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A method and apparatus are provided for generating a personalized radio channel playlist by time division multiplexing songs from multiple received channels from one or more broadcast source streams in a queue. Users can specify favorite channels for building their personal playlists, or multiple default playlist channels can be provided by genre. Navigation tools permit users to see upcoming songs in their playlist queue and skip ahead and backward. Thumbs up / down buttons on the radio receiver permit entering a song or artist being played back into a favorites list that is used to search all channels for matches or a banned list used to block songs from future playlists. If matches are found, the channel carrying the favorite is extracted and added to the playlist. Channel searching for matches involves monitoring real-time song and artist labels for all channels carried in a separate data channel (e.g., Broadcast Information Channel (BIC)). Segments on the playlist are dynamically truncated to reduce the average time each segment is played to facilitate preview of playlist segments. Preview times can vary depending on the size of the playlist or number of channels used. During a preview of a segment, users can opt to listen to the full song or back up in the playlist to listen to a previous song. Connectivity options and web interfaces are provided to facilitate transfer and sharing of customization parameters for personalized radio configuration.

An exposure apparatus includes; a supply outlet that supplies a liquid to an optical path space of exposure light, and a liquid supply system that supplies an ionized ionic liquid to the supply outlet.

Multilayer-film reflective mirrors are disclosed. An exemplary such mirror has a base and a multilayer film formed on the base. The multilayer film includes multiple layer pairs. Each layer pair includes a respective first layer and a respective second layer, wherein the first and second layers are laminated together in an alternating manner. The multilayer film has first and second regions that reflect extreme ultraviolet light. A first group of layers is disposed in the first and second regions and has a first periodic length. A second group disposed in the first region has a second periodic length different from the first periodic length, and a third group disposed in the second region has a substantially same periodic length as the first periodic length.

A method and system for multi-cell interference reduction in a wireless communication system is disclosed. The present disclosure describes a new method and system for accurately detecting the characteristics of the interfering signals from relevant sources such as neighboring co-channel cells and other persistent interference sources. In order to better estimate the interfering signals, a base station designates a small inactive window in the transmit frame for a cell during which the communications between the base station and its terminals are reduced while every other communication pursues. As such, the interfering signals can be well exposed and the characteristics can be accurately detected. Based on the detected characteristics of the interfering signals, the base station can specifically design beam forming mechanism or other means to cancel or minimize the impact of such interference during regular communications.

An auto-exposure control method includes: creating an exposure table and an analog gain table including an exposure time and an analog gain of an image sensor set according to an index, respectively; calculating an average luminance value of an image frame obtained by the image sensor; checking whether or not the average luminance value is within a pre-set range including a prescribed final target value; if the average luminance value is not within the pre-set range, determining a shift step from indexes which have been applied to a current image frame according to the difference between the average luminance value and the final target value in order to determine indexes of the exposure table and the analog gain table to be applied to a next image frame; and repeatedly performing of reading an exposure time and an analog gain corresponding to the indexes shifted by the shift step determined from the indexes applied to the current image frame, from the exposure table and the analog gain table, applying the same to the image sensor, obtaining a next image frame, and calculating an average luminance value.

The invention relates to implantable systems for securing shunt catheters. The implantable system and device functions to maintain shunt patency and thus, shunt catheter malfunction due to obstruction is prevented

A method and system is disclosed for reducing interference in a wireless communication system utilizing an antenna array. The antenna array uses one or more signal channels for communicating with one or more mobile terminals. First, at least one channel is assigned as an empty channel in which no desired signal is carried so as to provide a representation of all relevant interference. Since the spatial characteristics of the empty channel and the regular signal channels should be very similar, the spatial signature of the signal channels is analyzed based on the interference received on the empty channel and the desired signals received on at least one signal channel. The analyzed spatial signature is then used for reducing the interference on all signal channels.

A dispenser for small items has a side wall integral with a bottom panel. A top cover joins the side wall and is rotated between a closed position in contact with the side wall and an open position providing access to the interior. A pair of elongate arms are hinged to the side wall and are rotatable over a range of angles. The arms are configured with a cam segment having a sequence of spurs selectively engagable with the side wall so as to set the arms at a desired angle relative to hold the dispenser in a tilted position to better expose the interior. The arms are hooked so as to grip a roll rod for hanging the dispenser below it.

