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A method of manufacturing a silicon carbide (SiC) semiconductor device with a metal-oxide-semiconductor structure, the method comprising: increasing a temperature to at least a predetermined temperature while maintaining a SiC substrate in an inert gas atmosphere; when the temperature rises to at least the predetermined temperature, forming a gate oxide film by thermally-oxidizing the SiC substrate by introducing an oxidation gas; when a thickness of the gate oxide film becomes a predetermined thickness, stopping the introduction of the oxidation gas and reestablishing the inert gas atmosphere; when the inert gas atmosphere is reestablished, decreasing the temperature and stopping the thermal oxidation of the SiC substrate, and forming a gate electrode on a surface of the gate oxide film by depositing polycrystalline silicon on the gate oxide film, wherein a thickness of the gate oxide film is 20 nm or less, wherein thermally-oxidizing the SiC substrate is performed at a temperature higher than any other temperature in subsequent processing steps, the method further comprising forming a polycrystalline silicon thermally-oxidized film by oxidizing a part of a surface of the gate electrode; and: forming an interlayer insulating film on the gate oxide film and the polycrystalline silicon thermally-oxidized film; or forming an interlayer insulating film on the polycrystalline silicon thermally-oxidized film and an exposed part of at least one of the gate oxide film and a field insulating film. increasing a temperature to at least a predetermined temperature while maintaining a SiC substrate in an inert gas atmosphere; when the temperature rises to at least the predetermined temperature, forming a gate oxide film by thermally-oxidizing the SiC substrate by introducing an oxidation gas; when a thickness of the gate oxide film becomes a predetermined thickness, stopping the introduction of the oxidation gas and reestablishing the inert gas atmosphere; when the inert gas atmosphere is reestablished, decreasing the temperature and stopping the thermal oxidation of the SiC substrate, and forming a gate electrode on a surface of the gate oxide film by depositing polycrystalline silicon on the gate oxide film, wherein a thickness of the gate oxide film is 20 nm or less, wherein thermally-oxidizing the SiC substrate is performed at a temperature higher than any other temperature in subsequent processing steps, the method further comprising forming a polycrystalline silicon thermally-oxidized film by oxidizing a part of a surface of the gate electrode; and: forming an interlayer insulating film on the gate oxide film and the polycrystalline silicon thermally-oxidized film; or forming an interlayer insulating film on the polycrystalline silicon thermally-oxidized film and an exposed part of at least one of the gate oxide film and a field insulating film. forming an interlayer insulating film on the gate oxide film and the polycrystalline silicon thermally-oxidized film; or forming an interlayer insulating film on the polycrystalline silicon thermally-oxidized film and an exposed part of at least one of the gate oxide film and a field insulating film.
Method of manufacturing a tissue-engineered prosthesis having at least in an open condition a flow passage, wherein the prosthesis is a heart valve, especially a human heart valve, comprising the steps of: placing a seeded 3D scaffold in a bioreactor chamber, providing at least one perfusion flow of a nutrient medium in the bioreactor chamber to supply said seeded 3D scaffold and/or a thereon developing tissue with nutrients, whereby a flow passage of the seeded 3D scaffold and/or the thereon developing tissue in relation to the flow passage of the finished prosthesis is restricted or zero, wherein the restriction is achieved by coaptation of the leaflets, applying in addition a dynamic pressure difference over the 3D scaffold and/or thereon developing tissue depending on the condition and/or stage of tissue development to create strain in the 3D scaffold and/or thereon developing tissue, and opening the restricted or zero flow passage to its finished size, characterized in that the restricted or zero flow passage is at least 20% smaller than the flow passage of the finished prosthesis, and wherein the at least one perfusion flow is less than 50 ml/min. providing at least one perfusion flow of a nutrient medium in the bioreactor chamber to supply said seeded 3D scaffold and/or a thereon developing tissue with nutrients, whereby a flow passage of the seeded 3D scaffold and/or the thereon developing tissue in relation to the flow passage of the finished prosthesis is restricted or zero, wherein the restriction is achieved by coaptation of the leaflets, applying in addition a dynamic pressure difference over the 3D scaffold and/or thereon developing tissue depending on the condition and/or stage of tissue development to create strain in the 3D scaffold and/or thereon developing tissue, and opening the restricted or zero flow passage to its finished size, characterized in that the restricted or zero flow passage is at least 20% smaller than the flow passage of the finished prosthesis, and wherein the at least one perfusion flow is less than 50 ml/min.
