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Methods and systems for trading financial or commodity assets are presented. In particular, the invention relates to a trading system and method that operates with third party data and a Third Party Inside Market to promote fair and orderly transactions. In some embodiments, a client order or client bid/offer is protected by automated order protection (AOP), which may be a set of rules or specifications that can modify a client's order. In certain embodiments, an average weighted price function is used to protect a client order that might be larger than the best bid/offer. In other embodiments, an autofill, a tie-breaking, and a wait-for-follow process can be used to promote trading opportunities for dealers and/or clients.

The present invention provides a method for constructing a chair-type, self-supported earth retaining wall used for retaining external forces such as earth pressure prior to an excavation. The method of the present invention forms a first column of piles having a plurality of piles arranged along the circumference of the region to be excavated. Subsequently, the method comprises forming a second column of piles having a plurality of piles by consecutively perforating a plurality of holes by a predetermined spacing at predetermined positions outwardly from the first column of piles, along the circumference of the region to be excavated, inserting H-beams into the respective holes, filling left and right spaces of the webs of the H-beams with soil, and filling the outer spaces of the flanges of the H-beams with a flowable stiffening material. The method subsequently comprises interconnecting the first column of piles and the second column of piles by a connection member. The first column of piles and the second column of piles are formed along the circumference of the region to be excavated, with an outward spacing, and connected to each other by the connection member.

The present invention provides a method for constructing a chair-type, self-supported earth retaining wall used for supporting external forces such as earth pressure prior to an excavation. The method of the present invention comprises forming a first pile array 20 having a plurality of piles 22 arranged along a circumference of an region to be excavated. Subsequently, the method comprises forming a second pile array 30 having a plurality of piles arranged along a circumference of the to-be-excavated region by consecutively drilling a plurality of boreholes 31 at predetermined intervals at predetermined positions outwardly spaced apart from the first pile array, inserting H-beams into the respective boreholes, filling left and right spaces of webs 34 of the H-beams 32 with soil 40, and filling the outer spaces of flanges 36 of the H-beams with a flowable hardening material 50.

The method subsequently comprises fixedly interconnecting the first pile array and the second pile array using a connection member. The first pile array and the second pile array are formed in such a fashion as to be outwardly spaced apart from each other along the circumferences of the to-be-excavated region, and are connected to each other by the connection member to construct an underground earth retaining wall.

The present invention provides an automatic homing and track buffering device comprising a buffer base in which there are (a) a main base body with a buffer groove space and a flexible groove space prepared at both sides, a slide margin, and a revolving-resistant member having a slip resisting wall and a revolving-resistant wall in succession; (b) a buffer member; (c) a flexible member; (d) a swing member linking the buffer member's and the flexible member's front ends and provided with a push arm and a draw arm for development of an operating space in between wherein the draw arm has a first slider (external side) and a second slider with a curved part (internal side) for development of a slide groove in between.

An ecological city system is provided including a core structure and a set of circularly arranged structures having various functions surrounding the core. A plurality of radially arranged transportation structures provide transportation between the circularly arranged structures and the core structure. The ecological city system sustains inhabitant life via a closed loop system for maximizing ecological sustainability, ecological harmony, inhabitant safety, and economic performance and efficiency.

Damper is provided with damper main body including cylinder, piston being slidably inserted into cylinder to partition interior of cylinder into extension and compression chambers, and piston rod being inserted into cylinder to be coupled to piston, and damping force adjustment mechanism including flow path permitting passage of fluid only during either extension or contraction, valve seat being provided at intermediate position of flow path, valve body being movable back and forth relative to valve seat, and motor driving and moving valve body back and forth relative to valve seat to adjust flow path area of flow path. Damper energizes motor to move valve body distance, which is two-fold or more of distance from separated position where valve body is separated from valve seat to seated position where valve body is seated on valve seat, when flow path is blocked by moving valve body from separated position to seated position.

Disclosed are a fault current-suppressing damper topology circuit and a control method thereof and a converter. An anode of a separate diode is connected to a positive electrode of a second switch module, a cathode of the separate diode is connected to one end of an energy storage capacitor, and the other end of the energy storage capacitor is connected to a negative electrode of a first switch module; a damping resistor is connected in parallel with an arrester and then with the first switch module; a bypass switch is connected in parallel between a terminal x1 and a terminal x2 of the damper topology circuit; a power supply system acquires energy from the energy storage capacitor and supplies power to a control system; and the control system controls an operating state of the damper topology circuit by controlling the bypass switch, the first switch module and the second switch module. The fault current-suppressing damper topology circuit is applied to voltage source converters. In case of a DC fault, stress resulting from fault currents is reduced by use of a damping resistor, thereby avoiding damages to a device and achieving self-power supply, modularization and independent control. The fault current-suppressing damper topology circuit can be flexibly applied to various types of voltage source converters and has outstanding economic efficiency and technicality.

A semiconductor apparatus has a plurality of chips stacked therein, and generation timing of read control signals for controlling read operations of the plurality of stacked chips is controlled such that times after a read command is applied to when data are outputted from respective chips are made to substantially correspond to one another.

