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An antimicrobial implant device made of a first material and a second material, wherein at least a surface of the first material comprises an antimicrobial metal; wherein the first material is a cobalt-based alloy; at least a surface of the second material is an antimicrobial metal, that is nobler than the first material; wherein the second material is titanium or a titanium-based alloy; wherein the first material and the second material have a potential difference, such that an electric circuit is formed between the first material and the second material when the device is implanted in vivo for use; and ions of the antimicrobial metal are eluted from the first material under a presence of an electrolyte to impart an antimicrobial property to a surface and/or a surrounding area of the first material. at least a surface of the first material comprises an antimicrobial metal; wherein the first material is a cobalt-based alloy; at least a surface of the second material is an antimicrobial metal, that is nobler than the first material; wherein the second material is titanium or a titanium-based alloy; wherein the first material and the second material have a potential difference, such that an electric circuit is formed between the first material and the second material when the device is implanted in vivo for use; and ions of the antimicrobial metal are eluted from the first material under a presence of an electrolyte to impart an antimicrobial property to a surface and/or a surrounding area of the first material.
A scintillator for a charged particle beam apparatus , the scintillator comprising: a substrate ; a buffer layer provided on a surface of the substrate ; a stacked body of a luminescent layer and a barrier layer , the stacked body being provided on a surface of the buffer layer ; and a conductive layer provided on a surface of the stacked body , wherein the luminescent layer contains InGaN, and the barrier layer contains GaN, characterized in that a ratio b/a of a thickness b of the barrier layer to a thickness a of the luminescent layer is from 11 to 25, wherein the barrier layer contains Si, and an order of concentration of Si is from 10 16 cm -3 to 10 19 cm -3 . a substrate ; a buffer layer provided on a surface of the substrate ; a stacked body of a luminescent layer and a barrier layer , the stacked body being provided on a surface of the buffer layer ; and a conductive layer provided on a surface of the stacked body , wherein the luminescent layer contains InGaN, and the barrier layer contains GaN, characterized in that a ratio b/a of a thickness b of the barrier layer to a thickness a of the luminescent layer is from 11 to 25, wherein the barrier layer contains Si, and an order of concentration of Si is from 10 16 cm -3 to 10 19 cm -3 .
A method of forming a film of graphene, the method comprising: placing a substrate selected from copper substrates, nickel substrates, platinum substrates, iron substrates, aluminum substrates, cobalt substrates, ruthenium substrates, magnesium oxide substrates, alloys thereof; silicon substrates, silicon carbide substrates, and combinations thereof in a processing chamber at a reduced pressure less than 66.7 Pa (500 mTorr), wherein the processing chamber includes at least one atmospheric gas; performing at room temperature a surface treatment process on at least a portion of the substrate, when during an exposure to Radio Frequency (RF) plasma the substrate surface is cleaned and/or treated to remove native oxides; providing a carbon containing material in the processing chamber; exposing the substrate to the carbon containing material; and converting, by a graphene film growth, a portion of the carbon containing material to a film of graphene on the substrate, wherein the carbon containing material comprises at least one of methane, ethane, propane or butane. placing a substrate selected from copper substrates, nickel substrates, platinum substrates, iron substrates, aluminum substrates, cobalt substrates, ruthenium substrates, magnesium oxide substrates, alloys thereof; silicon substrates, silicon carbide substrates, and combinations thereof in a processing chamber at a reduced pressure less than 66.7 Pa (500 mTorr), wherein the processing chamber includes at least one atmospheric gas; performing at room temperature a surface treatment process on at least a portion of the substrate, when during an exposure to Radio Frequency (RF) plasma the substrate surface is cleaned and/or treated to remove native oxides; providing a carbon containing material in the processing chamber; exposing the substrate to the carbon containing material; and converting, by a graphene film growth, a portion of the carbon containing material to a film of graphene on the substrate, wherein the carbon containing material comprises at least one of methane, ethane, propane or butane.
