Datasets:

karthikrathod

/

Abstract_classification_dataset

like 0

While most of the intergalactic medium (IGM) today is permeated by ionized hydrogen, it was largely filled with neutral hydrogen for the first 700 million years after the big bang. The process that ionized the IGM (cosmic reionization) is expected to be spatially inhomogeneous, with fainter galaxies likely playing a significant role. However, we still have only a few direct constraints on the reionization process. Here we report spectroscopic confirmation of two galaxies and very likely a third galaxy in a group (hereafter EGS77) at redshift z = 7.7, merely 680 Myr after the big bang. The physical separation among the three members is <0.7 Mpc. We estimate the radius of ionized bubble of the brightest galaxy to be about 1.02 Mpc, and show that the individual ionized bubbles formed by all three galaxies likely overlap significantly, forming a large yet localized ionized region, indicative of inhomogeneity in the reionization process. It is striking that two of three galaxies in EGS77 are quite faint in the continuum, thanks to our selection using their Lyα line emission in the narrowband filter. Indeed, one is the faintest spectroscopically confirmed galaxy yet discovered at such high redshifts. Our observations provide direct constraints on the process of cosmic reionization, and allow us to investigate the properties of sources responsible for reionizing the universe.

a low power color image capturing system having a power source , the system comprising : a narrow bandwidth illuminator adapted to provide illumination having a peak intensity defining a narrow bandwidth ; an image capturing device adapted to capture a raw image from an object illuminated by the narrow bandwidth illuminator ; and a processor adapted to control the system and having an algorithm operatable upon the raw image to provide a modified image ; wherein the modified image has enhanced color intensities over substantially all visible wavelengths .

a data transfer system for transferring data between a computer and a video recorder / player is disclosed . generating means generate a video signal . coding means code data received from a computer . mixing means mix the coded data with the video signal to carry the data on the video signal . furthermore , separating means separate coded data from a video signal received from a video recorder / player . decoding means decode data separated by the separating means . settable timing means control the rate of transfer of data between the computer and the video recorder / player . a predetermined number of data bits carried on the video signal are carried on each of a plurality of lines of the video signal . each line carries markers to define the beginning and end of the line and when the video signal is decoded , missing data bits on a line are replaced by a predetermined sequence of bits , and each such sequence of bits is detected by an error detector and reconstituted by the original bits by an error correction process .

apparatus for recording / reproducing digital information to / from a memory device is for use with a memory device which has plural memories at least one of which stores digital information corresponding to information stored in at least one other of the plural memories . the apparatus include reproducing structure for reproducing digital information from only the part of the memory device which stores the digital information . the apparatus also includes processing circuitry for performing predetermined signal processing on the digital information reproduced by the reproducing structure . preferably , the memory is a magnetic tape cassette having a magnetic memory and a semiconductor memory . preferably , the reproducing apparatus is a wireless remote control capable of contacting the tape cassette semiconductor memory to read the digital information stored therein . in this way , digital information regarding the data stored on the magnetic tape may be reproduced or recorded without having to insert the magnetic cassette into the vcr .

a sinter metal part with a homogeneous distribution of non - homogeneously melting components , essentially comprising non - homogeneously melting non ferrous metal powder mixtures , produced in the following manner : continuous isostatic pressure sintering of the starting material to obtain densities which substantially correspond to the density of a high - temperature isostatically pressed solid having the same composition , using die in conditions avoiding the occurrence of a liquid phase in powder at temperatures of up to 70 % of the metal melting point , preferably up to 60 % of the metal melting point , forming a sinter profile substantially possessing a final contour .

This version of the 3TM software has been superseded by https://zenodo.org/record/5774107. Fast-field-cycling nuclear magnetic resonance (FFC-NMR) is a powerful technique for non-destructively probing the properties of fluids contained within the pores of porous materials. FFC-NMR measures the spin–lattice relaxation rate R1(f) as a function of NMR frequency f over the kHz to MHz range. The shape and magnitude of the R1(f) dispersion curve is exquisitely sensitive to the relative motion of pairs of spins over time scales of picoseconds to microseconds. To extract information on the nano-scale dynamics of spins, it is necessary to identify a model that describes the relative motion of pairs of spins, to translate the model dynamics to a prediction of R1(f) and then to fit to the experimental dispersion. The software provides new fitting packages using the 3τ model, called 3TM, that allows users to achieve excellent fits to experimental relaxation rates over the full frequency range to yield five material properties and much additional derived information. 

a trusted branded email method and apparatus in one aspect detects branded electronic messages and performs validation before it is sent to a recipient . in another aspect , an electronic messages is branded by embedding branding assets and validation signatures . algorithms that generate validation signatures are dynamically selected to further strengthen the security aspects . branding assets are presented to a user using a distinct indicia that represents to the user that the branding assets are secure .

a machine for removing bubbles from coated flat substrates , namely pc boards . the machine includes one or more conveyors for transporting the boards into an enclosure and a vacuum platen positioned above the conveyor which , when lowered into contact with the conveyor encloses the board in a plenum . a pump withdraws air from the plenum to create a vacuum and remove any entrained or surface bubbles from the boards .

We report the discovery of 40 new satellite dwarf galaxy candidates in the sphere of influence of the Sombrero Galaxy (M104), the most luminous galaxy in the Local Volume. Using the Subaru Hyper Suprime-Cam, we surveyed 14.4 deg<SUP>2</SUP> of its surroundings, extending to the virial radius. Visual inspection of the deep images and GALFIT modelling yielded a galaxy sample highly complete down to M<SUB>g</SUB> ~ -9 ($L_{g}\sim 3\times 10^{5}\ \mathrm{ L}_\odot$) and spanning magnitudes -16.4 &lt; M<SUB>g</SUB> &lt; -8 and half-light radii 50 pc &lt; r<SUB>e</SUB> &lt; 1600 pc assuming the distance of M104. These 40 new candidates, out of which 27 are group members with high confidence, double the number of potential satellites of M104 within the virial radius, placing it among the richest hosts in the Local Volume. Using a principal component analysis, we find that the entire sample of candidates is consistent with an almost circular on-sky distribution, more circular than any comparable environment found in the Illustris TNG100-1 (The Next Generation) simulation. However, the distribution of the high-probability sample is more oblate and consistent with the simulation. The cumulative satellite luminosity function is broadly consistent with analogues from the simulation, albeit it contains no bright satellite with M<SUB>g</SUB> &lt; -16.4 ($L_{g}\sim 3 \times 10^{8}\ \mathrm{ L}_\odot$), a $2.3\, \sigma$ occurrence. Follow-up spectroscopy to confirm group membership will begin to demonstrate how these systems can act as probes of the structure and formation history of the halo of M104.

