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A method for providing store intelligence in a retail store facility, "RSF", comprising: communicating a first unique identifier between a first beacon of a first proximity system disposed adjacent to an Electronic Article Surveillance, "EAS" system of the RSF and a Mobile Communication Device, "MCD" possessed by a person located in proximity to the first beacon via a first Short Range Communication, "SRC"; communicating the first unique identifier and a second unique identifier to an intelligence system located remote from the first beacon and the MCD, where the first and second unique identifiers collectively comprise a unique identifier of the first beacon and a unique identifier of the MCD; capturing a first time stamped image of the person using a camera of the proximity system which is located near the first beacon; communicating the first time stamped image to the intelligence system for storage; and performing operations at the intelligence system to enhance the security or safety of the RSF by using the first unique identifier to detect an entrance or exit of the person to/from the RSF and using at least one of the second unique identifier and the first time stamped image to make a first determination as to an identification of the person. communicating a first unique identifier between a first beacon of a first proximity system disposed adjacent to an Electronic Article Surveillance, "EAS" system of the RSF and a Mobile Communication Device, "MCD" possessed by a person located in proximity to the first beacon via a first Short Range Communication, "SRC"; communicating the first unique identifier and a second unique identifier to an intelligence system located remote from the first beacon and the MCD, where the first and second unique identifiers collectively comprise a unique identifier of the first beacon and a unique identifier of the MCD; capturing a first time stamped image of the person using a camera of the proximity system which is located near the first beacon; communicating the first time stamped image to the intelligence system for storage; and performing operations at the intelligence system to enhance the security or safety of the RSF by using the first unique identifier to detect an entrance or exit of the person to/from the RSF and using at least one of the second unique identifier and the first time stamped image to make a first determination as to an identification of the person.
A lid for a spray gun reservoir system (30, 50) comprising: a lid body comprising: a spout; a platform at least partially surrounding the spout, wherein the platform defines a major plane and a partial helical shape declining with respect to the major plane and revolving about a central axis of the spout; and a wall comprising an outer face adjoining the platform and comprising a portion that is declining with respect to the major plane of the platform; wherein the partial helical shape interrupts the declining portion of the outer face of the wall. a lid body comprising: a spout; a platform at least partially surrounding the spout, wherein the platform defines a major plane and a partial helical shape declining with respect to the major plane and revolving about a central axis of the spout; and a wall comprising an outer face adjoining the platform and comprising a portion that is declining with respect to the major plane of the platform; a spout; a platform at least partially surrounding the spout, wherein the platform defines a major plane and a partial helical shape declining with respect to the major plane and revolving about a central axis of the spout; and a wall comprising an outer face adjoining the platform and comprising a portion that is declining with respect to the major plane of the platform; wherein the partial helical shape interrupts the declining portion of the outer face of the wall.
A catalyst comprising titanium dioxide and two distinct morphologies of cerium oxide, wherein the morphologies of cerium oxide comprise (i) at least one agglomerate of crystallites comprising cerium oxide interdispersed in titanium dioxide, and (ii) at least one island comprising cerium oxide on a surface of the titanium dioxide.
A mass spectrometer comprising an ion guide in which 2n, where n is an integer equal to or larger than 3, rod-like or plate-like electrodes (111, 112) extending along an ion optical axis are arranged so as to surround the ion optical axis, the mass spectrometer further comprising: a) voltage generating means (21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28) for generating a first radio-frequency voltage and a second radio-frequency voltage having a same amplitude as and an inverted phase from the first radio-frequency voltage, as voltages for forming a radio-frequency electric field in a space surrounded by the respective electrodes of the ion guide; and b) electrical connecting means for electrically connecting the voltage generating means and the respective electrodes of the ion guide such that the first radio-frequency voltage is applied to m, where m is an integer equal to or larger than 2 and equal to or less than 2n - 1, electrodes adjacent to each other around the ion optical axis among the 2n electrodes constituting the ion guide, and the second radio-frequency voltage is applied to at least one of the other 2n - m electrodes; characterized in that the electrical connecting means is adapted to electrically connect the voltage generating means and the respective electrodes of the ion guide such that arrangement of the electrodes to which the first radio-frequency voltage is applied, and the electrodes to which the second radio-frequency voltage is applied around the ion optical axis is rotationally asymmetrical. a) voltage generating means (21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28) for generating a first radio-frequency voltage and a second radio-frequency voltage having a same amplitude as and an inverted phase from the first radio-frequency voltage, as voltages for forming a radio-frequency electric field in a space surrounded by the respective electrodes of the ion guide; and b) electrical connecting means for electrically connecting the voltage generating means and the respective electrodes of the ion guide such that the first radio-frequency voltage is applied to m, where m is an integer equal to or larger than 2 and equal to or less than 2n - 1, electrodes adjacent to each other around the ion optical axis among the 2n electrodes constituting the ion guide, and the second radio-frequency voltage is applied to at least one of the other 2n - m electrodes;
A method for controlling the temperature of a building, equipped with at least one cooling/heating system with a liquid flowing through it, which system is integrated into a ceiling of a building floor, said method comprising measuring the ambient air temperature of the building and forming a desired value for a feedline flow temperature of the liquid in dependence on the measured ambient air temperatue, characterized in that in order to form the desired value for the feedline flow temperature, a fictional ambient air temperature is used that is predicted for a future point in time, a basic value for the predicted ambient air temperature is determined as function value of a function which maps points in time located within a single day to predetermined temperature values, and a radiation temperature of the sky above the building is measured and a degree of clouding is determined in dependence on the measured radiation temperature, and a correction value is formed in dependence on the determined degree of clouding, and the base value is linked to the correction value and the fictional ambient air temperature predicted for the future point in time, is formed as a function of the linking.
