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Provided are a method and an arrangement for creating a wireless mesh network in which a new node is provided that is connected between mesh nodes and an AAA server located in an infrastructure network. Based on basic encoding data that is available to the new node following successful initial authentication of a first mesh node, the new node performs the authentication similar to a proxy server instead of an AAA server, particularly for a limited time, during subsequent authentication attempts.

A user inputs an evaluation of a content over an EPG, and specifies on a screen a search condition to search for a content. Based on the input, a content selection device evaluates contents, displays a content which is to be recommended by giving the content, which is to be recommended, a different indication in the EPG, and displays a list of contents which are to be recommended. By this, the present invention is able to offer a content, which is to be recommended, matching a preference of the user without burdening the user.

A coated steel material excellent in corrosion resistance and a method of producing the same, wherein a coated steel material has on the surface of the steel sheet a Zn-alloy coating layer containing 1-10 wt % of Mg, 2-19 wt % of Al and 0.01-2 wt % of Si, where Mg and Al satisfy Mg (%)+Al (%)<=20%, the balance being Zn and unavoidable impurities, and has a coating layer structure of a Mg intermetallic compound or the like. As a base metal treatment, it is preferably provided with a Ni coating layer. The coated Zn-alloy coated steel sheet may have provided on the coating layer, as an intermediate layer, a chromate film layer, and, as an upper layer, an organic coating layer. The Zn-alloy coating layer may further contain one or more of 0.01-1 wt % of In, 0.01-1 wt % of Bi and 1-10 wt % of Sn. The coated steel material may be painted.

A tissue retractor includes a body having proximal and distal ends. The retractor also includes a retraction device having a head connected to the distal end of the body and defining two opposing openings, an actuator movably disposed in the head, and two substantially rigid needles each pivotably connected to the actuator for traveling through a respective one of the openings. The needles have an arcuate shape. A one-handed actuation device is connected to the proximal end of the body and is operatively connected to the actuator through the body. Upon actuation of the actuation device, the actuator moves to selectively extend the needles out of the head and withdraw the needles into the head. Methods for using the tissue retractor, in particular for the treatment of Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease, are also provided.

In a slider using thermal expansion type, being adjustable on a flying height thereof, having problems to be solved, i.e., to reduce the electric power consumption, and to lesson the heat load upon a reproducing element thereof, wherein a heating device 4 is located separating from tip portions of the recording and reproducing elements 2 and 3. Also, for deforming only the vicinity of the heating device 4 and the recording and reproducing elements 2 and 3, so as to protrude from, the heating device 4 and the recording and reproducing elements 2 and 3 are surrounded by a resin film 6 of small rigidity, thereby increasing an amount of protrusion of the recording and reproducing elements 2 and 3 per a unit of electric power, but without increasing temperature of the reproducing element 3, with an aim of the structure of cutting off the force from materials of circumferences against the deformation.

An application management device 54 that is capable of judging the necessity of application deletion with little load includes: a DRM application DB 520 that stores plural applications in association with their respective identification information (DRM application IDs) for identifying a correspondence between a license and an application for processing such license; and a DRM application deletion judgment unit 527 that judges, for each of the applications stored in the DRM application DB 520, whether deletion of an application is necessary or not, based on the identification information. More specifically, the application management device 54 further includes a license DB 521 for storing each license in association with the identification information, and the DRM application deletion judgment unit 527 judges that an application whose license associated with the identification information is not stored in the license DB 521, is an application to be deleted.

The invention provides an anti-abrasion metal-ceramic composite product and a preparation method thereof. The structural performance of the product is improved through at least one type of metallic oxides, metal nitrides or metal borides and intermetallic compounds. Metal-ceramic particle prefabricated parts made of ceramic particles and metal powder, or metal-ceramic particle prefabricated parts made of metal powder and mixtures which are obtained through uniform mixing of ceramic particles and metal powder with auxiliaries are subjected to high-temperature sintering thermal treatment to obtain the product. According to the anti-abrasion metal-ceramic composite product and the preparation method thereof, abrasion resistance of ceramic particles and mechanical performances of metal materials are perfectly combined, so that the hardness and the abrasion resistance of traditional metal materials are greatly improved. Compared with traditional anti-abrasion parts, the service life of metal grinding balls is increased by 1 time to 1.9 times, and the service life of liner plates and hammers is increased by more than 2.5 times, accordingly, a large number of metal materials are saved, and the production efficiency is improved.

