64 results about "Midnight" patented technology

The invention discloses an air conditioning control method, an air conditioning control device and an air conditioning system. The air conditioning control method includes determining whether currentusers are in getting-up states or not; starting configured illuminating devices of air conditioners if the current users are in the getting-up states; turning up current indoor temperatures if first difference values of the current indoor temperatures and the body temperatures of the current users who get up at night are larger than first set values. According to the scheme, the air conditioning control method, the air conditioning control device and the air conditioning system have the advantages that the problems in the prior art can be solved by the aid of the air conditioning control method, the air conditioning control device and the air conditioning system; the illuminating devices can be automatically started at midnight when the users get up at night, accordingly, the users do notneed to look for lamps in the dark, and indoor temperatures can be automatically regulated for the users.

The invention relates to a preparation process of integration-type novel formulation of DACHENGQI decoction and a production method thereof. The effective components of the novel formulation are made from the following raw materials: by weight, 12 parts of Radix Et Rhizoma Rhei, 15 parts of Magnolia officinalis, 12 parts of Fructus Aurantii Immaturus (Citrus aurantium and / or Citrus sinensis), and 9 parts of mirabilite. The production method includes the steps of supersonic airstream pulverization, alcohol-water extraction, ultrasonic pulverization and extraction, water decoction and concentration, supersonic spray-drying, nano-scale grinding, high-pressure emulsion and homogenization and nanoparticle preparation. The production method integrates the advantageous of the nano-carrier combination technique, such as multi-component synergism and multi-target. The large-scale production can greatly reduce the production cost, greatly improve the product quality and enhance the target property and sustained / controlled-release property of drugs. The novel formulation is orally administrated or externally applied during four time periods respectively based on the midnight-noon tidal flow and human qi-blood flow rule. The novel formulation is also processed to membranes and transdermal delivery agents which are applied to different parts of human body respectively according to the midnight-noon tidal flow and human qi-blood flow rule and can be directly absorbed by the skin.

The invention relates to a preparation process of integration-type novel formulation of DACHAIHU decoction and a production method thereof. The effective components of the novel formulation are made from the following raw materials (by weight parts): Radix Bupleuri (Bupleurum chinense and / or Bupleurum scorzonerifolium) 15, Scutellaria baicalensis 9, Paeonia lactiflora 9, Pinellia ternate 9, Zingiber officinale 15, Fructus Aurantii Immaturus (Citrus aurantium and / or Citrus sinensis) 9, Ziziphus jujuba (Fructus Jujubae) 4 and Radix Et Rhizoma Rhei 6. The production method includes the steps of supersonic airstream pulverization, alcohol-water extraction, ultrasonic pulverization and extraction, water decoction and concentration, supersonic spray-drying, nano-scale grinding, high-pressure emulsion and homogenization and nanoparticle preparation. The production method integrates the advantageous of the nano-carrier combination technique, such as multi-component synergism and multi-target. The large-scale production can greatly reduce the production cost, greatly improve the product quality and enhance the target property and sustained / controlled-release property of drugs. The novel formulation is administered by oral intake and external application during four time periods respectively based on the midnight-noon tidal flow and human qi-blood flow rule. The novel formulation is also processed to membranes and transdermal delivery agents which are applied to different parts of human body respectively according to the midnight-noon tidal flow and human qi-blood flow rule and can be directly absorbed by the skin.

The invention relates to a geostationary orbit satellite with chamfered hood camera real-time sunlight avoidance method. An on-orbit satellite can autonomously perform noon and midnight sunlight avoidance, and the time and the beginning point of the noon sun avoidance can be controlled on the ground; the method can ensure that before and after the sunlight avoidance, a ground target pointed by a camera does not change; the shortest avoidance trajectory can be designed reasonably and effectively according to the direction of the sun in the four seasons to minimize the use of a momentum wheel; for the midnight sunlight evasion, different fitting curves are designed to effectively avoid and control the singular problems which may exist; cooperating with an autonomous time forecasting functionhelps ground monitoring and control personnel analyze the current time whether it is suitable for imaging tasks or position protection and the like, and it is ensured that there is no timing conflicts between different tasks. The entire method is widely practical and has certain application prospects.

