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A magnetic device includes a magnetic reference layer with a fixed magnetization direction located either in the plane of the layer or perpendicular to the plane of the layer, a magnetic storage layer with a variable magnetization direction, a non-magnetic spacer separating the reference layer and the storage layer and a magnetic spin polarizing layer with a magnetization perpendicular to that of the reference layer, and located out of the plane of the spin polarizing layer if the magnetization of the reference layer is directed in the plane of the reference layer or in the plane of the spin polarizing layer if the magnetization of the reference layer is directed perpendicular to the plane of the reference layer. The spin transfer coefficient between the reference layer and the storage layer is higher than the spin transfer coefficient between the spin polarizing layer and the storage layer.

The present invention provides a dispersant and foaming agent combination that is useful in the production of gypsum wallboard and other aqueous cementitious products, a method of forming a gypsum wallboard and a gypsum wallboard. The dispersant in the combination according to the invention is a naphthalene sulfonate-aldehyde condensate alkali salt polymer having a weight average molecular weight of from about 17,000 to about 47,000. The alkali is preferably an alkali metal and / or an alkaline earth metal. The aldehyde is preferably formaldehyde. The foaming agent used in the combination according to the invention is a soap, preferably an alkali salt of an alkyl ether sulfate and / or an alkyl sulfate. The combination of a high molecular weight dispersant and a foaming agent produces a gypsum wallboard core effect that more efficiently entrains air (i.e., creates void space), thereby lowering overall board weight without detrimentally affecting strength. A gypsum wallboard formed using the dispersant and foaming agent combination according to the invention exhibits a higher nail pull value than gypsum wallboard formed using a conventional dispersant and a foaming agent at the same solids loading ratio.

A method of producing composites of micro-engineered, coated particulates embedded in a matrix of metal, ceramic powders, or combinations thereof, capable of being tailored to exhibit application-specific desired thermal, physical and mechanical properties to form substitute materials for nickel, titanium, rhenium, magnesium, aluminum, graphite epoxy, and beryllium. The particulates are solid and / or hollow and may be coated with one or more layers of deposited materials before being combined within a substrate of powder metal, ceramic or some combination thereof which also may be coated. The combined micro-engineered nano design powder is consolidated using novel solid-state processes that prevent melting of the matrix and which involve the application of varying pressures to control the formation of the microstructure and resultant mechanical properties.

The switching element of the present invention includes: an ion conduction layer (4) in which metal ions can move freely; a first electrode (1) that contacts the ion conduction layer (4); and a second electrode (2) that contacts the ion conduction layer (4), that is formed such that the ion conduction layer (4) is interposed between the first electrode (1) and the second electrode (2), and that supplies metal ions to the ion conduction layer (4) or that receives metal ions from the ion conduction layer (4) to cause precipitation of the metal that corresponds to the metal ions. An introduction path (5) composed of the metal and of a prescribed width is further provided on the ion conduction layer (4) for electrically connecting the first electrode (1) and the second electrode (2). The application of voltage to the first electrode (1) relative to the second electrode (2) then causes an electrochemical reaction between the introduction path (5) and the second electrode (2) whereby the electrical characteristics are switched.

A plug connector has an insulative housing, a mounting bracket, multiple first terminals, multiple second terminals and a shell. The mounting bracket is mounted on the insulative housing. The first terminals are mounted through the insulative housing and have soldering sections arranged in a first transverse row. The second terminals are mounted through the mounting bracket and have soldering sections arranged in a second transverse row. The soldering sections arranged in the different rows reduce a density of a soldering section layout and facilitate soldering the plug connector to a PCB.

The present invention provides methods for creating reduced-density, coated particulates and methods for using such particulates in subterranean operations. More particularly, the present invention relates to methods and compositions for effecting the density of particulates by coating them on-the-fly with a density-reducing material. One embodiment of the present invention describes methods of making a reduced-density, coated particulate comprising the steps of coating a particulate material with a coating material to create a coated particulate; providing a density-reducing material; and, adhering the density-reducing material to the surface of the coated particulate on-the-fly to create reduced-density, coated particulates.

