Abstract: A microwave oven includes a housing defining a cooking cavity and a component cavity external to the cooking cavity and a heating plate fixedly supported within the cooking cavity on a lower surface thereof and including an electric heating element disposed on at least a portion of the heating plate and defining first and second electric contact elements on an underside thereof. A pair of conductive connection elements are mounted within the component cavity and extend through the lower surface of the cooking cavity to define respective ends of the conductive connection elements that are moveable with respect to the lower surface of the cooking cavity and are in contact with the first and second electric contact elements of the heating plate.

Abstract: The present invention provides a testing device and method for determining interface mechanical parameters of natural gas hydrated soil. The testing device includes a reaction kettle, a rotating power mechanism, a sample loading mechanism, a pressure mechanism, an atmosphere regulating mechanism, and a temperature regulating mechanism. The testing method is implemented based on this device. The device and method can improve accuracy and reliability of determining mechanical parameters at an interface of hydrated soil containing natural gas.

Abstract: A device and method for collecting heat bags and solidifying and filling calcareous sand foundation, belonging to the field of civil engineering geological treatment technology. The solar heat collection bag comprises a transparent and permeable part and an insulation material, wherein the insulation material comprises a heat absorbing layer, an insulation layer, and a fabric layer. The heat absorbing layer, insulation layer, and fabric layer are fixedly combined from top to bottom to form an integrated transparent and permeable part. The edge of the transparent and permeable part is the first edge, and the edge of the insulation material is the second edge; The transparent heat permeable part and insulation material are combined into one through the first and second edges, forming a containment space between the transparent heat permeable part and the insulation material, so that the medium contained in the containment space can be heated by solar energy.

Abstract: The invention provides sustained delivery of nucleic acids from hydrophobic/organic media, formulations and biomaterial depots.

Abstract: Described are systems, devices and methods for regulating speculative reading in a hard disk drive that has a read reliability budget. Regulating speculative reading under a read reliability budget involves selecting an amount of read look ahead (RLA) in response to determining whether or not a read rate exceeds the read reliability budget. When the read rate is lower than the read reliability budget, a full RLA amount can be used, thus ensuring high performance. When the read rate exceeds the read reliability budget, the RLA amount can be adjusted down while maintaining performance at acceptable levels. Adjustments to RLA may be made at periodic intervals, and in response to whether the workload is more sequential or more random.

Abstract: The present invention discloses a device and method for collecting heat bags and solidifying and filling calcareous sand foundation, belonging to the field of civil engineering geological treatment technology. The solar heat collection bag comprises a transparent and permeable part and an insulation material, wherein the insulation material comprises a heat absorbing layer, an insulation layer, and a fabric layer. The heat absorbing layer, insulation layer, and fabric layer are fixedly combined from top to bottom to form an integrated transparent and permeable part. The edge of the transparent and permeable part is the first edge, and the edge of the insulation material is the second edge; The transparent heat permeable part and insulation material are combined into one through the first and second edges, forming a containment space between the transparent heat permeable part and the insulation material, so that the medium contained in the containment space can be heated by solar energy.

Abstract: The present invention provides a testing device and method for interface mechanical parameters of natural gas hydrated soil. The interface mechanical parameter testing device for natural gas hydrated soil includes a reaction kettle, a rotating power mechanism, a sample loading mechanism, a pressure mechanism, an atmosphere regulating mechanism, and a temperature regulating mechanism. The testing method for interface mechanical parameters of hydrated soil containing natural gas is implemented based on this device. It can improve the accuracy and reliability of mechanical parameters at the interface of hydrated soil containing natural gas.

