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New research in Ireland has evaluated two policies designed to reduce phosphorus runoff from agricultural land into water. Data indicate that policies need to be better tailored to specific times and locations, in order to deal with, for example, the impact of seasonal changes and different soil types on phosphorus runoff.

Neptune Energy announced Tuesday that its drilling campaign on the Fenja field offshore Norway is now underway.

The survey was the first ever OBN seismic survey to be conducted in Egypt and the most detailed survey of the block since 1988.

Prepare to be blown away by these pint-sized pop stars singing hit tunes by Adele and Beyonce. Their voices are bigger than they are!

A speedy NASA probe has crossed the orbit of Neptune, notching one more spaceflight milestone on its way toward a historic flyby of Pluto.

Watch Chuck perform at the Fortune Brainstorm: Green.

American employers may have paid a steep price for the eclipse, but it was just what the nation needed.

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Eat your way to prosperity and luck with these Chinese New Year or Lunar New Year recipes.

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Ditching clutter enables you to tune in your intuitive vision and connect with future success. In turn, your newly awakened senses arouse your passion. You not only see the future you want, you're ready to implement the goals and strategies to make it happen.

The Perfect Physique is a compelling docudrama receiving 5-star reviews and is being touted as "this generation's answer to Pumping Iron." The film stars the top fitness cover models including the late Greg Plitt and IFBB Men's Physique Pro Olympians

Jaemes Hunt of 1st Line Global recently returned from a business summit in Chicago, where he was given the opportunity to develop his knowledge on the ever-evolving sales and marketing industry.

Homeowners are at risk of fire related calamities caused by air conditioners that lack maintenance. Experts recommend regular checks by certified HVAC techs.

To celebrate Christmas and New Year arrives, TuneFab opens its annual promotion the Christmas Sales on December 13, 2019.

Overtone Labs has entrusted the e-commerce experts at Quantum Networks to relaunch the Tune-Bot Gig, a simplified version of their original drum tuner.

Fine Tune added 12 new multi billion dollar clients while increasing customer satisfaction with existing clientele

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Ondesoft Software offers giveaway of Ondesoft Audio Recorder and a 50% discount on iTunes DRM Audio/Video Converter for both Mac and Windows during 2017 Halloween season.

TuneFab (https://www.tunefab.com/), the most professional multimedia software provider, has officially announced a new product WeTrans to help iOS users in transferring music, videos, photos, audiobooks, contacts and SMS between iOS devices and PC.

4 Eco Services, a local plumbing, heating and air conditioning service company, is reminding homeowners to schedule their annual furnace tune-up in preparation for winter.

Ambient Edge is proud to provide free HVAC tune-ups to first responders and medical staff workers

TuneFab Software Inc. a multimedia software development company has announced that it has achieved a breakthrough in converting Apple Music on the latest macOS system Catalina.

An old adage says the TRUTH will set you free. Listen to the song TRUTH and join forces to save the World.

In celebration of Halloween 2019, TunesKit launches the biggest promotion: both registered and new users can get free software and enjoy more discounts from Oct. 24 to Nov. 06.

Right after making a breakthrough on the compatibility issue of Apple Music Converter for Mac, TuneFab Software Inc., have improved the user experience on recording video and audio on macOS 10.15 by releasing TuneFab Screen Recorder for Mac v.2.0.8.

I realized that from a corporate perspective, “fortune teller” was not entirely off from the role of a “data scientist”.

Mike Dimoff, the new race caller at Ruidoso Downs in New Mexico, spent his first day in the track's announcer's booth on May 6 calling schooling works races as preparations are under way for the opening day of the 2020 meet on May 22. “It feels very comfortable,” Dimoff said, stepping away from the microphone […]

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Celebrities: They're just like us! Along with everyone else, famous people are self-isolating at home, and some of them have taken to social media to alleviate the stress of the outside world. We don't need to tell you that events everywhere are canceled, so a few big-time musicians are putting on personal concerts for their fans and followers, and a lot of them — save for that cringe-inducing, star-studded cover of "Imagine" that was going around yesterday — are actually pretty good.…

The present invention provides variable mass labeling reagents, a set of the variable mass labeling reagents, and a multiplexed set of variable mass labeling reagents.

A method to tune an emission wavelength of a laser diode (LD) finely is disclosed. The method first controls a temperature of the etalon filter in T1 or T2, where the transmittance of the etalon filter becomes 40 to 50%, assuming a height between the peak and the bottom of the periodic transmittance to be 100%, at the grid wavelength λ1 or λ2, respectively. Then, the temperature of the LD is adjusted such that the intensity of light emitted from the LD and transmitted through the etalon filter becomes 40 to 50%.

The invention provides a variable tuning circuit capable of extending a variable range in a high frequency band, ensuring the value of L of an inductor to increase the value of Q of a circuit in a low frequency band, and preventing a reduction in gain, an increase in noise, and unstable oscillation. A variable tuning circuit includes: a first parallel resonance circuit that includes a varactor diode, a capacitor connected in series to the varactor diode, and a first inductor connected in parallel to the varactor diode and the capacitor; and a second parallel resonance circuit that includes a second inductor connected in parallel to the varactor diode with a direct current cut-off capacitor interposed therebetween. When the varactor diode has a maximum capacitance, a resonant frequency of the second parallel resonance circuit is set about a lowest frequency in a variable frequency range.

