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ORGANIC LIGHT-EMITTING DIODE (OLED) DISPLAY PANEL AND DISPLAY APPARATUS

An organic light-emitting diode (OLED) display panel and an OLED display apparatus are provided. The OLED display panel comprises: a first electrode and a second electrode disposed in a stacked configuration, wherein at least one of the first electrode and the second electrode is a light-output-side electrode; an organic luminescent layer disposed between the first electrode and the second electrode; an electron transport layer disposed between the organic luminescent layer and the second electrode; and an optical coupling layer disposed on a surface of the light-output-side electrode far away from the organic luminescent layer. The electron transport layer contains element ytterbium (Yb) with a volume percentage equal to or less than approximately 3%.




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OLED DISPLAY PANEL AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME

An OLED display panel with a method manufacturing the same includes: a substrate; an OLED display device, formed on the substrate; a cover plate, disposed on the substrate to seal the OLED display device; and a first resonant cavity layer, formed on the OLED display device and below the cover plate, configured to absorb blue light with wavelengths between 400 and 440 nm. By adjusting a resonant cavity length of the resonant cavity, the present disclosure changes a proportion of energy of blue light to a preset wavelength band in emitting light, significantly reduces a proportion of a spectrum below 435 nm to the preset wavelength band, and reduces material use of the resonant cavity layer, being conducive to improving device efficiency and reducing production cost, and being able to obtain eye-protecting effect at the same time.




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STAGED FUEL AND AIR INJECTION IN COMBUSTION SYSTEMS OF GAS TURBINES

A gas turbine that includes: a combustor coupled to a turbine that define a working fluid flowpath; a compressor discharge cavity; a staged injection system that includes the forward injector and a staged injector; a stator blade positioned extending across the working fluid flowpath between an inboard sidewall and an outboard sidewall. A one-way continuous coolant flowpath that includes: an intake section that comprises an upstream port connected to the compressor discharge cavity and a downstream port formed through one of the inboard and outboard sidewalls; an outtake section that comprises a downstream port connected to the staged injector and an upstream port formed through the same one of the inboard and outboard sidewalls; and a cooling circuit extending through an interior of the airfoil of the stator blade and connecting to the downstream port of the intake section and the upstream port of the outtake section.




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SLOTTED INJECTOR FOR AXIAL FUEL STAGING

An axial fuel staging injector for a gas turbine includes a body. The body includes an upstream end and a downstream end. The body defines a primary compressed air flow path through which compressed air flows from a compressed air source to a transition duct of a gas turbine combustor. The body includes a plurality of outlets disposed on an interior surface thereof. Each outlet of the plurality of outlets includes a secondary fuel conduit in fluid communication with a secondary fuel source, and includes a first wall that defines a secondary fuel path. The secondary compressed air conduit is in fluid communication with a compressed air source, and includes a second wall disposed about the first wall in a substantially coannular arrangement, wherein the first wall and the second wall define a secondary compressed air flow path. Each outlet is configured to inject a secondary fuel and compressed air into the primary compressed air flow path in a direction transverse to the primary compressed air flow path forming a fuel-air mixture.




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Improved Accumulator Circuit for Towed Implements

An apparatus and a system directed to an improved hydraulic circuit for use on implements powered by separate motorized vehicle such as a tractor. The apparatus and system include an implement, such as a bale processing or stacking device, configured with wheels to be a towed vehicle, with the towed vehicle configured to be conveyed by a tow vehicle. Additionally, a hydraulic pump on the tow vehicle is coupled to one or more accumulators on the towed device to provide hydraulic power at varying rates as needed by one or more mechanical operations of the implement vehicle. A hydraulic circuit including check and block valves in concert with a pressure switch on the implement device obtains hydraulic power from the tow vehicle from a hydraulic pump located on the tow vehicle via one or more hydraulic transfer lines from the tow vehicle to the implement.