The exponential scale length (L <SUB> d </SUB>) of the Milky Way’s (MW’s) disk is a critical parameter for describing the global physical size of our Galaxy, important both for interpreting other Galactic measurements and helping us to understand how our Galaxy fits into extragalactic contexts. Unfortunately, current estimates span a wide range of values and are often statistically incompatible with one another. Here, we perform a Bayesian meta-analysis to determine an improved, aggregate estimate for L <SUB> d </SUB>, utilizing a mixture-model approach to account for the possibility that any one measurement has not properly accounted for all statistical or systematic errors. Within this machinery, we explore a variety of ways of modeling the nature of problematic measurements, and then employ a Bayesian model averaging technique to derive net posterior distributions that incorporate any model-selection uncertainty. Our meta-analysis combines 29 different (15 visible and 14 infrared) photometric measurements of L <SUB> d </SUB> available in the literature; these involve a broad assortment of observational data sets, MW models and assumptions, and methodologies, all tabulated herein. Analyzing the visible and infrared measurements separately yields estimates for L <SUB> d </SUB> of {2.71}<SUB>-0.20</SUB><SUP>+0.22</SUP> kpc and {2.51}<SUB>-0.13</SUB><SUP>+0.15</SUP> kpc, respectively, whereas considering them all combined yields 2.64 ± 0.13 kpc. The ratio between the visible and infrared scale lengths determined here is very similar to that measured in external spiral galaxies. We use these results to update the model of the Galactic disk from our previous work, constraining its stellar mass to be {4.8}<SUB>-1.1</SUB><SUP>+1.5</SUP>× {10}<SUP>10</SUP> M <SUB>⊙</SUB>, and the MW’s total stellar mass to be {5.7}<SUB>-1.1</SUB><SUP>+1.5</SUP>× {10}<SUP>10</SUP> M <SUB>⊙</SUB>.

a prescription analysis system and method are introduced . the prescription analysis system includes a knowledge database , an access module , a storage module , and a judgment module . the judgment module judges whether a new prescription is appropriate according to three prescription appropriateness criteria . the prescription analysis method is integrated in the prescription analysis system . therefore , the prescription analysis system and method enhance the accuracy of prescriptions , reduce likelihood of medication errors , cut medical expenditure , and save patients &# 39 ; lives .

new and advantageous methods related to the design and manufacture of pulsed power systems for a new generation of higher performance flash lamps are disclosed . a reliable and cost - effective pulsed discharge lamp power supply system is provided that promotes puv lamp efficiency beyond that which is achievable by means of prior art , thereby similarly decreasing the loss factor for both uv radiation and overall electrical energy . also disclosed is a pulsed discharge lamp power supply system that serves to help prevent lamp envelope fracture and / or light output degradation resulting from the deleterious effects of intense radiation pulses . the pulsed discharge lamp power supply system produces an electrical output that is dynamically impedance - matched with the lamp throughout the entire time span of and the transition sequence between all three operating modes , thereby creating the necessary discharge conditions for optimal lamp operation . for example , the pulsed discharge lamp power supply system produces an ignition mode pulse only when and in the form specifically required for optimal lamp operation ; produces a simmer current only when and in the form specifically required for optimal lamp operation ; and produces a main discharge current pulse only when and in the temporal - amplitude shape that is specifically required for optimal lamp operation .

the invention relates to a bipolar coagulation instrument having a hollow shaft configured as a suction and / or flushing tube and having two electrodes that are electrically insulated with respect to one another and extend beyond the distal end of the shaft . to provide a bipolar coagulation instrument that is both of simple structure and ensures an effective suction / flushing capacity , it is proposed with the invention that the hollow shaft should consist of two electrically conductive tubes coaxially mounted on one another that are electrically insulated with respect to one another and from the outside , so that the tubes constitute the electrodes .

two dielectric housings are mounted respectively to printed circuit boards . when the housings are mated together the two printed circuit boards will be connected electrically together with pins on the one board within receptacles of the other board . one of the housings is connected to an edge margin of the board and is provided with a chamfered lip which covers the edge of the board and provides a polarizing structure to permit interconnection between the two housings when oriented as desired .

a system and method for producing and controlling high thrust and desirable specific impulse from a continuous fusion reaction is disclosed . the resultant relatively small rocket engine will have lower cost to develop , test , and operate that the prior art , allowing spacecraft missions throughout the planetary system and beyond . the rocket engine method and system includes a reactor chamber and a heating system produce fusion reactions the stable plasma . magnets produce a magnetic field that confines the stable plasma . a fuel injection system and a propellant injection system are included . cold propellant into a gas box for converting a cold propellant into a warm propellant plasma at one end of the reactor chamber . the propellant and fusion products are directed out of the reactor chamber through a magnetic nozzle and are detached from the magnetic field lines producing thrust .

a variable optical attenuator with photoelectric detector , comprising a collimator , a variable optical attenuator chip , wherein the variable optical attenuator further comprises a photoelectric detector ; and the photoelectric detector receives and detects partial light from the variable optical attenuator chip . the variable optical attenuator of the invention is capable of detecting attenuation change of itself via the variable optical attenuator chip . thus , real - time monitoring and feedback are implemented , and the attenuation performance of the variable optical attenuator is improved .

an aromatic composition comprises aromatic substances that are encapsulated and / or clathrated in a matrix of polymer . the polymer includes an inorganic polymer produced from metal alkoxides ; a conjugated polymer produced from metal alkoxides and silane coupling agents ; and a conjugated polymer produced from metal alkoxides , silane coupling agents , and organic monomers . the aromatic composition has slow - release charactristics , so that the aromatic substances are released over a long period of time . in a method for the production of the aromatic composition , a catalyst for sol - gel methods that comprises an acid or its anhydride and an organic base , and if necessary , irradiation with ultraviolet light and / or an electron beam are used for making the polymer .

an autoclavable x - ray cassette holder removably receives and contains an x - ray cassette and maintains a patient &# 39 ; s limb and / or extremities in a position on the holder relative to the x - ray cassette without requiring an attendant , thereby eliminating radiation exposure to the attendant . the holder has a thin rectangular hollow box - like main body formed of rigid radiolucent autoclavable material with an open end defining a central compartment surrounded by contiguous top and bottom walls , side walls , and an end wall . a plurality of slot - like depressions are formed along its side walls and end wall . an end cap removably snap fits on the main body open end to enclose the central compartment . a plurality of clip members are releasably engaged with respective pairs of the slot - like depressions at selective positions and receive and engage the free ends of resilient hold - down bands that extend across the patient &# 39 ; s limb and / or limb extremities to resiliently maintain the limb or extremities in a position against the cassette holder relative to an x - ray cassette contained in the central compartment while obtaining intraoperative radiographs . the clips can also be engaged in slots in a support stand that supports the cassette holder in a vertical position .

an oil containing starch granule is provided comprising : a starch to form an effective matrix for said granule ; an oil , said oil being capable of providing a benefit - additive to a substrate upon contact therewith , said substrate being selected from the group consisting of fabrics , hard surfaces , hair and skin ; and an effective amount of an organic compound for inhibiting the migration of said oil to the surface of said starch granule , said compound being represented by the following structure : wherein r 1 and r 2 are each independently , h or are other structures as defined in the disclosure .

a method for transferring live video signals from a video camera of a local system to a remote video - display system via low - bandwidth communication lines is disclosed . the method is especially useful for a fixed camera located at a predetermined location , such as a security camera , for monitoring a picture of a substantially constant background . a live video system for implementation of the method is also disclosed that includes a video camera and a video displayer interconnected by a conventional telephone line .

a photolithography method copies a pattern plane onto a working plane by a rotating imaging system . the pattern plane is parallel to the working plane . at a given instance , the imaging system images a small region of the pattern plane to the working plane . the imaging system rotates around a fixed axis perpendicular to the pattern plane and on each pass copies a circular arc shaped region from the pattern plane to the working plane . synchronized translation of the pattern plane and working plane in conjunction with rotation of the imaging system allows the entire pattern plane to be copied to the working plane . the photolithography method can achieve high resolution over a large field - of - view with high write speed and can include an autofocus system to account for variation in the flatness of the working plane . this photolithography method can be used in the visible , uv , ir or x - ray wavebands .

