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Electrochemical cells, and more specifically, rechargeable batteries comprising lithium anodes for use in water and / or air environments, as well as non-aqueous and non-air environments, are presented. In one embodiment, an electrochemical cell includes an anode comprising lithium and a multi-layered structure positioned between the anode and an electrolyte of the cell. A multi-layered structure can include at least a first single-ion conductive material layer (e.g., a lithiated metal layer), and at least a first polymeric layer positioned between the anode and the single-ion conductive material. The invention also can provide an electrode stabilization layer positioned within the electrode, i.e., between one portion and another portion of an electrode, to control depletion and re-plating of electrode material upon charge and discharge of a battery. Advantageously, electrochemical cells comprising combinations of structures described herein are not only compatible with environments that are typically unsuitable for lithium, but the cells may be also capable of displaying long cycle life, high lithium cycling efficiency, and high energy density.

Electrode protection in electrochemical cells, and more specifically, electrode protection in both aqueous and non-aqueous electrochemical cells, including rechargeable lithium batteries, are presented. In one embodiment, an electrochemical cell includes an anode comprising lithium and a multi-layered structure positioned between the anode and an electrolyte of the cell. A multi-layered structure can include at least a first single-ion conductive material layer (e.g., a lithiated metal layer), and at least a first polymeric layer positioned between the anode and the single-ion conductive material. The invention also can provide an electrode stabilization layer positioned within the electrode, i.e., between one portion and another portion of an electrode, to control depletion and re-plating of electrode material upon charge and discharge of a battery. Advantageously, electrochemical cells comprising combinations of structures described herein are not only compatible with environments that are typically unsuitable for lithium, but the cells may be also capable of displaying long cycle life, high lithium cycling efficiency, and high energy density.

A method and apparatus to provide pre-boot security and legacy hardware and environment support for a computing system having an extensible firmware architecture is described. A virtual machine monitor is employed to provide the virtualization of system state for the purposes of running legacy compatibility code or protecting key data and code regions for safety and security. An application may be given access to a subset of the system resources, and access to portions of the memory map not designated for updates would trap (program interrupt) to the VMM. A VMM pre-boot policy agent may then protect state and unload any problematic software.

Coating compositions for producing hydrophobic or super-hydrophobic surfaces and olephobic or super-olephobic surfaces, and to processes for producing such surfaces. In particular, the present invention relates to hydrophobic or olephobic powder coatings and their use for transforming surfaces of articles into hard-to-wet and self-cleaning surfaces.

The invention provides a physiological probe that comfortably attaches to the base of the patient's thumb, thereby freeing up their fingers for conventional activities in a hospital, such as reading and eating. The probe, which comprises a separate cradle module and sensor module, secures to the thumb and measures time-dependent signals corresponding to LEDs operating near 660 and 905 nm. The cradle module, which contains elements subject to wear, is preferably provided as a disposable unit.

A custom-fitted athletic body protective product such as a shin guard, including a storage package formed of moisture-impervious material and sealable to prevent entry of moisture, a flexible protective guard positioned in the storage package and sealed therein against entry of moisture, and for being custom-formed to the shape of a body part to be protected while flexible and upon hardening providing a rigid, supporting custom fit to the body part. The protective product includes a low density core defining first and second major surfaces and first and second sheets positioned in overlying relation on respective first and second major surfaces of the core. The core and the first and second overlying sheet materials collectively defining a laminated substrate. A reactive system is impregnated into or coated onto the substrate, the reactive system remaining stable when maintained in substantially moisture-free conditions and hardening upon exposure to sufficient moisture to form a rigid, self-supporting structure of the substrate. A cover encloses the substrate.

