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A curable composition for a color filter comprising a polymerizable compound, a photopolymerization initiator, a coloring agent, and a binder resin having an acid group and an unsaturated double bond; wherein the amount of the coloring agent in the curable composition, relative to a total solid content in the curable composition, is in the range of 30 to 38 mass%, and the acid group of the binder resin having an acid group and an unsaturated double bond is linked on a main chain via a linking group with a main backbone of two or more atoms, and the unsaturated double bond of the binder resin is on a side chain which is a copolymer that includes a monomer comprising an acid group, and a monomer comprising am unsaturated double bond, and wherein the monomer comprising a double bond is represented by Formula,, or: wherein in Formulas -, A 1, A 2, and A 3 are each independently an oxygen atom, a sulfur atom, or -N(R 21)- while R 21 is an optionally substituted alkyl group; G 1, G 2, and G 3 are each independently a divalent organic group; X and Z are each independently an oxygen atom, a sulfur atom, or -N(R 22)- while R 22 is an optionally substituted alkyl group; Y is an oxygen atom, a sulfur atom, an optionally substituted phenylene group, or -N(R 23)- while R 23 is an optionally substituted alkyl group; and R 1 to R 20 are each independently a monovalent organic group.
A surgical instrument comprising: a housing; an outer shaft operatively coupled with the housing such that rotation of the housing causes axial displacement of the outer shaft, the outer shaft including a keel cutter configured to define a channel in a vertebral body; an inner shaft disposed within the outer shaft; a trial sizer configured to be received in intervertebral space, the trial sizer including a pair of wings (26a, 26b) transitionable between a retracted position and an extended position in which the pair of wings extends transversely outward; a rod; and a head connected to the rod, wherein the head is operatively coupled with the pair of wings such that axial displacement of the rod causes transition of the pair of wings between the retracted and extended positions. a housing; an outer shaft operatively coupled with the housing such that rotation of the housing causes axial displacement of the outer shaft, the outer shaft including a keel cutter configured to define a channel in a vertebral body; an inner shaft disposed within the outer shaft; a trial sizer configured to be received in intervertebral space, the trial sizer including a pair of wings (26a, 26b) transitionable between a retracted position and an extended position in which the pair of wings extends transversely outward; a rod; and a head connected to the rod, wherein the head is operatively coupled with the pair of wings such that axial displacement of the rod causes transition of the pair of wings between the retracted and extended positions.
A method for manufacturing a niobate-system ferroelectric thin film device, comprising: a lower electrode film formation step of forming a lower electrode film on a substrate; a niobate-system ferroelectric thin film formation step of forming a niobate-system ferroelectric thin film on the lower electrode film; an etch mask formation step of forming a desired etch mask pattern on the niobate-system ferroelectric thin film; and a ferroelectric thin film etching step of forming a desired fine pattern of the niobate-system ferroelectric thin film by wet etching using an etchant that is an aqueous alkaline solution including a chelating agent but precluding hydrogen fluoride. a lower electrode film formation step of forming a lower electrode film on a substrate; a niobate-system ferroelectric thin film formation step of forming a niobate-system ferroelectric thin film on the lower electrode film; an etch mask formation step of forming a desired etch mask pattern on the niobate-system ferroelectric thin film; and a ferroelectric thin film etching step of forming a desired fine pattern of the niobate-system ferroelectric thin film by wet etching using an etchant that is an aqueous alkaline solution including a chelating agent but precluding hydrogen fluoride.
An aerosol-generating smoking device comprising: a heater for heating an aerosol-forming substrate, the heater comprising an electrically resistive heating element and a heater substrate; wherein the heating element comprises a first portion formed from a first material and a second portion formed from a second material different to the first material, configured such that, when an electrical current is passed through the heating element the first portion is heated to a higher temperature than the second portion as a result of the electrical current. a heater for heating an aerosol-forming substrate, the heater comprising an electrically resistive heating element and a heater substrate; wherein the heating element comprises a first portion formed from a first material and a second portion formed from a second material different to the first material, configured such that, when an electrical current is passed through the heating element the first portion is heated to a higher temperature than the second portion as a result of the electrical current.
