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Optical analytical devices and their methods of use are provided. The devices are useful in the analysis of highly multiplexed optical reactions in large numbers at high densities, including biochemical reactions, such as nucleic acid sequencing reactions. The devices include optical waveguides for illumination of the optical reactions. The devices further provide for the efficient coupling of optical excitation energy from the waveguides to the optical reactions. Optical signals emitted from the reactions can thus be measured with high sensitivity and discrimination using features such as spectra, amplitude, and time resolution, or combinations thereof. The devices of the invention are well suited for miniaturization and high throughput.

A carpet according to the present invention includes: a first air-impermeable layer (surface layer), a sound absorbent layer provided on a reverse side of the first air-impermeable layer, and a second air-impermeable layer (backing material layer) provided on a reverse side of the sound absorbent layer. In the carpet, a pile yarn is implanted through the first air-impermeable layer and the sound absorbent layer.

An aluminum wire press-clamping terminal is press-clamped to an aluminum wire having a conductor portion in which a plurality of aluminum- or aluminum alloy-made strands are twisted. The aluminum wire press-clamping terminal includes: a bottom plate portion for placing the conductor portion thereon; a pair of caulking piece portions which are extended from the bottom plate portion and adapted to be caulked to the conductor portion on the bottom plate portion to hold the conductor portion therebetween; and at least one groove and at least one convex portion which are formed on contact surfaces of the bottom plate portion and the pair of caulking piece portions, the contact surfaces being adapted to contact the conductor portion. The convex portion extends in a direction perpendicular to an axial direction of the conductor portion.

A method and apparatus for unloading natural gas (NG), including gasifying liquid and / or compressed NG using the latent heat of water and propane, and / or storing liquid or compressed NG gas in a storage cavern system that utilizes a buffer layer to prevent hydrating the NG gas, the storage cavern system being configured such that the NG may be forced out of a first storage chamber by increasing the amount of brine in a second chamber to displace a buffer fluid located therein such that the displace buffer fluid enters the first storage chamber and displaces the NG, as well as the processes for compressing, chilling and / or liquefying quantities of LNG and transporting those volumes to markets for redelivery.

Provided is an arch support insole to be inserted into a shoe. The insole should satisfy tasks for a wearer as follows: (1) improvement of wearing feeling by maximally reducing the thickness of the insole, (2) reduction of fatigue on walking by maximally preventing transmission of shocks, and (3) sufficient support of the arch of the wearer by maintaining an original shape of the arch support part. In addition, these tasks should be solved by a minimum number of manufacturing processes and minimum cost. The arch support insole includes an insole main body having a portion or the entire of an arch support part curvedly projecting upward to support the arch of a wearer's foot, and a heel support part coupled to a rear part of the insole main body, wherein the insole main body and the heel support part are formed of a single layer by dual injection, the insole main body is formed of a material having hardness higher than that of the heel support part, and a plurality of honeycomb-shaped projections are formed downward at a bottom surface of the curved arch support part.

Various embodiments of the invention relate to etching processes used in fabrication of MTJ cells in an MRAM device. The various embodiments can be used in combination with each other. The first embodiment adds a hard mask buffer layer between a hard mask and a top electrode. The second embodiment uses a multilayered etching hard mask. The third embodiment uses a multilayered top electrode structure including a first Cu layer under a second layer such as Ta. The fourth embodiment is a two-phase etching process used for the bottom electrode to remove re-deposited material while maintaining a more vertical sidewall etching profile. In the first phase the bottom electrode layer is removed using carbonaceous reactive ion etching until the endpoint. In the second phase an inert gas and / or oxygen plasma is used to remove the polymer that was deposited during the previous etching processes.

A lightweight protection element and filter of the mattress type comprises an external containment structure (10, 20), a three-dimensional internal structure (30) with a high cavity index and a granular filler material which is inserted inside the containment structure. Engagement means (50, 52) of the mechanical type are distributed over the external containment structure in order to engage predetermined portions of those structure with each other.

The invention relates to a method for preparing a lithium ion battery with a flexible package, in particular to an aging process of a lithium ion battery with a flexible package after being precharged. The aging method of a lithium ion battery with a flexible package after being precharged comprises the following steps: putting the precharged lithium ion battery with the flexible package into the environment at the high temperature of 30-70 DEG C; aging; and standing for 6-24h. The invention optimizes the aging process of the lithium ion battery with the flexible package after being precharged, rapidly stabilizes the SEI (Solid Electrolyte Interface) film of the battery after being precharged by selecting the appropriate high-temperature environment, enhances the conductivity of electrolyte at the high temperature, strengths the activity, and accelerates the recombination course of the electrolyte and the SEI film. The aging process after precharge provided by the invention can enhance the filming quality of the lithium ion battery with the flexible package, can shorten the aging time and is beneficial to the thickness control of the battery at the same time. In the invention, a clamp is used for the lithium ion battery with the flexible package in the high-temperature aging course, and the clamp can exert the pressure on the plane of the battery so that the force of the whole plane is more uniform, and the thickness and shape of the battery are maintained by utilizing the clamp.

Disclosed is a radiation image capturing apparatus including the following. A sensor panel includes a plurality of radiation detecting elements aligned two-dimensionally. A case stores the sensor panel. A ventilation hole is provided in the case. A ventilation filter is provided in the ventilation hole and prevents infiltration of liquid into the case. Air flows in and out of the case through the ventilation hole and a thickness of the case is maintained at a predetermined thickness when outside pressure changes.

A turbine airfoil includes opposite pressure and suction sidewalls, and extends in chord between opposite leading and trailing edges and in span from a root to an outer tip cap. The tip cap bridges the sidewalls, and a flute extends chordally along the pressure sidewall and below the tip cap.

In a development apparatus including conveying screws which circulates and conveys developer in a developer container as being rotated, a developing sleeve which bears and conveys developer in the developer container as being rotated, and a restriction blade which restricts developer quantity at the developing sleeve, the developer container includes a supply chamber to supply developer to the developing sleeve and a retrieval chamber to retrieve developer from the developing sleeve, and rotation speed of the conveying screws or rotation speed of the developing sleeve is changed so that Vsc / Vsl during image forming is not performed is to be smaller than that during image forming is performed, as Vsc denotes the rotation speed of the conveying screws and Vsl denotes the rotation speed of the developing sleeve.

The invention relates to a high-efficient treatment method for biologically-enhanced coking waste water for a biological membrane. The method comprises treating coking waste water by adopting an anaerobic organism filter and a three-phase aerobic biological circulating fluidized bed coupling process, wherein the method includes a membrane formation period and a normal running period; and in the membrane formation period, a membrane supporting carrier is firstly added into a reactor in the anaerobic organism filter and in the three-phase aerobic biological circulating fluidized bed coupling process, then Comamonas testosteroni CGMCC N0.4630 is fed for membrane formation, and an ecological island system is formed in the system after completion of film formation. Through the treatment of the process, the COD removal rate of the coking waste water can reach more than 94 percent, the NH3-N removal rate reaches more than 98 percent, the outlet water can achieve the first-level drainage standard and recycling standard of national sewage drainage standard (GB9878-1996), and 100 percent recycling of the waste water can be achieved.

In a manufacturing method of an image sensor, a lightproof film (an antireflective film for avoiding flares) is formed over a wiring area; a transparent film is formed over an imaging area using a material capable of patterning; a transparent film, for forming micro lense on top, is formed on the transparent film, wherein a height of the top surfaces of the transparent film and the lightproof film are evenly formed.