There is provided a method for manufacturing a current flow diverter (CFD) for a superconducting segment. The method comprises depositing at least one pattern of stabilizer material on a portion of an outer surface of a superconducting layer of the superconducting segment and creating a first interfacial resistive layer on the outer surface, adjacent the stabilizer pattern, annealing, subsequent to depositing the stabilizer pattern, the superconducting segment in an oxygen atmosphere and creating a second interfacial resistive layer between the stabilizer pattern and the outer surface, the second interfacial resistive layer having an electrical resistance lower than that of the first interfacial resistive layer, and depositing, subsequent to annealing the superconducting segment, a stabilizer layer over at least the outer surface and creating at least one path for diverting, via the first and second interfacial resistive layers, a flow of electrical current from the superconducting layer to the stabilizer layer.
The invention relates to a device for the non-destructive measurement of a power supply line, including a shaft; a first transmitting coil and a second transmitting coil permanently formed partially around the shaft, the first and second transmitting coils defining a central plane between the first and second transmitting coils, and having a transmitting portion extending around the shaft close to the central plane on either side of the central plane, and a return transmitting portion extending around the shaft farther than the corresponding emitting portion from the central plane; and a receiving coil permanently formed partially around the shaft, the receiving coil having a receiving portion extending around the shaft located between the transmitting portions of the first and second transmitting coils, and a return receiving portion extending around the shaft offset from a position of symmetry of the transmitting portion with respect to the central plane.
G01R 31/58 - Testing of lines, cables or conductors
G01N 27/90 - Investigating or analysing materials by the use of electric, electrochemical, or magnetic means by investigating magnetic variables for investigating the presence of flaws using eddy currents
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SYSTEM FOR POSITIONING A SUBJECT FOR IMPROVING PARTICLE NAVIGATION IN THE SUBJECT, AND METHOD OF USE THEREOF
A method of preparing a subject for steering particles to a target site in the subject using a physical field; it includes receiving image information of a body of the subject to obtain an image of at least a part of a vascular system of the subject; and determining a pathway through the vascular system of the subject from a release site to the target site and identifying a target body position of the subject by factoring a force of gravity on a direction of the particles relative to the pathway of the vascular system to improve steering of the particles through the pathway of the vascular system of the subject to the target site when the subject is placed in the target body position.
A61B 34/10 - Computer-aided planning, simulation or modelling of surgical operations
A61B 5/055 - Detecting, measuring or recording for diagnosis by means of electric currents or magnetic fieldsMeasuring using microwaves or radio waves involving electronic [EMR] or nuclear [NMR] magnetic resonance, e.g. magnetic resonance imaging
A61B 90/00 - Instruments, implements or accessories specially adapted for surgery or diagnosis and not covered by any of the groups , e.g. for luxation treatment or for protecting wound edges
A61K 9/00 - Medicinal preparations characterised by special physical form
A61K 41/00 - Medicinal preparations obtained by treating materials with wave energy or particle radiation
A61K 47/34 - Macromolecular compounds obtained otherwise than by reactions only involving carbon-to-carbon unsaturated bonds, e.g. polyesters, polyamino acids, polysiloxanes, polyphosphazines, copolymers of polyalkylene glycol or poloxamers
A computer-implemented method and systems for modeling a stochastic Ising model including a plurality of binary nodes are disclosed. The method includes defining a set of interaction coefficients indicative of interaction between the plurality of binary nodes, defining a convergence coefficient based on the set of interaction coefficients, defining an initial state of the stochastic Ising model, iteratively determining, for each binary node, a node state probability indicative of a state of the binary node at a given iteration of the stochastic Ising model based on the set of interaction coefficients, the convergence coefficient, states of the other binary nodes at a previous iteration, and the node state probability of the given binary node at the previous iteration and determining saturation values of the node state probabilities of the plurality of binary nodes.