Abstract: It relates to Bacillus velezensis, a culture method and use thereof; Bacillus velezensis TA-3-BV serving as an endogenous antagonistic strain of sweet cherry for the first time, and a nucleotide sequence of 16S rDNA of the Bacillus velezensis TA-3-BV is shown as SEQ ID NO. 1. The Bacillus velezensis TA-3-BV has board-spectrum antibacterial activity for sweet cherry, has an inhibitory effect on a variety of pathogenic fungi, and especially has an excellent inhibitory effect on Rhizopus stolonifer serving as a soft rot pathogen of sweet cherry, with an inhibition rate of 69.82±1.43%; in addition, the Bacillus velezensis TA-3-BV has a good inhibitory effect on the postharvest rot of sweet cherry fruits, can slow down the rot process of fruits, can delay the rot of fruits by 2-3 d, thereby providing a novel method for postharvest preservation of sweet cherry.

Abstract: It relates to Bacillus velezensis, a culture method and use thereof; Bacillus velezensis TA-3-BV serving as an endogenous antagonistic strain of sweet cherry for the first time, and a nucleotide sequence of 16S rDNA of the Bacillus velezensis TA-3-BV is shown as SEQ ID NO. 1. The Bacillus velezensis TA-3-BV has board-spectrum antibacterial activity for sweet cherry, has an inhibitory effect on a variety of pathogenic fungi, and especially has an excellent inhibitory effect on Rhizopus stolonifer serving as a soft rot pathogen of sweet cherry, with an inhibition rate of 69.82±1.43%; in addition, the Bacillus velezensis TA-3-BV has a good inhibitory effect on the postharvest rot of sweet cherry fruits, can slow down the rot process of fruits, can delay the rot of fruits by 2-3 d, thereby providing a novel method for postharvest preservation of sweet cherry.

Abstract: A method of operating a system to reduce peak power consumption of a plurality of users. The method may comprise forming at least one cluster of the plurality of users based on connections within a social network system between the plurality of users, and energy usage patterns of the plurality of users; and scheduling jobs for at least one user within the at least one cluster to reduce peak power used within the at least one cluster. A method of scheduling jobs that consume power for a cluster of users. The cluster may be formed in part based on connections within a social network system. Membership in a cluster may be further based on energy usage patterns. At least one computer-readable storage medium encoded with executable instructions that cause at least one processor to perform a method for forming a cluster and/or scheduling jobs for users within the cluster.

Abstract: The switch is comprised of a case, a first fixing terminal formed with a contact section exposed at the bottom surface of the case at one end with the other end being outside of the case, a second fixing terminal formed with a contact section exposed at a side surface of a case at one end and with the remaining end being provided outside of the case, a contact piece provided within the case, formed with a fixed contact section always in contact with the first fixing terminal at one end and a moveable contact section capable of contact with the other second fixing terminal at the other end, and with a coil spring section having resilience in a coil winding direction and compression direction at a central section, and an operation body with one end positioned within the case so as to form a pressing section capable of pressing the contact piece in a direction of compression and another end being positioned outside of the case so as to form an operation section pressed from outside.

Abstract: The switch of this invention is comprised of a case, a first fixing terminal formed with a contact section exposed at the bottom surface of the case at one end with the other end being outside of the case, a second fixing terminal formed with a contact section exposed at a side surface of a case at one end and with the remaining end being provided outside of the case, a contact piece provided within the case, formed with a fixed contact section always in contact with the first fixing terminal at one end and a moveable contact section capable of contact with the other second fixing terminal at the other end, and with a coil spring section having resilience in a coil winding direction and compression direction at a central section, and an operation body with one end positioned within the case so as to form a pressing section capable of pressing the contact piece in a direction of compression and another end being positioned outside of the case so as to form an operation section pressed from outside.

Abstract: This invention relates generally to the field of growth factor. In particular, the invention provides an isolated nucleic acid fragment, comprising a sequence of nucleotides encoding a Kringle domain 1 of human hepatocyte growth factor (HGFK1). Proteins or peptides encoded by the HGFK1 nucleic acids are also provided. Compositions comprising HGFK1 nucleic acids, proteins, or functional derivatives or fragments are also provided. Methods for producing and/or using HGFK1 nucleic acids, proteins, or functional derivatives or fragments are further provided.