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A method of ion mobility mass spectrometry comprising: transmitting a plurality of ions to an ion mobility separator ; modulating the introduction of the ions into the ion mobility separator at a first modulation frequency; separating the ions that enter the ion mobility separator according to ion mobility; introducing ions that have exited the ion mobility separator into a mass analyser having a detector; wherein the detector output is modulated at a second modulation frequency by electronics and/or software in the detector and the transmission of ions from the ion mobility separator to the mass analyser is not modulated; varying the first and second modulation frequencies with time; determining the mass to charge ratios of the ions; recording the intensity of the ion signal output from the detector as a function of the first or second modulation frequency and as a function of mass to charge ratio of the ions; determining, from the variation in intensity of the ion signal as a function of the first or second modulation frequency, the ion mobilities of the ions that have been detected, wherein the ion mobility for any given ion that has been detected is associated with the mass to charge ratio determined for that ion; and determining the presence of different types of ions in said plurality of ions by determining that the different types of ions have different combinations of ion mobility and mass to charge ratio. transmitting a plurality of ions to an ion mobility separator ; modulating the introduction of the ions into the ion mobility separator at a first modulation frequency; separating the ions that enter the ion mobility separator according to ion mobility; introducing ions that have exited the ion mobility separator into a mass analyser having a detector; wherein the detector output is modulated at a second modulation frequency by electronics and/or software in the detector and the transmission of ions from the ion mobility separator to the mass analyser is not modulated; varying the first and second modulation frequencies with time; determining the mass to charge ratios of the ions; recording the intensity of the ion signal output from the detector as a function of the first or second modulation frequency and as a function of mass to charge ratio of the ions; determining, from the variation in intensity of the ion signal as a function of the first or second modulation frequency, the ion mobilities of the ions that have been detected, wherein the ion mobility for any given ion that has been detected is associated with the mass to charge ratio determined for that ion; and determining the presence of different types of ions in said plurality of ions by determining that the different types of ions have different combinations of ion mobility and mass to charge ratio.
A prosthetic ankle device, comprising: a) a pair of prosthetic members, comprising a shank link configured to be coupled to a remnant limb of an amputee and an artificial foot , movably coupled together to allow movement of the pair of prosthetic members with respect to one another; b) a hydraulic actuator or damper including hydraulic fluid in a hydraulic chamber coupled to one of the pair of prosthetic members, and a single hydraulic piston movably disposed in the hydraulic chamber and coupled to another of the pair of prosthetic members; c) a hydraulic flow channel fluidly coupled between opposite sides of the chamber to allow hydraulic fluid to move between the opposite sides of the chamber during dorsiflexion and plantarflexion as the hydraulic piston moves therein; characterized by d) a voice coil valve coupled to the hydraulic flow channel to vary resistance to flow of hydraulic fluid through the flow channel, wherein the voice coil valve is disposed in and carried by the hydraulic piston. a) a pair of prosthetic members, comprising a shank link configured to be coupled to a remnant limb of an amputee and an artificial foot , movably coupled together to allow movement of the pair of prosthetic members with respect to one another; b) a hydraulic actuator or damper including hydraulic fluid in a hydraulic chamber coupled to one of the pair of prosthetic members, and a single hydraulic piston movably disposed in the hydraulic chamber and coupled to another of the pair of prosthetic members; c) a hydraulic flow channel fluidly coupled between opposite sides of the chamber to allow hydraulic fluid to move between the opposite sides of the chamber during dorsiflexion and plantarflexion as the hydraulic piston moves therein; characterized by d) a voice coil valve coupled to the hydraulic flow channel to vary resistance to flow of hydraulic fluid through the flow channel, wherein the voice coil valve is disposed in and carried by the hydraulic piston.
A printer including a system comprising a removable platen assembly ; and an edge guide associated with the platen assembly , the edge guide configured for guiding an edge of a print substrate and for holding down edges of the print substrate on the removable platen assembly ; wherein the edge guide is fixed to the platen assembly such that the edge guide is inserted into the printer and removed from the printer together with the platen assembly .