Radiative magnetohydrodynamic simulation includes sufficiently realistic physics to allow for the synthesis of remote sensing observables that can be quantitatively compared with observations. We analyze the largest flare in a simulation of the emergence of large flare-productive active regions described by Chen et al. The flare releases 4.5 × 10<SUP>31</SUP> erg of magnetic energy and is accompanied by a spectacular coronal mass ejection. Synthetic soft X-ray flux of this flare reaches M2 class. The eruption reproduces many key features of observed solar eruptions. A preexisting magnetic flux rope is formed along the highly sheared polarity inversion line between a sunspot pair and is covered by an overlying multipole magnetic field. During the eruption, the progenitor flux rope actively reconnects with the canopy field and evolves to the large-scale multithermal flux rope that is observed in the corona. Meanwhile, the magnetic energy released via reconnection is channeled down to the lower atmosphere and gives rise to bright soft X-ray post-flare loops and flare ribbons that reproduce the morphology and dynamic evolution of observed flares. The model helps to shed light on questions of where and when the a flux rope may form and how the magnetic structures in an eruption are related to observable emission properties.

the dielectric layer or layers in a ceramic capacitor having at least one buried electrode is deposited by a curtain coating process that includes obtaining a measure of the ceramic - paint - curtain thickness . a source of electromagnetic radiation , e . g . in the infrared range , is directed equally near the left and right edges of the curtain , and detectors at the opposite curtain surface side pick up the difference in the radiation transmissivity which is a measure of curtain thickness assymetry left to right . by adjusting the paint reservoir from which the curtain issues to make the difference zero and the curtain symmetrical , uniformity in paint coating thickness is achieved .

the invention provides a sterically hindered polymers and conjugates formed therefrom that comprise a water - soluble and non - peptidic polymer backbone having at least one terminus covalently bonded to an alkanoic acid or alkanoic acid derivative prior to conjugation , wherein the carbon adjacent to the carbonyl group of the acid or acid derivative group has an alkyl or aryl group pendent thereto . the steric effects of the alkyl or aryl group allow greater control of the hydrolytic stability of polymer derivatives . the polymer backbone may be poly .

Context. Previous theoretical works on planet formation around low-mass stars have often been limited to large planets and individual systems. As current surveys routinely detect planets down to terrestrial size in these systems, models have shifted toward a more holistic approach that reflects their diverse architectures. <BR /> Aims: Here, we investigate planet formation around low-mass stars and identify differences in the statistical distribution of modeled planets. We compare the synthetic planet populations to observed exoplanets and we discuss the identified trends. <BR /> Methods: We used the Generation III Bern global model of planet formation and evolution to calculate synthetic populations, while varying the central star from Solar-like stars to ultra-late M dwarfs. This model includes planetary migration, N-body interactions between embryos, accretion of planetesimals and gas, and the long-term contraction and loss of the gaseous atmospheres. <BR /> Results: We find that temperate, Earth-sized planets are most frequent around early M dwarfs (0.3 M<SUB>⊙</SUB>-0.5 M<SUB>⊙</SUB>) and that they are more rare for Solar-type stars and late M dwarfs. The planetary mass distribution does not linearly scale with the disk mass. The reason behind this is attributed to the emergence of giant planets for M<SUB>⋆</SUB> ≥ 0.5 M<SUB>⊙</SUB>, which leads to the ejection of smaller planets. Given a linear scaling of the disk mass with stellar mass, the formation of Earth-like planets is limited by the available amount of solids for ultra-late M dwarfs. For M<SUB>⋆</SUB> ≥ 0.3 M<SUB>⊙</SUB>, however, there is sufficient mass in the majority of systems, leading to a similar amount of Exo-Earths going from M to G dwarfs. In contrast, the number of super-Earths and larger planets increases monotonically with stellar mass. We further identify a regime of disk parameters that reproduces observed M-dwarf systems such as TRAPPIST-1. However, giant planets around late M dwarfs, such as GJ 3512b, only form when type I migration is substantially reduced. <BR /> Conclusions: We are able to quantify the stellar mass dependence of multi-planet systems using global simulations of planet formation and evolution. The results fare well in comparison to current observational data and predict trends that can be tested with future observations. <P />The data supporting these findings are available online at <A href="http://dace.unige.ch">http://dace.unige.ch</A> under section "Formation &amp; Evolution".

a cryogenic air separation unit is used to separate carbon dioxide from a flue gas stream . the temperature and pressure of the carbon dioxide are controlled so that the separated carbon dioxide coming from the cryogenic air separation unit is in a liquid phase . the liquid phase carbon dioxide is converted to carbon monoxide by safely reacting the carbon dioxide with carbon at high temperature in a plasma arc reactor . the carbon monoxide produced by this reaction has sufficient energy potential to be used as a fuel .

a leak check system executes a leak check processing . in the leak check processing , the system closes a canister valve and a purge valve to close the fuel vapor purge system . then , the system detects and monitors a pressure in the fuel vapor purge system . during the leak check processing , the system detects a rapid change of the pressure that is caused by a deformation of a wall of a fuel tank . the system cancels or suspends the processing to avoid erroneous detection of the leak . if the leak check is canceled , the system opens the canister valve to open the fuel vapor purge system .

the present invention relates to the formation of a ball grid array testing receiver that is scalable for design consideration of miniaturization . a dielectric layer is formed upon a substrate that is substantially conformal to the upper surface of the substrate . a patterned masking layer is formed upon the dielectric layer and a subsequent etch forms a depression within the substrate and forms a ledge on the surface of the substrate that is adjacent to the depression . after formation of the ledge , a metal layer is formed continuously on the ledge and within the depression . following the formation of the metal layer , a masking layer is formed upon the metal layer . the masking layer is patterned so as to form a desired arrangement of metal lines by etching the underlying metal layer . the formation of the ledge enables the masking layer to resist formation of a breach between the surface of the substrate and the depression . as such , metal lines are formed so as to extend into the depression without a breach that would otherwise leave an open circuit during attempted use .

a source of pulses for the electronic suppression of pain is represented by a multivibrator wherein the amplitude of the output signal is double the value of the feeding voltage . the principle of the invention resides in a multivibrator provided with two sets of complementary pairs of transistors , one set of which works simultaneously as a switch and a feeder of voltage doublers . the multivibrator is fed by this increased voltage so that at the output , pulses of double amplitude arise , i . e . an amplitude four times greater than the value of the feeding voltage .

an extension or accessory to a real - time , online virtual collaboration session , meeting and messaging system , which scans a participant &# 39 ; s contact list for partially complete contact records , accesses an administered contact information store such as a corporate personnel contact database , and completes the partially complete records in the participant &# 39 ; s contact list . this enables each participant in such an online meeting or conversation to rely upon his or her contact list to contain a consistent level of information regarding each participant in previously conducted meetings and conversations , avoids the entry of inaccurate and deceptive participant information into the contact list , and allows for reliable communication to the members of a participant &# 39 ; s contact list .

The physical and chemical properties of the circumgalactic medium at z ≳ 6 have been studied successfully through the absorption in the spectra of background quasi-stellar objects<SUP>1-3</SUP>. One of the most crucial questions is to investigate the nature and location of the source galaxies that give rise to these early metal absorbers<SUP>4-6</SUP>. Theoretical models suggest that momentum-driven outflows from typical star-forming galaxies can eject metals into the circumgalactic medium and the intergalactic medium at z = 5-6 (refs. <SUP>7-9</SUP>). Deep, dedicated surveys have searched for Lyα emission associated with strong C IV absorbers at z ≈ 6, but only a few Lyα-emitter candidates have been detected. Interpreting these detections is moreover ambiguous because Lyα is a resonant line<SUP>10-12</SUP>, raising the need for complementary techniques for detecting absorbers' host galaxies. Here we report a [C ii] 158 μm emitter detected using the Atacama Large Millimeter Array that is associated with a strong low-ionization absorber, O i, at z = 5.978. The projected impact parameter between O i and [C ii] emitter is 20.0 kpc. The measured [C ii] luminosity is 7.0 × 10<SUP>7</SUP> solar luminosities. Further analysis indicates that strong O i absorbers may reside in the circumgalactic medium of massive halos one to two orders of magnitude more massive than expected values<SUP>8,14</SUP>.

a system , method , and medium supports analyzing intellectual property documents by linking and annotating patents , copyrights , trademarks , license agreements , and other intellectual property documents . it can be used by intellectual property professionals in memorializing thought processes , work products , and reasoning , in preliminary or final form , and can support development and use of a rich linked set representing complex relationships in an intellectual property portfolio . optionally , marked up , linked documents are divided into data streams ; one contains the original document for mark - up , and one contains annotation data . the marked - up document may be further revised and / or annotated even by multiple users . the same document such as a patent may be centrally stored but independently marked - up by different users . the system extracts from a marked - up document annotation data with any changes , and provides one or more data streams , containing the annotation data for storage and or later use .

