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Erica Dixon Says She Conceived While On Birth Control
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Remember when we told you that the former LHHATL star excitedly revealed that she’s expecting identical twin girls?
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Blessed beyond what I deserve. 🙏🏽 Thank you all for keeping this private until we were ready to share. Thank you to @hopedahairologist who set up an amazing reveal and my closest friends and family who have been on this journey with me. The love and support has been more than appreciated. This has been a difficult yet rewarding journey for me with the sickness and scares but we’ve conquered and will continue to. Prayers up and if you want to follow my journey or more details click the link in my bio. 💜💜 #Maybabiesontheway
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Battery-free phone harvests ambient energy to make calls
If you've ever been caught out with a dead phone battery in the middle of nowhere, take heart. A team of researchers from the University of Washington (UW) have developed a phone that requires no batteries. Still in the prototype phase, the basic phone harvests the minimal power it needs from ambient radio signals, yet can communicate with a base station to make voice calls.
Smartphones may be modern miracles, but their battery life, or lack thereof, can be aggravating, with many users unable to make it through a single day without having to seek out a charger and wall outlet.
This is because phones are power hungry with many always-on circuits. One of the biggest power draws is converting the analog sound signals of a voice into digital data. Though phone prototypes have been produced that harvest energy from ambient power sources to extend battery life, it hasn't been possible to make one that dispenses with the battery altogether.
According to the UW team, their new battery-less phone consumes almost zero power. Built on a printed circuit board using off-the-shelf components, it looks deceptively simple, but it's capable of very basic functions – send, receive, make and accept calls, and place callers on hold.
When a person talks or listens on a phone, tiny vibrations occur in the microphone or speaker, which for the prototype is a pair of earphones. Instead of transmitting its own radio signals, it piggybacks on the back of the radio signal emitted from a bespoke cellular base station.
To transmit speech, an antenna connected to the microphone encodes the user's speech patterns in the radio signal reflected from the antenna, while receiving speech involves an antenna converting speech patterns encoded in the radio signals into sound vibrations that are relayed to the phone's speaker. Like a walkie talkie, the user must press a button to switch between listening and transmitting modes.
While battery-less, the system still needs about 3.5 microwatts to function. It harvests this from the ambient radio signals of the base station at a distance of up to 31 ft (9 m). Using a solar cell about the size of a grain of rice to gather ambient light increases the range to 50 ft (15 m).
Though the current system is a laboratory lash up, the researchers believe that the technology could be installed in a standard cellular network or Wi-Fi router to make calls battery-free. However, there are still a number of technical hurdles to overcome. For example, other ambient energy technologies harvest heat or motion, which allows them to soak up power while they are in sleep mode before performing a task. The UW phone, on the other hand, has no ability to sleep and harvest energy during a conversation.
"You can't say hello and wait for a minute for the phone to go to sleep and harvest enough power to keep transmitting," says Bryce Kellogg, a UW electrical engineering doctoral student. "That's been the biggest challenge – the amount of power you can actually gather from ambient radio or light is on the order of one or 10 microwatts. So real-time phone operations have been really hard to achieve without developing an entirely new approach to transmitting and receiving speech."
In addition to the power harvesting problems, the team is also working on how to encrypt messages and stream videos, and adding a low-power E-ink screen for a display.
The research was published in the Proceedings of the Association for Computing Machinery on Interactive, Mobile, Wearable and Ubiquitous Technologies.
The video below shows the battery-free phone in action.
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In a frightfully cold, futuristic society, books are burned by the government because they only give people ideas and make them long for things they cannot have. Now that houses have been made fully fireproof, firemen are no longer needed to put out fires but to start them: they pile any books they find and burn them at a degree of 451 Fahrenheit, the temperature at which book paper burns. Oskar Werner plays a fireman who doubts his job when he starts reading the books he is confiscating from criminals and they inspire him to look for more in life. Julie Christie is terrific in a double role, one as Werner’s emotionally bankrupt wife and another as a book-loving freedom fighter who befriends him. Francois Truffaut made his English-language debut with this film, and his direction has a stark, terrifying quality that makes the setting totally believable. With a cinematography style reminiscent of the work of Yasujiro Ozu’s colour films, Truffaut shows a society devoid of inspiration or creativity and the inability to dream. Based on the Ray Bradbury novel, it gets everything right, from the solid screenplay to the very effective performances.


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Home Aloners for the Holidays
By Efraim Espinoza
As we enjoyed Christmas week with our three married children and their families at our home, we recalled that the parents of our son-in-law and 2 daughters-in-law would not have the grandkids until New Years weekend.
During our time together, Melody, one of my daughters-in-law, told about her parents and their Christmas celebration the previous week.
Melody’s parents, Robert and Sonya Johnson, pastor Ozark Mountain Assembly of God in Kimberling City, Missouri. Realizing that none of their three grown children were going to be with them on Christmas Day, Robert announced an open invitation for Christmas Day dinner for all “Home Aloners” in the church.
During the Sunday service before Christmas, he invited singles, couples, or small family groups to join him and Sonya for a dutch treat Christmas dinner at a local restaurant. They expected a few to join them. They were surprised when 23 people came.
Pastor Johnson said this idea met a need in his congregation. Nearly 25 percent of the Sunday a.m. attendance came to this special time.
Efraim Espinoza is director, Office of Hispanic Relations for The General Council of the Assemblies of God, Springfield, Missouri.

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Just when you thought you’d seen all of the surprise-album-releases, Nicki Minaj comes through and surprises her fans one more time.
After hosting her Queen Beats 1 Radio show Thursday night, the Pinkprint rapper announced that the album would actually drop today Friday, August 10.
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Indicates Matter Stricken
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Sponsors: Senators Massey, Hembree, Alexander, Campsen, Talley, Turner, Bennett, Campbell, Gambrell, Gregory, Climer, Shealy, Peeler, Rice, Davis, Leatherman, Loftis, Goldfinch, Senn and Young
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Introduced in the Senate on June 24, 2020
Currently residing in the Senate Committee on Judiciary
Summary: Misconduct; expand definition of misconduct
HISTORY OF LEGISLATIVE ACTIONS
Date Body Action Description with journal page number ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 6/24/2020 Senate Introduced and read first time (Senate Journal-page 3) 6/24/2020 Senate Referred to Committee on Judiciary (Senate Journal-page 3)
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TO AMEND SECTION 23-23-150(A) AND (B) OF THE 1976 CODE, RELATING TO ADJUDICATIONS OF ALLEGATIONS OF MISCONDUCT, TO PROVIDE THAT MISCONDUCT ALSO MEANS WILFULLY FAILING TO INTERVENE WHEN OBSERVING ANOTHER LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER NOT COMPLYING WITH THE STANDARDS ESTABLISHED BY THE LAW ENFORCEMENT TRAINING COUNCIL, TO PROVIDE THAT A LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY THAT HAS MADE A REPORT SHALL FULLY COOPERATE WITH ANY INVESTIGATION BY THE COUNCIL TO INCLUDE MANDATORY ATTENDANCE BY A REPRESENTATIVE OF THE AGENCY KNOWLEDGEABLE OF THE CIRCUMSTANCES SURROUNDING THE ALLEGATION AT ANY SCHEDULED HEARING, AND TO PROVIDE A PENALTY.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:
SECTION 1. Section 23-23-150(A) and (B) of the 1976 Code is amended to read:
"Section 23-23-150. (A) For purposes of this section:
(1) 'Academy' means the South Carolina Criminal Justice Academy.
(2) 'Council' means the Law Enforcement Training Council.