For enabling to prevent ill effects from being generated in the structures of a reflection mirror, even if increasing an output energy from a light source, thereby preventing ill influences from being exerted on the driving condition thereof, a mirror drive controller unit 7 reads out history data of the past, relating to temperature changes on a micro mirror 1, from a first LUT holder unit 19. Upon basis of the read-out history data of the past is presumed the temperature on the micro mirror 1 at the present time. The presumed temperature on the micro mirror 1 is temperature P temp of the micro mirror 1 at the present time, and upon that P temp are changed vibration (or oscillation) condition of the micro mirror 1 in the horizontal (H) direction and vibration (or oscillation) condition thereof in the vertical (V) direction.

The invention discloses a concrete surface hardener and a construction method thereof, wherein, the concrete surface hardener comprises the compositions by weight percent of 10-40 percent of inorganic silicate, 1-10 percent of alkali, 0.1-5 percent of catalyst, 0.1-2 percent of wetting dispersant, 1-5 percent of stabilizer and rest of water. The hardener prepared by the invention is characterized by easily-obtained material, simple production and convenient construction, unhealthy and environmentally harmful VOC avoidance, etc. In addition, the hardener can penetrate into the interior of the concrete to seal the capillary of the concrete, thus improving the surface density of the concrete, strengthening the impervious capability and strength of the concrete and prolonging the service life of the concrete. As the hardener does not comprise unhealthy and environmentally harmful substances, the increasingly improved requirements of the present environmental protection can be met, thus having extensive application prospect.

An electronic apparatus having a structure for protecting a flexible printed circuit (FPC) and a chip thereon is described, including a metal backplate, a first circuit and a second circuit respectively on the front side and the back side of the backplate, a metal frame plate at the periphery of the backplate, at least one FPC with at least one chip thereon, a metal screen plate, and at least one insulating elastic ring disposed around the FPC. The FPC has a first end connected to the first circuit and a second end connected to the second circuit over the frame plate, and the screen plate is disposed on the frame plate screening the FPC and the chip. The inner periphery of the insulating elastic ring closely contacts with the chip, and the outer periphery of the ring closely contacts with the frame plate and the screen plate.

High friction and radar attenuating coating formulations are provided and include a resin matrix, a particulate friction additive dispersed in the resin matrix in an amount sufficient to achieve a minimum coefficient of friction according to MIL-PRF-24667B(SH), and a particulate dielectric filler dispersed in the resin matrix in an amount sufficient to achieve a permitivitty (∈′) of less than about 10 and a loss tangent (tan δ) of less than about 0.05. A substrate surface may be coated with the coating formulation so as to provide a topcoat layer thereon. The topcoat layer may thus be applied directly onto the substrate surface. Alternatively, the coating formulation is present as a topcoat layer component of a coating system on the substrate which further comprises an intermediate layer interposed between the topcoat layer and a surface of the substrate and / or a primer layer coated directly onto the surface of a substrate between the topcoat layer and the substrate. In some embodiments, the coating formulation is applied so as to form a series of substantially parallel ridges having a predetermined directional orientation. In certain preferred embodiments, the coating formulation is applied to a block area on the substrate surface comprised of plural areal regions, wherein the directional orientation of the substantially parallel ridges of one areal region are angularly biased with respect to the directional orientation of the substantially parallel ridges of an adjacent areal region.

The invention provides a physiological probe that comfortably attaches to the base of the patient's thumb, thereby freeing up their fingers for conventional activities in a hospital, such as reading and eating. The probe, which comprises a separate cradle module and sensor module, secures to the thumb and measures time-dependent signals corresponding to LEDs operating near 660 and 905 nm. The cradle module, which contains elements subject to wear, is preferably provided as a disposable unit.

Electrode protection in electrochemical cells, and more specifically, electrode protection in both aqueous and non-aqueous electrochemical cells, including rechargeable lithium batteries, are presented. In one embodiment, an electrochemical cell includes an anode comprising lithium and a multi-layered structure positioned between the anode and an electrolyte of the cell. A multi-layered structure can include at least a first single-ion conductive material layer (e.g., a lithiated metal layer), and at least a first polymeric layer positioned between the anode and the single-ion conductive material. The invention also can provide an electrode stabilization layer positioned within the electrode, i.e., between one portion and another portion of an electrode, to control depletion and re-plating of electrode material upon charge and discharge of a battery. Advantageously, electrochemical cells comprising combinations of structures described herein are not only compatible with environments that are typically unsuitable for lithium, but the cells may be also capable of displaying long cycle life, high lithium cycling efficiency, and high energy density.