An imaging apparatus for a vehicle, comprising: a camera that is attachable at a vehicle cabin inner side of a vehicle windowpane and that images an outside of the vehicle; and a heater that is placed to oppose, with a space therebetween, the vehicle windowpane positionable in front of a camera lens of the camera, and that irradiates heat toward the vehicle windowpane, when imaging apparatus attached to the vehicle windowpane, wherein the heater comprises: a heat generation element which includes a heating wire which spreads in a planar manner; and a heat dissipation element which includes a metal material having a high thermal conductivity, which is placed on the vehicle windowpane side of the heat generation element, which is heated by the heat from the heat generation element, and which irradiates the heat to the vehicle windowpane side, when the imaging apparatus is attached to the vehicle windowpane, and the vehicle windowpane is heated by the heat irradiated from the heat dissipation element, when the imaging apparatus is attached to the vehicle windowpane, characterized in that the imaging apparatus further includes a hood, which is placed between the heater and the vehicle windowpane and that the heater is attached to the side of the hood opposing the vehicle windowpane, when the imaging apparatus is attached to the vehicle windowpane. a camera that is attachable at a vehicle cabin inner side of a vehicle windowpane and that images an outside of the vehicle; and a heater that is placed to oppose, with a space therebetween, the vehicle windowpane positionable in front of a camera lens of the camera, and that irradiates heat toward the vehicle windowpane, when imaging apparatus attached to the vehicle windowpane, wherein the heater comprises: a heat generation element which includes a heating wire which spreads in a planar manner; and a heat dissipation element which includes a metal material having a high thermal conductivity, which is placed on the vehicle windowpane side of the heat generation element, which is heated by the heat from the heat generation element, and which irradiates the heat to the vehicle windowpane side, when the imaging apparatus is attached to the vehicle windowpane, and a heat generation element which includes a heating wire which spreads in a planar manner; and a heat dissipation element which includes a metal material having a high thermal conductivity, which is placed on the vehicle windowpane side of the heat generation element, which is heated by the heat from the heat generation element, and which irradiates the heat to the vehicle windowpane side, when the imaging apparatus is attached to the vehicle windowpane, and the vehicle windowpane is heated by the heat irradiated from the heat dissipation element, when the imaging apparatus is attached to the vehicle windowpane, characterized in that the imaging apparatus further includes a hood, which is placed between the heater and the vehicle windowpane and that the heater is attached to the side of the hood opposing the vehicle windowpane, when the imaging apparatus is attached to the vehicle windowpane.
A method for forming a microelectronic system, comprising: singulating a plurality of semiconductor die components (210, 210') from a wafer component (202, 202') comprising a base semiconductor layer; the semiconductor die components each having a planar surface; prior to bonding, removing particles and shards of material from edges of the plurality of semiconductor die components; and bonding one or more of the plurality of semiconductor die components to a prepared bonding surface (204, 204') via the planar surface; said removing particles and shards comprising: etching the edges of the plurality of semiconductor die components to reduce a thickness of the plurality of semiconductor die components at a periphery of the plurality of semiconductor die components such that an undercut or recess in the base semiconductor layer is created at one or more of the edges of each of the plurality of semiconductor die components. singulating a plurality of semiconductor die components (210, 210') from a wafer component (202, 202') comprising a base semiconductor layer; the semiconductor die components each having a planar surface; prior to bonding, removing particles and shards of material from edges of the plurality of semiconductor die components; and bonding one or more of the plurality of semiconductor die components to a prepared bonding surface (204, 204') via the planar surface; said removing particles and shards comprising: etching the edges of the plurality of semiconductor die components to reduce a thickness of the plurality of semiconductor die components at a periphery of the plurality of semiconductor die components such that an undercut or recess in the base semiconductor layer is created at one or more of the edges of each of the plurality of semiconductor die components.