We develop a framework for a new definition of the Galactic midplane, allowing for tilt ({θ }<SUB>tilt</SUB>}; rotation about Galactic azimuth 90°) and roll ({θ }<SUB>roll</SUB>}; rotation about Galactic azimuth 0°) of the midplane with respect to the current definition. Derivation of the tilt and roll angles also determines the solar height above the midplane. Here we use nebulae from the Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE) Catalog of Galactic H II Regions to define the Galactic high-mass star formation (HMSF) midplane. We analyze various subsamples of the WISE catalog and find that all have Galactic latitude scale heights near 0.°30 and z-distribution scale heights near 30 {pc}. The vertical distribution for small (presumably young) H II regions is narrower than that of larger (presumably old) H II regions (∼25 {pc} versus ∼40 {pc}), implying that the larger regions have migrated further from their birth sites. For all H II region subsamples and for a variety of fitting methodologies, we find that the HMSF midplane is not significantly tilted or rolled with respect to the currently defined midplane, and, therefore, the Sun is near to the HMSF midplane. These results are consistent with other studies of HMSF, but are inconsistent with many stellar studies, perhaps because of asymmetries in the stellar distribution near the Sun. Our results are sensitive to latitude restrictions and also to the completeness of the sample, indicating that similar analyses cannot be done accurately with less complete samples. The midplane framework we develop can be used for any future sample of Galactic objects to redefine the midplane.

The Identity and Access Management Service provides a system where identities, enrollment, collaboration membership and other attributes and authorization policies can be managed centrally and in an homogeneous way. IAM implements flexible brokered user authentication, supporting federated identities, X.509 certificates, social logins and local, colloboration username/password credentials. Identity and authorization information is provided to relying services via standard OpenID Connect and OAuth interfaces for easy integration at relying services. For more information see: https://github.com/indigo-iam/iam https://indigo-iam.github.io/docs

a portable hand tool for crimping ferrules on flexible conduits such as are used for electrical wiring , for example . two members pivotally connected to each other have handle portions for manipulation by the user , and jaw portions . one jaw portion has a fixture pivotally mounted on it , for receiving a ferrule which has been placed on but not yet crimped to the end of a conduit . the other jaw portion has laterally spaced arms which straddle the conduit and , as the jaws move toward each other , exert pressure on the usual nut which serves also as a crimping member , to force the internal crimping flange of the nut axially against the rear end of the ferrule to deform the metal of the ferrule and crimp it firmly onto the conduit .

a valve timing control system for an internal combustion engine which is capable of making an actual intake / exhaust valve timing resume speedily rapidly to a desired valve timing with high accuracy to thereby prevent degradation of exhaust gas quality includes a desired valve timing arithmetic means for determining desired valve timings for an intake valve and an exhaust valve , respectively , in dependence on an engine operation state , a variable valve timing mechanism for changing open / close timings of the valves , respectively , an actual valve timing detecting means for detecting actual valve timings , respectively , of the valves , an actual valve timing control means for generating a control quantity for the variable valve timing mechanism , and a learning means for learning a most retarded valve timing as a learned value . the detected value of the actual valve timing which is detected at a timing retarded more than the timing indicated by the learned value is reflected in the learned value in the course of operation of the engine .

a negative - working , radiation - sensitive mixture is provided which contains an organic polymeric binder and a substance which converts radiant energy into heat , wherein the polymeric binder essentially comprises units of the formula : in which r 1 is a hydrogen atom or a alkyl radical , x is a single bond or a - valent radical of a alkane , in which individual methylene groups may be replaced by hetero atoms , of a alkene or of an isocyclic or heterocyclic , saturated or unsaturated , mono - or polycyclic ring or ring system , n is from 40 to 80 mol %, m is from 15 to 30 mol %, p is from 1 to 10 mol % and q is an integer from 1 to 3 , where q is equal to 1 when x is a single bond , and the polymeric binder has an acid number of from 5 to 150 . a recording material comprising a substrate and a layer of this mixture , and a process for the production of a color proof are also provided .

a filter cigarette has a wrapper surrounding the filter and retaining it on the end of the tobacco rod . at least one portion of the wrapper overlying the filter and extending circumferentially at least partly around the cigarette at a distance from the mouth end is delimited by a line or lines of weakness in the wrapper and is at least partly removable to expose a portion of the surface of the filter , whereby ventilating air can pass beneath the wrapper to reach the mouth end of the cigarette .

the present invention provides a method for generating symbol messages , and particularly symbol messages using symbols for which efforts have been , are being , or will be made to increase their visibility and familiarity . such symbols may include trademarks , registered trademarks , service marks , registered service marks , and other well - known symbols . among other things , the present invention provides a method for generating a symbol or logo alphabet and a corresponding lexicon or grammar in which each letter of the alphabet corresponds to a recognized proprietary symbol likely to be associated with the respective letter . the present invention also provides apparatuses for generating such symbol messages and displays incorporating such symbol messages .

bucketless mop with a mopping material in a continuous loop , an on board cleaning solution supply with a built in filter .

a method for managing treatment of a particular health condition afflicting a patient through the use of a mobile phone device which includes a health management program stored in the mobile phone device that prompts a user for entry of health condition data , including patient physiological data , subjective patient health condition data , and medication delivery data , compiles the health condition data into an accumulated data summary , and transmits the data summary from the mobile phone device to a second processing unit through a communication port . a drop - down list related to subjective symptoms is provided , which includes stress and depression . a touch screen is provided for a graphical user interface . the health management program also provides prompts for the entry of diet data , and further displays drop - down lists related to daily activities and alerts for medication delivery .

in a flip - chart comprising at least two sheets disposed in overlying relationship and releasably securable to one another by means of static cling , each said sheet adapted for writing thereon and erasure of said writing , and each said sheet being removeable from said other sheets for releasable securement to a surface soley by means of static cling .

a data queue optimized for receiving loosely packed graphics data and suitable for use in a computer graphics system is described . the data queue operates on first - in - first - out principals , and has a variable width input and output . the variable width on the input side facilitates the reception and storage of loosely packed data . the variable width output allows for the single - cycle output of multi - word data . packing of the data occurs on the write - side of the fifo structure .

the present invention relates to new color compositions which are especially suitable to be used in oxygen indicators . the compositions comprise iron , an agent containing pyrogallol entities and an organic acid .

two robot arms controlled by a preprogrammed system support each in turn a thread dispensing cassette , one of the arms 16 equipped with the cassette travelling over one part of a winding path 19 around a mandrel 2 , at the end of which the cassettee is transferred to the other arm 17 , which travels over the other part of the said path up to the point of departure of the first arm , in such a way that the thread is wound around the entire periphery of the mandrel in a movement that is analogous to the placing of a bandage around a limb when the rolled up bandage is passed from one hand to the other while unrolling the said bandage . application to filament winding of complex shapes , particularly of toroidal articles , is disclosed .

