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A portable peritoneal dialysis system for a patient includes an inlet port for providing inflow to the patient's peritoneal cavity, an outlet port for providing outflow from the patient's peritoneal cavity, and a volume of dialysate for flow into and out of the patient's peritoneal cavity, thereby removing from the dialysate uremic waste metabolites that have diffused into the dialysate. The portable peritoneal dialysis system also includes a closed liquid flow loop, including a pump, for flowing the dialysate into and out of the patient's peritoneal cavity, and an organic- and phosphate-removing stage, including at least one replaceable cartridge in the closed liquid flow loop, the cartridge containing material for removing organic compounds and phosphate from dialysate removed from the patient's peritoneal cavity. The portable peritoneal dialysis system further includes a urea- and ammonia-removing stage, including at least one replaceable cartridge in the closed liquid flow loop, the cartridge containing material for removing urea and ammonia from dialysate removed from the patient's peritoneal cavity, the material being packed around semi-permeable hollow fibers with interior fiber walls that reject cations, thereby retaining cations in the dialysate.

A simplified process for flip-chip attachment of a chip to a substrate is provided by pre-coating the chip with an encapsulant underfill material having separate discrete solder columns therein to eliminate the conventional capillary flow underfill process. Such a structure permits incorporation of remeltable layers for rework, test, or repair. It also allows incorporation of electrical redistribution layers. In one aspect, the chip and pre-coated encapsulant are placed at an angle to the substrate and brought into contact with the pre-coated substrate, then the chip and precoated encapsulant are pivoted about the first point of contact, expelling any gas therebetween until the solder bumps on the chip are fully in contact with the substrate. There is also provided a flip-chip configuration having a complaint solder / flexible encapsulant understructure that deforms generally laterally with the substrate as the substrate undergoes expansion or contraction. With this configuration, the complaint solder / flexible encapsulant understructure absorbs the strain caused by the difference in the thermal coefficients of expansion between the chip and the substrate without bending the chip and substrate.

Methods and systems for the contextual display of image tags in a social network are disclosed. According to an aspect, a method includes obtaining text for display with an image. The method also includes displaying the image in a first display area. Further, for a portion of the text, the method includes determining whether the portion is designated as a recommended tag or not. In response to determining that the portion is designated as the recommended tag, displaying the portion in a second display area and indicating that the portion is the recommended tag, and in response to determining that the portion is not designated as the recommended tag, displaying the portion in the second display area and indicating that the portion is not the recommended tag.

A simplified process for flip-chip attachment of a chip to a substrate is provided by precoating the chip with an encapsulant underfill material having separate discrete solder columns therein to eliminate the conventional capillary flow underfill process. Such a structure permits incorporation of remeltable layers for rework, test, or repair. It also allows incorporation of electrical redistribution layers. In one aspect, the chip and pre-coated encapsulant are placed at an angle to the substrate and brought into contact with the pre-coated substrate, then the chip and pre-coated encapsulant are pivoted about the first point of contact, expelling any gas therebetween until the solder bumps on the chip are fully in contact with the substrate. There is also provided a flip-chip configuration having a complaint solder / flexible encapsulant understructure that deforms generally laterally with the substrate as the substrate undergoes expansion or contraction. With this configuration, the complaint solder / flexible encapsulant understructure absorbs the strain caused by the difference in the thermal coefficients of expansion between the chip and the substrate without bending the chip and substrate.

A method for labeling images that have a visual appearance digitizes the images in order to create image data. The method calculates plurality of features from a subset of said image data and organizes the images unsupervised in an organization process. The organizing is based on the features and the similarity criterion. After the set of images is retrieved utilizing the organization of the stored images, a label is assigned to the retrieved image or to its part. As well the labels are verified and training material is created for a supervised classifier.

An improved tool and technique for performance quality testing of a synthesized controller or a controller-in-development is disclosed. A controller's performance in a test run within a simulation testing environment is quantitatively compared to an optimal performance parameter as defined in a controller performance model. Deviation between these compared results is recorded as an indicator of poor controller performance. Only deviating test results are recorded for review to guide further fine tuning or modifications of controller settings, and to save mass storage space. The controller performance test runs autonomously and may be automatically restarted should any failure within the simulation environment occur.