A tissue retractor includes a body having proximal and distal ends. The retractor also includes a retraction device having a head connected to the distal end of the body and defining two opposing openings, a connector movably disposed in the body, and two flexible needles of a shape memory material having a memory shape. The needles are fixedly connected to the connector for traveling through a respective one of the openings. The memory shape of the needles includes a portion with an arcuate shape. A one-handed actuation device is connected to the proximal end of the body and is operatively connected to the connector through the body. Upon actuation of the actuation device, the connector can be moved to selectively extend the needles out of the head and withdraw the needles into the head. Methods for using the tissue retractor, in particular for the treatment of Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease, are also provided.

The invention relates to lightweight ecological nutrient soil for roof greening and a method for preparing the lightweight ecological nutrient soil. The nutrient soil is made of dry basis raw materials including 10-20% of biogas residues, 5-15% of slag, 10-20% of loess, 25-35% of rice hulls, 15-25% of mushroom residues and 15-30% of pine needle soil, and living earthworms accounting for 0.2-1% of the total mass of the dry basis raw materials. The nutrient soil is light in load, low in volume weight, free from hardening, resistant to trampling, fine in moisture and fertility preserving performance, pollution-free, extensive in source of raw materials, low in cost, simple in production process and easy to popularize.

An identification device capable of improving identification accuracy. The identification device performs identification according to a face area contained in image data. Feature data is extracted from a face area in each of frames of image data. The extracted feature data is registered in a person database section. Identification is performed through comparison between the feature data registered in the person database section and the extracted feature data. A tracking section identifies an identical face area in consecutive frames. If a face area is identified in a first frame, but a face area in a second frame following the first frame, which is identified by the tracking section as identical to the identified face area in the first frame, is not identified, the extracted feature data associated with the face area in the second frame is registered as additional feature data in the person database section.

A CMP polishing slurry of the present invention, contains cerium oxide particles, a dispersant, a polycarboxylic acid, a strong acid having a pKa of its first dissociable acidic group at 3.2 or less, and water, the pH of the polishing slurry is 4.0 or more and 7.5 or less, wherein the strong acid is contained 100 to 1,000 ppm or 50 to 1,000 ppm, or the strong acid is a monovalent strong acid contained 50 to 500 ppm or is a bivalent strong acid contained 100 to 1,000 ppm. The preferable polycarboxylic acid is a polyacrylic acid. The present invention allows polishing in the CMP methods of surface-smoothening an interlayer dielectric film, a BPSG film and a shallow-trench-isolation insulation film with high speed operation efficiently and easier process management and cause smaller fluctuation in film thickness due to difference in pattern density.

The invention relates to a concrete fracture test system and a test method thereof, and belongs to the technical field of concrete material performance test. The system comprises a measurement system and a data acquisition and processing system; a support for supporting a concrete test piece and even cushion posts symmetrically positioned on the surrounding side of the concrete test piece are arranged on a pressure tester platform of the measurement system; and springs which extend out of the tops of the cushion posts and are higher than pressure sensors are sleeved on the cushion posts. The method comprises the following steps of: when a top plate moves relative to the platform by adopting the system, making the top plate contact the springs and then contact the pressure sensors; when the top plate is contacted with the pressure sensors, controlling the load loaded onto the concrete test piece to be continuously loaded with low loading rate till the concrete test piece cracks, destabilizes and is damaged; and meanwhile, acquiring a load signal and a crack opening displacement signal and transmitting the signals to a computer. The system and the method can acquire a fine load-displacement curve so as to calculate an accurate concrete double-K fracture parameter.

A dual spring jounce bumper assembly for a vehicle includes a jounce bumper adapted to be mounted in the suspension system and a spring disposed in series with the jounce bumper to reduce jounce bumper rate progressivity and peak loads in the jounce bumper.

A welcoming system for welcoming a user of an automobile has a host communication means provided in the automobile or a facility around a parking location of the automobile. The system further has a distance detecting means for detecting a distance between the user and the parking automobile. A welcoming control means operates a welcoming operating means, such as a head lamp of the automobile, in such a manner that a content of the welcoming operations will be selected and changed depending on the detected distance between the user and the automobile.