A fastener for surgical mesh fixation comprising: a barrel portion including a helical thread having a first pitch; a head portion at the proximal end of the barrel portion; the head portion being constructed and arranged to aid in seating the fastener at a material surface and/or prevent over inserting the fastener into the material; and a throughbore extending through the head portion and the barrel portion, the throughbore including a threaded portion having a second pitch that is less than the first pitch; wherein the barrel portion and head portion are formed of a bioabsorbable material, and the helical thread extends from near a distal end of the barrel portion toward a proximal end of the barrel portion, and wherein the throughbore is adapted to receive a threaded mandrel therethrough, said threaded portion of the throughbore being located at a distal portion of the barrel portion and being constructed and arranged to operatively engage the threaded mandrel. a barrel portion including a helical thread having a first pitch; a head portion at the proximal end of the barrel portion; the head portion being constructed and arranged to aid in seating the fastener at a material surface and/or prevent over inserting the fastener into the material; and a throughbore extending through the head portion and the barrel portion, the throughbore including a threaded portion having a second pitch that is less than the first pitch; wherein the barrel portion and head portion are formed of a bioabsorbable material, and the helical thread extends from near a distal end of the barrel portion toward a proximal end of the barrel portion, and wherein the throughbore is adapted to receive a threaded mandrel therethrough, said threaded portion of the throughbore being located at a distal portion of the barrel portion and being constructed and arranged to operatively engage the threaded mandrel.
Use of a zeolite prepared specifically or modified or of natural origine, which extra-lattice Na+ cations are configured to be exchanged with other cations involved in plant micronutrition, to provide plants with assimilable micronutrients or mesoelements in a quantity of 0.1 to 25% by mass of zeolite.
Switching apparatus for a radio pushbutton, wherein the switching apparatus has an energy converter device, a signal output device, operating means (170, 172, 180) and a plurality of coding contacts, wherein the operating means (170, 172, 180) are designed, during an operating process of the switching apparatus, when a first value of an operating force is present, in order to make contact with at least one of the plurality of coding contacts in a coding position in order to provide a coding signal, and, when a second value of the operating force is present, which second value is greater than the first value, in order to activate the energy converter device in an activation position in order to generate energy, wherein the signal output device is designed in order to output a switching signal by radio using the coding signal and the energy, characterized in that the switching apparatus has a circuit carrier on which the signal output device and the coding contacts are arranged, wherein the circuit carrier is arranged in an operating region of the switching apparatus, in which operating region the operating force can be transmitted to the switching apparatus, wherein the energy converter device is arranged in a coupling region of the switching apparatus, in which coupling region the switching apparatus can be coupled to the radio pushbutton.
A magnetic levitation vehicle having a plurality of guiding and braking magnets (20 to 22, 27, 28, 36; 30, 37) following one another in the direction of travel (y), wherein guiding magnetic coils (20 to 22, 27, 28, 36) of the guiding magnets are housed in magnet units (15, 16, 19, 25, 26, 35) which have two levels set up to receive magnets, characterized in that the magnet units (15, 16, 19, 25, 26, 35) are arranged behind one another in a chain, wherein the guiding magnet coils (20 to 22, 27, 28, 36) are housed at least in a region between two magnet units provided at the vehicle ends exclusively in a first of the two levels of the magnet units (15, 16, 19, 25, 26, 35) and form a magnetic flux strip extending over the entire length of the vehicle and that the braking magnets (30, 37) are arranged exclusively in the second of the two levels of the magnet units (15, 16, 19, 25, 26, 35).
Tyre with a radial carcass reinforcement, comprising a crown reinforcement, itself capped radially by a tread (6; 26) connected to two beads by two sidewalls, the said tread (6; 26) comprising at least two layers (61, 62, 63, 63; 261, 262, 263, 264) of blended elastomeric compounds that are radially superposed and have a voids ratio that is lower in the central part than at the axially outer parts (8, 9), a first layer (61; 261) of blended elastomeric compounds of the tread (6; 26) being made up of a first blended elastomeric compound forming a part (61a; 261a) extending at least into the region of the equatorial plane and of at least two axially outer parts (61b; 261b) formed of a second blended elastomeric compound, characterized in that the first blended elastomeric compound has a macro dispersion Z-value higher than 65 and a maximum tan(δ) value, denoted tan(δ)max, lower than 0.150, and in that the elongation at break in a tearability test of the second blended elastomeric compound at 100°C has a value at least 10% higher than that of the elongation at break of the first blended elastomeric compound in a tearability test at 100°C.
