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An article having a slippery surface, the article comprising: at least one surface comprising: a supramolecular polymer having the general formula PxSy, where P is a covalently crosslinked polymer and S is a supramolecular block within this polymer network, wherein x+y =1 and "y" is greater than 0 and less than 1; and a lubricating liquid, wherein the supramolecular polymer and the lubricating liquid have an affinity for each other and wherein the lubricating liquid and the supramolecular polymer are chemically matched such that the lubricating liquid swells the polymer material to form a liquid swollen polymer and forms a slippery lubricating layer on a surface of the liquid-swollen polymer, and wherein the lubricating liquid has an affinity for the supramolecular polymer and wherein the lubricating liquid and the supramolecular polymer are chemically matched to maintain and replenish the slippery lubricating layer on the surface of the liquid-swollen polymer. a supramolecular polymer having the general formula PxSy, where P is a covalently crosslinked polymer and S is a supramolecular block within this polymer network, wherein x+y =1 and "y" is greater than 0 and less than 1; and a lubricating liquid, wherein the supramolecular polymer and the lubricating liquid have an affinity for each other and wherein the lubricating liquid and the supramolecular polymer are chemically matched such that the lubricating liquid swells the polymer material to form a liquid swollen polymer and forms a slippery lubricating layer on a surface of the liquid-swollen polymer, and wherein the lubricating liquid has an affinity for the supramolecular polymer and wherein the lubricating liquid and the supramolecular polymer are chemically matched to maintain and replenish the slippery lubricating layer on the surface of the liquid-swollen polymer.
An imaging optical system attachable to and detachable from an imaging apparatus and including a focusing lens whose position is variable, the imaging optical system comprising: a memory configured to store information on aberrations of the imaging optical system, wherein the information is to be used for automatic focusing adjustment and is to be transmitted to the imaging apparatus according to a request from the imaging apparatus, wherein the information comprises a plurality of pieces of information, each of which represents one image-forming position of the imaging optical system based on one of a plurality of defocus Modulation Transfer Function curves corresponding to predetermined discrete spatial frequencies (F1 to F4), respectively. a memory configured to store information on aberrations of the imaging optical system, wherein the information is to be used for automatic focusing adjustment and is to be transmitted to the imaging apparatus according to a request from the imaging apparatus, wherein the information comprises a plurality of pieces of information, each of which represents one image-forming position of the imaging optical system based on one of a plurality of defocus Modulation Transfer Function curves corresponding to predetermined discrete spatial frequencies (F1 to F4), respectively.
A fractionator for separating solubilized rubber from a co-solvent based miscella, the fractionator comprising: a primary vessel comprising: an upper portion and a lower portion; a feed inlet for feeding a co-solvent based miscella into the primary vessel, wherein the co-solvent based miscella separates to form (i) a non-polar solvent viscous rubber phase in the lower portion of the primary vessel and (ii) a polar solvent solubilized resin phase above the non-polar solvent viscous rubber phase in the upper portion of the primary vessel; a side outlet for removing the polar solvent solubilized resin phase from the upper portion of the primary vessel; an overflow vessel having an inlet and an outlet, wherein the overflow vessel inlet is fluidly connected to the side outlet such that the polar solvent solubilized resin phase flows through the side outlet into the overflow vessel and is removed through the overflow vessel outlet; and a bottom outlet for removing the non-polar solvent viscous rubber phase from the primary vessel. an upper portion and a lower portion; a feed inlet for feeding a co-solvent based miscella into the primary vessel, wherein the co-solvent based miscella separates to form (i) a non-polar solvent viscous rubber phase in the lower portion of the primary vessel and (ii) a polar solvent solubilized resin phase above the non-polar solvent viscous rubber phase in the upper portion of the primary vessel; a side outlet for removing the polar solvent solubilized resin phase from the upper portion of the primary vessel; an overflow vessel having an inlet and an outlet, wherein the overflow vessel inlet is fluidly connected to the side outlet such that the polar solvent solubilized resin phase flows through the side outlet into the overflow vessel and is removed through the overflow vessel outlet; and a bottom outlet for removing the non-polar solvent viscous rubber phase from the primary vessel.