A straddle-type vehicle comprising: a vehicle body frame ; an engine mounted on the vehicle body frame ; a fuel tank ; a canister that suctions in fuel gas that has been evaporated inside the fuel tank ; a charge pipe that connects the fuel tank and the canister , and guides the fuel gas to the canister ; a purge pipe that connects the canister and an intake pipe of the engine , and supplies the fuel gas suctioned in by the canister to the intake pipe ; a purge control valve that is provided at a point along the purge pipe at a position in front of the fuel tank and behind a storage box of the straddle-type vehicle , and allows or prohibits communication between the canister and the intake pipe ; and an electronic control unit that controls at least the purge control valve , characterized in that the purge control valve overlaps, in a side view, rear frames forming the vehicle body frame ; and the purge control valve is arranged adjacent to the electronic control unit provided in front of the fuel tank and behind the storage box . a vehicle body frame ; an engine mounted on the vehicle body frame ; a fuel tank ; a canister that suctions in fuel gas that has been evaporated inside the fuel tank ; a charge pipe that connects the fuel tank and the canister , and guides the fuel gas to the canister ; a purge pipe that connects the canister and an intake pipe of the engine , and supplies the fuel gas suctioned in by the canister to the intake pipe ; a purge control valve that is provided at a point along the purge pipe at a position in front of the fuel tank and behind a storage box of the straddle-type vehicle , and allows or prohibits communication between the canister and the intake pipe ; and an electronic control unit that controls at least the purge control valve , characterized in that the purge control valve overlaps, in a side view, rear frames forming the vehicle body frame ; and the purge control valve is arranged adjacent to the electronic control unit provided in front of the fuel tank and behind the storage box .
A fuel tank comprising an inner hull comprising at least two shells made from a synthetic material by injection or compression molding and assembled by welding, a so-called outer hull made from synthetic material surrounding said inner hull , said outer hull comprising at least two shells assembled to one another, the inner hull being inwardly provided with at least one pillar connecting the shells to one another and/or a rib , and the inner hull being, over at least part of its perimeter, separated from the outer hull by a volume of gas, characterized in that the inner hull is, over its outer periphery, at the assembly zone by welding of the shells , devoid of welding strip or rim over at least part of its perimeter.
A computer-implemented method of determining relative strength of binding between a receptor and individual members of a set of ligands to form complexes between individual ligand set members and the receptor, the method comprising a computer-implemented determination of multiple relative binding free energy differences for a set of ligand pairs forming at least one closed cycle, and a computer implemented determination of hysteresis magnitude about each closed thermodynamic cycle, comprising: a. a computer implemented probabilistic determination of the free energy differences and error distributions about those free energy differences along each of the legs of the closed thermodynamic cycle that probabilistically lead to the hysteresis value observed for the closed thermodynamic cycles; b. a computer implemented determination of the most probable free energy difference for each leg in the closed thermodynamic cycle included in the probabilistic model determined in a; c. a computer implemented determination of the most probable error associated with the most probable binding free energy difference for each pair of ligands along each leg in the closed thermodynamic cycle from the probabilistic determination in b.; d. a computer implemented output of values representing the relative binding free energies and errors in c. to a computer user, wherein steps c. and d. include determining a set of free energy values for each leg that minimizes the function ∑ i E i − F i 2 2 σ i 2 with the constraint: ∑ i F i = 0 where E i calculated free energy difference for a given leg i; F i is the theoretical free energy difference for a given leg i; and σ i is the standard deviation of the calculated free energy differences for leg i, and where the sum of the theoretical free energy differences for all closed cycles is 0. a. a computer implemented probabilistic determination of the free energy differences and error distributions about those free energy differences along each of the legs of the closed thermodynamic cycle that probabilistically lead to the hysteresis value observed for the closed thermodynamic cycles; b. a computer implemented determination of the most probable free energy difference for each leg in the closed thermodynamic cycle included in the probabilistic model determined in a; c. a computer implemented determination of the most probable error associated with the most probable binding free energy difference for each pair of ligands along each leg in the closed thermodynamic cycle from the probabilistic determination in b.; d. a computer implemented output of values representing the relative binding free energies and errors in c. to a computer user, wherein steps c. and d. include determining a set of free energy values for each leg that minimizes the function ∑ i E i − F i 2 2 σ i 2 with the constraint: ∑ i F i = 0 where E i calculated free energy difference for a given leg i; F i is the theoretical free energy difference for a given leg i; and σ i is the standard deviation of the calculated free energy differences for leg i, and where the sum of the theoretical free energy differences for all closed cycles is 0.