The invention relates to a scene matching / visual odometry-based inertial integrated navigation method. The method comprises the following steps: calculating the homography matrix of an unmanned plane aerial photography real time image sequence according to a visual odometry principle, and carrying out recursive calculation by accumulating a relative displacement between two continuous frames of real time graph to obtain the present position of the unmanned plane; introducing an FREAK characteristic-based scene matching algorithm because of the accumulative error generation caused by the increase of the visual odometry navigation with the time in order to carry out aided correction, and carrying out high precision positioning in an adaption zone to effectively compensate the accumulative error generated by the long-time work of the visual odometry navigation, wherein the scene matching has the advantages of high positioning precision, strong automaticity, anti-electromagnetic interference and the like; and establishing the error model of the inertial navigation system and a visual data measuring model, carrying out Kalman filtering to obtain an optimal estimation result, and correcting the inertial navigation system. The method effectively improves the navigation precision, and is helpful for improving the autonomous flight capability of the unmanned plane.

A wine dispensing system comprises a cabinet with refrigerated compartments for maintaining bulk wine in boxes and dispenses any one of a number of wine varieties upon pressing an appropriate button. Check valves in the system prevent air from spoiling unused wine, and a computer measures each pour, updates inventory, and accepts demographic information to assist in marketing and sales promotion.

A base node (100) and a base node (101) transmit a keep alive frame broadcast by a relay node forming a communication medium (106) and a communication medium (107) from a port 1 and a port 2, monitor an arrival state of the keep alive frame at each port, and in normal operation, assume the two communication media connected to the port 1 and the port 2 as one node to expand a communication band and at failure detection, continue communication by using only a communication medium connected to a port at which no failure is detected.

An information processing device of the present invention comprises a main CPU capable of taking at least two states which are an operating state and a sleeping state, a sub-CPU having power consumption lower than that of the main CPU and capable of taking at least two states which are an operating state and a sleeping state, and a process request determining section for determining which of the main CPU and the sub-CPU is caused to execute a process related to a request from a peripheral device. The process request determining section determines whether the main CPU is in the sleeping state or the operating state, and when the main CPU is in the sleeping state, determines whether or not the sub-CPU can be caused to execute the process, and when the main CPU is in the operating state, determines whether or not the main CPU can be caused to execute the process, and depending on a result of the determination, causes the main CPU or the sub-CPU to execute the process.

A throttling valve assembly actuated by a stepper motor having a double diaphragm seal and integral throttling surface. The throttling surface interfaces to a mating orifice and port arrangement to provide a smooth control regime for various process fluids. Because of the unique design of the flow paths the fluids will remain in a laminar flow state throughout the throttling range, thus providing smooth and continuous response to the control input. The valve opening to the fluid controlled by a stepper motor through a direct drive mechanism. The embodiment shown here employees all PTFE construction for the wetting parts, but any material could be used that would be compatible with the process fluid. Additional features are minimal capture of the process fluid, free draining, and no metallic parts in close communication with the process fluid.

There is described a method for recording images of a definable region of an examination object using an x-ray diagnostics facility for producing computed tomography recordings comprising an image recording facility comprising at least one radiation source and at least one radiation detector for the rotating recording of individual images, on the basis of, which an image suitable for outputting is produced, comprising the following steps: Recording of images of the entire examination region by rotating the image recording facility about a first isocenter with a first measuring field, a first resolution and a first dose, and generating an overview image of the examination object; Defining the region in the examination object based on the overview image and defining the location of a second isocenter as a function of the location and / or geometry of the region.

A television receiver 1 enables a decoder 5 to extract a closed caption signal of DTVCC method from a digital broadcasting signal received via an antenna 11. The closed caption signal of DTVCC method extracted here is analyzed and converted into the closed caption signal of Line 21 method. And in a DVE 6, the closed caption data of Line 21 method is inserted into the 21st scanning line of an analog picture signal converted by the decoder 5 for output.

