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A molecular-wire crossbar interconnect for signal routing and communications between a first level and a second level in a molecular-wire crossbar is provided. The molecular wire crossbar comprises a two-dimensional array of a plurality of nanometer-scale switches. Each switch is reconfigurable and self-assembling and comprises a pair of crossed wires which form a junction where one wire crosses another and at least one connector species connecting the pair of crossed wires in the junction. The connector species comprises a bi-stable molecule. Each level comprises at least one group of switches and each group of switches comprises at least one switch, with each group in the first level connected to all other groups in the second level in an all-to-all configuration to provide a scalable, defect-tolerant, fat-tree networking scheme. The primary advantage is ease of fabrication, because an active switch is formed any time two wires cross. This saves tremendously on circuit area (a factor of a few times ten), since no other wires or ancillary devices are needed to operate the switch or store the required configuration. This reduction of the area of a configuration bit and its switch to just the area of two crossing wires is a major advantage in constructing a defect-tolerant interconnect network.

An apparatus configured for connection to a mixer for receiving a slurry and altering the flow characteristics of the slurry includes a conduit having a main inlet in slurry receiving communication with the mixer outlet and extending to a spout for discharging the slurry, at least one conduit restrictor associated with the conduit for creating back-pressure between the conduit restrictor and the mixer outlet for keeping the mixer full, and at least one pressure reducer associated with the discharge spout and configured for reducing the pressure of the slurry dispensed from the discharge spout. The apparatus is configured for maintaining a generally laminar flow from the mixer outlet to the discharge spout.

There is provided a system and methods for mitigation of the potential dangers to which at least a child, and passengers, are exposed to prior to, during travel and after travel, when outside and adjacent a vehicle. Potential dangers to which a child is exposed are risks associated with driving and non-driving behavior of the driver, when the child is inside and outside the vehicle, when the vehicle is driven on public roads and on private property grounds, and as a result of deficient of mistaken operation of child and passenger related devices. The system and methods require input commands into an indicator to operate equipment elements aboard the vehicle, including sensors, operable devices and alert systems, and are operative for communication with remote stations, with adjacent-driven vehicles, and with the vehicle owner.

The invention is directed to a ventilation control system for controlling the ventilation of a patient. The ventilation control system utilizes a user-friendly user interface for the display of patient data and ventilator status. The user interface includes a graphic representation of a breath cycle that displays the breath cycle currently being ventilated, and is also responsive to changes in ventilation settings to assist the user in evaluation the effect of those changes on the ventilator strategy before the changes are implemented.

A surgical apparatus for automatically and dynamically changing the constitution of a system and the operation of respective elements. The surgical apparatus includes a plurality of devices respectively, a supervisory controller having a transmission path among the plurality of devices for supervisorily controlling the devices and an operational procedure description store for storing an operational procedure description describing operational procedures of the plurality of devices in which the supervisory controller includes a detector for detecting constitutions of the devices and for transmitting the operational procedure description necessary for the devices detected by the detector to the respective devices via the transmission path.

A wood-cutting band saw blade includes a cutting edge defined by a plurality of teeth spaced relative to each other, wherein each tooth includes a tip; a rake face formed on one side of the tip; a primary clearance surface formed on an opposite side of the tip relative to the rake face; a secondary clearance surface formed on an opposite side of the primary clearance surface relative to the tip; a tertiary clearance surface formed on an opposite side of the secondary clearance surface relative to the primary clearance surface; and a gullet located on an opposite side of the rake face relative to the tip and defining a depth (D) between a base surface of the gullet and the tip. Each tooth further defines a first gullet radius (R1) located between the gullet and tertiary clearance surface; a second gullet radius (R2) extending between a base surface of the gullet and the rake face; and a pitch (P) between the respective tooth and a preceding tooth in a cutting direction of the saw blade. In each tooth, R2>D>R1, D / P is within the range of about 25% to about 35% and R2 / R1≧about 1.4. R1 defines a minimum radius (Rmin) at a base of the gullet and Rmin / D>about 20%.

