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A method and apparatus for treatment of heart failure, hypertension and renal failure by stimulating the renal nerve. The goal of therapy is to reduce sympathetic activity of the renal nerve. Therapy is accomplished by at least partially blocking the nerve with drug infusion or electrostimulation. Apparatus can be permanently implanted or catheter based.

A system that facilitates measurement, analysis, and automatic maintenance of fluid comprises a fluid, and a casing that includes a plurality of apertures is immersed in the fluid. The apertures are opened to permit the fluid to enter the casing and closed to confine a sample of the fluid within the casing. A sensing element within the casing measures at least one parameter of the sample of fluid confined within the casing.

A system and method for transdermally delivering a vaccine to a patient including an iontophoresis delivery device having a donor electrode, a counter electrode, and electric circuitry for supplying iontophoresis energy to the electrodes, and a non-electroactive microprojection member having a plurality of stratum corneum-piercing microprojections extending therefrom. The vaccine can be contained in a hydrogel formulation in an agent reservoir disposed proximate the donor electrode, in a biocompatible coating that is disposed on the microprojections or in both.

Control node includes: current memories provided in corresponding relation to a plurality of equipments to store, for each of the equipments, a first current data set for remote-controlling an operational condition of the equipment and a second current data set for remote-controlling a logical connection between the equipment and another equipment; and library memories provided in corresponding relation to the equipments to store, for each of the equipments, a plurality of first data sets each for remote-controlling the operational condition of the equipment and a plurality of second data sets each for remote-controlling the logical connection between the equipment and another equipment. In response to a scene readout instruction, first and second data sets, corresponding to the scene designated by the instruction, are read out from the library memories and stored into the current memories as first and second current data sets, and a readout command for the designated scene is transmitted, via a network, to each of the equipments.

The invention relates to interlocks for file cabinets and the like which generally prevent more than one drawer from being opened at a given time. The interlocks include a cable which is changeable from a slack condition to a taut condition. In the taut condition, the interlocks prevent the associated drawer from being opened. In the slack condition, the interlock allows the associated drawer to be opened. The interlocks may be used in conjunction with a lock that selectively changes the tension in the cable from a slack condition to a taut condition and vise versa. The interlocks may be constructed to exert a tension on a cable that is independent of the pulling force exerted on a locked drawer. Alternatively, the interlocks may be constructed to exert a force on the cable that is a small fraction of the pulling force exerted on a locked drawer.

Interlocks for file cabinets that prevent more than one drawer from being opened at a given time include an elongated, flexible member, such as a cable, which is changeable from a high slack condition to a low slack condition when one of a number of associated drawers is opened. In the low slack condition, the interlocks prevent their associated drawers that are closed from being opened. In the high slack condition, which exists when the drawers are closed, the interlocks allow their associated drawers to be opened. The interlocks may be used in conjunction with a lock that selectively changes the cable from a high slack condition to a low slack condition and vice versa. The interlocks may be constructed to exert a force on the cable that is a small fraction of the pulling force exerted on a locked drawer.

A classification determining unit determines classification of a stationary object that is detected by a stationary object detecting unit. In a case where it is determined that the stationary object is another vehicle, a judgment condition easing unit enlarges a margin area that is used when determining the need for collision avoidance support. When the margin area is enlarged, the probability for a user's own vehicle to interfere with the margin area increases. Stated otherwise, it becomes easier for a collision avoidance determining unit to determine that the collision avoidance support is needed.

A test pattern including a first test mark which is one unit-record-length longer than a shortest mark among modulating codes and a second test mark which is two or more unit-record-lengths longer than the shortest mark is recorded under a plurality of recording conditions (step S2). The recorded test pattern is reproduced (step S3), and based on a plurality of reproduced signals thus obtained, recording conditions allowing the first test mark and the second test mark, respectively, to be suitably recorded are selected (step S4). A recording condition for the shortest mark is determined by inference based on the recording conditions of the first test mark and the second test mark.

A method for manufacturing a spacer for use in an electron source apparatus comprising an electron source having an electron emission device, an opposing member opposed to the electron source and a spacer provided between the electron ray source and the opposing member, the method comprising a coating step for providing a film on a spacer substrate constituting the spacer, the coating step including a step for bringing a preformed film type material into contact with the spacer substrate.