Provided is an aircraft assembly equipped with a lightning protection structure that is not easily destroyed by lightning current and that is highly reliable. In an aircraft assembly including a skin (10) in which a CFRP layer (12) serves as a main structure; a shear-tie (11) that support the skin (10) from the inside; and a fastener (1) that couples the skin (10) and the shear-tie (11), a copper foil (13) and an outside GRFP layer (14) are provided on an outer surface side of the skin (10), in this order towards the outside, and a copper paint layer (19), which contains copper powder, is provided on the outside GFRP layer (14).

A cost-effective and space-saving component that includes a MEMS element and an access channel to the membrane structure of the MEMS element.The MEMS element is mounted by the rear side of the component on a substrate and is at least partially embedded in a molding compound. An access port is formed in the molding compound. The component also includes at least one semiconductor component having at least one through hole that is integrated in the molding compound above the MEMS element at a distance from the membrane structure, so that a hollow space is located between the semiconductor component and the membrane structure. The access port in the molding compound opens into the through hole of the semiconductor component and, together with this and the hollow space between the further semiconductor component and the membrane structure, forms the access channel to the membrane structure.A cost-effective and space-saving component that includes a MEMS element and an access channel to the membrane structure of the MEMS element. The MEMS element is mounted by the rear side of the component on a substrate and is at least partially embedded in a molding compound. An access port is formed in the molding compound. The component also includes at least one semiconductor component having at least one through hole that is integrated in the molding compound above the MEMS element at a distance from the membrane structure, so that a hollow space is located between the semiconductor component and the membrane structure. The access port in the molding compound opens through into the through hole of the semiconductor component and, together with this and the hollow space between the further semiconductor component and the membrane structure, forms the access channel to the membrane structure.

The invention relates to fog seal modified emulsified asphalt which comprises the following components by weight: 18-35% of asphalt, 8-18% of an asphalt modifying agent, 5-12% of an asphalt regenerating agent, 1-4% of a compound emulsifying agent and 50% of water. The preparation method comprises the following steps: directly adding the asphalt modifying agent and the asphalt regenerating agent to hot melt asphalt for mixing to prepare modified asphalt; mixing and emulsifying the modified asphalt and an aqueous solution of the compound emulsifying agent through a colloid mill; and mechanically stirring to prepare the fog seal modified emulsified asphalt. The prepared fog seal modified emulsified asphalt has the advantages of good storage stability, good water dilutability, environmental protection in use, good surface consolidation performance after construction, good abrasion resistance, difficult sticking off by wheels, short traffic close time, improvement of construction conditions, improvement of construction efficiency, good water seal function, asphalt pavement water damage prevention, pavement structure protection and extension of pavement service life.

The invention discloses a triple-cropping cultivation method for a double cropping paddy field. According to the triple-cropping cultivation method, triple cropping of crops in a year is taken as a cycle; the triple-cropping cultivation method comprises: an annual soil crop rotation comprising rotary cultivation of early rice, and free cultivation of late rice and winter crops; an annual rice field paddy-upland rotation with the combination of upland cultivation of winter crops and paddy cultivation of early rice and late rice; and an annual straw crop cultivation method for returning straws of winter crops to field and not returning the late rice straws to field. Through the method, the problems of long-term soil monoculture, continuous cropping in winter space time, straw combustion and heavy metal pollution in the current double cropping paddy field can be avoided; the content of organic matter in the soil is increased, the soil nutrient storing capability is improved, the soil heavy metal Cd pollution is reduced, the farmland ecology environment is protected and the continuous, balanced and safety production of paddy rice is achieved.