We investigate the origin of rare star formation in an otherwise red-and-dead population of S0 galaxies, using spatially resolved spectroscopy. Our sample consists of 120 low redshift (z &lt; 0.1) star-forming S0 (SF-S0) galaxies from the SDSS-IV MaNGA DR15. We have selected this sample after a visual inspection of deep images from the DESI Legacy Imaging Surveys DR9 and the Subaru/HSC-SSP survey PDR3 to remove contamination from spiral galaxies. We also construct two control samples of star-forming spirals (SF-Sps) and quenched S0s (Q-S0s) to explore their evolutionary link with the star-forming S0s. To study star formation at resolved scales, we use dust-corrected H α luminosity and stellar density (Σ<SUB>⋆</SUB>) maps to construct radial profiles of star formation rate (SFR) surface density (Σ<SUB>SFR</SUB>) and specific SFR (sSFR). Examining these radial profiles, we find that star formation in SF-S0s is centrally dominated as opposed to disc-dominated star formation in spirals. We also compared various global (size-mass relation, bulge-to-total luminosity ratio) and local (central stellar velocity dispersion) properties of SF-S0s to those of the control sample galaxies. We find that SF-S0s are structurally similar to the quenched S0s and are different from star-forming spirals. We infer that SF-S0s are unlikely to be fading spirals. Inspecting stellar and gas velocity maps, we find that more than $50{{\ \rm per\ cent}}$ of the SF-S0 sample shows signs of recent galaxy interactions such as kinematic misalignment, counter-rotation, and unsettled kinematics. Based on these results, we conclude that in our sample of SF-S0s, star formation has been rejuvenated, with minor mergers likely to be a major driver.

a new , lightweight reflective surgical drape which is effective in reducing the rate of heat loss in human patients during a variety of surgical procedures is disclosed . the drape comprises a core layer of non - conductive aluminum and a first and second adjacent layer of a thermoplastic material . a non - woven layer of absorbent material is attached to either the first or second adjacent layer of thermoplastic material . in a preferred embodiment , the drape of the present invention comprises a first layer of non - conductive aluminum and a second layer of a thermoplastic material . a third layer of non - woven absorbent material is attached to the first layer of non - conductive aluminum .

the present invention relates to a method for transmitting data via a physical channel in a communication system , the channel being used by at least one first communication device and one second communication device and transmitting data with a defined bit rate . according to the present invention , the data to be transmitted is composed of load data and identification data for identifying the second communication device , the load data and identification data are coded separately from one another , the respective coding takes place in such a way that an identical bit rate is achieved after the coding operation for the load data and the identification data and the rate is matched to the bit rate that has been defined for the physical channel by a rate matching mode , which defines which bits are punctured or repeated in a data stream . the rate matching model for load data and identification data is identical .

The CHaracterising ExOPlanet Satellite (CHEOPS) was selected on October 19, 2012, as the first small mission (S-mission) in the ESA Science Programme and successfully launched on December 18, 2019, as a secondary passenger on a Soyuz-Fregat rocket from Kourou, French Guiana. CHEOPS is a partnership between ESA and Switzerland with important contributions by ten additional ESA Member States. CHEOPS is the first mission dedicated to search for transits of exoplanets using ultrahigh precision photometry on bright stars already known to host planets. As a follow-up mission, CHEOPS is mainly dedicated to improving, whenever possible, existing radii measurements or provide first accurate measurements for a subset of those planets for which the mass has already been estimated from ground-based spectroscopic surveys. The expected photometric precision will also allow CHEOPS to go beyond measuring only transits and to follow phase curves or to search for exo-moons, for example. Finally, by unveiling transiting exoplanets with high potential for in-depth characterisation, CHEOPS will also provide prime targets for future instruments suited to the spectroscopic characterisation of exoplanetary atmospheres. To reach its science objectives, requirements on the photometric precision and stability have been derived for stars with magnitudes ranging from 6 to 12 in the V band. In particular, CHEOPS shall be able to detect Earth-size planets transiting G5 dwarf stars (stellar radius of 0.9R<SUB>⊙</SUB>) in the magnitude range 6 ≤ V ≤ 9 by achieving a photometric precision of 20 ppm in 6 hours of integration time. In the case of K-type stars (stellar radius of 0.7R<SUB>⊙</SUB>) of magnitude in the range 9 ≤ V ≤ 12, CHEOPS shall be able to detect transiting Neptune-size planets achieving a photometric precision of 85 ppm in 3 hours of integration time. This precision has to be maintained over continuous periods of observation for up to 48 hours. This precision and stability will be achieved by using a single, frame-transfer, back-illuminated CCD detector at the focal plane assembly of a 33.5 cm diameter, on-axis Ritchey-Chrétien telescope. The nearly 275 kg spacecraft is nadir-locked, with a pointing accuracy of about 1 arcsec rms, and will allow for at least 1 Gbit/day downlink. The sun-synchronous dusk-dawn orbit at 700 km altitude enables having the Sun permanently on the backside of the spacecraft thus minimising Earth stray light. A mission duration of 3.5 years in orbit is foreseen to enable the execution of the science programme. During this period, 20% of the observing time is available to the wider community through yearly ESA call for proposals, as well as through discretionary time approved by ESA's Director of Science. At the time of this writing, CHEOPS commissioning has been completed and CHEOPS has been shown to fulfill all its requirements. The mission has now started the execution of its science programme.

the present invention relates to a bicycle lock comprising a lock body and set of arms . the lock body is mountable on the seat of the bicycle . the arms extend from the lock body and terminate in locking surfaces . the locking surfaces are secured together by a locking element . the lock body and arms comprise an integrated textile fabric and steel cable structure simultaneously resistant to common sawing and slicing attacks . the lock body secures the bicycle seat while the arms are threaded through and around bicycle components to attach to a stationary object .

a splashy - water removing apparatus for vehicle wheels including a plurality of water removing units mounted on a vehicle to be disposed around each vehicle wheel , each water removing unit having a plurality of energy - eliminating strips arcuately juxtapositionally secured in a casing arcuately disposing about each wheel for eliminating the dynamic energy of the water droplets as centrifugally thrusted by a rotating wheel and for collecting the droplets entering the water removing unit , and a water discharge system fluidically connecting all the water removing units , whereby upon running of a vehicle on a rainy road at high speed , the splashy water as thrusted from each wheel will be deactivated and collected in the water removing units and then drained rearwardly through the water discharge system for preventing the formation of water fog for preventing unclear vision for a rear vehicle .

an apparatus for capturing and removing hair from a drain . the invention further relates to the same apparatus that can be utilized for the maintenance of drains by capturing other foreign debris for removal from a sink drain . other embodiments of the invention are also useful for preventing drains , such as shower drains , lavatories , and the like from being clogged with foreign matter ; namely hair .

the invention relates to an applicator for direct or indirect application of a liquid or pasty coating medium onto a traveling material web , notably of paper or cardboard , including at least one adjustable coating edge delimiting apparatus for adjustment of a coating width on an applicator roll , backing roll and / or a traveling material web . the coating edge delimiting apparatus is arranged so as to be movable stepwise or continuously in a direction substantially transverse to the direction of travel of the material web .

an automobile steering wheel and method of manufacturing a steering wheel are disclosed . the steering wheel comprises a hub core connected with rods of a hub via t - shaped connectors . a cover layer includes a hard part and a soft part around the periphery of the hub core and connectors . a vinyl layer and a leather layer encompass the cover layer . a coupling protruder is formed at the front end of the hard part and extends toward the soft part . a plurality of coupling ribs are mounted on the surface of the coupling protruder .

the present invention relates to substituted 4 - hydroxypyrimidine - 5 - carboxamides useful as hif prolyl hydroxylase inhibitors to treat anemia and like conditions .

system and method for implementing a link aggregation system , a protection system , and an xpic application for an all outdoor radios system using a wireless channel operating at a license - free 60 ghz band are provided . the license - free 60 ghz band offers a wide frequency bandwidth that can support a high speed data rate up to 10 gbps in full duplex mode , frequency reuse , and high security due to its fast oxygen absorption at 60 ghz . as such , a wireless channel operating at the license - free 60 ghz band may be used for a link aggregation system to support wireless local area network connections with the speed up to 7 gbps . in addition , a wireless connection operating at the license - free 60 ghz band may be used to support both xpic application and protection system for all outdoor radios to achieve a transmission speed of up to 10 gbps in a full duplex mode .