A novel cement slurry composed of cement and water that can be used in cement stabilization applications. The cement slurry compound itself is chemically treated, by means of a cellulosic or other thixotropic thickening agent(s) to create a thixotropic system wherein the wetted cement remains in suspension and does not settle out prior to use even without further mixing. A chemical retarder / stabilizer is also used to prevent the slurry from prematurely setting during shipping. A novel apparatus and method for mixing the novel cement slurry is disclosed to insure the exact proportioning of all ingredients and the proper wetting of the cement.

A buffer manager that manages blocks of memory amongst multiple levels of buffer pools. For instance, there may be a first level buffer pool for blocks in first level memory, and a second level buffer pool for blocks in second level memory. The first level buffer pool evicts blocks to the second level buffer pool if the blocks are not used above a first threshold level. The second level buffer pool evicts blocks to a yet lower level if they have not used above a second threshold level. The first level memory may be dynamic random access memory, whereas the second level memory may be storage class memory, such as a solid state disk. By using such a storage class memory, the working block set of the buffer manager may be increased without resorting to lower efficiency random block access from yet lower level memory such as disk.

A working machines includes an identifying unit. A force sensor detachably supports a working head in the identifying unit. A controller circuit is designed to identify the working head based on the load detected at the force sensor. When the working head is replaced with another one, the load changes in the force sensor in the identifying unit. In general, the individual working head has the specific weight. The working heads can thus be differentiated from each other based on the weight. Accordingly, the controller circuit is allowed to reliably identify the working head after the replacement with a higher accuracy based on the detected load.

A drive assistance ECU (1) detects partition lines on a travelling road surface and sets a virtual partition line in a section in which there exists no partition line using an image on the travelling road surface in front of a vehicle, the image being captured by a camera (2), and controls the vehicle to provide the drive assistance on the basis of the partition lines and the virtual partition line, and gives an alarm when the vehicle deviates from the virtual partition line. In addition, the drive assistance ECU (1) detects the state of the vehicle, calculates information indicating the state as vehicle information, cancels the drive assistance when the vehicle information satisfies a predetermined cancellation condition, and prohibits the alarm when the drive assistance is cancelled.

A cradle for a digital camera. When a digital camera is set in a retainer of the cradle, side portions of a wall formed at the retainer are disposed to shield a charging terminal and a USB terminal formed at a lower portion of a side surface of a casing of the digital camera. Thus, a charging cord and a USB cord cannot be connected directly to the charging terminal and the USB terminal when the digital camera has been set in the digital camera cradle. That is, when the digital camera is set in the cradle, it is possible to prevent redundant connection of connecting cords to any ones of a plurality of connecting terminals formed in the digital camera that are of kinds the same as other connecting terminals of the digital camera, which others are connected to connecting terminals provided at the cradle.

A peeling, grinding, breaking and blending device for food, vegetables and fruits, it comprise a lower cover having a receiving room, a base provided under the lower cover, a cutting and grinding portion and an upper cover used to cover the lower cover. The cutting and grinding portion is received in the receiving room of the lower cover, a cutting, peeling and grinding plate is provided on the upper end of the cutting and grinding portion, a plurality of toothed knives are provided with the surface of the cutting, peeling and grinding plate, a grinding layer is provided at the surrounding portion thereof, a through hole is provided on the upper cover, the bottom of the through hole is provided with a grinding layer, a stopper layer is provided with the grinding layer, thus, when the vegetables and fruits are placed in through the through hole, the functions of juice squeezing and grinding can be proceeded at the same time. The device is applicable to use as a food processor having the twin functions of squeezing juice and grinding food.

In mobile communication system having a plurality of mobile traits and a plurality of base station units, the system of the present invention is characterised in that the base station unit has a gap period length setting section for setting the length of the gap period for the mobile unit depending on the type of the radio access technology to be monitored by the mobile unit.

In a fire pump adapted to force out the water, which is pumped from a water source, from a nozzle provided at a front end portion of a delivery hose, a nozzle control unit 8 adapted to control the fire pump remotely is provided in the vicinity of the nozzle. The nozzle control unit 8 is connected to a body of the fire pump 1 by power source lines 33. On the nozzle control unit 8, a control instruction unit for instructing an operating mode of the pump 1, and a numerical value display unit for displaying the operation condition of the fire pump are provided. The transmitting and receiving of an operation control signal and a condition display signal are done between the pump 1 and nozzle control unit 8 by power line communication via the power source lines 33, whereby the operation condition of the pump 1 is feedback displayed in real time in response to a control operation of a nozzle operator.