A transformed cell comprising: a first nucleotide sequence encoding a human furin, such that the transformed cell expresses and secretes functional furin into a culture supernatant; wherein the furin is secreted at a concentration of 50 U/mL to 300 U/mL in the culture supernatant after culture for 36 to 78 hours, and a second nucleotide sequence encoding a Factor X. a first nucleotide sequence encoding a human furin, such that the transformed cell expresses and secretes functional furin into a culture supernatant; wherein the furin is secreted at a concentration of 50 U/mL to 300 U/mL in the culture supernatant after culture for 36 to 78 hours, and a second nucleotide sequence encoding a Factor X.
Pile upending system for upending a pile such as a monopile for the foundation of offshore wind turbines, the pile upending system comprising; - a pivotally mounted pile support frame having a seat for engaging an outside wall of a pile, the pile support frame being pivotable around a support frame axis of rotation for allowing the seat to support the pile during upending, - a cable system for supporting an, in use outboard, end of a pile, comprising one or more tensioned or tensionable cables having an outboard end provided with a hoisting member for supporting the outboard end of the pile during upending of said pile, - an outboard support system comprising a frame member for, in use, extending outboard and supporting the hoisting member of the cable system, wherein the outboard support system is arranged with respect to the pile support frame such that the frame member extends transverse with respect to the support frame axis of rotation for arranging the hoisting member at a distance from the seat and aligned with the seat such that a pile may engage the hoisting member upon longitudinal movement of the pile along the seat, and wherein a frame member inboard end is coupled with the pile support frame such that the frame member pivots with the pile support frame. - a pivotally mounted pile support frame having a seat for engaging an outside wall of a pile, the pile support frame being pivotable around a support frame axis of rotation for allowing the seat to support the pile during upending, - a cable system for supporting an, in use outboard, end of a pile, comprising one or more tensioned or tensionable cables having an outboard end provided with a hoisting member for supporting the outboard end of the pile during upending of said pile, - an outboard support system comprising a frame member for, in use, extending outboard and supporting the hoisting member of the cable system,
Paint or coating comprising by weight relative to the total weight of the paint or coating: - from 20% to 50% of an aqueous emulsion comprising: i) a binder phase representing 20% to 80% by weight relative to the weight of the emulsion and comprising: - 81% to 95% by weight relative to the weight of the binder phase of at least a rosin resin and - the balance to 100% of the binder phase of at least a vegetable oil or a vegetable oil derivative, ii) an aqueous phase comprising 0.01% to 20% by weight of at least a surfactant and the balance to 100% by weight of water relative to the weight of the emulsion, - from 20% to 80% of fillers and optional pigment(s). - from 20% to 50% of an aqueous emulsion comprising: i) a binder phase representing 20% to 80% by weight relative to the weight of the emulsion and comprising: - 81% to 95% by weight relative to the weight of the binder phase of at least a rosin resin and - the balance to 100% of the binder phase of at least a vegetable oil or a vegetable oil derivative, ii) an aqueous phase comprising 0.01% to 20% by weight of at least a surfactant and the balance to 100% by weight of water relative to the weight of the emulsion, i) a binder phase representing 20% to 80% by weight relative to the weight of the emulsion and comprising: - 81% to 95% by weight relative to the weight of the binder phase of at least a rosin resin and - the balance to 100% of the binder phase of at least a vegetable oil or a vegetable oil derivative, - 81% to 95% by weight relative to the weight of the binder phase of at least a rosin resin and - the balance to 100% of the binder phase of at least a vegetable oil or a vegetable oil derivative, ii) an aqueous phase comprising 0.01% to 20% by weight of at least a surfactant and the balance to 100% by weight of water relative to the weight of the emulsion, - from 20% to 80% of fillers and optional pigment(s).
A method of providing a process of dynamic energy-saving superconductive interaction of a propeller system with a fluid medium, the propeller system comprising at least one rotating propeller having at least two blades (4, 5, 6) having at least two working blade surfaces each; at least one perforation (A12-A17; B12-B17) on each of the working blade surfaces having at least one perforation hole (23, 24); at least one blade energy optimizer having at least one control block connected with at least one modulator (19, 20, 21), structurally connected with at least two portions of at least one created shunt passage having at least one communication with the perforation (A12-A17; B12-B17) on each of the working blade surfaces of at least one blade (4, 5, 6); the method comprising configuring the modulator for modulating a value of a connection provided by flowing the fluid medium between the perforations through the created shunt passage under an action of a difference of the pressures generated on each of the working blade surfaces with the perforation (A12-A17; B12-B17), relatively during a surface-energy interaction of the perforated blades (4, 5, 6) of the rotating propeller with the fluid medium; characterized by using the blade energy optimizer for optimizing a value of at least one parameter of said modulating, selected from a group consisting of a frequency, a range, a law and a phase of the modulating, in dependence on a change of a value of at least one controlled characteristic influencing an energy efficiency of a work of the propeller system, using a drop-shaped form such that the pressures and the modulating connection vary as shown in Figures 4 and 5 of the accompanying drawings, such that a dynamic energy optimization of the propeller system work, in an efficient manner, of a control of a boundary layer of the fluid medium on the working blade surfaces with the perforation (A12-A17; B12-B17) during the modulated surface-energy interaction of the perforated blades (4, 5, 6) of the rotating propeller with the fluid medium is provided.
