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An analytical test device useful for example in pregnancy testing, comprises a hollow casing (500) constructed of moisture-impervious solid material, such as plastics materials, containing a dry porous carrier (510) which communicates indirectly with the exterior of the casing via a bibulous sample receiving member (506) which protrudes from the casing such that a liquid test sample can be applied to the receiving member and permeate therefrom to the porous carrier, the carrier containing in a first zone a labelled specific binding reagent is freely mobile within the porous carrier when in the moist state, and in a second zone spatially distinct from the first zone unlabelled specific binding reagent for the same analyte which unlabelled reagent is permanently immobilised on the carrier material and is therefore not mobile in the moist state, the two zones being arranged such that liquid sample applied to the porous carrier can permeate via the first zone into the second zone, and the device incorporating means, such as an aperture (508) in the casing, enabling the extent (if any) to which the labelled reagent becomes bound in the second zone to be observed. Preferably the device includes a removable cap for the protruding bibulous member.

A method and apparatus is disclosed for heating of formations using fired heaters. The method includes the steps of: providing a wellbore within the formation to be heated, the wellbore comprising a casing within the formation to be heated, a tubular defining, in the inside of the tubular, a flowpath for hot gases from the surface to a point in the wellbore near the bottom of the formation to be heated, and a volume between the tubular and the casing providing a flowpath for hot gases from near the bottom of the formation to be heated to the top of the formation to be heated, wherein the flowpaths are in communication with each other near the bottom of the formation to be heated and the volume between the casing and the tubular at the top of the formation to be heated is in communication with a point above the surface, and insulation for a portion of the length of the wellbore within the formation to be heated between the flowpath for hot gases from the surface to the point in the wellbore near the bottom of the formation to be heated and the flowpath for hot gases from near the bottom of the formation to be heated to the surface; and supplying a flow of hot gases to the flowpath for hot gases from the surface to a point in the wellbore near the bottom of the formation to be heated.

The present invention provides a novel lower eukaryotic host cell producing human-like glycoproteins characterized as having a terminal β-galactose residue and essentially lacking fucose and sialic acid residues. The present invention also provides a method for catalyzing the transfer of a galactose residue from UDP-galactose onto an acceptor substrate in a recombinant lower eukaryotic host cell, which can be used as a therapeutic glycoprotein.

A connecting device for spinal osteosynthesis has an osseous anchoring device, a connector that accommodates a joining shaft and is fixed to one end of the anchoring device, and a tightening device for immobilizing the joining shaft. The connecting device is characterized in that the connector is fixed to the anchoring device with the aid of a pin that penetrates the anchoring device and embodies a pivot joint. Furthermore, the device comprises an arrangement for stabilizing the connector relative to the anchoring device when the device is implanted in the patient, the stabilizing arrangement being located on the plane encompassing the shaft and the anchoring device.

A secure hardware comprises a secure pipe, a secure DMA, a secure assist and a secure bus, which connects between those blocks. The secure pipe stores a common encryption key in an encryption key table so as not to be able to access from software. The secure DMA comprises a data common key system process function and a hashing process function. The secure assist comprises a common key system process function and an authentication process function, receives an issued command from a program executed by the processor core via a public IF, and performs setting / control of the secure pipe and the secure DMA via the secure bus.

A midsole structure for an athletic shoe includes an upper midsole (3) formed of a soft elastic material, a lower midsole (4) disposed under the upper midsole (3) and formed of a soft elastic material, and a wavy plate assembly (5) interposed between the upper midsole (3) and the lower midsole (4). The wavy plate assembly (5) includes a wavy board (50) and a pair of sidewall members (51) provided discretely from the wavy board (50) and disposed on opposite Bides of the wavy board (50). Each of the sidewall members (51) includes a wavy bottom portion (51b) overlapping the wavy board (50) and an upraised portion (51a) extending upwardly from the wavy bottom portion (51b) to face a side surface of the upper midsole (3). Provision of the wavy board (50) and the sidewall members (51) discretely from each other simplifies a layout of a mold for forming the wavy plate assembly (5), thereby reducing a manufacturing cost.

A valved microfluidics device, microfluidics cell-culture device and system incorporating the devices are disclosed. The valved microfluidics device includes a substrate, a microchannel through which liquid can be moved from one station to another within the device, and a pneumatic microvalve adapted to be switched between open and closed states to control the flow of fluid through a microchannel. The microvalve is formed of three flexible membranes, one of which is responsive to pneumatic pressure applied to the valve and the other two of which deform to produce a more sealable channel cross-section. The cell culture device provides valving to allow controlled loading of cells into the individual well of the device, and exchange of cell-culture components in the wells.