Method for calibrating a rotary encoder for detecting a rotary angle position of a machine shaft , the rotary encoder comprising at least one exciter unit co-rotatably connected to the machine shaft and a static sensor unit functionally interacting with the exciter unit , comprising the following steps: - setting the machine shaft in rotary motion with a predefined rotary speed at a first sensor temperature (T1), - detecting a first position measurement value (31.1, 32.1) at a predefined rotary angle position at the first sensor temperature (T1), - local heating or cooling of the sensor unit , so that only individual regions or components of the sensor unit have a second sensor temperature (T2) which is higher or lower than the first sensor temperature (T1), - detecting a second position measurement value (31.2, 32.2) at the rotary angle position at the second sensor temperature (T2), - determining a deviation at least between the second position measurement value (31.2, 32.2) and a target position measurement value (31.0, 32.0), and - correcting an output signal of the rotary encoder by the determined deviation at the rotary angle position at the second sensor temperature (T2). - setting the machine shaft in rotary motion with a predefined rotary speed at a first sensor temperature (T1), - detecting a first position measurement value (31.1, 32.1) at a predefined rotary angle position at the first sensor temperature (T1), - local heating or cooling of the sensor unit , so that only individual regions or components of the sensor unit have a second sensor temperature (T2) which is higher or lower than the first sensor temperature (T1), - detecting a second position measurement value (31.2, 32.2) at the rotary angle position at the second sensor temperature (T2), - determining a deviation at least between the second position measurement value (31.2, 32.2) and a target position measurement value (31.0, 32.0), and - correcting an output signal of the rotary encoder by the determined deviation at the rotary angle position at the second sensor temperature (T2).
A wired and wireless charging device for an electric vehicle, the wired and wireless charging device comprising: a high-frequency inverter; a wireless charging unit including a primary resonant circuit and a transmitting coil , configured for charging a vehicle battery through a receiving coil , a secondary resonant circuit , and a rectifying circuit provided in the electric vehicle ; a wired charging unit including a rectifier, a filter, and a charging plug , and put into an inlet mounted in the electric vehicle to perform charging; characterised by a changeover switch connecting an output from the high-frequency inverter to the wireless charging unit or the wired charging unit ; and a controller controlling the high-frequency inverter and the changeover switch , wherein the wireless charging unit or the wired charging unit is selectively driven to charge the electric vehicle wiredly or wirelessly depending on the type of electric vehicle to be charged, and wherein the controller controls the changeover switch to supply power only to the wireless charging unit or only to the wired charging unit , and wherein the wired charging unit further includes a transformer inserted in front of the rectifier. a high-frequency inverter; a wireless charging unit including a primary resonant circuit and a transmitting coil , configured for charging a vehicle battery through a receiving coil , a secondary resonant circuit , and a rectifying circuit provided in the electric vehicle ; a wired charging unit including a rectifier, a filter, and a charging plug , and put into an inlet mounted in the electric vehicle to perform charging; characterised by a changeover switch connecting an output from the high-frequency inverter to the wireless charging unit or the wired charging unit ; and a controller controlling the high-frequency inverter and the changeover switch , wherein the wireless charging unit or the wired charging unit is selectively driven to charge the electric vehicle wiredly or wirelessly depending on the type of electric vehicle to be charged, and wherein the controller controls the changeover switch to supply power only to the wireless charging unit or only to the wired charging unit , and wherein the wired charging unit further includes a transformer inserted in front of the rectifier.
A method, comprising: receiving, by a network traffic hub , a request for port services from a smart appliance , the smart appliance and a router being on a same local area network ; transmitting, by the network traffic hub , a request for authorization to an authorization device ; receiving, by the network traffic hub , an authorization message from the authorization device approving the port services request from the smart appliance ; transmitting, by the network traffic hub , a second request for port services to the router ; receiving, from the router by the network traffic hub , forwarded network traffic from a wide area network; and monitoring, by the network traffic hub , the forwarded network traffic from the router to the smart appliance to identify malicious activity. receiving, by a network traffic hub , a request for port services from a smart appliance , the smart appliance and a router being on a same local area network ; transmitting, by the network traffic hub , a request for authorization to an authorization device ; receiving, by the network traffic hub , an authorization message from the authorization device approving the port services request from the smart appliance ; transmitting, by the network traffic hub , a second request for port services to the router ; receiving, from the router by the network traffic hub , forwarded network traffic from a wide area network; and monitoring, by the network traffic hub , the forwarded network traffic from the router to the smart appliance to identify malicious activity.
