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An animal feeder having a housing comprising an aperture for a food bowl and having a door for covering the aperture, wherein the door is movable between an open position and a closed position, the feeder comprising a door mechanism to control movement of the door over the aperture to open and close the door, wherein the feeder comprises a sensor to detect when an animal has moved away from the aperture, and characterised in that the feeder has a training mode wherein the door mechanism controls the door to move towards the closed position to cover a portion of the aperture in response to a said detection and responds to one or more later said detections by controlling the door to move towards the closed position to cover a portion of the aperture larger than the preceding said portion.
A kinetic energy absorptive, reinforced, composite article comprising: a first ply, a second ply other than the first ply, and a third ply other than the first and second plies; a first interface material between the first ply and the second ply; a second interface material between the second ply and the third ply; a designated pattern of material property variation, geometric structure variation, spatial variation, or combinations thereof distributed to selected locations identified in the first interface material or distributed between selected locations identified in the first interface material compared to the second interface material; the pattern being sufficient to measurably vary adhesion, toughness, strength, modulus, or combinations thereof; and a matrix material at least partially encapsulating the first, second, and third plies; wherein the second and third plies are backside plies , the first interface material is a release material , the first interface material contacts both the first ply and the second ply, another designated pattern is distributed in the second interface material, the second interface material is a shearing material, and the second interface material contacts both the second ply and the third ply. a first ply, a second ply other than the first ply, and a third ply other than the first and second plies; a first interface material between the first ply and the second ply; a second interface material between the second ply and the third ply; a designated pattern of material property variation, geometric structure variation, spatial variation, or combinations thereof distributed to selected locations identified in the first interface material or distributed between selected locations identified in the first interface material compared to the second interface material; the pattern being sufficient to measurably vary adhesion, toughness, strength, modulus, or combinations thereof; and a matrix material at least partially encapsulating the first, second, and third plies; wherein the second and third plies are backside plies , the first interface material is a release material , the first interface material contacts both the first ply and the second ply, another designated pattern is distributed in the second interface material, the second interface material is a shearing material, and the second interface material contacts both the second ply and the third ply.
An organic light emitting device comprising: a first substrate ; an oxide thin film transistor on the first substrate ; a planarization layer on the oxide thin film transistor ; an organic light emitting diode on the planarization layer ; a passivation layer on the organic light emitting diode ; and a second substrate on the passivation layer ; characterized by a metal foil alloy formed on an inner surface of the second substrate or by the second substrate being made of a metal foil alloy, wherein the metal foil alloy has a body centered cubic lattice structure or a face centered cubic lattice structure and including a hydrogen capturing metal capable of dissociating hydrogen molecules into hydrogen atoms such that hydrogen atoms diffuse into interstices in the body centered cubic lattice structure or the face centered cubic lattice structure to form an interstitial solid solution, for preventing deoxidation of materials forming the oxide thin film transistor , wherein the metal foil alloy is Fe-Ti, La-Ti, Mg-Ni or Fe-Ni. a first substrate ; an oxide thin film transistor on the first substrate ; a planarization layer on the oxide thin film transistor ; an organic light emitting diode on the planarization layer ; a passivation layer on the organic light emitting diode ; and a second substrate on the passivation layer ; characterized by a metal foil alloy formed on an inner surface of the second substrate or by the second substrate being made of a metal foil alloy, wherein the metal foil alloy has a body centered cubic lattice structure or a face centered cubic lattice structure and including a hydrogen capturing metal capable of dissociating hydrogen molecules into hydrogen atoms such that hydrogen atoms diffuse into interstices in the body centered cubic lattice structure or the face centered cubic lattice structure to form an interstitial solid solution, for preventing deoxidation of materials forming the oxide thin film transistor , wherein the metal foil alloy is Fe-Ti, La-Ti, Mg-Ni or Fe-Ni.