The present invention addresses problems associated with accessing and using automated systems for scheduled travel events and provides a method and system for communicating information to a user interacting with an automated system for accessing travel schedule data. In a first embodiment of the present invention, a user request can be processed for an event scheduled on an automated system. An occurrence time for the scheduled event can then be loaded. If the occurrence time is within a preconfigured time interval including midnight, a disambiguation process can be triggered for the scheduled event. The scheduled event can be an airline flight and the occurrence time can be an arrival or departure time. The disambiguation process can include prompting a user with a disambiguation message, wherein the disambiguation message makes reference to either an arrival date for the airline flight or a departure date for the airline flight.

The invention relates to a method of displaying the date on an analogue watch and the watch using this method. This watch (40) comprises two hands for displaying the time (43, 44), a time- and date-setting winding crown (45) connected to a time-setting stem, a first screen (41) for digitally displaying the date and a second screen (42) for digitally displaying the time in a second time zone by means of an EPD-type liquid crystal display, and a microprocessor designed to control all the functions of the watch. The display of the date and the time in a second time zone is made to contrast with the background of the display screens (41, 42), and the contrast is reversed at midday and at midnight to differentiate AM time from PM time. This contrast inversion is controlled electronically by themicroprocessor of the watch.

The invention discloses application of a BRAF gene detector to preparation of an ACTH type pituitary adenoma molecular pathological diagnosis and parting product. It is proved through tests that BRAF gene mutation is peculiar to ACTH type pituitary adenoma and not found in other types of pituitary adenoma, so that the BRAF gene mutation can serve as a specific molecular pathological diagnosis marker of the ACTH type pituitary adenoma. According to the result that a BRAF gene is mutant or not, the ACTH pituitary adenoma can be further divided into two subtypes, namely the BRAF mutant type and the wild type, the mean volume of the BRAF mutant type ACTH pituitary adenoma is small, the attack degree is low, and the midnight serum cortisol concentration is less than or equal to 22 ug / dl; the mean volume of the wild type ACTH pituitary adenoma is large, the attack degree is high, and the midnight serum cortisol concentration is greater than 22 ug / dl. Therefore, the different subtypes of the ACTH pituitary adenoma can be judged by detecting whether the BRAF gene is mutant or not, and different clinical treatment strategies are adopted in time accordingly.

A calendar watch is arranged to allow time-setting to be carried out without this operation altering the state of the calendar mechanism at the passage to midnight. This mechanism, which is of the instantaneous date type, includes a large lever (2) loaded by a spring and wound by a spiral shaped cam (11) and a click (20) released at midnight by a flexible finger (12) of a 24-hour wheel (10). The mechanism prevents any transmission of movement from the 24 hour wheel to the date wheel set, when they are set in the active position by the winding stem (33) pulled out into the time-setting position of the watch. A pivoting isolator (30), which, in its active position, abuts against the click (20) prevents the click from releasing the lever (2).

The present invention relates to a preparation technology and a production method for an integrated new formulation of a licorice and dried ginger decoction, wherein the raw materials of active ingredients comprise: 12 parts by weight of honey-fried licorice root and 6 parts by weight of dried ginger. The production process of the integrated new formulation comprises the following steps of: supersonic air-jet crushing, alcohol-water extraction, ultrasonic crushing extraction, water decocting concentration, supersonic spray drying, nanometer grinding, high pressure homogenization, nano particle preparation and the like. According to the invention, the advantages, such as multi-synergism, multi-target, embodied by a nano-carrier coupling technique, are focused to be taken of. After the integrated new formulation of licorice and dried ginger decoction is subjected to scale production, the production cost can be greatly reduced, the quality of products is greatly improved and the targeting property and the sustained and controlled release performance of the medicament are enhanced. The internal and external administration of the integrated new formulation of licorice and dried ginger decoction can be realized simultaneously, and can be respectively taken in four time slices according to midnight-noon ebb-flow and qi and blood flowing rule of a human body. The integrated new formulation of licorice and dried ginger decoction can be further prepared into films and transdermal agents which are respectively stuck to different parts of a human body according to the midnight-noon ebb-flow and qi and blood flowing rule of the human body and can be directly absorbed through skin.

The alarm watch includes a mechanical movement, which drives a time display mechanism including at least a first hour hand (17) and a first minute hand (13) mounted above a first dial. The alarm watch also includes an alarm mechanism able to release an alarm at a predetermined alarm time, manually determined every twenty-four hours, and a mechanism for displaying the predetermined alarm time. The alarm time display mechanism includes at least a second hour hand (33) provided for displaying the alarm time in twelve hours, and an indicator (52) with two positions provided for specifying whether the alarm time is situated between midnight and midday (AM) or situated between midday and midnight (PM).

