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A method and apparatus for controlling the operation of a hybrid drive system utilizing route information. The route information may be learned by the vehicle's control system using an exemplary drive of the route or entered into the vehicle's control system manually or in conjunction with mapping or other software. A method for optimizing cost efficiency using a route oriented paradigm for operation of a hybrid drive system.

A high frequency circuit module for use in an automotive radar or the like, in which RF circuit parts are mounted on both sides of a hard multilayer dielectric substrate, and a transmission line connecting the RF circuit parts provided on both sides is constructed by a via group including a periodical structure or a via having a coaxial structure perpendicular to faces of the multilayer dielectric substrate. As the multilayer dielectric substrate, a hard multilayer substrate using metallic layers as a microstrip line wiring layer, a DC/IF signal line layer, and grounding metal layers for shielding which are disposed on and under the DC/IF signal line is employed. By using the transmission line achieved by a through via having the periodical structure or the through via having the coaxial structure, an electromagnetic wave propagating in parallel between the grounding conductors is confined.

Systems and methods convey a closure material into a catheter, e.g., to seal a puncture site in a blood vessel. The closure material comprises a mixture of first and second components, which, upon mixing, undergo a reaction to form solid closure material composition. The first component may be a lyophilized polyethylene glycol (PEG) material contained within a vial. The second component may be a buffered albumin solution plus water contained within a syringe. An applicator provides easy and effective mixing of the components and delivery of the mixture to the puncture site.

A material containing, as a main component, an organic silicon compound represented by the following general formula:

R¹_xSi(OR²)_4-x

(where R¹ is a phenyl group or a vinyl group; R² is an alkyl group; and x is an integer of 1 to 3) is caused to undergo plasma polymerization or react with an oxidizing agent to form an interlayer insulating film composed of a silicon oxide film containing an organic component. As the organic silicon compound where R¹ is a phenyl group, there can be listed phenyltrimethoxysilane or diphenyldimethoxysilane. As the organic silicon compound where R¹ is a vinyl group, there can be listed vinyltrimethoxysilane or divinyldimethoxysilane.

There are provided a steel for warm working, to be subjected to warm working as various structures, components of cars, and the like, a warm working method thereof, and a steel material and a steel component obtainable from the warm working method.

[Solving Means] A steel is to have a particle dispersion type fiber structure formed in the matrix by warm working. The steel is characterized in that the total amount of the dispersed second-phase particles at room temperature is 7×10⁻³ or more in terms of volume fraction, and the Vickers hardness (HV) is equal to or larger than the hardness H of the following equation (2):

H=(5.2−1.2×10⁻⁴λ)×10²  (2)

when the steel is subjected to any of annealing, tempering, and aging treatments in the as-unworked state under conditions such that a parameter λ expressed by the following equation (1):

λ=T(log t+20)(T; temperature(K), t; time(hr))  (1)

is 1.4×10⁴ or more in a prescribed temperature range of 350° C. or more and Ac1 point or less. This steel is taken as the steel for warm working.

Embodiments may include a method of curtailing an output level of an EG system. The method may include receiving, at a processor, a first dynamic control signal. The first dynamic control signal may include an instruction to adjust an output level of an EG system to a first output level. The method may also include maintaining the output level of the EG system at the first output level for a predetermined period. The method may further include determining, by the processor, whether a second dynamic control signal is received during the predetermined period. If a second dynamic control signal is not received during the predetermined period, the method may include ramping down the output level at a predetermined rate after the predetermined period until a predetermined failsafe output level is achieved. The predetermined failsafe output level may be maintained until a third dynamic control signal is received by the processor.