A liquid crystal display, comprising: a liquid crystal layer , comprising a first region and a second region ; a backlight layer disposed under the liquid crystal layer and formed with a first light-transmission hole , wherein light of the backlight layer is emitted for display in the first region and the first light-transmission hole being disposed under the second region; and a backlight disposed at the first light-transmission hole, wherein light of the backlight is projected on the second region through the first light-transmission hole; wherein the backlight comprises: a light-emitting element and a light-gathering element disposed on a light-emitting side of the light-emitting element, wherein the light-gathering element is configured to allow light emitted from the light-emitting element to be uniformly projected onto the second region. characterized in that the liquid crystal display further comprises an inner polarizing layer , disposed between the backlight layer and the liquid crystal layer, wherein a second light-transmission hole corresponding to the first light-transmission hole is formed in the inner polarizing layer and that the backlight further comprises an auxiliary polarizing layer on a light-emitting side of the light-emitting element, wherein the auxiliary polarizing layer is disposed on a side of the light-gathering element away from the light-emitting element; or the auxiliary polarizing layer is disposed on a side of the light-gathering element facing the light-emitting element. a liquid crystal layer , comprising a first region and a second region ; a backlight layer disposed under the liquid crystal layer and formed with a first light-transmission hole , wherein light of the backlight layer is emitted for display in the first region and the first light-transmission hole being disposed under the second region; and a backlight disposed at the first light-transmission hole, wherein light of the backlight is projected on the second region through the first light-transmission hole; wherein the backlight comprises: a light-emitting element and a light-gathering element disposed on a light-emitting side of the light-emitting element, wherein the light-gathering element is configured to allow light emitted from the light-emitting element to be uniformly projected onto the second region. characterized in that the liquid crystal display further comprises an inner polarizing layer , disposed between the backlight layer and the liquid crystal layer, wherein a second light-transmission hole corresponding to the first light-transmission hole is formed in the inner polarizing layer and that the backlight further comprises an auxiliary polarizing layer on a light-emitting side of the light-emitting element, wherein the auxiliary polarizing layer is disposed on a side of the light-gathering element away from the light-emitting element; or the auxiliary polarizing layer is disposed on a side of the light-gathering element facing the light-emitting element.
A manufacturing method of a cathode additive for a lithium secondary battery, comprising the steps of: forming an iron oxide-carbon precursor by mixing and heat-treating carbon nanotubes, a water-soluble polymer dispersant, and an iron (Fe) precursor; forming lithium-iron oxide particles by mixing and calcining a lithium precursor and the iron oxide-carbon precursor at a temperature of 500 °C or higher; and forming a lithium-iron oxide coated with a lithium difluoro(oxalato)borate-containing layer by heat-treating a mixture containing the lithium-iron oxide particles and lithium difluoro(oxalato)borate under an oxygen-containing gas atmosphere at a temperature of less than 300 °C. forming an iron oxide-carbon precursor by mixing and heat-treating carbon nanotubes, a water-soluble polymer dispersant, and an iron (Fe) precursor; forming lithium-iron oxide particles by mixing and calcining a lithium precursor and the iron oxide-carbon precursor at a temperature of 500 °C or higher; and forming a lithium-iron oxide coated with a lithium difluoro(oxalato)borate-containing layer by heat-treating a mixture containing the lithium-iron oxide particles and lithium difluoro(oxalato)borate under an oxygen-containing gas atmosphere at a temperature of less than 300 °C.
A process for forming projections on a substrate comprising: providing a mold having an outer surface; providing a substrate material having a surface; providing a device as a source of vibration energy; wherein one or both of said mold and device contain a plurality of cavities , said cavities having a shape; positioning said substrate material between said mold and said device ; applying power to said device to soften the material with vibration energy, wherein a portion of said substrate material enters said cavities in said mold and/or device surface; and forming projections on at least a portion of said surface of said substrate material , wherein said cavities are shaped to form projections which are shaped as one or more of hooks, mushrooms, angled pins, curved pins, grappling hook, multi-limbed, cross-shaped, Y-shaped and multi-lobed, each having cross-sections which are round, oval, square, rectangular, trapezoidal, solid, hollow and combinations thereof. providing a mold having an outer surface; providing a substrate material having a surface; providing a device as a source of vibration energy; wherein one or both of said mold and device contain a plurality of cavities , said cavities having a shape; positioning said substrate material between said mold and said device ; applying power to said device to soften the material with vibration energy, wherein a portion of said substrate material enters said cavities in said mold and/or device surface; and forming projections on at least a portion of said surface of said substrate material , wherein said cavities are shaped to form projections which are shaped as one or more of hooks, mushrooms, angled pins, curved pins, grappling hook, multi-limbed, cross-shaped, Y-shaped and multi-lobed, each having cross-sections which are round, oval, square, rectangular, trapezoidal, solid, hollow and combinations thereof.
