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Nanoparticles comprising silver and their nanotechnology-enabled applications are disclosed; doped metal oxides, silver comprising complex nanoparticle compositions, silver nanoparticles, methods of manufacture, and methods of preparation of products from silver comprising nanoparticles are presented; And anti-microbial formulations are discussed. Color photochromaticity and related applications are disclosed.

A system for improving health and monitoring diet has been developed which enables a consumer before making important decisions which effect health to consider health, nutrition, dietary, budget, and time information resources more easily before decisions are made. The system has a variety of user inputs that enable the user to access information easily and enter information easily, so that the personal profile and health history and diet information is up-to-date. This system is adjustable to contain additional modules of information such as dietary restrictions which can be used to regularly recommend or restrict purchase decisions at the point of sale, storage, preparation, or consumption.

Nanoparticles comprising tungsten, methods of manufacturing nanoparticles comprising tungsten, and applications of nanoparticles comprising tungsten, such as electronics, optical devices, photonics, reagents for fine chemical synthesis, pigments, and catalysts are provided.

The processes and articles of the present invention use thermally stable and loft retentive polymers in sublimation printed flock fibers, which are particularly attractive for forming molded and heat laminated articles. The process and articles use high, medium and low energy dyes on the fibers. A preferred polymer for use in the fibers is poly(cyclohexylene-dimethylene terephthalate). The fibers are heat set before sublimation printing.

An adjustable wall-hanger assembly comprises a hanger adapted to be secured to a wall and defining an opening of an interior of the hanger. A hanger slide is mounted to the hanger, is adapted to slide continuously substantially horizontally or vertically in the opening of the hanger, and defines a slot of an interior of the hanger slide extending substantially the other of horizontally or vertically with respect to the hanger slide. A mounting fastener is received through the slot of the hanger slide and adapted to slide continuously along the slot and be fastened to the wall to mount the assembly to the wall. A combination of the continuous substantially horizontal and vertical sliding of the hanger slide and mounting fastener allows for substantially infinite placement of the mounting fastener in the opening of the hanger. A hanger hook is fixedly connected to and extends outwardly from the hanger and substantially overlies the opening of the hanger for supporting an object hung on the hanger hook.

Building materials are generated by the simple mixing of cellulose nanofiber (CNF) slurry with typical wood-derived material such as wood meal, optionally with mineral particulate materials, and dried. Particle boards are made with wood meal particulates; wallboards are made with wood particulates and mineral particulates; paints are made with pigment particulates; and cement is made with aggregate particulates. The particle board samples were tested for fracture toughness. The fracture toughness was found to be from 20% higher up to ten times higher than the typical value for similar board, depending on the formulation. For cases of 20% by weight cellulose nanofibers and 80% wood, the fracture toughness was more than double that of typical particle board. The process sequesters carbon and oxygen into the building product for its lifespan—typically decades—and avoid releasing CO₂ into the atmosphere.

Method and systems for performing high volume searches are described. In one example a method includes receiving a query directed to a database, the database including a plurality of items, determining whether the query complies with one of a plurality of search criteria, each of the plurality of search criteria corresponding to a predefined index of the database, selecting a predefined index of the database corresponding to one of the plurality of search criteria if the query complies with said search criterion, the index containing entries that comply with the corresponding search criterion, applying the query to the selected index to find database items referenced in the index, selecting items based on applying the query to the selected index, building a report for the query, the report including only items of the selected index.

A method and apparatus for providing safe and low-cost force feedback peripherals for consumer applications. A device microprocessor local to an interface device is coupled to the host by a first interface bus. The microprocessor receives host commands from the host computer on the first interface bus, such as an RS-232 interface, and commands an actuator to apply a force to a user object, such as a joystick, in response to host commands. A sensor detects positions of the user object and outputs signals to the host on a second interface bus, such as a PC game port bus, separate from the first bus. In a "recoil" embodiment, a user initiates force feedback by pressing a button on the joystick, which sends an activation signal to the actuator. In other recoil embodiments, the host computer can transmit one or more enable signals and/or activation signals to the actuator to enable or command forces. A safety switch of the present invention disables the actuator when the interface device is not in use and enables the actuator when an amount of weight over a predetermined amount is placed on the joystick created by a user grasping the joystick. A circuit of the present invention includes a capacitor for storing power provided by an input signal and supplied to the actuator when forces are to be output.