The invention relates to an optimum design method for staged fracturing perforation cluster parameters of a horizontal well of a shale reservoir. The optimum design method includes the following steps of S1, selecting high-fracture-performance fracturing well sections; S2, building a mathematical model for hydrofracture fracture progressing, analyzing an induction stress field model for fracture extension, and analyzing a fracture diverting mechanism; S3, analyzing extending conditions of main fractures, and selecting cluster distances capable of allowing the main fractures to evenly extend forwards; S4, analyzing change conditions of stress fields around the main fractures, selecting the perforation cluster distances with the horizontal principal stress ratios smaller than 1.3, and determining the optimal perforation cluster distances in cooperation with the step S3; S5, further improving the complexity of the fractures through an alternate fracturing principle, and setting the perforation density of perforation clusters in the middle to range from 10 to 16 per m and the perforation density of perforation clusters in the two sides to be larger than 16 per m. By means of the optimum design method, the perforation cluster distances can be optimized, largest fracture transforming sizes can be obtained, the practical effect of reservoir transforming can be improved, and high construction cost and the poor fracturing effect which are caused by aimlessly setting the perforation cluster distances can be avoided.

The invention discloses an intelligent early warning and fire extinguishing robot. The intelligent early warning and fire extinguishing robot is formed in the mode that a temperature sensor, a smoke sensor, a flame sensor, a pan-and-tilt camera, a two-freedom-degree mechanical arm, a fire extinguisher and a controller are installed on a wheel type vehicle, the two-freedom-degree mechanical arm is installed on the side of the fire extinguisher in a surrounding mode, and the temperature sensor, the smoke sensor, the flame sensor, the pan-and-tilt camera, the two-freedom-degree mechanical arm are connected with the controller in an electric loop mode. The intelligent early warning and fire extinguishing robot is high in anti-interference ability, good in space applicability, capable of monitoring fire flame videos of a tiny fire source at the beginning of a fire, high in fire early warning accurate and low in false alarm rate.

A gas mixing system for a semiconductor wafer processing chamber is described. The mixing system may include a gas mixing chamber concentrically aligned with a gas transport tube that extends to a blocker plate. The gas mixing chamber and the transport tube are separated by a porous barrier that increases a duration of gas mixing in the gas mixing chamber before processes gases migrate into the transport tube. The system may also include a gas mixing insert having a top section with a first diameter and a second section with a second diameter smaller than the first diameter and concentrically aligned with the top section. The processes gases enter the top section of the insert and follow channels through the second section that cause the gases to mix and swirl in the gas mixing chamber. The second section extends into the gas mixing chamber while still leaving space for the mixing and swirling around the sidewalls and bottom of the mixing chamber.

A method for the ultraviolet (UV) treatment of carbon-containing low-k dielectric and associated apparatus enables process induced damage repair. The methods of the invention are particularly applicable in the context of damascene processing to recover lost low-k property of a dielectric damaged during processing, either pre-metallization, post-planarization, or both. UV treatments can include an exposure of the subject low-k dielectric to a constrained UV spectral profile and / or chemical silylating agent, or both.

The present invention provides a magnetic flux pad for generating or receiving magnetic flux, comprising at least three coils positioned such that the windings thereof are in substantially the same plane, and a power supply or pickup controller operable to selectively energise or receive power from two or more of the coils such that a magnetic field is produced or received by at least one of a plurality of pairs of the at least three coils. In preferred embodiments, the three or more coils are substantially mutually decoupled, overlapping, and / or equidistantly spaced from one another.

The invention discloses an omni-directional mobile transfer robot. The omni-directional mobile transfer robot comprises a mobile chassis, a carrying rack, a rotating mechanism, a lifting mechanism, a manipulator, a visual system, a laser sensor, a control system and a charging system. The mobile chassis is provided with Mecanum wheels for realizing omni-directional moving. The lifting mechanism can adjust the height of the manipulator. Rotational motion of a stand column at any angle can be realized through the rotating mechanism. Moreover, through cooperation of the manipulator having seven degrees of freedom, the working range is larger. Precision guidance can be realized through the laser sensor and the visual system. Operation is convenient. Motion is fast. The omni-directional mobile transfer robot is used for replacing manual operation, the working strength is reduced, and the production efficiency is improved. The omni-directional mobile transfer robot has high flexibility.

A method for assembling nucleic acid sequence fragments is disclosed. The fragments are assembled using information about their relative position inferred by comparison of the fragments against a known sequence of a related nucleic acid (FIG. 3). Additionally, the method localizes fragments to bacterial artificial chromosomes (FIG. 1) and determines relative position of bacterial artificial chromosomes using sequence comparison information (FIG. 6). The method utilizes the information about relative orientation, mutual distance, fragment localization to bacterial artificial chromosomes, and relative position of bacterial artificial chromosomes to constrain the assembly process (FIG. 5), thus resulting in a more accurate assembly requiring fewer sequencing reactions.