Method for allocating a heating-circuit temperature sensor (7, 7', 7", 7''') of a heating and/or cooling system to the related heating circuit (5, 5', 5", 5''') or for checking the allocation of a heating-circuit temperature sensor (7, 7', 7", 7''') of a heating and/or cooling system to the related heating circuit (5, 5', 5", 5'''), wherein a temperature-control medium is heated or cooled in a temperature-control element in the heating and/or cooling system , conducted to a feed heating-circuit manifold via a feed line , distributed by the feed heating-circuit manifold to heating circuits (5, 5', 5", 5'''), which each comprise a valve (6, 6', 6", 6") having a control element allocated thereto, a feed, a consumer, a return and a heating-circuit temperature sensor (7, 7', 7", 7'''), flows through the heating circuits (5, 5', 5", 5''') and is conducted via a return heating-circuit manifold into a return line and via the return line to the temperature-control element , the method comprising the following steps: (i) opening one of the valves (6, 6', 6", 6") such that temperature-control medium flows through the heating circuit allocated to the open valve , with the other valves (6', 6", 6") being closed; (ii) detecting a temperature change, caused by temperature-control medium flowing into the heating circuit after opening the valve , at one of the heating-circuit temperature sensors (7, 7', 7", 7'''); (iii) transmitting information to a regulating unit stating that the heating-circuit temperature sensor needs to be allocated to the heating circuit ; and (iv) storing the information by means of the regulating unit , characterised in that the method is carried out while the regulating unit is being initialised. (i) opening one of the valves (6, 6', 6", 6") such that temperature-control medium flows through the heating circuit allocated to the open valve , with the other valves (6', 6", 6") being closed; (ii) detecting a temperature change, caused by temperature-control medium flowing into the heating circuit after opening the valve , at one of the heating-circuit temperature sensors (7, 7', 7", 7'''); (iii) transmitting information to a regulating unit stating that the heating-circuit temperature sensor needs to be allocated to the heating circuit ; and (iv) storing the information by means of the regulating unit ,
A method for allocating wireless resources in a wireless local area network, LAN, the method comprising: allocating, by an access point, AP, , a plurality of resource units for a plurality of stations, STAs, within an entire bandwidth, wherein the plurality of resource units are allocated based on orthogonal frequency division multiple access, OFDMA, wherein the plurality of resource units comprise a basic tone unit, BTU, and a small tone unit, STU, having a number of tones being less than that of the BTU; and transmitting, by the AP, a physical protocol data unit, PPDU, to each of the plurality of STAs through each of the plurality resource units, wherein when two STUs are allocated adjacent to a direct current, DC, tone, the two STUs are defined as one logical resource unit. allocating, by an access point, AP, , a plurality of resource units for a plurality of stations, STAs, within an entire bandwidth, wherein the plurality of resource units are allocated based on orthogonal frequency division multiple access, OFDMA, wherein the plurality of resource units comprise a basic tone unit, BTU, and a small tone unit, STU, having a number of tones being less than that of the BTU; and transmitting, by the AP, a physical protocol data unit, PPDU, to each of the plurality of STAs through each of the plurality resource units, wherein when two STUs are allocated adjacent to a direct current, DC, tone, the two STUs are defined as one logical resource unit.
A spinning forming method comprising: using a plate including: a central portion supported by a receiving jig ; and while rotating the plate, locally heating a transform target portion of the plate and pressing a processing tool against the transform target portion to transform the plate such that a forming region (A) from a forming start position (P1) to a forming end position (P2) in the plate is formed in a tapered shape, characterised by : a peripheral portion at which a ring-shaped projection is provided, the projection projecting in a thickness direction of the plate; and wherein the receiving jig has a size within a circle defined by the forming start position. using a plate including: a central portion supported by a receiving jig ; and while rotating the plate, locally heating a transform target portion of the plate and pressing a processing tool against the transform target portion to transform the plate such that a forming region (A) from a forming start position (P1) to a forming end position (P2) in the plate is formed in a tapered shape, characterised by : a peripheral portion at which a ring-shaped projection is provided, the projection projecting in a thickness direction of the plate; and wherein the receiving jig has a size within a circle defined by the forming start position.