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GASIFICATION UNIT, INTEGRATED GASIFICATION COMBINED CYCLE FACILITY, AND METHOD FOR STARTING GASIFICATION UNIT

There is provided coal gasification unit including: a coal gasifier; a char recovery unit; flare equipment; an air flow rate adjustment valve and an oxygen supply flow passage that supply oxygen-containing gas to the coal gasifier; an inert gas supply flow passage that supplies nitrogen gas to an upstream side of the char recovery unit; and a control unit that controls a supply amount of the oxygen-containing gas and a supply amount of the nitrogen gas, in which the coal gasifier has a starting burner, and in which the control unit controls the supply amount of the nitrogen gas prior to starting combustion of starting fuel by the starting burner so that an oxygen concentration of mixed gas in which combustion gas generated by combustion of the oxygen-containing gas and the starting fuel has been mixed with the nitrogen gas becomes not more than an ignition concentration.




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SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PURIFICATION OF AN EXHAUST STREAM BY USE OF TWO REDUCTION CATALYSTS

An exhaust treatment system comprising a first oxidation catalyst to oxidise nitrogen and/or carbon compounds in an exhaust stream and a first dosage device downstream of said first oxidation catalyst to supply a first additive. A first reduction catalyst device is arranged downstream of said first dosage device for reduction of nitrogen oxides using said first additive, and for the generation of heat, through at least one exothermal reaction with said exhaust stream. A particulate filter arranged downstream of said first reduction catalyst device to catch soot particles and a second dosage device, arranged downstream of said particulate filter to supply a second additive. A second reduction catalyst device is arranged downstream of said second dosage device for reduction of nitrogen oxides in said exhaust stream, through the use of at least one of said first and said second additive.




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METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR IN-LINE DISTRIBUTED PROPULSION

A gas turbine engine system and method of operating gas turbine engines are provided. The gas turbine engine assembly includes a gas turbine engine includes a power shaft configured to rotate about an axis of rotation. The gas turbine engine assembly also includes a first fan and a second fan coupled to the power shaft coaxially with the gas turbine engine. The gas turbine engine assembly also includes a first fan duct configured to direct a first stream of air to the first fan. The gas turbine engine assembly also includes a second fan duct configured to direct a second stream of air to the second fan. The gas turbine engine assembly also includes an exhaust duct configured to direct a stream of exhaust gases of the gas turbine engine in a direction of the axis of rotation.




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Mobile Multi-Mode Power Generation System with Mode Based Adjustable Drag Configuration

Various embodiments of the invention can include a portable power system with multiple power generation modes and mode based adjustable drag configuration. Embodiments of the invention include a system with an adjustable inlet ram air inlet, a ram air powered section (e.g. a ram air powered turbine with an adjustable ram air inlet), a fuel powered section, e.g., jet fuel powered auxiliary power unit, which is used when insufficient ram air is present or a power surge requires augmented power generation, and a generator section selectively coupled with the ram air powered section and the fuel powered section.




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METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR A COMBINED AIR-OIL COOLER AND FUEL-OIL COOLER HEAT EXCHANGER

The heat exchanger assembly includes a first internal flow path configured to channel a flow of fluid to be cooled from a first inlet to a first outlet. The heat exchanger assembly also includes a second internal flow path configured to channel a flow of a first coolant from a first inlet to a first outlet. The heat exchanger assembly further includes an external flow path configured to receive a flow of a second coolant proximate a surface of the external flow path.




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MODULAR PLATFORM FOR OFFSHORE CONSTRUCTIONS WITH A STABILIZED STRUCTURE AND THE RECOVERY OF WATER WAVE ENERGY

The modular platform for offshore constructions, composed of more than two separate buoyancy elements partially immersed in water, which move along with the water wave movement and which, in the part above the water level, are connected to the structural elements forming a rigid horizontal spatial structure, characterized in that the buoyancy element (1) is given the shape of a cuboid or cylinder having at least one vertical hollow (2) to accommodate the structural element, i.e. piston (3), which forms the axis along which the buoyancy element (1) moves, and which is connected to the horizontal structural element (4) fitted to take external loads.




