connected to the first construction element and which comprises a connecting piece, a second connecting element which is connected to the second construction element and which comprises a recess a transverse dimension of which decreases along at least a portion of the length thereof in an insertion direction, said recess having an entry side where the transverse dimension is greatest and an exit side where the transverse dimension is smallest, the device furthermore comprises a coupling element with a cavity which is configured to accommodate at least a portion of the connecting piece, characterized in that the connecting piece is configured to be inserted on the exit side in a direction opposite to the insertion direction, and in that the coupling element is configured to be inserted into the recess in the insertion direction up to a secure limit position in which it adjoins the walls of the recess, in such a way that at least a portion of the connecting piece is accommodated in the cavity of the coupling element.
Autonomous, mobile service robot, which is connected by a cable to a drone, where the cable can be intermittently wound and unwound by a winch and the winch has a cable storage device and a cable transport device, at least one switch (230, 232), which is operated on winding and/or unwinding of the cable, and the cable is passed through at least one coiling apparatus guide element, characterised in that the coiling apparatus guide element is pivoted and has a slanting protruding coiling apparatus.
A method for manufacturing 1,4-bis(4-phenoxybenzoyl)benzene, comprising: - providing a reactant mixture comprising terephthaloyl chloride, diphenyl ether and a Lewis acid in a solvent; - reacting terephthaloyl chloride with diphenyl ether, so as to obtain a product mixture comprising a 1,4-bis(4-phenoxybenzoyl)benzene-Lewis acid complex; wherein the 1,4-bis(4-phenoxybenzoyl)benzene-Lewis acid complex is dissolved in the solvent at a 1,4-bis(4-phenoxybenzoyl)benzene weight concentration in the solvent which is higher than the saturation limit of the 1,4-bis(4-phenoxybenzoyl)benzene-Lewis acid complex during at least part of the step of reacting terephthaloyl chloride with diphenyl ether. - providing a reactant mixture comprising terephthaloyl chloride, diphenyl ether and a Lewis acid in a solvent; - reacting terephthaloyl chloride with diphenyl ether, so as to obtain a product mixture comprising a 1,4-bis(4-phenoxybenzoyl)benzene-Lewis acid complex;