The invention discloses a method for preparing a silk-fibroin-based water-absorbing material by grafting a vinyl monomer. Vinyl-containing carboxylic acid is grafted on the silk fibroin surface by the aid of EDC/NHS (1-ethyl-3-(3-dimethylaminopropyl)carbodiimide/N-hydroxysuccinimide), acrylamide (AM) and acrylic acid (AA) monomers are added, and a horseradish peroxidase/oxydol/acetylacetonate system is utilized to catalyze the silk fibroin-vinyl monomer graft copolymerization, thereby preparing the silk-fibroin-based water-absorbing material by a bioenzyme process. The method comprises the following steps: (1) preparing a silk fibroin solution; (2) grafting vinyl onto the silk fibroin surface by an EDC/NHS process; (3) catalyzing the silk fibroin-AM-AA graft copolymerization by using the horseradish peroxidase; and (4) forming the silk-fibroin-based water-absorbing material. Compared with the traditional process, the method has the advantages of high graft copolymerization efficiency and mild enzyme treatment conditions. The silk-fibroin-based composite water-absorbing material has the advantages of favorable water absorptivity, favorable water retention property and favorable biodegradability.

The invention discloses a method for carrying out enzymatic fibroin functional modification based on grafted polypeptide. Serine in silk fibroin is catalytically oxidized through an enzyme to generate reactive aldehyde, and is grafted with polypeptide containing tyrosine; the number of tyrosine residues on the fibroin surface is increased; subsequent tyrosinase catalytic fibroin is promoted to react with a functional amino compound; the enzymatic modification efficiency of silk fibroin is improved; and a multifunctional fibroin material is built. The method comprises the following specific steps: (1) treating the fibroin material in a laccase/4-oxo-2,2,6,6-tetramethyl piperidine-1-oxyl (TEMPO) system; (2) grafting the polypeptide containing tyrosine on the surface of the fibroin material; and (3) reacting the tyrosinase catalytic fibroin with the functional amino compound. Compared with a traditional chemical cross-linking method for preparing a functional fibroin material, the method has the advantages of high enzyme catalysis efficiency and mild enzyme treatment condition; and the performance of the fibroin material is obviously improved.

The invention discloses a method for carrying out real silk fabric anti-crease and antibacterial finishing by virtue of a laccase-TEMPO process. Quinones active groups are generated through catalyzing tyrosine residual groups in real silks by laccase so that chitosan molecules are grafted on the real silks; then 2,2,6,6-tetramethylpiperidine-nitrogen oxide (TEMPO) is added and is used for catalyzing chitosan and tyrosine in the real silks to generate formyl groups, so that the grafting amount and bonding firmness of the chitosan on the real silks are increased, and the real silk fabric anti-crease and antibacterial finishing is realized. The method comprises the following specific steps of: (1) catalytically oxidizing the tyrosine residual groups in the real silks by the laccase; (2) taking the chitosan and the quinones active groups in the real silks to react; (3) catalyzing the real silks by laccase-TEMPO to graft the chitosan; and (4) washing the real silks with water and then treating. Compared with traditional chemical cross-linking-process vacuum fabric anti-crease and antibacterial finishing, the method has the advantages that the grafting efficiency of the chitosan is high, enzyme treatment conditions are moderate, the real silk fabric anti-crease and antibacterial effect is relatively good and the strength of the fabric is improved.

The invention relates to a pre-treatment process method of high acid crude oil. The method comprises the following steps that high acid crude oil is treated by coupling deacidification and electro-desalting processes by combining chemical extraction and electro-desalting; a first level tank is taken as a deacidification and electro-desalting tank; a demulsifier and an extractant are injected before a crude oil electro-desalting static mixer; after being fully mixing with crude oil, the mixture enters into the first level desalting tank; generated naphthenate and salt-containing sewage in the crude oil are dissolved in the extractant; treated deacidified oil enters into second and third level desalting tanks after being mixed with the demulsifier and water through the static mixer for desalination and dehydration; treated crude oil enters into a subsequent heat exchange unit; after a period time of operation of an electro-desalting system, impurities such as mud in raw material oil are flushed by a non-stop back purge device to discharge mud-containing sewage out of the tank; an extract phase is acidified to separate out naphthenic acid which is further extracted and purified by light dydrocarbon, and the extractant is purified and recovered and recycled.

A tensioner for a closed loop power transmission system for an internal combustion engine having a drive shaft terminating in a sprocket and at least one camshaft, each terminating in a sprocket, with a single continuous chain wrapping around all of the sprockets. The tensioner contains a pair of elongated tensioning arms, each one in slidable contact with one of the two strands of chain that traverses between the driving sprocket and the driven sprocket(s). Each tensioning arm contains a wear face that remains in constant slidable contact with the strand of chain to which it is adjacent. An adjusting arm connects one of the ends of the tensioning arms. The adjusting arm has a ratchet means that adjusts for the backlash in the system and takes up any slack in the chain.