A high power high temperature superconductive circuit for use in various microwave devices including filters, dielectric resonator filters, multiplexers, transmission lines, delay lines, hybrids and beam-forming networks has thin gold films deposited either on a substrate or on top of the high temperature superconductive film. Alternatively, other metal films can be used or a plurality of dielectric films can be used or a dielectric constant gradient substrate can be used. The use of these materials in a part or parts of a microwave circuit reduces the current density in those parts compared to the level of current density if only high temperature superconductive film is used. This increases the power handling capability of the circuit.

Methods are described to make strong, tough, and lightweight whisker-reinforced glass-ceramic composites through a self-toughening structure generated by viscous reaction sintering of a complex mixture of oxides. The invention further relates to strong, tough, and lightweight glass-ceramic composites that can be used as proppants and for other uses.

A method for detecting the positioning of an entity, comprising the steps of (a) using a projector, which comprises a laser and a MEMS micro mirror arranged to receive light from the laser and which can oscillate about at least one oscillation axis, to project light towards the entity to project an image which is composed of pixels onto the entity, wherein the image has a first density of pixels; (b) changing the density of pixels in the projected image; (c) sensing at least a portion of light of the projected image which is reflected from the entity; and (d) using the sensed portion of light to determine the position of the entity. There is also provided a corresponding device for detecting position. There is also provided a method and device for determining distance which involves using the sensed portion of light to determine the distance between the entity and projector.

The invention discloses an edge terminal structure of a high-voltage power semiconductor device. The edge terminal structure comprises a plurality of field limiting rings which wind the power semiconductor device and have a conduction type opposite to that of a substrate; one or two side of each field limiting ring is provided with a doped region which has a conduction type the same as that of the field limiting ring and the doping concentration smaller than that of the field limiting ring; the field limiting rings are coated with field plates; and the field limiting rings and the field plates are separated by silicon dioxide layers. The material of the field plate can be selected from copper, aluminum, polysilicon, oxygen-doped polysilicon and the like. The doped regions with lower concentration are added around the conventional field limiting rings, so the intensity of electric field lines of an edge cellular can be effectively reduced, the electric field strength borne by the edge cellular is reduced, the breakdown voltage is improved, the area efficiency of the edge terminal structure is effectively improved, the chip area is saved, and the chip cost is reduced.

A process and composition for removing heavy oil and bitumen from oil sands is disclosed. The composition comprises an emulsion of d-limonene and water, with an anionic surfactant as an emulsifying agent. The emulsion is contacted with an oil sand slurry until the aqueous and hydrocarbon phases separate. The process may take place at temperatures less than about 80° C.

A method of increasing the density of a saturated or near saturated salt (initial) brine, such as a monovalent or divalent salt solution, consists of first lowering the true crystallization temperature (TCT) of the saturated or near saturated salt brine to the eutectic point using a glycol and then adding dry salt to the brine of lower TCT to provide a brine of increased density. The TCT may be lowered by the addition of glycol to the saturated or near saturated salt brine. The dry salt is the same salt as the salt of the saturated or near saturated salt brine. The amount of dry salt added to the brine of lower TCT is an amount sufficient to render a saturated or near saturated brine. The density of the resulting brine is higher than the density of the saturated or near saturated salt (initial) brine.

The invention relates to a method for tracking and positioning a mobile node of a wireless sensor network, which comprises the following steps: in a measurement positioning period, sending low repeated frequency pulse beacon signals for at least four times at known time intervals by the mobile node approximately keeping uniform speed rectilinear motion, receiving the beacon signals continuously for four times by a main anchoring node, measuring self time difference to acquire three self time difference relation expressions relative to an initial measurement moment, providing two trigonometric function equations from a positioning measurement triangle consisting of a motion locus of the mobile node and a motion radius vector of detection wave by using the cosine theorem, and simultaneously solving the equations so as to determine the relative distance and speed between the mobile node and the anchoring nodes; and further, by adopting the technology of beacon retransmission, retransmitting the beacon signals sent by the mobile node for the last time to the main anchoring node by two auxiliary anchoring nodes so as to achieve asynchronous coordinate positioning of the mobile node. The method can achieve tracking and positioning of a mobile target without time synchronization among the anchoring nodes.