The present invention relates to a 3-dimensional complex multilayer structure. The 3-dimensional complex multilayer structure includes a first pattern and a second pattern having different thicknesses formed on one or both surfaces of a plate. The first pattern is selected from the group consisting of parallel lines, parallel curves, parallel zigzag lines, and combinations thereof which do not meet each other. The second pattern is not parallel to the first pattern and is selected from the group consisting of parallel lines, parallel curves, parallel zigzag lines, and combinations thereof which do not meet each other. The interfaces between the first pattern and the second pattern form figures selected from the group consisting of polygons, circles, ellipses, and combinations thereof. The figures are repetitively formed on one or both surfaces of the plate. The 3-dimensional complex multilayer structure includes different complex patterns, whereas a conventional device has a kind of simple pattern. The 3-dimensional complex multilayer structure of the present invention can be manufactured by a simple process. Therefore, the 3-dimensional complex multilayer structure of the present invention can find application in various fields, including optical components for displays (e.g., light guide plates, diffusion plates, prisms, and color filters), next generation displays and display devices (e.g., TFTs, OTFTs, oxide TFTs, flexible displays, and transparent displays), next generation 3-dimensional semiconductors, dry adhesion based on the use of fine ciliary structures, micro/nano piezoelectric devices, lighting optical components, and biocell/virus research using micropatterns.

A mobile system and method that reform flare gas, methane, or natural gas, using air without steam, to directly produce methanol, a clean burning gasoline blend, component, and/or substitute are disclosed. The system first reforms the air-methane mixture at ambient atmospheric pressure, then compresses the resulting CO-hydrogen-nitrogen gas mixture to 600 psi, and feeds it through a methanol reactor which reacts the gas mixture directly into methanol. The nitrogen is returned by the system back to the atmosphere. Methanol is a clean burning gasoline substitute, and can be used to displace significantly costlier and dirtier petroleum-based fuel, while solving a critical problem with flaring. For example, the over 120 billion cubic feet per year that was flared in North Dakota in 2014 could be converted into over 6 million tons of methanol.

An innerliner for tire is formed by laminating a composition containing an elastomer component onto a resin layer and then irradiating energy beams required for generating partial crosslinking between the resin layer and the elastomer component.

Disclosed are granular mesoporous silica and a preparation method thereof. The preparation method includes preparing powdered silica containing a structure derivative to form mesopores; preparing a molded precursor including the powdered silica and an inorganic binder or an organic binder; preparing a granular molded article having a predetermined shape by extruding or injection-molding the molded precursor; and removing the structure derivative by calcinating the granular molded article. The granular mesoporous silica represents superior pore characteristics and is used as an adsorbent capable of effectively removing pollutants in water treatment and air pollution treatment.

The present invention provides for a combined heat and power system, comprising: at least one engine, operatively coupled to a generator, having at least one first heat source adapted to provide a first thermal energy output at a first temperature range, and at least one second heat source adapted to provide a second thermal energy output at a second temperature range; at least one first heat exchanger, operatively coupled to said at least one engine, and adapted to selectively receive and transfer at least a portion of any one or all of said first thermal energy output and said at least one second thermal energy output; and a dynamically adaptive heat storage system. The dynamically adaptive heat storage system further comprises: a selectively variable first thermal energy store, adapted to accept, store and discharge thermal energy at said first temperature range; at least one selectively variable second thermal energy store, adapted to accept, store and discharge thermal energy at said second temperature range; at least one first heat pump, operatively coupled to said first thermal energy store and said at least one second thermal energy store, and which is adapted to transfer and thermally upgrade the thermal energy stored in said at least one second thermal energy store to said first thermal energy store, and a system controller, adapted to selectively engage any one or all of said at least one first heat source and said at least one second heat source and control the amount of thermal energy that is stored, upgraded or discharged, so as to optimise the energy efficiency of said combined heat and power system.

The present invention provides a galvannealed steel sheet excellent in the adhesion with a base steel sheet and a manufacturing method thereof. The galvannealed steel sheet according to the invention has, in an interface between a galvannealed layer and the base steel sheet thereon the galvannealed layer is formed, an irregularity that has a depth of 10 nm or more at a pitch of 0.5 μm or less at least one per 5 μm of a length of the interface.

A semiconductor apparatus has a plurality of chips stacked therein. Read control signals for controlling read operations of the plurality of chips are synchronized with a reference clock such that the time taken from the application of a read command to the output of data for each of the plurality of chips is maintained substantially the same.

The present invention relates to a curved panel (3200) which is used to construct a tunnel in addition to an arch shaped underground or aboveground structure. The curved panel (3200) has a curved shape corresponding to the arch shape of the tunnel or the structure, thus increasing supporting force, thereby ensuring the structural stability, reducing the construction time, and enhancing the constructability and economic efficiency thereof. Furthermore, the present invention provides a method of manufacturing the curved panel (3200), an apparatus for manufacturing the curved panel (3200), a curved panel lining, and a curved panel construction method.