(3) 'Misconduct' means:
(a) a conviction, plea of guilty, plea of no contest or admission of guilt to a felony, a crime punishable by a sentence of more than one year, regardless of the sentence actually imposed, or a crime of moral turpitude, any of which were committed in this State or any other jurisdiction;
(b) the unlawful use of a controlled substance;
(c) the repeated use of excessive force in dealing with the public or prisoners;
(d) dangerous or unsafe practices involving firearms, weapons, or vehicles which indicate either a wilful or wanton disregard for the safety of persons or property;
(e) the physical or psychological abuse of members of the public or prisoners;
(f) the misrepresentation of employment-related information;
(g) wilfully making false, misleading, incomplete, deceitful, or incorrect statements to a law enforcement officer, a law enforcement agency, or a representative of the agency, except when required by departmental policy or by the laws of this State;
(h) wilfully making false, misleading, incomplete, deceitful, or incorrect statements to any court of competent jurisdiction, or their staff members, whether under oath or not;
(i) wilfully providing false, misleading, incomplete, deceitful, or incorrect information on a document, record, report, or form, except when required by departmental policy or by the laws of this State;
(j) the falsification of any application for certification and training based upon which the officer was admitted for training;
(k) providing false information to the Criminal Justice Academy; or
(l) wilfully failing to intervene when observing another law enforcement officer not complying with the standards as established by the council.
(B) The sheriff or the chief executive officer of a law enforcement agency or department within the State must report to the academy the occurrence of any act or multiple acts of misconduct by a law enforcement officer which could result in the withdrawal of the certification of the law enforcement officer who is currently or was last employed by his agency. The report shall be made within fifteen days of the final agency or department action resulting from the internal investigation conducted by the agency or department, and shall be on a form prescribed by the council. A law enforcement agency that has made a report under this section shall fully cooperate with any investigation by the council, to include mandatory attendance by a representative of the agency knowledgeable of the circumstances surrounding the allegation at any scheduled hearing. A wilful failure to report information related to acts of misconduct shall subject the violator to a civil penalty as provided by the council. The council may impose civil fines in its discretion not to exceed one thousand dollars per day for each day an agency is out of compliance with this section."
SECTION 2. This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor.
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The Athenaeum has many historical links to similar institutions in the USA and this week we have been able to renew the trans-Atlantic connection. Haley Barnet is a highly qualified and experienced librarian who has had a varied experience both in the States and here in Britain. Haley, who now lives in the City, has volunteered to join our Library team, which allows us to have professional coverage on an extra day each week. Though Friday is always a busy day in the Athenaeum, up until now we have not been able to make the library available. Now Haley will be there to guide you and to trace queries and references as well as helping with the general administration.
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Are you tired of driving a vehicle that overpromises, underperforms, and lets you down when you need it most? If so, do yourself a favour and invest in a new Honda. Here we will look at some of the many reasons why it’ll be the best move you ever make.
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From The Median brings into sharp contrast the two sides of the greatest human rights issue of our time: those defending the right to life for all, and those who are headed in the exact opposite direction – the industries and people that profit from abortion, embryonic stem cell research, human cloning, euthanasia and the social engineering of the family.
About Molly Smith
Molly Smith is the President of Cleveland Right to Life. She served as the organization’s executive director for over a decade before transitioning into her current position. She has served on numerous Christian and pro-life boards over the past three decades both in the USA and Canada where she lived for 13 years.
She has served on numerous Christian and pro-life boards over the past three decades both in the USA and Canada where she lived for 13 years.
Molly’s foundational Christian education from a Catholic missionary church in Africa is what has sustained her strong and passionate defense of all human life. She was grounded in the fundamental principles of Natural Law and this knowledge is what has equipped her to recognize and expose the destruction of these principles in society.
Molly has a a B.A. in Communication from Cleveland State University and has extensive non-profit fundraising, management and program experience. Molly has testified before the Ohio Senate and has appeared on national and local TV and Radio programs. Molly has lived in Zambia, Zimbabwe, South Africa and Canada. She has also visited, Brazil, Australia, Mauritius, Fiji, New Zealand and numerous European and Middle Eastern countries.
She and her husband Joe have been married for 40 years and have 5 married children and 12 grandchildren.


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BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to an organic EL element array used for a display, an exposure light source for an electrophotographic photosensitive member, and a lighting equipment.
2. Related Background Art
A self-emitting device corresponding to a flat panel is recently noticed. The self-emitting device includes a plasma display element, a field emission element, an electroluminescent (EL) device, and the like.
Of these devices, research and development have dynamically been progressed particularly for an organic EL element. An area color display of a single green color to which colors such as blue and red may be added has been manufactured and development to a full color display is being activated at present.
As a method of manufacturing a conventional organic EL panel adopting an independent three-color emission system for respectively emitting lights of different wavelengths independently of one another, Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. H05-258859 discloses a method of forming a transparent electrode pattern on a glass substrate using ITO and the like, then setting a shadow mask made of an insulating material on the substrate, and forming individual organic layers.
Further, Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. H11-214157 discloses a technique for separate color application of RGB in which adjacent pixels are formed such that a gap therebetween is filled with a light-emitting layer or electron-transporting layer or they overlap each other.
As shown in FIG. 1, these are techniques for evaporating an organic material in a vacuum chamber in which a mask is inserted between a substrate and an evaporation source to form an organic material layer at a desired location. FIG. 1 is a schematic view for explaining a conventional technique for evaporating an organic EL element through a mask. In the figure, reference numeral 1 denotes a substrate, reference numeral 2 denotes an evaporation mask, reference numeral 3 denotes an evaporated film, and reference numeral 4 denotes an organic material.
When carrying out separate color application of RGB by means of the mask evaporation, there has been a problem that an effective emission area (aperture ratio) becomes smaller as the definition becomes higher.
For example, when preparing a full color panel of 200 ppi, the pixel pitch thereof is approximately 127 μm and moreover, in order to display RGB in one pixel, each pixel region will have a width that is ⅓ (approximately 42 μm in the case of stripe) of the pixel pitch. In order to form organic EL elements of the respective colors in these pixel regions without causing color mixing, a width of a region capable of actually emitting light will become approximately 20 μm when assuming an alignment margin of ±10 μm.
Moreover, when the above-mentioned highly accurate, separate color application is to be attained by use of a mask, there has been a problem that because a region of a uniform film thickness will become small due to the thickness of the mask or the clearance between the mask and a substrate, an effective emission region becomes smaller.
- SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
In particular, with an organic EL element having a top emission structure for performing active matrix driving such as shown in FIG. 7, although a driving circuit can be formed under a pixel electrode and it is therefore theoretically possible to realize an aperture ratio of 90% or more, such a high performance cannot sufficiently be exploited due to the above-mentioned problems. Here, FIG. 7 is a sectional view of a conventional organic EL element having a top emission structure. In the figure, reference numeral 27 denotes a transparent electrode, 28 denotes an organic light-emitting layer, 29 denotes a reflective electrode, 30 denotes a source region, 31 denotes a drain region, 32 denotes a gate electrode, 33 denotes a drain electrode, and 34 denotes a glass substrate.
The present invention has been accomplished to solve the above-described problems, and it is an object of the present invention to provide a high-aperture-ratio, high-definition organic EL element array with a simpler configuration comprising a plurality of organic EL elements having two or more emission colors.
Therefore, the present invention provides an organic EL element array comprising a plurality of organic EL elements disposed on a base member, each said organic EL element comprising a lower electrode, a first carrier-transporting layer, a light-emitting layer disposed on said first carrier-transporting layer, a second carrier-transporting layer disposed on said light-emitting layer, and an upper electrode to form one pixel,
- wherein said first carrier-transporting layer of a first organic EL element of said plurality of organic EL elements is formed in common with said first carrier-transporting layer of a second organic EL element disposed adjacent to said first organic EL element through an interpixel region,
- said second carrier-transporting layer of said first organic EL element is formed in common with said second carrier-transporting layer of said second organic EL element through said interpixel region, and
- said light-emitting layer of said first organic EL element and said light-emitting layer of said second organic EL element have carrier-transporting properties different in kind from each other and mutually overlap in said interpixel region.
- BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
According to the present invention, by stacking light-emitting layers having transporting properties of different types of carriers at their adjoining portion, it is possible to more easily provide a high-aperture-ratio and high-definition organic EL element array.
FIG. 1 is a schematic view for explaining a conventional technique for vacuum-evaporating an organic EL element through a mask;
FIG. 2 is a schematic sectional view showing a configuration of an embodiment of a multicolor light-emitting element of the present invention;
FIG. 3 is a schematic view for explaining a relation between carrier-transporting characteristics and a light-emitting region of a light-emitting layer;
FIG. 4 is a schematic view for explaining a relation between carrier-transporting characteristics and a light-emitting region of a light-emitting layer;
FIGS. 5A and 5B are views for explaining a positional relation between a pixel-electrode and a region for forming a light-emitting layer;
FIG. 6 is a view for explaining a positional relation between a pixel-electrode and a region for forming a light-emitting layer in Example 3;
FIG. 7 is a sectional view of an organic EL element having a conventional top emission structure;
FIG. 8 is a schematic sectional view of a multicolor light-emitting element of Example 1 of the present invention; and
- DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS
FIG. 9 is a graphical representation of a luminance distribution of pixels showing the effect of Example 1.
The present invention is different from the invention disclosed in Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. H11-214157 above in that light-emitting layers of adjoining light-emitting elements have different kinds of carrier transporting properties (that is, one light-emitting layer has an electron transporting property and the other light-emitting layer has a hole transporting property). Therefore, even if an overlapped portion of adjacent light-emitting layers extends to a pixel region, colors are not mixed. Therefore, there is an advantage that an interpixel region can be made small and an alignment margin can be made large when forming light-emitting layers as compared to the case of Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. H11-214157.
Moreover, it is preferable that an organic EL element array of the present invention has a configuration in which light-emitting layers of adjoining light-emitting elements having an inclination in an interpixel region overlap each other in the interpixel region and the carrier (i.e., hole or electron) transporting property of a light-emitting layer closer to one electrode in the interpixel region is different in kind of carrier from the carrier-transporting property of the other light-emitting layer located distant from the one electrode. Incidentally, it is needless to say that electrodes disposed on the same side of light-emitting layers are electrodes for supplying the same type carrier to the light-emitting layers (that is, in the case of an organic EL element array having a top emission structure to be described later, reflective electrodes of organic EL elements are disposed at the same side of light-emitting layers).
Hereafter, a specific embodiment of a multicolor light-emitting element array having a plurality of multicolor light-emitting elements that is an example of an organic EL element array of the present invention is described below by referring to FIG. 2. However, the present invention is not limited to this configuration.
The multicolor light-emitting element shown in FIG. 2 is illustrated as a configuration in which three elements are set on a substrate. The portion between elements is referred to as an interpixel region. The term “pixel” as employed herein is intended to mean one light-emitting element as a unit comprising a pair of electrodes and an organic layer sandwiched by the electrodes and to encompass a so-called single pixel and one subpixel.
In FIG. 2, reference numeral 5 denotes a cathode, 6 a and 6 b denote light-emitting layers, 7 denotes a second carrier-transporting layer, 8 denotes an anode, 9 denotes a substrate, and 10 denotes a first carrier-transporting layer.
A transparent electrode (first electrode) 8 serving as an anode which is a lower electrode is formed on a transparent substrate (generically referred to as “base member”) 9 which is an example of a base member, and a first carrier-transporting layer 10, a light-emitting layer 6 a, a light-emitting layer 6 b, and a second carrier-transporting layer 7 are formed thereon as organic compound layers and a reflective electrode (second electrode) 5 serving as a cathode which is an upper electrode is further formed thereon. In FIG. 2, the light-emitting layers are separately coated as 6 a and 6 b and have emission spectrums different from each other. Moreover, the light-emitting layers 6 a and 6 b have carrier-transporting properties different in kind from each other. The organic layers including the light-emitting layers are formed by evaporation and the like and particularly, the light-emitting layers are formed at desired locations by using a mask.
In the following, for convenience of the description, a light-emitting layer of one of two adjacent light-emitting elements is referred to as “first light-emitting layer” and a light-emitting layer of the other of the two adjacent light-emitting elements is referred to as “second light-emitting layer”.
The term “different kinds of carrier-transporting properties” as employed herein is intended to mean that when the electron transporting property of a light-emitting layer of one organic EL element is high, the hole transporting property of a light-emitting layer of the other organic EL element is high. That is, it can also be said that the carrier-transporting properties of light-emitting layers of organic EL elements are in a relation of different polarities (in a sense such that a hole is assumed as “+” and an electron is assumed as “−”).
At this time, by adjusting the size of an opening portion of a mask, a region in which light-emitting layers overlap each other is formed by adjacent pixels as shown by portion A (interpixel region) in FIG. 2.
Incidentally, although in the attached drawings multicolor light-emitting elements are shown only for portions of two organic EL elements having different emission spectrums, the number of organic EL elements contained in the multicolor light-emitting elements is not limited thereto.
As a base member used to provide on a surface thereof a plurality of organic electroluminescent elements having organic compound layers including a light-emitting layer between a first electrode and a second electrode, in the case of taking out a light on the base member side, transparency is required as described above and it is preferable to use a transparent substrate. Examples of preferably used substrates include various types of glass substrates, a glass substrate on which a driving circuit such as a TFT is formed of poly-Si and a silicon wafer on which a driving circuit is formed. On the other hand, in the case of taking out a light on a side opposite to the base member side, it is not always necessary that a base member is transparent.
One of the first electrode and the second electrode serves as an anode, while the other serves as a cathode. It is preferable that either of the materials of these electrodes is transparent. It is preferable that a material having a high work function is used as an anode and a material having a low work function is used as a cathode. Specifically, as a metallic material of the cathode, there are preferably used metals with a low work function such as aluminum, an aluminum-lithium alloy, or a magnesium-silver alloy. Moreover, for the anode, a transparent conductive material having a high work function such as indium tin oxide (ITO) is preferably used. Incidentally, when a transparent electrode is to be used as the cathode, there is a method of providing a layer of the metallic material having such a low work function as to be available as the cathode in contact with the organic compound layer in a film thickness of 1 to 10 nm and then forming a layer of a transparent conductive material such as ITO at the outside of the metallic layer.
The organic layers such as a first carrier-transporting layer, first and second light-emitting layers and a second carrier-transporting layer constituting organic compound layers are formed by evaporation or the like. One of the first and the second carrier-transporting layers is made of a material capable of preferentially transporting holes (having a high electron-transporting property), while the other is made of a material capable of preferentially transporting electrons (having a high electron-transporting property). These materials may suitably be selected in accordance with the polarities of the first and the second electrodes to be used.
Incidentally, as the material of the light-emitting layer, there may be used a single material capable of providing a desired light emission or a material prepared by doping a host material with a guest material, and the doping method includes a method in which the host material and the guest material are vacuum-evaporated at the same time while adjusting the evaporation rates of the respective materials to provide a light-emitting layer having a desired doping concentration. At this time, it is possible to obtain a desired light emission from each organic EL element by suitably selecting the material of the light-emitting layer or the combination of the host/guest materials constituting the light-emitting layer depending on the emission color.
In the present invention, when the carrier-transporting properties of the first carrier-transporting layer and the first light-emitting layer are different in kind from each other, light emission is hardly observed in the region where the first light-emitting layer and the second light-emitting layer are stacked. Therefore, even if the alignment of a mask to a substrate is offset or a mask is lifted when forming a light-emitting layer and the formed light-emitting layer extends up to a pixel electrode adjacent to a light-emitting-layer forming region, it is possible to avoid color mixing because the region emits no light.
It is considered that this effect may be produced by the following mechanism.
