Abstract: A cyclonic chiller-separator, including a vertically oriented treatment tower defining an interior space and having an exhaust inlet disposed in an upper portion, and a chimney with an exhaust outlet; an exhaust stream conduit in fluid communication with said interior volume of said treatment tower through said exhaust inlet, wherein said exhaust inlet is configured to induce cyclonic fluid motion in an exhaust stream entering said interior volume; a coolant water source; and a plurality of nozzles disposed about interior walls of said treatment tower and in fluid communication with said coolant water source for spraying cooling water into said interior volume above and into an exhaust stream introduced into said interior volume so as to cool, condense, and precipitate volatile organic compounds and organic acids, and to entrain and remove particulates from the exhaust stream.

Abstract: For the purpose of managing a voice communication service in a communication network between a first and at least a second communication terminal, the first and second communication terminals have respective communication identifiers in the communication network. The first and second communication identifiers are associated, at least at a server, with first and second social network identifiers of a social network. A communication request is received, indicating at least the first and second social network identifiers; subsequently, the second communication identifier is identified from the second social network identifier received in the communication request; and, finally, an application notification is transmitted to the second communication terminal on the basis of the second communication identifier. The application notification indicates the first social network identifier.

Abstract: This application provides a Bluetooth positioning device detection method, a device, and a storage medium. The method includes: recording first location information, where a set of the first location information is used as a first track, and the first track is a moving track of a first electronic device; recording second location information when a preset trigger condition is met, where a set of the second location information is used as a second track, and the second track is used to represent a moving track of a Bluetooth positioning device; calculating a similarity between the first track and the second track in a preset time period; and determining that the first electronic device is tracked by the Bluetooth positioning device if the track similarity is greater than a preset similarity threshold.

Abstract: An electronic device includes a substrate and data lines, gate lines, spacers, a first light-shielding layer, a second light-shielding layer and a third light-shielding layer disposed on the substrate. The data lines and the gate lines respectively extend along a first direction and a second direction different from the first direction. The first light-shielding layer includes a plurality of first light-shielding elements arranged corresponding to the data lines respectively and extending along the first direction. The second light-shielding layer includes a plurality of second light-shielding elements arranged corresponding to the gate lines respectively and extending along the second direction. The third light-shielding layer is arranged corresponding to a part of the spacers.

Abstract: A calibrated three-dimensional optical measuring apparatus for the three-dimensional measurement of geometric parameters of a rope has a frame defining and arranged around a rope receiving cavity. A plurality of image acquisition devices is configured to acquire a plurality of digital images of at least one region of an outer surface of the rope. The image acquisition devices are fixed to the frame and arranged around the rope when the calibrated three-dimensional optical measuring apparatus receives the rope in the rope receiving cavity. An attachment device is configured to constrain the calibrated three-dimensional optical measuring apparatus to the rope in a relatively translatable manner with respect to the rope. An electronic digital image processing device is configured to process a multiplicity of digital images and obtain a three-dimensional photogrammetric reconstruction of points of the digital images of the rope acquired by the image acquisition devices.

Abstract: Certain aspects of the present disclosure provide techniques for method of wireless communication by a target user equipment (UE), comprising receiving, from a network entity, signaling configuring the target UE with at least one set of parameters for a network coding scheme, receiving, while connected to a cooperative UE via a sidelink, network coded sub-packets from the network entity, receiving, from the cooperative UE via the sidelink, at least one of network coded sub-packets or original sub-packets, decoding the network coded sub-packets received from at least one of the network entity or the cooperative UE, based on the network coding scheme, to recover one or more original packets.

Abstract: An optical device includes a liquid crystal layer having a first plurality of liquid crystal molecules arranged in a first pattern and a second plurality of liquid crystal molecules arranged in a second pattern. The first and the second pattern are separated from each other by a distance of about 20 nm to about 100 nm along a longitudinal or a transverse axis of the liquid crystal layer. The first and the second plurality of liquid crystal molecules are configured as first and second grating structures that can redirect light of visible or infrared wavelengths.

Abstract: An exemplary display device includes: a display panel; a color conversion panel overlapping the display panel; and an optical bonding layer positioned between the display panel and the color conversion panel. The color conversion panel includes: a substrate; a color conversion layer and a transmission layer positioned between the substrate and the display panel; a first capping layer having one side facing the color conversion layer and the transmission layer, and another side facing the display panel; a second capping layer positioned between the first capping layer and the display panel; and an optical layer positioned between the first capping layer and the second capping layer and/or between the second capping layer and the optical bonding layer. A refractive index of the optical layer is lower than at least one of a refractive index of the first capping layer and a refractive index of the second capping layer.

Abstract: A surface cleaning apparatus having an upright section moveable relative to a surface cleaning head between a storage position and a rearwardly reclined floor cleaning position. The upright section comprising a removable hand vacuum cleaner. The hand vacuum cleaner is operable in a first mode of operation in which the surface cleaning apparatus is operated to clean a floor, the inlet of the hand vacuum cleaner is in flow communication with the surface cleaning head air outlet and the air treatment member of the hand vacuum cleaner is operable to treat air drawn in through the dirty air inlet of the surface cleaning head. The hand vacuum cleaner is also operable in a second mode of operation in which the hand vacuum cleaner is operable to directly clean a floor or the air inlet of the hand vacuum cleaner is directly connected to the downstream end of an accessory tool.

Abstract: A method for prioritizing among alternate network function (NF) instances includes registering a first NF profile of a first NF instance with a first NF repository function (NRF), and defining, as part of the first NF profile, alternate NF instance information identifying a plurality of individual alternate NF instances to function as backups in response to unavailability of the first NF instance and specifying, for each alternate NF instance, a priority attribute value indicating a relative priority of the alternate NF instance with respect to the other alternate NF instances. The method further includes, at a first consumer NF or SCP, discovering, from the first NRF, the first NF profile of the first NF instance, detecting unavailability of the first NF instance, and, using the alternate NF instance information in the first NF profile to select and contact one of the alternate NF instances identified by the alternate NF instance information.

