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A drug delivery system in the form of homo-component, bi-component or multi-component fibers wherein one of more of the components comprise a drug compounded with a polymer carrier. These fibers are packed to form a tablet directly, or are chopped and placed in a capsule.

When a reaction chamber defined and formed by a ceiling plate as a top face, a substrate mounting portion as a bottom face, and a side wall as a lateral face is constructed, the ceiling plate is supported by a support at the circumferential edge of the ceiling plate from the upper side and the outer side of the circumferential edge, and the reactant gas is rectified in a reactant gas supply path disposed in the side wall so that a horizontal component in a flow direction of the reactant gas in the reaction chamber corresponds to a horizontal component in a direction extending from the center of an opening of the reactant gas supply path facing the reaction chamber to the center of the reaction chamber.

Catheters for treating body fluids, particularly blood, include one or more tubes through which a working fluid is circulated. The fluid characteristics, e.g., temperature or drug content, interact with the body fluid by transfer through the tube walls. For enhancing the efficiency of such transfer, energy is added to the body fluid where it contacts the tube outer surfaces for reducing the thickness of thermal and concentration boundary layers at the tube surfaces. The energy adding is accomplished by causing pulsations in the walls of the tubes, or in the dimensions of a balloon parallel to the tubes, by means of pressure pulsations in the fluids circulated through the tubes and/or the balloon. Systems are disclosed for providing and controlling the circulation of various fluids and drugs through the catheter.

A blade structure of an axial fan is disclosed. The blade structure includes a hub and a plural of fan blades. The fan blades are disposed equidistantly on a periphery of the hub along a rotating direction of the hub. Each fan blade includes a first blade and a second blade. The first blade has a first leading edge and a first trailing edge, and the second blade having a second leading edge and a second trailing edge. A line connecting the first leading edge and the first trailing edge of each fan blade is a first chord line. The second leading edge is located at a line extended along the first chord line, and the separation between the first blade and the second blade is smaller than a distance of adjacent fan blades on the periphery of the hub.

A diverterless hypersonic inlet (DHI) for a high speed, air-breathing propulsion system reduces the ingested boundary layer flow, drag, and weight, and maintains a high capture area for hypersonic applications. The design enables high vehicle fineness ratios, low-observable features, and enhances ramjet operability limits. The DHI is optimized for a particular design flight Mach number. A forebody segment generates and focuses a system of multiple upstream shock waves at desired strengths and angles to facilitate required inlet and engine airflow conditions. The forebody contour diverts boundary layer flow to the inlet sides, effectively reducing the thickness of the boundary layer that is ingested by the inlet, while maintaining the capture area required by the hypersonic propulsion system. The cowl assembly is shaped to integrate with the forebody shock system and the thinned boundary layer region.

The invention relates to a method for photochemically synthesizing vitamin D2 and D3 in a tubular reactor. The method is characterized in that the vitamin D2 and D3 are synthesized by ultraviolet light of different bands, the residence time of reaction liquid fed at different times in the tubular reactor is controlled to be the same by not dissolving with reaction liquid, not participating in reaction liquid separation and carrying ergosterol and 7-dehydrocholesterol reaction liquid and enhancing internal disturbance of the reaction liquid; the method has the advantages of continuous, stable and high efficiency of solar energy utilization, the operation is simple, and the process is controllable; the method has great prospect in the industrial production of the photochemically synthesizedvitamin D2 and D3.

A method and apparatus for improved metal oxide chemical vapor deposition on a substrate surface where the application boundary layer is reduced and where the uniformity of the application boundary layer is greatly enhanced in a reactor. Primary and secondary sonic or other disturbance sources are incorporated for introducing disturbance into the interior chamber of the reactor, or an oscillating or vibrating chuck is incorporated within the interior chamber, to influence the boundary layer thickness and uniformity.

A system for processing a workpiece includes a base having a bowl or recess for holding a processing fluid. A sonic energy source, such as a megasonic transducer, provides sonic energy into a processing fluid in the bowl. A process head holds a workpiece. A process head lifter lowers the head holding the workpiece into the processing fluid in the bowl. Sonic energy is provided to the workpiece through the processing fluid, optionally while the processing head spins the workpiece. The processing fluid may include de-ionized water and an etchant.