An organic EL element is a carrier-injection-type self-emitting device that utilizes light emission produced when electrons and hole reaching a light-emitting layer recombine. Therefore, when layers having carrier-transporting properties different in kind from each other are stacked alternately, the number of those carriers which can recombine in the light-emitting layer become extremely small and a stacked portion will emit no light. Even if carriers can be injected, the amount thereof is very small compared to that of a normal light-emitting region. Therefore, it is estimated that the region emits substantially no light.
FIG. 3 shows a schematic view when a first carrier-transporting layer has a hole-transporting property, a first light-emitting layer has an electron-transporting property, a second light-emitting layer has a hole-transporting property, and a second carrier-transporting layer has an electron-transporting property. In FIG. 3, electrons and holes recombine in the first and the second light-emitting layers in a region A and a region B, respectively. In a region C, no light is emitted because neither electrons nor holes are injected into the light-emitting layers. The region C corresponds to the above-mentioned portion A (interpixel region). In FIG. 3 reference numeral 11 denotes the first light-emitting layer, 12 denotes the electron-transporting layer, 13 denotes the second light-emitting layer, 14 denotes a transparent electrode and 15 denotes a transparent substrate (generically referred to as “base member”).
When a non-emitting region is formed on a pixel, there is a fear of reduction of the total luminance. However, by driving an organic EL element in a current control fashion (a desired gradation level is displayed by adjusting a current value), the reduction of an emission area is self-compensated, thereby posing no problem to an actual image quality. That is, when assuming the luminance of a given pixel as L (cd/m2), the emission area of the pixel as S (m2), the value of current flowing as I1 (A) and the current efficiency (cd/A) of an organic EL element as α, the total luminous flux φ(lm) discharged from the pixel is expressed by
and it is found that the total emission quantity of the pixel is not related to the emission area but depends only on the current value.
Moreover, in the present invention, when the carrier-transporting properties of a first carrier-transporting layer and a first light-emitting layer are the same kind, electrons and holes recombine in the vicinity of a stacking interface between the first light-emitting layer and a second light-emitting layer and the energy of generated excitons transfer to pigment molecules having a lower energy to emit light. FIG. 4 shows a schematic view when the first carrier-transporting layer has a hole-transporting property, the first light-emitting layer has a hole-transporting property, the second light-emitting layer has an electron-transporting property, and a second carrier-transporting layer has an electron-transporting property. In the figure, reference numeral 16 denotes the first light-emitting layer, 17 denotes a cathode, 18 denotes the second light-emitting layer, 19 denotes an anode and 20 denotes a transparent substrate (generically referred to as “base member”).
In region D in FIG. 4, electrons and holes are recombine at the interface between the second carrier-transporting layer and the first light-emitting layer, so that the first light-emitting layer emits light. In region F, electrons and holes recombine at the interface between the second carrier-transporting layer and the second light-emitting layer, so that the second light-emitting layer emits light. In region E, although the interface between the first light-emitting layer and the second light-emitting layer becomes a recombination region, either one of the light-emitting layers whose emission spectrum is present at a longer wavelength side emits light due to the energy transfer. Here, the region E corresponds to the above-mentioned portion A (interpixel region).
At this time, by previously forming widely the formation region of a light-emitting layer (first light-emitting layer) that emits light on a shorter wavelength side and forming narrowly the formation region of a light-emitting layer that emits light on a longer wavelength side, the margin to alignment can be widened to provide a larger aperture ratio.
Description will be continued with reference to FIG. 5.
FIGS. 5A and 5B are schematic views for explaining the positional relation between regions for forming pixel electrodes and light-emitting layers. In the figures, reference numeral 21 denotes a first light-emitting layer, 22 denotes a second light-emitting layer and 23 denotes a pixel electrode respectively.
For example, when assuming that light-emitting layers whose cross sections are trapezoidal can be formed through mask evaporation, and that the alignment accuracy between the mask and a substrate is ±ΔL and the width of the film-thickness varied portion at the periphery is δ, a width of 2ΔL+δ has hitherto been required for the region between pixel electrodes (FIG. 5A). Incidentally, the trapezoidal light-emitting layers are each disposed such that the longer side is closer to the substrate than the shorter side is.
On the other hand, according to the present invention, the interval between pixel electrodes becomes ΔL+δ because the overlapping of the film-thickness varied portion is allowed (FIG. 5B).
FIG. 5 illustrates only the positional relation between the electrodes and the first and the second light-emitting layers for simplification.
In general, although the width of a film-thickness varied portion at a periphery formed by mask evaporation depends on the thickness of a mask, clearance between a substrate and the mask or an edge shape of the mask, a width of about 10 μm to 30 μm is produced. For example, it is assumed for a pixel of 40 μm in pitch that the alignment accuracy is ±10 μm and the width of the film-thickness varied portion of the pixel is 10 μm, only an effective emission region of 10 μm in width can hitherto be obtained. However, according to the present invention, an effective emission region of 20 μm in width, which is twice that width, can be obtained.
The organic EL element array of the present invention can also be used as an organic EL element array with the so-called top emission structure in which light is taken out on a side opposite to a substrate side.
The organic EL element array of the present invention can be applied to a display. For example, the array can be applied to a display screen or finder screen of a digital camera, a display screen of a mobile phone, a printer operation screen of a copying machine or the like, a display screen of a television or a personal computer, vehicle display panel, and so on. Moreover, the array can be applied to an exposure light source for forming a latent image on a photosensitive member of an electrophotographic image forming apparatus, a light source for interior lighting, and the like.
- Example 1
The following examples are given for the purpose of illustration and not by way of limitation.
A multicolor light-emitting element of the structure shown in FIG. 2 was prepared. In this example, only light-emitting layers having emission spectrums of two colors of green and red were formed as the light-emitting layers 6 a and 6 b.
A glass substrate (Corning 1737 (trade name) manufactured by Corning Inc.) (transparent substrate 9) having an ITO layer of 100 nm in thickness formed thereon was prepared and patterned by means of photolithography to form the anode (transparent electrode 8) thereby forming an ITO substrate.
An organic compound layer and an electrode layer were continuously formed on the ITO substrate in a vacuum chamber of 10−4 Pa by means of vacuum evaporation using resistive heating to obtain an element A. A mask used for evaporation had a thickness of about 20 μm.
The materials used and film thicknesses for the respective layers are shown in Table 1 below. In this example, the hole-transporting layer corresponds to the first electron-transporting layer 10 and the electron-transporting layer corresponds to the second carrier-transporting layer 7.
Further, a mixture layer using Alq3 as a host and Coumarin 6 as a guest was used as the first light-emitting layer and a mixture layer using CBP as a host and Ir(piq)3 as a guest was used as the second light-emitting layer.
It is known that Alq3
has a high electron-transporting property and CBP has a high hole-transporting property.
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| ||Hole-transporting layer ||FL03 ||40 nm |
| ||First light-emitting ||Host ||Alq3 ||30 nm |
| ||layer ||Guest ||Coumarin 6 1% |
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| ||Second light-emitting ||Host ||CBP ||30 nm |
| ||layer ||Guest ||Ir(piq)3 9% |
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| ||Electron-transporting layer ||Bathophenantroline ||50 nm |
| ||Electron injection layer ||AlLi ||10 nm |
| ||Cathode ||Al ||150 nm |
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The above materials were deposited through coevaporation by successively using masks each having an opening at a portion at which the light-emitting layer corresponding to the given color was to be formed. The doping concentration was adjusted to a predetermined value by controlling the deposition rates of the respective materials during the coevaporation.
Incidentally, the chemical formulae of the materials used in this example are as follows.
The width δ of a peripheral region of the film as evaporated in a thickness of 30 nm through a mask was approximately 15 μm.