A dataflow instruction set architecture and execution model, referred to as WaveScalar, which is designed for scalable, low-complexity / high-performance processors, while efficiently providing traditional memory semantics through a mechanism called wave-ordered memory. Wave-ordered memory enables “real-world” programs, written in any language, to be run on the WaveScalar architecture, as well as any out-of-order execution unit. Because it is software-controlled, wave-ordered memory can be disabled to obtain greater parallelism. Wavescalar also includes a software-controlled tag management system.

The invention discloses a multi-time scale forecasting method for a road traffic running situation. Highway traffic parameters in different time scales are analyzed according to the running time-space characteristics of highway traffic flow; the highway road traffic running situations in different time scales are forecast by an exponential smoothing algorithm, a weighted average algorithm and a Kalman filtering method respectively; a highway road traffic running situation evaluation index system and a multi-time scale highway traffic flow running situation forecasting technology are constructed to implement the conversion from experience guide to science guide for the highway running management and the preliminary conversion from passive management to active management. Therefore, the running efficiency of a road traffic running situation forecasting system can be increased effectively, the running cost of the system is reduced, the coordination degree between road traffic guidance and management can be improved obviously, and an optimal policy is provided for improving a traffic management and control measure and planning a travel plan for a road traffic manager and a user to a large extent.

Disclosed herein are medical devices comprising a single-lobed, thin-walled, expandable body and a flexible, elongated delivery device for treating saccular vascular aneurysms and occluding segments of blood vessels and other biological conduits. The expandable bodies may include gold and other metals that can be compressed, positioned in the lumen of an aneurysm, or other biological conduit and expanded. The external surface of the expandable bodies can be configured to promote local thrombosis and to promote the growth of tissue into and around the surface in order to reduce migration of the expandable body and to occlude and seal the aneurysm or biological conduit. For the treatment of saccular aneurysms, the expandable body may be deployed in combination with one or more coiled wires that contact both the wall of the aneurysm and the expandable body and exert force on the expandable body to aid in sealing the aneurysm neck.

A system of automated patient history intake including a retrieval system for retrieving pharmaceutical information specific to a patient, a display system for displaying the pharmaceutical information, and a reconciliation system for reconciling the pharmaceutical information using visual data. A system for automated patient check-in including a retrieval system for retrieving pharmaceutical information specific to a patient, a display system for displaying the pharmaceutical information, and a reconciliation system for reconciling the pharmaceutical information using visual data.

A polarizing film includes a polyvinyl alcohol (PVA) type resin having a dichroic material impregnated therein. The polarizing film is formed by stretching the PVA type resin, such that the thickness of the polarizing film is decreased to 10 μm or less, and. The polarizing film has optical properties which satisfy conditions represented by formulae:P>−(100.929T-42.4−1)×100(where T<42.3); andP≧99.9(where T≧42.3)where T represents a single layer transmittance and P a polarization rate. The polarizing film can be made by providing a laminate comprising a PVA type resin layer formed on a non-crystallizable ester type thermoplastic resin substrate.

This invention relates to two remote trolley swing and its balance control method, which is characterized by the following: fixing the two direct motors onto car with one end of motor axis connected to wheel and with other end connected to code disc axis; the two axis middle position is fixed with gyroscope with swing bar, controller, remote receiver, power conversion module and motor driver welded on circuit board; the circuit board and direct power are fixed on car. The balance control method comprises automatically parts voltage judging, float correcting and noise measuring for filtering.

The invention relates to a radio remote control address programmable and bi-directional communication digital light control system, comprising a micro processor, a memory, a radio sending and receiving module, a LCD display, a plurality of keys, a photo inductor, a communication interface circuit for DMX512 and DALI and a plurality of system processing software. The invention has the advantages that the functions of on, off, timing and light-adjusting for the a wireless remote control light or a wireless remote control electric appliance are realized; a programmable online radio for user address setup is provided; the emitter can control the receiver as long as the emitter has the same address as the receiver; the communication is bi-directional while the control is unidirectional; the LCD of the emitter displays human-machine conversation and integrates the functions of time, temperature, timing and switch. The invention is suitable for the control and use of radio remote control light and household appliances in families, hotels, restaurants, companies and other locations.