An adjustable picture-hanger assembly comprises a hanger adapted to be secured to a wall and defining a substantially central opening of an interior of the hanger. A hanger slide is movably mounted to the hanger, is adapted to slide continuously substantially rotationally in the opening of the hanger, and defines a slot of an interior of the hanger slide. A mounting fastener is received through the slot of the hanger slide and adapted to slide continuously along the slot and be fastened to the wall to mount the assembly to the wall. A combination of the continuous substantially rotational sliding of the hanger slide and continuous sliding of the mounting fastener allows for substantially infinite placement of the mounting fastener in the opening of the hanger. A hanger hook is fixedly connected to and extends outwardly from the hanger and overlies the opening of the hanger for supporting an object hung on the hanger hook.

A positive electrode for a nonaqueous secondary battery including an active material layer which has sufficient electron conductivity with a low ratio of a conductive additive is provided. A positive electrode for a nonaqueous secondary battery including an active material layer which is highly filled with an active material, id est, including the active material and a low ratio of a conductive additive. The active material layer includes a plurality of particles of an active material with a layered rock salt structure, graphene that is in surface contact with the plurality of particles of the active material, and a binder.

A micromachining process to fabricate a single chip that simple drops into a supporting structure. The micromachining process provides the ability to create a probe that will interface with integrated circuits, for example, operating at frequencies in the range of about 100 GHz to about 3,000 GHz (3 THz). This approach creates a silicon structure (or other applicable choice of material) that provides mechanical force for probing while supporting the transfer of the high frequency energy between a measurement system and the integrated circuit, individual device or material.

This invention comprises manufacture of photovoltaic cells by deposition of thin film photovoltaic junctions on metal foil substrates. The photovoltaic junctions may be heat treated if appropriate following deposition in a continuous fashion without deterioration of the metal support structure. In a separate operation, an interconnection substrate structure is provided, optionally in a continuous fashion. Multiple photovoltaic cells are then laminated to the interconnection substrate structure and conductive joining methods are employed to complete the array. In this way the interconnection substrate structure can be uniquely formulated from polymer-based materials employing optimal processing unique to polymeric materials. Furthermore, the photovoltaic junction and its metal foil support can be produced in bulk without the need to use the expensive and intricate material removal operations currently taught in the art to achieve series interconnections.

An electric double layer capacitor includes polarizable electrodes immersed in an organic electrolyte, wherein the electrodes are self-binding and the electric double layer capacitor exhibits a high energy density.

An ultrasonic flow meter is disclosed, including a switching unit for switching electrical transmission signals between a signal generator and at least two ultrasonic transducers and for switching electrical reception signal between the transducers and a receiver circuit, wherein the switching unit is coupled to an output terminal of an operational amplifier of the signal generator and to an inverting input terminal of an operational amplifier of the receiver circuit. Furthermore, a method for characterizing an ultrasonic transducer is disclosed, including the step of determining directly from one or more supply current signals for an active component of a signal generator one or more quantities useful for characterizing the transducer. Furthermore, a method for determining the time delay of an ultrasonic signal in a flow path of an ultrasonic flow meter is disclosed, including the step of comparing physically transmitted, delayed and received signals with simulated non-delayed signals.

End of arm tooling system and a method for manufacture is provided. The end or arm tooling system provides automated material handling, part manipulation, pre-forming and transferring of a pre-impregnated carbon fiber material. A robot is connected to end of arm tooling for automated material handling and transfer operations from at least a lower preform tool system where light compression is applied to a molding press. The end or arm tooling system includes a cured silicone membrane as well as vacuum and air blow off, allowing for robotically preforming, picking up and dropping-off pre-impregnated carbon fiber materials which are notoriously sticky and difficult to handle.

A rubber composition as a blend comprised of an elastomer(s), and particulate reinforcement provided as an intimate blend of carbon black particles and fumed silica particles, together with a coupling agent. A tire having a component of such rubber composition such as, for example, a tread, is specifically contemplated.

A system for controlling reagent flow to an exhaust of a lean burn combustion source includes a plurality of decomposition ducts each being connected to at least one injection lance of a reagent injection grid and supplying reagent and hot carrier gas to the injection lance, and at least one metering valve in communication with each of the plurality of decomposition ducts that controls reagent injection rate to the injection lance. A method of controlling a reagent flow to an exhaust of a lean burn combustion source includes providing a reagent injection grid having at least one injection lance, supplying the reagent and hot carrier gas to the reagent injection grid from a plurality of decomposition ducts coupled to the injection grid, and controlling reagent injection rate to the injection grid via at least one metering valve in communication with each of the plurality of decomposition ducts.