A method of preparing a resin composition containing a polyalkylene carbonate, comprising the steps of: (a) polymerizing using a zinc-based catalyst, a solvent, carbon dioxide, and an epoxide compound; (b) recovering unreacted residual monomers from a polymerization solution obtained after the polymerization step and containing a polyalkylene carbonate, unreacted residual monomers, a catalyst residue, a solvent, and cyclic alkylene carbonate-based byproducts; (c) removing the catalyst residue from the polymerization solution and recovering raw materials of the catalyst; (d) solution-blending by mixing the polymerization solution containing the polyalkylene carbonate, the solvent, and the cyclic alkylene carbonate-based byproducts with a thermostable blending resin to prepare a resin composition containing the polyalkylene carbonate; (e) recovering the solvent from the resin composition containing the polyalkylene carbonate; and (f) removing the cyclic alkylene carbonate-based byproducts from the resin composition containing the polyalkylene carbonate. (a) polymerizing using a zinc-based catalyst, a solvent, carbon dioxide, and an epoxide compound; (b) recovering unreacted residual monomers from a polymerization solution obtained after the polymerization step and containing a polyalkylene carbonate, unreacted residual monomers, a catalyst residue, a solvent, and cyclic alkylene carbonate-based byproducts; (c) removing the catalyst residue from the polymerization solution and recovering raw materials of the catalyst; (d) solution-blending by mixing the polymerization solution containing the polyalkylene carbonate, the solvent, and the cyclic alkylene carbonate-based byproducts with a thermostable blending resin to prepare a resin composition containing the polyalkylene carbonate; (e) recovering the solvent from the resin composition containing the polyalkylene carbonate; and (f) removing the cyclic alkylene carbonate-based byproducts from the resin composition containing the polyalkylene carbonate.
A sorting apparatus configured to sort out a sheet-like workpiece (W) so formed that a plurality of unwoven fabrics are piled up to a second conveyance route or a third conveyance route from a first conveyance route, the apparatus comprising: a conveyor mechanism configured to convey the workpiece (W) from the first conveyance route (R1) to the second conveyance route (R2) while the workpiece (W) is held, the conveyor mechanism abutting one surface of the workpiece and having the workpiece holding surface; and a transferring mechanism configured to transfer the workpiece (W) conveyed from the first conveyance route (R1) by the conveyor mechanism to the third conveyance route (R3), wherein the third conveyance route (R3) is branched off from between the first conveyance route (R1) and the second conveyance route (R2), the conveyor mechanism is continued over the first conveyance route (R1) and the second conveyance route (R2), and the transferring mechanism pushes out the workpiece (W) held for conveyance by the conveyor mechanism from the workpiece holding surface toward the third conveyance route (R3) thereby to transfer the workpiece (W) to the third conveyance route (R3), characterized in that the transferring mechanism includes: a guide member capable of protruding from the workpiece holding surface to the third conveyance route (R3); and a rotation supporting unit configured to rotate the guide member , the rotation supporting unit rotatably supporting an upstream side end of the guide member . a conveyor mechanism configured to convey the workpiece (W) from the first conveyance route (R1) to the second conveyance route (R2) while the workpiece (W) is held, the conveyor mechanism abutting one surface of the workpiece and having the workpiece holding surface; and a transferring mechanism configured to transfer the workpiece (W) conveyed from the first conveyance route (R1) by the conveyor mechanism to the third conveyance route (R3), wherein the third conveyance route (R3) is branched off from between the first conveyance route (R1) and the second conveyance route (R2), the conveyor mechanism is continued over the first conveyance route (R1) and the second conveyance route (R2), and the transferring mechanism pushes out the workpiece (W) held for conveyance by the conveyor mechanism from the workpiece holding surface toward the third conveyance route (R3) thereby to transfer the workpiece (W) to the third conveyance route (R3), a guide member capable of protruding from the workpiece holding surface to the third conveyance route (R3); and a rotation supporting unit configured to rotate the guide member , the rotation supporting unit rotatably supporting an upstream side end of the guide member .
A method for providing ultra-wide band, UWB, regulatory information by a first device in an UWB system , comprising: transmitting (304b; 602; 702; 802; 906) an out-of-band, OOB, message including an indication for an availability of the UWB regulatory information; receiving a request message for requesting the UWB regulatory information from a second device ; and transmitting a response message including the UWB regulatory information to the second device in response to the request message, wherein the UWB regulatory information includes a source of the UWB regulatory information, a country code, a time stamp of the UWB regulatory information, a list of regulatory channel and power information element, and a number of regulatory channel and power information elements in the list of regulatory channel and power information element. transmitting (304b; 602; 702; 802; 906) an out-of-band, OOB, message including an indication for an availability of the UWB regulatory information; receiving a request message for requesting the UWB regulatory information from a second device ; and transmitting a response message including the UWB regulatory information to the second device in response to the request message, wherein the UWB regulatory information includes a source of the UWB regulatory information, a country code, a time stamp of the UWB regulatory information, a list of regulatory channel and power information element, and a number of regulatory channel and power information elements in the list of regulatory channel and power information element.
