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An electrolytic in-process dressing device 10 is provided with a disk-shaped metal-bonded grindstone 2 with a surface 2a with a circular arc shape with a radius R at its outer periphery and a numerical control device 16. The disk-shaped metal-bonded grindstone 2 rotates around an axis Y, and the grindstone is dressed electrolytically while the device 10 grinds the workpiece 1. The numerical control device 16 is provided with a rotary truing device 12 that rotates around the X axis that orthogonally crosses the axis of rotation Y and trues the circular arc surface 2a, a shape measuring device 14 for measuring the shape of the circular arc surface of the grindstone and the shape of the processed surface of workpiece 1 on the machine, and controls the grindstone numerically in the three directions along the axes X, Y and Z. The numerical control device 16 moves the grindstone in three axial directions and repeats the operations of truing, grinding and measurements on-line. Thus, an axially asymmetrical aspheric mirror with a highly accurate shape and extremely low surface roughness, that can precisely reflect or converge light can be manufactured within a short time with a high accuracy.

Methods of trapping a deformed portion of a double-stranded polynucleotide in a membrane nanopassage are provided. In an aspect, the membrane has a nanopassage that defines a confine region, wherein the membrane separates a first fluid compartment from a second fluid compartment, and the nanopassage is in fluid communication with the first and second compartments. A polynucleotide is provided to the first fluid compartment and optionally a threshold voltage for the membrane and the polynucleotide is determined. A driving voltage across the membrane that is greater than the threshold voltage is applied to force a portion of the polynucleotide sequence into the nanopassage confine region, and decreased to a holding voltage bias to trap the polynucleotide portion in the nanopassage confine region. In particular, at least one nucleotide base-pair is fixably positioned in the nanopassage confine volume. In further embodiments, any of the trapping methods are used to characterize or sequence double stranded DNA.

Dry process based energy storage device structures and methods for using a dry adhesive therein are disclosed.

Capsule for the preparation of a beverage comprising a container and a beverage ingredient contained therein, wherein the container comprises a code (65) adapted for being identified or read by external reading means (62), wherein the code is arranged on the container to be read while the capsule is rotated around an axis of rotation traversing the capsule.

A connector for module that connects a module to a printed circuit board in a position wherein the board plane of the module is approximately parallel to the printed circuit board. This connector comprises a connector body having a receiving part that extends along the front side of the module being in the connection position, having a contact that are provided in the receiving part and contact the conductive pad while allowing the pad to shift in the direction of insertion / withdrawal, and having a supporting part that extends rearward from the receiving part to carry the module being in the connection position and limits shifting of the module in the front-rear direction and the left-right direction, a metallic cover that is put over and is engaged to the connector body to sandwich the module between itself and the supporting part and keep the module in the connection position, having a window for exposing semiconductor chip of the module being in the connection position, and a heat sink that is arranged to contact the semiconductor chip in the windows and is connected to the metallic cover by a supporting structure that enables variation of the angle of fitting.This connector prevents defective connection or the like of the module due to thermal load, etc., reduces the effects of electromagnetic waves, etc. on the connector by its shielding function to maintain the operation of circuits stable, and cools the semiconductor chip to maintain their operation stable.

A motion detecting device has a stationary plastic sensor carrier. The stationary plastic sensor carrier has two sensor carrier sections and an insulation section. The carrier section has a first plastic material and the insulation section has a second plastic material. The insulation section extends between two adjacent sensor carrier sections. The sensor carrier sections and the at least one insulation section are integrally formed by a plastic molding process. Plated metal sensing surfaces are provided on the surfaces of the sensor carrier sections. Surface electrode contacts connect the plated metal sensing surface electrodes with a PCB and define at least one capacitive area between at the plated metal sensing surface electrodes. A plastic knob element is movably arranged on the plastic sensor carrier, such that the insulating plastic separator sections and the plated metal sensing surface electrodes are at least partly covered by the knob element.

The invention relates to a wind turbine tower comprising at least two annular tower rings placed vertically on top of each other. The wind turbine tower is characterized in that, a first tower ring overlaps at least a further tower ring of the at least two tower rings. The invention further relates to a wind turbine, a wind turbine tower elevator for use in a wind turbine tower and a method for assembling a wind turbine tower.