A method of operating a cupola furnace , the method comprising: inserting a mixture including anthracite coal and coke into a cavity defined by the cupola furnace ; disposing a metal feedstock within the cavity ; injecting natural gas at a natural gas flow rate and a first quantity of oxygen gas at a first oxygen gas flow rate into the cavity simultaneously through at least one burner ; driving a second quantity of oxygen gas at a supersonic oxygen gas flow rate into the cavity through at least one lance , wherein the supersonic oxygen gas flow rate is greater than the first oxygen gas flow rate; combusting the mixture within the cavity to produce a stack gas, wherein the stack gas includes carbon monoxide gas and carbon dioxide gas; melting the metal feedstock to produce a melted metal material which is cast iron, ductile base iron, or gray iron; and monitoring the stack gas to thereby operate the cupola furnace , wherein monitoring includes analyzing a first ratio of parts by weight carbon monoxide gas to parts by weight carbon dioxide gas present in the stack gas, and further wherein the monitoring includes changing the amount of coke in the mixture in response to the first ratio. inserting a mixture including anthracite coal and coke into a cavity defined by the cupola furnace ; disposing a metal feedstock within the cavity ; injecting natural gas at a natural gas flow rate and a first quantity of oxygen gas at a first oxygen gas flow rate into the cavity simultaneously through at least one burner ; driving a second quantity of oxygen gas at a supersonic oxygen gas flow rate into the cavity through at least one lance , wherein the supersonic oxygen gas flow rate is greater than the first oxygen gas flow rate; combusting the mixture within the cavity to produce a stack gas, wherein the stack gas includes carbon monoxide gas and carbon dioxide gas; melting the metal feedstock to produce a melted metal material which is cast iron, ductile base iron, or gray iron; and monitoring the stack gas to thereby operate the cupola furnace , wherein monitoring includes analyzing a first ratio of parts by weight carbon monoxide gas to parts by weight carbon dioxide gas present in the stack gas, and further wherein the monitoring includes changing the amount of coke in the mixture in response to the first ratio.
A device comprising: a component having a component surface; a phosphor converter body bonded to the component and having a phosphor converter body surface facing the component surface; and a bonding layer between the component and the phosphor converter body, the bonding layer comprising - a plurality of particles between and in contact with the component surface and the phosphor converter body surface; and - an inorganic coating on and in contact with at least a portion of the particles, at least a portion of the component surface, and at least a portion of the phosphor converter body surface. a component having a component surface; a phosphor converter body bonded to the component and having a phosphor converter body surface facing the component surface; and a bonding layer between the component and the phosphor converter body, the bonding layer comprising - a plurality of particles between and in contact with the component surface and the phosphor converter body surface; and - an inorganic coating on and in contact with at least a portion of the particles, at least a portion of the component surface, and at least a portion of the phosphor converter body surface. - a plurality of particles between and in contact with the component surface and the phosphor converter body surface; and - an inorganic coating on and in contact with at least a portion of the particles, at least a portion of the component surface, and at least a portion of the phosphor converter body surface.
An automatic, high speed labeling machine used to apply labels to produce (1006 - 1008), wherein a label applicator having a plurality of bellows carried on a rotary head includes a label stripper to strip individual labels from a label carrier strip and transfer said labels onto the tip of a single bellow , and thereafter onto individual items of produce (1006-1008), wherein said label carrier strip has a center region extending in a longitudinal direction and first and second lateral edges (11; 111, 112; 211, 212; 511), wherein the labeling machine comprises a label stripper surface configured to be in contact with said label carrier strip to separate individual labels from said center region of said label carrier strip when drawn across said label stripper surface, characterized by : said label stripper having a body , two mounting ears and a contoured surface , said contoured surface including a central stripping segment and first and second separation segments , and being configured such that said central stripping segment is positioned relative to said carrier strip in such a way, that it is engaged with the center region of said carrier strip , wherein said first and second separation segments are positioned laterally on opposite sides of said central stripping segment , and both separation segments have surfaces inclined in a direction away from said carrier strip , wherein the labeling machine is further configured such that upon stripping of a label by said central stripping segment, said first and second lateral edges of said carrier strip are spaced apart from said contoured surface by said separation segments and do not contact said contoured surface of said label stripper . said label stripper having a body , two mounting ears and a contoured surface , said contoured surface including a central stripping segment and first and second separation segments , and being configured such that said central stripping segment is positioned relative to said carrier strip in such a way, that it is engaged with the center region of said carrier strip , wherein said first and second separation segments are positioned laterally on opposite sides of said central stripping segment , and both separation segments have surfaces inclined in a direction away from said carrier strip , wherein the labeling machine is further configured such that upon stripping of a label by said central stripping segment, said first and second lateral edges of said carrier strip are spaced apart from said contoured surface by said separation segments and do not contact said contoured surface of said label stripper .