The invention discloses an event atlas construction system and method based on multi-dimensional feature fusion and dependency syntax. The event graph construction method based on multi-dimensional feature fusion and dependency syntax is realized through joint learning of event extraction, event correction and alignment based on multi-dimensional feature fusion, relationship extraction based on enhanced structured events, causal relationship extraction based on dependency syntax and graph attention network and an event graph generation module. According to the event graph construction method and device, the event graph is constructed through the quintuple information of the enhanced structured events and the relations between the events in four dimensions, and the defects that in the priorart, event representation is simple and depends on an NLP tool, the event relation is single, and the influence of the relations between the events on event graph construction is not considered at the same time are overcome. According to the event atlas construction method provided by the invention, the relationships among the events in four dimensions can be randomly combined according to different downstream tasks, and the structural characteristics of the event atlas are learned to be associated with potential knowledge, so that downstream application is assisted.

The invention discloses a method for controlling an air conditioner. The method for controlling the air conditioner comprises the following steps that when the air conditioner enters in a preset recommendation manner, the environment temperature and environment humidity in a room are acquired; the acquired environment temperature and environment humidity are compared with preset comfort parameters, the current pre-running recommendation running manner of the air conditioner is determined; the comfort parameters comprise a standard temperature interval and a standard humidity interval; and running of the air conditioner is controlled according to the determined recommendation running manner. The invention further discloses a device for controlling the air conditioner. According to the method and device, the intelligent degree and flexibility of air conditioner control are improved.

An image display apparatus including an image display device in which pixels are arranged in a dot-like form and a diffraction grating having a lattice face with a water contact angle of 70 DEG or more. The diffraction grating is arranged on a display optical path of the image display device such that the lattice face of the diffraction grating faces toward a side of a viewer and a viewing angle of the image display device is enlarged by the diffraction grating.

The invention provides an air conditioner operation method. The air conditioner operation method comprises the steps that S100, whether self-cleaning processing needs to be conducted on a heat exchanger or not is judged, when it is judged that self-cleaning processing needs to be conducted, S200 is continuously conducted, or else, S300 is directly executed; S200, an air conditioner is started and adjusted to a refrigeration mode to conducted self-cleansing processing on the heat exchanger, and a draught fan is made to run in the self-cleaning processing process to prevent the surface of the heat exchanger from icing; S300, the air conditioner is restarted and enters the working mode set by a user. By means of the air conditioner started through the air conditioner operation method, condensation of water in air is achieved on the surface of the heat exchanger through refrigeration, dust, bacteria and the like which exist on the heat exchanger are taken away through condensate water, residual water in the heat exchanger can be dried through the draught fan, and therefore normal running of the air conditioner can be guaranteed.

The invention discloses a multisensor fusion-based unmanned aerial vehicle SLAM (simultaneous localization and mapping) navigation method and a multisensor fusion-based unmanned aerial vehicle SLAM navigation system. The multisensor fusion-based unmanned aerial vehicle SLAM navigation method comprises the following steps: acquiring image information of the surrounding environment of an unmanned aerial vehicle in real time, and acquiring pose information of the unmanned aerial vehicle according to the image information; acquiring depth information of the unmanned aerial vehicle and an obstaclein real time, fusing the pose information and the depth information to construct an obstacle depth map, and acquiring global position information of the unmanned aerial vehicle according to the obstacle depth map; according to the global pose information and the obstacle depth map, generating a flight path of the unmanned aerial vehicle by an online dynamic path planning method, and controlling autonomous obstacle-avoiding flight of the unmanned aerial vehicle according to the flight path. Through the multisensor fusion-based unmanned aerial vehicle SLAM navigation method and the multisensor fusion-based unmanned aerial vehicle SLAM navigation system, real-time localization and mapping of the unmanned aerial vehicle in a complex environment can be achieved; compared with the conventional unmanned aerial vehicle navigation technology, the navigation technology adopted by the invention has the advantages as follows: real-time localization and mapping and autonomous navigation are achieved, and the intelligence degree and the navigation accuracy of the unmanned aerial vehicle are improved.

The invention discloses an intelligent human-computer interaction method drove by voice. A process flow of the method comprises: a user at a terminal tells a system his or her demands in voice; after the system receives the voice command, the voice is recognized and a character string is obtained by means of the voice recognition technology, then the meaning of the user input is analyzed on the basis of a semantic database; a system dialogue management device combines a knowledge base with the dialogue context, organizes response sentences, and then responds to the user in voice; the user continues dialoguing with the system according to his or her demands until his or her demands are met after receiving the response. Compared with traditional human-computer interaction approaches (such as mouses, keyboards, touch screens), the intelligent human-computer interaction method drove by voice frees our hands to make the human-computer interaction more consistent with the cognition and language habits of human beings, also increases the fun of human-computer interaction, and has a broad application prospect in all fields where computers and the internet are needed for interacting such as network shopping and information inquiry.