An efficient process for saccharifying lignocellulosic biomass in concentrated aqueous solutions of certain bromine salts, particularly LiBr and CaBr₂. Real lignocellulose biomass, such as corn stover, switchgrass, waste paper, hardwood, and softwood, can be hydrolyzed without the need for any prior pretreatment. Complete saccharification of both cellulose and hemicellulose is achieved within 5-200 min at temperatures ranging from about 100 to about 160° C. Residual lignin is readily separated from product sugars by filtration or centrifugation and can be used to prepare beneficial coproducts. The bromine salt can be recovered and separated from product sugars (predominantly monosaccharides) by any art-known method and in particular solvent extraction, anti-solvent precipitation, ion-exclusion chromatography and/or ion-exchange chromatography can be employed. Hydrolysis product containing sugars can be employed for in fermentation for the production of value added products or useful fuels.

The invention discloses a dynamic on-demand inspection method based on big data analysis and association, which relates to the technical field of big data analysis. Through big data analysis of operation and maintenance, on-demand dynamic inspection and dynamic scheduling are established, and by optimizing the inspection period and management Mode, effectively allocate inspection resources, and at the same time, break down the barriers between inspection and fault handling; it mainly includes the following steps: 1) Establish an analysis model, 2) Generate dynamic inspection tasks, 3) Execute inspection tasks and 4) Query Inspection results. By adopting the invention, the inspection effect of the base station can be improved, and the barriers between the inspection fault processing can be broken, the cost efficiency can be improved, and the operation and maintenance management cost can be reduced.

An analyzer includes a pretreatment device and a mass spectrometer. The pretreatment device includes a solid phase extraction mechanism. The mass spectrometer performs mass spectrometry on a sample pretreated by the pretreatment device and then subjected to ionization. The analyzer also includes a storage unit that stores data on dependence of signal intensities of the analyte substance to be measured and the internal standard upon the concentration of a substance inhibiting ionization in the sample, and that stores data on a recovery rate. The analyzer also includes a correcting unit that corrects measurement results of the sample and the internal standard on the basis of the data stored in the storage unit.

A medical balloon, implantable in human tissue, of unitary silicone construction. The balloon is self-sealing upon removal of an inflation implement. The balloon device comprises a molded valve portion which is dip-coated in a silicone dispersion to create a balloon wall around and integral with the valve portion. Preferably, both the valve portion and the balloon wall are comprised of the same silicone material. The dipping process, combined with a vulcanizing process, creates a laminar wall which is strong and resistant to separation during inflation. The balloons may be used in for the treatement of urinary incontinence or vesicoureteral reflux, alternative procedures such as emboliztion or blocking of veins or arteries to accomplish the treatement of enlarged blood vessels in the brain or for treating severe uterine bleeding.

The invention provides a distributed task unloading method based on cost efficiency. The method comprises the following steps: in each time slot, obtaining the position of each piece of user equipment, the productivity condition of each edge node server and a task needing to be executed by each piece of user equipment; as for a task operated by each piece of user equipment calculating energy consumption, time delay and calculation data volume which need to be consumed for locally executing and unloading the task to each edge node server in the user equipment; and obtaining the optimal execution scheme of the task with the highest cost efficiency under the condition of meeting the task delay requirement through comparison, and integrating the optimal execution schemes of all user equipmentto obtain the task unloading scheme of the system under the time slot. The optimal unloading decision of the system is determined by taking maximization of the cost efficiency of each user as a targetand considering the constraints of the computing power and the time delay. The algorithm provided by the invention can effectively improve the cost efficiency of the user and significantly reduce theenergy cost of the system.

The present disclosure provides a smart LED lighting device, including an LED light-emitting unit, an LED power supply unit, a wireless unit configured to send and receive video data, a video processing and controller unit configured to transmit analyzed and processed video data to a projection unit, a projection unit configured to receive and transmit the video data to a lens unit, and a lens unit configured to project produced video data onto a screen. The present disclosure also provides a smart LED lighting system using the smart LED lighting device. The present disclosure provides lighting as well as projection functions, allowing full integration of lighting control and video projection. A wireless communication unit is used to facilitate networking so that online videos can be projected remotely. The disclosed lighting device can also act as a router to provide internet access to connected devices, enhancing user experience.