The emission of supernova remnants (SNRs) reflects the properties of both the progenitor supernovae (SNe) and the surrounding environment. The complex morphology of the remnants, however, hampers the disentanglement of the two contributions. Here, we aim at identifying the imprint of SN 1987A on the X-ray emission of its remnant and at constraining the structure of the environment surrounding the SN. We performed high-resolution hydrodynamic simulations describing SN 1987A soon after the core-collapse and the following three-dimensional expansion of its remnant between days 1 and 15,000 after the SN. We demonstrated that the physical model reproducing the main observables of SN 1987A during the first 250 days of evolution also reproduces the X-ray emission of the subsequent expanding remnant, thus bridging the gap between SNe and SNRs. By comparing model results with observations, we constrained the explosion energy in the range 1.2-1.4 × 10<SUP>51</SUP> erg and the envelope mass in the range 15-17 M <SUB>⊙</SUB>. We found that the shape of X-ray lightcurves and spectra at early epochs (&lt;15 years) reflects the structure of outer ejecta: our model reproduces the observations if the outermost ejecta have a post-explosion radial profile of density approximated by a power law with index α = -8. At later epochs, the shapes of X-ray lightcurves and spectra reflect the density structure of the nebula around SN 1987A. This enabled us to ascertain the origin of the multi-thermal X-ray emission, disentangle the imprint of the SN on the remnant emission from the effects of the remnant interaction with the environment, and constrain the pre-supernova structure of the nebula.

This release contains code used to generate results in the Nature Communications manuscript-NCOMMS-20-38839A

this is a new technique of producing high energy x - rays for radiation therapy at a patient &# 39 ; s level . the dose delivery system uses a linear accelerator with no flattening filter . the technique improves patient radiation therapy by reducing radiation scattered to surrounding normal tissue and reducing electron contamination . it increases dose rate to shorten treatment time . the flattening filter reduces the efficiency of the beam by reducing the fluence and increasing scattered radiation . this technique involves removal of the flattening filter . it uses inverse planning to shape the dose distribution .

disclosed is a method for sharpening a digital image captured by a digital imaging device , the method comprising , for each pixel x m , n of the digital image : a ) at an edge detector determining an edge parameter e , the edge parameter e providing an indication of whether the pixel x m , n is at an edge of the digital image ; b ) at a noose detector determining a noise parameter σ , the noise parameter σ providing an indication of whether the pixel x m , n is a noise in the digital image ; c ) at a scaling module determining a scaling factor α m , n based on a combination of the edge parameter e and the noise parameter σ ; and d ) at an image sharpening module applying the scaling factor α m , n on a pixel by pixel basis to sharpen the digital image to get a sharpened pixel y m , n .

Using the data taken at the Pierre Auger Observatory between December 2004 and December 2012, we have examined the implications of the distributions of depths of atmospheric shower maximum (X<SUB>max</SUB> ), using a hybrid technique, for composition and hadronic interaction models. We do this by fitting the distributions with predictions from a variety of hadronic interaction models for variations in the composition of the primary cosmic rays and examining the quality of the fit. Regardless of what interaction model is assumed, we find that our data are not well described by a mix of protons and iron nuclei over most of the energy range. Acceptable fits can be obtained when intermediate masses are included, and when this is done consistent results for the proton and iron-nuclei contributions can be found using the available models. We observe a strong energy dependence of the resulting proton fractions, and find no support from any of the models for a significant contribution from iron nuclei. However, we also observe a significant disagreement between the models with respect to the relative contributions of the intermediate components.

defect density in a semiconductor process sequence that uses two local oxidations is reduced by using an approximately 1 : 1 ratio of nitride to oxide thickness in the second local oxidation step and an annealing step .

a connection apparatus includes a housing portion comprising a back panel and side panels , the back panel and side panels partially defining a cavity having an access orifice , the side panels partially defining an entry area to the access orifice , a fuse holder assembly disposed in the cavity , and a cover disposed in the cavity between a portion of the fuse holder assembly and the entry area to the access orifice , the cover obscures a portion of the fuse holder assembly .

an object of the present invention is to efficiently extract proteoglycan from aquatic animal tissues . the method of the present invention is a method for extracting proteoglycan from fish cartilage , comprising the step of heating small pieces of frozen fish cartilage in water . this method of the present invention enables easy extraction of proteoglycan from fish cartilage with very high efficiency . in particular , the method of the present invention enables extraction of high - molecular - weight proteoglycan . further , since in the method of the present invention , extraction is performed using only water , it ensures safety in the extraction and safety of the resulting proteoglycan product , compared with hitherto known extraction methods using organic solvents or acids / alkali . furthermore , the cumbersome step of removing organic solvents is not necessary in the method of the present invention .

a system for programming at least a controller chip is disclosed . the system includes a programming apparatus and at least a programmable device mounted on the programming apparatus . the programming apparatus has at least a first connection interface and a micro - controller . the programmable device has the monitor controller chip mounted thereon and a second connection interface coupled between the first connection interface and the controller chip . the micro - controller controls the programming of the controller chip .

a stretcher for traumatized patients comprises a rigid board having a central core of polyimide foam and a skin of graphite reinforced expoxy ; this board is exceptionally radiolucent . the board has built in handles for transporting the patient , straps for holding a patient on the board , and means for applying traction to a patient . the stretcher is designed for transporting the patient and applying a variety of diagnostic tests to the patient , including computer aided tomography scanning , without removing the patient from the stretcher . it also facilitates efforts to make a closed reduction of a cervical fracture with fluoroscopic monitoring .

a method of sealing pipes or ducts with a duct coating applicator having a camera mounted thereon . the duct coating applicator sprays plural compounds on an interior of the duct . a duct coating applicator mounted camera records a video of an inside of the duct . the video is quickly accessible for customer review on site . a customer billing statement is quickly generated on site . a controller communicates with the nozzle carriage . a pump feeds the duct coating applicator from a resin tank via a resin supply line . the controller receives resin temperature and pressure , duct diameter , and duct coating applicator speed data and can adjust resin feed and duct coating applicator speed rates . the duct coating applicator has a cylindrical body having an outer member and a core member . an adjustable nozzle is on an outlet end for dispersing resin . extension arms may be adjusted to accommodate various duct sizes .

the invention relates to a method based on a cad system consisting of producing a skeleton satisfying pre - defined stability specifications on the basis of a positive template . for this purpose , the control surfaces , which are calculated on the basis of predetermined coordinates of said positive template , are represented on an output device together with the modified surface shape of an implant .

the document includes a support provided with at least one first and second parts that can move relative to one another , the support including an electronic microcircuit and contactless coupling members electrically connected to the electronic microcircuit , and capable of being coupled to an external reading station for establishing a contactless communications with the latter . the support also includes detecting elements capable of detecting the relative proximity of the first and second parts independent of the contactless coupling members , and securing elements connected to the detecting elements and capable of inhibiting and / or authorizing the activation of the contactless communication according to the relative proximity of the first and second parts thus detected .

a connecting system can couple two waveguides to one another , wherein each of the waveguides comprises a flange or a protruding rim . when the waveguides are connected together , the flanges can face one another in an adjoining arrangement . the connecting system can comprise two members , each having a groove , recess , or slot that receives a circumferential area of the adjoining flanges . the two members can be disposed on opposite lateral sides of the waveguides with each groove embracing a peripheral area of the adjoining flanges . a fastener or another apparatus can bring the two members towards one another , thereby causing the flanges to move deeper into the grooves . that is , the two members can clamp around opposing sides of the flanges . in response to the flanges moving deeper into the grooves , the sidewalls of the grooves can compress the flanges together to attach the waveguides to one another .