A mobile station , comprising: a first wireless interface operable to couple to a first wireless network, the first wireless network being one of a cellular network and an enterprise network ; a second wireless interface operable to couple to a second wireless network, the second wireless network being another of the cellular network and the enterprise network , different from the first wireless network; and a controller operable to negotiate a first wireless link with the first wireless network using the first wireless interface , to establish a communication session with a device using the first wireless link, to facilitate a session handoff with a second wireless link with the second wireless network using the second wireless interface , wherein the handoff is enabled by a mobility application that is operable to communicate with the mobile station , and wherein the mobility application is operable to associate the first wireless link to the second wireless link characterised in that the controller is configured so that the association of the first wireless link to the second wireless link is executed using a unique session ID, wherein the association between the first wireless link to the second wireless link is executed with the use of SMS. a first wireless interface operable to couple to a first wireless network, the first wireless network being one of a cellular network and an enterprise network ; a second wireless interface operable to couple to a second wireless network, the second wireless network being another of the cellular network and the enterprise network , different from the first wireless network; and a controller operable to negotiate a first wireless link with the first wireless network using the first wireless interface , to establish a communication session with a device using the first wireless link, to facilitate a session handoff with a second wireless link with the second wireless network using the second wireless interface , wherein the handoff is enabled by a mobility application that is operable to communicate with the mobile station , and wherein the mobility application is operable to associate the first wireless link to the second wireless link characterised in that the controller is configured so that the association of the first wireless link to the second wireless link is executed using a unique session ID, wherein the association between the first wireless link to the second wireless link is executed with the use of SMS.
A computer-implemented method comprising: receiving, by a supervisor component executing at a computing device , a request to execute an application; responsive to determining that an application container for maintaining installable sub-packages of the application is allocated in memory of the computing device : determining, by a container runtime of the application container , a current user of the computing device ; determining, by the container runtime , a reset state of the application; and generating, by the container runtime and based on the current user of the computing device , the reset state, and an application identifier for the application, a unique identifier that does not include personally identifiable information for the current user; sending, by the computing device and to an application service provider , the unique identifier and one or more requests for information; and responsive to sending the one or more request for information, receiving, by the computing device and from the application service provider , state information associated with the current user and for the application. receiving, by a supervisor component executing at a computing device , a request to execute an application; responsive to determining that an application container for maintaining installable sub-packages of the application is allocated in memory of the computing device : determining, by a container runtime of the application container , a current user of the computing device ; determining, by the container runtime , a reset state of the application; and generating, by the container runtime and based on the current user of the computing device , the reset state, and an application identifier for the application, a unique identifier that does not include personally identifiable information for the current user; sending, by the computing device and to an application service provider , the unique identifier and one or more requests for information; and responsive to sending the one or more request for information, receiving, by the computing device and from the application service provider , state information associated with the current user and for the application. determining, by a container runtime of the application container , a current user of the computing device ; determining, by the container runtime , a reset state of the application; and generating, by the container runtime and based on the current user of the computing device , the reset state, and an application identifier for the application, a unique identifier that does not include personally identifiable information for the current user; sending, by the computing device and to an application service provider , the unique identifier and one or more requests for information; and responsive to sending the one or more request for information, receiving, by the computing device and from the application service provider , state information associated with the current user and for the application.
Naturally occurring Relaxin 1 and/or 2 (RLX 1 and/or 2), a homologue or variant thereof having at least 90% identity to the naturally occurring form, which is capable of binding the relaxin receptor, for use in a method of treating CNS demyelinating disease and/or gliosis, other than MS, Alzheimer's Disease and Parkinson's Disease, wherein the RLX 1 and/or 2, a homologue or variant thereof functions as a neuroprotective agent, wherein the neuroprotective effect is a decrease in demyelination and/or increase in remyelination and/or gliosis, and wherein the homologue is a prorelaxin or preprorelaxin.