The first and second light-emitting layers having the above-mentioned shapes were disposed in a configuration shown in FIG. 8. FIG. 8 is a schematic sectional view of a multicolor light-emitting element of Example 1. In the figure, reference numeral 35 denotes a cathode, 36 a and 36 b each denote a light-emitting layer, 37 denotes a second carrier-transporting layer, 38 denotes a first carrier-transporting layer, 39 denotes an anode, and 40 denotes a transparent substrate (generically referred to as “base member”). In this example, an organic EL element array was prepared in which the light-emitting layers overlap not only in an interpixel region but also at a part of each of adjacent pixel regions (regions in which adjacent organic EL elements are respectively disposed). In this example, the inclined surface of one of two adjacent light-emitting layers, when viewed from above in FIG. 8, begins with the inside of a region of provision of a lower electrode on which the one light-emitting layer is disposed and extends to the inside of a region of provision of a lower electrode of the adjacent EL element.
The thus prepared element A was made to emit light at a desired current value and the luminance distribution at that time was measured. The results are shown in FIG. 9.
It can be seen from FIG. 9 that light emission is not observed in a region in which both the first and the second light-emitting layers are formed even when the electrodes are present therein.
- Example 2
Incidentally, the difference in luminance between the first and the second light-emitting layers is attributable to the variance of visibility depending on emission spectrum.
A multi-color light-emitting element B was prepared by following substantially the same procedure as in Example 1 with the exception that the order of formation of the green-light-emitting layer and red-light-emitting layer in Example 1 was changed, that is, a mixture layer using CBP as a host and Ir(piq)3 as a guest was used as a first light-emitting layer and a mixture layer using Alq3 as a host and Coumarin 6 as a guest was used as a second light-emitting layer.
FIG. 6 shows the relation between an electrode width, an electrode interval, and film formed regions. FIG. 6 illustrates two electrodes of the same shape and first and second light-emitting layers disposed on the two electrodes respectively. In the figure, reference numeral 24 denotes a first light-emitting layer, 25 denotes a second light-emitting layer and 26 denotes pixel electrodes. That is, as illustrated in the figure, in this example, an electrode pitch was set to 45 μm, an electrode width was set to 20 μm, and an electrode interval was set to 25 μm.
Moreover, masks were adjusted such that the first light-emitting layer had a width of a peripheral region of about 15 μm and a width of whole formed-region of 50 μm and the second light-emitting layer had a width of a peripheral region of 15 μm and a width of whole formed-region of 70 μm.
Incidentally, at this time, the alignment accuracy was estimated as ±10 μm.
- Example 3
As a result, emission of red light was observed in the first-light-emitting-layer formed region (including the peripheral region), while emission of green light was observed only in a region where the first light-emitting layer was not formed.
In this example, a multicolor light-emitting element was prepared which had a configuration shown in FIG. 8, that is, a configuration for taking out light on the cathode side (top emission structure).
A Cr film was formed on a glass substrate (Corning 1737 (trade name) manufactured by Corning Inc.) (transparent substrate 40) by sputtering in a thickness of 100 nm and patterned by a lift-off method to form an anode having light reflectivity (reflective electrode 39), thereby forming a substrate with a Cr electrode.
On this Cr substrate, organic compound layers (not illustrated) of the same constitution as described in Example 1 and a transparent electrode (cathode 35) were continuously formed in a vacuum chamber of 10−4 Pa through vacuum evaporation using resistive heating to obtain a multi-color light-emitting element C.
The thus formed element C did not cause any color mixing though showing a slight change in luminance at a periphery of the pixel electrodes and exhibited excellent color displaying performance.
This application claims priority from Japanese Patent Application No. 2004-030829 filed Feb. 6, 2004, which is hereby incorporated by reference herein.


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Audi Thailand has reiterated its superiority in electric power technology with the launch of the latest generation of Q7 and Q8 plug-in hybrids. The vehicles feature added options at a reduced price of up to 1 million baht.
At least 20 electric cars will be launched by Audi by 2025, but the Thai government’s objective is to promote electric vehicle usage starting this year. Audi Thailand has a plan to progressively introduce new electric vehicles using Audi’s latest generation of plug-in hybrid technology which it claims is incredibly powerful, fun to drive, and fuel-efficient.
The Audi Q7 60 TFSI e Quattro S line Black Edition and the Audi Q8 60 TFSI e Quattro S line Black Edition are the first two Audi plug-in hybrid technology cars to be released in Thailand. The Dynamic Badge 60 TFSI e appears on the back of each vehicle, indicating the cars’ horsepower rating.
Power and Torque
Powered by a 2,995cc turbocharged V6 engine that produces 340hp and 450Nm, a total of 462hp and 700Nm is generated when combined with the battery system.
Please note that this is the most powerful plug-in hybrid SUV in Thailand today. It can accelerate from 0-100kph in only 5.4secs and has a top speed of 240kph.
In addition to having a 17.9kW capacity, the high-voltage Li-ion battery is capable of charging at a rate of up to 7.4kWh. This enables the battery to be recharged to 100% in 2.5 hours. Audi has placed the battery in the boot area, where it has been engineered to be as tiny as possible. As a result, the luggage capacity in the new Q8 is 550 litres while the Q7 has a boot space of 650 litres.
Both versions can go more than 40km on a single charge, making them ideal for city driving with the highest range of cars in their segment. According to Audi’s study, most city dwellers only drive electric cars 30km in one day. In the event of damage, technicians will be able to replace parts and batteries for individual modules on an as-needed basis. As a result, when the battery is no longer under warranty, the maintenance costs are minimal. Audi plug-in hybrids have a warranty of eight years or 160,000km for the high-voltage battery (whichever comes first).
Both the Q7 and Q8 are equipped with e-tron mode, which is available in four distinct configurations:
1. EV (electric driving) is a mode in which the car is driven by 100% electric power. This mode is good for city driving.
2. Auto Hybrid (intelligent use of battery charge) means the engine and electric motor will automatically work together to maximise efficiency. This technology uses Predictive Efficiency Assist, which analyses the state of the route in tandem with the car’s navigation system, to help the driver get to their destination faster. Reducing pressure on the accelerator is advised when the automobile hits junctions, ramps and different joints. The system works with the Predictive Operating Strategy, which looks at how people drive in cities to see if there’s a lot of traffic, in order to use the power from the electric motor properly.
3. Battery Hold (maintain battery charge) is ideal for entering a city from out of town. The engine is designed to maintain the maximum battery charge so that it can be used when entering the city and travelling as far as possible.
4. Battery Charge (increase battery charge) will get the car to use the engine together with an energy recovery system in order to recharge the battery.
Designed to be athletic, both the Q7 and Q8 Black Edition feature an exterior ornamented with an S line design. The vehicles have been upgraded by having the chrome trim surrounding the car replaced with black and black side mirror covers to make the car seem even more intimidating.
They feature a new set of 21-inch alloy wheels with red brake callipers on both the front and rear wheels, two different types of headlights, including LED headlights and smart matrix LED headlamps that can automatically adjust the light output to prevent distractions on a driver’s eyes, and a new suspension system that includes a spring feature. When unlocked, it has a mild staging effect.
In the front, there are SuperSport seats with a diamond-cut design. It is necessary to arrange the seat slope so that it is in proportion to that of the window. It aids in the alignment of the eye level to provide the most advantageous position for the driver. It also features high-quality Valcona leather material that is soft and comfy, as well as a sporty multi-function steering wheel.
The MMI Navigation plus system, with a 10.1-inch MMI touch and multi-function touchscreen with 8.6-inch haptic feedback, paddle shifters, 12.3-inch virtual cockpit driving information display, premium 700W audio system from Bang & Olufsen with 3D sound and three-zone automatic air conditioning are all standard features. For a hot country like Thailand, being able to switch on the air conditioner when the motor is off (Stationary Air-conditioning) is a plus.
The Q7 has adaptive air suspension, while the Q8 features sport air suspension. The inside of each cabin, as well as the luggage compartment, are spacious. This is one of the most spacious SUVs available in the market. Besides that, the Q8 has standard features such as a 360-degree video, automatic electric doors and a rooftop luggage rack.