a method for rapid transportation and loading of stacks of cartons aboard vessels is provided which may include the mounting of slings about the stacks of cartons , transporting the cartons to the dock by a flatbed vehicle , hoisting the stacks of cartons off the flatbed vehicle and into the hold , depositing the cargo onto a landing pad , lifting the cargo off the landing pad with a lift truck , preferably a load push type lift truck , and depositing the cargo in the hold at the appropriate location . a sling pallet and a landing pad for use with the method are also disclosed . the method provides the advantages of improving the quality of the product by , inter alia , reducing the risk of thawing or spoilage , reducing costs by eliminating labor , eliminating the need to remove pallets and debris from within the vessel , reducing the likelihood of injury to workers , saving demurrage charges and speeding the transportation to and loading of the vessel .

a method for communicating with multiple network nodes is provided in which each node of a network has a wireless link that allows data to travel to and from the nodes in parallel , thereby taking advantage of the inherent broadcast capabilities of wireless media . the wireless link may be used in parallel with a point - to - point , land - based network linking the nodes . the method may be used for multicasting or broadcasting data on a network . specifically , the method may be used to maintain a network cache , a routing database and quality of service in a manner that is more efficient and reliable than previous methods that use serial protocols over point to point network links .

a new process for recovery of low sodium salt from bittern has been described in the present invention , the said process comprising desulphatation of bittern , evaporation of bittern in solar pans and processing of solid mixture with water to produce a mixture of sodium and potassium chlorides and optionally preparing “ free flowing ” and iodized , by known techniques .

a formulation of coenzyme q 10 , beta - carotenes , vitamin e , and medium chain triglycerides in rice bran oil and an optional thickener , such as bee &# 39 ; s wax , is provided in a soft gel capsule so that a maximum of the coenzyme q 10 is absorbed by the human body . generally , about 60 mg of coenzyme q 10 is the normal amount provided daily to a healthy sedentary adult .

an indicator assemblyhaving a plurality of indicators mounted in a common rectangular housing having a rear wall , there being provided a circuit plate integrally molded in the rear wall of the housing that provides the necessary circuitry for actuating each of the indicators from a remote transducer , the circuit plate prior to being molded into the rear wall of the housing having narrow cut - out portions defining the circuits in the plate with small web bridges across these cut - out portions to provide the necessary support for the plate prior to insertion molding into the rear wall , and after molding the housing these supporting webs are selectively removed through the housing rear wall and the circuit plate at each of these webs to isolate the circuits in the circuit plate .

a circuit for detecting a single bit upset in a dynamic logic circuit includes a latch circuit having an input for receiving a reset signal , and an output for providing a flag output signal , the latch circuit being clocked by a first clock signal , a first transistor having a drain coupled to the output of the latch circuit , a gate for receiving a second clock signal , and a source , and a second transistor having a drain coupled to the source of the first transistor , a gate for receiving a third clock signal , and a source coupled to ground .

a torque transfer device allows torque to be input at one point of the device and transferred to another point of the device at which the power or torque can be taken from the device . the device incorporates a direct drive means comprised which communicates with drive gears . an adjustment device which the drive gears allows for repositioning of the drive gears to accommodate wear or other expansion of the direct drive means .

the invention provides a signal transmission apparatus and a signal recording apparatus by which , while a rotary transformer is used , a wide bandwidth and a high transfer rate can be used without a significant increase of the cost or a bad influence on signal recording . a rotary transformer is interposed between a transmission side circuit and a reception side circuit . a passive element circuit including an inductance element is connected to an input stage , that is , the stator side , of the rotary transformer in parallel to the rotary transformer . the passive element circuit has an inductance value set equal to or lower than an equivalent inductance value when the circuit of the rotary transformer side is viewed from the transmission side circuit to achieve impedance matching .

a robot for handling loads , comprising an end effector , three actuators , each with a single degree of freedom , three arms , each of them pivotably connected to an actuator and on the other side pivotably connected to the end effector , a frame carrying the actuators ; and a control unit connected to the actuators . also , an assembly of plural of these robots .

an apparatus that can be inserted into the bottom end of liquid delivery tube for retaining fluid in the tube to aid in drinking , utilizing a ball valve that for the most part only allows unidirectional flow of fluid through the valve and into the tube to prevent the level of fluid in the tube from significantly dropping and also creates a fluid free space at the end of the tube to prevent spillage .

the present invention relates to a method of regulating apoptosis . the method comprises the step of introducing into a cell an rna construct comprising a nucleotide sequence which is homologous to mrna within said cell . the mrna within the cell includes genetic information of a gene element involved in the regulation of apoptosis . the invention also relates to an sirna construct having a nucleotide sequence which is homologous to mrna transcribed from a gene element involved in the regulation of apoptosis .

years past 1999 are stored as binary integers in fields previously reserved for representations of years as two decimal digits . the binary integers occupy ranges of values for the fields which are not used by an integer value corresponding to any possible combination of two decimal digits from 00 to 99 . in this way , data using integer - encoded years and years represented by the last two decimal digits will be able to coexist for at least ten thousand years .

the present invention provides methods and apparatus for deposition of contact layers for group ibiiiavia solar cells using electrodeposition and / or electroless deposition approaches , and solar cells that result therefrom . in one aspect of the invention , the solar cell that results includes a substrate , a stacked contact layer that includes a bottom film coated on a surface of the substrate and a top film formed by electroplating over the bottom film , wherein the top film comprises at least one of ru , ir and os . a group ibiiiavia compound film formed over the top film . in another aspect of the invention , there is provided a method of depositing a stacked layer of a plurality of films in a plurality of sequentially disposed depositing units onto a continuously moving roll - to - roll sheet , preferably using electroplating of a stacked contact layer .

The field of machine learning has drawn increasing interest from various other fields due to the success of its methods at solving a plethora of different problems. An application of these has been to train artificial neural networks to solve differential equations without the need of a numerical solver. This particular application offers an alternative to conventional numerical methods, with advantages such as lower memory required to store solutions, parallelization, and, in some cases, a lower overall computational cost than its numerical counterparts. In this work, we train artificial neural networks to represent a bundle of solutions of the differential equations that govern the background dynamics of the Universe for four different models. The models we have chosen are Λ CDM , the Chevallier-Polarski-Linder parametric dark energy model, a quintessence model with an exponential potential, and the Hu-Sawicki f (R ) model. We use the solutions that the networks provide to perform statistical analyses to estimate the values of each model's parameters with observational data; namely, estimates of the Hubble parameter from cosmic chronometers, type Ia supernovae data from the Pantheon compilation, and measurements from baryon acousstic oscillations. The results we obtain for all models match similar estimations done in the literature using numerical solvers. In addition, we estimate the error of the solutions that the trained networks provide by comparing them with the analytical solution when there is one, or to a high-precision numerical solution when there is not. Through these estimations we find that the error of the solutions is at most ∼1 % in the region of the parameter space that concerns the 95% confidence regions that we find using the data, for all models and all statistical analyses performed in this work. Some of these results are made possible by improvements to the method of solving differential equations with artificial neural networks conceived in this work.

a sensor or actuator structure having a first part and at least one second part . the second part is mobile and electrically insulated in relation to the first part . the first and second parts are formed in a noninsulating substrate wafer and have mutually adjacent edges separated by at least one cut which goes right through the substrate . the second part has at least one extension in the form of a beam which has one end fixed onto the first part by way of an electrically insulating joint . this device may be used in an accelerometer .

trocar for inserting endoscopy instruments into cavities , the trocar having a cleanable hollow body , a disposable tip which is equipped with a swivel valve that can be retracted by inserting the instrument through an internal channel in the tip that communicates with the hollow body . the disposable tip is also equipped with externally operable features capable of modifying the diameter of channel in order to match it to the diameter of the instrument to be inserted .

a lip applicator generally relating to the application of a variety of products , including lipstick , lip gloss , lip balm , or any such beauty aid , to one &# 39 ; s lips . the lip applicator disclosed herein may be held during use , but is adapted for upright placement on a table - top or other flat surface during non - use . the lip applicator disclosed herein facilitates the facile , rapid , and reliable application a lip product , and may be of particular import in those settings requiring the repeated or frequent application of a beauty aid to one or more people &# 39 ; s lips , such as the set of a motion picture or theatrical performance .

the vertebroplasty needle has two cannulae sharing a common distal end , wherein the cement injection cannula merges into a straight stylet cannula .

a valve pin actuator for a valve - gated injection molding system . the actuator has an annular piston mounted in and movable back and forth along an annular bore along a pin axis . the piston extends radially outwardly of any melt passages fluidly communicating with an injection molding nozzle . a tie bar extends substantially diametrically across the piston for securing an upper end of a valve pin extending into the injection molding nozzle to cause the valve pin to move axially with the piston thereby moving the valve pin between open and shut positions .