Process for manufacturing an actuator suited to generating power ultrasound and comprising a stack of alternate intermediate electrode and piezoelectric material layers, comprising: - a step of forming an initial stack of alternate intermediate electrode and piezoelectric material layers, each end of the stack being a piezoelectric material or intermediate electrode layer; - a step of securely joining adjacent layers (6, 7) together; - a step of cutting the initial stack into elementary units; and - a step of connecting the intermediate electrode layers of each elementary unit together. characterized in that the intermediate electrode layers are connected together using connection electrodes comprising notches intended to receive the intermediate electrode layers of the elementary units, the connection electrodes being positioned at least in part in indents in the piezoelectric material layers of the initial stack, the piezoelectric material layers of the initial stack having two opposite ends provided with indents and the intermediate electrode layers of the initial stack having a single end provided with indents. - a step of forming an initial stack of alternate intermediate electrode and piezoelectric material layers, each end of the stack being a piezoelectric material or intermediate electrode layer; - a step of securely joining adjacent layers (6, 7) together; - a step of cutting the initial stack into elementary units; and - a step of connecting the intermediate electrode layers of each elementary unit together. characterized in that the intermediate electrode layers are connected together using connection electrodes comprising notches intended to receive the intermediate electrode layers of the elementary units, the connection electrodes being positioned at least in part in indents in the piezoelectric material layers of the initial stack, the piezoelectric material layers of the initial stack having two opposite ends provided with indents and the intermediate electrode layers of the initial stack having a single end provided with indents.
A method for surface treatment of rubber, comprising the steps of causing a fluorine compound represented by the following general formula and a silane coupling agent to exist in the vicinity of the surface of a rubber base composed of uncrosslinked rubber; and heat-treating the rubber base wherein R F is a fluoroalkyl group-containing group represented by -C q F 2q+1 (in the formula, q is an integer of 1 to 10) or -CF(CF 3)[OCF 2 CF(CF 3)] p OC 3 F 7 (in the formula, p is 0, 1 or 2), R 1 is a functional group having reactivity to a hydrolyzable group, composed of an alkoxysilyl group or alkoxyalkoxysilyl group, R 2 is a hydrogen atom or alkyl group, R 3 and R 4 are the same or different from each other and are individually a hydrogen atom or a monovalent organic group composed of - CH 3, -COOH, -COO(CH 2) 2 OH, -CO-N(CH 3) 2 or x is an integer of 1 to 100, and y is an integer of 0 to 500. wherein R F is a fluoroalkyl group-containing group represented by -C q F 2q+1 (in the formula, q is an integer of 1 to 10) or -CF(CF 3)[OCF 2 CF(CF 3)] p OC 3 F 7 (in the formula, p is 0, 1 or 2), R 1 is a functional group having reactivity to a hydrolyzable group, composed of an alkoxysilyl group or alkoxyalkoxysilyl group, R 2 is a hydrogen atom or alkyl group, R 3 and R 4 are the same or different from each other and are individually a hydrogen atom or a monovalent organic group composed of - CH 3, -COOH, -COO(CH 2) 2 OH, -CO-N(CH 3) 2 or - CH 3, -COOH, -COO(CH 2) 2 OH, -CO-N(CH 3) 2 or x is an integer of 1 to 100, and y is an integer of 0 to 500.
A method of continuous manufacturing of solidified steelmaking slag comprising the steps of: a. solidifying molten steelmaking slag comprising at least 2% in weight of free lime so as to produce solidified slag particles having a diameter below 1 mm, the molten steelmaking slag being put in contact with at least a first carbonation gas during such solidification, said first carbonation gas comprising at least 20% in volume of CO2, between 5 and 30% in volume of CO, between 1 and 55% in volume of H2, between 1 and 55% in volume of N2 and between 1 and 5% in volume of O2, b. cooling the solidified slag particles down to a temperature below or equal to 300°C, in a closed chamber, the solidified slag particles being put in contact with at least one second carbonation gas during such cooling. a. solidifying molten steelmaking slag comprising at least 2% in weight of free lime so as to produce solidified slag particles having a diameter below 1 mm, the molten steelmaking slag being put in contact with at least a first carbonation gas during such solidification, said first carbonation gas comprising at least 20% in volume of CO2, between 5 and 30% in volume of CO, between 1 and 55% in volume of H2, between 1 and 55% in volume of N2 and between 1 and 5% in volume of O2, b. cooling the solidified slag particles down to a temperature below or equal to 300°C, in a closed chamber, the solidified slag particles being put in contact with at least one second carbonation gas during such cooling.
A control apparatus including a power supply means configured to supply electric power, comprising: a capacitor connected to a power supply line extending from the power supply means to a printhead; a discharge circuit configured to release charge stored in the capacitor; and a control means configured to control a current value of a current flowing through the discharge circuit during a discharge operation by the discharge circuit, such that the current value increases as a voltage value of the capacitor decreases; characterized in that, the control means is configured to increase the current value from a first current value to a second current value, such that an amount of generated heat of the discharge circuit does not exceed an allowable loss of the discharge circuit if the voltage value of the capacitor decreases from a first voltage value to a second voltage value. a capacitor connected to a power supply line extending from the power supply means to a printhead; a discharge circuit configured to release charge stored in the capacitor; and a control means configured to control a current value of a current flowing through the discharge circuit during a discharge operation by the discharge circuit, such that the current value increases as a voltage value of the capacitor decreases; characterized in that, the control means is configured to increase the current value from a first current value to a second current value, such that an amount of generated heat of the discharge circuit does not exceed an allowable loss of the discharge circuit if the voltage value of the capacitor decreases from a first voltage value to a second voltage value.