An in vitro method for determining the metabolic status of B lymphoma, wherein said method comprises a step of determining the level of glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase (GAPDH) expression in B lymphoma cells, wherein a low level of GAPDH expression compared to a predetermined reference value is indicative of oxidative phosphorylation (OXPHOS) status.
An activator of at least one protein of the WNT signaling pathway for use for treating vitiligo in a subject presenting vitiligo lesion resistant to phototherapy, wherein said activator activates the expression of PAX3 (transcription factor 3 of the paired box (PAX) family).
Diene elastomer, characterized in that it comprises units, derived from diene units, distributed along the chain bearing a pendant group of the following formula (I): *-SiR 1 R 2 -A-B in which: - * denotes a point of bonding with the elastomer chain - R 1 and R 2 , which are identical or different, each represent a C 1 -C 5 alkyl, C 6 -C 14 aryl or C 7 -C 11 aromatic alkyl group - A represents a C 3 -C 35 aliphatic radical, which may be interrupted by one or more heteroatom(s) - B represents a linear, branched or cyclic C 1 -C 6 hydrocarbon radical A and B are such that the melting point of the non-hydrosilylated analogue, H-A-B, is less than 70°C and the elastomer comprises from 10% to 40% by weight of the pendant groups of formula (I), relative to the total weight of the elastomer. - * denotes a point of bonding with the elastomer chain - R 1 and R 2 , which are identical or different, each represent a C 1 -C 5 alkyl, C 6 -C 14 aryl or C 7 -C 11 aromatic alkyl group - A represents a C 3 -C 35 aliphatic radical, which may be interrupted by one or more heteroatom(s) - B represents a linear, branched or cyclic C 1 -C 6 hydrocarbon radical
Method for operating a system with at least two identically designed household appliances , in particular at least two floor-working appliances or at least two kitchen machines, wherein a first household appliance carries out a working activity with at least one predefined working step, wherein the working step is defined by an appliance parameter and/or execution parameter to be applied for executing the working step, characterized in that the first household appliance transmits its appliance type, its data communication address and information about the currently executed working step to a central data processing device , which establishes a communication link both to the first household appliance or to a first external terminal which is in communication therewith, and to a second household appliance or a second external terminal which is in communication therewith, wherein the currently executed working step of the first household appliance is compared with a working step of the at least one second household appliance which is executed at the same time, wherein the comparison is carried out by the central data processing device , and wherein, if the working step of the first household appliance corresponds to the working step of the second household appliance , contact information containing at least one data communication address of the second household appliance or of a second external terminal in communication connection therewith is transmitted to the first household appliance or to a first external terminal in communication connection with the first household appliance .
A gearbox in an arrangement in a wind turbine comprising a sun gear that is arranged rotatably about a rotor axis and that is couplable to a rotor of the wind turbine, a gearbox casing within which the sun gear is rotatably arranged, and a plurality of satellite units that are arranged distributed over the periphery of the sun gear , that are in operative connection with the sun gear , and that are drivable by generators that can be associated with the satellite units , characterized in that the satellite units comprise two gear shafts respectively in engagement with the sun gear and one output shaft , with the output shaft being in engagement with the two gear shafts and being couplable with an associated generator , and with the satellite units being designed in modular form and being releasably arranged at the gearbox casing , and with the gearbox casing being rotatable about the sun gear .
A charge-carrier Hall-effect sensor for sensing charge-carrier density comprising: a semiconductor or a semimetal layer , formed from graphene or functionalized graphene; a pair of electric current contacts in electrical contact with the semiconductor or semimetal layer and separated in a longitudinal direction along a first electric current channel ; at least a pair of voltage contacts in electrical contact with the semiconductor or semimetal layer and separated in a transverse direction, orthogonal to the longitudinal direction, and positioned on either side of the first electric current channel ; an electrically insulating layer underlying the semiconductor or semimetal layer ; and a ferromagnetic layer underlying the electrically insulating layer comprising at least one region having a magnetic moment with a component perpendicular to a plane comprising the pair of electric current contacts and the voltage contacts. a semiconductor or a semimetal layer , formed from graphene or functionalized graphene; a pair of electric current contacts in electrical contact with the semiconductor or semimetal layer and separated in a longitudinal direction along a first electric current channel ; at least a pair of voltage contacts in electrical contact with the semiconductor or semimetal layer and separated in a transverse direction, orthogonal to the longitudinal direction, and positioned on either side of the first electric current channel ; an electrically insulating layer underlying the semiconductor or semimetal layer ; and a ferromagnetic layer underlying the electrically insulating layer comprising at least one region having a magnetic moment with a component perpendicular to a plane comprising the pair of electric current contacts and the voltage contacts.