Q7 60 TFSI e Quattro S line Black Edition (LED headlight): 4,799,000 bahtQ7 60 TFSI e Quattro S line Black Edition (Matrix LED headlight): 4,899,000 bahtQ8 60 TFSI e Quattro S line Black Edition: 5,799,000 baht
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The Iowa DNR will be conducting prescribed burns this spring on wildlife management areas in Delaware, Dubuque and Jones counties.
Areas scheduled for burns include Buffalo Creek in Delaware County, Whitewater in Dubuque County, and Muskrat Slough and Oxford Junction in Jones County.
The DNR says prescribed burns help improve wildlife habitat, control invasive plant species, restore and maintain native plant communities and reduce wildfire potential. They can vary in size from a few acres to several hundred acres. Areas are typically burned every one to five years.
The burns will be conducted on a day that works best with weather conditions.

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Ceres is the biggest thing between Mars and Jupiter. But that didn’t make it easy to find. Darkly orbiting the sun from within the heart of the asteroid belt, it’s long been a spark for scientific imagination. The American astronomer Garrett Serviss made Ceres home to a species of giants that could grow to a height of 40 feet in his 1898 novel Edison’s Conquest of Mars. The story inspired Robert Goddard to pioneer rocket science and engineering with the hope of unlocking interplanetary travel. In the TV show The Expanse, Ceres harbors not alien giants but millions of “Belters,” humans who toil to extract the asteroid belt’s resources. A quarter of Ceres’ mass might be water ice. A mission to return a sample from the surface of this “evolved ocean world” is something scientists at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory are seriously considering.
But how did that strange little world get there? And can it clue us into the mysterious early life of our solar system? The answer to that second question is, now: Yes. A recent study I co-authored along with Driss Takir, a planetary scientist at the NASA Johnson Space Center in Houston, and others, uses new observations of asteroids like Ceres to fill in some gaps in the youthful period of our solar system’s history, more than 4.5 billion years ago.
It’s been hypothesized that Ceres had an earlier ocean that was lost to space.
The biggest of these so-called “large dark asteroids” has posed a bit of a conundrum for planetary scientists. For a long time, Ceres was the only object of its kind, the first asteroid discovered, in 1801, by Sicilian Catholic priest Giuseppe Piazzi. That is, until astronomers spotted another asteroid just one year later (Pallas), and two more over the next five years (Juno and Vesta). Thanks to 200 years of more and more sophisticated observations, our database of asteroids now contains over 500,000 objects. Yet Ceres, the biggest and most massive asteroid (containing about 40 percent of the total mass in the asteroid belt), still presented a puzzle.
Ceres is a carbonaceous, or C-type, asteroid, the most common kind in the solar system. They’re quite dark, reflecting little light. Yet Ceres stands out from most of them: It’s the only known cryovolcanic asteroid, with all of its old impact craters erased by low-temperature cryomagma (a mixture of mud and briny water). And unlike many large asteroids, Ceres has no “family” of smaller asteroids associated with it. It has sometimes been considered a lone oddball, but in our latest paper, published in Nature Astronomy, we show that it’s simply the biggest and most visible member of the large dark asteroids. These reflect less than 10 percent of the light shining from the sun, and they’re more than 100 kilometers in diameter (making each the size of a modest mountain range).
Recently, our team, led by Takir, carefully observed the largest sample of these flying mountain ranges in the near-infrared spectrum. They all—or almost all—appear to be clustered near the outer edge of the main asteroid belt, orbiting the sun at a distance between about 3 and 3.4 astronomical units, the distance between Earth and the sun (which makes Mars 1.5 astronomical units away, and Jupiter 5.2). Ceres is the exception, falling outside the cluster at 2.77 astronomical units. With this sample of astronomical relics, we could figure out when and how they formed.
We modeled how these large dark asteroids might have heated when they came together. They started off as loose assemblages of grains and pebbles in space. Then, by the force of their own gravity, they squished more and more as the asteroids became more massive. Meanwhile they were heating up, mainly from the radioactive element Aluminum-26. The amount of energy this element released during the first 2 to 3 million years of solar system history amounts to more than all of the heat released by all other sources over the past 4.5 billion years (except for the sun, of course).
Yet this hot stuff’s radioactivity is short-lived: With a half-life of 700,000 years, it was basically all used up, or extinct, within 2 or 3 million years. (The half-life of uranium-235, by comparison, is 700 million years.) The sun’s planetesimals—the building blocks of the planets and asteroids—formed over a timespan of 4 to 5 million years. So Aluminum-26 superheated and desiccated the planetesimals that formed fastest, sparing those that formed later. The degree of heating also affects how much asteroids compress, determining whether an asteroid has a markedly dense core, with other distinct layers surrounding it, or not.
What explains where the large dark asteroids ended up?
We found, using state of the art models (that included heating by Aluminum-26, compaction, and other processes), that the large dark asteroids arose relatively late in the game, between 1.5 and 3.5 million years after the solar system started forming. Their interiors never reached very high temperatures, so these asteroids remain relatively porous. They didn’t undergo a big squish. For Ceres, this meant that, with its larger size and mass—1 percent of the moon’s mass despite being half its size—it could continue to evolve along the lines of something planet-like than other large dark asteroids. Yet it also underwent comparatively greater compaction and heating. And, while there is evidence for cryovolcanism, Ceres is thought to have lost a large fraction of its initial water (and it’s been hypothesized that Ceres had an earlier ocean that was lost to space). So, even though Ceres has no “twin” among the large dark asteroids, its physical characteristics are consistent with being a larger pea from the same pod.
Did this pod simply form in a narrow ring around the sun, or are they strange visitors from elsewhere? From what we understand about the rowdy history of our solar system, it seems the large dark asteroids must have come from beyond the outermost reaches of the planet-forming disk, about 20 to 40 astronomical units from the sun. That’s almost as far out as Pluto! What brought them closer to home?
Meteorites in the last few years have offered a clue. They fall into two broad categories: carbonaceous (basically, chunks of C-type and similar asteroids from the outer part of the asteroid belt), and non-carbonaceous (chunks of other types of brighter, denser, stonier asteroids such as S-types, from the inner part of the belt). Measurements clearly show that carbonaceous and non-carbonaceous are different: The isotopes they harbor (in a wide range of elements) are so different that it seems highly unlikely that they formed in close proximity within the solar system. Rather, the non-carbonaceous ones probably represent planetesimals from the inner solar system, closer than Jupiter’s orbit and the rocky planet zone and asteroid belt). The carbonaceous asteroids likely came from farther away.
There were a number of dynamic episodes during the dawn of the solar system. Lots of stray rock and other material made its way to the asteroid belt on multiple occasions.
When Jupiter and Saturn grew from cores into full-fledged gas giants, their gravitational reach expanded. They drew in nearby planetesimals, and the ones that escaped the gas giants’ pull got flung in all directions; a fraction made their way into the (outer) asteroid belt. This is probably where most of the C-types came from. Jupiter and Saturn’s orbital migration, along with the collisional growth of the ice giants Uranus and Neptune, also kicked around planetesimals, with some of them landing in the asteroid belt. The final shakeup happened when the giant planets went dynamically unstable. During this event, Jupiter and Saturn’s orbits rapidly spread apart (Jupiter moving slightly inward, Saturn moving outward by 1 to 2 astronomical units). The ice giants spread outward dramatically (shifting by 5 to 10 astronomical units)—and one extra Uranus-like planet was likely ejected from the solar system entirely. The belt of leftover comet-like planetesimals was almost completely ejected, but a small fraction coasted into the asteroid belt.
What explains where the large dark asteroids ended up? While the C-types are more commonly found in the outer belt, they’re broadly scattered across the whole asteroid belt, and so probably got flung in during Jupiter and Saturn’s growth. But the large dark asteroids have this narrow orbital distribution in the belt that doesn’t jibe with that story. The only event that could have implanted the asteroids in a narrow distribution at the outer edge of the belt is the dynamical instability. All of the other candidates tend to implant a broad swath of asteroids rather than the narrow ring we see today.