The present application relates to polymer compositions that provide barrier properties to oxygen, water vapor and/or hydrocarbons, to polymer film or sheet comprising the polymer composition and to their use in the manufacture or preparation of plastic material and/or plastic packaging. The present application also relates to a method of reducing oxygen water vapor and/or hydrocarbons permeability in plastic material and/or plastic packaging.
C08L 101/12 - Compositions of unspecified macromolecular compounds characterised by physical features, e.g. anisotropy, viscosity or electrical conductivity
C08J 3/20 - Compounding polymers with additives, e.g. colouring
C08L 29/04 - Polyvinyl alcoholPartially hydrolysed homopolymers or copolymers of esters of unsaturated alcohols with saturated carboxylic acids
C08L 67/02 - Polyesters derived from dicarboxylic acids and dihydroxy compounds
C08L 67/04 - Polyesters derived from hydroxy carboxylic acids, e.g. lactones
C08L 77/00 - Compositions of polyamides obtained by reactions forming a carboxylic amide link in the main chainCompositions of derivatives of such polymers
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Alloy nanoparticles, process for their preparation and use thereof
There is provided a process for preparing alloy nanoparticles having a desired size. The process comprises a combination of co-reduction of metal salts in the presence of a reducing agent, and multi-step seeded growth synthesis. Also provided is a material which comprises alloy nanoparticles made of at least two metals. A mean diameter of the particles of the material is between about 30 nm and 200 nm as measured by transmission electron microscopy (TEM), and the particles have a coefficient of variation smaller than about 15%.
B22F 1/02 - Special treatment of metallic powder, e.g. to facilitate working, to improve properties; Metallic powders per se, e.g. mixtures of particles of different composition comprising coating of the powder
B22F 9/24 - Making metallic powder or suspensions thereofApparatus or devices specially adapted therefor using chemical processes with reduction of metal compounds starting from liquid metal compounds, e.g. solutions
B22F 1/00 - Metallic powderTreatment of metallic powder, e.g. to facilitate working or to improve properties
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CONJUGATED CHITOSANS AND METHOD OF USE AND OF MAKING SAME
There is provided a chitosan conjugate of formula (I): wherein CS represents a chitosan residue; X comprises a Zl group, the Zl being a linear thioacetal or forming an n-membered thioacetal ring, n being from 4 to 9, the Zl optionally being ramified and/or substituted; and POLY represents a ligand, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof. There is also provided uses of such conjugate as well methods of making same.
A61K 47/48 - Medicinal preparations characterised by the non-active ingredients used, e.g. carriers, inert additives the non-active ingredient being chemically bound to the active ingredient, e.g. polymer drug conjugates
C08J 11/10 - Recovery or working-up of waste materials of polymers by chemically breaking down the molecular chains of polymers or breaking of crosslinks, e.g. devulcanisation
C12N 15/10 - Processes for the isolation, preparation or purification of DNA or RNA
METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR OPTIMIZING THE LOCATION OF DATA CENTERS OR POINTS OF PRESENCE AND SOFTWARE COMPONENTS IN CLOUD COMPUTING NETWORKS USING A TABU SEARCH ALGORITHM
The ubiquity of cloud applications requires the meticulous design of cloud networks with high quality of service, low costs, and low CO2 emissions. The present invention relates to a method and system for optimizing the locations of cloud data centers or points of presence and software components while simultaneously finding the information routing and network link capacities by using an extremely efficient tabu search heuristic. The objectives are to optimize the network performance, the CO2 emissions, the capital expenditures (CAPEX), and the operational expenditures (OPEX). The problem is modeled using a mixed-integer programming model and solved with both an optimization solver and a tabu search heuristic.
H04L 12/24 - Arrangements for maintenance or administration
G06Q 10/04 - Forecasting or optimisation specially adapted for administrative or management purposes, e.g. linear programming or "cutting stock problem"
H04L 12/28 - Data switching networks characterised by path configuration, e.g. LAN [Local Area Networks] or WAN [Wide Area Networks]
H04L 12/927 - Allocation of resources based on type of traffic, QoS or priority
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FREEZE-DRIED POLYELECTROLYTE COMPLEXES THAT MAINTAIN SIZE AND BIOLOGICAL ACTIVITY
The present invention relates to a polyelectrolyte complex composition comprising a polymer, a nucleic acid molecule, a lyoprotectant, and a buffer. The polyelectrolyte complex composition preserving the biological activities of the polyelectrolyte complex following freeze-drying and rehydration.
