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An improved OLED structure that enhances both stability and luminance efficiency, includes a substrate; an anode and a cathode; a light-emitting layer disposed between the anode and cathode; and a hole-transporting structure disposed between the light-emitting layer and the anode including two or more sublayers; a first sublayer in contact with the light-emitting layer and including a first hole-transporting material and a first stabilizing dopant, and a second sublayer including a second hole-transporting material and a second stabilizing dopant, and a third dopant having a bandgap that is smaller than each of the bandgaps of the second hole-transporting material and the second stabilizing dopant, respectively.

There is provided a metal powder for use in a selective laser sintering method for producing a three-dimensional shaped object, wherein the metal powder comprises a powder mixture of a precipitation-hardening metal composition. In particular, the metal powder of the present invention is configured to have a Fe-based component powder and a Ni-based component powder which are individually included in the powder mixture wherein a powder made of an alloy of Fe-based and Ni-based components is not included as a main powder in the powder mixture.

Thermoplastic polymer compositions, films, continues, closures, laminates can comprise a modified vinyl polymer said modified polymer having a moiety comprising a cyclodextrin compound. The cyclodextrin compound, locked into the polymer structure, can absorb impurities, permeants, or other undesirable volatile materials. The cooperation between the cyclodextrin grafted onto the thermoplastic polymer and the polymer structure can provide barrier properties to a film, web or other polymer structure. A permeant or a contaminant can be complexed or trapped within the polymer and held within the film or Web preventing the permeant or contaminant from passing into the interior of a container or enclosure.

Thermoplastic polymer compositions, films, containers, laminates and fibers can comprise a modified polymer. The said modified polymer having a moiety comprising a half-ester reaction product of cyclodextrin and metal and / or organic group covalently bonded to some portion of the half-acid moieties. The cyclodextrin compound, grafted to the polymer structure, can scavenge impurities, permeants, or other undesirable volatile contaminants. The cooperation between the modified polymer's carboxylic acidic groups, basic groups and grafted cyclodextrin can provide active barrier properties to a film, web, fiber or other polymer structure. A permeant or a contaminant can be complexed or trapped within the polymer and held within the film, web or fiber preventing the permeant from passing into the interior of a container, or the contaminant can be scavenged from the enclosed headspace or surrounding environment.

In an inter-vehicle control apparatus, a controller performs acceleration control of an own vehicle, based on an actual inter-vehicle physical quantity and a target inter-vehicle physical quantity. A limiter sets a limit value for a target jerk during the acceleration control. A detector detects an occurrence of at least one of: an event in which the inter-vehicle distance becomes discontinuously shorter; and an event in which a target inter-vehicle distance corresponding to the target inter-vehicle physical quantity becomes discontinuously longer. A determiner determines a risk of collision with the preceding vehicle, based on an operation state of the preceding vehicle in relation to the own vehicle. When at least one of the events is detected, the limiter sets the limit value to a value based on the risk of collision such that change in deceleration of the own vehicle is kept lower as the risk of collision decreases.

A resin composition comprising a synthetic resin and a powdered magnetic material, wherein (1) the powdered magnetic material is soft ferrite powder having a rate of permeability change by temperature ranging from -0.040 to 0.010% / ° C. in a temperature range of from 20° C. to 80° C. and an average particle diameter ranging from 2 to 1,000 mum, and (2) the powdered magnetic material is contained in a proportion of 50 to 1,400 parts by weight per 100 parts by weight of the synthetic resin, and a molded or formed product which is formed from the resin composition and exhibits a permeability stable to changes in environmental temperature.

In a dispensing system for dispensing a product form a canister, which comprises a solid / gas arrangement in which the gas is absorbed onto the solid under pressure and desorbed therefrom when the pressure is released and in which the solid comprises activated carbon and the gas comprises one or more of nitrogen, oxygen, (or mixtures thereof including air) carbon dioxide, nitrous oxide and argon, the container has valve means to allow the gas adsorbed onto the carbon to be desorbed and effect product dispense.

A counter roll (26) is positioned to engage a paper or board web (24) in a paper or board making machine along a contact line. A pressure-sensitive EMFi film (28) is disposed on the counter roll to measure the pressure profile of the web along the contact line. A coating apparatus (22) applies a coating to the web passing over the counter roll (26), and a pressure profile of the applied coating is measured by the pressure-sensitive film (28) on the counter roll (26). The pressure-sensitive film (28) may also be disposed to detect details of coating application in a curtain coater (30). Moreover, the film may be driven to provide adjustable vibration for cleaning the coater, or conditioning or controlling the coating flow.

An optical low pass filter includes: a light transmitting member (41); and a refractive index distribution generation means (42) that generates a refractive index distribution cyclically changing within the plane of the light transmitting member (41). The refractive index distribution generation means includes a piezoelectric element, for example, and generates the refractive index distribution by generating the compressional wave in the light transmitting member (41) with a high frequency voltage being applied to the piezoelectric element.

A pipe drilling device for an irrigation pipe manufacturing system including a continuous pipe feeder capable of making a pipe equipped with drippers, each dripper having a water outlet. The pipe circulates along a predetermined circulation direction (X-X′) while keeping the drippers' water outlets in a predetermined dripper orientation (Z-Z′). The pipe drilling device includes a rotary drilling unit which rotates around an axis of rotation (Y-Y′) which is orthogonal to the circulation direction (X-X′) and to the dripper orientation (Z-Z′). The rotary drilling unit is equipped with at least one drilling tool and is distant from the pipe so that said drilling tool is able to drill a hole in the pipe wall at a location of a dripper when the angular position of the drilling tool corresponds to the closest position from the pipe.