The invention relates to a smelting reduction recovery and thermal refining method for a rare-earth-niobium-containing slag mixture and belongs to the field of non-blast furnace ironmaking and resource comprehensive utilization. The smelting reduction recovery and thermal refining method for the rare-earth-niobium-containing slag mixture comprises the following steps of (1) mixing rare-earth-containing blast furnace slag and niobium-containing molten steel slag to form the rare-earth-niobium-containing slag mixture and controlling the temperature of the rare-earth-niobium-containing slag mixture within a set temperature range; (2) injecting oxidative gas and conducting smelting reduction to reduce iron oxide into metallic iron fully; and (3) conducting separation and recovery according to different reaction devices. According to the method, the rare earth, the calcium component, the niobium component and the phosphorus component in the slag mixture can be efficiently recycled; cold-state niobium-rare-earth-iron-containing materials can be processed and at the same time thermal refining of the slag can be realized, so that the efficient resource comprehensive utilization can be achieved. The method is short in reaction time, high in metal recovery rate, low in production cost, strong in raw material adaptability, large in processing capacity, friendly with environment, high in economic income and capable of solving the problems of efficient recovery and utilization of metallurgical resources and heat energy effectively.

Disclosed herein is a hexaferrite composite comprising polytetrafluoroethylene; and greater than or equal to 40 vol %, or 40 to 90 vol % a plurality of Co₂Z hexaferrite particles based on the total volume of the polytetrafluoroethylene and the plurality of Co₂Z hexaferrite particles on a void-free basis; wherein the hexaferrite composite has a porosity of greater than or equal to 10 vol % based on the total volume of the hexaferrite composite; wherein the hexaferrite composite has a permeability of greater than or equal to 2.5 and a ratio of the permeability to the permittivity of greater than or equal to 0.4, both determined at 500 MHz.

The invention discloses a downhole rock debris extraction system and a control method thereof. The control method comprises the steps that a ground control module determines a first corresponding relation between depth information of the well depth and time in real time, and then marker jet information is sent down to a downhole marker module; according to the marker jet information, the downholemarker module sprays markers onto rock debris produced by excavation through an excavation bit; the ground control module determines a second corresponding relation between marker jet time and the types of the markers in real time, a ground detection and extraction module is controlled to carry out marker detection on the extracted rock debris, and the types of the markers are determined; the ground control module determines original depth information corresponding to the rock debris according to detection results, the first corresponding relation and the second corresponding relation; and therequirements of high detection ageing and simple and easy operation for downhole rock debris extraction can be effectively met, and meanwhile, the control method can achieve the purpose of accurate sampling, low sampling cost and high completed amount.

There is provided a technique that includes (1) receiving a data element, (2) comparing the data element to a corresponding data element in a pend update history repository that contains changes that have occurred to the data element over time, thus yielding a comparison, (3) determining, based on the comparison, that the data element has changed, (4) checking that there is no update process running that might contain more up-to-date data for the data element, (5) relating the data element to a cutoff number that is associated with a particular range of time, and (6) updating corresponding data elements in (a) a full universe data repository that stores a current value for the data element and a previous value for the data element, and (b) a delta data repository that stores a record that indicates (i) that the data element is being updated, and (ii) the cutoff number.

A method of automatically sterilizing mail all mail received provides assurance to the recipients of the mail and facilitates efficient processing of the mail. The method comprises the steps of: providing an internal electromagnetic radiation source to sterilize mail deposited in the mail box; providing an electric door switch serially connected to the electromagnetic radiation source adapted to close only when the mail box door is closed so that the electromagnetic radiation radiates from the source only when the front door is closed; and, providing a sterilization timer activated when the mail box door is closed, said timer configured to maintain the electromagnetic source on for a sufficient period after the mail box door is closed to radiate and thereby sterilize any mail deposited therein. One aspect of the invention comprises a method of retrofitting a mail box with an assembly containing all of the components listed above.