Apparatus for borehole cleaning, comprises: a tubular conveyance for extending from the surface into a borehole to a region to be cleaned; a motor mounted at the end of the tubular conveyance that in use is introduced into the borehole; a pump connected to the motor and having a nozzle; a power cable extending trough the tubular conveyance from the surface to provide power to the motor; the pump being arranged such that, when positioned in the borehole and operated by the motor, the pump withdraws material from the borehole through the nozzle and pumps it into the tubular conveyance to the surface.

The invention discloses a coarse-fraction tailing paste filling method and system. The coarse-fraction tailing paste filling method comprises the following steps that (1) coarse-fraction tailing mortar is conveyed to a linear vibrating screen to be screened to obtain coarse sand and low-concentration tailing slurry; (2) the low-concentration tailing slurry is pumped into a deep-cone thickener, a flocculating agent is added, and high-concentration tailing slurry is formed in a base flow; (3) when a sand setting layer in the deep-cone thickener is away from the highest point of the deep-cone thickener by 2 m, the low-concentration tailing slurry is pumped into a tailing pond; (4) the high-concentration tailing slurry is pumped into a sand silo for buffer storage; (5) during filling, the high-concentration tailing slurry, with the concentration reaching the standard, in the step (2) and the high-concentration tailing slurry, with the concentration reaching the standard, in the sand silo in the step (3) are both pumped into a stirring system; cement and water are conveyed into a first-section horizontal-type stirring machine to be sufficiently stirred and mixed with the high-concentration tailing slurry, and filling slurry is obtained; and according to the magnitude of a stowing gradient, the filling slurry automatically flows or is pumped into a down-hole goaf to conducting filling. Operation is reliable, the cost is low, and abrasion is small.

The invention discloses a flexible circuit board, a chip on film and a manufacturing method. The flexible circuit board for hot pressing comprises an insulating substrate with a strip edge; multiple pins for hot pressing are arranged on the insulating substrate; the flexible circuit board is characterized in that the pins for hot pressing are arranged along the strip edge of the insulating substrate from the two ends to the middle; and the space between adjacent two pins is gradually reduced. In the invention, after heat bonding, the spaces among the pins can be basically kept consistent, being equivalent to the expansion result of a liquid crystal panel, and thus sound electrical connection between the pins and the lead of the liquid crystal panel is guaranteed, and the electrical contact is more reliable.

The invention provides a method for extracting Fischer-Tropsch synthesis product heavy distillate from a slurry bed reactor, concretely comprising the following steps: in the slurry bed reactor, when a Fischer-Tropsch reaction gas phase stream and a slurry phase stream flow through a metal sintering filter stick arranged in a liquid phase of the slurry bed reactor, the Fischer-Tropsch synthesis heavy distillate and part of catalyst powder can be separated out from the slurry phase of the slurry bed reactor; and the Fischer-Tropsch synthesis heavy distillate and part of catalyst powder are fed into a subsequent solid-liquid separation device for further separating the Fischer-Tropsch synthesis heavy distillate and the catalyst powder, so as to make the obtained Fischer-Tropsch synthesis heavy distillate meet the demand of downstream processing. The method avoids the catalyst particles from being brought out from the top part of the reactor by the gas phase stream and depositing on equipment such as a heat exchanger after being further crushed, and also improves the operational stability of the slurry bed reactor and extends the operation cycle of the apparatus, and can also provide qualified Fischer-Tropsch synthesis product heavy distillate to downstream units.