A light-emitting sign device is provided, in which optimum scattering of light from a light source is ensured, light loss can be reduced to a minimum, uniform and bright emission is made possible, and visibility and cost efficiency are improved. A sign plate having a sign surface is provided, and a light-diffusing plate, light guide plate, and white reflecting plate are arranged in this order on the rear surface of the sign plate. A light-scattering layer that scatters the light from the light source is coated on the rear surface of the light guide plate. The light-scattering layer has a binder layer composed of a coating composition using a transparent resin as a binder. A filler in the form of transparent and substantially spherical fine particles of silica is uniformly dispersed in the binder layer.

An improved system and method for detecting leaks in substantially enclosed objects such as automobiles, airplanes, tanks, etc. uses an ultrasonic transmitter and an array of ultrasonic sensors positioned around the inner periphery of a cut out silhouette that corresponds to an outline of the objects under test. The silhouette is mounted in a frame that is designed to minimize ultrasonic reflections and preserve any amplitude information received by the ultrasonic sensors. As the objects are passed through the frame, ultrasonic amplitude readings obtained from the sensors are processed to determine if they are representative of a defective or leaking object. The position of the leak is determined by examining the amplitude of the individual sensor readings. The system is particularly well adapted for use in detecting defects in automobiles on an assembly line without interrupting the assembly process or damaging the car.

The invention relates to a wafer level module and its fabricating method. The method of fabricating the wafer level module, comprises: providing a first solid adhesive film with a first release film and a second release film that respectively cover a first surface and a second surface of the first solid adhesive film; patterning a plurality of openings through the first solid adhesive film; removing the first release film to expose the first surface of the first solid adhesive film; and aligning and adhering the exposed first surface of the first solid adhesive film to a first substrate. The wafer level module is capable of effectively maintaining thickness evenness of the adhesive layer, and facilitating ease of alignment and application of the adhesive layer.

A method and arrangement for controlling sampling of flue gases by means of which it is possible to control sampling of flue gases for C14 carbon dating. In the method a flue gas sample is taken from the dry flue gas of the combustion plant and it is used for determining the proportions of renewable and fossil fuels using dating based on isotope C14. At least the sampling frequency of the flue gases or the volume flow of the flue gas samples is changed on the basis of the power produced by the combustion plant.

A system and a method of electric power generation utilizing sea wave energy is disclosed. The invention consists of an underwater system where seawater flows through an underwater turbine which generates electric power. The waste water that passes through the turbine then flows into underwater tanks on the seabed. According to the invention, simultaneously, water is pumped out of the underwater tanks to the surface by mechanical devices located at the surface utilizing wave motion.

Provided are a gas decomposition component, a method for producing a gas decomposition component, and a power generation apparatus. A gas decomposition component 10 includes a cylindrical-body MEA 7 including a first electrode 2 disposed on an inner-surface side, a second electrode 5 disposed on an outer-surface side, and a solid electrolyte 1 sandwiched between the first electrode and the second electrode; and a porous metal body 11s inserted on the inner-surface side of the cylindrical-body MEA and electrically connected to the first electrode, wherein the gas decomposition component further includes a porous conductive-paste-coated layer 11g formed on an inner circumferential surface of the first electrode, and a metal mesh sheet 11a disposed on an inner circumferential side of the conductive-paste-coated layer, and an electrical connection between the first electrode and the porous metal body is established through the conductive-paste-coated layer and the metal mesh sheet.

A voltage source for modulated DC voltages, operative to amplify the power of a reference signal to keep an output voltage constant, has a static DC voltage source with at least one parallel capacitor. The voltage source includes a first switching element, which is connected in parallel to the static DC voltage source and can be switched on or off by an unregulated controller; a second electronic switching element, which is connected in series to the first electronic switching element and in parallel to the DC voltage source and can be switched on or off by the controller; a coil, which is connected in series with the first electronic switching element and in parallel to the second electronic switching element; a smoothing capacitor, which is connected in series with the coil; and a load, which is connected in parallel to the smoothing capacitor.