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AIRFOIL HAVING INTERNAL ELONGATED RIB

An airfoil includes an airfoil body including a first side wall and a second side wall that is spaced apart from the first side wall. A longitudinally elongated rib connects the first side wall and the second side wall and divides a cavity into a forward section and an aft section. The longitudinally elongated rib includes at least one opening fluidly connecting the forward section and the aft section of the cavity. The opening is located in a lateral central portion of the longitudinally elongated rib with regard to the longitudinal axis such that first and second sections of the longitudinally elongated rib bound respective lateral sides of the at least one opening. The opening defines a maximum dimension along a direction perpendicular to the longitudinal axis. The maximum dimension is greater than a minimum dimension of each of the first and second sections in the same direction.




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COMBUSTOR PANELS HAVING ANGLED RAIL

A combustor of a gas turbine engine including a combustor shell having an interior surface defining a combustion chamber, a first panel mounted to the interior surface at a first position, the first panel having a first surface and a first rail extending from the first surface toward the combustor shell, the first rail configured at a first angle relative to the first surface, and a second panel mounted to the interior surface at a second position axially adjacent to the first panel, the second panel having a second surface and a second rail extending from the second surface toward the combustor shell, the second rail configured at a second angle relative to the second surface. The first and second rails are proximal to each other and define a circumferential gap there between and at least one of the first or second angles is an acute angle.




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Acrylate-Terminated Urethane Polybutadienes From Low-Monomer 1:1 Monoadducts From Reactive Olefinic Compounds and Diisocyanates and Hydroxy-Terminated Polybutadienes for Liquid Optically Clear Adhesives (LOCAs)

The present invention relates to an optical clear resin and a method for producing a liquid optical clear photo-curable adhesive.




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METHOD OF PRODUCING SCENTED TISSUE PAPER PRODUCT

To provide a method of producing scented tissue paper. The problem is solved by performing shrink wrapping in which a tissue paper housing obtained by carrying fragrance-containing microcapsules on an inner surface of a housing box using a binder is covered with a shrink film and the shrink film is exposed to hot air W so as to be attached to the tissue paper housing, causing the fragrance-containing microcapsules to be detached from the binder by heating the tissue paper housing at the time of the shrink wrapping, and providing the scent for plural sheets of tissue papers.




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METHOD OF VERIFYING REMOVAL OF A PEEL PLY MATERIAL FROM A COMPOSITE STRUCTURE AND DOPED PEEL PLY ASSEMBLY

A method of verifying removal of peel ply material from a composite structure is provided. The method includes doping a layer of peel ply fabric with an identifier. The method also includes curing the composite structure with the layer of peel ply fabric disposed on a surface of the composite structure. The method further includes removing the layer of peel ply fabric from the surface. The method yet further includes scanning the surface of the composite structure for the identifier.




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ARTICULATING VACUUM PLATE SYSTEM AND RELATED METHOD

An apparatus and related method of utilizing articulating vacuum plates to manipulate a film or polymeric sheet and form a three dimensional article is provided. The apparatus can be in the form of an articulating vacuum plate system which includes one or more plates or mold parts that are configured to support a sheet, constructed for example, from a polymeric film, in a two dimensional configuration or a three dimensional configuration in a first mode. The apparatus is constructed so that the plates and/or mold parts can articulate or move so as to reconfigure the sheet from a generally planar configuration into a second three dimensional configuration in a second mode for further forming, optionally while the plates and/or mold parts apply vacuum to the sheet while the plates and/or mold parts articulate, so that the plates and/or mold parts bend or otherwise manipulate the configuration and shape of the sheet.




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METHOD AND MACHINE FOR BONDING A FLEXIBLE COATING TO A SUPPORT USING ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES AND LINING PRODUCED IN THIS WAY

A machine (1) and a method for thermobonding using an emission of electromagnetic waves (13), for example microwaves, to activate one or a plurality of adhesive layers located between a support and one or a plurality of layers of flexible covering, through a bed of particles (4) fluidized by a humidified gas. A multi-layer upholstery item including at least one non-permeable layer and produced in a single operation is also described.




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Coordinated Composite Tape Laying

A method and apparatus for laying composite tape. The method may comprise driving a plurality of robots, each having a respective movement system across a movement surface, in which the movement surface faces a workpiece, and laying composite tape from the plurality of robots in a coordinated manner on the workpiece.