The invention provides a sun protection attitude control associated design method of an optical imaging satellite camera and is applicable to geostationary orbit large-aperture optical imaging satellites. The method includes: providing a yaw guide control method, and using polynomial fitting to obtain the optimal yaw guide law using the solar altitude as the variable and the optimal yaw angle as the dependent variable; aiming at the design constraint that a satellite only has a three fold plate type sunshade mounted in the -X direction, providing yaw maximum angle maneuver control before and after noon, and building a satellite-borne attitude maneuver path planning algorithm which is performed automatically according to the current solar altitude to achieve the seamless connection of loadsun protection; providing a maneuver control strategy combining limit area work before and after midnight and sun avoiding to achieve midnight load sun protection, and allowing the working time of thesatellite to be maximum at the same time. By the method, the eight-stage type attitude control strategy with each orbit comprising three attitude maneuvers, the whole-orbit load sun protection of thegeostationary orbit large-aperture optical imaging satellites and the longest business imaging are achieved.

A timepiece comprising a date display, comprising a date display assembly comprising a date ring, a first gearing assembly being meshingly coupled to the date ring for causing the rotation of the date ring; and a stepping motor comprising a rotor, wherein the rotor of the stepping motor is rotateably coupled to the at least one or more wheels of the first gearing assembly, wherein the rotation of the rotor causes the date ring to rotate; a date-keeping assembly operatively coupled to the date display assembly, comprising: at least a second gearing assembly comprising at least an hour wheel and a detection wheel assembly, wherein at least certain rotational increments of the detection wheel, and the clockwise or counterclockwise direction thereof, causes the rotor of the stepping motor to rotate so that the date ring can be rotated in one of a clockwise or counterclockwise direction; whereby the rotation of the hour wheel through a predetermined midnight position results in that the stepping motor causes the date ring to rotate a predetermined number of degrees, thereby advancing either in the forward or backward direction a displayed digit on the date ring representing a valid date. Methodologies for setting and adjustment are also provided.

The invention concerns a calendar watch arranged to allow time-setting to be carried out without this operation altering the state of the calendar mechanism at the passage to midnight. This mechanism, which is of the instantaneous date type, includes a large lever (2) loaded by a spring and wound by means of a spiral shaped cam (11), and a click (20) released at midnight by a flexible finger (12) of a 24-hour wheel (10). The mechanism further includes locking means (30, 40), which prevent any transmission of movement from the 24 hour wheel to the date wheel set, when they are set in the active position by the winding stem (33) pulled out into the time-setting position of the watch. Preferably, the locking means include a pivoting isolator (30), which, in its active position, abuts against the click (20) so as to prevent said click from releasing the lever (2).

The present invention belongs to the technical field of mosquito repelling, and discloses a mosquito-repellent incense box. The mosquito-repellent incense box comprises a box. A box cover is detachably connected with the upper end of the box, and a mounting hole is formed in the box cover. A gravity sensor is arranged on a bottom plate of the box. A micro electronic scale is arranged at the upper end of the gravity sensor. A controller is connected with the gravity sensor. An alarm lamp is connected with the controller, and the alarm lamp is located on the outer wall of the box. At least two first support tubes are arranged at the lower end of the bottom plate of the box. The center lines of the at least two first supporting tubes are parallel. A first supporting bar is arranged in each of the first supporting tubes in a slidable mode, and a first suction cup is arranged at the left end of each of the first supporting bars. According to the mosquito-repellent incense box provided by the present invention, people are reminded to get up and supplement mosquito-repellent liquid when the mosquito-repellent liquid is used up at midnight, and the position of the mosquito incense liquid can be found smoothly.

The invention discloses a multifunctional cup holder which comprises a body and a cup handle. The multifunctional cup holder is characterized in that the cup handle is provided with a counting module and the outer layer of the cup handle is coated with a fluorescent coating material. The multifunctional cup holder has the advantages that the counting module can display different numbers so that cups can be distinguished obviously and confusion can be avoided; due to the fact that the outer layer of the cup handle is coated with the fluorescent coating material, a user can grasp the cup accurately at night without turning on the light, and the situation that rest of other people is affected due to the fact that the user turns on the light at midnight is avoided.