The invention discloses an energy scheduling method of a micro-grid supplied multi-cell wireless communication system. The energy scheduling method of the micro-grid supplied multi-cell wireless communication system comprises the steps of firstly defining a new efficiency metric, namely, cost efficiency, and modeling the micro-grid supplied multi-cell wireless communication system to obtain a cost efficiency optimization problem; then solving the optimization problem by utilizing Dinkelbach method and Lagrange dual decomposition method so as to obtain an energy scheduling scheme of the system; and finally realizing multi-cell communication of the system based on the energy scheduling strategy obtained through calculation. As an advanced convex optimization method is adopted for the design of transmitting power distribution of a base station in the micro-grid supplied multi-cell communication system, generated energy distribution of an electric generator in a micro-grid, battery charging and discharging quantity distribution in the micro-grid and an electric energy trading amount between the micro-grid and a main grid, the cost efficiency of the multi-cell communication system is increased while the requirement on the transmitting power of the base station is met, and expense of each unit is fully utilized.

A flat-panel display is hermetically sealed by a process in which a first plate structure (30) is positioned generally opposite a second plate structure (32) such that sealing material (34) provided over the second plate structure lies between the plate structures. In a gravitational sealing technique, the first plate structure is positioned vertically below the second plate structure. The sealing material is heated so that it moves vertically downward under gravitational influence to meet the first plate structure and seal the plate structures together. In a global-heating gap-jumping technique, the plate structures and sealing material are globally heated to cause the sealing material to jump a gap between the sealing material and the first plate structure. When the first plate structure is positioned vertically above the second plate structure, the sealing material moves vertically upward to meet the first plate structure and close the gap.

The invention discloses an adsorption type metal aluminum plate ceiling structure. The structure comprises a main keel, a secondary keel and a metal aluminum plate. The secondary keel and the main keel are crossed, and are fixedly connected at the cross section. Multiple first rubber gaskets are fixedly connected below the secondary keel. The metal aluminum plate is fixedly mounted below the secondary keel. Multiple second rubber gaskets are fixedly connected at positions, corresponding to positions of the first rubber gaskets, on the metal aluminum plate. The first and second rubber gaskets have spherical shapes at initial positions. The surface of each first rubber gasket is provided with multiple polygonal projections, and the surface of each second rubber gasket is provided with multiple polygonal grooves corresponding to the projections; or the surface of each first rubber gasket is provided with multiple polygonal grooves, and the surface of each second rubber gasket is provided with multiple polygonal projections corresponding to the grooves. Compared with the prior art, installation cost and installation efficiency are obviously optimized, and the connection strength is guaranteed.

A pressure sensitive adhesive label for a hard disk drive includes a substrate, an information indicator formed on one side of the substrate, and a pressure sensitive adhesive layer formed on the other side of the substrate. By applying onto the outer surface of a housing of a hard disk drive, the pressure sensitive adhesive label can reduce noise caused by operation of the hard disk drive. The pressure sensitive adhesive label for a hard disk drive can concurrently exhibit various information indicating functions and the function of reducing noise caused by operation of a hard disk drive. By using the pressure sensitive adhesive label, a method can reduce noise caused by operation of a hard disk drive.

The invention relates to a method for regulating and controlling the freezing ability of a fixed-frequency freezing air-conditioning ice-water system. The method comprises the following steps of: controlling the quantity of compressors which participate in operation in a fixed-frequency ice-water main machine by using temperature buffering differences of individual requirement ends to make the utilization rate of each compressor during operation approximate to 100 percent; respectively defining a plurality of operating programs for different freezing ability requirement ends to make the operating programs respectively have corresponding high-temperature-low-temperature intervals which are individually defined; and re-distributing supply periods in which the fixed-frequency ice-water main machine supplies the freezing ability to the freezing ability requirement ends or starting periods of the fixed-frequency ice-water main machine by using temperature buffering strips of different operating programs to make the compressors operate in the fixed-frequency ice-water main machine in a concentrated starting mode, so an effect of saving energy and electricity is achieved.