A portable electronic device (MS) has a user interface (DPL1) that is protected by a motorized slide (SL1). The device has a first slide (SL1) which is moveable between positions in which it protects and exposes the user interface (DPL1). The slide is driven by an epicyclical gear which is, in turn, driven by an electrical motor. The epicyclical gear gears down a rotational speed provided by the motor into a rotational speed that is suitable for driving the slide.

An interface is disclosed that makes information obtained from a file deduplication process available to an application for the efficient operation thereof. A data deduplication repository is scanned to determine a plurality of file segments and respective checksum values associated with the segments. A data structure is generated that allows shared segments to be identified by indexing using a common checksum value. The segments also indicate the file to which they belong and may also include a timestamp value. This data structure is updated as files are modified, etc. The data structure is accessible to an application program so that the application program can readily determine which segments are shared between multiple files. With this information, the application can efficiently process the segment once rather than multiple times. Timestamps can be used by the application to efficiently identify only those segments that were accessed after a given time.

A harvesting system and method providing a row insensitive plant cutting and gathering capability, suitable for harvesting tall, stalky plants such as sweet sorghum, cane, and the like, in high volume, which also billet cuts the harvested plants. Multiple plants are cut simultaneously on a continuous basis at any locations across a header of the system, and the cut plants are gathered into a continuous overlapping flow having a vertical extent or thickness of several stalks or canes and their associated foliage. The flow is then vertically compacted into a mat of reduced thickness while being conveyed into a billet cutter, which cuts the stalks or canes into billets of a desired length and discharges the billets to a desired location, all while the harvester is moving through a field harvesting. The system can be incorporated into a conventional sugarcane harvester in place of conventional base cutters and row dividers.

An optical apparatus comprises a plurality of multilayer-film reflective mirrors that are capable of reflecting a electromagnetic wave in an extreme ultraviolet region. The multilayer-film reflective mirrors are arranged along an optical axis of the electromagnetic wave, and at least two of the multilayer-film reflective mirrors have reflecting, wavelength characteristics being different from each other, in a wavelength region other than the extreme ultraviolet region.

There is provided a household appliance including a housing and a cavity arranged within the housing. The housing element is further arranged to allow viewing of the cavity. A display which is transparent to at least one wavelength in the visible light spectrum is arranged in connection to the housing element and is further arranged such that the cavity is exposed from outside the household appliance. The display is a thin film type electroluminescent display which is arranged as an integral part of the housing element.

A system and method for removing polymer residue from around a metal gate structure formed on a surface of a substrate during a post-etch cleaning operation includes determining a plurality of process parameters associated with the metal gate structure and the polymer residue to be removed. A plurality of fabrication layers define the metal gate structure and the process parameters define characteristics of the fabrication layers and the polymer residue. A first cleaning chemistry and second cleaning chemistry are identified and a plurality of application parameters associated with the first and second cleaning chemistries are defined based on the process parameters. The first and second application chemistries are applied sequentially in a controlled manner using the application parameters to substantial remove the polymer residue while preserving the structural integrity of the gate structure.

Draper is a new blueberry variety of Vaccinium corymbosum from the Michigan State University breeding program. It is composed primarily of genes of Vaccinium corymbosum, but has a small contribution (<5%) from V. tenellum, V. ashei and V. darrowi. It is a productive, early mid-season ripening variety with very high fresh market quality and probably a long storage life. It is intended for areas where northern highbush cultivars are grown successfully. Plants of Draper are vigorous and upright. Canes are numerous, moderately branched and the fruit are well exposed. Its berries are moderately large, have small, dry picking scars, excellent powder-blue color, delicious flavor and excellent firmness. The size of the fruit is unusually regular and is presented in a loose cluster.

There is described an electronic assembly comprising a structure and a printed circuit board (PCB) connected to the structure to form a duct. The PCB has a first side arranged to receive one or more heat-generating components, and a second side. The PCB comprises one or more apertures formed therein. The electronic assembly further comprises airflow generating means arranged to generate an airflow along the duct and along the second side of the PCB such that air is forced through the one or more apertures. By forming a duct beneath a PCB and allowing air to be forced through apertures formed in the PCB, more efficient cooling of components on the PCB may be achieved. For example, the position of the apertures may be tailored such that specific components, or specific parts of components, may be exposed to airflow through the apertures.