A 3-dimensional, 3-D, magnetic core device, the device comprising: a substrate ; a first magnetic shell formed on the substrate; a first group of conductive traces embedded in a first insulator layer formed on the first magnetic shell; a magnetic core plane formed on the first insulator layer; a second group of conductive traces embedded in a second insulator layer formed on the magnetic core plane; a second magnetic shell formed on the second insulator layer, wherein the first and second group of conductive traces are conductively coupled by using conductive vias; a third group of conductive traces embedded in the second insulator layer formed on the magnetic core plane; and a fourth group of conductive traces embedded in the second insulator layer formed on the magnetic core plane, wherein the first and second group of conductive traces and the conductive vias form a primary coil of a transformer, and wherein the third and fourth group of conductive traces form a secondary coil of the transformer, wherein counts of turns of the primary and secondary coils are different, and wherein the primary and secondary coils are formed side-by-side, and wherein the third and fourth group of conductive traces of the secondary coil are formed in a same plane so that magnetic fields generated by the primary and secondary coils are substantially perpendicular to one another. a substrate ; a first magnetic shell formed on the substrate; a first group of conductive traces embedded in a first insulator layer formed on the first magnetic shell; a magnetic core plane formed on the first insulator layer; a second group of conductive traces embedded in a second insulator layer formed on the magnetic core plane; a second magnetic shell formed on the second insulator layer, wherein the first and second group of conductive traces are conductively coupled by using conductive vias; a third group of conductive traces embedded in the second insulator layer formed on the magnetic core plane; and a fourth group of conductive traces embedded in the second insulator layer formed on the magnetic core plane, wherein the first and second group of conductive traces and the conductive vias form a primary coil of a transformer, and wherein the third and fourth group of conductive traces form a secondary coil of the transformer, wherein counts of turns of the primary and secondary coils are different, and wherein the primary and secondary coils are formed side-by-side, and wherein the third and fourth group of conductive traces of the secondary coil are formed in a same plane so that magnetic fields generated by the primary and secondary coils are substantially perpendicular to one another.
Pillow core for a head and neck support pillow, comprising a head-resting upper side , on which three head-resting troughs are arranged, spaced apart from one another, and on which a human head can rest, at least indirectly, wherein the head-resting troughs are arranged at corners of an imaginary isosceles triangle and each comprise a central through-bore which penetrates the pillow core in the vertical direction thereof perpendicular to the head-resting upper side , wherein a shoulder side of the pillow core , which is arranged on a side of the base of the imaginary isosceles triangle opposite the apex of the imaginary isosceles triangle, comprises a recess which has a maximum depth at a central point at which an imaginary central straight line, which extends through the apex of the imaginary isosceles triangle and is positioned perpendicularly on the base, intersects the shoulder side , characterised in that the depth of the recess decreases continuously, on either side of the central point of the recess , as far a lateral point in each case or therebeyond by a predetermined distance, at which point a respective imaginary lateral straight line, which extends in each case through the respective corner at the base of the imaginary isosceles triangle and in parallel with the imaginary central straight line, intersects the shoulder side .
A data transmission method, comprising: generating a configuration message, wherein the configuration message is used to configure, for user equipment, UE, a function of receiving downlink bundled data, the downlink bundled data is downlink data that is repeatedly transmitted at least twice, and the configuration message comprises second indication information which indicates that a frequency-domain bundling manner is used for the downlink bundled data, wherein the frequency-domain bundling manner is a sending manner in which the downlink bundled data is repeatedly transmitted at least twice in a frequency domain (S110); and sending the configuration message to the UE (S120); and sending, to the UE, the downlink bundled data on at least two resource blocks in one transmission time interval, wherein the downlink bundled data comprises physical downlink shared channel bundled data. generating a configuration message, wherein the configuration message is used to configure, for user equipment, UE, a function of receiving downlink bundled data, the downlink bundled data is downlink data that is repeatedly transmitted at least twice, and the configuration message comprises second indication information which indicates that a frequency-domain bundling manner is used for the downlink bundled data, wherein the frequency-domain bundling manner is a sending manner in which the downlink bundled data is repeatedly transmitted at least twice in a frequency domain (S110); and sending the configuration message to the UE (S120); and sending, to the UE, the downlink bundled data on at least two resource blocks in one transmission time interval, wherein the downlink bundled data comprises physical downlink shared channel bundled data.