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Process and Apparatus for Detaching a Display Module Bonded by a Liquid Optically Clear Adhesive

The present invention relates to a process for detaching a component from an electronic assembly. In particular, the present invention relates to a process for detaching a component bonded with a liquid optically clear adhesive (LOCA) in a display module by using electromagnetic radiation (EMR).




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MULTI-LAYER GAS BARRIER MATERIALS FOR VACUUM INSULATED STRUCTURE

A method of forming a vacuum insulated refrigerator cabinet structure includes providing a multi-layer sheet of material comprising at least one layer of barrier material that is disposed between first and second outer structural layers. The barrier material and the first and second outer layers comprise thermoplastic polymers. The multi-layer sheet of material is thermoformed to form a non-planar first component having a central portion and four sidewalls extending transversely from the central portion. The method further includes securing a second component having a central portion and four sidewalls extending transversely from the central portion to the first component to form an interior space therebetween. Porous filler material is positioned in the interior space, and a vacuum is formed in the interior space. The first and second components are sealed together to form a vacuum insulated refrigerator cabinet structure.




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Cooled storage system

A cooled storage system comprises a grid structure (20) of storage cells, where each cell is arranged to accommodate a vertical stack of storage bins and having a top level, at least one remotely operated vehicle (27) arranged to move at the top level of the grid structure (20) and receive a bin from a storage cell at the top level of the grid structure (20), where there is provided thermal insulation between at least a section of the grid structure (20) and the remotely operated vehicle (27), and said section of the grid structure (20) has a temperature that is lower than the temperature of the remotely operated vehicle (27).




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Systems and Methods for Recovering Desired Light Hydrocarbons from Refinery Waste Gas Using a Back-End Turboexpander

Systems and methods for recovering light hydrocarbons from refinery waste gas using a back-end turboexpander to generate a higher recovery of the light hydrocarbons for use as petrochemical feedstock and to remove the liquid light hydrocarbons before entering the turboexpander.




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IMPROVED INTERFACE FOR A VALVE FOR A CRYOGENIC FLUID DUCT

An assembly comprising a duct (1) for passing a flow of cryogenic fluid, and a valve (2); the assembly being characterized in that the duct (1) includes an interface for inserting the valve, the interface forming an internal abutment (51) and an external abutment (52);the valve (2) being configured in such a manner as to be inserted into said insertion interface by sliding, the valve (2) comprising a valve body (3) presenting a first end (31) and a second end (32), the valve body (3) being adapted to be bolted in said insertion interface in such a manner that the first end (31) and the second end (32) come into abutment respectively against the internal abutment (51) and against the external abutment (52), the assembly including an internal sealing element (61) arranged between the internal abutment (51) and the first end (31), and an external sealing element (62) arranged between the external abutment (52) and the second end (32).




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METHOD OF DECIDING WHEN TO TERMINATE A DEFROSTING CYCLE WITHIN A REFRIGERATED CONTAINER

The present invention relates to a method, device and computer program for terminating a defrosting cycle within a refrigerated transport container. The container may include: a transport volume, a cooling unit comprising an evaporator arranged in a cooling space, a return air grid arranged to separate said cooling space from said transport volume, means for sensing temperature indicative of the return air temperature of air returning to said cooling space from said transport volume or the temperature of the return air grid, means for actively heating said evaporator during defrosting cycles, and a processor configured for controlling the duration of said defrosting cycles. The method includes: establishing an indicator(s) indicative of frost and/or ice build-up on said return air grid, and terminating a defrosting cycle when an indicator(s) of frost and/or ice build-up on said return air grid indicates that said return air grid is free of frost and/or ice.