The fluid-flow device (100) of the invention comprises a stack (30) covered by a closure wafer (20), said stack (30) comprising a support wafer (36), a layer of insulating material (34), and a silicon layer (32). The closure wafer (20) and / or said silicon layer (32) are machined so as to define a cavity (38) between said closure wafer (20) and said silicon layer (32), said support wafer (36) has at least one duct (102) passing right through it, said layer of insulating material (34) presenting at least one zone (35) that is entirely free of material placed at least in line with said duct (102) so as to co-operate with said cavity (38) to define a moving member (40) in said silicon layer (32), the moving member being suitable under the pressure of liquid in said cavity (38) for reversibly moving towards said support wafer (36) until contact is made between said moving member (40) and said support wafer (36).

An external mix air assisted spray nozzle assembly having a nozzle body, and an air cap for a directing pressurized air streams on a discharging liquid stream external to the liquid discharge orifice of the nozzle assembly for atomizing and forming the liquid into the desired spray pattern. The air cap includes an upstream internal air chamber, an external, downstream liquid discharge and mixing chamber, and a central opening coaxial with the liquid discharge orifice communicating between the upstream and downstream chambers. The air cap further includes a plurality of angled pressurized air discharge passages which communicate with an annular plenum of the air chamber disposed in surrounding relation to the central opening for enabling substantially uniform particle breakdown and distribution at lower air pressures than heretofore possible.

A method for making memory more reliable involves accessing data stored in a removable storage device by translating a logical memory address provided by a host digital device to a physical memory address in the device. A logical memory address is received from the host digital device. The logical memory address corresponds to a location of data stored on the removable storage device. A physical memory address corresponding to the local address is determined by accessing a lookup table corresponding to the logical zone.

An improved programmable timer unit can be incorporated into a remote control management system to actuate loads according a user's defined schedule without relying upon any additional supplementary device for data communication. The timer unit includes an input section for selecting a switch address of any switch employed in the system and a schedule specifying the actuation time and the control code for actuation of the target load or loads. A processor makes up a load management program based upon the schedule and executes the program for control of loads. Thus, the timer unit can alone emulate any one of the switches for controlling loads without relying on additional external device for the data communication.

The fluid-flow device (100) of the invention comprises a stack (30) covered by a closure wafer (20), said stack (30) comprising a support wafer (36), a layer of insulating material (34), and a silicon layer (32). The closure wafer (20) and / or said silicon layer (32) are machined so as to define a cavity (38) between said closure wafer (20) and said silicon layer (32), said support wafer (36) has at least one duct (102) passing right through it, said layer of insulating material (34) presenting at least one zone (35) that is entirely free of material placed at least in line with said duct (102) so as to co-operate with said cavity (38) to define a moving member (40) in said silicon layer (32), the moving member being suitable under the pressure of liquid in said cavity (38) for reversibly moving towards said support wafer (36) until contact is made between said moving member (40) and said support wafer (36).

Brain-penetrating polymeric nanoparticles that can be loaded with drugs and are optimized for intracranial convection-enhanced delivery (CED) have been developed. In the preferred embodiment, these are loaded with FDA-approved compounds, identified through library screening to target brain cancer stem cells (BSCSs). The particles are formed by emulsifying a polymer-drug solution, then removing solvent and centrifuging at a first force to remove the larger particles, then collecting the smaller particles using a second higher force to sediment the smaller particles having a diameter of less than 100 nm, more preferably less than 90 nanometers average diameter, able to penetrate brain interstitial spaces.

The invention relates to a wind turbine tower comprising at least two adjacent metal tower plates. The wind turbine tower is characterized in that, the tower plates are connected by one or more fish joints. The invention further relates to a wind turbine and a method for assembling a wind turbine tower.

The modular plumbing accessary utilizes an open sided box secured during rough-in to and between exposed wall studs. A unitary water pipe and anti-hammer assembly is connected to the box with only an outlet pipe exposed in the box interior. The water inlet pipe and an anti-hammer assembly and its tee connection upstream of the outlet pipe are located outside of the box interior. A drain inlet is also exposed in the box interior. Rough-in connections are made between the building pipes and the respective water inlet and drain outlet pipes at the box. Further, a compression seal shutoff valve will be secured during rough-in to the water outlet pipe within the box interior. The open side of the box faces the sink, making line connections between the sink and the valve and drain inlet easy and reliable.

The present invention aims to increase the number of test elements of a TEG without increasing the area of each of slice areas. Test electrode pads are disposed in alignment in one row in each of areas separated from semiconductor chips provided over a semiconductor wafer. Test elements are formed corresponding to these test electrode pads and in areas lying directly therebelow. Electrode terminals of the test elements are electrically coupled to the test electrode pads adjacent to the corresponding electrode pads and the test electrode pads further adjacent thereto with being spaced one test electrode pad apart. Upon testing, probe pins are brought into contact with the odd-numbered test electrode pads to conduct testing. Next, the probe pins are brought into contact with the even-numbered test electrode pads while being shifted by one electrode pad pitch thereby to conduct testing.

