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Luminescence test measurements are conducted using an assay module having integrated electrodes with a reader apparatus adapted to receive assay modules, induce luminescence, preferably electrode induced luminescence, in the wells or assay regions of the assay modules and measure the induced luminescence.

A solid immersion lens structure is a translucent pliant elastomer cast to a desired shape and smoothness. A method for construction of a solid immersion lens structure includes providing a mold defining a lens shaped cavity in which a solid immersion lens is cast, casting a translucent liquid elastomeric material into the lens cavity, permitting the elastomeric material to set to form the solid immersion lens portion and removing the solid immersion lens portion from the mold. A specific material for use as the solid immersion lens is a translucent silicone elastomer of a refractive index greater than n=1.4, such as General Electric RTV 615.

Methods, process, apparatus, equipment, and systems are disclosed for converting biomass into bio-oil fractions for chemicals, materials, feedstocks and fuels using a low-cost, integrated fast pyrolysis system. The system improves upon prior art by creating stable, bio-oil fractions which have unique properties that make them individually superior to conventional bio-oil. The invention enables water and low-molecular weight compounds to be separated into a final value-added fraction suitable for upgrading or extracting into value-added chemicals, fuels and water. Initial bio-oil fractions from the process are chemically distinct, have low-water content and acidity which reduces processing costs normally associated with conventional bio-oil post-production upgrading since fewer separation steps, milder processing conditions and lower auxiliary inputs are required. Biochar is stabilized so that it can be handled safely. The integrated fast pyrolysis process includes biomass storage, preparation, pretreatment, and conversion, product recovery and processing to create and store stable biochar and bio-oil fractions.

An imager pixel including a photodetector, a first MOS transistor functioning as the driver of a source follower amplifier during signal readout, a second MOS transistor serving as a pixel readout transistor, a third MOS transistor serving as a photodetector reset transistor, and a reset noise cancellation circuit including a fourth MOS transistor, first and second capacitances, and an amplifier having a gain which is the inverse of the ratio of the first to the second capacitance.

The lifetime of aerosol monitoring, concentration and collection equipment is extended by acoustic cleaning of accreted particle deposits from internal surfaces where fouling occurs by application of acoustic energy to the particle accretion surface, optionally in combination with a liquid wash or sampling volume. In one application, acoustic cleaning or sampling of particle deposits for analysis is triggered by a signal indicating changes in gas flow associated with particle loading. In another application, electro-acoustic transducers may be used to prevent particle buildup without interruption of particle monitoring.

Airborne particles are impacted on a collection surface, analyzed, and then the collection surface is regenerated. Thus, the same collection surface can be used in numerous cycles. The analysis can be focused on one or more properties of interest, such as the concentration of airborne biologicals. Sensors based on regenerative collection surfaces may be incorporated in many networks for applications such as building automation.

The invention discloses a preparation method for a transparent silver nanowire conducting electrode. The preparation method comprises the following steps: (1) preparing a high length-diameter ratio silver nanowire solution; (2) conducting hydrophilization on a substrate; (3) coating the prepared silver nanowire solution on the substrate, and carrying out drying to obtain a transparent silver nanowire conducting thin film on the substrate; (4) conducting adhesion treatment on the transparent silver nanowire conducting thin film and the substrate; (5) exposing the transparent silver nanowire conducting thin film treated with adhesion to ultraviolet light, so as to obtain the transparent silver nanowire conducting electrode, wherein the adhesive force between the transparent silver nanowire conducting electrode and the substrate is high. The transparent silver nanowire conducting electrode prepared according to the method is excellent in carrier collection efficiency and relatively high in light transmittance, can improve the conductibility of a front electrode of a solar battery, reduce reflectivity, and potentially improve battery efficiency and reduce production cost, and is high in mechanical and environmental stability, and suitable for large-area low-cost preparation.

The invention provides a display screen. The display screen comprises a display layer and a blocking layer, wherein the display layer is provided with a displaying face facing a user, the blocking layer is arranged on the displaying face in a stacked mode, the blocking layer comprises a fingerprint recognition region, the fingerprint recognition region comprises at least one first through hole, and the first through holes are used for transmitting induction signals transmitted and received by a fingerprint module below a display screen. The invention provides a display device, the display device comprises a display screen and an optical fingerprint module, and the optical fingerprint module is arranged at the side, away from the blocking layer, of the display layer and is located at the position corresponding to the optical fingerprint recognition region. The fingerprint module comprises an optical transmitting device and an optical inductor, and light signals transmitted by the optical transmitting device are conveyed to the fingerprint lines through the first through holes and are received by the optical inductor through the first through holes after being reflected by the fingerprint lines. The invention further provides a mobile terminal, and the recognition efficiency of the optical fingerprint module is improved.