The present invention is to provide an umbrella structure including at least one mushroom-shaped hub, a plurality of supporting members, and a main rod. Each mushroom-shaped hub has a hollow tubular body, two openings at two opposite ends respectively, and a cap portion located near a first opening and formed with a plurality of evenly distributed grooves which extend in the radial direction of the first opening. The supporting member has one end whose diameter is less than the diameter of the first opening but greater than the width of each groove and which therefore can pass through the first opening and be received in the cap portion. Thus, when the main rod penetrates the two openings, the end of each supporting member can be limited in position in the cap portion, and the remaining portion thereof can extend out of the cap portion and move along the groove accordingly.

A hammer drill for manually guided operation includes an electric drive motor, a tool spindle and a pneumatic hammer function. The hammer drill includes a pressure piston, a striker, and a beat piece for striking axially against a tool that is held by the tool spindle. When the striker reaches a forward limit position, an end section thereof protrudes into a retaining ring that is aligned coaxially with the spindle axis. Manufacturing quality can be improved by bracing the retaining ring against an annular collar in the tool spindle on the one side and axially against a locking ring set in an annular groove conformed in the tool spindle via a retaining disc on the other side. The retaining ring, the retaining disc and the non-return disc are each mirror-symmetrical.

The present invention concerns methods and compositions involving the production or generation of siRNA mixtures or pools capable of triggering RNA-mediated interference (RNAi) in a cell. Compositions of the invention include kits that include reagents for producing or generating siRNA pools. The present invention further concerns methods using polypeptides with RNase III activity for generating siRNA mixtures or pools that effect RNAi, including the generation of a number of RNA molecules to the same target gene.

The present invention concerns methods and compositions involving the production or generation of siRNA mixtures or pools capable of triggering RNA-mediated interference (RNAi) in a cell. Compositions of the invention include kits that include reagents for producing or generating siRNA pools. The present invention further concerns methods using polypeptides with RNase III activity for generating siRNA mixtures or pools that effect RNAi, including the generation of a number of RNA molecules to the same target gene.

The invention discloses a method for processing coal gangue and red mud, which belongs to the technical field of pollution treatment of the coal gangue and the red mud, and aims at solving the technical problem to provide a layer upon layer piling method which is low in cost and can reduce environment pollution of the coal gangue and the red mud in maximum limit. The technical scheme is that the coal gangue and the red mud are laminated and piled, wherein a bottom first layer is provided with the coal gangue, a bottom second layer is provided with the red mud, and then the coal gangue and the red mud are alternately laminated and piled layer upon layer, at last the red mud is laminated and piled on a top layer, the thickness of the coal gangue on the first layer on the bottom first layer is 60-500cm, the thickness of the red mud on the bottom second layer is 5-100cm, the thickness of the red mud on the top layer is 30-50cm, and the thicknesses of the other layers are 5-15cm. The method for processing the coal gangue and the red mud can pile and process two kinds of production wastes such as the coal gangue and the red mud at the same time, and achieves the purpose of reducing environment pollution by neutralizing the coal gangue and the red mud with each other.

The invention relates to a fan coil temperature control device capable of controlling the opening limit range of a water valve according to return air temperature. The fan coil temperature control device comprises a fan coil, an electric water valve, a controller and a control panel, and is characterized in that a return air temperature sensor is arranged in a return air passage of the fan coil; the controller is provided with a signal processing unit, a feedback information processing unit, a plurality of analog signal input ends, a plurality of analog signal output ends, a plurality of digital signal input ends and a plurality of digital signal output ends; the return air temperature sensor is provided with a temperature measuring head and a temperature signal output end; the control panel is provided with a display screen and operation buttons; the temperature signal output end of the return air temperature sensor is connected with the return air temperature feedback information input end of the controller; the controller outputs opening control signals of the electric water valve so as to control the opening of the electric water valve in a preset opening limit range; and the fan coil temperature control structure capable of controlling the opening limit range of the water valve according to the return air temperature is formed. The fan coil temperature control device has the beneficial effects that the efficiency is high; energy and time are saved; and the precision is high.