The invention relates to a radio system and a transceiver method. The method comprises transmitting (402a) a signal of at least one type by a transceiver of the first type; receiving (404a) a signal by a transceiver of the second type with at least two differently polarized antennas; performing (406a), by the transceiver of the second type, measurements of the received signal to determine its polarization; determining (408a) the polarization of the transceiver of the first type; adjusting (410a) the signal transmitted by the transceiver of the second type in such a way that the polarization of the signal is matched with the polarization used by the transceiver of the first type; transmitting (412a) at least two orthogonally polarized, polarization-matched signals by the transceiver of the second type; receiving (414a) the polarization-matched signals by the transceiver of the first type by using at least two antennas of different polarizations.

A method of inspecting defects of a plurality of patterns that are formed on a substrate to have naturally the same shape. According to this method, in order to detect very small defects of the patterns with high sensitivity without being affected by irregular brightness due to the thickness difference between the patterns formed on a semiconductor wafer, a first pattern being inspected is detected to produce a first image of the first pattern, the first image is stored, a second pattern being inspected is detected to produce a second image of said second pattern, the stored first image and the second image are matched in brightness, and the brightness-matched first and second images are compared with each other so that the patterns can be inspected.

Cutting devices including an elongate body having a handle and two rotatable cutting blades mounting on opposite sides of the body. One cutting blade is movable longitudinally relative to the other to enable variation in the longitudinal spacing between the cutting blades. In addition to or instead of the variable longitudinal spacing, one cutting blade is movable transversely relative to the other to enable variation in the transverse spacing between the cutting blades. Other cutting devices include a housing defining a blade-receiving cavity, an actuating mechanism pivotally mounted to the housing and a cutting assembly arranged in the cavity and including cutting blades. The cutting assembly is rotatable relative to the housing to selectively bring each cutting blade into a cutting position, and has a relaxed position in which the cutting blades are recessed within an outer periphery of the housing. The cutting assembly is biased into this relaxed position.

Provided are a digital find security system, method, and program which can reliably make a report to an employee closest to an event point and allow the employee to more promptly rush to the scene. In a digital find security system (100), a control unit (110) refers to facility layout information stored in a layout information storage unit (114A), and calculates moving distances between a suspicious person and respective mobile terminal devices close to a position of the suspicious person on the facility layout. Then, the control unit (110) corrects moving distances extracted for the respective employees by adding correction coefficients and converts these into moving time distances, and transmits information regarding the suspicious person to a mobile terminal device (30) at the shortest moving time distance to the position of the suspicious person.

The invention relates to a laminate, which has at least a portion where a fluorine resin and a crosslinking elastic adhesive body such as of an ethylene-vinyl acetate copolymer or the like are directly bonded together and which is used as a window material of buildings or mainly used as an outdoor electric member and also to a method for making the laminate. More particularly, the invention provides a surface-treating method of a fluorine resin suited to impart bonding properties to a fluorine resin for the laminate, to a laminate having a good property of bonding between the fluorine resin and the crosslinking elastic adhesive body, and also to a method for making such a laminate as mentioned above.

In an optical transmission, system, a trunk cable having two pairs of optical fibers is provided between first and second trunk stations to use one of the two pairs of the optical fibers for communication between the first and second trunk stations and the other for communication with first and second branch stations. Two branching units of first and second, and third and forth, are respectively provided for the first and second branch stations, and connected to each of the associated first and second branch stations, by first and second or third and forth branching cables. The first branch station connects to the first branching unit via the first branching cable having two pairs of optical fibers, and connects to the second branching unit via the second branching cable having two pairs of optical fibers. One of the two pairs of the optical fibers of the first branching cable and one of the two pairs of the optical fibers of the second branching cable are normally used, and the others are reserved as spare fibers. Alternatively, the first branching cable is normally used, and the second branching cable is reserved as a spare cable.

An in-vehicle relay device prevents an anomaly of a control command exchanged over networks having different transmittable data sizes in a frame. The in-vehicle relay device relays communication between multiple control devices in a vehicle over the networks to which the control devices are connected. The in-vehicle relay device receives control data from a first control network. The control data includes, in a frame, a plurality of control commands to be executed by at least one of the control devices. The in-vehicle relay device determines, as a first determination, whether types of the control commands included in the frame form a first combination that is preset as a combination of control commands that are executable simultaneously. The in-vehicle relay device thereafter determines, as a second determination, whether the control data is anomalous by using the result of the first determination, and outputs the result of the second determination.