The hermetically sealed electrical feed-through device has a circular metal disk (11) with a conductive straight isolated pin (13) hermetically sealed in an oval or elliptical through-going opening (O) positioned offset from the center of the circular metal disk. The straight isolated pin (13) is sealed in the opening (O) by means of a glass-to-metal seal (17). A conductive straight ground pin (15) is connected to the rear side of the circular metal disk (11) adjacent to the opening (O) and extends approximately parallel to the straight isolated pin (13). Because the through-going opening (O) has an elliptical or oval cross-section, a wider range of different bridge wires of different lengths, which are connectable on the front side of the metal disk (11) between the front surface of the metal disk (11) and the straight isolated pin (13), is possible. The straight isolated and ground pins have circular transverse cross-sections.

A medication delivery device, for use with a container having a distal end and a needle being placed at the distal end of the container, including: a push rod which is movable with respect to at least a portion of the container; a resilient member configured to bias the push rod to move toward the distal end of the container; a releasable restraining means configured to releasably restrain the push rod in a locked state against the biasing of the resilient member; a means to adjust amount of movement of the push rod with respect to the container in order to deliver a predetermined dose of medication; and an activation means configured to release the releasable means. The means to adjust amount of movement of the push rod with respect to the container is bi-directional. The device can accommodate containers of different size or shape.

The invention relates to a method for temperature-control flotation and decalcification of magnesite, and belongs to the technical field of magnesite ore dressing and purification processes. The method comprises the steps of crushing and sieving high-calcium low-grade magnesite to obtain magnesite powder with the particle size of 38-74 microns; adding deionized water for mixing and slurry blendingto obtain magnesite slurry with the mass concentration of 10-40%, wherein the temperature of the magnesite slurry is 5-20 DEG C; adding NaOH to the magnesite slurry to adjust the pH value to 10-12, firstly adding an aqueous solution of a collecting agent sodium oleate for uniform stirring, and then conducting direct flotation roughing to obtain low-calcium magnesite concentrate. By means of the method, according to the difference in floatability of magnesite and impurity minerals dolomite in magnesite at different slurry temperatures, calcium minerals in magnesite are removed, the quality ofmagnesite is improved, and a new technology is provided for ore dressing and decalcification of high-calcium low-grade magnesite.

An inflator includes a distributed charge to be distributed within an inflatable component of an inflatable system and a housing. The housing includes a combustion chamber and a gas storage chamber. The combustion chamber includes an initiator and a gas propellant. The gas storage chamber includes an inert gas at a high pressure. The housing also includes a gas nozzle. The distributed charge is connected to the housing through the gas nozzle. The distributed charge may be mechanically joined to the housing by a ferrule. Upon receiving an electrical signal from a crash sensor or other activator, the initiator ignites the gas propellant in the combustion chamber. The hot gas and hot particles from the burning gas propellant and the initiator flow into the gas storage chamber and heat the compressed inert gas in the gas storage chamber. The heated, compressed gas in the gas storage chamber flows through the gas nozzle and ignites the distributed charge. Combustion of the distributed charge generates a high volume of gas and inflates an inflatable component of an inflatable system.

The invention relates to a method for acquiring label-free cells electrical characteristics based on light-induced dielectrophoresis mechanical force. The method comprises the following steps: incident light is projected to a lower surface of a photoelectron tweezer chip; frequency of alternating voltage emitted by a signal-generator is affected on a conducting layer of the photoelectron tweezer chip; cells move far from the incident light; frequency of applied alternating voltage can be increased, when certain cell is stationary, the frequency is a cross-over frequency of the cell; frequency of the applied alternating voltage is continuously increased, the cell moves towards to the incident light; when all the cells move in an incident light scope, the incident light and the applied alternating voltage are closed; a relation between the cross-over frequency and a diameter of each cell can be obtained; and capacitance of each cell membrane can be obtained according to the relation between the cell membrane capacitance and cell diameter. The preparation of metal microelectrodes with a specific structure is not required; the electrical characteristic parameter of single cell or many cells can be obtained with real time; an antibody is not required for being used for identification of the cells, and the method has the advantages of automation, mass production and high throughput capacity.

Disclosed is a concealed flow regulator, which comprises a housing portion and a diversion device, the housing portion is disposed with a mutation cavity and a suction passage, the diversion device is used to divide the water flowing, the divided water enters the mutation cavity and negative pressure generates; the external revolution surface of the housing portion is disposed with external thread, the housing portion is threaded to the water supplying opening via the external thread; the suction passage has an internal port faced to the mutation cavity and an external port at the external revolution surface, the air flowing clearance is connected to the external port, so that air can enter the mutation cavity through the air flowing clearance, the external port and the internal port. It has advantages: the flow regulator can be assembled in the water supplying opening and be concealed.