The invention relates to copolymers effective as slump retention agents for hydraulic compositions such as cement, mortar and concrete. The copolymers are formed by reacting monomers A, B and C, wherein monomer A is a compound of formula I, monomer B is a compound of formula II, and monomer C is a compound of formula III or IV as shown herein. The copolymers may be used alone or in combination with a water reducing agent or slump retaining agent, e.g. a superplasticizer such as PNS or PMS or a low range water reducer such as lignosulfonate. The copolymer includes a group that is hydrolyzable at elevated pH (e.g. around pH 12) typically present in hydraulic compositions, so that the group hydrolyzes when present in such compositions and forms a charged group that provides extended slump retention properties without introducing undesirable air-entraining characteristics.

A limiting mechanism which prevents the setting of a dose, which exceeds the amount of liquid left in a cartridge of an injection device, is disclosed. The injection device is the type where a dose is set by rotating a dose setting member relative to a driver and away from a fixed stop in the injection device. The dose setting member interfaces the driver such that the dose setting member can be rotated in one direction without rotating the driver. The dose is injected by rotating back the dose setting member which during the backward rotation carries the driver with it. Rotating the driver causes the piston rod to move forward inside the cartridge and expel some of the liquid contained in the cartridge. The driver is provided with a track having a length which is related to the total amount of liquid in the cartridge and which track is engaged by a track follower coupled to the dose setting member to follow rotation of this dose setting member. Each time a dose is set and injected, the track follower moves further into the track. When the track follower reaches the end of the track the dose setting member can not be rotated further, and a dose larger than the remaining liquid in the cartridge cannot be set.

The invention discloses a special-shaped display panel and display device. The display panel includes a display area and a non-display area around the display area, wherein the display area includes a plurality of gate lines which are arranged side by side and extend in the row direction, and a plurality of data lines which are arranged side by side and extend in the column direction; the non-display area includes a binding area, and a signal processing circuit is arranged in the binding area; the non-display area includes a plurality of electrostatic release circuits, and the electrostatic release circuits are electrically connected with the data lines; the display area comprises at least one special-shaped edge angle, and the special-shaped edge angle is a non-right angle, and is arranged on the side edge, away from the binding area, of the display area; the display area also includes a first sub side angle, and the first sub side angle is arranged on the side edge, close to the binding area, of the display area, wherein the electrostatic release circuits are adjacent to the first sub side angle. The special-shaped display panel and display device can achieve narrow border shaping of the special-shaped display panel.

Compositions and methods for increasing grinding efficiency of cement, cement clinker, raw materials for cement, and other inorganic particles. Use of biomass-derived polyols such as diols, triols, or mixtures thereof, optionally with a conventional grinding aid, cement quality improver, and / or hexavalent chromium reducer, are believed to provide less risk of sludging when compared to glycerides obtained from fossil fuel sources.

A packer tool has safety devices to prevent premature and reverse setting and release operations. The safety devices are independent of shear-pin safety systems. Confined annular segments prevent a setting actuator piston from moving absent tool-setting hydraulic pressure. The setting pressure first moves a cylinder in an opposite direction to unroof the segments allowing them to exit confinement and free the piston to set the packing and the anchor slips. Release safety pins extend radially inward from a packing-holder collar into short slots formed on a mandrel surface, preventing the mandrel from being turned. Previous set motion causes the pins to leave the slots thereby freeing the mandrel to turn only after the tool has been set. A third safety device comprises an expanded ring which is dragged by the release cone during release motion until it lodges in a circumferential groove in the mandrel, locking against reverse movement.

An operation management method wherein a storage device stores a plurality of pieces of first allocation information representative of a correspondence among at least business or service, network segments and logical addresses of networks, and when an instruction of setup for at least business or service provided by each managed computer is received from an external, an operation management apparatus generates a correspondence between the plurality of pieces of first allocation information and a plurality of pieces of second allocation information representative of a correspondence between the managed computers and a physical address of each of network connections. When a system configuration is changed, an operation object can be designated by using information such as business without depending upon a hardware structure.