So it seems that Ceres, along with the other dark asteroids, was born in the solar system’s outer rim long after planet formation was underway. It grew from chunks of rock and ice. Given the late time, it stayed colder than most other planetesimals, remaining water-rich and porous, and stayed home while the gas giants, and then the ice giants, grew and migrated. But the dynamical shakeup from the giant planet instability was too much, and it was—luckily for exploration-obsessed primates—pulled toward the sun. Unlike most of its brethren, which were ejected into interstellar space, Ceres was trapped by a trick of orbital mechanics and stranded in the outskirts of the asteroid belt, shining darkly for the last 4.5 billion years unseen, until Piazzi spotted it.
“I have announced this star as a comet,” he immediately wrote to an astronomer friend, “but since it is not accompanied by any nebulosity and, further, since its movement is so slow and rather uniform, it has occurred to me several times that it might be something better than a comet.” By “something better,” he meant a planet and, after more observations, that’s what he settled on. But this bugged astronomer William Herschel, who told Piazzi that Ceres isn’t worthy of being a planet: Since it’s small and shares its orbit with other objects, it doesn’t hold the space between Mars and Jupiter “with sufficient dignity.”
Today we split the difference. Perhaps Piazzi and Herschel could agree that Ceres possesses enough dignity—at least according to NASA—to be a “dwarf planet.” A place maybe more friendly than Mars. Something a not-far-off tour of Ceres’ terrain, a “prime destination to study habitability,” could confirm.
Sean Raymond is an American astrophysicist working at the Bordeaux Astrophysical Laboratory in France. He also writes a blog at the interface of science and fiction (planetplanet.net) and recently published a book of astronomy poems.
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GNSS reflectrometry using the L5 and E5a signals for remote sensing applications
Summary form only given. Signals from the Global Navigation Satellite Systems, GNSS, can be viewed as a passive source of radiation and therefore be used for remote sensing purposes. When reaching a surface, for example the ocean, the signal is reflected off the surface. The reflected signal can be used together with the direct signal to obtain observables such as altitude and wind speed.The strongest reflected signal comes from the specular point, the point on the surface where the angle of incidence and angle of reflection is equal. Signals used for GNSS reflectrometry are scattered from a small area around the specular point, the glistening zone. Analysis of the correlation function for the reflected waveform can provide information about the surface roughness and wind speed. The measured difference in delay between the direct and reflected signal is used to determine the altitude of the receiver. During this work a bistatic system which provides signals in the L1, L2 and L5 bands has been improved and tested. GNSS signals are on incidence right hand circular polarized but when reflected the signals are received by using a left hand circular polarized antenna. This system uses a two stage receiver; the signal is first received with a front-end and thereafter post processed by software. Bistatic post processing software is being developed for GPS L1 and L5 and Galileo E1 and E5a. The primary focus is on L5/E5a signals, which have a ten times higher chipping rate than L1/E1 and will result in a sharper correlation peak and therefore more accurate measurements. The bistatic system was installed and tested on the NOAA BAO tower and GNSS data was collected when satellites for both L5 and E5a signals were visible. The system has been installed on the NOAA P3 aircraft and is expected to provide flight data over the ocean.


The Effects of Ultra-high Pressure and Temperature on the Rheological Properties of Water-based Drilling Fluids
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The future of oil and gas exploration and production lies greatly in reaching to hydrocarbon resources that are located in deeper formations. As we drill into deeper formations we will experience higher pressures and temperatures. Understanding the rheological characteristics of the drilling fluids under elevated pressures and temperatures is essential for the drilling engineers. There is relatively little systematic understanding of how the flow behavior changes with downhole conditions. The rheology of the fluid is influenced by many factors. This research is focused on developing a methodology for testing and investigating the rheological behavior of water-based drilling fluids with different properties at HPHT conditions using a state-of-the-art viscometer capable of accurately measuring drilling fluids properties up to 600F and 40,000 psig. There is almost no published data to for changes in Drilling Fluids behavior under such Ultra-high pressures and temperatures. The results of this study show how the Viscosity, Yield Point and Gel Strength of a Water-based Drilling Fluid change under such conditions.
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Sophomore catcher John Tuccillo stepped up to the plate with the bases loaded in the final inning and final game of a Friday, May 17 doubleheader. Stony Brook had crawled back from a deficit to tie the game against the UMass Lowell River Hawks, and a single run would grant the Seawolves the 2019 America East regular season title. The two teams had battled all afternoon, neither one going down without a fight.
On a 2-2 count, Tuccillo lifted a fastball down the middle to the center fielder. Senior infielder Brandon Alamo tagged up and sprinted home, scoring the winning run and bringing the Seawolves their fifth conference regular season championship.
“Credit to UMass Lowell. Those were two hard fought games,” Head Coach Matt Senk said in a press release. “I’m extremely happy for our players, coaches, support staff and administrators for working towards this common team goal and making it happen. We are looking forward to celebrating our seniors and then turning our attention to being the best team we can be for next week’s conference tournament.”
Stony Brook entered the doubleheader needing just one win in the three-game series to clinch the regular season title on Senior Weekend, but UMass Lowell would not make the task easy. The River Hawks started the scoring in the top of the first off of Seawolves redshirt-junior starting pitcher Greg Marino. Freshman infielder Robert Gallagher led off the game with a single, then promptly stole second before coming around to score on a groundout. The River Hawks were active on the basepaths to their advantage in Game 1; Gallagher stole three bases in the contest alone.
The Seawolves struck back in the bottom of the first. Junior infielder Nick Grande recorded a leadoff walk, and junior first baseman Chris Hamilton followed with his seventh home run of the season on the second pitch of the at-bat. Later in the inning, Tuccillo drew a walk on a full count with the bases loaded, putting Stony Brook ahead 3-1.
The River Hawks got a run back in the second without a hit, and tied the game up in the top of the seventh with clutch two-out offense. Redshirt-junior infielder Mark Tumosa was hit by a Marino pitch and stole second while Gallagher was at the plate. Gallagher doubled down the right field line, bringing home Tumosa to knot the game at 3-3.
In the bottom of the seventh, Hamilton led off the Seawolves with a single through the right side, and junior outfielder Michael Wilson’s double to right center was deep enough to score Hamilton and take a 4-3 lead for Stony Brook. However, with men on second and third and no outs, a lineout, fielder’s choice and groundout stranded two important insurance runs.
Junior pitcher Sam Turcotte relieved Marino after seven innings, having allowed three runs on six hits and one walk while striking out four and throwing 115 pitches. The runners left on the base would instantly come back to haunt Stony Brook; with two outs and men on second and third in the top of the eighth, UMass Lowell junior outfielder Cam Climo singled to shallow center, allowing both runners to score and giving the River Hawks a 5-4 lead.
The game continued its rollercoaster ride in the bottom of the ninth. Down to the Seawolves’ final two outs, Wilson hit a first-pitch fastball through the right side. Alamo followed with another base hit — moving Wilson to third — and senior outfielder Dylan Resk drove in the tying run by sending the pitch to left field.
Turcotte remained on the mound for extra innings, allowing a leadoff walk but getting two quick outs after. Climo then put the River Hawks up again with a single to right field, driving in all three of Turcotte’s earned runs. The Seawolves went down in order in the bottom of the tenth, losing 6–5 and postponing their potential clinching for another game.
UMass Lowell struck first in the second game of Friday’s doubleheader, finding opportunities early. Senior pitcher Bret Clarke gave up a run on an RBI single to sophomore outfielder Vinnie Martin in the second inning, and loaded the bases with zero outs in the third. Clarke was able to wriggle out of the second jam with no further damage however, by getting a strikeout and an opportune double-play ball.