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FLEXIBLE MODULAR HIERARCHICAL ADAPTIVELY CONTROLLED ELECTRONIC-SYSTEM COOLING AND ENERGY HARVESTING FOR IC CHIP PACKAGING, PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARDS, SUBSYSTEMS, CAGES, RACKS, IT ROOMS, AND DATA CENTERS USING QUANTUM AND CLASSICAL THERMOELECTRIC MATERIALS

A system for adaptive cooling and energy harvesting comprising at least one thermoelectric device capable of acting as a thermoelectric cooler and as a thermoelectric generator, a hierarchical multiple-level control system, and electronics controlled by the control system and connected to the thermoelectric device. The electronics selectively configure the thermoelectric device in at least in a thermoelectric cooler operating mode and in a thermoelectric generation operating mode. The thermoelectric device can incorporate quantum-process and quantum-well materials for higher heat transfer and thermoelectric generation efficiencies. The invention provides for thermoelectric devices to additionally operate in temperature sensing mode. The hierarchical control system can comprise a plurality of control system, each of which can operate in isolation and can be interconnected with additional subsystems associated with other hierarchical levels. The hierarchical control system can comprise linear (additive) control, bilinear (additive and multiplicative) control, nonlinear control, and hysteresis.




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Comedy & Commentary- political cartoons at Mottisfont

The ability of political cartoonists to point out the absurdity of the news with a beautiful line and a pithy comment never ceases to amaze and they’ve been doing it for over 200 years as Comedy & Commentary at Mottisfont Abbey shows.




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Barney Norris adapts Blood Wedding for Salisbury Playhouse

Wiltshire becomes a metaphor for today's Britain in Barney Norris' retelling of Lorca's Blood Wedding at Salisbury Playhouse. The blood feud of the original is replaced by laddish drunkenness and Mediterranean passion by English reticence in which ‘Sorry’ is the most used word.




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Freedom is worth the fight

IS war ever justified?




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Family tragedy shouldn’t have been used in debate

THERE’S no doubt that the Prime Minister spoke from the heart when he addressed the Tory conference in Birmingham this week, speaking of the NHS.




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Anti-fluoride campaign now needs to focus on stopping child tooth decay

The end to the fluoride saga in the Southampton city region will put a big hole in the correspondence bag for this paper’s daily letters page.




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Pure magic at Stansted Park

Moving to the east of the county, Stansted Park is an authentic Edwardian ‘upstairs-downstairs’ house overlooking the coast from the South Downs, on the Hampshire/Sussex border.













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Wednesday's Briefing: Alameda County to allow some outdoor activities to resume; Layoffs hit Bay Area tech companies



News you don't want to miss for April 29:

1. Alameda County and five other Bay Area counties issued a revised shelter in place order on Wednesday that will allow for some outdoor activities to resume, such as, construction work, landscaping, gardening, golf and tennis, SFGate reports.…




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Thursday's Briefing: Fired Oakland officers reinstated after Police Commission violated Brown Act; Covid-19 ICU cases down in the Bay Area



News you don't want to miss for April 30:

1. The five fired Oakland police officers involved in the shooting of Joshua Pawlik in 2018 were reinstated after it was found the Oakland Police Commission violated the Brown Act, the state law for transparency in public meetings, KPIX reports.…





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Ike's Love & Sandwiches Feeds Entire Hospital, Nursing Home Staffs for Free


To celebrate National Nurses' Week, Ike's Love & Sandwiches is offering all healthcare workers with ID 50 percent off the price of their in-store takeout orders tomorrow, May 6.

Boasting over seventy locations in five states — including locations in Berkeley and Oakland — the cult-favorite San Francisco-based sandwich outfit is also donating hundreds of sandwiches throughout the next seven days to healthcare facilities throughout California and Arizona.…



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Don't Impede the Future of Care

There is no good reason to create unnecessary barriers for dental telehealth services As many Californians know from getting braces or filling cavities, dental care can be a huge investment. Cost concerns are at top of mind when considering visiting the dentist; one study found that it was the main barrier to dental care even for adults with private insurance.…



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Wednesday's Briefing: Fired Oakland police chief files whistleblower lawsuit; Alameda's Fourth of July parade is canceled



News you don't want to miss for May 6:

1. Former Oakland Chief of Police Anne Kirkpatrick filed a lawsuit alleging the Oakland Police Commission, which fired her earlier this year, did so as retaliation for Kirkpatrick blowing the whistle on their own wrongdoing, including seeking personal favors, the San Francisco Chronicle reports.…