A method of making a protein that stimulates a protective immune response against influenza virus in a subject, comprising the steps of: a) separating a protein portion from a naturally occurring influenza viral hemagglutinin, wherein the protein portion includes at least a portion of a globular head, and at least a portion of at least one secondary structure having at least one β-sheet at a bottom of the globular head that causes the globular head to essentially retain its tertiary structure, and lacks a membrane fusion domain, a transmembrane domain and a cytoplasmic domain; b) transforming a nucleic acid sequence encoding the protein portion into an eukaryotic host cell that is neither a Pichia pastoris eukaryotic host cell nor a stably transfected insect host cell; and c) culturing the host cell to thereby make the protein that stimulates a protective immune response in a subject; and d) fusing at least a portion of a flagellin to the protein portion of the naturally occurring viral hemagglutinin or operably linking a nucleic acid sequence encoding the flagellin to the nucleic acid sequence encoding the protein portion of the naturally occurring viral hemagglutinin, wherein the flagellin activates Toll-like Receptor 5. a) separating a protein portion from a naturally occurring influenza viral hemagglutinin, wherein the protein portion includes at least a portion of a globular head, and at least a portion of at least one secondary structure having at least one β-sheet at a bottom of the globular head that causes the globular head to essentially retain its tertiary structure, and lacks a membrane fusion domain, a transmembrane domain and a cytoplasmic domain; b) transforming a nucleic acid sequence encoding the protein portion into an eukaryotic host cell that is neither a Pichia pastoris eukaryotic host cell nor a stably transfected insect host cell; and c) culturing the host cell to thereby make the protein that stimulates a protective immune response in a subject; and d) fusing at least a portion of a flagellin to the protein portion of the naturally occurring viral hemagglutinin or operably linking a nucleic acid sequence encoding the flagellin to the nucleic acid sequence encoding the protein portion of the naturally occurring viral hemagglutinin, wherein the flagellin activates Toll-like Receptor 5.
A method of transmitting control channel in a relay system, comprising: a base station transmitting a control channel Relay Physical Downlink Control Channel R-PDCCH to a relay node RN, wherein said R-PDCCH contains downlink control information to said RN, and said R-PDCCH is transmitted on dedicated R-PDCCH time-frequency resources wherein the time-frequency resources for transmission of said R-PDCCH to said RN is not used for transmission of any other R-PDCCH to any other RN; wherein said dedicated R-PDCCH time-frequency resources comprise at least one Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing OFDM symbol in time domain and one physical resource block PRB in frequency domain, with each said PRB comprising at least two resource elements REs; the number of OFDM symbols in said dedicated R-PDCCH time-frequency resources is configured by said base station; the number of PRBs in said dedicated R-PDCCH time-frequency resources is configured by said base station; and characterized in that said R-PDCCH is mapped onto said dedicated R-PDCCH time-frequency resources first in ascending order of RE index and then in ascending order of OFDM symbol index, and after all REs in one OFDM symbol are occupied by said R-PDCCH, said R-PDCCH is mapped onto a next OFDM symbol. a base station transmitting a control channel Relay Physical Downlink Control Channel R-PDCCH to a relay node RN, wherein said R-PDCCH contains downlink control information to said RN, and said R-PDCCH is transmitted on dedicated R-PDCCH time-frequency resources wherein the time-frequency resources for transmission of said R-PDCCH to said RN is not used for transmission of any other R-PDCCH to any other RN; wherein said dedicated R-PDCCH time-frequency resources comprise at least one Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing OFDM symbol in time domain and one physical resource block PRB in frequency domain, with each said PRB comprising at least two resource elements REs; the number of OFDM symbols in said dedicated R-PDCCH time-frequency resources is configured by said base station; the number of PRBs in said dedicated R-PDCCH time-frequency resources is configured by said base station; and characterized in that said R-PDCCH is mapped onto said dedicated R-PDCCH time-frequency resources first in ascending order of RE index and then in ascending order of OFDM symbol index, and after all REs in one OFDM symbol are occupied by said R-PDCCH, said R-PDCCH is mapped onto a next OFDM symbol.