An actuator (600, 700) of a valve, comprising a box-like body (602, 702), a motor shaft (601, 701) and a thrust mechanism (604, 704) which are housed in the box-like body (602, 702), wherein the motor shaft (601, 701) protrudes outwardly from the box-like body (602, 702) and can be connected to a drive shaft of a valve to be actuated, and wherein the motor shaft (601, 701) is rotatable on its longitudinal axis in response to the stresses imparted by the thrust mechanism (604, 704) and comprises one or more magnets, wherein the actuator further comprises a detection module for detecting the angular position of the motor shaft (601, 701), comprising - at least one printed circuit (2, 3) which can be positioned in the proximity of the motor shaft (601, 701), - one or more magnetic sensors (10, 11) supported on the printed circuit, - a communication interface, wherein the magnetic sensors (10, 11) generate an electrical signal indicative of the position of said magnets, and the communication interface remotely transmits a corresponding signal, or reading, characterized in that the detection module is free of wired connections with the outside and is self-powered by at least one battery, and wherein the detection module is positioned at the height of the magnets, in a pocket (603, 703) of the box-like body (602, 702), and is insulated from the motor shaft (601, 701) and the thrust mechanism (604, 704). - at least one printed circuit (2, 3) which can be positioned in the proximity of the motor shaft (601, 701), - one or more magnetic sensors (10, 11) supported on the printed circuit, - a communication interface, wherein the magnetic sensors (10, 11) generate an electrical signal indicative of the position of said magnets, and the communication interface remotely transmits a corresponding signal, or reading, characterized in that the detection module is free of wired connections with the outside and is self-powered by at least one battery, and wherein the detection module is positioned at the height of the magnets, in a pocket (603, 703) of the box-like body (602, 702), and is insulated from the motor shaft (601, 701) and the thrust mechanism (604, 704).
A hair treatment agent containing 0.00001 to < 0.05 wt.% of at least one oligopeptide having at least one amino acid sequence Tyr-Glu-Glu-Glu wherein the amino group may be in free or protonated form and the carboxy groups may be in free or deprotonated form, with the proviso that the total amount of oligopeptides having an amino acid sequence Glu-Glu-Glu is less than 0.00001 to < 0.05 wt.%.
An exposure apparatus which exposes a substrate while scanning an original and the substrate, comprising: a stage that includes a first surface in which a first concave portion and a second concave portion to be supplied with a purge gas are formed, and is movable while holding the original; a member that includes a second surface facing the first surface; a supply unit configured to supply the purge gas to the first concave portion and the second concave portion; and a controller configured to control exposure of the substrate by moving the stage in a scanning direction, wherein the first concave portion is provided in the first surface of the stage so as to define a first space in which the original is arranged, and the second concave portion is provided in the first surface of the stage so as to define a second space having a smaller volume than the first space, and wherein the first concave portion and the second concave portion are arranged side by side in the scanning direction, characterized in that the supply unit is further configured to supply the purge gas toward the first surface of the stage by blowing out the purge gas from an outlet provided in the second surface of the member. a stage that includes a first surface in which a first concave portion and a second concave portion to be supplied with a purge gas are formed, and is movable while holding the original; a member that includes a second surface facing the first surface; a supply unit configured to supply the purge gas to the first concave portion and the second concave portion; and a controller configured to control exposure of the substrate by moving the stage in a scanning direction, wherein the first concave portion is provided in the first surface of the stage so as to define a first space in which the original is arranged, and the second concave portion is provided in the first surface of the stage so as to define a second space having a smaller volume than the first space, and wherein the first concave portion and the second concave portion are arranged side by side in the scanning direction, characterized in that the supply unit is further configured to supply the purge gas toward the first surface of the stage by blowing out the purge gas from an outlet provided in the second surface of the member.