A transformant, produced by introducing a gene coding for a cis-prenyltransferase and a gene coding for a Nogo-B receptor into a host to allow the host to express the cis-prenyltransferase and the Nogo-B receptor, wherein at least one of the gene coding for a cis-prenyltransferase or the gene coding for a Nogo-B receptor is introduced in a form of a vector into the host, and wherein the gene coding for a cis-prenyltransferase is either of the following DNAs: a DNA comprising the nucleotide sequence of SEQ ID NO:1; and a DNA capable of hybridizing to a DNA comprising a nucleotide sequence complementary to the nucleotide sequence of SEQ ID NO:1 under stringent conditions, and coding for a protein having an enzyme activity that catalyzes a reaction of cis-chain elongation of an isoprenoid compound, wherein the vector contains a promoter at a position that permits transcription of the recombinant DNA and wherein the promoter is one of a cauliflower mosaic virus (CaMV) 35S promoter, rice actin-1 promoter, nopaline synthase gene promoter, tobacco mosaic virus 35S promoter, and rice actin gene promoter, wherein the host is an isoprenoid-producing plant selected from the group consisting of plants of the genera Hevea, Sonchus, Solidago, Helianthus, Taraxacum, Ficus, and Parthenium. a DNA comprising the nucleotide sequence of SEQ ID NO:1; and a DNA capable of hybridizing to a DNA comprising a nucleotide sequence complementary to the nucleotide sequence of SEQ ID NO:1 under stringent conditions, and coding for a protein having an enzyme activity that catalyzes a reaction of cis-chain elongation of an isoprenoid compound,
A dental imaging apparatus for obtaining a radiographic image of teeth of a patient, the apparatus comprising: a movable mount comprising a radiation source and a digital imaging sensor ; an actuator that is energizable to move the movable mount in a horizontal scanning plane in a scan pattern about an imaging area; a computer in signal communication with the digital imaging sensor and configured to acquire one or more of two-dimensional images of the digital imaging sensor positioned relative to the radiation source for the scan pattern; and a patient support structure comprising a chin rest and a bite stick connected to the chin rest, characterized in that the bite stick comprises a fixed horse-shoe shaped flat bite wing selectively tilted with a 6-10 degrees angle relative to the horizontal scanning plane , which is configured to - when fixed between the occlusal surfaces of the upper and lower teeth of the patient - orient the occlusal plane of the patient in the imaging area. a movable mount comprising a radiation source and a digital imaging sensor ; an actuator that is energizable to move the movable mount in a horizontal scanning plane in a scan pattern about an imaging area; a computer in signal communication with the digital imaging sensor and configured to acquire one or more of two-dimensional images of the digital imaging sensor positioned relative to the radiation source for the scan pattern; and a patient support structure comprising a chin rest and a bite stick connected to the chin rest, characterized in that the bite stick comprises a fixed horse-shoe shaped flat bite wing selectively tilted with a 6-10 degrees angle relative to the horizontal scanning plane , which is configured to - when fixed between the occlusal surfaces of the upper and lower teeth of the patient - orient the occlusal plane of the patient in the imaging area.
A blade angle feedback assembly for a pitch-adjustable rotor of an aircraft engine, the pitch-adjustable rotor rotatable about an axis (A) and having rotor blades rotatable about respective radial axes to adjust a blade angle thereof, the blade angle feedback assembly comprising: a feedback device comprising a non-magnetically permeable body defining a root surface and a plurality of magnetically permeable position markers circumferentially disposed on the root surface ; and at least one sensor mounted relative to the feedback device and configured to detect a presence or a passage of the plurality of position markers characterised by : the at least one sensor comprising a first magnetic pole (406 1 ) and a second magnetic pole (406 2 ), the first and second magnetic poles (406 1 , 406 2 ) positioned on either side of the root surface , an air gap of the magnetic circuit provided by the at least one sensor remaining substantially constant as the one of the feedback device and the at least one sensor is displaced in response to an adjustment of the blade angle of the rotor blades. a feedback device comprising a non-magnetically permeable body defining a root surface and a plurality of magnetically permeable position markers circumferentially disposed on the root surface ; and at least one sensor mounted relative to the feedback device and configured to detect a presence or a passage of the plurality of position markers characterised by : the at least one sensor comprising a first magnetic pole (406 1 ) and a second magnetic pole (406 2 ), the first and second magnetic poles (406 1 , 406 2 ) positioned on either side of the root surface , an air gap of the magnetic circuit provided by the at least one sensor remaining substantially constant as the one of the feedback device and the at least one sensor is displaced in response to an adjustment of the blade angle of the rotor blades.
A composition comprising a therapeutically effective amount of lamellar bodies capable of disrupting microbial quorum sensing and microbial biofilm formation and at least a first non-lamellar body antimicrobial active agent, for use in the treatment of a microbial infection wherein the antimicrobial agent is an antibiotic.
A liquid cleansing composition comprising: a) a foam booster comprising ethoxylated hydrogenated castor oil present in an amount ranging from 0.5% to 2% based on the total weight of the composition; b) castor oil maleate; c) glycerin; and d) at least one surfactant, wherein the pH of the composition is less than 7. a) a foam booster comprising ethoxylated hydrogenated castor oil present in an amount ranging from 0.5% to 2% based on the total weight of the composition; b) castor oil maleate; c) glycerin; and d) at least one surfactant,