A method for producing neural cells or a neural tissue, comprising the following steps - : a first step of culturing pluripotent stem cells in the absence of feeder cells and in a medium comprising: 1) a TGFβ family signal transduction pathway inhibiting substance selected from the group consisting of Lefty, SB431542, A-83-01, LDN193189 and Dorsomorphin and/or a Sonic hedgehog signal transduction pathway activating substance selected from the group consisting of Shh, SAG and Purmorphamine, and 2) a factor for maintaining undifferentiated state selected from the group consisting of bFGF, FGF4, FGF8, TGFβ1, TGFβ2, Nodal, Activin A and Activin B, wherein not less than 60% of the cells obtained in the first step are Oct3/4 positive, a second step of culturing the cells obtained in the first step in suspension to form a cell aggregate, and a third step of culturing the aggregate obtained in the second step in suspension in the presence or absence of a differentiation-inducing factor to obtain an aggregate containing neural cells or a neural tissue. a first step of culturing pluripotent stem cells in the absence of feeder cells and in a medium comprising: 1) a TGFβ family signal transduction pathway inhibiting substance selected from the group consisting of Lefty, SB431542, A-83-01, LDN193189 and Dorsomorphin and/or a Sonic hedgehog signal transduction pathway activating substance selected from the group consisting of Shh, SAG and Purmorphamine, and 2) a factor for maintaining undifferentiated state selected from the group consisting of bFGF, FGF4, FGF8, TGFβ1, TGFβ2, Nodal, Activin A and Activin B, wherein not less than 60% of the cells obtained in the first step are Oct3/4 positive, 1) a TGFβ family signal transduction pathway inhibiting substance selected from the group consisting of Lefty, SB431542, A-83-01, LDN193189 and Dorsomorphin and/or a Sonic hedgehog signal transduction pathway activating substance selected from the group consisting of Shh, SAG and Purmorphamine, and 2) a factor for maintaining undifferentiated state selected from the group consisting of bFGF, FGF4, FGF8, TGFβ1, TGFβ2, Nodal, Activin A and Activin B, a second step of culturing the cells obtained in the first step in suspension to form a cell aggregate, and a third step of culturing the aggregate obtained in the second step in suspension in the presence or absence of a differentiation-inducing factor to obtain an aggregate containing neural cells or a neural tissue.
A system for treating a female mammal or human patient to avoid pregnancy, the system comprising a restriction device adapted to be postoperatively adjusted to restrict and cease restricting a lumen of an oviduct of the patient, wherein the restriction device is adapted to restrict the oviduct lumen to accumulate at least one egg released from the ovary in the oviduct.
A manufacturing method for a molded article of fiber-reinforced composite material, comprising: preparing a sheet-shaped prepreg that contains reinforcing fibers and a matrix resin composition; preliminarily shaping the prepreg to produce a plurality of partial preforms having shapes obtained by dividing the shape of the molded article molded of the fiber-reinforced composite material; combining the plurality of partial preforms to produce a first partial preform group and a second partial preform group, each of which has the shape of the molded article of the fiber-reinforced composite material, so that end portions of each of the plurality of partial preforms in a direction perpendicular to the thickness direction do not overlap in the thickness direction; bringing the first and second partial preform groups into close contact with each other in the thickness direction to produce the preform; and compression-molding the preform using a molding die to obtain the molded article of fiber-reinforced composite material having a three-dimensional shape, characterized in that preliminarily shaping the prepreg includes preliminarily shaping the planar prepreg into a three-dimensional shape at least by bending or squeezing. preparing a sheet-shaped prepreg that contains reinforcing fibers and a matrix resin composition; preliminarily shaping the prepreg to produce a plurality of partial preforms having shapes obtained by dividing the shape of the molded article molded of the fiber-reinforced composite material; combining the plurality of partial preforms to produce a first partial preform group and a second partial preform group, each of which has the shape of the molded article of the fiber-reinforced composite material, so that end portions of each of the plurality of partial preforms in a direction perpendicular to the thickness direction do not overlap in the thickness direction; bringing the first and second partial preform groups into close contact with each other in the thickness direction to produce the preform; and compression-molding the preform using a molding die to obtain the molded article of fiber-reinforced composite material having a three-dimensional shape, characterized in that preliminarily shaping the prepreg includes preliminarily shaping the planar prepreg into a three-dimensional shape at least by bending or squeezing.
An amusement ride system , comprising: a ride vehicle path , wherein a portion of the ride vehicle path includes a curve; a wall disposed on the outside of the curve of the ride vehicle path ; wherein the wall forms a tunnel ; a carousel mechanism configured to rotate about a vertical axis, wherein the carousel mechanism comprises a plurality of objects fixed to the carousel mechanism , wherein the curve extends about at least a portion of a perimeter of the carousel mechanism ; and, a controller configured to control a first actuator of the carousel mechanism and a second actuator of a ride vehicle on the path to coordinate a rotation speed of the carousel mechanism and a speed of the ride vehicle along the curve to provide a perception of travel speed to a rider of the vehicle that differs from the speed of the ride vehicle . a ride vehicle path , wherein a portion of the ride vehicle path includes a curve; a wall disposed on the outside of the curve of the ride vehicle path ; wherein the wall forms a tunnel ; a carousel mechanism configured to rotate about a vertical axis, wherein the carousel mechanism comprises a plurality of objects fixed to the carousel mechanism , wherein the curve extends about at least a portion of a perimeter of the carousel mechanism ; and, a controller configured to control a first actuator of the carousel mechanism and a second actuator of a ride vehicle on the path to coordinate a rotation speed of the carousel mechanism and a speed of the ride vehicle along the curve to provide a perception of travel speed to a rider of the vehicle that differs from the speed of the ride vehicle .