Non-contact method and apparatus for Drying, Conditioning, Shaping and Manipulating of sheet fed Media. These functions are performed either on one side, or simultaneously or delayed one from the other on both sides, of the Media. For Drying, the energy applied is minimized to that necessary to supply latent heat of vaporization permitting use in, for example, low cost printers. No friction is introduced in the transport path enabling high speed, reliable Media transport. A region is established between Media and Platen wherein heat, support, and chemical or other processing may occur in a controlled way. Relatively few, inexpensive, and small parts are needed lowering the cost, energy, and space requirements for performing the various functions allowing for new applications in many fields. Media is supported a specific distance from a Platen by a balance of Fluid forces. The Media and the Platen bound a region in which forced convection greatly enhances process rates otherwise be limited by diffusion. The method and apparatus described is particularly suitable for high speed, low cost, inkjet printing.

A method of removing photoresist from semiconductor wafers through the use of a sparger plate. According to the inventive method, at least one semiconductor wafer is positioned in a process tank above the sparger plate. A mixture of ozone and deionized water is introduced into the process tank at a position below the sparger plate. The mixture of ozone and deionized water is then introduced across the wafer via the sparger plate at an increased flow velocity while the wafer is submerged in the mixture of deionized water and ozone.

Stopper rods for the continuous casting of molten metal have a stopper rod body, and a stopper rod tip at a lower end of the stopper rod body. The stopper rod tip defines a frustroconically shaped exterior surface which terminates in a recessed nose. The recessed nose is most preferably a curvilinear surface (e.g., a spherical segment), but non-curvilinear surfaces (e.g., prismatic, pyramidal, triangular, and quadrangular surfaces) may alternatively be employed. The frustroconically shaped exterior surface of the stopper rod tip most preferably forms an angle θ with respect to a horizontal plane which is sufficiently great so as to increase the velocity of the flowing molten metal to reduce the boundary layer thickness thereof adjacent the nozzle and stopper rod tip surfaces so as to minimize the deposition of inclusions thereon. In addition, the angle θ formed by the frustroconically shaped exterior surface is also most preferably sufficiently small so as to not detrimentally affect the lifting force sensitivities of the stopper rod.

A heat exchanger (100) comprises fluid circulation channels (C) extending lengthwise along a first axis (X-X), and a plurality of layers (L) that are flat and superposed on one another along a secondaxis (Z-Z). In order to improve the performance of this exchanger, each layer is made up of metal strips (B) such that the strips of the one same layer all extend lengthwise in a direction perpendicular to the second axis and adjacent to one another, without necessarily touching, in the plane of the relevant layer. In addition, each of the channels is jointly defined by first, second and third layers, the second layer being intercalated, along the second axis, directly between the first and third layers so that each channel is delimited by a one face of the first layer, one face of the third layer and edges of the second layer which run parallel to the first axis and transversely to the plane of this second layer, these edges being formed by strips of this second layer which are fusion-welded to the first and third layers in fusion zones which extend continuously along the entire length of the channel and which are situated, along a third axis (Y-Y), on either side of the channel.

A structure for reducing the drag of a ship and its application thereof is provided. The structure for reducing the drag of a ship includes at least one turbulence generating structure which is installed on the side surface between the widest section and the aft end or on the bottom surface between the deepest portion and the aft end of the ship. The arrangement of the turbulence generating structure can generate turbulence to reduce the drag of the ship, and thereby increase the speed of the ship and/or reduce the ship's fuel consumption.

A condensation cooling system for motor vehicles is presented. The system, in principal pan, comprises a liquid-to-liquid heat exchanger for circulating a first coolant, a coolant tank for circulating a second coolant, and a condensing panel or surface, where the condensing panel is pan of the coolant tank and also functions as a vehicle body panel. These components are arranged in two circuits, i.e. an engine cooling circuit in which a first coolant is circulated and a vapor condensing circuit in which a second coolant is circulated. The two cooling circuits are interconnected by the coolant tank where the heat exchanger is positioned within the coolant tank such that it is immersed in the second coolant. The coolant tank may also be equipped with pressure release valves, electric fans and diffuser plates to control pressure and manage air and vapor flow internally within the tank.