A communication system for a wireless message transfer between an implantable medical device, IMD, and an external device, the communication system comprising the IMD and the external device, wherein the IMD is configured to monitor the health status of a patient and/or configured to deliver a therapy signal to the patient, wherein the IMD comprises a processor and a transceiver module configured to bi-directionally exchange the messages with the external device, wherein the processor adopts at least a predefined active state and a predefined processing state, wherein the external device is configured to produce request messages (101, 102, 103) in order to send these messages to the transceiver module of the IMD, wherein each request message (101, 102, 103) comprises a sequence field at a predefined location within the request message (101, 102, 103) which is toggled between at least a first value and a second value associated to the sequence field, wherein a second request message (101, 102, 103) contains the toggled second value if the external device received a valid response from the IMD to the immediately previously sent first request message or vice versa.
A method of transmitting a Contention Free-End 'CF-End' frame of which a duration field in a Medium Access Control 'MAC' header has a value of 0, the method being provided in a device which communicates through a wireless local area network 'LAN', the method comprising: checking a Basic Service Set ID included in a received CF-End frame, the received CF-End frame including a duration field set to zero; and transmitting the CF-End frame after a Short Inter Frame Spacing, SIFS, if the BSSID included in the CF-End frame matches a BSSID of a Basic Service Set, BSS. checking a Basic Service Set ID included in a received CF-End frame, the received CF-End frame including a duration field set to zero; and transmitting the CF-End frame after a Short Inter Frame Spacing, SIFS, if the BSSID included in the CF-End frame matches a BSSID of a Basic Service Set, BSS.
A computer-implemented method (200; 300) for controlling access to a first computer system that controls operations of an intermodal shipping container, the method comprising: generating a secret value at the first computer system that controls operations of the intermodal shipping container; sharing the secret value with associated computer systems; choosing a time length for validity; computing a derived key based on the secret value; and controlling remote access to the computer system that controls operations of an intermodal shipping container based on the derived key and a unique identifier associated with the first computer system, wherein the unique identifier is a serial number associated with the intermodal shipping container; wherein remote access to the computer system is controlled by: displaying the derived key on the first computer system, allowing a user to read and enter it onto a remote computer system; computing a passkey based on the derived key and unique identifier; transmitting the passkey to the first computer system, the first computer system comparing the transmitted passkey with a locally generated one; and receiving a session token from the first computer system if the comparison results in a match. generating a secret value at the first computer system that controls operations of the intermodal shipping container; sharing the secret value with associated computer systems; choosing a time length for validity; computing a derived key based on the secret value; and controlling remote access to the computer system that controls operations of an intermodal shipping container based on the derived key and a unique identifier associated with the first computer system, wherein the unique identifier is a serial number associated with the intermodal shipping container; wherein remote access to the computer system is controlled by: displaying the derived key on the first computer system, allowing a user to read and enter it onto a remote computer system; computing a passkey based on the derived key and unique identifier; transmitting the passkey to the first computer system, the first computer system comparing the transmitted passkey with a locally generated one; and receiving a session token from the first computer system if the comparison results in a match. displaying the derived key on the first computer system, allowing a user to read and enter it onto a remote computer system; computing a passkey based on the derived key and unique identifier; transmitting the passkey to the first computer system, the first computer system comparing the transmitted passkey with a locally generated one; and receiving a session token from the first computer system if the comparison results in a match.
Accumulator battery comprising a plurality of electrical energy storage cells (11, 12, 21, 22, 31, 32) and an electrical network which connects said cells (11, 12, 21, 22, 31, 32) to one another, in which, said cells (11, 12, 21, 22, 31, 32) being grouped together as composite cells (10, 20, 30) of an even number of cells and said composite cells being connected in series with one another, the electrical network comprises: - means of connection of the cells (11, 12, 21, 22, 31, 32) of each composite cell (10, 20, 30) in parallel and in series, characterized in that it further comprises - acquisition means for acquiring at least one operating parameter of a battery charger or of an electric motor connected to the accumulator battery, - means for deducing an optimal voltage to be delivered across the terminals of the accumulator battery as a function of the operating parameter acquired in such a way as to optimize the efficiency of the charger or of the motor regardless of the states of charge of the cells, and - means for controlling said means of connection, which are suitable for connecting the cells (11, 12, 21, 22, 31, 32) of each composite cell (10, 20, 30) in parallel or in series as a function of said optimal voltage previously deduced by the deduction means. - means of connection of the cells (11, 12, 21, 22, 31, 32) of each composite cell (10, 20, 30) in parallel and in series, - acquisition means for acquiring at least one operating parameter of a battery charger or of an electric motor connected to the accumulator battery, - means for deducing an optimal voltage to be delivered across the terminals of the accumulator battery as a function of the operating parameter acquired in such a way as to optimize the efficiency of the charger or of the motor regardless of the states of charge of the cells, and - means for controlling said means of connection, which are suitable for connecting the cells (11, 12, 21, 22, 31, 32) of each composite cell (10, 20, 30) in parallel or in series as a function of said optimal voltage previously deduced by the deduction means.