The use of a vapor space anticorrosive composition comprising at least one alkoxylated castor oil as a corrosion inhibitor and at least one surfactant, wherein the at least one surfactant is selected from alkylamine ethoxylates as a coolant used as an engine run-in composition.
A method for mitigating memory imprinting in volatile memory of a computer system comprising a volatile memory wherein the method is characterized by : providing a computer system with a data bus inverter module located on a data bus between a processor and the volatile memory , and a bus mode control module in communication with the data bus inverter module ; determining, by the bus mode control module at system power-up, whether to select a normal mode or an inversion mode for a current power cycle; inverting, when operating in the inversion mode, certain memory address contents when copying system non-volatile memory to the volatile memory at system power-up, where inverting includes swapping values of logical ones and zeroes; running an application program by the processor ; inverting, by the data bus inverter module when operating in the inversion mode, data bits from the certain memory addresses of the volatile memory flowing in and out of the processor on the data bus ; tracking, by the bus mode control module , cumulative system times operating in the normal mode and the inversion mode; and writing the cumulative system times to a bus mode non-volatile memory module , at system power-down, for use in determining which mode to select at a next system power-up. providing a computer system with a data bus inverter module located on a data bus between a processor and the volatile memory , and a bus mode control module in communication with the data bus inverter module ; determining, by the bus mode control module at system power-up, whether to select a normal mode or an inversion mode for a current power cycle; inverting, when operating in the inversion mode, certain memory address contents when copying system non-volatile memory to the volatile memory at system power-up, where inverting includes swapping values of logical ones and zeroes; running an application program by the processor ; inverting, by the data bus inverter module when operating in the inversion mode, data bits from the certain memory addresses of the volatile memory flowing in and out of the processor on the data bus ; tracking, by the bus mode control module , cumulative system times operating in the normal mode and the inversion mode; and writing the cumulative system times to a bus mode non-volatile memory module , at system power-down, for use in determining which mode to select at a next system power-up.
An aerosol generating device comprising: a heater configured to generate aerosol by heating an aerosol generating substance; and a controller configured to control power supplied to the heater , wherein the controller is configured to control the power supplied to the heater differently in a first stage, a second stage, and a third stage, wherein the stages are partitioned according to a temperature of the heater ; characterized in that the controller is further configured to: calculate a control reference ratio based on at least two stages from among the first stage, the second stage, and the third stage, and control the power supplied to the heater based on the calculated control reference ratio. a heater configured to generate aerosol by heating an aerosol generating substance; and a controller configured to control power supplied to the heater , wherein the controller is configured to control the power supplied to the heater differently in a first stage, a second stage, and a third stage, wherein the stages are partitioned according to a temperature of the heater ; calculate a control reference ratio based on at least two stages from among the first stage, the second stage, and the third stage, and control the power supplied to the heater based on the calculated control reference ratio.
A method for improving user interaction with a virtual environment, the method comprising: presenting the virtual environment to a user on a head-mounted display ; measuring a gaze location of a user's gaze relative to the virtual environment using a gaze-tracking device of the head-mounted display ; generating an input ray from an input device ; measuring an input ray location at a distal point of the input ray ; and characterized by : displaying a presented ray , coinciding with the input ray , such that a presented ray location coincides with the input ray location ; snapping the presented ray location from the input ray location to the gaze location when the gaze location is within a snap threshold distance of the input ray location . presenting the virtual environment to a user on a head-mounted display ; measuring a gaze location of a user's gaze relative to the virtual environment using a gaze-tracking device of the head-mounted display ; generating an input ray from an input device ; measuring an input ray location at a distal point of the input ray ; and characterized by : displaying a presented ray , coinciding with the input ray , such that a presented ray location coincides with the input ray location ; snapping the presented ray location from the input ray location to the gaze location when the gaze location is within a snap threshold distance of the input ray location . displaying a presented ray , coinciding with the input ray , such that a presented ray location coincides with the input ray location ; snapping the presented ray location from the input ray location to the gaze location when the gaze location is within a snap threshold distance of the input ray location .