Abstract: A display panel includes a first substrate and a second substrate disposed opposite to each other and spaced apart from each other, and a second semiconductor layer. The first substrate includes a first base substrate, a first metal layer, a first semiconductor layer, and a second metal layer. The first metal layer is disposed on the first base substrate. The first semiconductor layer is disposed on the first metal layer. The second metal layer is disposed on the first semiconductor layer. The second substrate includes a second base substrate and a third metal layer. The third metal layer is disposed on the second base substrate. The second semiconductor layer is disposed between the first metal layer and the third metal layer. The first semiconductor layer is insulated from the second semiconductor layer.

Abstract: A stopper for use in a cartridge or syringe of a medical device [SL6]is configured to be disposed within a container closure system. The stopper comprises a shell comprising a closed end and an open end with sidewalls extending between the closed end and the open end along a longitudinal axis of the shell. The open end defines a cavity and the sidewalls define an exterior surface sized and shaped to fit inside the container closure system. An insert is configured to be inserted into the cavity, receive a force from a plunger rod, and distribute the force to the shell in order to advance the shell into the container closure system. The closed end of the shell in the cavity defining a convex surface configured to be contacted and deflected by the insert upon insertion into the cavity includes an elastic and/or plastic deformable material.

Abstract: The invention relates to a pre-filled injection device with a non-removable cartridge wherein the drive mechanics comprises a threaded piston rod which is moved helically in a nut secured to a housing structure. During assembly of the injection device it is possible to rotate the nut member to thereby advance the piston rod into a position eliminating any air-gap otherwise occurring between the piston rod and the plunger inside the cartridge.

Abstract: An apparatus, for example a target UE, may be configured to: request at least one single difference carrier phase measurement of at least one positioning reference signal, wherein the at least one single difference carrier phase measurement is performed with at least one positioning reference unit; transmit an indication of a set of time-stamps for measurement of the at least one positioning reference signal; receive first measurement data for the at least one positioning reference signal, wherein the first measurement data comprises, at least, the at least one single difference carrier phase measurement measured with reference to the set of time-stamps; and determine a location estimation of the apparatus, comprising performing a double differential operation based, at least partially, on the first measurement data and second measurement data.

Abstract: A display panel, comprising open areas; a non-open area; an array substrate comprising a first substrate and gate lines, data lines, thin film transistors and raised portions located in the non-open area, wherein orthographic projections of the data lines on the first substrate have overlaps with orthographic projections of the gate lines on the first substrate, orthographic projections of the raised portions on the first substrate are located within the orthographic projections of the gate lines on the first substrate; and a color filter substrate comprising a second substrate and spacers located on a side of the second substrate; wherein orthographic projections of the spacers on the first substrate have overlaps with the orthographic projections of the raised portions and overlapping parts of the data lines and the gate lines on the first substrate.

Abstract: The present invention provides a piston rod displacement mechanism for a pen injection device, comprising: a tubular housing (2) extending along a reference axis and comprising an interior housing surface (3) with a first engagement structure (4), a nut member (5) fixed within the tubular housing (2), a piston rod (15) comprising a first non-self-locking thread (18) having a first thread direction and a first thread pitch and being engaged with the nut member (5), and a second non-self-locking thread (17) superposed on the first non-self-locking thread (18), the second non-self-locking thread (17) having a second thread direction and a second thread pitch, and a dose dial sleeve (20) operable to advance the piston rod (15) in the nut member (5), the dose dial sleeve (20) comprising an exterior sleeve surface (21) with a second engagement structure (24) being in sliding engagement with the first engagement structure (4), and an interior sleeve surface (23) with a third engagement structure (29) being engaged w

Abstract: A light adjustment device includes a panel unit in which a plurality of light adjustment panels are stacked in a first direction, each light adjustment panel including a first substrate and a second substrate, the first substrate including two or more terminal groups; and flexible printed circuits each coupled to one of the terminal groups of one of the light adjustment panels. When the panel unit is viewed in the first direction, a plurality of the terminal groups coupled to the flexible printed circuits are provided at each of an end part of the light adjustment panel in a second direction intersecting the first direction and an end part of the light adjustment panel in a third direction opposite the second direction, and the plurality of flexible printed circuits are not superimposed on each other.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method for assembling a bipolar membrane, and bipolar membrane thereof. The method comprises the steps of electrospinning and centrifugal spinning and electrocentrifugal spinning a first cation exchange layer comprising a first water splitting catalyst and a first cation exchange polymer, electrospinning and centrifugal spinning and electrocentrifugal spinning a junction layer. Further, the method comprises electrospinning and centrifugal spinning and electrocentrifugal spinning a first anion exchange layer comprising a second water splitting catalyst and a first anion exchange polymer. A system comprising a bipolar membrane according to the invention is also disclosed.

Abstract: A handheld assembly for dispensing a medicament to a subject is provided. The assembly includes a unit dose cartridge device, a shell, a plunger, a dispense button, a drive member and an escapement that is movable and capable of cycling the dispense assembly thru multiple states of a dispense cycle.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. The methods, systems, and devices may enable a user equipment (UE) to receive a sounding reference signal (SRS) configuration message that indicates one or more first reference signals from a first node or one or more SRS transmission beams associated with the first node and one or more second reference signals from a second node. The UE may determine an SRS transmission beam for transmitting an SRS signal based on a procedure for determining SRS transmission beams and the one or more reference signals from the first and second nodes. The UE may transmit the SRS signal using the SRS transmission beam.