The present invention relates to a preparation technology and a production method for an integrated new formulation of a bighead atractylodes rhizome and monkshood decoction, wherein the raw materials of active ingredients comprise: 6 parts by weight of bighead atractylodes rhizome, 10 parts by weight of monkshood, 3 parts by weight of licorice, 4.5 parts by weight of ginger, and 6 parts by weight of Chinese-date. The production process of the integrated new formulation comprises the following steps of: supersonic air-jet crushing, alcohol-water extraction, ultrasonic crushing extraction, water decocting concentration, supersonic spray drying, nanometer grinding, high pressure homogenization, nano particle preparation and the like. According to the invention, the advantages, such as multi-synergism, multi-target, embodied by a nano-carrier coupling technique, are focused to be taken of. After the integrated new formulation of bighead atractylodes rhizome and monkshood decoction is subjected to scale production, the production cost can be greatly reduced, the quality of products is greatly improved and the targeting property, and the sustained and controlled release performance of the medicament are enhanced. The internal and external administration of the integrated new formulation of bighead atractylodes rhizome and monkshood decoction can be realized simultaneously, and the medicament can be separately taken in four time slices according to the midnight-noon ebb-flow and qi and the blood flowing rule of a human body. The integrated new formulation of bighead atractylodes rhizome-monkshood decoction can be further prepared into films and transdermal agents, which are respectively stuck to different parts of a human body according to the midnight-noon ebb-flow and qi and blood flowing rule of the human body, and can be directly absorbed through skin.

A day clock has day, hour, and minute hands revolving continuously around a common center. It has a time adjustment knob and a day adjustment knob. When the day adjustment knob is pulled out, a set of gears are disengaged, allowing the day hand to be adjusted with that knob without affecting the other hands. Then, when the set of gears are reengaged, the time adjustment knob can be utilized to set the time of day. In order to set the day and time accurately, the user may first set the time to midnight with the time adjustment knob, pull out the day adjustment knob, set the day to a clock face line between days with that knob, push that knob back in, and then set the time to the correct time with the time adjustment knob.

A day clock has day, hour, and minute hands revolving continuously around a common center. It has a time adjustment knob and a day adjustment knob. When the day adjustment knob is pulled out, a set of gears are disengaged, allowing the day hand to be adjusted with that knob without affecting the other hands. Then, when the set of gears are reengaged, the time adjustment knob can be utilized to set the time of day. In order to set the day and time accurately, the user may first set the time to midnight with the time adjustment knob, pull out the day adjustment knob, set the day to a clock face line between days with that knob, push that knob back in, and then set the time to the correct time with the time adjustment knob.

A satellite system includes a satellite in an orbit that is configured to reduce a number of exclusion regions and improve the observation coverage of resident space objects (RSOs) positioned in near Earth orbits. The satellite system includes at least one satellite positioned in a sun synchronous orbit (SSO) with a noon / midnight nodal crossing. The altitude of the SSO is between 1000 and 2000 kilometers and the satellite includes at least one sensor arranged on the satellite that is configured for detection, tracking, and / or identification. Using the noon / midnight nodal crossing is advantageous in that three main exclusion regions, the sun, eclipse, and Earth exclusion regions, are combined into only two exclusion regions for improved performance of the satellite system in observing RSOs.

The invention discloses spirulina vermicelli and a preparation method thereof, aiming at achieving the technical purpose that the vermicelli has a health-care effect. The spirulina vermicelli disclosed by the invention comprises the following components in mass percentage: 0.5-1.5% of the spirulina, 0.1-0.3% of salt, 0.1-0.3% of dietary alkali and 97.9-99.3% of potato starch. The preparation method of the spirulina vermicelli comprises the following steps of: thickening the potato starch; slushing and cooling; uniformly stirring the raw material; forming in a vermicelli machine, steaming and drying; finally cutting to obtain the vermicelli. Compared with the prior art, the spirulina vermicelli has the advantages that the spirulina is adopted as the raw material to produce the vermicelli without adding any additive, so that when person enjoy the food, the spirulina vermicelli has the effects on health care and high nutritive value; the vermicelli is crystal clear and has delicate and smooth taste after being cooked thoroughly, so that the food has good taste; and the spirulina vermicelli can be cooked into soup, cold and dressed with sauce or cooked in hot pot, can be adopted as staple food of breakfast and midnight snack, and can be adopted as daily cuisine.