The invention discloses a carbon nitride / (040) crystal face bismuth vanadate hetero-junction and a preparation method and application thereof. The method comprises the following steps: synthesizing (040) crystal face BiVO4 powder through a hydrothermal method, and calcining to obtain g-C3N4 powder; dissolving the prepared (040) crystal face BiVO4 powder in a g-C3N4 water solution which is dispersed uniformly under ultrasonic waves; stirring to obtain a precursor solution; performing an ultrasonic reaction on the precursor solution at the normal temperature to obtain a g-C3N4 / (040) crystal face BiVO4 hetero-junction photo-catalyst. The two phases of g-C3N4 and (040) crystal face BiVO4 coexist after compounding; moreover, the two phases grow together, and keep respective growth trends; the hetero-junction is formed between the g-C3N4 and the (040) crystal face BiVO4, and the g-C3N4 is matched with the (040) crystal face BiVO4 in energy level, so that separation of photo-induced electrons and holes is facilitated, the light response range of the (040) crystal face BiVO4 is expanded, and the separation rate of photo-induced carriers is increased, thereby improving the photo-catalyzing performance of the (040) crystal face BiVO4 under visible light.

A hanging device as may be utilized to mount plants is provided. The hanging device is coupled to a standardized care tag slot as found on most store-bought plastic containers. Through the use of the hanging device, it is not necessary to purchase additional plant containers for placement in additionally purchased hanging devices to display plants in a selected environment. The hanging device further allows for the placement of communications to customers as they concern the plant and / or container. Methods for mounting a container utilizing the disclosed hanging device are also provided.

The invention provides a preparation method of cobalt manganese spinel microspheres. The method comprises weighing manganese chloride and cobalt chloride, dissolving the manganese chloride and cobaltchloride in deionized water, weighing ammonium hydrogen carbonate as a pH adjuster, carrying out mixing through stirring, carrying out hydrothermal pretreatment at 100-150 DEG C, after the reaction product is naturally cooled, carrying out centrifugal filtration, orderly washing the precipitates through deionized water and ethanol, carrying out drying to obtain cobalt carbonate and manganese carbonate precursors, and calcining the cobalt carbonate and manganese carbonate precursors through a muffle furnace at a temperature of 500 to 700 DEG C for 1-3h to obtain the cobalt manganese spinel microspheres. The cobalt manganese spinel microspheres are used for research on thermal catalytic CO2 reduction and can produce synthetic organic fuel (methane). The cobalt manganese spinel obtained by the preparation method is a pure phase and spherical, has a high specific surface area, obvious exposes the high-energy crystal surface, reduces the temperature of thermal catalytic CO2 reduction and has high product selectivity.

A machine (1) for stirring a liquid food substance has: a container (10) delimiting a cavity (11) with a bottom (12) and a peripheral wall (13) for containing said liquid food substance to be stirred, the cavity (11) extending generally along a generally upright central container axis (14) and having a mouth (15) for removing from the container (10) said liquid food substance upon stirring; and an impeller (20) comprising an impelling member (21) which is configured to be rotated in the cavity (11) against said liquid food substance about an impeller axis (22) that is generally identical or generally parallel to the container axis (14). The impelling member (21) is configured to be spaced above the cavity's bottom (12) by: a maximum stirring distance (H) when the impelling member (21) is rotated at at a maximum stirring speed about the impeller axis (22); and a resting distance (h), smaller than the maximum stirring distance (H), when the impelling member (21) stands still.

The invention relates to equipment special for orthopedic operation, in particular to sports medical arthroscope surgical equipment. The surgical equipment comprises a support, a steering platform hinged to the support, a steering motor for driving the steering platform, and a distraction device arranged on the steering platform. The distraction device comprises a drive motor, a gearbox arranged on an output shaft of the drive motor, two screws meshed with the gearbox through gears in a transmission mode, and hooks arranged on the screws. The two screws are oppositely arranged. The movement directions of the hooks on the two screws are opposite. Each hook comprises a transverse hook handle and a hook body longitudinally arranged at the inner end of the hook handle. The distance between the two hook bodies is not larger than 6 cm. The hooks in the surgical equipment are driven by the drive motor, so a surgical incision is stably distracted and obviously exposed, and medical labor cost is saved.

Microelectronic contacts, such as flexible, tab-like, cantilever contacts, are provided with asperities disposed in a regular pattern. Each asperity has a sharp feature at its tip remote from the surface of the contact. As mating microelectronic elements are engaged with the contacts, a wiping action causes the sharp features of the asperities to scrape the mating element, so as to provide effective electrical interconnection and, optionally, effective metallurgical bonding between the contact and the mating element upon activation of a bonding material.