The invention discloses a method for preparing super active carbon by taking biomass power plant ash as a raw material. A particular preparation process is as follows: the biomass power plant ash is boiled by alkali and then is filtered to filter insoluble substances; a hydrochloric acid solution is added into the insoluble substances; impurity removal and water washing are carried out to obtain an active carbon precursor, namely residual carbon; the residual carbon is heated and activated in the atmosphere of water steam and CO2 to obtain a middle product; then the middle product and NaOH are mixed to be heated and activated in the atmosphere of N2; an activated product is washed and dried to obtain the super active carbon. The method takes wastes of a biomass power plant as raw materials and utilizes the NaOH with a low price to replace KOH with the high price, so that the wastes are changed into valuable things to obtain the active carbon with a high additional value for a super capacitor.

The invention discloses a formula for casting aluminum alloy hubs. The formula is prepared from, by weight, 6.5-7.5% of Si, 0.28-0.45% of Mg, 0-0.12% of Fe, 0-0.02% of Cu, 0.02-0.05% of Mn, 0.04-0.05% of Zn, 0.10-0.20% of Ti, 0.2-0.6% of Sr, 0.01-0.05% of Cr, 0.01-0.02% of Zr, 0.025-0.05% of B, 0.4-0.8% of mixed light rare earth and the balance Al. Due to the fact that Sr and the mixed rare earth metal serve as an alterant together, the surface defects of alloy phases can be overcome, surface tension on a new-phase interface and an old-phase interface is reduced, and the problem that compactness is reduced when only Sr is added is avoided. Zr, Ti, Cr and Al work together, the cast structure is further refined, and the hardness and the toughness of aluminum alloy are improved.

Food products and methods of production, specifically RTE cereals of reduced density and enhanced perceived sweetness and methods of production are provided. The present invention relates to RTE cereals of reduced density and enhanced perceived sweetness without increasing the amount of total sugar of the cereal piece. By reducing the amount of sugar in the base cereal mix and adding a substantially equivalent amount as a coating, the cereal piece exhibits reduced density and enhanced perceived sweetness.

The invention relates to a method for preparing type-2 diabetes mouse model, which comprises following steps: using streptozocin to make the reaction of islets of pancreas beta cell of new-born mouse to sugar be reduced, injecting treptozocin to weaning mouse to injure islets of pancreas lightly, feeding mouse with high-sugar high-fat food to enable it resist to insulin, and getting type-2 diabetes mouse model. The type-2 diabetes mouse model is characterized by typical symptom of high fasting blood-glucose concentration, high insulinemia, reduced sugar-resistant property and insulin-resistant property. The time for preparing model is shortened and the success rate is high.

The invention discloses a two-dimensional code. The code graphic symbol of the two-dimensional code is a rectangle and comprises n*n barcode units, and the rectangle is divided into an n*n matrix, wherein the barcode unit in the n-th row and the first line of the matrix is a reference identifier unit; and the rest barcode units are data units. Each barcode unit is represented by a graph which consists of a plurality of same round dots, wherein n is a natural number which is more than 1. The invention also discloses an automatic identification voice playing device using the two-dimensional code. The device comprises an optical sensor, a master control unit, a power supply, a memory, a playing device, keys and a universal serial bus (USB) interface. A user can listen to contents which are required to be read by reading two-dimensional code information in a printed product through the automatic identification voice playing device.

A coating composition and repair method suitable for repairing thermal barrier coatings (TBCs), and particularly TBCs based on alumina-silica compositions. The method includes preparing a coating composition containing solid ceramic particles, hollow ceramic particles, and a silica precursor binder, applying the coating composition on a surface area of a component exposed by an opening, for example, spallation of the TBC, and then reacting the binder to yield a repair coating that covers the surface area of the component. The resulting repair coating contains the solid ceramic particles and the hollow ceramic particles in a silica matrix formed by thermally decomposing the binder.