A tuner device comprising: a tuner module, disposed on a surface of a substrate and comprising: a circuit component adapted to demodulate a signal received from an antenna device; a printed circuit board mounted with the circuit component and a plurality of connector pins extending perpendicular to the surface of the substrate; and a metallic case, housing the printed circuit board so as to shield the circuit component, and made of an unsolderable material; and a bracket made of a solderable material, and fixed to the metallic case while holding the tuner module so as to dispose the tuner module on the surface of the substrate.

An RF input portion is formed on a printed circuit board and is operable to input a high-frequency signal received by an antenna device. An electronic component is mounted on the printed circuit and is operable to process the input high-frequency signal. The RF input portion has a specific pattern adapted to be electrically interchangeably connectable with a plurality of types of connections.

A communication module is provided in which its characteristic of separation between its first and second tuner units is improved. The module is equipped with a circuit board having a first main surface, and a second main surface opposite to the first main surface; a first amplifier arranged on the first main surface, for amplifying a first signal; a first mixer arranged on the first main surface, for converting a signal supplied from the first amplifier to an intermediate-frequency signal; a second amplifier for amplifying a second signal; and a mixer for converting a signal supplied from the second amplifier to an intermediate-frequency signal, both arranged on the second main surface of the circuit board.

In a double-tuning circuit including a primary tuning circuit having a first inductor and a first variable capacitive element connected in parallel and a secondary tuning circuit having a second inductor and a second variable capacitive element connected in parallel, a fixed part of a copper-foil pattern is connected to a connection point at which the double-tuning circuit is connected to an input terminal of a frequency mixing circuit, and a tip part of the copper-foil pattern extends to near the first inductor, whereby a trap circuit for attenuating an image frequency component is formed. A pattern is formed between a ground-side terminal of the first inductor and the ground, and a capacitor is connected between a connection point at which the first inductor is connected to one terminal of the pattern and a ground-side terminal of the second variable capacitive element.

A band-pass filter device includes: a plurality of band-pass filter elements on a principal plane of a substrate; wherein the band-pass filter elements correspond to a plurality of respective channels divided by frequency regions, and each have a plurality of piezoelectric resonators. Each of the piezoelectric resonators includes a piezoelectric film whose periphery is supported by the substrate, a first electrode formed on a lower surface of the piezoelectric film, a second electrode formed on an upper surface of the piezoelectric film and formed in a state of overlapping at least a part of the first electrode with the piezoelectric film interposed between the second electrode and the first electrode, a lower space formed between the substrate and the piezoelectric film, and an upper space formed over the piezoelectric film.

A tuner and a transformer formed by printed circuit board thereof are provided. The transformer includes a first winding and a second winding. In which, the first winding forms a first inductor and the second winding forms a second inductor. The transformer is formed by the first and the second inductors, wherein the first winding and the second winding are formed by conducting wires of a printed circuit board.

The tuner circuit comprises a HF input and a HF output with a loop through function, wherein a variable capacitance diode is coupled with a first terminal to the HF input and with a second terminal to the HF output for providing a passive loop through function. The variable capacitance diode is in particular in a passing mode, when no DC reverse voltage is applied, for providing a passive loop through function. In a preferred embodiment, the tuner circuit is designed for reception of television channels, and for the variable capacitance diode one or two tuning variable capacitance diode is used being designed for satellite tuners with a frequency range of 1-2 GHz, or a specially designed variable capacitance diode with a capacitance ratio C1/C25>18 at a frequency of 1 MHz for DC reverse voltages of 1 and 25 Volts is used.

The present invention is directed to a piezo-electrically actuated membrane (ex.—a tuner) configured for use with a tunable cavity filter. The piezo-electrically actuated tuner may be formed of printed circuit board materials and may be placed over the cavities of the tunable cavity filter. Further, the piezo-electrically actuated tuner may promote high level performance of the tunable cavity filter, while allowing the tunable cavity filter to be tunable across wide bands.

Provided are a tuner module and a receiving apparatus capable of providing great degrees of variation and freedom to a layout in a main board, improving a degree of freedom of design, and achieving low cost. A tuner module includes a tuner module board on which a tuner functional unit is formed, a main board on which the tuner module board is surface-mounted, and a shield casing including at least one antenna connector, arranged to cover the surface-mounted tuner module board, and fixed to the main board. In the shield casing, a length of a longest long-side is a length equal to or less than ¼ of a wavelength of a highest received frequency in the air.

A tuner module is characterized by: a chassis formed with lateral surfaces wrapping four corners to open both sides; an upper cover covering one opened side of the chassis to be provided with an elastic fixation end that is fixed at the lateral surface; and a lower cover applying pressure to an external surface of the elastic fixation end to cover the other opened side of the chassis whereby another elastic hitching end that is fixed at the lateral surface is provided.

A tuner module includes a tuner module substrate having a tuner function part formed thereon, a case body having a shielding function of holding and incorporating at least the tuner module substrate, a circuit board on which the tuner module substrate is mounted, and at least one antenna connector to be fixed to the case body and having a core wire connected to the tuner module substrate incorporated in the case body. A part of the circuit board is contained inside the case body.