An airship is disclosed that stores air and uses it in a propulsion system that requires oxygen. This allows the airship to travel above the atmosphere, where oxygen is not available. The airship maximizes known mature technologies such as the buoyancy of a lighter than air balloon and the aerodynamic lift and propulsion of an airplane, until the altitude renders these technologies ineffective. The modified airship uses the stored air to extend transportation operations above natural limits and permit high-speed travel beyond traditional atmospheric speeds. Entering the edge of space at high tangential velocity permits placement of payloads into orbit. Entering the edge of space at low tangential velocity presents opportunities for low energy plane changes in orbital inclination. The modified airship may also alter the aerodynamic shape as desired in flight. The airship takes off, leaves and re-enters the atmosphere and lands without specialized launch facilities or long landing strips. The reusable vehicle provides transportation services from point to point on the earth surface and from the earth to points in space.

Disclosed are a battery swapping station and a control method therefor. The battery swapping station comprises: a first battery swapping platform being arranged between a first charging compartment and a second charging compartment; a first shuttle travels between the first battery charging compartment and the first battery swapping platform, a second shuttle travels between the second battery charging compartment and the first battery swapping platform; a control unit being electrically connected to the first shuttle and to the second shuttle, used for the following operation: when operating a same vehicle on the first battery swapping platform, if the first shuttle is executing either operation of battery unmounting or battery mounting, the second shuttle executes the other operation. Through the battery swapping station and the control method therefor, the waiting time for vehicles when swapping batteries can be reduced, thus increasing the battery swapping efficiency of the battery swapping station.

In the aforementioned image scanning apparatus of this embodiment, a condensation detection patch includes pluralities of patch areas with different reflectances arranged adjacently. A data acquiring unit acquires measurement values of the condensation detection patch by an image sensor as condensation detection patch data. A condensation determining unit determines whether condensation occurs or not on the basis of the condensation detection patch data corresponding to one with a low reflectance of two patch areas arranged adjacently in the patch areas.

A battery monitor control system has a load plate, two or more lead wires connected to two or more busbars in a string of batteries, and a digital signal processor. The load plate has one or more primary switches connected to two or more terminals of the batteries in the string of batteries. The load plate also has a load resistor and a current sensor. The primary switches are turned on and off to produce a ripple current in the string of batteries. The digital signal processor determines the real portion of the complex impedance of at least one of the batteries by analyzing the voltage and current waveform of the ripple current. The primary switches may be turned on and off with a sin wave modulation.

Disclosed herein is a light stabilized copolyetherester composition that is substantially free of carbon black, and wherein the copolyetherester composition comprises, based on the total weight of the copolyetherester composition, (a) about 90-98.8 wt. % of at least one copolyetherester, (b) about 0.1-2 wt. % of at least one organic UV absorber selected from benzotriazole based UV absorbers and benzophenone based UV absorber, (c) about 0.1-2 wt. % of at least one hindered amine light stabilizer, and (d) about 1-6 wt. % of at least one mineral filler comprising mineral particles selected from the group consisting of titanium dioxide particles, cerium oxide particles, zinc oxide particles, and mixtures of two or more thereof.

A dripper detection device for an irrigation pipe manufacturing system includes a continuous pipe feeder capable of making a pipe equipped with drippers, each dripper having a water outlet. The pipe circulates along a predetermined circulation direction (X-X′) while keeping the drippers' water outlets in a predetermined orientation. The dripper detection device includes a laser detection unit with a laser source emitting a laser beam directed to the pipe outer face location where drippers are present at regular intervals, and a laser signal receiver which receives and analyses the laser beam reflected on the pipe outer face to provide a transformed reflected signal which contains information about the passage of each dripper facing said laser detection unit.

A supercharging arrangement for an internal combustion engine is disclosed. The supercharging arrangement comprises a supercharger having a rotational drive input, and a transmission having a rotational drive input to receive drive from an internal combustion engine, and a rotational drive output connected to the input of the supercharger. The transmission includes a variator operatively connected between the input and the output of the transmission, which variator has an output that is driven at an operating ratio from an input. There is a control system that operates to cause an engine to deliver an amount of torque that is indicated by the state of an input to the control system. The control system is further operative to set the operating ratio of the variator.

Disclosed herein are methods for treating conditions and / or disorders related to hyperglycemia. In particular, the present invention relates to methods of using (R)-(+)-verapamil or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof and insulin or an insulin analogue in the treatment of mellitus and / or disorders related to diabetes mellitus.

A counter roll (26) is positioned to engage a paper or board web (24) in a paper or board making machine along a contact line. A pressure-sensitive EMFi film (28) is disposed on the counter roll to measure the pressure profile of the web along the contact line. A coating apparatus (22) applies a coating to the web passing over the counter roll (26), and a pressure profile of the applied coating is measured by the pressure-sensitive film (28) on the counter roll (26). The pressure-sensitive film (28) may also be disposed to detect details of coating application in a curtain coater (30). Moreover, the film may be driven to provide adjustable vibration for cleaning the coater, or conditioning or controlling the coating flow.

In an inter-vehicle control apparatus, a controller performs acceleration control of an own vehicle, based on an actual inter-vehicle physical quantity and a target inter-vehicle physical quantity. A limiter sets a limit value for a target jerk during the acceleration control. A detector detects an occurrence of at least one of: an event in which the inter-vehicle distance becomes discontinuously shorter; and an event in which a target inter-vehicle distance corresponding to the target inter-vehicle physical quantity becomes discontinuously longer. A determiner determines a risk of collision with the preceding vehicle, based on an operation state of the preceding vehicle in relation to the own vehicle. When at least one of the events is detected, the limiter sets the limit value to a value based on the risk of collision such that change in deceleration of the own vehicle is kept lower as the risk of collision decreases.