The invention relates to a construction method of a cast-in-situ planting type ecological concrete slope protection, which mainly comprises the steps of construction preparation, cast-in-situ construction of a concrete bottom protection, construction of a rubble concrete retaining wall, cast-in-situ construction of a grid, mounting of an erosion-resistant biological blanket, construction of a waterborne platform, construction of a permeable concrete slope protection wall, assembling of frame beams, pouring of planting concrete into the frame beams, mounting of coiled planting material and pouring of a concrete top protection. According to the invention, a slope protection structure is constructed quickly, and the surface of the slope protection is completely ecological from top to bottom.

The invention discloses a clamp for metal thin-wall whole segment tube axial tension and compression fatigue test, and is used for realizing the clamping of a thin-wall tubular sample in fatigue test in liquid lead-based alloy environment. The clamp is rotationally connected onto a core sleeve with a taper through a conical core rod, and is assembled on a fixed frame with a reversed T-shaped groove; an outer clamp cover is connected with the fixed frame through a bolt; a lock nut is rotationally connected with the fixed frame till being fastened with the fixed frame to form the clamp. By adopting the clamp, the clamping force to the tubular sample is enhanced through internal and external clamping, the stress concentration of the clamp is reduced, the probability that the liquid lead-based alloy is in direct contact with the interior of the clamp is decreased, the corrosion of the liquid lead-based alloy to main structural components inside the clamp is reduced, and the service life of the clamp is prolonged.

The invention provides a biological tissue matrix material, and a preparation method and a purpose thereof. The biological tissue matrix material is characterized by comprising an extracellular matrix, wherein the extracellular matrix comprises collagenous fiber, growth factors and fibronectin. The biological tissue matrix material is prepared from small intestinal submucosa matrix materials. The preparation method is characterized by comprising the following steps that decellularization is performed: decellularized liquid contains trypsin and PBS solution, and also contains EDTA, EDTA-2Na or EDTA-4Na; the decellularized liquid is used for treatment in multi-frequency ultrasonic environment for decellularization; the dual-frequency ultrasound at least contains two ultrasonic frequencies with different frequencies. The decellularization process technology is improved; the DNA residual quantity of the obtained product is lower; the immunogenicity is lower; the anti-infection capability is higher; the restoration capability is higher.

Apparatus and method for monitoring the wear of a downhole tool, and providing indication of the degree of wear to an operator at the well surface. A pressurized fluid path within the cutting element matrix can exhibit a pressure drop when wear of the matrix progresses into the fluid path, or rotating torque can exhibit a drop when wear of the matrix progresses to wear pads within the cutting element matrix. Other wear indicators can also be built into the cutting element matrix. Progression of wear down to the indicator can be directly measured at the well surface, or relayed to the surface via a downhole communication system.

The invention provides a wind tunnel experiment strut vibration suppression system and method based on a piezoelectric technology. The system comprises a laser displacement sensor, a data collector, a control calculation module, a closed loop amplification module and a piezoelectric actuator. The method comprises the steps that: the laser displacement sensor collects the normal vibration displacement of a controlled strut; a normal vibration displacement signal is converted into a normal vibration displacement digital amount through the data collector; the normal vibration displacement digital amount is used as feedback control and is sent to the control calculation module; an actuating control voltage signal is obtained through performing PID control in the control calculation module; the actuating control voltage signal is amplified to drive the piezoelectric actuator to generate an actuating force to increase structure damping of the system, so that the vibration of the strut in the wind tunnel experiment is suppressed, the strut vibration caused by the impact of a wind tunnel starting impacting load to the model is reduced, the wind tunnel test device and the tested model structure are protected and the signal to noise ratio of the dynamic wind tunnel experiment data is increased.

A portable electronic device includes a main body, a camera and a sliding cover structure. One surface of the main body has a convex portion and a planar portion. The camera and the sliding cover are provided at the planar portion. The sliding cover structure includes an inclined slideway and a cover having at least one sliding portion. The inclined slideway inclines from the convex portion to the camera to form an inclined angle with a horizontal axis of the main body. The cover slides along the inclined slideway via the sliding portion and movably covers the camera. When the cover covering the camera slides to the convex portion and partially covers the convex portion, the camera is exposed. The sliding cover structure protects the camera on the portable electronic device, and the functions of real-time camera activation are achieved while the comfort of user gripping is enhanced.