A circuit breaker, having at least one quenching chamber configured to be filled with an insulating gas, wherein the quenching chamber extends along a longitudinal axis and contains: an arcing zone, and an exhaust zone, wherein the exhaust zone is configured for dissipating hot insulating gas from the arcing zone into an exhaust tank, at least one deflection volume that is enclosed by a deflection housing is arranged within an inner volume of the exhaust zone and is configured to fluidly connect the arcing zone with the exhaust tank through a plurality of irregular shaped openings (152, 154, 156, 158) within the deflection housing, the deflection housing comprises housing walls (132, 134, 136) including at least two substantially radial walls (134, 136), and a first substantially radial wall and a second substantially radial wall are positioned opposite to each other at a minimal distance in a range of 15 mm to 60 mm. an arcing zone, and an exhaust zone, wherein the exhaust zone is configured for dissipating hot insulating gas from the arcing zone into an exhaust tank, at least one deflection volume that is enclosed by a deflection housing is arranged within an inner volume of the exhaust zone and is configured to fluidly connect the arcing zone with the exhaust tank through a plurality of irregular shaped openings (152, 154, 156, 158) within the deflection housing, the deflection housing comprises housing walls (132, 134, 136) including at least two substantially radial walls (134, 136), and a first substantially radial wall and a second substantially radial wall are positioned opposite to each other at a minimal distance in a range of 15 mm to 60 mm.
Apparatus comprising a multi-component endovascular stent-graft system, which has proximal and distal ends (12, 14), and a body portion disposed along at least a part of the stent-graft system longitudinally between the proximal and distal ends (12, 14), which body portion has an axial length and comprises a plurality of stent-grafts, which (a) are configured to assume respective radially-compressed states for transluminal delivery, and respective radially-expanded states for intraluminal fixation, and (b) comprise: respective stent members, which are shaped, when the stent-grafts are in their respective radially-expanded states, so as to define respective tubes, each of which is circumferentially-complete at at least one longitudinal location therealong; and respective graft members, which respectively comprise one or more biologically-compatible substantially blood-impervious flexible sheets, and which are securely fixed to the stent members, respectively, such that the graft members circumscribe respective circumferential arcs of the respective stent members, which circumferential arcs have respective extents that are less than entire circumferences of the respective stent members along entire respective axial lengths of the stent members, when the stent-grafts are in their respective radially-expanded states, wherein the graft members collectively cover an entire circumference of the body portion and define a circumferentially-complete fluid flow path with no side-facing fenestration along the entire axial length of the body portion, when (a) the stent-grafts are nested within one another along the entire axial length of the body portion, with predefined rotational and axial relationships therebetween, and (b) the stent-grafts are in their respective radially-expanded states. respective stent members, which are shaped, when the stent-grafts are in their respective radially-expanded states, so as to define respective tubes, each of which is circumferentially-complete at at least one longitudinal location therealong; and respective graft members, which respectively comprise one or more biologically-compatible substantially blood-impervious flexible sheets, and which are securely fixed to the stent members, respectively, such that the graft members circumscribe respective circumferential arcs of the respective stent members, which circumferential arcs have respective extents that are less than entire circumferences of the respective stent members along entire respective axial lengths of the stent members, when the stent-grafts are in their respective radially-expanded states,
A method for manufacturing an oxymethylene copolymer, comprising: a step 1 of polymerizing a polymerization raw material containing trioxane and a comonomer in the presence of 1.0 × 10 -8 moles or more and 5.0 × 10 -6 moles or less of an acid catalyst per 1 mole of trioxane; a step 2 of adding and mixing a hydroxylamine compound represented by General formula below: where R 1 and R 2 each independently represent a hydrogen atom or a C1-C20 organic group, with the product obtained in the step 1, wherein the hydroxylamine compound is in an amount of 50-5000 molar times the amount of the acid catalyst; and a step 3 of further melt-kneading the mixture of the product and the hydroxylamine compound obtained in the step 2. a step 1 of polymerizing a polymerization raw material containing trioxane and a comonomer in the presence of 1.0 × 10 -8 moles or more and 5.0 × 10 -6 moles or less of an acid catalyst per 1 mole of trioxane; a step 2 of adding and mixing a hydroxylamine compound represented by General formula below: where R 1 and R 2 each independently represent a hydrogen atom or a C1-C20 organic group, with the product obtained in the step 1, wherein the hydroxylamine compound is in an amount of 50-5000 molar times the amount of the acid catalyst; and a step 3 of further melt-kneading the mixture of the product and the hydroxylamine compound obtained in the step 2.