The invention relates to a portable multifunctional bed with adjustable height and angle as well as a control method, and belongs to the technical field of machinery and medical apparatus and instruments. The control method comprises the following steps: controlling all electric drive pusher devices by a computer or a remote control or wired connection, choosing an ascending and descending step and an inclining step of a bedstead, choosing a folding step and a flat-laying step of a bed board at the back of the bed, choosing a folding step and a flat-laying step of a bed board at the leg partsof the bed, choosing a safe pinching-preventing step, choosing a step of automatically reducing height when getting up at midnight, and choosing a step of automatically running out when fire occurs, wherein one of folding devices is started up by choosing the inclining step of the bedstead, start-up time of the folding devices is controlled, the bedstead is inclined, castor devices can be controlled to control castors to move and steer. The portable multifunctional bed with adjustable height and angle as well as the control method involved in the invention have the advantages that the bed canbe disassembled into split structures, and can ascend and descend, a whole structure can incline, and the bed is convenient for medical staff to perform operation and nursing.

A day clock has day, hour, and minute hands revolving continuously around a common center. It has a time adjustment knob and a day adjustment knob. When the day adjustment knob is pulled out, a set of gears are disengaged, allowing the day hand to be adjusted with that knob without affecting the other hands. Then, when the set of gears are reengaged, the time adjustment knob can be utilized to set the time of day. In order to set the day and time accurately, the user may first set the time to midnight with the time adjustment knob, pull out the day adjustment knob, set the day to a clock face line between days with that knob, push that knob back in, and then set the time to the correct time with the time adjustment knob.

A day clock has day, hour, and minute hands revolving continuously around a common center. It has a time adjustment knob and a day adjustment knob. When the day adjustment knob is pulled out, a set of gears are disengaged, allowing the day hand to be adjusted with that knob without affecting the other hands. Then, when the set of gears are reengaged, the time adjustment knob can be utilized to set the time of day. In order to set the day and time accurately, the user may first set the time to midnight with the time adjustment knob, pull out the day adjustment knob, set the day to a clock face line between days with that knob, push that knob back in, and then set the time to the correct time with the time adjustment knob.

The invention belongs to the field of equipment for distributing gas, and specifically discloses a mosquito-repellent incense timing combustion box. The mosquito-repellent incense timing combustion box comprises a box body with a venthole, a supporting plate, an elastic piece, a strut, and a baffle plate which can seal the venthole. The supporting plate is provided with a mosquito-repellent incense frame. One end of the supporting plate is hinged with the inner wall of the box body, and the other end is hinged on one end of the strut. The strut passes through the venthole and is slidably arranged on the box body. The baffle plate is fixed on the free end of the strut. The elastic piece is connected between the box body and the supporting plate. Mosquito-repellent incense is placed on the mosquito-repellent incense frame. With protection of the box body, the mosquito-repellent incense would not contact with other inflammables, preventing a problem of starting a fire by the mosquito-repellent incense. Through adjusting positions of the mosquito-repellent incense, the mosquito-repellent incense can be controlled to die out at any time, and putting out the mosquito-repellent incense by hand at midnight is not needed. The mosquito-repellent incense timing combustion box is simple in operation, and an objective of putting out the mosquito-repellent incense at fixed time is achieved.

The present invention relates to a preparation technology and a production method for an integrated new formulation of a radix aconiti lateralis preparata powder, wherein the raw materials of active ingredients comprise: 52 parts by weight of radix aconiti lateralis preparata, 112 parts by weight of bighead atractylodes rhizome, 64 parts by weight of cinnamon twig, and 52 parts by weight of dragon bone. The production process of integrated new formulation of the radix aconiti lateralis preparata powder comprises the following steps of: supersonic air-jet crushing, alcohol-water extraction, ultrasonic crushing extraction, water decocting concentration, supersonic spray drying, nanometer grinding, high pressure homogenization, nano particle preparation and the like. According to the invention, the advantages, such as multi-synergism, multi-target, embodied by a nano-carrier coupling technique, are focused to be taken of. After the integrated new formulation of radix aconiti lateralis preparata powder is subjected to scale production, the production cost can be greatly reduced, the quality of products is greatly improved and the targeting property and the sustained and controlled release performance of the medicament are enhanced. The internal and external administration of the integrated new formulation of radix aconiti lateralis preparata powder can be realized simultaneously, and can be respectively taken in four time slices according to midnight-noon ebb-flow and qi and blood flowing rule of a human body. The integrated new formulation of radix aconiti lateralis preparata powder can be further prepared into films and transdermal agents which are respectively stuck to different parts of a human body according to the midnight-noon ebb-flow and qi and blood flowing rule of the human body and can be directly absorbed through skin.