In this flat extruded aluminum multi-port tube, the corrosion-resistance, at inner surfaces of a plurality of flow passages independently and parallelly extending in the tube axial direction, is effectively enhanced. In a flat extruded aluminum multi-port tube 10 formed by an extrusion by employing an aluminum tube material and an aluminum sacrificial anode material having an electrochemically lower potential than the aluminum tube material, the aluminum sacrificial anode material is exposed to form a sacrificial anode portion 18 at least in a part of an inner circumferential portion in each of the plurality of flow passages 12.

The invention discloses a graphene / (040) crystal face bismuth vanadate heterojunction, a preparation method and application thereof. The preparation method comprises the following steps: firstly synthesizing (040) crystal face BiVO4 powder by a hydrothermal method; and then compounding the (040) crystal face BiVO4 powder and graphene oxide (GO) by a hydrothermal method, wherein the GO is reduced to graphene (RGO) in the process to obtain the RGO / / (040) crystal face BiVO4 heterojunction in the end. After compounding, the RGO and the (040) crystal face BiVO4 coexist and grow together. The preparation method has the beneficial effects that the RGO with excellent conductivity is compounded with the (040) crystal face BiVO4, the stimulated electrons of the BiVO4 are directionally transferred to the surface of the RGO to generate light reaction, so that the recombination of electron-hole pairs is effectively reduced, the quantum efficiency is improved, and the photocatalytic activity and stability of the heterojunction are improved.

The invention discloses a production method of a novel diamond tool, and belongs to the field of manufacturing of diamond abrasive tools. The production method comprises the following steps that (1) adilution material and brazing welding flux are mixed into a composite material; (2) a diamond abrasive is subjected to pelletizing wrapping, and bonded through an acetone binder to be fixed; (3) a composite body of the wrapped diamond abrasive, a filling material, the brazing welding flux and the acetone binder are evenly mixed; (4) the mixture is put into a mould to be pressurized and shaped; and (5) a formed blank block is heated and brazed. According to the production method, the brazing strength of a single abrasive particle is indirectly controlled by controlling the size of a brazing area of the brazed diamond abrasive, through structure matching of the filling material, the multi-layer continuous processing performance of multi-layer brazing is achieved, and the life of the brazeddiamond abrasive tool is prolonged; and the production process is simple, the quality is stable and easy to control, the working procedure can be standardized, and the novel diamond tool is suitable for industrial mass production.

A substrate holding member includes: a first holding portion that detachably holds a substrate to be immersion exposed; and a second holding portion that detachably holds a liquid recovery member, the liquid recovery member including an opening portion in which a liquid having flowed out from an upper surface of the substrate held on the first holding portion flows.

The invention discloses a preparation method of a novel multilayer brazing super-hard abrasive tool, and belongs to the field of super-hard abrasive tool manufacturing. The preparation method comprises the step 1) of proportionally mixing diluted materials with brazing solders to form composite agents; the step 2) of pelletizing and packing super-hard abrasives, and bonding and fixing the super-hard abrasives with water-soluble binders; the step 3) of uniformly mixing the packed super-hard abrasive compounds with filling materials, the brazing solders and the water-soluble binders; the step 4)of putting the mixtures in a mould for pressure forming; and the step 5) of heating and brazing formed blanks; according to the method, the brazing strength of single abrasives is controlled indirectly by control of the size of a brazing area of the brazing super-hard abrasives, and the multilayer sustainable processing performance of multilayer brazing is achieved through the structure collocation of the filling materials; the life of the brazing super-hard abrasive tool is prolonged; the preparation technology is simple, and the quality is stable and easy to control; and the working procedures can be standardized, and applicable for industrial mass production.

The invention discloses a bismuth oxychlorobromide (010) / graphene heterojunction and a preparation method and an application thereof. The invention aims to solve the problems of easy dissociation, poor light absorption performance and low photocatalytic efficiency of existing bismuth oxybromide (001). The preparation method comprises the following steps: mixing graphene with a bismuth oxychlorobromide (010) precursor solution, and performing a hydrothermal technology to generate bismuth oxychlorobromide (010) / graphene powder characterized by compounding the (010) surface of the bismuth oxychlorobromide with the graphene. A heterojunction structure is formed between the graphene and the (010) crystal face of the bismuth oxychlorobromide after the compounding, and the energy levels of the graphene and the bismuth oxychlorobromide are matched, so the promotion of the effective separation of photogenerated electrons and holes is facilitated, the light response range of the bismuth oxychlorobromide (010) is widened, and the separation efficiency of the photogenerated electrons and the holes is improved, thereby the photocatalytic performances of the bismuth oxychlorobromide (010) is improved.