A fork assembly for a lifting machine is provided. The fork assembly includes a fork base and a tine member. A first end of the fork base is attachable to the movable frame portion. A second end of the fork base extends outwardly from the first end. The fork base defines a lift surface, a first side surface, and a second side surface. The tine member defines a top portion, a first side portion, a second side portion, and a bottom portion. The bottom portion of the tine member defines a recess with a first engagement wall, a second engagement wall, and a third engagement wall. The tine member attains an interlocked position with the fork base, when the fork base is disposed within the recess of the tine member.

The present invention provides methods and systems for eluting and an analyte from a solid phase. The invention further provides methods and systems for transferring liquid analyte reagent mixtures from a solid phase to a second vessel, such as a microtiter plate well. The invention is useful in the manipulation of biological molecules such as nucleic acids, carbohydrates, proteins and peptides. In particular, the invention has utility for manipulating proteins and peptides in isoelectric focusing gels.

A testing apparatus includes a support mechanism, a pushing device, and a clamping device secured to the driving member. The clamping device secures a product. The pushing device includes a guiding pipe, a driving member moveably attached to the guiding pipe, and an elastic member received in the guiding pipe. The elastic member is connected to a first end of the driving member. The first end of the driving member is received in the guiding pipe. The clamping device is secured to the driving member. Wherein the guiding pipe is adapted to receive air, the driving member is adapted to be driven by air to move along a first direction, and the elastic member is adapted to rebound to pull the driving member to move along a second direction opposite to the first direction.

A method of manufacturing a turbine blade is provided. The described method includes providing an elongate core, surrounding the elongate core with a textile structure, arranging the elongate core surrounded by the textile structure in a mold, pressing at least a part of the textile structure against the mold, and injecting a curing agent into the mold to interact with the textile structure, thereby forming the turbine blade. Also, a system and an intermediate member for manufacturing a turbine blade by means of the described method is provided.

An MR device includes at least one body coil for generating a B1 magnetic field and at least one radiofrequency line routed through the B1 magnetic field. The at least one radiofrequency line has at least one frequency filter for blocking a voltage induced by the B1 magnetic field. At least one section of the radiofrequency line routed through the B1 magnetic field is embodied in printed circuit board technology on at least one printed circuit board, and information-carrying signals may be transmitted over the at least one radiofrequency line on a different frequency than the frequency of the voltage induced by the B1 magnetic field.

A cell culture article is provided. The cell culture substrate includes a polygalacturonic acid compound selected from at least one of: pectic acid or salts thereof, and partially esterified pectic acid having a degree of esterification from 1 to 40 mol % or salts thereof. The polygalacturonic acid compound is crosslinked with a divalent cation and the divalent cation concentration ranges from 0.5 to 2 g / 1 of the substrate.

The invention relates to packaging equipment, in particular to medicine bottle packaging equipment. The technical problem to be solved is to provide the medicine bottle packaging equipment capable of automatically filling medicine into a medicine bottle and automatically installing a medical rubber bottle plug. According to the technical scheme, the medicine bottle packaging equipment comprises a feeding table, carrier rollers, a feeding belt, a feeding motor, a medicine feeding rod, an air cylinder, a power rod and the like; four carrier rollers are rotationally connected to the feeding table, a feeding belt is wound on the four carrier rollers jointly, a feeding motor is installed on the feeding table, a rotating shaft of the feeding motor is fixedly connected with an external shaft of the carrier roller on the lower left portion, a medicine feeding rod is fixedly connected to the feeding table, and two air cylinders are installed on the medicine feeding rod. The function of automatically capping the rubber bottle plugs can be achieved, meanwhile, medicine powder or small-particle medicine can be poured into a medicine bottle, and only one rubber bottle plug can be automatically controlled to be conveyed into the capping mechanism each time through the material control mechanism.

An improved tool and technique for performance quality testing of a synthesized controller or a controller-in-development is disclosed. A controller's performance in a test run within a simulation testing environment is quantitatively compared to an optimal performance parameter as defined in a controller performance model. Deviation between these compared results is recorded as an indicator of poor controller performance. Only deviating test results are recorded for review to guide further fine tuning or modifications of controller settings, and to save mass storage space. The controller performance test runs autonomously and may be automatically restarted should any failure within the simulation environment occur.