The present invention relates to a preparation technology and a production method for an integrated new formulation of a cassia twig-monkshood decoction, wherein the raw materials of active ingredients comprise: 9 parts by weight of cassia twig, 9 parts by weight of Chinese herbaceous peony, 9 parts by weight of ginger, 3 parts by weight of Chinese-date, 6 parts by weight of licorice, and 6 parts by weight of monkshood. The production process of the integrated new formulation comprises the following steps of: supersonic air-jet crushing, alcohol-water extraction, ultrasonic crushing extraction, water decocting concentration, supersonic spray drying, nanometer grinding, high pressure homogenization, nano particle preparation and the like. According to the invention, the advantages, such as multi-synergism, multi-target, embodied by a nano-carrier coupling technique, are focused to be taken of. After the integrated new formulation of cassia twig-monkshood decoction is subjected to scale production, the production cost can be greatly reduced, the quality of products is greatly improved and the targeting property and the sustained and controlled release performance of the medicament are enhanced. The internal and external administration of the integrated new formulation of cassia twig-monkshood decoction can be realized simultaneously, and can be respectively taken in four time slices according to midnight-noon ebb-flow and qi and blood flowing rule of a human body. The integrated new formulation of cassia twig-monkshood decoction can be further prepared into films and transdermal agents which are respectively stuck to different parts of a human body according to the midnight-noon ebb-flow and qi and blood flowing rule of the human body and can be directly absorbed through skin.

The invention relates to a preparation technology and a production method of an integrated new dosage form of a dry ginger and Radix aconiti lateralis preparata decoction. The raw materials for the effective components of the decoction comprise 1 part by weight of dry ginger and 1 part by weight of Radix aconiti lateralis preparata. The production method comprises the processes of ultrasonic airflow crushing, alcohol-water extraction, supersonic wave crushing extraction, water decoction and concentration, ultrasonic spray drying, nanometer grinding, high-pressure homogenization, nanoparticle preparation and the like. The advantages comprising multiple cooperation, multiple targeting and the like of a nanometer carrier combination technology are utilized in the invention. Great production cost reduction, great product quality improvement, medicine targeting strengthening, and medicine sustained and controlled release property strengthening are realized after the large-scale production. Internal and external administration can be simultaneously carried out, and the decoction can be respectively administrated in four time periods according to the midnight-noon ebb-flow and human qi and blood flow rules. The decoction can also be processed to prepare a film agent and a transdermal agent which are respectively plastered on different positions of a human body according to the midnight-noon ebb-flow and human qi and blood flow rules, and the effective components can be directly absorbed through skins.

The invention relates to a design method of a clock dial of a 12-hour pointer clock, in particular to a method for arranging and designing clock dial time scales based on regions. Based on the actualsituation that Beijing time is adopted as the standard time for coordinated use throughout the country in China, the method for arranging and designing the clock dial time scales based on the regionsprovided by the invention has the characteristics of adjusting measures to local conditions. The method of the invention is implemented in a manner of adjusting the measures to the local conditions, and the pointing of the hour pointer of the clock can realize the beneficial effect of corresponding to the moments of the high noon, midnight, sunrise and sunset of the local timing place to a certainextent; the method is derived from the design of the composite ergonomics visual comfort principle, is conducive for users to develop a good work, rest and living habits synchronized with the local place, and is further beneficial to the long-term physical health.

The invention discloses a display device capable of simultaneously display the date and the day and night. According to the display device which has stepping occasions with a 12-hour stepping cycle, the driving mechanism transmission ratio of a window-shaped or pointer-shaped driving display device has the stepping cycle changed from the prior 24-hour stepping cycle to the 12-hour stepping cycle. The stepping occasions generally can be 12 o'clock at midnight and 12 o'clock at noon, or can be 6 o'clock in the morning or 6 o'clock in the afternoon, or can be other special time at the intervals of 12 hours.