This paper presents a study of a large sample of global disturbances in the solar corona with characteristic propagating fronts as intensity enhancement, similar to the phenomena that have often been referred to as Extreme Ultraviolet Imaging Telescope (EIT) waves or extreme-ultraviolet (EUV) waves. Now EUV images obtained by the Atmospheric Imaging Assembly (AIA) on board the Solar Dynamics Observatory provide a significantly improved view of these large-scale coronal propagating fronts (LCPFs). Between 2010 April and 2013 January, a total of 171 LCPFs have been identified through visual inspection of AIA images in the 193 Å channel. Here we focus on the 138 LCPFs that are seen to propagate across the solar disk, first studying how they are associated with flares, coronal mass ejections (CMEs), and type II radio bursts. We measure the speed of the LCPF in various directions until it is clearly altered by active regions or coronal holes. The highest speed is extracted for each LCPF. It is often considerably higher than EIT waves. We do not find a pattern where faster LCPFs decelerate and slow LCPFs accelerate. Furthermore, the speeds are not strongly correlated with the flare intensity or CME magnitude, nor do they show an association with type II bursts. We do not find a good correlation either between the speeds of LCPFs and CMEs in a subset of 86 LCPFs observed by one or both of the Solar and Terrestrial Relations Observatory spacecraft as limb events.

in order to simulate , using a computer , a profile of sputter deposition on a contact hole formed on a semiconductor wafer , a plurality of trajectories of particles emitted from a sputter target are calculated . one of the trajectories is directed to a first coordinate point which is included in the profile of sputter deposition and with which an amount of sputter deposition is calculated . thereafter , a plurality of shadow judgment planes are successively defined with respect to all coordinate points , after which a check is made to determine if the above mentioned one of the plurality of trajectories crosses each of said plurality of shadow judgment planes .

there is disclosed an apparatus and process having positioning surface for a reusable storage film having information projected image - wise therein wherein the image - wise containing storage film is advanced by a transportation assembly through an information retrieval or interrogation assembly and thence introduced into a restoration collection chamber including a source of light at an energy level sufficient to remove residual image information thereby restoring the storage film to a condition of reuse .

this process relates to the oxidation of phenoxytoluenes to phenoxybenzoic acids utilizing a hydrogen peroxide activated , bromide promoted cobalt catalyst which can be performed at atmospheric pressure and at moderate temperatures . these phenoxybenzoic acids can then be esterified and selectively nitrated to give the corresponding 2 - nitro - 5 - phenoxybenzoic acid esters . alternatively the acids can be nitrated and then esterified .

the invention concerns a method which consists in processing in a central unit the digitized image obtained by sensing noisy radiation . the image is considered as a table of pixel intensity values , which is broken down into p elementary tables of n pixels so as to subsequently order them into a processing table with p lines of n columns ; applying to said table a factorial analysis method , to deduce therefrom the n significant factors ; then reconstituting a reconstructed processing table taking into account the most significant factors , and in deducing therefrom a reconstituted image wherein the high - frequency noise is reduced , maintaining a satisfactory contrast .

a fold - away wheelbarrow system is for use in moving materials from one location to another . the wheelbarrow has a shell comprised of a front , a back , a right side , and a left side that hinge together in such a way that the front may open for dumping the carried load and / or the front , back , and sides may fold via a plurality of hinges into a flat configuration for storage . the fold - away wheelbarrow is foldable such that it occupies a greatly reduced area for storage .

v00-04-02 2022-06-27 Thomas Madlener (PR#85) Add a gaudi options file that can be used to run the event display using the CLIC detector via the Marlin wrapper. 2022-06-22 Placido Fernandez Declara (PR#84) Move doc md files to starterkit 2022-06-21 Valentin Volkl (PR#81) Update covMatrix with changes from edm4hep v0.5 2022-06-15 Placido Fernandez Declara (PR#77) Use k4EDM4hep2LcioConv as separate lib Remove conversion from MarlinWrapper 2022-05-30 Valentin Volkl (PR#79) examples: use geometry file based on LCGEO from the current stack 2022-05-20 Placido Fernandez Declara (PR#75) Use unique_ptr instead of new for converter Improve comments and error messages Handle errors coming from k4LCIOReader conversion 2022-05-17 Placido Fernandez Declara (PR#73) Fix include dirs dependencies in cmake 2022-04-05 Thomas Madlener (PR#52) Make it possible to set the random seed that is used for the ProcessorEventSeeder of the Marlin processors from the options file by retrieving it from Gaudis Random Service. Fixes #38 Use argparse for handling arguments in converter script Cleanup testing of --num-events handling and EOF. 2022-03-14 Placido Fernandez Declara (PR#71) Add support for multi-threading with LCIO input only Add example Gaudi steering file on how to run in parallel Add documentation for multi-threading

This release contains MATLAB code of for calculating Singular Value Decomposition based Wiener Filter.

an antenna assembly for reducing the receiving space in a portable phone which employs the antenna assembly and for enhancing the bandwidth and radiation efficiency when the antenna assembly is in a retracted position . the antenna assembly includes a helical antenna and a whip antenna . the helical antenna is powered by capacitive coupling between a conductive layer therein and a feed conductor electrically connected to a signal processing circuit in the portable phone . also , the whip antenna consists of two stages in a vertical direction in a manner that one of the stages can be retracted into the other one . the helical antenna includes a conducting layer disposed beneath the helical element ; the feed conductor electrically connected to the signal processing circuit at least when said antenna assembly is retracted into the portable phone ; and an insulating layer disposed between the conducting layer and the feed conductor . the whip antenna includes a spring attached to the antenna rod ; a tube having a cylindrical shape capable of receiving at least lower half of the antenna rod ; and a stopper attached to the bottom end of the tube and contacting the antenna rod selectively . the tube has a sill at the top end thereof for holding and preventing the spring attached to the antenna rod from slipping out of the tube

a method of manufacturing a laser diode array capable of inhibiting electric cross talk is provided . the method of manufacturing a laser diode array includes a processing step of forming a peel layer containing an oxidizable material and a vertical resonator structure over a first substrate sequentially from the first substrate side by crystal growth , and then selectively etching the peel layer and the vertical resonator structure to the first substrate , thereby processing into a columnar shape , a peeling step of oxidizing the peel layer from a side face , and then peeling the vertical resonator structure of columnar shape from the first substrate , and a rearrangement step of jointing a plurality of vertical resonator structures of columnar shape obtained by the peeling step to a surface of a metal layer of a second substrate formed with the metal layer on the surface .

this invention concerns a process to provide high purity alkylene carbonate though use of multiple distillations wherein the unused fractions are recycled to the reactor . the high purity alkylene carbonate may be further purified by use of carbon to produce electrochromic or photochromic grade alkylene carbonate by reducing its uv absorbance .