A sterilizing apparatus is disclosed. A sterilizing apparatus according to one embodiment comprises: a cover main body unit having an accommodation space formed therein so as to accommodate a device to be sterilized, wherein the accommodation space is open toward a bottom surface on which the device to be sterilized is disposed; an ultraviolet light emitting diode provided on a surface facing the bottom surface of the cover main body unit, and turned on so as to emit ultraviolet rays toward the accommodation space; a power supply unit for supplying power to the ultraviolet light emitting diode so as to turn on the ultraviolet light emitting diode; and a control unit for controlling an operation of the power supply unit.

The present invention provides a method for preparing sasanqua saponin. According to a solid-liquid ratio of (g:ml) 1:6 to 14 and under the temperature between 60 DEG C to 100 DEG C, in the method, first 50 percent to 80 percent of acetone-aqueous solution is used to extract oil-extracted sasanqua oil meal or seeds for one to five times in a period of one hour to five hours, and after extractive is purified by D101 macroporous resin enrichment, decolorized by a D941 macroporous resin column, condensed and dried, a sasanqua saponin product is produced. The sasanqua saponin produced by the preparation method of the present invention is characterized in high purity, good quality and good colour and lustre; the method resolves the defects of using acid and alkali, enzyme, flocculating agent, ultrasonic processing and high-boiling normal butanol and water, effectively protecting the ingredient composition and structure of saponin; moreover, the preparation method has the advantages of simplicity and low cost, and acetone and is suitable for mass production, ethanol and macroporous resin can be recycled.

Systems providing improved methods of performing a spinal fusion procedure and including a monorail instrument that protects the medial neural structures, includes a sliding platform for additional instrumentation and allows controlled delivery of various instruments for disc preparation and implant insertion. The monorail instrument engages other instruments, including various instruments utilized to prepare the disc space as well as spinal fusion implants, for guided and controlled insertion into the disc space. The monorail instrument may be a distractor, and may include flutes for preparation of the disc space.

The invention provides silkworm pupa oil, an extracting method and an application thereof. The silkworm pupa oil consists of the following components with the weight percentage of 0.2 percent of hexadecanoic acid, 1.0 percent of palmitoleic acid, 27.2 percent of oleic acid, 10.7 percent of linoleic acid, 54.6 percent of alpha-linolenic acid and 6.3 percent of other unsaturated acids. The extracting method of the silkworm pupa oil extracts unsaturated fatty acid in the silkworm pupas by a method which combines a microwave extracting technology and urea clathration. The application of the silkworm pupa oil is that the silkworm pupa oil is applied to effectively reducing the blood sugar and the level of diabetic and is especially used for preventing and curing the diabetes. The silkworm pupa oil has the advantages of shortening extracting time, reducing energy consumption, reducing solvent dosage, improving the content of necessary fatty acid and especially the content of the alpha-linolenic acid in the silkworm pupa which benefit human body, reducing the oxidative damage to the unsaturated fatty acid, protecting a double-health structure, economic and simple extracting method, being grasped easily, being convenient for realizing industrialized mass production, the more outstanding pharmacological action of the silkworm pupa oil represented in the aspect of reducing blood sugar, etc.

A semiconductor device includes a first well region of a first conductivity, a second well region of a second conductivity type, a source region of the second conductivity type within the first well region, and a drain region of the second conductivity type at least partially within the second well region. A well contact to the first well region is coupled to the source. A third doped region of the first conductivity type and a fourth doped region of the second conductivity type are located in the second well region. A first transistor includes the third doped region, the second well region, and the first well region. The first transistor is coupled to a switch device. A second transistor includes the second well region, the first well region, and the source region. The first and the second transistors are configured to provide a current path during an ESD event.