The invention discloses a tunnel lining detection support with a height and an angle capable of being automatically adjusted, which comprises a radar bracket, wherein the axle center position of the lower side of the radar bracket is provided with a main support rod, one end of the main support rod is connected with the radar bracket through a universal joint, the other end of the main support rod is arranged on a fixed base through a universal joint, the downside of the main support rod is fixed on the fixed base through at least three air struts uniformly distributed around the main support rod, the two ends of the air struts are respectively connected with the main support rod and the fixed base through universal joints, the upside of the main support rod is connected with the radar bracket through at least three spring support rods uniformly distributed around the main support rod, and the two ends of the spring support rods are respectively connected with the bottom of the radar bracket and the main support rod through universal joints. The tunnel lining detection support disclosed by the invention is simple in structure, easy to disassemble, and convenient to carry; the tunnel lining detection support can guarantee that a preset distance is always kept between a radar antenna and a tunnel lining surface in the horizontal and vertical directions; and due to the automatic height and angle adjustment function, the influence of road unevenness on detecting results is reduced, the erection of temporary operating supports and the manual lifting are avoided, the working intensity of detection is lowered, and the detection speed is improved.

The present invention relates to an industrial continuous agricultural and forestry biomass fast pyrogenation oil refining method and a device thereof. The invention belongs to the technical field of biomass regeneration utilization and changing into energy. The crushed and dried agricultural and forestry biomass material is delivered into a pyrolysis reactor from the base for reacting. The carbon and pyrolysis are generated, wherein the pyrolysis enters a condenser along with the circulating gas. The bio-oil obtained after condensing the pyrolysis gas and incoagulable gas enter a reacting system for being heated by a combustion furnace for recycling. The fast pyrogenation oil refining method and the device of the invention use the incoagulable gas generated in the system as circulating fluidizing agent gas and heat supplying gas for high-efficiently executing the fast pyrogenation, gas-solid separation, condensing oiling of agricultural and forestry biomass and furthermore realizing the excellent circulation in the system. The device of the invention also has the advantages of reasonable structure of reactor, compact mechanism, stable operation of whole device, and suitability for industrial continuous production.

The invention discloses a titanium nitride atomic layer deposition device and a deposition method thereof. According to the deposition method thereof, segmented gradient heat-up heating is carried outon a source bottle outlet pipeline and a titanium precursor conveying pipeline, segmented gradient heat-down heating is carried out on a front-stage pipeline, an oxidant blowing pipeline is directlyconnected into a vacuum pump without passing through a chamber, during the ALD reaction, a preprocessing before the process is carried out through the operation that the flow ratio between an oxidizing agent and a titanium precursor vapor is improved, the chamber and the pipeline are vacuumized for multiple times, so that the generation of particles in the chamber, especially in the front-stage pipeline can be reduced, the maintenance period of the vacuum pump can be prolonged, and the service life can be prolonged; residuals of the precursor and the oxidizing agent on the wall of the pipelineand in the cavity can be effectively removed, the occurrence of unexpected reactions is reduced, and the impurity pollution is reduced; and purity of a thin film can be improved, and a complex gas processing system is prevented from being arranged.

A pulling tool deploys on a workstring to retrieving a well component, such as casing or a liner, stuck downhole. The tool has an anchor, a puller, and an implement. The implement is supported on the end of the puller and engages the component. Hydraulic pressure supplied downhole moves at least one puller piston coupled to the implement along a piston mandrel to pull the implement and component. An anchor mandrel coupled to the workstring and the piston mandrel anchors the pulling tool downhole. The anchor has slips disposed on the anchor mandrel that engage in surrounding casing when an anchor piston disposed on the anchor mandrel is hydraulically actuated with the communicated pressure.

The invention discloses a control method and a control device of a washing machine and the washing machine. The control method of the washing machine comprises the following steps that: the washing machine obtains an own geographic location; the washing machine finds out water hardness corresponding to the geographic location, wherein the washing machine stores the water hardness corresponding to the different geographic locations; the washing machine finds out the adding amount of a washing agent corresponding to the water hardness; and the washing machine adds the washing agent according to the found adding amount. With the adoption of the invention, the problem that the production cost of the washing machine in the prior art is high and the effect of reducing the production cost of the washing machine is achieved.