A vehicular parallel hybrid drivetrain contains a combustion engine, electric motor and drive output and a method of operating the drivetrain. A respective shift element device (6, 7) with continuously variable transmission capacity is provided, between the combustion engine and the electric motor and between the electric motor and the drive. The shift element device (6), between the combustion engine and electric motor, comprises a speed-dependent hydraulic coupling element and a frictional shift element in a parallel power branch. The shift element device (6) has continuously adjustable transmission capacity and is bridged, via the hydraulic coupling element. The hydraulic coupling element actively couples with the electric motor, via a free-wheel overrunning connection (8). This coupling disengages when the speed of the coupling element side of the coupling element is lower than the speed of the electric motor in the area of the free-wheel overrunning connection.

In a slider using thermal expansion type, being adjustable on a flying height thereof, having problems to be solved, i.e., to reduce the electric power consumption, and to lesson the heat load upon a reproducing element thereof, wherein a heating device 4 is located separating from tip portions of the recording and reproducing elements 2 and 3. Also, for deforming only the vicinity of the heating device 4 and the recording and reproducing elements 2 and 3, so as to protrude from, the heating device 4 and the recording and reproducing elements 2 and 3 are surrounded by a resin film 6 of small rigidity, thereby increasing an amount of protrusion of the recording and reproducing elements 2 and 3 per a unit of electric power, but without increasing temperature of the reproducing element 3, with an aim of the structure of cutting off the force from materials of circumferences against the deformation.

A measuring transducer includes: A measuring tube vibrating, at least at times, during operation and serving for conveying a medium, wherein the measuring tube communicates with a pipeline via an inlet tube piece at an inlet end and an outlet tube piece at an outlet end; a counteroscillator, which is affixed to the measuring tube on the inlet end to form a first coupling zone and affixed to the measuring tube on the outlet end to form a second coupling zone; and a transducer housing affixed to the inlet tube piece and the outlet tube piece. An exciter mechanism, for driving at least the measuring tube, and a sensor arrangement, for registering oscillations at least of the measuring tube, are, in each case, secured, at least in part, to the counteroscillator. Additionally, on the inlet side, an cantilever is so coupled in the region of the coupling zone with the inlet tube piece and the measuring tube, that the center of mass of the cantilever lies in the region of the inlet tube piece, and, on the outlet side, an cantilever is so coupled in the region of the coupling zone with the outlet tube piece and the measuring tube, that the center of mass of the cantilever lies in the region of the outlet tube piece. Furthermore, the measuring transducer includes connection lines, especially connection lines for the exciter mechanism and / or for the sensor arrangement, with at least one of the connection lines being secured to at least one of the two cantilevers.

A method of exchanging information between a first network implementing a routing protocol using static routing tables and a second network implementing a routing protocol using dynamic routing tables and including stages of exchanging identification messages and of exchanging routing table update messages, the method comprising the steps of: a first routing element associated with the first network issuing to a second routing element associated with the second network identification messages containing identifiers of network elements to which the first routing element knows it is connected either directly or indirectly, and in the second routing element updating the routing table from the identification messages coming from the first routing element.

A field effect transistor is provided including a gate electrode (15), a source electrode (13), a drain electrode (14) and a channel layer (11) to control current flowing between the source electrode (13) and the drain electrode (14) by applying a voltage to the gate electrode (15). The channel layer (11) is constituted of an amorphous oxide containing In and Si and having a compositional ratio expressed by Si / (In+Si) of not less than 0.05 and not more than 0.40.

An electromagnetic relay which is improved in arc blocking performance without being increased in size is desired. An electromagnetic relay according to the present invention is provided with a fixed contact, a moving contact which is movable respect to the fixed contact, a pair of magnets which is arranged at the side of the fixed contact and the moving contact so that pole faces with mutually reversed polarity are separated from and face each other and a pair of arc cooling plates which is arranged in a spaces between the magnets and which has first surfaces which face each other across a gap and second surfaces which face a pole face of either of the magnets, respectively.

According to the present invention a method and a system is provided for operating a storage area network (SAN) in a server environment in which multiple servers share one Fibre Channel adapter. A SAN Management Server manages regions in storage systems and security, a Fiber Channel Network provides a connection to storage devices, and a plurality of Operating System Images run in said server environment. Furthermore, a trusted SAN Management Client Unit is connected to said SAN Management Server and a Fiber Channel adapter is configured to authenticate said trusted SAN Management Client Unit, whereby the trusted SAN Management Client Unit is configured to issue commands in said Fiber Channel Network in place of each of said Operating System Images.