The invention discloses a preparation method of an enzymatic grafting based antioxidant silk fibroin membrane, and belongs to the biological technical field of textiles. With the help of tyrosinase, antioxidant flavonoids compounds are grafted onto silk fibroin surface after catalytic oxidation; and by crosslinking of tyrosine and the flavonoids compounds in the enzymatic silk fibroin, the antioxidant properties of the silk fibroin membrane is enhanced. The specific processes include silk fibroin solution preparation, silk fibroin membrane preparation, grafting of the flavonoids compounds on the enzymatic silk fibroin and after treatment of the modified silk fibroin membrane. The silk fibroin membrane prepared by the preparation method has improved antioxidant and antimicrobial properties, and the membrane material mechanical properties also are improved. Compared with a silk fibroin membrane modification method based on chemical crosslinking, the enzymatic modification method is low in energy consumption, high in efficiency, less in pollution and in favour of environmental protection.

A tensioner for a closed loop power transmission system for an internal combustion engine having a drive shaft terminating in a sprocket and at least one camshaft, each terminating in a sprocket, with a single continuous chain wrapping around all of the sprockets. The tensioner contains a pair of elongated tensioning arms, each one in slidable contact with one of the two strands of chain that traverses between the driving sprocket and the driven sprocket(s). Each tensioning arm contains a wear face that remains in constant slidable contact with the strand of chain to which it is adjacent. An adjusting arm connects one of the ends of the tensioning arms. The adjusting arm has a ratchet means that adjusts for the backlash in the system and takes up any slack in the chain.

A mounting board including a pair of patterned electrodes, a lower surface and an upper surface opposed thereto on which a substrate of an electronic component is to be mounted, a pass-through hole penetrating through the upper surface and the lower surface, and a peripheral side surface that defines the pass-through hole. The pass-through hole includes a plurality of penetrating grooves that are cut into the mounting board and penetrate through the upper and lower surfaces. The plurality of penetrating grooves electrically split the pair of patterned electrodes. The pair of patterned electrodes is partly positioned inside the peripheral side surface, and a connection portion connecting the at least one pair of patterned electrodes and at least one pair of patterned electrodes provided on the upper surface of the substrate of the electronic component is to be disposed inside the peripheral side surface that defines the pass-through hole.

A displacement detecting device includes a light source, a beam splitting section, a diffraction grating, a reflecting section, a beam combining section, a light receiving section, and a relative position information output section. The diffraction grating is adapted to diffract a first beam reflected by a surface-to-be-measured of a member-to-be-measured, and cause the diffracted first beam to be incident again on the surface-to-be-measured. The reflecting section is adapted to reflect a second beam split by the beam splitting section to the beam splitting section. The light receiving section is adapted to receive interfering light of the first beam and the second beam. The relative position information output section is adapted to output displacement information of the surface-to-be-measured in the height direction based on intensity of the received interfering light.

The present invention provides a liquid crystal display device having a high contrast ratio and no coloring during black display, over a wide viewing angle range. The liquid crystal display device of the present invention includes a reverse wavelength dispersion-type biaxial retardation film having R0(B)/R0(G) and Rth(B)/Rth(G) not greater than 0.965 and R0(R)/R0(G) and Rth(R)/Rth(G) not smaller than 1.015; and a vertical alignment liquid crystal cell that has a blue, a green, and a red color filter layer and that satisfies Rth_LC(B)/Rth_LC(G)≦1.000 and Rth_LC(R)/Rth_LC(G)≧1.000. R0(B), R0(G) and R0(R) denote the in-plane retardations of the retardation film at wavelengths 450 nm, 550 nm and 650 nm. Rth(B), Rth(G) and Rth(R), and Rth_LC(B), Rth_LC(G) and Rth_LC(R) respectively denote the thickness-direction retardations of the retardation film and the liquid crystal cell at wavelengths 450 nm, 550 nm and 650 nm.

The invention relates to a deep desulfurization method for diesel by coupling of oxidation and extraction, that is a catalyzed oxidation desulfurization method for diesel in petroleum refining technologies. The method comprises the following steps of crushing and fine grinding a zirconium hydroxide carrier, dipping into impregnation liquid formed by aqueous ammonium meta-tungstate solution, placing the impregnation liquid in an ultrasonic generator to carry out ultrasonic facilitating impregnation, boiling off water after the impregnation is finished, drying and baking at high temperature to obtain a WO3/ZrO2 super solid acidic catalyst; adding aqueous hydrogen peroxide solution, extraction solvent and the WO3/ZrO2 super solid acidic catalyst in diesel containing sulfur, carrying out catalyzed oxidation desulfurization reaction under the action of power ultrasonics, cooling to the room temperature after the reaction is finished, separating and recycling the solid catalyst, standing and layering, wherein the upper layer is desulfurized diesel and the lower layer can be reused after regeneration. The invention has simple process, mild condition, high desulfurization degree and gasoline recovery, low cost and no pollution to environment and can obtain ultra-low sulfur clean diesel products.