Stony Brook found itself in a similar situation in the bottom half of the frame. Alamo lined a ball past the diving left fielder with the bases loaded for a triple, clearing the bags as the Seawolves took a 3-1 lead. The team would score two more runs before the inning ended, seemingly in the driver’s seat for the regular season title.
Clarke’s control issues continued into the fourth, and after walking the first three batters to load the bases Clarke was pulled from the game with an apparent injury. While he only allowed two hits and struck out four, he walked a season-high seven batters. Redshirt-junior pitcher Aaron Glickstein entered in relief; after striking out the first batter, Glickstein gave up three straight hits and allowed UMass Lowell to tie the game at 5-5. Having batted around, Climo poked a two-out single through the infield with the bases loaded again, scoring two more.
Stony Brook tied the game in the sixth inning, and after denying UMass Lowell in the seventh had an opportunity to walk it off. Alamo roped a double to left center in his final home series wearing a Seawolves uniform, and Resk nearly ended the game with a home run that sliced just foul, but still moved Alamo to third on a base hit. Tuccillo stepped up to the plate and delivered the blow that ended it all as Stony Brook took Game 2 of the series 8-7. The Seawolves rushed from the dugout in rapturous celebration of their first regular season title since 2015.
The finale on Saturday, May 18 fell short for the Seawolves with nothing on the line. Junior pitcher Jared Milch held his own, allowing three runs on five innings of work while striking out six on 89 pitches, but UMass Lowell jumped out to a 3-0 lead. Senior outfielder Michael Young delivered the damage early, recording two hits and two RBIs off of Milch. The Seawolves’ lone run of the game was scored in the bottom of the third, when Tuccillo ran home on a wild pitch with the bases loaded.
The game was blown wide open in the top of the seventh. Stony Brook sophomore pitcher Connor Clark recorded two outs before losing control, walking three straight batters with a wild pitch in between that scored a run for the River Hawks. Junior catcher Ciaran Devenney avenged an overturned home run from Friday by launching a grand slam to left field, putting UMass Lowell up 8-1.
Despite losing the series, Stony Brook accomplished its main goal of winning the America East regular season championship and the No. 1 seed in the postseason tournament that comes with it. The Seawolves end the regular season with a record of 28-21 and a first-place conference record of 15-9, and displayed success at home, going 13-5 at Joe Nathan Field.


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Fuel cap replaces Stihl 4133-350-0501 & 4126-350-501C. Fits models FS86, 88, 72, 74, 76 & FC72. 1.83" OD. with anti-loss clasp.
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The Effect of Immigration on the Mental Well-Being of Middle Eastern Immigrants in the United States
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Immigration is not only a geographical change, it involves changes in all of the life aspects, including social, cultural, environmental, behavioral, and lifestyle, which causes several traumatic events that negatively impact the mental well-being of immigrants. This quantitative research aimed to investigate the effects of immigration phenomenon on the mental well-being of Middle Eastern immigrants in the United States. A convenience sample of consenting Eastern immigrants (N = 113) immigrants participated in this study; 47.8% of the immigrants were symptomatic for anxiety, 43.4% were symptomatic for depression, and 44.2% were symptomatic for emotional distress. The findings showed statistically significant relationships between independent variables (social discrimination, health disparities, and acculturation status) and mental health. This study indicated that immigrants’ scores of depression, anxiety, and emotional distress can be predicted based on their level of acculturation. A significant difference was found in the mental well-being between those who immigrated voluntarily and those who were forced to immigrate; however, there were no significant difference between gender, immigration generation, and mental health. It is concluded that immigration has severe negative effects on the mental well-being of Middle Eastern immigrants. Being subjected to social discrimination and health disparities decreases immigrants’ level of acculturation and increases their risk for mental health problems. Therefore, it is recommended to create centers that provide mental health services for immigrants, increase minorities’ representation in the healthcare system, and enhance all healthcare providers’ cultural competent skills.
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Bowie - northern half
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Tonight and Thursday.
Gale warning in effect.
Wind southwest 25 to 35 knots diminishing to westerly 20 Thursday afternoon except southwest 20 to 30 over eastern sections Thursday afternoon.
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Technical Marine SynopsisIssued 9:30 PM PDT 20 September 2023 Tonight and Thursday At 9:30 p.m. PDT tonight quasi-stationary ridge located from
Explorer to the Central Coast.
At 9:30 p.m. PDT tonight cold front located on a line
northeast-southwest over northern Bowie.
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Marine Weather StatementIssued 9:15 PM PDT 20 September 2023 A cold front will track across Bowie on Thursday and then Haida Gwaii
in the evening. Ahead of the front, southwesterly gales will develop
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Bangladesh Men's Under-23 cricket team will launch their 13th South Asian Games cricket campaign today when they take on Maldives in the opener at Kirtipur at 9.15 am (BD time).
Meanwhile Sri Lanka U-23 will take on Bhutan at 1 pm at the same venue. Bangladesh Men's Under-23 cricket team reached Nepal on SUnday to take part the prestigious South Asian Games (SA Games) 2019 cricket event with the high hopes of sealing gold medal.
Previously Bangladesh cricket team won gold in 2010 SA games. The last edition of SA Games was held in 2016 but there was no cricket event in that edition. Nazmul Hasan Shanto will lead Bangladesh SA Games cricket team. Shanto led Bangladesh team in recent concluded Emerging Team's Asia Cup which was held in Bangladesh.
Apart from Bangladesh U-23 team, Bhutan, the Maldives Sri Lanka U-23 team and host Nepal are taking part in the round robin league match. Bangladesh will play their second match against Bhutan on December 6, meet host Nepal on December 7 and will take on Sri Lanka on December 8. The top two teams will play the final salted for December 10.
Bangladesh U-23 squad - Najmul Hossain Shanto (captain), Mohammed Saif Hasan, Naim Sheikh, Afif Hossain Dhrubo, Zakir Hasan, Yasir Ali Chowdhury, Syed Minhajul Abedin Afridi, Sumon Khan, Mahidul Islam Bhuiyan Ankon, Tanvir Islam, Manik Khan, Mehede Hasan Rana, Soumya Sarkar, Mahadi Hasan and Hasan Mahmud.
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Totteham Hotspur midfielder Moussa Sissoko had a fairly unexpected answer when asked about whom he felt was the greatest football player of all-time.
The France midfielder has been an improved player this season, having enjoyed more playing time in the Spurs first team.
Sissoko might not be playing with the likes of Messi or Ronaldo in north London but he is still mingling with some of the best players in the Premier League at least at Tottenham Hotspur.
The former Newcastle star allowed fans to ask him all sorts of questions in a recent session he held on his social media account.
And after he was complimented by a fan as being the ‘goat’ – a short term for ‘Greatest Of All Time’ – the French star gave that title to another player.
Indeed, Moussa Sissoko chose current teammate Heung-min Son as the man whom he felt was indeed the best player to ever kick a ball.


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Predicted rate cut 'must be passed on in full'
A further cut to the cash rate next month will only be effective if it is passed on in full, ...
A further cut to the cash rate next month will only be effective if it is passed on in full, according to the Housing Industry Association (HIA).
The HIA's senior economist Andrew Harvey remarked this week (January 25) that the latest December quarter headline inflation results show that a cut to the cash rate would be a "prudent course of action" by the Reserve Bank of Australia.
Ongoing global economic turmoil - particularly in Europe - also point to the need for a rate cut, said Harvey.
"There should be no question as to a rate cut in February," he explained.
Harvey added: "It is appropriate that further interest rate cuts starting next month are accompanied by targeted government stimulus measures to help insulate Australia against what appears to be a deteriorating situation in Europe."
Meanwhile, as Queensland gears up for a state election, the HIA has welcomed the Property and Construction Strategy released by the LNP earlier this week.
Warwick Temby, Queensland executive director at the HIA, asserted that an approach that addresses regulation and taxation in the home building sector is needed.
He also applauded the LNP's commitment to the current government's extension of the $10,000 Building Boost scheme.

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