Abstract: Security systems and methods are provided. In one example, a security system includes at least one lock configured to protect one or more items from theft from the fixture, wherein the lock comprises a drive shaft configured to be moved between a latched position and an unlatched position, the fixture configured to be accessed in the unlatched position. The lock is configured to be moved between a locked state and an unlocked state for allowing the drive shaft to be moved between the latched position and the unlatched position when in the unlocked state, wherein the lock includes a cam sleeve having an internal cam surface configured to transition the lock between the locked state and the unlocked state in response to movement of the cam sleeve.

Abstract: A spectroscopic unit includes a housing, a light incident portion provided in the housing, a Fabry-Perot interference filter arranged in the housing and having a first mirror and a second mirror, a distance between the first mirror and the second mirror being variable. The light incident portion includes an aperture portion in which an aperture is formed and a band pass filter arranged between the aperture and the Fabry-Perot interference filter. The aperture portion is configured so that a value obtained by dividing a length of the aperture in a facing direction of the first mirror and the second mirror by a width of the aperture in a direction perpendicular to the facing direction is equal to or more than 0.5 and the entirety of light passing through the aperture is incident on the band pass filter.

Abstract: A rotor for use in a turbomachine includes a hub centered on a central axis and having a disk portion and a shaft portion and a blade extending outward from the hub. The hub and the blade together include a plastic substrate and metal plating disposed on at least apportion of an outer surface of the plastic substrate. The plastic substrate has a matrix material and fibers embedded in the matrix material. The fibers have a first coefficient of thermal expansion. The metal plating has a second coefficient of thermal expansion. The fibers are selected such that a bulk coefficient of thermal expansion of the plastic substrate at the outer surface of the plastic substrate substantially matches the second coefficient of thermal expansion of the metal plating.

Abstract: A medical infusion pump includes: a reader configured to read identification information stored in an RF tag by wireless communication; and a control unit configured to set information about administration of a drug based on the identification information read from the RF tag. In a case in which the reader reads two different pieces of the identification information, the control unit selects only one piece of the identification information out of the two different pieces of the identification information and sets the information about administration based on said one piece of the identification information.

Abstract: A radiographic imaging apparatus includes a state transition mode selection unit configured to select a state transition mode from among a first state transition mode of changing from a stand-by state to a ready-for-imaging state based on irradiation preparation start information about a radiation generation apparatus and a second state transition mode of changing from the stand-by state to the ready-for-imaging state based on other information excluding the irradiation preparation start information.

Abstract: A method, and corresponding system, provides enhanced security threat detection. The method includes: irradiating a target from a stationary x-ray source having end-point energy of at least 88 keV; enabling target motion with respect to the stationary x-ray source; detecting resulting x-rays received from the target; generating an image of an interior of the target based on the resulting x-rays; performing analysis of the image for an indication of a weapon; producing signals representing an energy spectrum of the resulting x-rays; analyzing the signals for characteristic x-ray fluorescence that can be emitted from lead potentially present in the target; providing an indication, based on the signals, of a probability of lead ammunition being present; and outputting an indication of likelihood of a security threat based on the analysis of the image for the weapon indication and the probability of lead ammunition.

Abstract: An x-ray window can include a boron-film 12 and an aluminum-film 52 spanning an aperture 15 of a support-frame 11. The boron-film 12 and the aluminum-film 52 can be the only films, or the primary films, spanning the aperture. The boron-film 12 can include boron and hydrogen. An annular-film 32 can adjoin the support-frame 11, on an opposite side of the support-frame 11 from the boron-film 12. The annular-film 32 can include boron and hydrogen. The annular-film 32 can have the same material composition as, and can be similar in thickness with, the boron-film 12.

Abstract: A variable guide vane assembly for a gas turbine engine stator is provided. The variable guide vane assembly includes a plurality of vanes and a plurality of RT mechanisms. The vanes extend between a shroud and hub. The vanes are circumferentially disposed and spaced apart from one another. Each vane includes inner and outer radial ends, and inner and outer radial posts. Each vane is pivotally mounted to rotate about its rotational axis. Each RT mechanism is in communication with the inner or outer radial post of a respective vane. The RT mechanism includes a pin connected to the vane that is disposed in a ramp slot non-rotational relative to the pivotable vane. The ramp slot extends between first and second lengthwise ends. Rotation of the vane relative to the ramp slot causes the pin to travel within the ramp slot and the vane to translate linearly.

Abstract: An embodiment of the present disclosure relates to a detection system used in a case where a transport robot transports a package in a state where the package in which an opening portion of a container is closed by a lid is placed on a placing portion of the transport robot. The detection system is configured to detect that the lid is opened.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure are directed to an interface for a fan that includes a first bracket coupled to the fan, where the fan is configured to direct a flow of air through an opening of a duct, and the opening comprises a central axis extending therethrough, a second bracket coupled to a frame surrounding the opening of the duct, where the first bracket and the second bracket are configured to surround the opening of the duct, the second bracket is configured to support the first bracket, and the second bracket is partially radially within the first bracket relative to the central axis of the opening, and a gasket disposed between the first bracket and the second bracket, where the first bracket, the second bracket, and the gasket are configured to sealingly engage with one another without mechanical securement.