An autonomous driving system acquires information concerning a vehicle density in an adjacent lane that is adjacent to a lane on which an own vehicle is traveling, when the own vehicle travels on a road having a plurality of lanes. The autonomous driving system selects the adjacent lane as an own vehicle travel lane, when the vehicle density in the adjacent lane that is calculated from the acquired information is lower than a threshold density that is determined in accordance with relations between the own vehicle and surrounding vehicles. The autonomous driving system performs lane change to the adjacent lane autonomously, or propose lane change to the adjacent lane to a driver, when the adjacent lane is selected as the own vehicle travel lane.

A developing unit has a voltage-applicator (80) to apply a developing bias voltage to a developing roller (72). The voltage-applicator (80) applies the developing bias voltage for a first duration to apply an AC voltage having a rectangular waveform, and a second duration to stop applying the AC voltage. The AC voltage has a duty ratio of 50% or more in a direction for causing toner to develop an electrostatic latent image. The number of cycles of the AC voltage in the first duration is two or more, and the AC voltage has a voltage in a direction for pulling the toner back to the developing roller, just before transition to the second duration. The developing unit suppresses occurrence of image unevenness due to a fluctuation in developing gap. Thus, an image forming apparatus equipped with the developing unit forms a high-quality image while suppressing image unevenness.

The present invention relates to anti-HER2 single domain antibodies, polypeptides comprising thereof and their use for treating cancer.

The invention discloses a cylindrical battery and a manufacturing method thereof, which relate to the field of lithium ion battery manufacturing. The structure is simple. The height of a roll core canbe reduced to a certain extent by arranging a tab on one end surface of the roll core, and meanwhile, only one end of a shell can be opened and sealed, so that the overall weight of the cylindrical battery is reduced; according to the manufacturing method of the cylindrical battery, compared with a pole piece using full tabs in the prior art, the laser cutting of the pole piece is additionally arranged on the process, and through the cooperation of the laser cutting and the subsequent welding and kneading process of the tabs, a positive tab area, a negative tab area and a non-tab area can beformed at one end of a roll core formed by winding a positive plate and a negative plate, and a non-welding area between tabs is omitted, so that the contact compactness between the positive tab and the negative tab after winding is reduced, and the speed of infiltrating the positive plate and the negative plate by electrolyte can be increased during subsequent injection of the electrolyte; and the production efficiency of the cylindrical battery is effectively improved.

A method for the measurement of the permeability to water of a pervious sheet material (16) comprising the steps of placing a nozzle means (5) against one surface of said sheet material (16) and flowing water through the nozzle means (5), characterized by maintaining a constant water flow through the nozzle means (5) and measuring the pressure of the constant water flow in the nozzle means (5). Optionally, a gas, such as air, is introduced into the water flow.An apparatus for performing the method, comprising means (1) for supplying a constant water flow, nozzle means (5) for the constant water flow and means (6) for measuring the pressure of the constant water flow within the nozzle means (5). The apparatus optionally also comprises means (8) for introducing a gas, such as air, into the liquid flow.

A method for manufacture and delivery of an emulsion explosive having a discontinuous oxidizer solution phase, a continuous fuel phase, and an emulsifier, the method comprising: (a) providing an emulsion manufacturing system; (b) conveying an oxidizer solution phase to the emulsion manufacturing system at a pre-determined pressure; (c) conveying a fuel phase to the emulsion manufacturing system at a pre-determined pressure; (d) forming an emulsion from the oxidizer solution and the fuel phases using only a portion of the pre-determined pressures so as to provide a usable residual pressure after the formation of the emulsion; and (e) utilizing the residual pressure to non-mechanically deliver the emulsion to a pre-determined location.

An electric baking oven includes an open mesh vertically oriented baking basket to hold food while the food is baked in air by a programmed combination of radiant and convective and conductive energy transfer. An electrical programming control controls the energy from vertically oriented toaster heating elements located juxtaposed to the large vertical faces of the basket and from at least one elongated heating member located below the vertical baking basket with the axis of the elongated heating member oriented nominally horizontal and parallel to the longer horizontal axis of the vertically oriented baking basket.