There are provided methods for the valorization of carbohydrates. The methods comprise reacting a fluid comprising at least one carbohydrate with at least one metal catalyst or at least one metal catalytic system in a fluidized bed reactor so as to obtain at least one organic acid or a derivative thereof.
There is provided a method for the fabrication of porous SiC ceramic. The method comprises oxidizing particles of SiC ceramic thereby forming amorphous silica on the surface of the particles. The oxidized SiC particles are then mixed with an additive. Alternatively, layer(s) of the additive is (are) deposited on their surface by sol-gel technique. The oxidized SiC particles mixed or coated with the additive are then mixed with at least one pore-former. Alternatively, the oxidized SiC particles mixed or coated with the additive are coated with layer(s) of a polymer or pore-former by in-situ polymerization. In embodiments where the oxidized SiC particles are mixed with an additive and a pore-former or polymer, a further additive may be used. In each of these embodiments, the resulting product is then compacted into a green body which is heated and sintered to yield the porous SiC ceramic material. There is also provided a porous SiC ceramic fabricated by the method according to the invention.
C04B 38/06 - Porous mortars, concrete, artificial stone or ceramic warePreparation thereof by burning-out added substances
C04B 35/565 - Shaped ceramic products characterised by their compositionCeramic compositionsProcessing powders of inorganic compounds preparatory to the manufacturing of ceramic products based on non-oxides based on carbides based on silicon carbide
The present invention is based on the principle of depth of penetration of electromagnetic rays. In the case of semiconductor mono-crystalline materials, such as silicon, the depth of penetration of a light ray is proportional to its wavelength. Using this phenomenon, the present invention consists of a pixel having three electrodes that can discriminate between the colors red, green, and blue, and thereby reconstruct a color image.
A carrier for supporting a yarn to be used by a braiding machine, has: a spool carrying the yarn; a motor drivingly engaged to the spool; at least one sensor for producing data about a condition of the yarn in the spool; and a controller operatively connected to the motor and to the at least one sensor, the controller having a processor and a computer-readable medium operatively connected to the processor and having instructions stored thereon executable by the processor for: receiving said data from the at least one sensor; determining operation parameters of the motor based on the received data; and operating the motor per the determined operation parameters to create the desired tension in the yarn.
B04C 3/00 - Apparatus in which the axial direction of the vortex remains unchanged
B65H 59/38 - Adjusting or controlling tension in filamentary material, e.g. for preventing snarlingApplications of tension indicators by regulating speed of driving mechanism of unwinding, paying-out, forwarding, winding, or depositing devices, e.g. automatically in response to variations in tension
This application relates to lipid nanoparticles, which include: a helper lipid and an ionizable lipid, at least one lipid layer surrounding an interior having at least one aqeous portion, an encapsulated inorganic particle, and an agent of interest (e.g. therapeutic, diagnostic, or theranostic agents). The ionizable lipid is present at between 2 mol% and 30 mol% relative to total lipid. The agent of interest is a hydrophilic agent present in the at least one aqueous portion or is a lipophilic agent present in the at least one lipid layer. This application also relates to methods of making the lipid nanoparticle, as well as methods of using the lipid nanoparticle (e.g. for therapy or diagnostics), including using external stimuli (e.g. laser irradiation) to release the agent of interest.
A61K 47/54 - Medicinal preparations characterised by the non-active ingredients used, e.g. carriers or inert additivesTargeting or modifying agents chemically bound to the active ingredient the non-active ingredient being chemically bound to the active ingredient, e.g. polymer-drug conjugates the non-active ingredient being a modifying agent the modifying agent being an organic compound
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