Abstract: Method for assembling a rack portion (1) of a self-raising oil rig, which rack portion (1) is constituted by at least one rectangular plate (3) which comprises teeth (51) at the longitudinal lateral faces (5) thereof, and at least one reinforcement (8) which is in the form of a half-shell and which is welded to a main face (6) of the at least one rectangular plate, along the longitudinal edges (11) of the at least one reinforcement, according to which an internal chamfer and an external chamfer which are separated by a projection of thickness T are produced at each of the longitudinal edges (11) of the at least one reinforcement (8), the at least one reinforcement (8) is provided at a main face (6) of the rectangular plate (3), at least one welding pass is carried out at the internal portion of each of the longitudinal edges (11) of the at least one reinforcement in order to produce an internal weld bead having a connection radius R greater than or equal to 4 mm, and the chamfers are filled at the external po

Abstract: A molecular-based switching device and method for controlling charge transport across a molecule. The molecular-based switching device includes a molecule having first and second nodes in between which destructive quantum interference restricts electrical conduction from the first node to the second node in an off-state, a first electrode connected to the first node and configured to supply charge carriers to the first node, a second electrode connected to the second node and configured to remove the charge carriers from the second node, and a control element configured to reduce coherence in or alter charge transport paths between the first and second nodes so as to reduce existing destructive quantum interference and permit flow of the charge carriers from the first node to the second node.

Abstract: Method for assembling a rack portion (1) of a self-raising oil rig, which rack portion (1) is constituted by at least one rectangular plate (3) which comprises teeth (51) at the longitudinal lateral faces (5) thereof, and at least one reinforcement (8) which is in the form of a half-shell and which is welded to a main face (6) of the at least one rectangular plate, along the longitudinal edges (11) of the at least one reinforcement, according to which an internal chamfer and an external chamfer which are separated by a projection of thickness T are produced at each of the longitudinal edges (11) of the at least one reinforcement (8), the at least one reinforcement (8) is provided at a main face (6) of the rectangular plate (3), at least one welding pass is carried out at the internal portion of each of the longitudinal edges (11) of the at least one reinforcement in order to produce an internal weld bead having a connection radius R greater than or equal to 4 mm, and the chamfers are filled at the external po