The present invention relates to a cyclonic vacuum cleaner and, more specifically, to a cyclonic vacuum cleaner having a cyclonic station that maintains a vertical position when the vacuum is maneuvered across a floor space. The instant abstract is neither intended to define the invention disclosed in this specification nor intended to limit the scope of the invention in any way.

The present invention harvests and utilizes fluidized bed drying technology and waste heat streams augmented by other available heat sources to dry feedstock or fuel. This method is useful in many industries, including coal-fired power plants. Coal is dried using the present invention before it goes to coal pulverizers and on to the furnace/boiler arrangement. Coal can be intercepted on current coal feed systems ahead of the pulverizers. Drying fuel, such as coal, is done to improve boiler efficiency and reduce emissions. A two-stage bed utilized in the process first “pre-dries and separates” the feed stream into desirable and undesirable feedstock. Then, it incrementally dries and segregates fluidizable and non-fluidizable material from the product stream. This is all completed in a low-temperature, open-air system. Elevation of fan room air temperature is also accomplished using waste heat, thereby making available to the plant system higher temperature media to enhance the feedstock drying process.

A filter medium which has an average pore diameter of more than 0.5 .mu.m, a pressure loss of 2-50 mmH.sub.2 O determined when air is permeated therethrough at a velocity of flow of 5.3 cm/sec, and a PF value of 18-12, which is calculated in accordance with the following equation on the basis of this pressure loss and a collection efficiency using DOP of a grain size of 0.10-0.12 .mu.m. ##EQU1##

A module for equalizing light in liquid crystal display, having a light source and at least one gapless microlens array, is described. The gapless microlens array has a substrate and a plurality of bumps located on the substrate, and the bumps are connected closely with each other so that there is no gap between the bumps. Light is gathered, equalized and diffused by using the gapless microlens array.

A method for accelerating data acquisition in MRI with N-dimensional spatial encoding has a first method step in which a transverse magnetization within an imaged object volume is prepared having a non-linear phase distribution. Primary spatial encoding is thereby effected through application of switched magnetic fields. Two or more RF receivers are used to simultaneously record MR signals originating from the imaged object volume, wherein, for each RF receiver, an N-dimensional data matrix is recorded which is undersampled by a factor R_i per selected k-space direction. Data points belonging to a k-space matrix which were not recoded by a selected acquisition schema are reconstructed using a parallel imaging method, wherein reference information concerning receiver coil sensitivities is extracted from a phase-scrambled reconstruction of the undersampled data matrix. The method generates a high-resolution image free of artifacts in a time-efficient manner by improving data sampling efficiency and thereby reducing overall data acquisition time.

A method for tracking solar panels includes the steps (a) beginning a tracking cycle substantially at sunrise with adjacent tilting panels all horizontal, (b) tilting the adjacent panels in unison in a first angular direction toward the rising sun at a tilt rate that just avoids shading of adjacent panels, (c) reversing direction of panel tilt at a point that the panels reach either a maximum tilt limited by mechanical design, or the panel surfaces are orthogonal to the rising sun, (d) tilting the adjacent panels in a second angular direction, following movement of the sun and keeping the surface of the panels at right angles to the sun's position, until a point is reached that shadowing is imminent from the angle of the setting sun, and (e) reversing direction of panel tilt again to the first angular direction, adjusting tilt as the sun sets to avoid shading until the panels are again horizontal.

A multi-cyclone dust collecting apparatus with improved dust collecting efficiency and suction force is provided. The multi-cyclone dust collecting apparatus includes a first and a second multi-cyclone units having a first cyclone which collects large particles of dust and a second cyclone for collecting fine particles of dust; an air inlet through which an air inlet through which dust-laden air is separated and flowed into the first and the second multi-cyclone units, respectively; and an air outlet through which air from the second cyclone of the first and the second multi-cyclone units is gathered and externally discharged. Because air is branched off once it is drawn into a single gate and dust is separated from the drawn air simultaneously in the plurality of multi-cyclone dust collecting apparatuses, reduction of flow speed in the dust-laden air from the suction brush can be prevented.

Fluid samples of very small but precisely equal volume are repetitively collected and subsequently analyzed by being illuminated with measurement light. The collection cells fill spontaneously and the analysis is performed with the sample in the cell.