In various embodiments, a lamp unit including a lamp which is inserted into a reflector and which has a base with a reference ring including at least one referencing surface which cooperatively interacts with a corresponding referencing element of a holder of the reflector, configured such that the lamp is separably connected to the holder through a bayonet coupling.

A landscaping and gardening attachment for a hand-held rotary power tool, such as a hand-held drill or weed trimmer, is provided for facilitating hole digging and the subsequent planting of vegetation. The landscaping and gardening attachment of the present invention comprises both a blade member and an elongated central shaft. The elongated central shaft is attached to the hand-held power tool at a first end of the shaft, and a second end of the shaft is secured to the blade member. The blade member may comprise a generally triangular-shaped axial cross section. In use, the blade member provides for rapid digging of planting holes, wherein the removed dirt remains about the circumference of the hole. In alternative embodiments, the hand-held power tool may be in the form of commonly owned rotary power tools, such as a weed trimmer, a hand-held power drill, a cordless screwdriver, or the like.

The invention discloses a method for processing coal gangue and red mud, which belongs to the technical field of pollution treatment of the coal gangue and the red mud, and aims at solving the technical problem to provide a layer upon layer piling method which is low in cost and can reduce environment pollution of the coal gangue and the red mud in maximum limit. The technical scheme is that the coal gangue and the red mud are laminated and piled, wherein a bottom first layer is provided with the coal gangue, a bottom second layer is provided with the red mud, and then the coal gangue and the red mud are alternately laminated and piled layer upon layer, at last the red mud is laminated and piled on a top layer, the thickness of the coal gangue on the first layer on the bottom first layer is 60-500cm, the thickness of the red mud on the bottom second layer is 5-100cm, the thickness of the red mud on the top layer is 30-50cm, and the thicknesses of the other layers are 5-15cm. The method for processing the coal gangue and the red mud can pile and process two kinds of production wastes such as the coal gangue and the red mud at the same time, and achieves the purpose of reducing environment pollution by neutralizing the coal gangue and the red mud with each other.

An apparatus and method for controlling apical growth of plants without cutting or pinching so as to increase productivity and efficiently utilize growth resources. A coiled frame is provided having the form of mirror image / opposed Fibonacci or Golden Spirals that expand from a first starting point and then contract back to a second starting point by an approximately similar number of quarter-turns at a selected pitch, the spring suitably being formed of a single length of wire. The apical growth tip of the plant is bent to meet the frame at selected locations and attached progressively as growth proceeds, using ties or other connectors. A stake inserted through the starting points of the spiral attaches the frame to the medium in which the plant is rooted. The stake is preferably angled so that the plant maximizes utilization of available light, for example, approximately 80° to the surface of the medium.

Systems and methods for measuring eddy current fields occurring as a result of gradient pulses in a magnetic resonance sequence at a point in time during the magnetic resonance sequence in relation to at least one direction of pulse effect. At least the parts of the magnetic resonance sequence comprising the gradient pulses relating to the at least one direction of pulse effect are performed as a preparation sequence up until the point in time followed directly by a measurement sequence in which first measurement data is recorded. The preparation sequence is played out again with the same, directly consecutive measurement sequence without the gradient pulses relating to the at least one direction of pulse effect or with gradient pulses having an inverted sign relating to the at least one direction of pulse effect. Second measurement data is recorded. Using a joint evaluation of the first and second measurement data at least one variable characterizing the eddy current field generated by the eddy currents of the gradient pulses in the at least one direction of pulse effect is determined.

The present invention provides methods and systems for eluting and an analyte from a solid phase. The invention further provides methods and systems for transferring liquid analyte reagent mixtures from a solid phase to a second vessel, such as a microtitre plate well. The invention is useful in the manipulation of biological molecules such as nucleic acids, carbohydrates, proteins and peptides. In particular, the invention has utility for manipulating proteins and peptides in isoelectric focusing gels.