Abstract: An apparatus for detecting the activity of persons or the state of infrastructures or objects influenced by persons by means of acceleration measurement. The device has an acceleration sensor which is arranged to react to a preset threshold value of a measured acceleration and, when the threshold value is exceeded, to trigger at least one of the actions of data storage, modification of a counter or transmission of a data telegram by radio. The apparatus further comprises an energy converter for converting a primary energy into electrical energy for operating the apparatus or the acceleration sensor. The energy converter is arranged to obtain the primary energy independently of an energy resulting from a measured acceleration.

Abstract: A method for controlling wind turbines of a wind farm is disclosed. The wind farm is positioned at a site which includes one or more turbulence generating structures, such as hills, valleys, trees or buildings. A wind direction at the site of the wind farm is detected, and one or more upstream wind turbines and one or more downstream wind turbines are identified, based on the detected wind direction, where each of the upstream wind turbines is arranged in front of one or more of the downstream wind turbines, as seen in the wind direction. If it is detected that turbulent wind conditions are occurring, based on measurements performed by the wind turbines of the wind farm, then at least one of the upstream wind turbines is controlled based on measurements performed by at least one wind turbine which is a downstream wind turbine relative to the upstream wind turbine.

Abstract: A turbine for a turbomachine includes an annular row (20) of moving blades (20a) surrounded by a support ring (26) of abradable material (24) carried by a housing (10). The turbine also includes a distributor (30) mounted downstream of the moving blades (20a) and having an attachment mechanism with a radially outer spoiler (38) coming to bear radially inwards on a cylindrical wall (12) connected to housing (10). An annular wall (14) extends radially inwards from the cylindrical wall (12) and engages at its radially inner end in an annular groove (28) of the support ring (26), and in which a free annular space (40) is formed between a radially outer face (26b) of the ring (26) and the cylindrical wall (12).

Abstract: A module for initializing and calibrating a product during the manufacture of the product in a manufacturing environment, wherein the module is able to be arranged on the product and wherein the module has a first interface for wireless data transmission between the module and the manufacturing environment, a second interface for establishing a data connection between the module and the product, an electrical energy source and a data processing unit. The module is designed to supply the product at least temporarily with energy by way of the energy source, to establish a data connection with the product via the second interface, to perform test and/or calibration routines on the product via the second interface, wherein the data processing unit generates test and/or calibration data during the performance of the test and/or calibration routines, and to transmit the test and/or calibration data to the manufacturing environment via the first interface.

Abstract: A method, performed by a mobile X-ray detector, of processing an X-ray image, including generating the X-ray image of an object by detecting an X-ray transmitted through the object and converting the detected X-ray into an electrical signal; detecting a power supply stoppage which prevents transmission of the generated X-ray image from the mobile X-ray detector to a workstation; based on the detecting of the power supply stoppage, storing the X-ray image in a nonvolatile memory inside the mobile X-ray detector; and after storing the X-ray image, deactivating the mobile X-ray detector.

Abstract: A forklift is provided for the handling of pneumatic tires each having a central cavity and a transponder. A gripping device is configured to engage one or more pneumatic tires. A reader device comprises an antenna and is configured to communicate with transponders of the one or more pneumatic tires. A displacement unit supports at least the antenna of the reader device and is configured to move the antenna between a waiting position, wherein the antenna is arranged at a certain distance from the one or more pneumatic tires engaged by the gripping device, and a working position, wherein the antenna is arranged in close proximity to the one or more pneumatic tires engaged by the gripping device and communication is enabled with respective transponders thereof.

Abstract: The invention relates to a switch cabinet with a switch cabinet door which closes the switch cabinet and has a door lock which can be actuated via a door handle, the switch cabinet door having a door status sensor which has a magnetic field sensor being adapted to distinguish an open state of the switch cabinet door from a closed state of the switch cabinet door by means of a detected magnetic field change, characterized in that at least the magnetic field sensor of the door status sensor is accommodated within the door handle in a region of the door handle which is magnetically permeable to the environment of the switch cabinet.

Abstract: Collimation device for an X-ray detection system, the collimation device comprising: a collimator comprising a substantially planar support made of a material with partial or zero radiotransparency, the support being rotatably movable about an axis of rotation (?) which passes through the support and which is perpendicular to a first face of the support which acts as an X-ray plane of incidence referred to as the main plane of the support (P), the support (D) being provided on the first face with a slit which is completely transparent to X-rays and which is configured to generate an X-ray flow when the collimator is exposed to an X-ray source, the slit extending longitudinally in the main plane of the support along an axis located at a non-zero distance (d) from the axis of rotation (?), the slit extending through the entire thickness of the support.

Abstract: In some embodiments, the present disclosure is directed to coatings or thin films comprising a dye or stain embedded within a matrix, e.g. a polymer matrix.

Abstract: An apparatus for diagnosing a companion animal with radiation is provided. The apparatus includes a radiation irradiation unit configured to generate the radiation and irradiate the radiation toward a diagnosis object; a detector disposed to face the radiation irradiation unit and configured to detect the radiation irradiated from the radiation irradiation unit; a driving unit configured to adjust positions of the radiation irradiation unit and the detector; and a communication unit configured to communicate with an external device in a wireless manner. The driving unit adjusts the positions of the radiation irradiation unit and the detector such that the diagnosis object is located between the radiation irradiation unit and the detector, and the radiation irradiation unit irradiates the radiation toward the diagnosis object when the diagnosis object is located between the radiation irradiation unit and the detector.