A jointed lamp comprising an articulated structure, formed by at least two elements (5a;5b;5c) connected by a joint, and a lighting head, provided with at least one light source; the joint comprising two arms (12a,12b), joined to respective elements (5a;5b;5c), and a friction device acting on the arms (12a,12b); the lamp being characterized in that the friction device comprises a closed circuit, filled with a magneto-rheological fluid, members movable with respect to each other and cooperating with the fluid in the circuit and connected to the respective arms (12a;12b); and a magnetic actuator, acting on the fluid for changing the rheological characteristics of the fluid as a function of the magnetic field applied onto the fluid; the magnetic actuator being arranged close to a narrowing comprised in the circuit and being controlled by a control that selectively activates and deactivates the magnetic actuator for generating a magnetic field having an intensity greater than a preset threshold on the fluid in the narrowing.
A process for incorporating lignin into polyols, comprising the following steps: i) oxyalkylating a lignin with a cyclic carbonate for producing a polyether polyol; ii) dissolving between 5 % and 20% by weight of lignin in the liquid polyol obtained in step i); iii) heating the mixture resulting from step ii) at a temperature of 50 °C to 200 °C, preferably 90 °C to 100 °C, under constant stirring and for a period of time of 0.5 to 24 hours until a homogeneous solution is obtained; iv) cooling the solution resulting from point iii) to room temperature and obtaining a lignin-based polyether polyol with at least 5% by weight of dissolved lignin. i) oxyalkylating a lignin with a cyclic carbonate for producing a polyether polyol; ii) dissolving between 5 % and 20% by weight of lignin in the liquid polyol obtained in step i); iii) heating the mixture resulting from step ii) at a temperature of 50 °C to 200 °C, preferably 90 °C to 100 °C, under constant stirring and for a period of time of 0.5 to 24 hours until a homogeneous solution is obtained; iv) cooling the solution resulting from point iii) to room temperature and obtaining a lignin-based polyether polyol with at least 5% by weight of dissolved lignin.
A system comprising: at least two wireless USB interfaces (117, 227, 237), wherein at least one of the wireless USB interfaces (117, 227, 237) is powered by its own power source (222, 232) and at least one of the wireless USB interfaces (117, 227, 237) is connected to a mobile or stationary device having a USB data line and by which it is powered; wherein each of the wireless USB interfaces (117, 227, 237) is arranged to check whether it is connected to a USB data line; characterized in that the respective wireless USB interface (117, 227, 237) enters a diagnostic mode comprising setting one or more communication parameters to preset values in the absence of a USB data line; wherein the respective wireless USB interface (117, 227, 237) connects to diagnostic software on the mobile or stationary device in the presence of a USB data line, wherein the diagnostic software is arranged to detect other wireless USB interfaces (117, 227, 237) that have entered the diagnostic mode and to perform measurements of connection quality with the wireless USB interfaces (117, 227, 237) for these wireless USB interfaces (117, 227, 237). at least two wireless USB interfaces (117, 227, 237), wherein at least one of the wireless USB interfaces (117, 227, 237) is powered by its own power source (222, 232) and at least one of the wireless USB interfaces (117, 227, 237) is connected to a mobile or stationary device having a USB data line and by which it is powered; wherein each of the wireless USB interfaces (117, 227, 237) is arranged to check whether it is connected to a USB data line; characterized in that the respective wireless USB interface (117, 227, 237) enters a diagnostic mode comprising setting one or more communication parameters to preset values in the absence of a USB data line; wherein the respective wireless USB interface (117, 227, 237) connects to diagnostic software on the mobile or stationary device in the presence of a USB data line, wherein the diagnostic software is arranged to detect other wireless USB interfaces (117, 227, 237) that have entered the diagnostic mode and to perform measurements of connection quality with the wireless USB interfaces (117, 227, 237) for these wireless USB interfaces (117, 227, 237).